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¶Of the lawe of kynge Henry y^• fyfth and what he ordeyned for kyng Rychar¦de and for hymselfe after his dethe.

HEere is to be noted that this kyn¦ge Henry y^• fyfth was a noble ••tȳ¦ce after he was kynge and crowned how it before in his yongth he had ben wylde recheles & spared no thynge of his luste ne desyres but accōplysshed thē after his lykynge / but as sone as he was crowned enoynted & sacred anone soda••ly he was chaunged in to a newe man and set all his entent to lyue vertuously in maynte nynge of holy chirche destroynge of he∣retykes / kepynge Iustyce & defend••nge of his reame & subgectes. ¶And for as moche as his fader had deposed by his ••a¦bour the good kynge Rycharde & pre••••∣ously made hym to deye & for y^• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 done to hym ayenst his legeaūce he had sente to Rome for to be assoyled therof For whiche offence oure holy fader ••••e pope enioyned hym to make hym to be prayed for perpetually & lyke as he had done too be taken frome hym his natu¦rall lyfe therfore he sholde do foūde four tapers to b••ēne perpetually about his bo¦dy y^• for y^• ertynccōn of his bodely lyf his soule may euer be remēbred & lyf in heuē in spyrytuall lyfe And also y^• he sholde euery weke on y^• daye as it come aboute of his dethe haue a solempne masse of re¦quyem & on y^• euen afore a dy••yge with ix. lessons & a doole to poore people alwa¦ye on y^• daye of a .xi. shellynges and .vii pens to be deled peny mele and ones in the yere at his annyuersarye his termen¦te to be holden in the moost honeste wy∣se / and to be deled y^• daye .xx. pounde in pens to poore people. And to euery mon¦ke .xx. shellynge whiche all these thyn∣ges performed this noble kynge for his fader for kynge Henry the fourth his fa¦der performed it notte durynge his lyfe of wome as it is sayd that god dyd tou¦che hym and was lep••e o•• that he deyed

¶And alsoo this noble prynce lete doo calle all the abbottes and pryours of sa¦ynt B••nets order in Englonde and had all them in to the chapytre hous of west mynstre for the reformacyon of theyr or¦der wherin he had comunycacyon / and alsoo with bysshops and men of the spy¦rytualtee / in so ferre forth that they doub¦ted sore as that he wolde haue hadde the pemporaltees out of theyr hondes / wher¦fore by the aduyse labours & procurynge of the spyrytualte encouraged the king for to chalenge Normandye & his ryght in Fraūce to y^• entent to set hym awerke there that he sholde not seke none occa∣syons for too entre in to suche maters. & than all his lyfe tyme afterwarde he la∣boured and was besy in the warre and in conquerynge a greate parte of the rea¦me of Fraunce and so afterwarde that by the grement of the kynge Charles he hadde the gouernaunce & the rule of the reame of Fraunce / and he was procla∣med regent and heyre of Fraunce. And so notwithstandynge for all this greate warre that he hadde / neuertheles yet he remembred his soule and also thoughte that he was mortall and nedes muste de ye / for whiche cause he ordeyned by hys lyfe tyme the place of his sepulture whe¦re as he is buryed / and hathe euery day thre masses perpetually songen in a cha¦pell ouer his sepulture of the whiche the myddyll masse and the fyrste and y^• last masse shall be as it is assygned by hym as it apperyth by these verses folow∣ynge.

• Henrici misse quinti sūt hic tabulate.
• Que successiue sūt p monachos celebrate

¶Die dm̄ca.

• Prima sit assūpte de festo virginis alme
• Poscit postremā xp̄s de morte resurgens

¶Feria seconda.

• Prima salutate de festo virginis extat.
• Nūciat angelic{is} laud•• postrema choreis

¶Feria tercia.

• Esse deū natū de virgine prima fatetur.
• Cōmemorat natā sic vl••••a misse mariā

¶Feria quarta.

• Prima celebret ad honorē neupmat{is} al∣mi
• Vltima preptā denunciat eē mariā

¶Feria quinta.

• Semper prima colidebet de corpere xp̄i
• Vltima lit facta de virgine purificata.

¶Feria sexta.

• Concedet vt prima celebret de cruce seā
• At{que} salutate fiet postrema maria.

¶Sabbato.

• Dēs ad scōs est prima colenda supernos
• Vltima de requie p defūctis petit esse.
• Semper erit media de {pro}prietate diei.

¶And yet the noble kynge Henry y^• fift founded two houses of relygyon one is called Syon besyde Braynforde of the ordre of saynt Brygytte both of men & women / and on y^• other syde of the Ry∣uer of Tamyse an hous of monkes of Chartrehous / in whiche two places he is contynually prayd for nyghte & daye. for euer whan they of Syon resten than they of y^• Chartre hous do theyr seruyce and in lyke wyse whan they of y^• Char∣tre hous resten the other gooth to / and by ryngynge of the belles of eyther place e¦che knoweth whā they haue ended theyr seruyse whiche he nobly endowed / & do dayly there grete almes dedes / as in char¦tre hous certayn chyldren be founden to scole / and at Syon certayn almes gyuē dayly. And yet besyde all this he had foū¦ded a recluse the whiche shall be alway a preest to praye for hym by the sayd char¦tre hous whiche preest is suffycyently en¦dowed for hym and a seruaunt. Lo here maye all prynces take ensample by this noble prynce that regned so lytyll tyme not fully .x. yere and dyd so many noble actes as well for his soule to be perpetu¦ally remembred and prayed for / as in his conquestes & he beynge in his moste lusty aege dysposed & eschewed synne & was a grete Iusticer / in so moche y^• all y^• prȳc{is} of crystendome dradde hym and also of

alsoo of hethenes / and he had determy∣ned in hymselfe yf god wolde haue spa∣red hym to haue warred on y^• Sarasyns and for to knowe the ayde of other pryn¦ces & all the passages in y^• Iourneye he sent a knyght of Henaude named Hugh de lanoye vnto Iherusalem / but or he retorned he deyed at Boys de vyncente in the .xxxvi. yere of his aege. on whoos soule god haue mercy Amen.

EElyx the .v. was pope whan Eu∣genius was deposed .ix. yere. this Felyx was duke of Sauoye a deuoute prynce & an olde man. & he sawe his chil¦des childe. This man whan he lyued a holy lyfe was chosen pope of y^• counseyll of Basyle / & Eugeny was deposed. and there was stryfe longe tyme / & he hadde no grete obedyence for y^• deposycyon of Eugenye. And at y^• laste Eugenye deces¦sed / & than Felyx resygned to Nicholas for fauour of peas to be hadde & he was made Legate of Fraūce & Cardynall of Sabianus. This was y^• xxiii. stryfe by∣twyxt Eugedy & Felyx & it dured .xvi & yere & this was a newe cause & neuer se¦en before. for y^• coūseyll of Basyle depo∣sed Eugeny the vere pope & there was no mo for he obeyed not the decrees of y^• coūseyll of Constantynople as they said ne he charged not to obeye y^• coūseyll of Basyle. but he sayd rather the contrary shold be done than as they decreed. wher¦fore there arose a greate alteracōn in y^t mater / for some sayd one waye & some an other and coude notte accorde to this daye / for that one partye sayd y^t the coū∣seyll was aboue y^• pope. & an other par∣tye sayd the contrary that y^• pope was a¦boue the coūseyll. but they lefte it vnde∣termyned. and therfore god muste dyspo¦se for y^• best. ¶Albert was Emperoure after Sygysmonde one yere. this Albert was the duke of Austre and neuewe too Sygysmond & therfore he was kynge of Beme and of Vngary for his doughter for other heyre he left none. This man was chosen Emperour of Almayne but anone he was poysened and deyed / and he was in all thynge a vertuous man y^• all men sayd he was a presydent too all kynges ¶Fredericus y^• thyrde was Em¦peroure after hym. this Frederyk was y^• duke of Osteryk & chosen Emperour of Almayne but it was longe or he was crowned of the pope for deuysyon. And at the laste there was made an vnyte 〈◊〉〈◊〉 he was crowned with a grete honour ••t the pope in the cyte and was a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 man & a quyete & of a synguler pyte & he hated not the clergy he wedded y^• ••••••¦ges doughter of Portyngale and in his tyme whiles y^• he regned he made a gre∣te conuocacyon of prynces in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 for the Incours of the Turkes 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••••••••¦ed vnto them that nowe 〈…〉〈…〉 yere. crystendom was made 〈…〉〈…〉 hondred myle. and he warned 〈…〉〈…〉 they sholde be redy to resyst hym. ¶And the imperyall Cyte of Constantynople was taken atte that same tyme of the mysbyleuynge Turkes and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 by a Ianu••s whome for his lab••••¦re the Turke made a kynge as he ••••¦mysed hym. and the fourth daye he cal¦led hym to hym and dyd hange hym 〈◊〉〈◊〉 his dysceyte too his mayster. And ch•••• was grete sorowe and wepynge amonge the crysten peple for the losse of that no¦ble Cyte / for many a crysten man was slayne & innumerable were solde and y^• Emperoure was slayne & forenuye the Turke caused his heed to be smyten of whan he was deed. And al moost all the fayth in the londe of Greke fayled.

¶Nicholaus the .v. a Ianuens was po∣pe after Felyx .viii. yere. This Nicholas was chosen at Rome in the place of Eu¦genye / and yet the stryf henge styll. and a lytyll & a lytyll they obeyed hym & all men merueyled y^• a man of so pore a na¦cyon shold obteyne ayenst y^• duke of Sa¦uoy the whyche was cosyn and alyed al

moost to all the prynces of crystendome and euerychone left hym. Than in y^• ye∣re after there was a peas made / & Felix resygned for it pleased our lorde his na∣me to be glorifyed by an obiect of y^• worl¦de as that Ianuens was in comparysō of the duke the pope. This Nicholas / was a mayster in dyuynyte and an acti¦ue man & a ryche man in conseytes / & many thynges that were fallen he buyl¦dyd ayen / & all the walles of Rome he renewed for drede of the Turke. And there was a verse made of this vnyte & publysshed in the cyte. ¶Lux fulsie mū∣do: cessit felix Nicholao. And y^t in the ye∣re of our lorde .M.CCCC.xlix. The ye¦re of grace with a greate deuocyon was confermed and Innumerable people wē¦te to the appostles setes.