1Richard erl of cornwaile . þe nexte ȝer after þis .
2As in tuelf hundred ȝer of grace . & on & þritti iwis .

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3He spousede þe contesse ysabel . þat þe childes moder
4was .
5Willam þe erl marschal deide . þulke ȝer alas .
6& at londone was ibured . & Richard is broþer .
7Vnderueng þe eritage . vor he nadde eir non oþer .
8Þe king him vaire vnderueng . & þe erldom of penbroc .
9& al is oþer eritage . wel vaire him tok .
10Randulf þe noble erl of chestre . deide suþþe al so .
11As in tuelf hundred ȝer of grace . & þretti & to .
12Sir hubert de boru . erl of kent . þe noble iustise .
13Þat as þe kinges poer . hadde an alle wise .
14Acused was to þe king . of mani luþer prise .
15So þat he was in prison . in þe castel of þe vise .
16& was bitake four erles . to witie wiþoute faile .
17Þe erl of wareine & Richard . erl of cornwaile .
18& Richard þe marschal . & þe erl of chestre Ion .
19So þat hii founde kniȝtes . ech of hom on .
20To witie him in prison . & ȝut uor echon .
21He of scapede to churche . as him þoȝte best won .
22Wiþ strengþe he was out idrawe . & suþþe to þe
23castel .
24Of scorgoil he was ilad . & iwust þere wel .
25Vor he was of churche inome . þo clergie bispek it vaste .
26So þat he was þoru þe pope . deliuered atte laste .

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27Sire steuene of segraue was . imad þo hei iustise .
28In sire hubertes stude de boru . þut lond wel to
29wise .
30Þo sprong þer a gret contek . & strong þoru out al .
31Bituene vr king henri . & richard þe marschal .
32& sir gilberd basset & sir richard stiward þer to .
33Vor to uor sir hubert de boru . & uor þe bissop al
34so .
35Of winchestre sir peris de roches . uor þe king as
36me sede .
37Dede þoru is conseil . mani luþer dede .
38As in tuelf hundred ȝer of grace . & þritti & þre .
39Aȝe þis þre louerdinges . þe king gan luþer to be .
40Destruede hor londes ouer al . & dude hom ssame
41inou .
42Ac þe erl Richard þe marsschal . soffrede euere
43inou .
44& vaire þe king bisende . þat he him ssolde wiþdrawe .
45Bi men of religion . & al nas wurþ an hawe .
46Þo þer nas oþer red . he wende to walis .
47& ber him þere vaire inou . & lute dude amis .
48Vor þe kinges londes þer . he miȝte abbe al destrud .
49Ac vor he ne dude is felawes . were wel sore anuid .
50Ac sire gilebert basset . & sir Richard syward .
51Hii destruede þere vaste inou . & suþþe hiderward .

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52Þe kinges conseilors londes . hii destruede mid hor
53tayle .
54Ac þe bissop of winchestre . & þe erl of cornwaile .
55& nameliche þe bissops . vor sir Richard siward
56vaste .
57Barnede is courtes oueral . & walles adoun caste .
58So þat maister edmund . of abendone was .
59Erchebissop of canterbury . as god sende þat cas .
60As tuelf hundred in ȝer of grace . & four & þretti
61also .
62Þis holi man seint edmund . in suich poer was ido .
63Þo wende Richard þe marschal . þat of penbroc erl
64was .
65Into irlonde to worri . in luþer time alas .
66Vor þoru treson of is owe men . to bataile he wende
67adai .
68So þat þe ost of is fon . ouer muche he sai .
69& muche of is owe folc . bigan vor to fle .
70Sire quaþ þo þo kniȝt . þou most þe bi se .
71Þou sucst þis folc ouer muche . þat aȝe þe is .
72& þin owe ouer lute . betere it is iwis .
73As me þincþ turne aȝe . uort god sende betere iwon .
74Vor vr poer is to lute . aȝe þus manie fon .
75Wat seiste quaþ þis gode erl . wan richard þe marschal .
76Vpe is stede iarmed is . & atiled þoru out al .
77& toward is fon in þe feld . haþ is wombe iwent .
78Ssold he turne hom is rugh . he nas neuere so issent .
79Vor he ne dude it neuere . ne neuere iwis ne ssal .
80Fram such ssendnesse crist ssulde . Richard þe marssal .

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81As noble bodi in he smot . he nolde longe abide .
82He slou to grounde her & þer . vaste in eiþer side .
83More prowesse ne miȝte . of o bodi be .
84Þan me miȝte of richard . þe marschal þere ise .
85Hii ne miȝte him one felle . al þat to him drowe .
86Ar hii mid som felonie . is stede vnder him slowe .
87& ȝut ne miȝte hii him ouercome . ar on him smot
88bicas .
89In aboute þe fondement . as he vnarmed was .
90& so vp toward þe gottes . & þus was of lif dawe .
91Richard þe marchal ibroȝt . & þoru treson aslawe .

95At kildar he was aslawe . þat in yrlonde is .
96& at þe frere prechors ibured . at kilkenni iwis .
97Þo vr king henri . hurde of is deþ telle .
98& of þe prowesse þat he dude . ar me him miȝte
99quelle .
100& he vnderstod of is wit . & of is wisdom .
101Him þoȝte it was a gret lere to al is kinedom .
102Vor is deþ he made deol inou . & vor is soule he let
103do .
104Almesdede manion . & mani masse al so .
105Is broþer sir gileberd . þat eir was of þe lond .
106He bitok mid gode wille . þe eritage an hond .

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107Sir steuene de segraue . þat is hey Iustise was .
108He let nime & in prison do . vor he wuste of þis
109cas .
110& concentede as me sede . to þe luþer treson .
111He let al so uor is loue . deliueri of prison .
112Sir hubert de boru & oþere . þat in prison were
113ido .
114& hom þat iweiued were . is pes he ȝef al so .
115& hii a sein swithines eue . of Iun þe verste day .
116To him come at gloucetre . as mani man isay .
117Vn hosed & bareuot . & vngurt al so .
118Hor armes to þe elbowe naked . hor heued bar þer
119to .
120Hii velle to þe kinges fet . & merci him criede vaste .
121Þe king ne miȝte þo uorbere . þat he ne wep atte
122laste .
123& bigan nei vor pite . isuowe vpriȝt toumbe .
124Bote as þe erl of hereforde him huld . & sir geffrey
125of crancoumbe .
126Þo he it miȝte uor deol do . he nom hom in is
127hond .
128& custe hom wiþ milde herte . & ȝef hom al hor
129lond .
130Þo was þe bissop of winchestre . & sir peris doriual .
131Remued þoru seint edmund . out of þe court al .
132& to late þouȝte mani man . uor god is wel to do .
133Maister roberd groce teste . þulke ȝer w aswasEdition: w as also .

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134Isacred bissop of lincolne . of seint edmund at redinge .
135Seint edmund þo at canterburi . spousede to vr kinge .
136Þe erles doȝter of prouence . elianore to wiue .
137Tuelf hundred as in ȝer of grace . & þretti & fiue .
138Sir henri of alimaine . þe erles sone of cornwaile .
139Þulke ȝer ibore was . al so wiþoute faile .
140Sir simond de mounfort . of wan gret munde is .
141As in tuelf hundred ȝer of grace . & seuene & þretti
142ywis .
143Elianore þe kinges soster . willames loue þe marschal .
144Contesse of penbroc spousede . god womman þoru out
145al .

149Þe erl of gloucestre þulke ȝer . Richard þat was so
150bold .
151Þe erles doȝter of lincolne . spousede þat het mold .
152Þo com þe legat sir otes . to engelond fram rome .
153& made a conseil at londone . to wan þe bissopes
154come .
155& suþþe he wende to oxenford . to þe abbeie of
156oseneye .
157& þere clerkes him made . climbe somdel heye .
158As tuelf hundred in ȝer of grace . & eiȝte & þritti
159þer to .
160To him hii wende to oseneie . hor nedes uor to do .
161So þat on of is men . a sein gregories day .
162Caste broþ up a clerc . as þut folk it sai .

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163Clerkes come þikke þo . in gret wraþþe inowe .
164& asailede þe legat . & on of is men slowe .
165In to þe stepel of oseneye . þe legat fleu vor fere .
166Is men mid strokes flowe al so . & of þouȝte hii come
167þere .
168Suþþe þo it com to pes . & folie bileued was .
169Þe legat esste amendement . of þe vil trespas .
170So þat vor þe manslaȝt . & uor þe oþer wou .
171Þe clerkes finede wiþ him . gret raunson inou .
172Þat ech clerc in þe toune . him ȝef atten ende .
173As muche as he in þe wouke . in is commune
174spende .
175Þe king sir simond de montfort . þe erldom ȝef &
176his .
177A candelmasse day þo . of leicestre iwis .
178In þe kinges chaumbre at wodestoke . atte welle
179was .
180A clerc ifounde wonderliche . þulke ȝer bi cas .
181He made him as bi wit . so þat it was ifounde .
182Þat it was bi speke to sle þe king . wan he sei
183stounde .
184To couentre he was isend . todrawe he was þere .
185& a four half engelond . is quarters isend were .
186Þe kinges eldoste sone . sir edward ibore was .
187A seint botulfes tid . as god ȝef þut cas .
188Tuelf hundred as in ȝer of grace . & nine & þritti
189riȝt .
190Þat suþþe vr king was . & so noble kniȝt .

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191Sir Richard erl of cornwaile . þulke ȝer wende al so .
192At missomer to þe holi lond . & mani god kniȝt
193þer to .
194Þer after in Ieniuer . Isabel is wif .
195Contesse of gloucestre let . at bercamstude þat lif .
196Ibured heo was at beulu . & ir herte ibured is .
197At teukesburi & ir gottes . at messendene iwis .
198Þo sprong þer gret contek . bituene henri vr king .
199& þe erchebissop seint edmund . & noȝt vor lute
200þing .

204Vor þe king þo he adde iwiued . & an eir adde al
205so .
206He drou to oþer conseil . þan he was iwoned to do .
207& of þe riȝtes of holichurche . & of þe gode olde
208lawe .
209Þat he adde of is chartre ymad . he him gan wiþ
210drawe .
211Seint edmond pitosliche . wel ofte him bi souȝte .
212Þat he wiþdrowe of is dede . & bet him bi þoȝte .
213Ac it was euer þe leng þe wors . so þat atte laste .
214Seint edmond him huld stedeuast . & amansede vaste .
215Alle þat holichurche . in suich vnriȝt broȝte .
216& wende uorþ ouer se . vort þe king him bet biþoȝte .
217& deide ar he come aȝe . & ibured was ek þer .
218As in ȝer of grace . tuelf hundred & fourti ȝer .
219Þo Richard erl of cornwaile . to þe holi lond com .
220Þe soudan somdel uor fere . Triwes wiþ him nom .
221& alle prisons & sarazins þat in heþenesse were .
222Inome & in prison ido . he deliuerede him þere.

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223At þe torment of wareine . sir gilebert þe marschal .
224Defouled was þoru mesauntre . & debrused al .
225& deide as tuelf hundred ȝer . & fourti & on .
226Of grace & þo were dede . þe four breþeren echon .
227As þe tueie willames & richard . & gileberd atten
228ende .
229& god nolde non of hom . eir of is bodi sende .
230Ac to four sostren & hor eirs . þe eritage was þo .
231To deled & to gadere . ne comþ neuer eft mo .
232Elianore of brutaine . deide ek þulke ȝer .
233Þat was arþures soster . þat king Ion let sle er .
234Suþþe was gileberd ibore . þat richardes sone was .
235Of clare erl of gloucestre . as god ȝef þut cas .
236As tuelf hundred in ȝer of grace . & þre & fourti þer to .
237Þo was is fader verst of elde . & out of warde ido .
238Erchebissop of canterburi . imad was þulke ȝer .
239Boneface . & þe erl of cornwaile . of wan we speke
240er .
241Weddede dame ssenche . þat vr quene soster was .
242& þe quene soster of france . as god ȝef þut cas .
243& þe erles doȝter of prouince . & ir moder þe contesse .
244Brouȝte hire hider in to þis lond . & was her in gladnesse .
245Fouke basset was suþþe imad . bissop of londone .
246& sein Richard of chichestre . & edmond þe kinges
247sone

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248Ibore was amidde Ieneuer . & in ȝer of grace iwis .
249Tuelf hundred & foure & fourti . idon was al þis .

253Suþþe deide þe olde quene . biȝonde þe se wiþoute
254faile .
255Þat vr kinges moder henri was . & þe erl of cornewaile .
256Hir sone bigan to rere . þe abbeie of hailes .
257As in ȝer of grace tuelf hundred . & six & fourti iwis .
258Þe erles sone of gloucestre . beues was suþþe ibore .
259& newe peni chaunge imad . & þe olde bileued biuore .
260& erþgrine strong inou . aboute leinte al so .
261Tuelf hundred as in ȝer of grace . & seuene & fourti
262þer to .
263Þe nexte ȝer þer after . þe gode king lowis .
264Of france to þe holi lond . wende & þoru paris .
265Bareuot eode & open heued . & þen holi wey bigan
266Wiþ procession of freres . & of mani god man .
267& þe nexte ȝer suþþe . as me telle can .
268Þe stronge cite of damiet . vpe saracens he wan .
269As tuelf hundred in ȝer of grace . & fourti & nine .
270Þulke gode lowis . is nou seint . & ileid in ssrine .
271Þe erles douȝter of gloucetre . ibore was þulke ȝer .
272Margrete & dame ssenche . of wan we speke er .
273Þe nexte ȝer þer after . a seinte steuenes niȝt .
274As tuelf hundred & fifti . in ȝer of grace riȝt .

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275An sone adde ibore . þat edmond ihote was .
276Þat spousede þulke margrete . suþþe as god ȝef þat
277cas .
278& was erl of cornwaile . þulke ȝer al so .
279Þer was in þe holi lond . strong bataile ido .
280At seinte marie tid in leinte . & þe beste kniȝtes þat
281þer were .
282Of cristinmen alas . aslawe were þere .
283As sir willam de longespey . & þe erl of artois al so .
284& þe king lowis was inome . & in prison ido .
285Vort he was out ibouȝt . mid raunson of is lond .
286& damiet i ȝolde aȝen . in to heþene manne hond .
287Þe king ȝef sir edward is sone . gascoine suþþe al so .
288As in tuelf hundred ȝer of grace . & fifti & tuo .
289Þulke ȝer was þut somer . so druye & so hot .
290Þat ȝut to þis daye . of none hattore me not .
291Sein Richard of chichestre . & roberd iwis .
292Groce teste deide . þe nexte ȝer after þis .
293Suþþe vr quene of engelond . & ir sone sir edward .
294& þe bissop water of wircetre . ȝarkede hom ouerward .
295& to makie mariage . wende hom ouer se .

299& sir edward spousede . ar hii come aȝe .
300Þe kinges soster of spaine . elianore iwis .
301As in ȝer of grace . ido was al þis .
302Tuelf hundred & four & fifti . & þere þis noble king .
303Made sir edward kniȝt þo . nobliche þoru alle þing .

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304Þe nexte ȝer þer after . giwes a child in drowe .
305At lincolne þat het hue . & in þe rode him slowe .
306Þe erl Richard of cornwaile . suþþe was imad king .
307Of alemayne & þer icrouned . nobliche þoru ech þing .
308An holi þorsdai in alimaine . & made so noble
309feste .
310Þat of alle þat me wuste it was . þe richoste & þe
311meste .
312As tuelf hundred in ȝer of grace . & seuene & fifti
313riȝt .
314Þulke ȝer he made . sir henri is sone kniȝt .
315Bituene vr king & lowelin . gret worre þer was þo .
316In walis & me dude . in eiþer half gret wo .
317& gode kniȝtes of engelond . of wan was gret pite .
318Aslawe were þer alas . þe eue of þe trinite .
319As sir steuene bausein . & sire patric de chaus also .
320& mani oþer god bodi . was þere to deþe ido .
321Þe meste wo þat here vel . bi king henries day .
322In þis lond icholle biginne . to telle ȝuf ich may .
323He adde þre breþeren . þat is moder sones were .
324& þe king of alimaine . þe verþe . þat to heie hom
325bere .
326Ac sir willam de valance . & sir eimer þer to .

328Elit of wincetre & sir gui . de lisewi al so .

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329Þoru hom & þoru þe quene was . so muche frenss folc
330ibrouȝt .
331Þat of englisse men . me tolde as riȝt nouȝt .
332& þe king hom let hor wille . þat ech was as king .
333& nome poueremenne god . & ne paiede no þing .
334To eni of þis breþeren . ȝuf þer pleinede eni wiȝt .
335Hii sede ȝuf we doþ ou wrong . wo ssal ou do riȝt .
336As wo seiþ we beþ kinges . ur wille we mowe
337do .
338& manie englisse alas . hulde mid hom al so .
339So þat þoru godes grace . þis erles atte laste .
340& þe bissop of þis lond . & barons bispeke it vaste .
341Þat þe kunde englissemen . of londe hii wolde out
342caste .
343& þut lond bringe adoun . ȝuf hor poer ilaste .
344Þer of hii nome conseil . & to þe king hii sende .
345To abbe pite of is lond . & suiche maners amende .

349So þat atte laste . hii broȝte him þer to .
350To makie a porueance . amendement to do .
351Imad it was at oxenford . þut lond uor to seyte .
352Tuelf hundred as in ȝer of grace . & fifti & eyȝte .
353Riȝt aboute missomer . fourten niȝt it laste .
354Þe erles & þe barons . were wel studeuaste .
355Vor to amendi þat lond . as þe erl of gloucetre .
356Sir Richard & sir simond . erl of leicetre .

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357& sir Ion le fiz geffray . & oþer barons inowe .
358So þat atte laste . þe king her to hii drowe .
359To remue þe frensse men . to libbe bi ȝonde se .
360Bi hor londes her & þer . & ne come noȝt aȝe .
361& to graunti gode lawes . & þe olde chartre al so .
362Þat so ofte was igraunted er . & so ofte vndo .
363Her of was þe chartre imad . & aceled vaste þere .
364Of þe king & of oþere . heye men þat þer were .
365Þo nome tende taperes . þe bissops in her hond .
366& þe king him sulf & oþere . heyemen of þe lond .
367Þe bissops amansede alle . þat þer aȝen were .
368& euereft vndude þe lawes . þat iloked were þere .
369Mid berninde taperes . & suþþe atte laste .
370Þe king & oþere sede amen . & hor taperes adoun
371caste .
372To confermi þe mansinge . & þo þoute it stable ynou .
373Þer after ech as in pes . toward is owe drou .
374& þe kinges þre breþeren . & oþer frensse þere .
375Flowe & þoȝte al to longe . þat hii in þis lond were .
376Þe newe churche was of salesburi . ihalwed þulke ȝer .
377Þoru giles of brute post . þat bissop was þo þer .
378A sein Misseles dai of þe erchebissop . boneface þat
379was þo .
380Þer was boþe king & quene . & heiemen mani mo .
381Þe quene ssenche deide suþþe . of alemaine iwis .
382At bercamstede in nouembre . & ibured was &
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384In þe quer of hailes . an hey in a vair place .
385Tuelf hundred & on & sixti . as in ȝer of grace .
386Al þis time was sir edward . biȝonde se aboute .
387& hauntede torneimens . wiþ wel noble route .
388Wiþ gascoine þat was his . & gode kniȝtes adde .
389As sir warin of bassingbourne . þat him aboute
390ladde .

394& sir hamond þe strange . & sir gemes of audele .
395Sir roger of clifford & oþere . uort he com aȝe .
396Þe quene was ek biȝonde se . & þe kinges breþeren
397al so .
398& euere þoȝte hou hii miȝte . þe purueance vndo .
399Hii porchasede þat þe pope . asoilede iwis .
400Of þe oþ & of þe mansinge . þe king & alle his .
401Þo was it þe kinges wille . & is conseilers also .
402Al out ȝuf hii miȝte . þe purueaunce vndo .
403It was euere þe quene þoȝt . so muche so heo miȝte
404þenche .
405Mid conseil oþer mid sonde . oþer mid wimman
406wrenche .
407& þo sir edward was iproued . hardi kniȝt & god .
408Aȝe þe porueaunce al so . he turnde al is mod .
409So þat þe erl of gloucetre . Richard deide þo .
410Þo was þe baronie . wel in þe more wo .
411þe king gaderede is poer . & sir edward al so .
412& þe king of alimaine his . & mani oþer þerto

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413In þis manere þe barons . bigonne hor vrning .
414A freinss kniȝt was at gloucetre . þe sserreue þoru þe
415king .
416Sir maci de besile . and constable also .
417Þe barons it bispeke . þat it nas noȝt wel ido .
418Ac aȝe þe pourueance . vor hii nolde frenss man non .
419An oþer sserreue hii made . þoru commun conseil
420echon .
421A kniȝt of þe contreie . sir willam traci .
422& of þulke poer clene . pulte out sir maci .
423Ac sir willam ssire huld . in a monenday .
424Sir maci com iarmed . as mani man isay .
425Wiþ poer isend fram þe court . iarmed wel inou .
426& euene as þe ssire sat . to þe tounes ende him
427drou .
428Hii aliȝte wiþ drawe suerd . wiþ macis manion .
429& wiþ mani an hard stroc . rumede hor wey anon .
430Vort hii come vp to þe deis . & þe sserreue vaste .
431Bi þe top hii hente anon . & to þe grounde him
432caste .
433& harlede him vorþ villiche . wiþ mani stroc among .
434In a foul plodde in þe stret . suþþe me him slong .
435& orne on him mid hor hors . & defoulede him vaste .
436& bihinde a squier suþþe . villiche hii him caste .
437& to þe castel him ladde . þoru out þe toun .
438Þat reuþe it was vor to se . & caste him in prison .

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439Þo þe tiþinge her of com . to þe baronie .
440Hii þoȝte in time amendi . suich vileinie .

444So þat sir roger de clifford . & sir Ion giffard nome .
445Gret poer in somer . & to gloucetre come .
446Hii sende to sir maci . þat he þun castel ȝolde .
447To hom & to þe baronie . oþer hii him nime wolde .
448Sir maci hom sende aȝen . þat þe king him tok
449biuore .
450Þun castel him to loki . mid trewe oþ isuore .
451Ne þat he nolde traitour be . ne þen castel neuere ȝelde .
452Bote þe king oþer is sone . þe wule he him miȝte
453welde .
454He adde wiþinne lute folk . þun castel to defende .
455Arblastes sone & ginnes . wiþoute me bende .
456& ssote inward vaste inou . atte laste hii sende .
457Al þe brutaske wiþoute . & þe brugge brende .
458Vor he was al of tre . & sir maci & his .
459Flowe in to þe tour an hey . þo hii seye þis .
460& defendede hom vaste . þe wule hii miȝte iwis .
461Ac vor defaute of helpe . mani man issend is .
462Wiþ an quarel on wiþinne . an squier þer oute slou .
463Sir Ion giffard uor is deþ . made deol inou .

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464& þo sir maci was inome . & hii wiþinne come .
465An carpenter þat hii sede . þat sset þe ssute hii
466nome .
467& ladde him vpe þe tour an hei . & made him huppe
468to grounde .
469He hupte & debrusede . & deide in an stounde .
470& sir Roger of clifford þo . þe castel in warde hadde .
471& hii nome sir maci . & in to marc him ladde .
472& sir Ion giffard nom to him . is quic eiȝte echon .
473& al þat he fond of is . & nameliche at sserston .
474A freinss bissop þer was . at hereforde þo .
475Sir peris de egeblaunche . þat hii dude al so wo .
476Hii come vor to nime him . Iarmed manion .
477Þe godeman vor drede . to churche wende anon .
478& reuestede him bi þe auter . ac sir roger ne sir Ion .
479Vor honour of holichurche . nolde wiþinne gon .
480Ac sir tomas torbeuille . & oþer ssrewen mo .
481Wende vp & wiþ strengþe . made him out go .
482Þo he sei þat he ne moste . habbe churche peis .
483Par crist he sede sir tomas . tu es Maveis .
484Meint ben te ay fet . vor he adde muche god .
485Þer biuore him ido .& he it vuele vnderstod .
486Hii harlede him out of churche . þat lute pite adde .
487& is god nome vaste inou . & to erdesleye him ladde .

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488& him & sir maci ek . in god warde dude þere .
489In þe castel of erdesleye . uor te it betere were .
490So it ferde oueral . ware me freinsse fond .
491Me harlede hom villiche . aboute in to al þe lond .
492& þe kinges men robbede hom . þat aȝen hom were .
493& þe barons ek hor fon . þat aȝen hom armes bere .
494Atte biginninge þer hulde . wiþ þe king vewe wel .
495Bote sir Robert walrond . & sir Ion Mauncel .
496Ac suþþe þo sir edward . so wel armes ber .
497He drou to him manion . þat wiþ þe barons were er .
498Þe marcheis he adde sone . as sir Roger þe Mortimer .
499& sir warin of bassingbourne . & of clifford sir Roger .
500Sir gemes de audele . sir haumond þe strange al so .
501Sir roger of leibourne . & mani oþer þer to .
502Þo was þe castel of gloucetre . & þe toun al so .
503Þoru sir roger of clifford . in þe kinges hond ido .
504& he astorede þe castel . wiþ poer inou .
505& to is castel of brumesfeld . sir Ion giffard vaste
506drou .
507& astorede him wel inou . & goinde adde is route .
508To driue & to gaderi þuder god . of neiȝebores aboute .
509Þe stalwardeste men þat me fond . to him vaste he drou .
510& of porchas of neiȝebores . ssipede hom wel inou .

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511Bituene þe castel of gloucetre . & brumefeld al so .
512Þer was ofte biker gret . & muche harm ido .
513Ac þe constable of gloucetre . as mid þe kinges poer .
514Held ofte in þe kinges name . courtes ver & ner .
515So þat at quedesle . wiþoute þe toun to mile .
516He let someni an hundred . & þer he hente an gile .
517Vor as he huld þis hundred . mid gret folk & onour .
518& Adam of arderne . was is chef countour .
519Hii clupede sir Ion giffard . þat siwte ssolde þer to .
520To come oþer he ssolde . in þe merci be ido .
521He com bi asoyne . vor is men inowe .
522Come out of brumsfeld . & Iarmed to hom drowe .
523& asoynede hor louerd . & to grounde slowe .
524Glad he was þat miȝte fle . ar þat suerd is nekk
525gnowe .
526Manie flowe to churche . & þe constable vnneþe .
527At arnde aliue & manie . were ibroȝt to deþe .
528Þis luþer bailifs þat poueremen . so gret wo doþ ilome .
529Suich giffardes asoyne . icholde hom ofte come .

533Wel a ȝer & an half . þus it ferde aboute .
534Þat ech heiman dude is fon . ssame mid is route .
535Atte laste þo winter . towarde ende drou .
536At candelmasse ech of hom . gret ost nom inou .
537& sir roger of clifford . gloucetre wuste al so .
538& at ech ȝat of þe toun . god warde let do .
539Sir Ion giffard com aday . & sir Ion de balun þere .
540Ride vpe tueye wolpakces . chapmen as hii were .

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541To þe west ȝate ouer þe brugge . & þe porters bede .
542To late in tueie wolmongers . hor chaffare in to
543lede .
544Biweued hii were boþe . mid welsse mantles tueie .
545Þo þe ȝates were vndo . hii hupte adoun beye .
546Of hor hors & caste . hor mantles awei anon .
547& þo stode hii Iarmed . fram heued to þe ton .
548Þo were þe porters agrise . sore of þulke siȝte .
549& caste hom þe keyen . vawe þat hii miȝte .
550Poer þer was inou . atte brugge ende .
551Þo þe ȝates were vndo . hii gonne þuder wende .
552Sir simondes sone de monfort . sir henri þe hende .
553& mani god bodi ek . as god þuder sende .
554Þo þe barons adde þe toun . & þe castel þe king .
555Þer was ofte bituene hom . gret bikering .
556Sir edward was bi este þo . mid poer gret inou .
557Sone toward leinte . toward þe march he drou .
558Is wei he nom bi oxenford . ac þe borgeis anon .
559Þe ȝates made aȝen him . of þe toune echon .
560He wende & lai wiþoute toun . atte kinges halle .
561& wende vorþ amorwe . mid is men alle .
562Þe ȝates þo he was iwend . were alle vp ibroȝt .
563Sone bote smiþe gate . ac þat nas vndo nouȝt .

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564Þe clerkes adde þer þoru . muche solas ilore .
565To pleye toward beumound . anuid hii were þeruore .
566Þe bailif hii bede ofte . to graunti hor solas .
567To pleie & vndo þut ȝat . ac vor noȝt it was .
568So þat an vewe wilde hinen . a liȝt red þer of nome .
569& a dai after mete . wiþ axes þuder come .
570& þat ȝat to hewe . & to dasse þere .
571& suþþe þoru beumond . to hare welle it bere .
572& subuenite sancti . vaste gonne singe .
573As me deþ wan a ded man . me wole to putte bringe .
574Willam þe spicer & geffray . of hencsei þat þo were .
575Portreuen & nicole . of kingestone þat was mere .
576Nome of þis clerkes . & in prison caste .
577& noble hom nouȝt deliueri . ȝut þe chaunceler bed vaste .
578Þe clerkes were þo wroþe . þe burgeis were þo bolde .
579& þretnede to nime mo . & of hor wraþþe lute tolde .
580þe verste þorsdai in lente . þe burgeis were wel fers .
581& þe wule men were atte mete . arerde tueie baners .
582& wende hom vorþ iarmed . mid al hor poer þere .
583To defouli alle þe clerkes . ar hii iwar were .
584As hii come aȝen alle halwen . mid poer so strong .
585At seinte marie churche a clerc . þe commun belle rong .
586Þis clerkes vp fram hor mete . & to godes grace
587truste .
588& seie þat hii were issend . bote hii þe bet hom wuste .

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589Hii mette wiþ þis burgeis . & bigonne to ssete vaste .
590I wounded þer was manion . ac þe borgeis atte laste .
591Hii bigonne to fle vaste . hom þoȝte longe er .
592So þat þe clerkes adde . þe stretes sone iler .
593Þe bowiares ssoppe hii breke . & þe bowes nome
594echon .
595Suþþe þe portereues house . hii sette afure anon .
596In þe souþhalf of þe toune . & suþþe þe spicerie .
597Hii breke fram ende to oþer . & dude al to robberie .
598Vor þe mer was viniter . hii breke þe viniterie .
599& alle oþere in þe toun . & þat was lute maistrie .
600Hii caste awei þe dosils . þat win orn abrod so .
601Þat it was pite gret . of so muche harm ido .
602Þeruore þo þe king com . & wuste suich trespas .
603Alle þe clerkes out of þe toun . he drof vor þut
604cas .
605Ne vort after misselmasse . hii ne come namore þer .
606Telle we nou of sir edward . of wan we bigonne
607er .
608Sir edward toward lente . toward þe march gan
609wende .
610So þat an axwednesdai . al bi þe weste ende .
611To gloucetre he wende . mid gret poer inou .
612& al ouer þe brugge . to þe west ȝate he drou .
613& asailede þen toun . ac þe barons wiþinne .
614Defendede hom so wel . þat he ne miȝte hom winne .

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615So þat of þe castel . wiþinne com a route .
616Toward þe ȝat to helpe . sir edward wiþoute .
617Ac grimbaud pauntefot . aȝen hom sone com .
618& mid poer hom turnde aȝen . & some of hom nom .
619Sir edward turnde in to þe med . þo he ne sei oþer
620cas .
621& a ssip of teuskesburi . þat þe abbodes was .

625Bi seuerne wende þer . sone he it nom .
626& þerinne bi þe water . in to þe castel com .
627Anon so he was wiþinne . vpe þe tour an hey .
628He arerde is baner . þat me wide isey .
629Þo þe baruns þat isei . sori hii were echon .
630In þe toun half þun castel . hii asailede anon .
631& hii wiþinne casten out . mid hor ginnes vaste .
632So þat bituene hom . þe biker longe ilaste .
633Sir Ion giffard fram brumesfeld . þuder sone com .
634To þe castel med wiþoute toun . þun wei sone he
635nom .
636& þe castel brugge out of þe med . he barnde fram
637þen ende .
638To þe tubrugge along . vor me ne ssolde out wende .
639Mani was þe vair biker . & þe vair asaut al so .
640Þat bituene þe castel & þe toun . ofte was ido .
641Sir edward & is poer . ofte were wiþinne .
642Vpe þe point to smiten out . bataile to biginne .

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643Ac þe bissop water of wurcetre . ofte bituene wende .
644& þe abbod reinaud of gloucetere . as god hom grace
645sende .
646& destourbede þe bataile . ac non acord þer nas .
647Ac biker & slaȝt & ssetinge . bituene hom ofte was .
648So þat sir edward aday . & is men hom lete arme .
649To wende out & bataile do . al mest to grete harme .
650Þo seie hii out of þe tour . þe erl roberd of ferers .
651Atte tounes ende come . wiþ noble men & fers .
652As framward teuskesburi . iarmed wel echon .
653Hors & men al preste . bataile to do anon .
654Þo sir edward þis isey . no þing nas he glad .
655Vor me sede þat he nas . of noman so sore adrad .
656Vn iarmed out he wende . to þe barons wel stille .
657& anon made acord . & graunted al hor wille .
658& made fourme god inou . & suor is wel to holde .
659Þo hii adde al hor wil . þe barons were wel bolde .
660Þe erl roberd of ferers . þo he þuder com .
661He was nei uor wraþþe wod . þat me eni acord nom .
662He smot stede wiþ þe spore . & al is compainie .
663& wende him vor wraþþe aȝen . so quic so he miȝte
664hie .
665Ech bar him ek amorwe . out of toune drou .
666& of þe fourme þat hii made . wende be siker inou .
667Þo sir edward & is folc . were al maistres þer .
668Vor þe burgeis of þe toun . lete in baruns er .
669He let crie in to al þe toun . þat bourgeis þat wolde .
670In þe castel come to is peis . god pais habbe he ssolde .

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671Gladdore nere þe borgeis . neuere in hore liue .
672Þan vor þis gode word . hii hiede þuder bliue .
673Þo hii were alle icome . þe ȝates me made vaste .
674& brouȝte hom biuore sir edward . þo were hii sore
675agaste .
676Me acoupede hom harde inou . & suþþe attelaste .
677As þeues & traitours . in strong prison me hom caste .
678Wiþoute mete & drinke . þere hii laie longe .
679In sorwe & care & lokede . wan hii were anhonge .
680Sir roger of clifford . þe porters vaste nom .
681Þat porters were atte ȝate . þo Ion giffard in com .
682As hobekin of lodelowe . & is felawes al so .
683& let hom vpe þe west ȝate . anhonge boþe to .
684Euere lokede þis burgeis . wan hii were vorþ idriue .
685Prestles hom was wel wo . þat hii nere issriue .
686Roberd of caumpedene . þat hosebonde was on .
687Vor he was a lute clerc . he ssrof hom echon .
688Atte laste sir edward . of hom gret raunsoun .
689Nom & let hom go aliue . & destruede al þen toun .
690Ac þe fourme þat he made . aȝe þe barons biuore .
691He bileuede al clene . þei þe oþ were isuore .
692To oxenford he wende vorþ . as is fader was þo .
693& is men bi þe weye . dude wel muche wo .
694Þe king sone in leinte . to oxenforde com .
695& is in wiþ is folc . atte frere prechors nom .
696Aboute an þre wouke . þere he gan abide .
697Vor to gaderi is ost . þat isprad was wide .

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698Suþþe seinte freþeswiþe was . me nuste king non .
699Þat wiþinne þe ȝates of oxenford . dorste ride ne
700gon .
701Þe king was among þe freres . & hii manion .
702Radde him vor to wenden in . & nameliche frer Ion .
703Of balsam & þat he miȝte . þoru godes grace hii
704sede .
705In wiþ god deuocion . go wiþoute drede .
706Þe king hadde þer to gode wille . þoru frerene
707rede .
708& hii massen & orisons . uaste uor him bede .
709So þat vastinde a day . a uote he dude þis dede .
710& in eiþer half to sikeri him . freres him gonne
711lede .

715& he wende to seinte freþeswiþe . as no king ne com
716er .
717Suþþe seinte friþeswiþe was . vale hundred ȝer .
718& wel vaire is offringe . to þe heye weued ber .
719& suþþe ofte wan he þuder com . he offrede þer .
720So he bileuede in oxenford . & is conseil nom .
721Vort is sone & is folc . mid poer to him com .
722Þo is poer ȝare was . wiþinne þe passion .
723Wiþ is ost he wende uorþ . & arerde is dragon .
724Is ost was gret & suiþe long . he wende to norþhamtone .
725& wiþ strengþe nom þe toun . & somdel wiþ treson .

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726Aboute seint ambrose day . ido was al þis .
727Tuelf hundred in ȝer of grace . & foure & sixti iwis .
728Sir simond þe ȝonge mountford . þere hii nome þo .
729& sir osebern giffard . & oþere manimo .
730In strong prison sir simon . hii dude at windelsore .
731Vort þe bataile of lewes . ac suþþe no leng more .
732Þo wende þe baruns uorþ . & oþere manion .
733& barnde court & oþer . ech man vpe is fon .
734Sir Ion giffard mid is route . nas noȝt þo þe laste .
735Vor he barnde aboute oxenford . þe ester wouke vaste .
736Curt lincolne & berkele . & oþer courtes also .
737Were aboute in þe lond . þo afure ido .
738Þe king so sone in mai . estward euere drou .
739As toward þe hauenes . wiþ gret poer inou .
740Sir simond de mountfort . & sire gilebard .
741Þe ȝonge erl of gloucetre . come euere afterward .
742& barons ek manion . as sir Ion giffard .
743& mani god bodi þat ne com . neuereft aȝenward .
744At lewes þe king bigan . mid is poer abide .
745Þe barons astunte . wiþoute toun biside .
746& vaire sende in to þe toun . to þe king hor sonde .
747Þat he ssolde vor godes loue . him bet vnderstonde .
748& graunti hom þe gode lawes . & habbe pite of is lond .
749& hii him wolde serui wel . to vote & to hond .

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750Þe king hom sende word aȝen . wiþoute gretinge þis .
751Þat he ne kepte noþing . of hor seruise iwis .
752& þat out of loue & treuþe . he dude hom echon .
753& þat he wolde hom seche out . as is pur fon .
754Þe barons ne couþe oþer red . þo hii hurde þis .
755Bote bidde godes grace . & bataile abide iwis .

759Hii wende & auisede hom . somdel vp an doun .
760Þat hii miȝte be war of hor fon . & ise to toun .
761Some radde þat hii ssolde . wende in at on hepe .
762To habbe inome hom vn armed . & some abedde aslepe .
763Þe godemen sede þat hii nolde . suich vileinie do
764non .
765Ac abide vort hii come . Iarmed out echon .
766Hii houede vnder boskes . & newe kniȝtes made .
767& armede & atired hom . & hor bedes ȝerne bade .
768Sir simon de mountford . conseilede hom vaste .
769Hou hii ssolde hom conteini . þe wule þe bataile
770ilaste .
771Þo com þe ost smite out . vaste of þe toune .
772Mani was þe gode bodi . þat þer was ibroȝt þer
773doune .
774Vor þe londreis þer biuore . a gret despit wroȝte .
775To þe quene at londone . sir edward þer on þouȝte .
776& vor to awreke is moder . to hom vaste he drou .
777& brouȝte hom to grounde & some of hom . al fleinde
778he slou .
779Þo he adde þis loundreis . al ibroȝt to grounde .
780Wiþ gret Ioye he turnde aȝen . ac lute ioye he founde .

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781Vor þe barons were aboue . & his alf ouercome .
782Þe king of alemaine was . in a windmulle inome .
783Vor a ȝong kniȝt him nom . kniȝt ymad þo
784riȝt .
785Sir Ion de befs icluped . þat was suiþe god kniȝt .
786Þat muche prowesse dude adai . & þe king him ȝeld
787in doute .
788To þe erl ek of gloucetre . as to þe hexte of þe route .
789& to þe frere menors in to toun . sir edward fleu
790vaste .
791& þere as he nede moste . ȝeld him atte laste .
792Manion stilleliche . hor armes awei caste .
793& chaungede hom vor herigaus . somdel hii were
794agaste .
795& manie flowe in to þe water . & some toward þe
796see .
797& manie passede ouer . & ne come neuere aȝe .
798Aboute a four þousend . & fif hundred me sede .
799Atte bataile were aslawe . þat was a pitos dede .
800Sir philip basset þe gode kniȝt . worst was to ouercome .
801He hadde mo þan tuenti wounde . ar he were
802inome .
803Sir simond de mountfort . þo ido was al þis .
804Vorþ mid him þe king huld . as in warde iwis .
805& þe king of alemaine . & sir edward al so .
806In þe castel of walingford . in warde he let do .

810& oþer men þat were inome . he let bringe aboute .
811In o þer castels vaste inou . þat þer nas no doute .
812Tokninge ȝut of more wo . þat ȝut to comene was .
813Vr louerd sende in siȝte . bi a wonder cas .
814Vor a sterre wiþ a launce . þat comete icluped is .
815Aros þo aȝe dai . biuore þe sonne iwis .
816Fram seinte margarete tid . vort misselmasse nei .
817Þat ech man miȝte wondri . þat þe sterre isei .
818Þer wende of him a lem . þat toward þe norþ drou .
819Euene as it were a launce . red & cler inou .
820Þulke sterre is selde iseie . bote it be to tokninge .
821& suþþe þer after com . muche blod ssedinge .
822Hii þat hulde mid þe king . & nere nouȝt inome .
823Wende aboute her & þer . as hii miȝte best bicome .
824In þe castel of bristowe . hii come atte laste .
825Wel an seuene baners . & hulde hom þere vaste .
826 . & sir warin al so .
827Of bassingbourne . & sir Ion . de muchegros þer to .
828Sir pain de chaus & sir roberd . tipetot iwis .
829& oþer mo & hor wiues þat ne likede noþing þis .
830As to wite hor bodies . vort hii betere iseie .
831Hii hulde hom þere defensables . to libbe oþer to
832deie .
833So þat þe quene aspide . þat bote feble warde it
834nas .
835In þe castel of walingford . þat aboute hir sone was .
836To bristowe he sende word . þat þe kniȝtes miȝte wel .
837Wiþ lute strengþe winne him out . of þulke castel .
838So þat þis kniȝtes . to rede hom nome .
839& mid an þre hundred hors . to walingford hii come .
840In a fridai iarmed . riȝt as þe sonne aros .
841Þe castel hii asailede . þat mani man agros .

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842Aȝen alle halwe churche . þe verste dich hii nome .
843& brake þe otemoste wal . & wiþinne come .
844Hii þat wiþinne were . þe castel wuste vaste .
845Mid arblast and mid oþer ginnes . vaste aȝen hom
846caste .
847& sede to hom wiþoute . bote hii wolde aȝen wende .
848Þat hii wolde sir edward . vawe out to hom sende .
849Iliþered wiþ a mangenel . hom wiþ hom to lede .
850Sir edward vpe wal wiþinne . com al so & sede .

854& bed hom wende hom aȝe . oþer he was ded
855iwis .
856Þis oþer wende þus hom . þo hii hurde þis .
857Þo sir simon de mountfort . hurde of þis dede .
858He let þe king of alemaine . & sir edward lede .
859& sir henri þe kinges sone . of alemaine al so .
860To þe castel of keningeswurþe in betere warde to
861do .
862& þe kinges soster þe contasse . sir simondes wif
863was .
864Þer mid hom & wat he miȝte . dude hom of solas .
865Sir simon de mountfort . in castles adde ido .
866Maistres of biȝonde se . & vpe is londes al so .
867As in þe castel of walingford . of douere . of windelsore .
868Wardeins he made of frensse men . þat of þoȝte þut
869lond sore .
870Þe erl of gloucetre it bi spek . so þat þere was .
871A parlement at londone . to amendi suich trespas .
872So þat þis tueie erles . acorded were þere .
873Þat iremewed al clene . þe frenssemen were .

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874At seint hillari tid . þis parlement was .
875Þer was þe erl of ferers . ibrouȝt in hard cas .
876Vor he hadde after þe pais . robberie iwroȝt .
877Þe king wolde in ech manere . þat he were to deþe
878ibroȝt .
879Sir simon de mountford . wisliche dude inou .
880Vor he wolde in eiþer half . riȝt do & no wou .
881In þe tour of londone . in prisoun he let him
882bringe .
883Vor to saui is lif . & to paye þe kinge .
884Þo was þe erl of gloucetre . anuid uor mani dede .
885Þat he huld so prisons . al wiþoute is rede .
886Vor suich man as he was . me tolde of him to
887lute .
888& him þouȝte þat þer was . mid sir simon to gret
889prute .
890& me sede he was adrad . þat me him nome al
891so .
892Wiþ treson vor he was hext . & in prison him lete
893do .
894Sir Ion giffard þo verst . aȝe sir simond turnde .
895Vor he askede prisouns . þat me mid riȝte wurnde .
896Vor he was him sulf at lewes . sone inome bi cas .
897Ac sir willam matrauers . a kniȝt þat mid him
898was .
899In þe bataile suþþe inome . sir reinaud le fiȝ peris .
900& sir alein de la souche . þat barons were iwis .
901Ac he let hom suþþe go . & sir reinaud was þer .
902In þe bataile suþþe inome . Iarmed as he was er .

906Sir alein was ek inome . in monekene wede .
907In þe priorie suþþe . arst he was in drede .
908& vor sir willam mautrauers . hom let so quit gon .
909Sir simond nolde nouȝt . deliueri hom sir Ion .
910To þe forest of dene . sir Ion wende þo .
911& turnde aȝe sir simond . & procurede oþer mo .
912Lewelin prince of walis . robbede mid is route .
913Þe erles lond of gloucetre . in walis aboute .
914Þo wende þe erl fram londone . priueliche & stille .
915As to socori is lond . aȝe sir simondes wille .
916In þe forest of dene . to gadere sone hii come .
917He & sire Ion giffard . & stable conseil nome .
918To holde aȝe sir simond . stabliche hii were at on .
919& boreforde & beghwurþe . þe erl ȝef sir Ion .
920Wiþ him to holde stabliche . aȝe sir simon in ech
921cas .
922Sir roger ek de mortimer . in is owe londe was .
923In þe contreie of wigemor . & wuste him vaste þere .
924Prest wan he seie time . baner vor to arere .
925Seue baners also . þat aȝe sir simond were .
926In þe castel of bristowe . hulde hom vaste þere .
927As sir warin of bassingbourne . man of gret los .
928& sir roberd tipetot . sir Ion de mussegros .
929& sir pain de chawurþe . & sir patric is broþer .
930& þe oþer banerets . & kniȝtes mani oþer .
931Þe king sende ofte is lettres . þat hii deliueri ssolde .
932Þe castel vp sir simond . & naþeles hii nolde .

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933Atte laste sir edward . is lettres hom sende .
934To ȝelde vp þe castel . & þat hii þanne wende .
935Þo was among hom deol inou . vor hii ne dorste leng
936abide .
937Hii ȝolde vp þe castel . & wende ech in is side .
938A certein day hom was iset . of londe vor to fle .
939& sir roger ek de mortimer . deserited vor to be .
940Sir simon de Mountfort . out of warde nom .
941Sir edward him to solaci . þat to lute þonc him
942com .
943He bitok him sir henri is sone . to be is compainoun .
944Wiþ him to wende aboute . to sywe him vp &
945doun .
946So þat after estre . þe king & sir simoun .
947Wende hom toward þe march . to bringe hor fon
948adoun .

952& sir edward & sir henri . & sir vmfray de boun .
953To gloucetre hii wende . to enfermi þen toun .
954Þer hii bigonne mid hor ost . fourten niȝt abide .
955Þe erl of gloucetre was . in þe forest biside .
956& sir Ion giffard al so . vpe an hei hul lai .
957Þat me clupeþ erdlond . boþe niȝt & dai .
958Gret fur he made þer aniȝt . of wode & of sprai .
959& tresche ladde þer aboute . þat me wide sai .
960& in to gloucetre al so . þat is fon iseie .
961Ware hii ssolde him finde . vpe þulke hul heie .

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962Bi tuene þe erl of gloucetre . heiemen ofte wende .
963& sir simon de Mountford . hor herte vor to amende .
964So þat hii were acorded . þe tuelfte dai of mai .
965Þei it were lute wurþ . as in a tywesday .
966To stonde atte lokinge . of þe bissop water .
967Of wircetre & al so . of sir hue þe spencer .
968Of sir willam de Mounchalsi . of sir Ion le fiȝ Ion .
969Vpe þe lokinge of þes foure . to bringe hom aton .
970Þo wende sir simon be siker . & toward þe march
971wende .
972Ac vnneþe he of scapede . þat is fon him ne ssende .
973Þat þe erl of gloucetre . mid is poer him ne nom .
974& naþeles þoru godes grace . to hereforde he com .
975Þere he bileuede mid is ost . betere cas to abide .
976Þe erl of gloucetere was þe wule . in mani wilde
977side .
978Wan me wende he were fer . ofte he was ner .
979& sir Ion giffard mid him . & sir Roger de mortimer .
980Vuele hii were alle þre . vorto finde ilome .
981& messagers bituene hom . & sir edward ofte come .
982So þat þer was bituene hom . god fourme inome .
983Hou sir edward miȝte best . out of warde come .
984Sir simond de montfort . wisman þei he were .
985Het þat me sir edward . gret reuerence bere .
986Vor to pleie vp & doun . as in compainie .
987So þat þer was a gile yspeke . as þoru god aspie .

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988Sir edward bed sir simon . þat he him ȝeue .
989To a prikie stedes . wiþoute toun leue .
990Leue him was igraunted . god wot to wuch ende .
991So þat sir edward . wiþoute toun gan wende .

995An stede he gan aprikie . wel vor þe maistrie .
996& wiþ him adde of kniȝtes . a vair compainie .
997& suþþe he nom an oþer . & weri hom made anon .
998& suþþe he nom þe þridde . best of echon .
999As it was er bispeke . to wuch he ssolde truste .
1000He prikede it verst softe . as him lute luste .
1001Þo he was a lute fram þut folk . wiþ spore he smot
1002to grounde .
1003Þe sides orne ablode . in a lute stounde .
1004Þere as of stedes . a god & quic me fond .
1005Vorþ wende þis gode kniȝt . þo he was out of hond .
1006Louerdinges he sede . habbeþ nou god dai .
1007& greteþ wel mi fader þe king . & icholle ȝuf ich
1008mai .
1009Ise him wel bitime . & out of warde him do .
1010Wat halt it long tale . he ofscapede so .
1011& to þe castel of wigemor . þun wei sone he nom .
1012Þere was ioye & blisse inou . þo he þuder com .

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1013Mid þe leuedi of þe castel . dam maud de mortimer .
1014Sone þut word was isend . to ir louerd sir Roger .
1015To þe erl of gloucetre . þe lettres sone come .
1016So þat priue parlement . bituene hom hii nome .
1017Hou þat hii best miȝte . sir simond to grounde
1018bringe .
1019To þe barons deserites . me sende ek tiþinge .
1020So þat ech in is half . gadere ost vaste .
1021& to sir edward come . in þe march attelaste .
1022So þat sir edward . & þe erl of gloucetre .
1023& oþer poer inou . come to wurcetre .
1024& fram þanene hii wende . & hor worre bigonne .
1025At gloucetre & þun toun . vpe sir simond wonne .
1026An þre wouke biuore missomer . þuder hii gonne
1027wende .
1028& asailede þun toun . al in þe norþ ende .
1029At seint oswaldes ȝat . & hii wiþinne vaste .
1030Defendede hom wel inou . þe wule hor poer ilaste .
1031Ac bituene seint oswaldes ȝat . & þe norþ ȝat
1032iwis .
1033Is a long wal inou . as þe abbodes orchard is .
1034& wiþinne þe orchard nas no folk . þun toun to defende .
1035Þeruore in þe asaut . some wiþoute wende .
1036& breke a pece of þe wal . ar me were wiþinne iwar .
1037Sir Ion giffard þe verste was . þat in wende þar .

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1038Þo smite hii alle in & broȝte . manion to deþe .
1039Þe wardeins of þe castel . of scapede in vnneþe .
1040As grimbaud pauncefot . & is felawes echon .
1041Þe tu brugge hii drowe vp . & þe ȝates made anon .
1042Sir edward & is poer . wiþoute sette vaste .
1043Stronge ginnes . & þer wiþ . to þe castel caste .
1044& þe oþer hom defendede . & lutel were agaste .
1045Þat aboute an þre wouke . þe asaut bituene hom
1046ilaste .
1047& euere hii wiþinne abide . of sir simon socour .
1048Vor elles hii moste nede . þe castel ȝelde & tour .
1049& þo þat hom non ne com . þe castel vp hii ȝolde .
1050To sir edward in a fourme . þat hii bere ne ssolde .
1051Vourti dawes aȝen him . armes in no place .
1052& sir edward hom ȝef lif & lime . & ȝut more
1053grace .
1054Hor armes & al hor oþer þing .& hor hors echon .
1055Þo turnde grimbaud pauncefot . to sir edward anon .
1056& was imad kniȝt & armes . aȝe sir simond ber .
1057Ac þer nas neuereft of him . so god word as was
1058er .
1059Þo sir edward & þe erl gileberd . hor wille hade
1060also .
1061Hii wende in toward þe march . more harm to do .
1062Bruggen hii breke oueral . hii ne bileuede ssip non .
1063Bi weye ne bi seuerne . þat hii ne remuede echon .

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1064Þer boute vor sir simond . ne ssolde passe þere .
1065Ne nameliche toward bristowe . vor þer of was hor
1066fere .
1067Vor bristowe was al in is hond . castel & þe toun .
1068Sir simond þouȝte anoþer red . & dradde of tresoun .
1069To þe prince of walis . lewelin þat was .
1070He wende after more help . in is harde cas .
1071& he tok him of fot men . gret poer iwis .
1072Ac þerof come wel vewe . aȝen to walis .
1073Sir simondes sone de montfort . þat sir simond het
1074al so .
1075Bisegede þo an castel . as he longe adde ido .
1076Þe castel of peuneseye . & is fader him word sende .
1077Þat he bileuede þulke sege . & toward him wende .
1078Sir simond þe ȝonge . þis heste vnderstod .
1079He gaderede him of god folc . vair ost & god .
1080& þen wey fram peuneseie . toward is fader he nom .
1081A sein kenelmes eue . to winchestre he com .

1085Þut folc þat was in þe toun . þe ȝates made vaste .
1086& wuste þe toun aȝen him . þe biker longe ilaste .
1087So þat mid strengþe . sir simon þen toun nom .
1088& robbede & slou vaste . þo he wiþinne com .
1089Alle þe gywes of þe toun . he let sle echon .
1090Þat me in eni stede fond . he ne leuede aliue non .

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1091Ac after þulke time . of wat him was to done .
1092Lute god cas him biuel . as messal ihure sone .
1093Fram þenne he wende to oxenford . þre dawes he was
1094þere .
1095Vairore folc ne miȝte be . þan wiþ him was þere .
1096Þe gywes he let seche . uor to quelle echon .
1097Ac me ne miȝte vor no þing . in þe toune finde on .
1098Fram þanene to keningwurþe . wiþ is ost he wende .
1099& þere as it fel alas . is heie herte him ssende .
1100Vor so muche he tolde of him sulf . & of is grete
1101miȝte .
1102Þat him ne deinede noȝt . to ligge . in þe castel bi niȝte .
1103Sir edward & is ost . at wircetre þo were .
1104Hii adde gode aspies . hou hii hom þo bere .
1105So þat sir edward & þe erl . of gloucetre al so .
1106& sir roger de mortimer . & mani god kniȝt þerto .
1107In a lammasse niȝt . saterniȝt þat was .
1108Out of wurcetre he wende . mid wel god pas .
1109To keningwurþe . hii come . in þe dawiinge .
1110Hii broȝte sir simon & is men . an feble tiþinge .
1111In hor bed hii founde hom . in toune þo hii come .
1112Of softe awakiinge . hii toke lute gome .
1113Vor to wel cloþi hom . hii ne ȝeue hom no tome .
1114Manie hii slowe of hor fon . & heie men some hii
1115nome .

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1116As sir roberd erl of oxenford . & sir willam þer to .
1117De mountchalsi & sir adam . de neumarch al so .
1118& sir water de coleuile . & oþer manion .
1119Ac sir simond him sulf . among alle is fon .
1120In to þe castel of scapede . an naked man vnneþe .
1121Ac manion þer was inome . & mani ibroȝt to deþe .
1122& þus sir simond þe ȝonge . was verst to grounde
1123ibrouȝt .
1124Ac naþeles he ne les þo . al is poer nouȝt .
1125Ac gret ost huld inou . & ȝarkede in ech ende .
1126Him & al is poer . aȝen is fader to wende .

1130Þo was sir simond is fader . at hereford iwis .
1131Mid mani god man of engelond . & al so of walis .
1132He wende him out of hereford . mid vair ost inou .
1133& toward keningwurþe . aȝen is sone he drou .
1134& was hor beire porpos . to biclosi hor fon .
1135As wo seiþ in eiþer half . & to ssende hom echon .
1136So þat sir simon þe olde com . þe monendai iwis .
1137To a toun biside wircetre . þat kemeseie ihote is .
1138Þe tiwesday to euesham . he wende þe morweninge .
1139& þere he let him & is folc . prestes massen singe .
1140& þoȝte to wende norþward . is sone vor to mete .
1141Ac þe king nolde a vot . bote he dinede oþer ete .
1142& sir simon þe ȝonge & is ost . al alcestre were .
1143& nolde þanne wende a vot . ar hii dinede þere .

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1144Þulke to diners . deluol were alas .
1145Vor mani was þe gode bodi . þat þer þoru islawe
1146was .
1147Sir edward & is poer . sone come þo ride .
1148To þe norþhalf of þe toun . bataile uor to abide .
1149Þo sir simon it iwuste . & hii þat wiþ him were .
1150Sone hii lete hom armi . & hor baners arere .
1151Þe bissop water of wurcetre . asoiled hom alle þere .
1152& prechede hom þat hii adde . of deþ þe lasse fere .
1153Þen wei euene to hor fon . a godes half hii nome .
1154& wende þat sir simond . þe ȝonge aȝen hom
1155come .
1156Þo hii come in to þe feld . & sir simond isei .
1157Sir edwardes ost . & oþere al so nei .
1158He avisede þe ost suiþe wel . & þoru godes grace .
1159He hopede winne a day . þe maistrie of þe place .
1160Þo sei he þer biside . as he bihuld aboute .
1161Þe erles baner of gloucetre . & him mid al is
1162route .
1163As him vor to close . in þe oþer half ywis .
1164Ouȝ he sede redi folk . & wel iwar is þis .
1165& more conne of bataile . þan hii couþe biuore .
1166Vr soules he sede abbe god . vor vr bodies beþ
1167hore .
1168Sir henri he sede to is sone . þis haþ imad þi
1169prute .
1170Were þi broþer icome . hope we miȝte ȝute .

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1171Hii bitoke lif & soule . to godes grace echon .
1172& in to bataile smite . vaste among hor fon .
1173& as gode kniȝtes . to grounde slowe anon .
1174Þat hor fon flowe sone . þicke manion .
1175Sir warin of bassingbourne . þo he þis isei .
1176Biuore he gan prikie . & to grede an hei .
1177Aȝen traitors aȝen . & habbeþ in ower þoȝt .
1178Hou villiche at lewes . ȝe were to grounde ibroȝt .
1179Turneþ aȝen & þencheþ . þat þut power al oure
1180is .
1181& we ssolle as vor noȝt . ouercome vr fon iwis .
1182Þo was þe bataile strong . in eiþer side alas .
1183Ac atten ende was bineþe . þulke þat feblore was .
1184& sir simond was aslawe . & is folk al to grounde .
1185More murþre ȝare nas . in so lute stounde .
1186Vor þere was werst simond . de mountfort aslawe
1187alas .
1188& sir henri is sone . þat so gentil kniȝt was .
1189& sir hue þe despencer . þe noble iustise .
1190& sir peris de mountfort . þat stronge were & wise .
1191Sir willam de verous . & sir Rauf basset also .
1192Sir John de sein ion . sir Ion diue þerto .
1193Sir William trossel . sir gileberd of eisnesfelde .
1194& mani god bodi were aslawe . þere in þulke felde .
1195& among alle oþere mest . reuþe it was ido .
1196Þat sir simon þe olde man . de membred was so .

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1197Vor sir willam mautrauers . þonk nabbe he non .
1198Carf him of fet & honde . & is limes manion .
1199& þat mest pite was . hii ne bileuede nouȝt þis .
1200Þat is priue membres . hii ne corue of iwis .
1201& is heued hii smiten of . & to wigemor it sende .
1202To dam Maud þe mortimer . þat wel foule it ssende .
1203& of al þat me him bilimede . hii ne bledde noȝt me
1204sede .
1205& þe harde here was . is lich þe nexte wede .
1206Suich was þe morþre of einesham . uor bataile non it
1207nas .
1208& þerwiþ Iesu crist wel vuele ipaied was .
1209As he ssewede bi tokninge . grisliche & gode .
1210As it vel of him sulue . þo he deide on þe rode .
1211Þat þoru al þe middelerd . derkhede þer was inou .
1212Al so þe wule þe godemen . at euesham me
1213slou .
1214As in þe norþwest . a derk weder þer aros .
1215So demliche suart inou . þat mani man agros .
1216& ouer caste it þoȝte al þut lond . þat me miȝte
1217vnneþe ise .
1218Grisloker weder þan it was . ne miȝte anerþe be .

1222An vewe dropes of reine . þer velle grete inou .
1223Þis tokninge vel in þis lond . þo me þis men slou .

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1224Vor þretti mile þanne . þis isei roberd .
1225Þat verst þis boc made . & was wel sore aferd .
1226Louerdinges þer were inome . at euesham manion .
1227As sir vnfrai de boun . sir Ion le fiz Ion .
1228& simondes sone . de mountfort sir gwy .
1229Sir baudewine de wake . sir Ion de vescy .
1230Sir henri de hastinges . & sir Nicole iwis .
1231De segraue was þere inome . & al so sir peris .
1232& sir roberd þat sir peris . de mountfort sones
1233were .
1234Þuse & wel mo were inome . in þulke morþre þere .
1235Ac þe welsse fot men . þat þer were manion .
1236At þe biginninge of þe bataile . bigonne to fle echon .
1237& come þoru teuskesburi . & þere men of þe toune .
1238Slowe hom al to grounde . þat þere hii leie þer
1239doune .
1240So þicke bi strete . þat reuþe it was to se .
1241& grace nadde non of hom . to fiȝte ne to fle .
1242Þo þe bataile was ido . & þe godemen aslawe
1243were .
1244Sir simond þe ȝonge com . to mete is fader þere .
1245He miȝte þo at is diner . abbe bileued al so
1246wel .
1247As me seiþ wan ich am ded . make me a caudel .
1248& þo me tolde him bi þe wei . wuch þe ende was
1249þer .
1250He turnde aȝen to keningwurþe . wel longe him þouȝte
1251er .

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1252He miȝte segge wan he com . lute ich abbe iwonne .
1253Ich mai honge vp min ax . febliche ich abbe agonne .
1254Þe king of alemaine . þat was is moder broþer .
1255& sir reinaud le fiz peris . & ek mani anoþer .
1256Þat in is prison were . at kenigwurþe þo .
1257Þo he ne sei oþer red . he let hom quit go .
1258Þe sixte day of septembre . þat þo was sonenday .
1259He let hom go a godes half . þo he oþer ne say .
1260Þe king þoȝte þe loundreis . bringe al to nouȝte .
1261& hii ofte pitosliche . is grace bisouȝte .
1262So þat at misselmasse . an fourti of hom come .
1263To him to windelsore . & to is grace hom nome .
1264As vor al þe toune . þe beste ichose echon .
1265Þe king hom let bringe . in strong prison anon .