Prolicionycion [sic]

¶ Capitulum visesimum /

THis yere was a grete noyse thurgh al Englond / how the duck of Bourgoyne wolde come and besyege Calays / wherfore the Erle of mortayn with his Armye that he hadde

for to haue goone with in to fraunce was countremaunded and charged that he shold go to calais. whiche was at that tyme wel vitailled and manned / For sire Iohan Ratclif was lyeutenāt of the kinge in that toune / and the baron of dudeley lyeutenaūt of the castel / and the nynthe daye of Iuill the duke of Burgo∣yne with al the power of Flaundres and moch other peple cam before calais and sette his syege aboute the toune / and euery tou∣ne of Flaundres had their tentes by them self / And this syege en¦dured thre wekes / In the mene while the duc of gloucetre beyng protectour of englond toke the moost parte of the lordes of En∣glond and wente ouer the see to Calays for to rescowe the toun or to fyghte with the duke and his hoost yf they wolde haue by∣den / This tyme london and euery good toune of Englond sente ouer see to this rescowe certayne peple well arayd of the best and chosen men for the warre / And the second day of August the sa∣yd duke of gloucetre arryued at Calays with alle his armye / and fyue honderd shippes and moo / And the duke and alle his hoost that laye in the syege as sone es they espyed the sayllys in the see / byfore they approched calays hauen / sodaynly in a mor∣nynge departed fro the syege / leuyng behynde them moche stuffe & vytaylle / and fledde in to flaūdres and pycardye / and in lyke wyse dyde the syege that laye to fore guynes / where as they of guynes toke the grete gonne of brasse whiche was callyd dyge∣on / and many other grete gonnes and serpentyns / And thenne whanne the duke of gloucetre was arryued with all his hoost / he wente in to flaundres and was therynne enleuen dayes / and dy∣de but lytel harme / excepte he brente two fayr vyllages poperyng and belle / and other howses whiche were of no strengthe / and soo retourned home ageyne / Also this same yere the kyng of scottys besyeged Rokesburgh with moche pepl̄e / but sir Rauf gray depar¦ted fro the castel / and ordeyned for rescows / but as sone as the kynge vnderstode his departyng / he sodaynly brake his syege / and wente hys weye leuynge moche ordenaunce behynde hym / where he gate noo worship / ¶ This yere the second daye of Ianyuer quene katheryn whiche was the kynges moder and wyf to kynge harry the fyfthe deyde and departed oute of thys worlde / and was brought ryally thurgh london / and soo to westmynstre / and there lyeth buryed worshipfully in oure la∣dy chapel / Also this same yere the fourtenthe daye of Ianyuer

fyl doune the gate with a toure on hit on london brydge toward southwerk with twoo arches / and all that stode theron / This yere was a grete trayttye holden bytwene grauenyng and ca∣lays bytwene the kyng and ducke of burgoyne / where for the kyng was the Cardynall of Englond the duck of Norfolke & many other lordes / and for the ducke was the Duchesse hauyng full power of her lord / as regent and ladye of his londes / where was taken by thaduys of bothe partyes an abstynence of warre for a certeyne tyme in the name of the Duchesse / and not of the duke / by cause he hadde goon from his oth and lygeaunce that he had made to kyng harry / therfor the kynge neuer wolde wryte¦ne appoynte ne haue to do with hym after / but all in the duches∣se name ¶ Also this yere quene Iane deyde / the second daye of Inyll / whiche had ben kynge harry the fourthys wyf / and was caryed fro bermondesey vnto Caunterbury where she lyeth bury∣ed by kynge harry the fourth her husbond / This yere deyde alle the lyons in the toure of london / the whiche hadde not be seen in many yeres byfore / oute of mynde