Prolicionycion [sic]

¶ Capitulum 38 /

EDward kynge henryes sonne cam oute of the holy londe in to englond / the second day of august / & was crowned kyn¦ge the threttenth day byfore december. and the morow after his co¦ronacion / he toke openly hommage and fewte of alysaunder kyng of Scotl̄and / ¶ Thenne the second yere he made lawes / After the tenth gregory the fyfte Innocent was Pope fyue mo∣nethes / ¶This hyght byfore Tarentasius of the ordre of pre∣chours / a doctor of dyuynyte / ¶ After hym the fyfthe Adryan was Pope twey monethes / Somtyme this was sente of Pope Clement in to englond for to alledge the stryf bytwene the kynge and the barons / After hym the / xxj Iohn was pope eyght monethes / he hight byfore peter / & was famous in many & dyuerse scyences / but after that h•• was Pope he doted so that it se¦med that hym lacked a grete dele of kyndly wyt netheles he auaū¦sed clerkes ofte in presence of many men / this byhyght hym self lōg lif / but he fyl doun sodenly of a new chābre that he had byld

a•• vit••rbe / and deyd after the syxth daye of the fallynge / After Iohn the thyrdde nychol was pope as it were thre yere / ¶ This yere for lewelyn prynce of wales wold not come to the kynges parlemente in to englond / kynge edward wente in to wales and foūded the castel of the flynte and strengthed the cāstel of Ruth¦land / There lewelyn submytted hym to the kyng and yaf hym fyfty thousand poūd for the trespaas and for the yland of mon a thousande mare by the yere / ¶ Pope nychol made f••rere Ro∣bert of Culwarbye archebisshop of Caunterbury Cardynal / and made frere Iohan pecham Archebisshop in his stede / Kyng ed∣ward punysshed the Iewes and her assentours for clyppyng of moneye / and for euyl chaunges. So that he made all the Iewes to be taken in on•• day and somme he henge & put awey the other Kyng edward and the lordes made a statute ageynst maynmort Soo that after that tyme no man shold yeue nother selle nother byquethe nother chaunge nother by other tytle assygne landes tenemētes / nother rentes to no man of relygyon withoute the kynges l••ne / ¶ The kynge made smyte in co••n newe moneye / halfpeny & ferdynges al rounde / theron it semeth that marlyns prophecye is fulfylled that sayth the haluendele shal be round / After nychol the fourth honorius was Pope as it were seuen yere In his fourth yere he chaunged the copes of Frere Carmes in to cleene whyte that were to fore ray barred and bemed. The fals walshe dauyd ro••s ageynst kyng edward on a Palm∣sonday / and dyde englysshe men grete harme and damage / But kyng Edward cam aboute saynt Iohans feste / and wanne wa¦les and yaf tounes and landes that were in the myddel of wa∣les to lordes of his land and helde to hym self the Castels / that were on the see syde / Of that doynge cam grete pees and reste af¦ter that tyme / Herafter aboute saynt lukes feste lewelyns heede was smyten of and brought to the kyng and sente to london & sone therafter this lewelyns broder dauid was take that was ex¦yter of all the wo / In the grete parlement at shrowsbury he was first dāpned / & than to draw with horses & than hanged by the throte and than quartred and deled in dyuerse places of englond Of this lewelyn twey men of relygyon wrote versus in metre / of the walshmen in this manere / Hic Iacet Anglorum tortor / tu∣tor venedorū / Princeps wallorū lewelinus regula morū / Gēma coeuorū flos regū pret{er}itorū / Forma futurorū dux laus lex lux ppl̄o{rum} / that is here lyeth the tormētour of englissh men wardeyn &

Tutor of walsshemen / prynce of wallsshmen / lewelyn ruler of go¦de thewes / Cheef precious stone of hem that were in his time flou¦re of kynges that were byfore / Ensample of hem that shall be after this tyme / leder praysynge lawe and lyght of peple / But the englysshmen sayde in thys maner / Hic Iacet errox prynceps predo virorum / proditor anglorum / fax liuid•• / secta reorum / Nu∣men wallorum / trux dux homicida piorū / F••x troianorum stirp•• mendax causa malorum / That is here lyeth the prynce of errours Theef and robber of men / Traytour of englisshmen / a dym brond and set of euyll doers / God of walsshmen a cruel duk / a slee•• of good men / Drastes of Troianes / a fals rote cause of euyll de••es

Kyng Edward made englisshe lawes to be holden in 〈…〉〈…〉 sette shirreues there / ¶ Kynge Edward hath a sonne borne at Carnaruan in wales on a tuesdaye / ¶ After the fourth honorius / the fourth nycol of the ordre of menors was ••ope as 〈◊〉〈◊〉 were syx yere / ¶ That yere Iohan Peccham the Archebis¦shop cam by chestre in to wales to reforme the state of holy chirch•• That yere was so grete drouth and hete that men dyed for 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Also that yere was marchādyse brente at saynt botulphs by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 deuels children / that sette fyer in dyuers places of the t••une / for they wolde the more frely Robbe and reue in other places / 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sayde that vnnethe alle the moneye of englond sholde restore t••e harme that was there done / For stremes of golde of syluer and of other metal that was molten ranne vnto the see / That yere a bushel of whete was sold for four pens / on saynt margrets 〈◊〉〈◊〉 fil tempest of reyn / of thundryng & of lyghtnyng so that m••n 〈◊〉〈◊〉 herde of none suche byfore that tyme / for it bete doune & drowned corne and gras that stode on the grounde· & so corne wexed der••rer & derrer / so that at london a busshel was sold for twey s••yl¦lynges that was afore sold for thre pens / & so derth of corne d••••red about a fourty yere vnto the deth of kyng edward the second after the Conquest / so that tyme at london a bushel was sold fo•• x / shyllynges / Aboute this yere by heeste of pope nychol the chir¦ches of englond were taxed to the very value / & syth voyded the taxacion of norwiche that was made by the fourth Innocencius / the Iewes were put out of englond & cam neuer ageyn / after the fourth nychol the fifth celestin{us} was takē from ankers lyf & was pope fewe yeres as it were thre yere / Somdele for stryfe t••at was in the court / somdele by counseyll of his successour bonefas he was y meued and resygned vp the poperyche and toke ageyn

his rather maner of lyuyng / ¶ Also that yere dyed alysan∣der kynge of Scotland / Than was ther grete stryf bytwene the Scottes / who shold be kyng after hym /