Prolicionycion [sic]

¶ Capitulum xi

This yere lowys Duc of Orleauns was slayn mescheuous∣ly at Parys atte Commaundement of the duc of Burgo∣yne / For it was soo that the duc of Orleaunce hadde ben to vy¦syte the Quene / And as he retorned to his Inneward / certayne personnes ordeyned by the sayd duc of Burgoyne laye in a way∣te / and fyll on hym and slewe hym cruelly smytynge the brayn oute of his heede / And one of his gentylmen was slayne with hym / wherfor on the morn was a grete counseyll / And the ya••es of Parys were closed / And alle the grete lordes thenne beyng at Parys were assemblyd / Among whome was the sayd duc that commysed this murdre / and there was gyuen strayte commaun∣demente to the Prouost of Parys that he shold make strayte ser∣che to knowe who hadde cōmised this grete murdre / For as soone as the murdres hadde slayne the duk / they sette an hous a fyre / And whyle the people cam for to staūche the fyer / they had their horses redy / and soo escaped and roode in to flaundrys / And on the nexte daye whanne al the lordes were reassembled there was moche axynge and serchyng. who myghte doo this murdre / Thenne the sayde Duc of Burgoyne stode vp and sayde that he hym self hadde doo putte hym to deth for certayne causes whiche he wold Iustyfye / and forthwith he departed oute of the counse••l and wente to his lodgyng / and toke his hors with a pryuy mey¦ney / and rode strayt to l̄yle / and after cam al his other meyny / and so departed he from parys / Wherupon after cam the duchesse of Orleaunce his wyf the Dukes doughter of Melan with her sonnes / and her oldest sones wyf suster to the kyng / whiche had ben to fore quene of Englonde kynge Rychardys wyf / and re∣quyred humbly Iustyce of the kynge / whiche thenne was in go∣de heele / and sate in the chayer of Iustyce / To whome the kynge sayde that he wold doo Iustyce on them that commysed that hor∣ryble crysme on his seul and only broder / And that they sholde veryly knowe it in al hast possible / Thenne after this the duc of Bargoyn made requestys that he myght come to fore the king and his counseyll for to Iustyfye the deth of the duc of Orleaū∣ce / whiche was graunted / and soo cam with a grete Armye in to Parys / And there to fore the Dolphyn and al the counseylle of the kynges in playn parlemente by a doctour of dyuynyte callyd mayster Iohan Petyte / he made his Iustificacion / And after at another daye assygned the duchesse of Orleaunce dide by ano¦ther doctoure of diuinite make a replicacion / And so that mater

••enge longe / whiche mater was occasion of Infynyte sorowe in the Royamme of Fraunce / ¶Aboute this tyme the counseylle of Pyse was / in whiche was bygonne the maner to make vny∣on in the chirche / but •• it preuayled not / ¶ In the tenthe yere cam the Seneschal of henawd wtth many other gentil men in to Englond for to doo armes and to g••ete honoure and wor∣ship / The Seneschal chalengyd therle of Somersete And therle delyuerd hym manly of his chalengys and wanne thonoure o•• the felde. / The next day after cam in to the felde another man of the Seneschallys partye / & ageynst hym cam Syre Rychard of a rondele knyght / And the Henewer had the better of hym for he brought hym on his knees ¶ The thyrdde day cam in another And ageyne hym cam Syre Iohan Cornewayle knyght and manly quytte hym in the felde and hadde the beter of his aduersa¦rye ¶ On the fourth day cam in to the feld another Henewer And ageynste hym cam Syre Iohan Cheynco sonne / and he cast ••oune hors & man / And therfor the kyng dubbyd hym knyght ¶The Fyfthe daye cam in another Henewer / And to hym cam Syre Iohan Styward knyght / whiche quytte hym manly and hadde the better / ¶ The Syxthe daye cam another Henewer / And to hym cam william Porter Squyer / And he hadde the better of the Henewer / and the kynge dubbyd hym knyght ¶The seuenthe day cam in another Henewer / And to hym cam Iohn standysshe Squyer / and he hadde the better / and the kyng dubbyd hym knyght / ¶ The same day cam another Henewer And to hym cam a squyer of Gascoyne / whiche hadde the better / and was dubbed knyght / ¶ The eyght daye cam in two He∣newers / And to hem cam two Sowdyours of Calays / that we∣re bretheren whiche had the better in the felde / And thus ended this Chalenge with moche worship / The kynge thenne fested the straungers ryally / And at theyr departynge yafe hym Ryche yef¦tes / and soo they departed and wente home / ¶ In the enle∣uenth yere was a batayll done in smythfelde bytwene two squy∣ers / One callyd Gloucetre / And that other Arthure / whiche well and manly foughte to geder longe tyme / ¶And the kynge for theyr manlynes toke theyr quarel in to hys honde / and made hem goo oute of the felde to gyder attones / ¶And soo they were dyuyded of theyr bataylle / And the kynge yaf hem grace / This same yere the Comon•• putte vp a bylle in the parlement to the kynge as for the temporalytres beynge in the handes of the

spirituelte. but ther was none answer gyuen at that tyme / For the kyng wold be aduysed / ¶ After Rupertus Sygismundus was electe and chosen emperour this same yere / and was Empe¦rour seuen and twenty yere / ¶This Sygysmundus was kynge of hongary whiche was a veray Crysten and meke man / also de∣uoute and hooly / and after thoppynyon of somme persones wor∣thy to be canonysed / This was a special socour to hooly chirche whiche he fonde soore afflycte and desolate by the scysme / but he by his merueyllous wysedome and industrye socoured it gretely / For he spared not hym self / ne his vnto the tyme that ther was a very and full vnyon in the chirche / ¶ He hadde nyne bata¦taylles ageynst the turkes / whiche he al gate tryumphyng / what shal I saye more / but alle the lawde that hath be gyuen to Con∣stantyn / Theodosio / To Charles / To Ottone / and all other Em∣perours worthy to be preysed / maye surely be applyed to this Sy∣gysmunde / he was crowned of Eugenye / ¶ After this the Royamme of Boheme was a grete pa••te destroyed by Sygis¦munde / and the prynces of Almayne for the heresye of the hussy¦tes / And the pope gaf oute a Croysye ageynst them / A Croy∣sye gyuen by the pope is whanne he giueth playne Indulgence to them that make warre ageynste Hethen men / Turkes or herety∣kes / or them that be not obedyente to the chirche of Rome / In the same yere Iohan of badby a fals lollar and heretyke was brente in Smythfeld / whiche byleuyd that the Sacrament was was not goddes bodye /