The pastyme of people The cronycles of dyuers realmys and most specyally of the realme of Englond breuely co[m]pylyd [and] empryntyd in chepesyde at the sygne of the mearemayd next to pollys gate. Cum priuilegio.

ed∣ward.

[ B] ¶Edward the son of Egelredus & Emma began his reyn ouer englōd the yere of Cryste .M.xliii. he maryed Goduha doughter to erle Godwyn but he neuer flesshly dalt with her nor put her from his bed / he dischargyd the Englyshmen of y^e grete trybute callyd dane gelt for euer / he banysshyd the yerle goodwin and his sonis for .ii yeris after that was agrement made and the kyng toke them agayne to grace in the tyme of which banyshment williā duke of normandy cam in to Englond and had grete chere of the kyng and retornyd agayne / In this tyme y^e skottis rebellyd wherfore seward yerle of nor∣thūberlād by y^e kyngis commādment & power enteryd skotland and subduyd the skottis and chasyd theyr kyng owt of the land / then kyng Edward gaff that land to Malkolyn sō of y^e kyng of Combers to hold of hym and his heyris kyng{is} of Englond as off theyr cheff lord / After this y^e yerle goodwin sit¦tyng at the kyngis bord was sodenly takyn with sekenis wherof he dyed with in thre days / some sey he was takyn with a palsey / and some seyd that he was chokyd with a morsell of bred because he sware falsely by that morsell of bred that he was not gylty of the deth of Alfrede broder to y^e kyng / sone aft this kyng Edward sent vnto henry the .iiii. emperour for Edward son of Edmond yronsyd to cō in to Englond to the intent to make hym his heyre which accordyng therto cam in to Englōd and sone after dyed / also after the deth of yerle goodwī harold his eldist sō waxyd so in the kyngis fauor that he rulyd the most grete causis of the realme and was ruler of the kyngis army and subduyd y^e welchmen that rebellyd / this harold saylyd in to normandy to see his broder welnotus that was sent thether for a plegge for the {per}formance of the couenantis made be twen the kyng and his fader ye••le goodwyn / wher wilm̄ duke of normandy made hym to swere that he shuld mary his doughter that was thā with in yeris of consent and then after the deth of kyng Edward he shuld kepe the lād to his behoue accor∣dyng to the mynd of kyng Edward afther some wryters / after that this harold retornyd to Englōd and shewyd y^e kyng what he had done wherwith the kyng was well contentyd after this the kyng fell seke and before he dyed he saw in a vysyon that by cause the nobles and the prelattis off Englōd were not goddis seruant{is} that god therfore shuld take this kingdome in to the handis of theyr enmis sone after y^t this kyng Edward dyed with out issue and was acomptyd a virgyn when he dyed. [ B]