The thre bokes of cronicles, whyche Iohn Carion (a man syngularly well sene in the mathematycall sciences) gathered wyth great diligence of the beste authours that haue written in Hebrue, Greke or Latine Whervnto is added an appendix, conteynyng all such notable thynges as be mentyoned in cronicles to haue chaunced in sundry partes of the worlde from the yeare of Christ. 1532. to thys present yeare of. 1550. Gathered by Iohn Funcke of Nurenborough. Whyche was neuer afore prynted in Englysh. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum.

IN the yere of oure Lorde. 1550. the xix. daye* 1.1 of Ianuary Capitayne Gambolde, who was Capitayne of the Spanyardes that serued the kyng of Englande in his warres, and an other Capitaine was slayne without Newe gate in an euenyng, by a Spanyarde, whiche was taken and hanged the. xxiii••. daye of Ianuary, and thre more with hym.* 1.2

the .xxviij. day of the same moneth was Hum∣frey arundell and Bury with two other mo draw∣ne hanged and quartered, for because they were the these capitaynes and mayntayners of the rebellion among the Cornyshe and Deuonshyre men.* 1.3

The sixt day of February came the Duke of So¦merset out of the Tower, with greate reioyiyng of muche people.

In the same moneth went out of Englande cer∣tayne lordes of the counsaill to Buileine, where cer¦tayne of the Frenche counsayll met with them and after long consultacion had and dyuers metynges betwene them, there was a generall peace conciu∣ded,

whiche peace was proclaimed the .xxix. daye of Marche folowyng.

Also about the .xxv. day of Apryll folowyng the* 1.4 towne of Bullayne with the fortresses thereto be¦longyng was delyuered by the Englyshemen, into the Frenchemens handes.

The second daye of May was brent at London* 1.5 in smythfielde a certayne woman called Ione Boo∣cher otherwyse called Ione of Barkyng for the hor¦rible heresy of the Apellites, Cerdonians, procliani∣tes, Valentinians, Manichees, Timotheans, A∣polinarianes, Nestorianes, & sedicious Anabapti∣stes of our tyme, whiche she helth commen with all them, of a set wilfulnesse, for all those hereticall pa∣triarkes was she sure to haue as maisters and doc∣tours of her pernicious errour, that Christ toke no fleshe of the virgine, as largely apeareth in the cro∣nicles.

About this tyme there were certayne lyght per∣sones pretendyng a newe commotion in Kent, but they were apprehēded and dyuers of them for that trespas hanged.

It is sayde that this yere the .xxi. daye of Mar∣che* 1.6 in the countie of Carinte besydes the Lande of Bauariam Austryche by and aboute a lyttel towne called Claghenforth, it rayned corne out of the ele∣ment by the space of two houres, which rayne stret¦ched in lenght .vi. Germayn myles, and in breedth halfe a Germayne myle in some places: so that the sayd corne beyng some white and some browne lay in some places the thickenes of an hand broade vpō the groūde. Whereupō the people of the lande came

and gathered of the sayde corne, and brought it to the mylles, and baked thereof good & sauery bread. the significacion of whiche mistery is reserued to God alone, to whome be honoure glory and prayse in all thynges for euer and euer. Amen.

This yere the kyng of Spayne went home a∣gayne out of Flaunders.

This yere also there was a cruel proclamatiō set* 1.7 furth by the vniuersitie of Louayne in the name of the Emperoures Maiestie, for the persecution of the faithfull Christianes, condempning al maner of scripture bookes as well Bibles as other in what tonge so euer they were written or translated that had bene printed within the space of .xxx. yeres be∣fore, with moste extreme death prosecutinge all the fauourours of the doctrine set furth by Martine Luther. Iohn Ecolampadius, Hulderike zwinglius, Iohn Caluine, or their ad herentes and condempning them for heretikes and their doctrine for moste pernicious and pe∣stilent heresy without any probable argumentes or good reasons.

After this themperoure went vp agayne into Germany.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Capitayne Gambold slayne.
• * 1.2

  〈…〉〈…〉 in 〈…〉〈…〉.
• * 1.3

  The duke of Somerset de¦lyuered out of 〈…〉〈…〉 A generall p〈…〉〈…〉 ••etme∣ne Englande •• Frannce.
• * 1.4

  Bullayne de¦lyuered.
• * 1.5

  30 one Boo∣cher
• * 1.6

  A wonderful miracle oftor ue fallyng do¦wne from the element.
• * 1.7

  A moste ••••••nnicall persecution.