multitude, to whom a litle before his death, this verse was soūded in his eare. Desine ludere temere, nitere propere surgere, de puluere. an. 1178. Nich. Triuet.

MarginaliaTrāsubstātiation gaynsayd.Albingenses denied transubstantiation in the Sacrament of Christes body and bloud, about the citie of Tolose, also that matrimonie was not a Sacramēt. &c. an. 1178 ibidem.

MarginaliaQuene Alionor imprisoned.Kyng Henry separated him selfe from his wife Alionor, & held her many yeares in prison, as some thinke for þ^e loue of Rosamūde. Which semeth to me to be þ^e cause, why God afterward stirred all his sonnes vp to warre agaynst hym, and to worke hym much sorow. an. 1179. Nic. Triuet. Notwithstandyng the sayd Alionor was after reconciled to hym. an. 1179.

S. Frideswide was translated vnto Oxford. an. 1179.

An. 1180 There came to the councel of pope Alexander, one Pisanus Burgundio, a man very cunnyng both in Greeke and Latine, whiche brought and presented to the councel the Omelies of Chrisostome vpon the Gospel of S. Ihon, MarginaliaExpositiōs made by Chris. both of the olde & newe testament.translated out of Greke into Latin, and said þ^t he had translated like wise a great parte of his exposition vpon Genesis, sayinge moreouer that the sayd Christostome had made expositions in Greeke vpon the whole olde Testament, and also the new. an. 1180.

MarginaliaThe charter house monkes.The monkes of Charterhouse, first entred into thys land. an. 1180.

MarginaliaThe bishop of Couētry voluntarely renoūseth his bishoprike.An. 1181. Richard Pech bishop of Couentry, before his death renounced hys bishoprike, and became a Chanon in the churche of S. Thomas, by Stafford, Ex Chronico peruetusto, cui initium. In diebus sanctis. regis, &c.

MarginaliaS. Hugh of Lincolne.About the later tyme of this kyng Henry, one Hugo (whō mē were wont to call S. Hugh of Lyncolne) borne in Burgūdy, and prior of the monkes of Charterhouse was preferred by the king to the bishoprike of Lincolne, who after his death is sayd to doe greate miracles, and therfore as counted a Saint. an. 1186. Flores hist.

MarginaliaLambeth first began to be built.Baldwinus archbishop of Cant. began the buildyng of his new house and churche of Lamhuthe, but by the letters of pope Clemēt 3. he was forbyd to procede in the buildyng therof. an. 1187. Triuit.

MarginaliaK. Henries gifte to the church of Rome for the deth of Becket.I do find likewise in the foresaid writen Chronicle remaining in the hands of one William Cary Citizen of Londō: that this forenamed kyng Hēry the. 2. gaue to þ^e court and churche of Rome, for the death of. Becket xl. thousand markes of siluer. And v. thousand markes of golde. an. 1187.

Mention was made a litle aboue of Amalrike kyng of Ierusalem, whiche destroyed Babylon, so that it was neuer after to this day restored, but lyeth wast and desolate: wherin was fulfilled that, whiche in the Prophetes in so many places was threatened to Babylon before. MarginaliaA worthy story of Sibilla and Guido, in Iersualem.This Amalrike had a sōne named Baldwine, & a daughter called Sibilla. Baldwine from the beginning of his reigne was a Leoper, & had the falling sickenes, beyng not able for feablenes of body (although valiant in hart and stomacke) to satisfy that function.

Sibilla his sister was first maried to one Willermus Marques of Moūt Ferrat, by whō she had a sōne called also Baldwinus. After him she was maried to an other husbād named Guido de Eiziniaco, Earle of Ioppe and of Ascalon. Vpon this it befel, þ^t the foresayd Baldwyne the Leoper sonne of Amalricus, beyng thus feable and infirme, as is sayd: called his nobles together with hys mother and þ^e Patriarche declaring to them his inhabilitye, and by the consentes of them committed the vnder gouernement of the citie to Guido the husband of Sibilla his sister. But he beyng foūd vnsufficiēt or els not lucky in þ^e gouerning therof: the office was translated to an other, named Raimundus earle of Tripolis. In þ^e meane tyme þ^e Soldan with his Sarasins mightely preuayled agaynst the christiās and ouerran the countreye of Palestina. In whiche meane tyme Baldwyne the kyng departed. Wherby the kyngdome fell next to Baldwynusthe sonne of Sybilla by her first husband Willermus. The whiche Baldwinus beyng but v. yeares old, was put to þ^e custody of Raimundus aforesayd. Who also in hys minoritie, before he came to his crowne, dyed: wherby the next succession by descent fell to Sibilla, the wife of Guido aboue mentioned. To whom the peires & nobles ioyning together in coūsaile, offered to þ^e said Sibilla as to þ^e lawfull heyre to þ^e crowne to be their quene: w^t this condition, that she should sequester frō her by solemne diuorsemēt the foresayd Guido her husband. MarginaliaA worthy exāple of a true wife to her husband.But she refused the kyngdome offered to her on that condition: till at last, the magistrates with the nobles in generall graunted vnto her, and by there othe confirmed þ^e same, that whome soeuer she woulde chuse to bee her husband, all they would take and obey as their kyng. MarginaliaA worthy exāple in Guido of a true subiecte to the cōmon wealth.Also Guido her husband with lyke petitiō among the rest, hūbly requested her: þ^t the kyngdome not for his sake, or for his priuate losse, might be destitute of gouernement. At length she with teares consentyng to their entreatie was contented, & solēnly was crowned for their quene: who after þ^t maner, again receiued their fidelity by their oth. Wherupō Guido w^tout al hope both of wife & kingdome, departed home quietly to his owne. This done, þ^e quene assēblyng her states and prelates together entred talke with them aboute the chusing the kyng, accordyng to that which they had promised and sworne vnto her: & to obey him as their kyng, whom she would name to be her husband. Thus, while they were al in great expectation wayting euery mā whom she would nominat: MarginaliaA singular exāple of prudence in a princes, and fidelitie in a wife.The quene with a loud voyce said to Guido that stode amongst them: Guido my Lord, I chuse thee for my husbād, and yeldyng my selfe and my kyngdome vnto you, openly I proteste you to be the kyng. At these wordes all the assēbly beyng amased, wondered that one symple woman so wisely had begyled so many wise men. And worthy no doubt was she to be commēded and extolled for her singular vertue both of faithfull chastitite, & high prudence: so temperyng the matter that both she obteyned to her husband the kingdome, & retayned to her self agayn her husbād, whō she so faythfully loued. an. 1186. Ex historia manuscripta, cui initium Rex pictorum ex bibliotheca Cariensi mutuata.

As I haue hetherto decribed þ^e publique actes of K. Hēry, so now I meane to touch somthing of his priuate cōditiōs. He was of meane stature, eloquēt & learned, māly and bold in chiualrye. Fearefull of the mutabilitye and chaunce of warre, more lamenting þ^e death of his souldiours dead, thē louing them aliue: none more curteous and liberall for the obtayning hys purpose: in peace and tranquility none more rougher: stubburne agaynst the stubburne: sometimes mercyfull to those whom he had vanquished: strayght to his houshold seruants, but liberal to straūgers: publikly of publike things liberall, sparing of hys owne: whom once he tooke a displeasure agaynst, hardly or neuer would he receyue agayne to fauour: somewhat lauas of hys toung, a wylling breaker of his promyse, a louer of hys ease, but an oppressour of his nobility: a seuere reuenger & furtherer of iustice: variable of word, & crafty in hys talke: an opē adulterer: a nourisher of discord amongest hys children. Moreouer the Papists hearing him (for Thomas Beckets quarel and suche like, as may be gathered) no good will: terme him to be an aduersary of the fayth, the maule and beetle of the church.

Also in the Chronicle intituled Scala mundi, I finde of hym: that he followed the steppes, maners and condicions of Henry the first his graūdfather in euery point. He preserued firme peace, and executed straight iustice through all hys dominiōs. He loued maruelous wel his forest: and agaynst those þ^t were transgressours either to his crowne or person, he most seuerely punished.

Moreouer, in a certayne history intituled De regibus