Prolicionycion [sic]

¶ Capitulum Duodecimum

IN the twellyfth yere of kyng Harry was taken a Squ••er of wales that hadde ben a rebelle and supporter of owen of glyndor and he was Iuged to deth at london / where he was dra∣wen hangyd & quartred. & his four quartres sette vp in four go∣de townes / and his hede on london brydge In the thyrtenth ye¦re of his regne deyde Sire Iohan Beauford Erle of Somersete Capytayne of Calays / And lyeth buryed in the Abbaye of the Tour hylle / The same yere cam the ambassatours of Fraunce from the duc of Burgoyne to the prynce kynge henryes sonne for helpe and socour ageynst the duc of Orleaunce / Thenne wen¦te ouer / The Erle of Arondele / the Erle of kyme / and the lord

Cobham with many other knyghtes / and squyers / and had a gre¦te retenew ageynst the duc of Orleaunce / And at sayntelo besyde Parys in Fraunce they mette and had vyctory of the Frenssh∣men / and of the Armynaks / And the duc rewarded Rychely our Englyssh men and they come ageyne / ¶ Not longe after the duc of Orleaunce sente Ambassatours to kynge Harry to ha¦ue helpe and socour ageynst the duc of Burgoyne. At whiche ty¦me the kynge made thomas his sonne duc of Clarence / And Io¦han his sone duc of Bedford / And his sonne vmfrey Duke of Gloucetre / Syre thomas beauford Erle of Dorsete / And the duc of Anmarle he made Duck of york / ¶ Thenne he ordeyned the Duc of Clarence / and the Erle of Dorsete / and Syre Iohan cor¦newayle with a grete retenue to passe ouer in to Fraunce to helpe and strengthe the duck of Orleaunce / and thenne the lordes with theyr retenue sayled in to normandye / And at theyr londynge met••e ageynste hem the lorde ham••o with seuen thousand men of Armes of Frensshemen / whiche were putte to flyght / and taken of hem seuen honderd men of Armes of Frensshmen / and toke many prysonners / And soo they rode forth thurgh Fraunce ta¦kyng Castels and townes / and slewe moche peple of frensshmē and toke many prysonners / and soo passed forthe tyll they come to Bourdeux / there restyng them a whyle / And sette the coun∣ray in peas and reste / and thenne come hoome ageyne / In this yere the Coyne was lyghted both of Golde and of sil¦uer / and weyed lasse syn than it dyde byfore / ¶ In the / xiiij yere of the regne of kynge harry ther were made galeys of warre for the kynge purposed to haue passed the see / and soo forth vnto Ierusalem / but god vysyted hym with grete and feruent Infyr∣mytees / and on a day he was brought to saynt Edward Shr••n to make his offryng and to take his leue / And there beynge he be¦cam soo seeke that they were about hym supposed he shold haue deyd there / & thenne they toke & bare hym in to the abbots place in to a fayre large chambre / and leyde hym vppon a Paylet to fore the fyre· And whanne he was comen to hym self ageyne / and wyst not where he was / he axyd of his Chamberlayn where he was / and how the Chambre was callyd that he was Inne / And he told hym that he was in thabbots place / and that the chā¦bre was named Ierusalem / ¶ Thenne he sayde that his ty¦me was come. and that it was prophecyed of hym / that he sholde dye in Ierusalem / and there disposed hym to godwarde and made

hym redy / & sone after deyde in the same chambre / On whoos sou¦le god haue mercy Amen / ¶ Thenne was the bodye caryed from thennes in a barge by water to Feuersham / And from thennes to Caunterbury by londe / & there by saynt thomas shry∣ne in Cristys chirche he is buryed / Thus ended kyng harry the fourth aboute mydlente sondaye in the yere of oure lorde / a thou∣sand four honderd and twelue