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1

OF KYNG LEIR, AND OF ÞE ANSUERE OF HIS ȜONGEST DOUȜTER, ÞAT
2GRACIOUSELY WAS MARIEDE TO ÞE KYNG OF FRAUNCE. C. XIJ.

3
4    After þis Kyng Bladud, regnede Leir his sone; and þis Leir
5made þe toune of Leycestre, and lete calle þe toune after
6his name; and he gouernede þe lande wel and nobly . þis kyng
7Leir hade iij doughtres: þe ferst highte Gonorille, þe secunde
8Rigan, and þe þridde Cordeile; and þe ȝongest doughter was
9fairest and best of condiciouns. þe king here fader bicome an
10olde man, and wolde þat his doughtres were mariede or þat
11he deide . but ferst he þougt assaye whiche of ham louede
12him most and best; for she þat louede him best shulde best
13bene mariede . and he axede of þe ferst doughter how miche she
14louede him; and she ansuerede and saide, 'bettre þan here owen

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15lif.' "Now certes," quod þe fader, "þat is a grete loue."
16Þo axede he of þe secunde doughter, how miche she him louede;
17and she saide, 'more, and passing al þe creatures leuyng of þe
18worlde.' "ma foy," quod þe fader, "y may no more axen."
19And þo axede he of þe pridde doughter, how miche she
20him louede. "certes, fader," quod she, "my sustres haue tolde
21ȝow glosyng wordes; but for-soþe y shal tel ȝow treuþ: for y
22loue ȝow as miche as me oweþ to loue my fader; and forto
23bryng ȝow more in certeine how loue goþ, I shal ȝow telle, for-as-miche
24as ȝe bene worþe, as muche shal ȝe bene louede." The
25kyng here fader wende þat she hade scornede him, and bicome
26wonder wroth, and swore by heuen and erþe þat she shulde neuer
27haue goode of him; but his douȝtres þat louede him so miche
28shulde be wel auauncede and mariede . and þe ferste dougter
29he mariede to Mangles, King of Scotlande; And þe secunde he
30mariede to Hanemos, Erl of Cornewaile; and so þai ordeynede
31and speke bituene ham þat þai shulde departe þe reaune bituene
32ham too, after þe deþ of Leir her fader, So þat Cordeil his
33ȝongest doughter shulde noþing haue of his lande. but þis Cordeil
34was wonder faire, and of so goode condicions and maners, þat þe
35Kyng of Fraunce, Agampe, herde of here speke, and sent to þe
36Kyng Leir, her fader, for to haue her vnto wif, and prayede him
37þerof. And Kyng Leir here fader sent him worde þat he hade
38departede the land to his ij oþere douȝtres, and saide he
39nade no more lande wherwiþ her forto marie. And when
40Agampe herde þis ansuere, he sent anone aȝeyne to Leir, and
41saide þat he axede noþing wiþ here, burbut oneliche heir cloþing
42and oneliche heir body; and anone Kyng Leire here fader sent
43here ouer þe see to þe Kyng of France; and he resceyuede here
44wiþ michel worship and wiþ michel solempnite, & made here
45Quene of Fraunce.
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HOW KYNG LEIR WAS DRYUEN OUT OF HIS LANDE ÞROUȜ HIS OWEN
48FOLYE; AND HOW CORDEIL HIS ȜONGEST DOUGHTER HALPE HIM IN
49HIS NEDE. CAPITULO TERCIODECIMO.

50
51    Thus it bifel afterwarde, þat þo ij eldest doughtren wolde
52nouȝt abide til þat Leir here fader were dede, but werrede
53oppon him whiles þat he leuede, and miche sorwe and shame him
54dede; wherfore þai binome him holly þe reaume, and bituene ham
55hade ordeynede þat one of ham shulde haue Kyng Leir to soiourne
56al his lif tyme, with xl knyȝtes and heir squyers, þat he might worshipfully
57gone & ryde whider þat he wolde, and into what
58contre þat him likede, to playe and to solacen. So þat Managles
59Kyng of Scotlande, hade Kyng Leir with him in þe maner þat is
60abouer-saide, and, or oþere half ȝere were passede, Corneil his eldest
61douȝter, þat was Quene of Scotland, was so annoyed wiþ him and
62wiþ his peple, þat anone she and here lorde spoken to-gederes,
63wherefor his knyȝtes half, and his squyers, fram him were gone,
64and nomo lefte but oneliche xxx. And when þis was done, Leire
65biganne forto make miche sorwe, for enchesoun þat his state was
66enpeirede, and men hade of him more scorne and despite þan euer
67þai hade biforne; wherfore he nyst what forto done; and at þe
68last þouȝt þat he wolde wende into Cornewaile, to Rigan his oþere
69doughter. And when he was comen, þe erl and his wif, þat was
70Leires doughter, him welcomede, and with him made miche ioye;
71and þere he duellede with xxx knyȝtes and squyers. And he nade
72nought duellede þere scarsly tuelf moneþ, þat his doughter of him
73nas ful, and of his company; and her lorde and she, of him hade
74scorne and despite, so þat fram xxx knyȝtes þai brouȝten
75vnto x, and afterwarde v; and so þere lefte wiþ him nomo. Þo
76made he sorwe ynow, and saide, sore wepyng, 'allas þat euer
77he come into þat Lande!' and saide, 'ȝitte hade me bene bettre
78forto haue duellede with my ferst doughter and anon went þens
79aȝeyne to his ferst douȝter .' But anone as she saw him come,
80she swore by God and his holy names, and by as miche as she
81might, þat he shulde haue nomo wiþ him but one knyȝt, if he

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82wolde þere abide. Þo bigan Leir aȝeyn to wepe, and made
83muche sorwe, and saide þo: "allas! now to longe haue y leuede, þat
84þis sorwe and meschief is now to me falle; for now y am poer,
85and some tyme y was ryche; but now haue y no frende ne kyn
86þat me wil do eny maner goode. But when y was ryche, alle
87men me honourede and worsshepede; and now euery man hath
88of me scorne and despite! and now y wote wel þat Cordeil, my
89ȝonge doughter, saide me treuþ when she saide 'as michel as y
90hade, so michel shulde y be louede'; and all þe while þat y
91hade goode, þo was y belouede and honourede for my rychesse; but
92my ij doughtres me glosede þo, and now of me þai sette litel pris,
93and soþ tolde me Cordeil, but y wolde nouȝt bileue it, ne vnderstonde,
94and þerfore y lete here gon fro me as a þing þat y sette
95litel pris of; and now wote y neuer what forto fone, seþ my
96ij doughtres have me þus desceyuede, þat y so michel louede;
97and now moste me nedes seche here þat is in an oþere lande, þat
98lighly y lete here go fro me without eny reward of ȝiftes; and she
99saide þat 'she louede me as miche as she outh here fader, bi al
100maner resoun'; and þo y shulde haue axede of here no more; and
101þo þat me oþere-wise bihiȝten þrouȝ here faire speche, now haue
102me desceyuede!"
103    In þis maner Leir longe tyme him bigan to mak his mone;
104and at þe last he shoope him to þe see, and passede ouer into
105France, and axede and aspiede wher the Quene myȝt be founde;
106and men tolde where þat she was. And when he come to þe
107citee þat she was in, priueliche he sent his Squyer vnto þe quene,
108to tel her þat heir fader was comen to her for grete nede. And
109when þe squyer come to the quene, he tolde her euery dele of heir
110sustres fram þe bigynnyng vnto þe ende. Cordeil þe Quene
111anone nome golde and siluer, grete plente, and toke it to þe squyer,
112in conseile þat he shulde go and bere it vnto here fader, and þat he
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114and þan come aȝeyne to her, and bryng with him an honest
115company of knyȝtes, xl. at þe leste, with here meny; and þenne he
116shulde sende to here lorde þe kyng, and sayen þat he was comen
117forto speke with his douȝter, and him to seene. And when þe
118kyng and þe quene herde þat, wiþ michel honour þai comen,
119and him resceyuede. Þe kyng of Fraunce lete sende þo þrouȝ al
120his reaume, and commandede þat alle men to him shulde bene
121entendaunt, to Leire, þe Quenes fader, in al maner þing as it were
122to him-self. when Leir hade duellede þere a monþe and more,
123he tolde to þe kyng and to þe Quene his doughter, how his ij
124eldeste douȝtres hade him seruede. Agampe anone lete ordeyne a
125grete hoste of Fraunce, and sent it into Britaigne with Leir, þe
126Quenes fader, forto conquere his lande aȝeyne, and his kyngdome;
127and Cordeil also come with her fader into Britaigne, forto haue þe
128reaume after her fadres deth. And anon þai went to shippe, and
129passede þe see, and come into Britaigne, and fauȝt wiþ þe felons,
130and ham scomfitede & quellede. And Leir þo hade his lande
131aȝeyne, and after leuede iij ȝere, and helde his reaume in pees, and
132afterwarde deide; & Cordeil his doughter him lete entere wiþ
133michel honour at Leycestre.
134
135

HOW MORGAN AND CONENEDAG ÞAT WERE NEVEUS TO CORDEIL,
136WERREDE OPPON HERE, AND PUT HERE INTO PRISON. C. XIIIJ.

137
138    When þat Kyng Leir was dede, Cordeil his ȝongest douȝtre
139helde and hade þe lande v ȝere; and in þe mene tyme
140deide here Lorde Agamp, þat was Kyng of Fraunce; and after his
141deth she lefte widue. And þo come Morgan and Conenedag,
142þat were Cordeiles sustres sones, and to here hade enuy, for-asmiche
143þat her aunt shulde haue þe lande; so þat bituene ham þai
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145neuer þai rest til þat þai hade here taken, and put her vnto
146deth. And þo Morgan and Conenedag seisede al þe lande, and
147departede bituene ham, and þai helde it xij ȝere. And when
148the xij ȝere were gone, þere bigon bituene ham a grete debate, so
149þat þai werrede strongely in-fere, and eueryche of ham dede oþere
150miche disese, ffor Morgan wolde haue hade alle þe lande fram
151biȝende Humber, þat Conedag helde; but he come aȝeynes him
152with a strong power, so þat Morgan derst nouȝt abide, but fley
153awaye into Walys; and Conenedag pursuede him, and toke him,
154and quelde him. þo come Conenedag aȝeyne, and seisede al þe
155lande into his hande, and helde hit, and regnede after, xxxiij
156ȝere, and þo deide, and liþ at New Troye.
157
158

OF RYNALLO, ÞAT WAS CONEDAGUS SONE: HOW HE REGNEDE
159AFTER HIS FADER; AND IN HIS TYME IT RAYNEDE BLOODE IIJ
160DAIES, IN TOKENYNG OF GRET DETH. CAPITULO
161QUINTODESIMO.

162
163    And after þis Conenedag, regnede Rynallo his sone, an
164Wise knyȝt, and an hardy and curteise, þat wel and nobly
165gouernede þe lande, and wonder wel made him bilouede of al
166maner folc. and in his tyme it raynede bloode þat lastede iij
167dayes, as God wolde; and sone after þere come a gret deth of
168peple, for hostes with-out noumbre of peple fouȝten til þat þai
169were dede, Wherof no man myȝt ham lette til þat almiȝty God þerof
170tok mercy and pitee; and tho gan it cesse. and þis Raynolde
171regnede xxij ȝere, & deide, & liþ at Ȝork.
172
173

HOW GORBODIAN REGNEDE IN PEES, ÞAT WAS RYNALLO SONE; AND
174AFTER, HE DEIDE, AND LIÞ AT ȜORK C. XVJ^O.

175
176    After þis Ryuallo, regnede Gorbodyan his sone xv ȝere, and
177deide and lith at Ȝork.
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HOW GORBODIAN HADE IJ SONES, & HOW ÞAT ON SLOUGH ÞAT OÞERE,
180FORTO HAUE ÞE HERITAGE; & HOW YDOYNE HER MODER QUELLEDE
181ÞAT OÞERE, WHERFORE ÞE LANDE WAS DESTROIEDE. CAPITULO
182XVJ^MO.

183
184    When þis Gorbodian was dede, his ij sones þat he hade,
185bicome stoute men and proude, & euer werrede to-geder
186for þe lande: þat one, men called Ferreȝ, and þat oþere Porrex; and
187þis Ferreȝ wolde haue hade al the lande, but þat oþere wolde nouȝt
188suffren him. Ferreȝ hade a felounes hert, and þouȝt þrouȝ tresoun
189slee his broþere; but priuely he went into Fraunce, and þere abode
190with þe kyng Syward til oppon a tyme þat he come aȝeyne, and
191fauȝt wiþ his broþer Ferreȝ; but ful euel it hapede þo, for he was
192slayn ferst. When Ydoyne, here moder, wist þat Porrex was
193dede, she made grete sorwe, for enchesoun þat she louede him more
194þan þat oþere, and þouȝt him forto quelle. priuely she come
195to here sone oppon a nyȝt wiþ ij knyfes, and þerwiþ cotte his þrote,
196and þe body also into smale pecis. Who herde euer soche a cursede
197moder, þat quellede with here owen hondes here owen sone! and
198Longe tyme after Laste þe reprofe & shame to þe moder þat, for
199enchesoun of þat o sone, mordrede þat oþere, and so loste ham
200bothe.
201
202

HOW IIIJ KYNGES CURTEISELY HELDE AL BRITAIGNE; AND WHICHE
203BETH HERE NAMES. CAPITULO OCTODESIMO.

204
205    When þise ij breþerne were so dede, þai nade Lefte bihynde
206ham noo sone ne doughter, ne none oþere of þe kynrede
207þat might haue þe heritage. & for-asmiche as þe strongest men
208dryuen and descomfitede þe feblest, and token al here landes, so
209þat in euery contre þai hade grete werre and stryfe. But amonge
210alle oþere þinges, þere were amonges ham in þe contre þat ouercome
211alle þe oþere; and þrouȝ heir strengþ and myȝt þai nomen and token al þe landes;
212and eueryche of ham tok a certeyne contre;
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214callede Stater; and he was Kyng of Scotland; and þat oþere me
215callede Dunwal, and he was Kyng of Loegers, and of alle þe
216landes þat was Lotrynes, Brutes sone. þe þridde, men callede
217Rudak, and he was Kyng of Walys; and þe iiij me callede Cloten,
218and he was Kyng of Cornewaile. But þis Cloten shulde haue
219hade al þe lande, be resoun for þere was no man þat wist none so
220ruȝthful heire as he was; but þo þat were strongest sette litel by
221ham þat were of lasse estate, and þerfor þis Cloten hade no more
222lande amonges ham þan onliche Cornewaile.
223
224

OF KYNG DONEWALL, ÞAT WAS CLOTENEȜ SONE, AND HOW HE HADE
225WONNE ÞE LANDE. CAPITULO XIX^O.

226
227    This Cloten hade a sone þat me clepede Donewal, þat, after þe
228deth of his fader, bicome an hardy man, and a faire and a
229curteise, so þat he passede alle þe kynges of Britaigne of fairenesse
230and of worþinesse. And as he was knyght, he Wiste wel
231when his fader leuede he was moste ryghtful heire of al þe lande,
232and shulde haue hade it by resoun; but oþere kynges þat were of
233more strengþ þan he, binome him his lande. And afterwarde þis
234Donebande ordeynede him powere, and ferst conquerede al þe lande
235of Loegers; and after he wolde haue conquerede al Scotland
236and Walys; and Stater wiþ his men come, and ȝaf him bataile;
237and Rudak come aȝeyne wiþ his Walshemen forto helpe him; But
238so it bifel þat Rudak was slayn, and Skater also, in pleyn bataile;
239and so Donewal hade þe victorye, and conquerede al þe lande, and
240wel mayntenede it in pees and quyete, þat neuer bifore it was so
241wel mayntenede.
242
243

HOW DONEWAL WAS ÞE FERST KYNG ÞAT EUERE WEREDE CRONE OF
244GOLDE IN BRITAIGNE. CAPITULO VICESIMO.

245
246    This Donewal lete make him a crone of golde, and werede
247þe croune oppon his heuede, as neuer kyng dede bifore; and
248he ordeynede a statute þat, hade a man done neuer so miche

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249harme, and he might come into þe temple, þere shulde no man him
250misdo, but gone þerin sauf and in pees, and aftre gone into what
251contre þat he wolde, withouten eny harme; and if eny man sette
252hande oppon him, he þan shulde lese his lif. And þis Donewal
253made þe toune of Malmesbury, and þe toune of þe Vise; & when
254he hade regnede wel and nobly .xl. ȝere, he deide, & liþ at newe
255Troye.
256
257

HOW BRENNE AND BELYN DEPARTEDE BITUENE HAM ÞE LANDE, AFTER
258ÞE DETH OF DONEWAL, HIR FADER; & OF ÞE WERRE. CAPITULO
259XXJ^O.

260
261    And after þat þis Donewal was dede , his sones þat he hade,
262departede þe lande bituene ham as her fader hade ordeynede;
263so þat Belyn, his eldest sone, hade al the lande a þis halfe Humber,
264and his broþer Brenne hade al þe lande fram Humber vnto
265Scotland; but for-asmich as Belyn hade þe better parte, Brenne
266þerfor wax wroþ, and wolde haue hade more of þe lande; and
267Belyn his broþer wolde graunt him nomore; Wherfor contak and
268werre aroos bituene ham ij. But Brenne þe ȝonger broþer hade no
269myȝte ne strengþ aȝeynȝ Belyn; and þerfor Brenne, þrouȝ conseil of
270his folc, went fram þens into Norway, to þe Kyng Elsinges, and
271prayede him of helpe and of socoure forto conquere al þe lande of
272Britayn vppon Belyn his broþer, oppon þat couenaunt, þat he
273wolde haue his douȝter to wyf; and þe Kyng Elsinges him
274grauntede. Belyn, anone as his broþer was gone to Norway, he
275seisede into his hande al þe lande of Northumberland, and toke al
276þe castelles, and lete ham arraie, and also kepe þe costes of þe see,
277þat Brenne shulde nouȝt arryue in no side but þat he were take.
278The Kyng Elsinges lete assemble a grete hoste, and delyuerede
279his doughter to Brenne, and alle þe peple þat he hade ordeynede.
280And þis damisel, Samye, hade longe tyme louede a kyng þat me
281callede Gutlagh; and to him she tolde al here counseil, how þat
282Brenne shulde here haue, and here lede wiþ him for euermore, and
283so he shulde her lese, but if þat she myȝt forsake Brenne. And

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284when Gutlagh herde þise tydynges, he lay forto aspie Brenne, wiþ
285alse meny shippes as he myȝt haue, so þat þo ij fletes metten
286to-gederes, and longe tyme foughten, so þat Brenne and his shippes
287turnede aȝeyne, and were descomfitede; and Kyng Gutlagh toke
288Samye, and put here into shippe, and Brenne shamefully fleye
289þens as a man descomfitede. And Gutlagh wolde haue went into
290his countree; but þere come oppon him a stronge tempest, þat .v.
291dayes Laste, so þat þrouȝ þat tempest he was dryuen into Britaigne
292with iij shippes, and wiþ no mo. and þo þat kepte þe costes of
293þe see token Gutlagh and Samye, and all his folc, and ham presentede
294vnto Belyn, and he put ham into prisoun.
295
296

HOW BELYN DELYUEREDE OUT OF ÞIS LANDE KYNG GUTLAGH OF
297DENNEMARC, AND SAMYE. CAPITULO VICESIMO SECUNDO.

298
299    Hit was nouȝt longe after, þat Brenne ne come aȝeyne with a
300stronge meny, and sent to his broþer Belyn, þat he shulde
301ȝelde aȝeyne his lande to his wif and to his folc, & his castelles
302also, or elles he wolde destroye his lande. Belyn drade no þing
303his manace, and wolde no þing done after þat he saide. Wherfore
304Brenne come with ishis folc, and fauȝt with him; and Brenne
305was descomfitede, and his folc slayne, and him-self fleede wiþ xij
306men in Fraunce. And þis Belyn, þat was Brennes broþere,
307went þen vnto Ȝork, and toke counseil what he myȝt done,
308wiþ Kyng Gutlagh; for Kyng Gutlagh proferede to bicome his
309man, and to holde his lande of him, ȝeldyng by ȝere M^l~ li of siluer
310for euer-more; and for sikernesse of þis couenaunt to bene holde,
311Gutlaghe shulde bryng him gode hostages, and to him shulde done
312homage, and al his folc, and ȝitte he shulde suere oppon the book
313þat þise couenauntes shulde nouȝt bene broken ne falsede.
314Belyn þo, by counseil of his folc, grantede him his axing; and so
315Gutlagh bicome his man; and belyn vnderfonge of him his homage
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317þis Couenant King Gutlagh tok Samye and his folc, and went
318þennes, and turnede aȝeyn to Dennemarc. Euermore after were
319the couenauntes Halden, and þe truage paiede, til þe tyme þat
320Hauelok was Kyng of Denmarc, and also of þis lande, þrouȝ his wif
321Gildeburghe, þat he hade spousede, for she was þe ryȝt heire of þis
322lande. þis Belyn duellede þo in pees, and worshepliche him
323helde amonges his barons; and he made iiij real waies, one fram
324þe Est into West, and þat was callede Watlyngstrete; and anoþere
325fram þe North into þe South, þat was callede Ikenyle strete; and
326ij oþere waies he made in bossinge þrouȝ-oute the lande: þat one is
327callede Fosse, and þat oþere Fossedik; and he mayntenede wel þe
328gode Lawes þat Doneband his fader hade made and ordeynede in
329his tyme, as bifore is saide.
330
331

HOW ACCORDE WAS MADE BITUENE BRENNE AND BELYN, THROUGH
332CORNEWENNE, HIRE MODER. CAPITULO VICESIMO TERCIO.

333
334    Brenne, that was Belynes broþer, hade longe tyme duellede in
335Fraunce, and þere hade conquerede a grete lordeship þrouȝ
336mariage, for he was Duc of Burgoyne þrouȝ þe douȝter of þe duc
337Fewyn þat he hade spousede, þat was right heire of þe lande. and
338þis Brenne ordeynede a grete power of his folc and also of Fraunce,
339and come into þis lande forto feight with Belyn his broþer. and
340Belyn come aȝeynes him with a stronge powere of Britons, and þo
341wolde haue ȝeue him bataile; but heir moder Cornewenne, þat tho
342Leuede, herde þat þe o broþer wolde haue destroyede þat
343oþere, and went bituene here sones, and ham made accordede
344wiþ miche peyne; so þat at þe laste, þo ij breþerne, with miche
345blisse, went to-geder into newe Troye, þat now is callede London,
346and þere þai duellede al a ȝere; and after, þai toke Heire conseile
347forto go conquere al Fraunce; and so thai deden, & brent tounes,
348and destroyede al þe lande boþe in lengþ and in Brede. and þe
349Kyng of Fraunce ȝaf ham bataile wiþ his powere; but he was
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351after þat, þai went forþe to Rome, and conquerede Rome, and al
352Lumbardy and Germayne, and toke homages and feautees of þe
353folc of þe Erles, barons, and alle oþere; and after, þai comen
354into þis lande of Britaigne, and duellede with here Britounes in
355ioye and reste. and þo made Brenne þe toune of Bristow; and siþ
356he went ouer þe see into his owen lordeshippe, and þere duellede
357al his lif. and Belyn duellede atte Newe Troye; and þere he made
358a faire gate þat is clepede Billyngesgate, after his owen name. and
359when þis Belyn hade regnede noble xj ȝere, he deide, & liþ at
360newe Troye.
361
362

HOW KYNG CORINBATRUS QUELLEDE ÞE KYNG OF DENNEMARC, FOR
363ENCHESOUN ÞAT HE WOLDE NOUȜT PAYE HIM HIS TRUAGE.
364CAPITULO XXIIIJ^TO.

365
366    And after þis Belyn, regnede his sone Corinbatrus, a gode man
367and a worþi. and þe Kyng of Denmarc wolde nouȝt paye
368him his truage, þat is to seyn, M^l l~i, as he hade sworne by
369oth forto paye hit, and also be writyng of recorde, to Belyn his
370fader. wherfore he was euel paiede and wroþ, and assemblede a
371grete hoste of Britons, and went into Dennemarc and slough þe
372Kyng Gitclagh, and brouȝt þe lande in subieccioun al new, and toke
373of folc feautes and homages, and after went aȝeyne into his lande.
374And as he come forthe bi Orkeneye, he fonde xxx shippes ful of
375men and of wymmen, bisides þe coste of þe see, and þe kyng
376axede what þai were. an Erl, that was maistre of ham alle,
377curteisely ansuerede vnto the kyng, and saide þat þai were exilede
378oute of Spaygne, and so þai hade trauailede half ȝere and more
379in þe see, to weten if þai myȝt fynde eny kyng, or eny lorde,
380þat of ham wolde haue pitee or mercy, to ȝeue ham eny lande in
381eny contre wherin þai might duelle and haue reste, and bicome his
382liege men, and to him wolde done homage and feautes whiles
383þat he leuede, and to his heires after him, and of him and of his
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385herde, he hade pite of ham, and ȝaf ham an Ile al wildernesse,
386þere þat noman was duellyng, sag oneliche wilde bestes. and þe
387Erl þankede miche þe kyng, and bicome his man, and dede him
388feaute and homage, and tok alle his folc, and went into þe same
389Ile. and þe Erl me callede Irlanyal; and þerfore he lete calle þe
390lande Irlande, after his owen name. The kyng þo, Corinbatrus,
391come aȝeyne into þis Lande, and regnede xxv ȝere; & after, he
392deide, and liþ at newe Troye.

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393

OF ÞE SCOMFITURE OF BURBRIGGE. CAPITULO CENTESIMO
394NONOGESIMO SEPTIMO.

395
396    The gode Erl Thomas of Lancastre, Hunfray de Bohon, Erl
397of Herford, and þe barouns þat wiþ ham wer, toke a
398conseile bituene ham at þe Frere Prechoures at Pountfrett. þo
399þouȝt Thomas vppon þe traitour Robert Holond, and saide in
400reprofe, "Allas! Holonde me haþ bitraiede! Ay is in þe rede of
401somme euel shrede." And by commune assent þai shulde alle
402gone to þe castel of Dunstanburghe, the whiche perteynede to þe
403Erldome of Lancastre, and þat þai shulde abide þere til þe Kyng
404hade forȝeue ham his male-talent. but when þe gode Erl Thomas
405þis herde, he ansuerede in þis maner, and saide: "Lordes," quod
406he, "if we gone toward þe north, men wil seyn þat we gon
407toward þe Scottes; and so we shul be holde traitoures, for cause
408of distaunce þat is bituene Kyng Edward and Robert þe Brus,
409þat made him Kyng of Scotland. And þerfore y say, as tochyng
410myself, þat y wil go no ferþer into þe North þan to myn owen
411castel of Pountfrett." And when Sire Roger Clifford herde þis,
412he aros vp anone in wraþ, and drow his suorde, & swore by
413Almygty God and by his holy names, but if þat he wolde go
414wiþ ham, he shulde be dede, and þat he wolde slee him þere. Þe
415noble Erl Thomas of Lancastre was sore adrade, and saide:
416"faire sires, y wil go wiþ þow whider-so-euer ȝe me lede." Þo
417went þai togederes into þe North; and wiþ ham þai hade vij^c men
418of Armes, and come to Burbrig.
419    And when Sire Andrew of Herkela - þat was in þe North-contre
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421- herde telle how þat Thomas of Lancastre was descomfitede,
422and his company were descomfitede at Burton vp Trent, he
423ordeynede him a stronge power, and Sir Symond Ward also, þat
424þo was shirryf of Ȝork, & come & mette þe barons at Burbrig; &
425anone þai breken þe brige, þat was made of tre. And when
426Sir Thomas of Lancastre herde þat Sire Andrew of Herkela hade
427brouȝt wiþ him soche a power, he was sore adrade, & sent for Sir
428Andrew of Herkela hade brouȝt wiþ him soche a power, he was sore adrade, & sent
429for Sir Andrew of Herkela, & wiþ him spake, and saide to him in þis
430maner: "Sire Andrew," quod he, "ȝe mow wel vnderstonde how
431þat our Lord þe Kyng is ladde and misgouernede by miche false
432conseil, þrouȝ Sir Hugh þe Spenser þe fader, & Sir Hugh þe
433sone, & Sir Iohn Erl of Arundel, and þrouȝ Maistre Robert Baldok,
434a false pilede clerc, þat is in þe Kyngus court duellyng; wherfore y
435praye ȝow þat ȝe wil come wiþ vs, wiþ al þe power þat ȝe haue
436ordeynede, and helpe to destroie þe venyme of Engeland, and þe
437traitoures þat bene þerin, and we wil ȝif vnto ȝow þe best part
438of v Erldomes þar We haueþ & holdeþ; and We wil mak vnto
439ȝow an oth þat we wil neuer do þing wiþout ȝour consel, and so ȝe
440shul bene as wele at ese wiþ vs as euer was Robert Holande."
441Þo ansuerede Sir Andrew of Herkela, and saide: "Sir Thomas!
442þat wolde y nouȝt do, ne consent þerto, for no maner þing þat
443yhe might me ȝeue, wiþouten þe wil and commaundement of
444our lord þe Kyng; for þan shulde y be holde a traitoure for euer-more."
445And when þe noble Erl Thomas of Lancastre saw þat he
446nolde consent to him for no maner þing, "Sir Andrew," he saide,
447"wil ȝe nouȝt consent to destroye þe venyme of þe reaume, as we
448bene consented? At on worde, Sir Andrew, y telle þe, þat or þis
449ȝer be gon, þat ȝe shal be take and holde for a traitoure, and
450more þan ȝe holde vs nowe; and in worse deth ȝe shul die, þan
451euer dede Knyght of Engeland; and vnderstonde wel þat
452neuer ȝe dede þing þat sorer ȝow shal repent. And now
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454þe mercy and grace of God." And so went þe false traitoure,
455Sir Andrew of Herkela, in his way as a false traitour, a tiraunt,
456& forsuore man. for þrouȝ þe noble Erl Thomas of Lancastre he
457vnderfonge þe armes of chiualry, and þrouȝ him he was made
458knyght.
459    Thoo might men seen Archieres drawen ham in þat on side
460and in þat oþere; and Knyȝtes also fouȝten togeder wonder sore;
461and amonge oþere, Sir Hunfray de Bohoun, Erl of Herford, a
462worþi knyght of renoune þrouȝout al Cristendome, stode & fauȝt
463with his enemys apon þe brigge. And as the noble lorde stode
464and fauȝt oppon þe brugge, a þef, a ribaude, scolkede vnder þe
465brigge, and fersly wiþ a spere smote the noble knyght into þe fondement,
466so þat his bowailles comen out þere. Allas þe sorwe! for
467þere was slayn þe floure of solace and of comfort, & also of curtesye.
468and Sire Roger of Clifford, a noble knyght, stode euer, and faught,
469& wel and nobly him defendede as a worþi baron; but at þe laste
470he was sore wounded in þe heuede, & Sire William of Sulley &
471Sir Roger of Bernesfelde were slayn in þat bataile. And
472Sir Andrew of Herkela saw Sir Thomas men of Lancastre laske
473and slake. Anone he & his company comen to the Gentil Knyght,
474Thomas of Lancastre, & saiden "ȝelde þe, traitour! ȝelde þe!"
475The gentil Erl ansuerede þo, and saide: "nay, lordes! traitour
476be we none, and to ȝow wille we neuer vs ȝelde while þat our
477lifes lasten; but leuer we hauen to be slayn in oure treuþ, þan
478ȝelde vs to ȝow." And Sir Andrew aȝein criede oppon Sir
479Thomas company, ȝellynge as a wolfe, and saide; "ȝelde ȝow,
480traitour taken! ȝelde ȝow!" and wiþ an hye voice saide: "beþ
481ware, sires, þat no man of ȝow be so hardy, oppon lif and lyme,
482to mysdo Thomas body of Lancastre." And wiþ þat worde, þe
483gode Erl Thomas went into a chapel, and saide, knelyng doun
484oppon his knees, and turnede his visage toward þe crois, and saide:
485"almyghti God! to þe y me ȝelde, and holliche put me into þi

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486mercy." And wiþ þat, þe vileins ribaudes lepten about him,
487on euery side þat Gentil Erl, as tirauntȝ and Woode turmentures,
488and despoilede him of his Armure, & cloþede him in a robbe of
489Ray, þat was his squyers liueray, and fourþ lade him vnto
490York by water. þere might men see miche sorwe and care, for þe
491gentil knyghtes fledden on euery side, and þe ribaudes and vileins
492egrely ham descriede, and criede in hye, "ȝelde ȝow, traitoures!
493ȝelde ȝow!"
494    And when þai were ȝolden, þai wer robbed, and bonde
495as þeues. Allas þe shame & despite, þat þe gentil ordre of
496Knyghthode þere hade at þat bataile! And þe land þo was wiþouten
497Law, for holy cherche þo hade nomore reuerence þan hit
498hade bene a bordel hous. And in þat bataile was þe fader aȝeins
499þe sone, and þe vncle aȝeins his nevew; for so miche vnkyndenesse
500was neuer seyne bifore in Engeland amonges folc of on
501nacioun; for o kynrede had no more pite of þat oþer, þan an
502hundred wolfes haueþ on o shepe; and hit was no wonder, for
503þe grete lordes of Engeland were nouȝt alle of o nacioun, but were
504mellede wiþ oþere nacions, þat is forto seyn, somme Britons,
505Somme Saxones, somme Danois, somme Peghtes, somme Frenche-men,
506somme Normans, somme Spaignardes, somme Romayns, some
507Henaudes, some Flemyngus, and of oþere diuerse naciouns, þe
508whiche nacions acorded nouȝt to þe kynde bloode on Engeland.
509And if þe grete Lordes of Engeland hade bene onelich wedded
510to Englisshe peple, þan shulde pees haue bene, and reste amongus
511ham, wiþouten eny envy. And at þat bataile was Sir Roger
512Clifford tak, Sire Iohn Mounbray, Sire William Tuchet, Sir
513William Fitȝ-William, and meny oþer worþi Knyghtes; and Sir
514Hugh Dauill þe next day after was taken and put into prisoun, &
515shulde haue ben done to þe deþ if he hade nouȝ spousede þe
516Kynges nece, þat was þe Erl Gilbertus sustre of Gloucestre.

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517And anone after, was Sir Bartholomev of Bedelesmer taken att
518Stawe Park, a maner of þe Bisshoppes of Lincoln, þat was his
519nevew, and meny oþer barons and baronettes; Wherfore was made
520miche sorwe.
521
522

HOW THOMAS OF LANCASTRE WAS BIHEUEDEDE ATTE POUNTFRETT, &
523V BARONS HONGEDE AND DRAW ÞERE. CAPITULO CENTESIMO
524NONOGESIMO OCTAUO.

525
526    And now y shal telle ȝow of þe noble Erl Thomas of Lancastre.
527When he was taken & brouȝt to Ȝork, meny of þe citee
528were ful glade, and oppon him criede wiþ hye voice, "A, sire
529traitoure! ȝe arne welcome, blessed be God! for now shal ȝe
530haue þe reward þat longetyme ȝe haue diserued!" and caste oppon
531him meny snoweballes, and meny oþer reproues dede him. But
532þe gentil Erl þat soffrede, and saide neþer on ne oþere.
533    And in þat same tyme þe Kyng herde of þat scomfiture,
534and was ful glade, and in haste come to Pountfrett; and Sir Hugh
535þe Spenser, and Sir Hugh his sone, and Sir Iohn, Erl of Arundel,
536and Sir Edmund of Wodestok, þe Kyngus broþer, Erl of Kent,
537and Sir Aymer of Valance, Erl of Penbrok, & maistre Robert of
538Baldok, a false pilede clerc, þat was priue & duellyng in þe
539Kynges court; and alle þai come þider wiþ þe Kyng. And
540Sir Rauf of Beeston ȝaf vp the castel to the Kyng; and þe Kyng
541entrede into þe castel; & Sir Andrev of Herkela, þe false tiraunt,
542þrouȝ þe Kynges commandement tok with him þe gentil Erl
543Thomas to Pountfret; and þere he was prisonede in his owen
544castel þat he hade new made, þat stode aȝeins þe Abbay of Kyng
545Edward.
546    And Sir Hugh þe Spenser þe fader, and Sir Hugh his sone,
547caste and þouȝt how and in what maner þe God Erl Thomas of
548Lancastre shulde bene dede, wiþouten iugement of his peris;
549wherfore hit was ordeinede þrouȝ þe Kynges Iusticeȝ, þat þe Kyng
550shulde put oppon him poyntes of traitery. And so hit bifelle

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551þat he was ladde to þe barr bifore þe Kynges Iusticeȝ, bare-heuede
552as a þef, in a faire halle wiþin his owen castel, þat he hade made
553þerin meny a faire fest, boþ to riche and eke to pore. And þise
554were his Iusticeȝ: Sir Hugh þe Spenser þe fader, Sir Aymer of
555Valance, Erl of Penbrok, Sire Edmund of Wodestok, Erl of Kent,
556Sire Iohn of Britaign, Erl of Richemond, & Sir Robert of Malemeþrop,
557iustice; and Sir Robert him acoupede in þis maner:
558"Thomas! atte þe ferst, oure lord þe Kyng & þis court
559excludeþ ȝow of al maner ansuere. Thomas! oure lorde þe
560Kyng put oppon ȝow þat ȝe haue in his lande riden wiþ baner displaiede,
561aȝeynes his pees, as a traitour." And wiþ þat worde,
562þe gentil Erl Thomas, wiþ an hie voice saide, "Nay, Lordes! forsoþ,
563and by Seint Thomas, y was neuer traitoure." The iustice saide
564aȝein þo: "Thomas! our Lord þe Kyng put oppon þe þat ȝe
565hauen robbede his folc, and mordred his folc, as a þef.
566Thomas! þe Kyng also put oppon you þat he descomfitede ȝow
567and ȝour peple wiþ his folc in his owen reaume; Wherfore ȝe went
568and fley to þe wode as an outlawe, and also ȝe were taken as an
569outlaw. & Thomas, as a traitoure ȝe shull be hongede by
570resoun, but þe Kyng haþ forȝeue ȝow þat gewys for þe loue of
571Quene Isabell. And, Thomas, resoun wolde also þat ȝe shulde
572ben hongede; but þe Kyng haþ forȝeue þat gewys for cause and
573loue of ȝour lynage. But Thomas, for-asmiche as ȝe were tak
574fleyng, & as an outlaw, þe Kyng wil þat ȝour heued be smyten
575of, as ȝe haue wel deseruede. Anone doth him out of pres,
576and bringe him to his iugement!" þe gentil knyght, when he
577hade herde alle þise wordes, wiþ an hye voice he criede, sore weping,
578and saide: "Allas, Seint Thomas, faire fader! Allas! shal
579y be dede þus? graunt me now, blisseful God, ansuere!" but al it
580availede him noþing; for þe cursede Gascoignes put him hider
581and þider, and on him criede wiþ an hye voice, "O Kyng
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583in euel deþ shalt þow dye, as þow hast wel diseruede." þo
584sette þai oppon his heuede in scorn an olde chapelet, al-to
585rent & torn, þat was nouȝt worþ an halpeny; & after þai
586sette him oppon a lene white palfray, ful vnsemeliche, and ek
587al bare, wiþ an olde bridel; and wiþ an horrible noyse þai drow
588him out of þe castel toward his deþ, and caste on him meny
589balles of snowe. And as þe turmentoures lade him out of þe
590castel, þo saide he þise pitouse wordes, and his Handes helde
591vp in hye toward heuen: "Now, þe Kyng of Heuen ȝeue vs
592mercy, for þe erþely Kyng haþ vs forsak!" And a frere prechoure
593went wiþ him oute of þe castel, til þat he come to þe place
594þat he endede-in his lif; vnto whom he shroue him al his lif.
595And þe gentil Erl helde þe frere wonder faste by þe cloþes, and
596saide: "fair fader, abide wiþ vs til þat y be dede; for my
597flesshe quakeþ for drede of deþ." And soþ forto saie, þe gentil Erl
598sette him oppon his Knees, & turned him toward þe East; but a
599Ribaude þat men callede Hugon of Moston, sette hande oppon þe
600gentil Erl, and said in despite of him: "Sir traitoure, turne þe
601toward þe Scottes, þin foule deth to vnderfonge"; and turnede þe
602Erl toward þe North. The noble Erl Thomas ansuered þo wiþ a
603milde voice, and saide: "Now, fair Lordes, y shal do al ȝour owen
604wille." And wiþ þat worde þe frere went fram him ful sore;
605and anone a ribaude went to him, and smote of his heuede, þe xj
606Kalendus of April, in þe ȝer of grace M^lCCC xxj. Allas þat
607euer soche a gentil blode shulde ben don to deþ with-outen cause
608and resoun! And traiterousely was þe Kyng conseilede when
609he, þrouȝ false conseil of þe false Spensers, soffrede Sir Thomas,
610his vncles sone, bene put to soche a deþ, & so ben-heuedede
611aȝeyns al maner resoun. And grete pitee hit was also, þat soche a
612noble Kyng shulde ben desceyuede and mysgouernede þrouȝ
613false Spensers, þe whiche he mayntenede þrouȝ loselry aȝeins his
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615Engeland for enchesoun of þe forsaide Thomas deþ. When þe
616gentil Erl of þis lif was passede, þe Prioure and þe monkes of Pounfrett
617geten Sir Thomas body of þe Kyng, and þai buriede hit
618bifor þe hye auter in the right side.
619    And þat same day þat þe gentil lord was dede, þere wer
620honged and draw for þe same querel at Pountfrett, Sir
621William Tuchet, Sir William Fitȝ-William, Sire Warein of Ysillee,
622Sire Henry of Bradboure, Sir William Cheyne, barons alle, &
623Iohn Page, Squyer. And sone after at Ȝork, wer draw and
624Honget, Sire Roger of Clifford, Sir Iohn of Mounbray, barons, &
625Sire Gosselyn Dauil, Knyght. And at Bristow were draw and
626honged, Sire Henry of Wynington, and Sire Henry of Mounford,
627barons. And at Gloucestre wer draw and hongede, Sire Iohn
628Giffard & Sire William of Elmebruge, barons. And at London
629wer Honget & draw, Sir Henry Tyeys, baron; & at Winchelse,
630Sir Thomas Culpeper, knyght; & at Wyndesore, Sir
631Fraunceys of Waldenham, baron; & at Kaunterbury was draw
632and honged, Sire Bartholomew of Badelesmer & Sir Bartholomev
633of Assheburnham, barons; And at Kerdif in Walys, Sir William
634Flemynge, baron.
635
636

HOW KYNG EDWARD WENT INTO SCOTLAND WIÞ AN C^ML MEN OF
637ARMES, AND MIGHT NOUȜT SPEDE. CAPITULO CENTESIMO
638NONOGESIMO NONO.

639
640    And when Kyng Edward of Engeland hade brouȝt þe flour of
641chiualry vnto þis deþ, þrouȝ conseil of Sir Hughe þe
642Spensers þe fader, & Sir Hugh his sone, he bicome as wood
643as a lyoun; and what-so-euer the Spensers wolde haue done, it
644was don. And so wel the Kyng louede ham, þat þai might do
645wiþ him al þat þai wolde; wherfore the King ȝaf vnto Sir
646Hugh þe Spenser þe fader, þe Erldome of Wynchestre, and to Sir
647Androv of Herkela þe Erldome of Carlele, in preiudice and
648harmyng of his croune. And Kyng Edward þo, þrouȝ conseil of

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649þe Spensers, disheritede alle ham þat hade bene aȝeins him in eny
650querell wiþ Thomas of Lancastre; and meny oþere wer disherited
651also, for encheson þat þe Spensers coueitede forto haue her londes;
652and so þai hade al þat þai wolde desire, wiþ wronge, and aȝeyns al
653resoun.
654    þo made þe Kyng, Robert of Baldok, a false pilede clerc,
655Chaunceller of Engeland, þrouȝ conseil of þe forsaide Spensers;
656and he was a false rybaude and a couetous; and so þai conselede
657þe Kyng so miche, þat þe Kyng lete take to his owen ward alle þe
658godes of þe lordes þat wrongefully were put vnto þe deþ, into
659his owen honde; and aswel þai token þe godes þat were in
660holy cherche, as þe godes þat were wiþout, and lete ham ben put
661into his tresorie at London, and lete ham calle his forfaitȝ;
662and by her conseile þe Kyng wrought, and disheritede al ham
663þat þe gode oweden; and þrouȝ her conseil lete arere a talliage
664of alle þe godes of Engeland; wherfore he was þe richest Kyng
665þat euer was in Engeland, after William Bastard of Normandy,
666þat conquerede Engeland. And ȝitte, þrouȝ consell of ham,
667him semede þat he hade nouȝt ynouȝ, but made ȝitte euery toun
668of Engeland fynde a man of Armes oppon her owen costages,
669forto gon and werr oppon the Scottes þat Wer his enemys.
670    Wherfore þe Kyng went into Scotland wiþ an hundred
671þousande men of Armes at Whitsontide, in the ȝere of our Lord
672God M^lCCC & xxij. But þe Scottes went and hud ham in
673Mounteyns and in Wodes, and tariede þe Englisshe-men fro day
674to day, þat þe Kyng myght for no maner þing ham fynde in pleyn
675felde; wherfore meny Englisshe-men, þat few vitailes hade, for
676hunger þere deiden wonder faste, and sodeynly, for hunger in
677goyng and in comyng, and nameliche þo þat hade bene aȝeyns
678Thomas of Lancastre, and hade robbet his men oppon his landes.
679When Kyng Edward saw þat vitailes failede him, he was þo
680wonder sore discomfortede, for enchesoun also þat his men so
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682last he come aȝeyne into Engeland. And anone after come Iames
683Douglas and Thomas Randolf wiþ an huge ost into Engeland,
684into Northumberland, and wiþ ham þe Englisshe-men þat wer
685dryuen out of Engeland, & come and robbet the contre, and
686quellede þe peple, and also brent þe toun þat was callede North-allertoun,
687and meny oþer tounes vnto Ȝork. And when þe Kyng
688her þis þing, he lete sompne alle maner men þat might trauaile.
689And so þe Englisshemen mette þe Scottes atte þe Abbay of Beiheland,
690þe xv day after Michelmasse in þe same ȝer abouesaide; And
691þe Englisshe-men wer þere descomfited; & at þat scomfiture was
692tak Sir Iohn of Britaygn, Erl of Richemonde, þat helde þe
693contre and the Erldome of Lancastre; and after, he paiede an
694huge raunsoun, and was lete gone; and after þat he went into
695Fraunce and come neuer after aȝeyn.
696
697

HOW SIR ANDREW OF HERKELA WAS TAKEN, AND PUT VNTO ÞE
698DEÞ, ÞAT WAS ERL OF CARDOILE. CAPITULO CC^MO.

699
700    And at þat tyme Sir Andrew of Herkela, þat newe was made
701Erl of Cardoile, for cause þat he hade taken þe goode Erl
702of Lancastre, he hade ordeyned, þrouȝ þe Kyngus commandement
703of Engeland, forto bryng him all þe power þat he might, forto
704helpe him aȝeyns þe Scottes atte þe Abbay of Behigland. And
705when þe false traitoure hade gadrede all þe peple þat he might, and
706shulde haue comen to þe Kyng to þe Abbay of Biegland, þe
707false traitoure lad ham by anoþer contre þrouȝ Copeland, and
708þrouȝ þe Erldome of Lancastr, and went þrouȝ þe contre, and
709robbit and quellede folc, al þat he might. And ferþermore
710þe false traitour hade take a gret some of golde of Sir Iamys
711Douglas, forto bene aȝeyns þe Kyng of Engeland, and to bene
712helpyng and holdyng wiþ þe Scottes; þrouȝ whos tresoun þe Kyng
713of Engeland was scomfitede at Biheland er þat he come þider;
714wherfore þe Kyng was toward him ful wroþ, and lete priuely
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716enquerede and aspiede, so þat at the laste treuþ was founde, and
717sought, and he atteint and taken as a false traitour, - as þe noble
718Erl Thomas of Lancastre him tolde, er þat he were don to dede
719at his takyng att Burbrig, and to him saide, þat 'or þat ȝere wer
720Don, he shulde ben take and holde a traitour': and so hit was, as
721þe holy man saide. Wherfore þe Kyng sent priuely to Sire
722Antoyn of Lucye, a knyȝt of þe contre of Cardoile, þat he shulde
723tak Sir Andrew of Herkela, and put him vnto þe deþ. And to
724bryng þis þing to þe ende, þe Kyng sent his commission, so þat þe
725same Andrew was take at Carleel, & ledde vnto þe barr in maner
726of an Erl, worthely arraied, and with a suorde gert aboute him,
727and hosede and spored. þo spak Sir Antoyn in þis maner,
728"Sir Andrew," quod he, "þe Kyng put oppon þe þat, for-asmiche as
729ȝe haue bene orpede in ȝour dedes, he dede vnto ȝow michel
730honour, and made ȝow Erle of Carlele; and þow, as traitoure
731vnto þi lord þe Kyng, laddest his peple of þis contrey, þat
732shulde haue holpe him at þe bataile of Bihiland; and þow laddest
733ham away by þe contre of Copeland, and þrouȝ þe Erldome of
734Lancastr, wherfor our lord þe Kyng was scomfitede in bataile
735þere of the Scottes, þrouȝ þi tresoun and falsenesse. And if þow
736hadest come betyme, he hade yhade þe maistre; and al þat
737tresoun þow dedest, for þe grete somme of golde and siluer þat
738þow vnderfong of Iames Douglas, a Scott, þe Kynges enemy.
739And our Lorde þe Kyngus wille is, þat ȝe, þe ordre of Knyghthode,
740- by þe whiche þow vnderfonge al þin honour and worship
741oppon þi body, - be al brouȝt to nouȝt, and þi state vndone,
742þat oþere knyghtes of lawer Degre mowe after þe be-ware; þe
743whiche lorde haþ þe auancede hugely in diuerses contrees of
744Engeland; and þat alle may take ensample by þe, her lord
745aftirward trewely forto serue."
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747heles; & after he lete breke þe suerde ouer his heuede, þe whiche
748þe Kyng him ȝaf to kepe and defende his lande þerwiþ, when
749he made him Erl of Cardoile; and after he lete him vncloþe of his
750furrede mantel and of his hood, and of his furrede Cotes and of
751his gerdell. And when þis was don, Sire Antoyne saide vnto
752him: "Andrew," quod he, "now art þow no knyȝt, but a knaue;
753and for þi treson þe Kyng wille þat þow bene honged & drawe,
754and þin heuede smyten of, and þi bowelles taken out of þi body,
755and þi bowelles brent, and þi body quarterede, and þin heuede
756smyten of, and sent vnto London; and þere hit shal be sette
757oppon London Brigge; and þi iiij quarters shal be sent to iiij
758tounes of Engeland, þat alle oþere mowe be-ware and chastisede by
759þe." And as Antoyne saide, so hit was done, al maner þing, on
760þe last day of Ottobre, in þe ȝer of grace M^lCCC xxij ȝere;
761and þe sonne þo turnede into blode, as þe peple it saw. and
762þat durede fro þe morne, til hit was xj of þe Clokke of þe day.