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Calyxte.
[ P] ¶Calexte was nexte pope / he hylde the see .iii. yere and more / in his tyme the Chrysten men had a great victorye agaynst the Turkes in Hungarye. [ P]
[ E] [ E][ B] ¶Also in the .xiiii. yere of kynge henry / Philyppe the duke of Burgon with a great multytude of flemynges leyde sege at Caleys / and contynued his sayd sege .iii. wekes / wherfore th•• duke of Glocester protectour of Englande with .v.C. sayle came ouer into Caleys / intendynge within thre days to haue issued out to haue gyuen battell to the duke and the flemyng{is}. But whan they of Burgon harde tell of the great power of the protectour / he brake vp his sege and departed / & lefte behynde hym parte of his heuy ordynaunce and vytell / and other thynges that he coude na•• conuenienly carye in so shorte tyme. And whan he was gone / the lorde protectour folowed hym into Flaunders by the space of .xii. days and brent dyuers vyllages / and after returned agayne into Englande. Also in the same yere the kynge of Scott{is} beseged the towne of Rokysborowe in Scotlāde / but as sone as he harde tell that the englysshemen were cōmynge thyder to remoue the sege / he departed leauynge parte of his ordynaunce behynde hym. And the same yere quene Katheryn mother to kynge Henry the .vi. dyed.
¶Also in the .xvii. yere of this kynge there was a great derthe in Englande / that a busshell of where was worthe .iii. s. iiii.d.
¶Also in the same yere at a counsell at Basyll / pope Eugenye was deposed / and one Amedeus duke of Sauoy was chosen pope / but yet Eugenye cōtynued in Rome as pope / and Amedeus called Felyx the .v. contynued his dignyte in other places / so that then arose a great Cisme who was indubytat pope / this Cisme contynued .ix. yeres.* 1.1
¶Also about this tyme there were many conflyctes / and dyuers holdes & townes in many {per}tes of Fraunce wonne and lost / but most cōmenly euer the englysshemen had the wors. ¶Also in the .xx. yere of kynge henry / the lorde Talbotte leyde sege to an hauyn towne in Nor∣mandye called Depe / & dyuers captayns of Fraunce were sent thyder to remoue the sege whiche were discomfet.* 1.2 Than the lorde Talbot de{per}ted and lefte the guydynge of the sege to .ii. of his knyghtes / but at the last the Dolphyn of Vyenne called Lewys / came with a great power and gaue them battell where the Englysshemen were discomfyt / and the englysshemen slayne and taken prisoners.
¶Also in this .xx. yere / imbassetours were sent into Guyan to cōclude a maryage betwene kyng Henry and the erles doughter of Armanake / whiche conclusyon was put backe by meanes of ye erle of Suffolke / whiche kyndlyd a great grudge betwene ye lorde protectour duke of Glocester and the sayd erle / for the sayd erle the nexte yere after went ouer the see into Fraunce / and there concluded a maryage betwene the kynge and lady Margarete the kynges doughter of Cicyle / for the whiche maryage there was promysed to the kynge of Cicyll / the duchye of Angeo and ye erledome of Mayne.* 1.3 Also about this tyme the steple of Poules churche in London was set on fyre by lyghtnynge.
¶And in the .xxiii. yere of kynge henry / ye said lady Margarete was brought ouer into Englāde and maryed to the kynge / and after that crowned at westmyster.* 1.4
¶Also in the .xxv. yere of this kyng / there was a parlyament holden at saynt Edmondes burye / where the duke of Glocester that was the lorde protectour durynge the kynges nonage / was a rested and .xxxii. of his princypall seruantes a rested / and the other put from hym / and within .v. or .vi. days after he was founde deed in his bedde & no wounde vpon hym.* 1.5 Of his dethe were dyuers seyenges / some sayd he dyed for sorowe / and some sayde he was murdered betwene two fetherbeddes / and some sayd he was put in the foundement with a hote spytte. This duke was a great clerke called the good duke of Glocester / because he gouerned well the kynge durynge his nonenage / and kept honorable housholde / and withstode the delyuere of Angeo / and Mayne / and neuer was founde fautye to the kynge nor to the crowne / whose body was after conueyed to saynt Albons & there buryed / wherfore for the dethe of this duke / all the cōmons of Englāde [ B]
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