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KYng Iohn laying siege to the castell of Rochester, wanne the same, and* 1.1 toke therin certayn gentylmē, and sent them to dyuers prysons, placyng stran¦gers in the same Castell. The barons held them together at London, abiding
the commynge of Lewes sonne to the Frenche kyng, whyche landed in En∣gland with a great armye, and so came to Rochester, and wanne it with small payne: he caused all the strangers ther∣in to be hanged: and after came to Lō∣don, where certain alliances and coue¦nantes were establyshed and cōcluded betwene the lordes and hym, and recei∣ued of them homage. Then he with the Lordes departed frome London, and gat the castell of Rigate, of Gilforde, and of Fernham, and frome thens to Wynchester, where the Citie was yel¦ded, wyth all other holdes in those parties: and then he wyth the lordes came agayne to London. At whose cō∣myng, the tower of London was de∣lyuered to them, they slew all straun∣gers that had ben placed by the Kynge in any place.
King Iohn beyng thus ouerset with his lordes sent messangers to ye bishop of Rome, shewyng to hym the rebelli∣on of his lordes, and how they labored his destruction. Wherfore the bishop of* 1.2 Rome with all haste sent a Legate into England, called Swalo: The whiche after his commyng, commaunded Le∣wes to returne into Fraunce, and la∣boured
boured to the vttermost of his power▪ to appease the Kyng and his haronye: but all his labour was in▪ vayne.
K. Iohn be sieged ye ca∣stel of Ro∣chester.
A Legate frō Rome.