rals, with two hūdred horses gaue a larum in the kings camp: and came so neare, that he cut certain of the lines of the kinges tent in sunder with his sword, and retired to hys company without great losse of any of hys men. Then on the morowe the king perceauing the Scots to be gone, came to the place wher ouer night they lodged, MarginaliaThe prouision left in the Scots campe, when they escaped from Stanhop.where was found fyue hundred great Oxen and Keene ready kylled: fyue hundred Caudrens made of beastes skins ful of flesh, ouer the fyre seething: a thousand spits full of flesh readye to bee rosted, and more then. 10000. shoes of raw leather (the hear stil vpon the same) which the Scots had left behinde them: and fyue poore english prisoners tyed to trees and their legs broken. All whych seyng the kyng, returned with hys army (and left anye further pursuing the Scots) to Durham: where hee dismissed hys army, and came agayne to London, sēding with syr Iohn of Heynalt twoo hundred men at armes for their better safegard againste the Englishe archers (with whom at Yorke as you heard they fraied) til they had taken shipping, and so returned home.

The king then being at London, confirmed the liberties of the Citezens, and ordained that the Maior should syt in all places as chiefe Iustice within the liberties of the same. And that what Alderman soeuer had ben Maior before, should be a Iustice of peace within hys own warde.

MarginaliaThe king returneth to Londō and geueth liberties to the same.Then the kyng, the quene, and counsell sent ouer to the Earle of Heynalt certayne embassadours, touching the solemnisation of the mariage betwene the kyng and the Lady Philip hys daughter: who in suche sorte sped their message, that she was soone after conueyed ouer to England very honorably, and at Douer ariued. MarginaliaThe mariage of K. Edward solempnised continued 3. wekes.And frō thence cam to Londō (some chronicles affirme to York) where vpon the day of the conuersion of saynt Paule, the yeare aboue specified, the mariage and coronation of the quene was with much triumphe during the space of three weekes, solemnised.

MarginaliaA parliament at Northampton, where was concluded an vnprofitable peace with Scotland.After whiche coronation and mariage, the king let sommon his parlament to be kept at Northampton: wherat by the meanes of Syr Roger Mortimer & the old quene, a peace was purchased for the Scottes (who had for that purpose sent their embassadours) for iiij. yeares to endure. Also the king (thē beyng within age) graunted to release the Scots of all their homage and fealtie whiche vnto the realme Englād by their Charter ensealed they wer bound: MarginaliaThe ragman rule deliuered vp to the Scotsas also their indenture which was called the Ragmā Role, wherin was specified the foresaid homage and fealtie to the kyng and crowne of England, by the sayd kyng of Scottes, nobles and prelates to be made: hauyng all their seales annexed to the same. MarginaliaThe black cros of Scotland.Also there was then deliuered vnto them, the blacke crosse of Scotland, whiche kyng Edward before for a riche Iewel and relique had conquered and brought from Scone abbey: MarginaliaThe Barons geue vp their titles in Scotland.withall such rightes & titles as any þ^e Barons els, had & enioyed in the sayd realme of Scotlād: with many other thynges more, to the great preiudice both of the realme and discontentation of all the nobles and barons for the most part more thē MarginaliaThe old quene, the B. of Ely, & Syr Roger Mortimer rule the roste.the old quene, syr Roger Mortimer, and the bishop of Elye. Who in such sorte ruled the rost, that all the rest of the nobles and barons, cast with them selues how best they myght redresse and remede þ^e great inconueniēces, that vnto the realme by meanes of them grew and happened. Wherupō, the king & quene & syr Roger Mortimer, caused an other parlament to be called at Salisbury, where þ^e said syr Roger Mortimer was made earle of March against all the barons wils, to preuent & dispointe the foresaid purpose of them, MarginaliaEarle Henry of Lancaster refuseth to come to the parliamentbut the earle Hēry of Lancaster with others, would not be at the same: wherfore it was layd vnto their charges, that they went about to conspire the kinges death. And further, for that the kyng was as well vnder the gouernement of the Earle of Kente his vncle, as the Queene his mother,and the earle of Marche: and for that, they coulde not doo in all thinges as they listed for the sayde Earle the kinges vncle, who loued the kyng and the realme: Enuie beganne to rise betwene the earle Mortimer and hym, and by Isabell the Queenes practise, he founde the meanes to perswade the kyng: that the Earle of Kent (to enioy the crowne as nexte heire vnto the kyng) went about to poyson him. MarginaliaThe erle of Kent the kings vncle apprehēded and put to death giltles.Wherunto the kyng giuyng light credit, caused his sayd vncle to be apprehēded: & w^tout answer making to his accusatiō and accusers, to be beheaded at Winchester, the 3. of October and 3. yeare of his raigne. But the iust iudgement of God not permitting such odious crimes in him to be vnpunished nor vndetected, so in fine fell forth: MarginaliaThe quene with childe by S. Roger Mortimerthat Isabell the old quene & kynges mother, was founde and vnderstood to be with childe by the sayd Mortimer. Cōplaint hereof was made to the kyng, as also the killyng of kyng Edward his father, & of the conspiracy of him against the earle of Kent the kynges vncle before put to death: Wherupō, diuers other articles layd agaynst hym, and manifestlye red in court, MarginaliaSyr Roger Mortimer, earle of March, atained, condēnd and put to executiō.he was araynged and indighted, and by verdict found giltie: hauing his iudgement as in cases of hyghe treason, & suffred death accordingly at Lōdon, wherupō London bridge next vnto Spēsers, his head obtained a place. MarginaliaThe quene put in prison and so kept a lōg time.The quene his mother also (by good aduise of hys coūsel) was restrayned of her libertie, and wythin a certaine castel not permitted once to come abroade: Vnto whome the king her sonne, once or twise a yeare would resort and visite.

This yeare, prince Edwarde was borne at Woodstocke, who in processe of tyme and yeares grewe, to be most valiaunt prince, and was before he dyed, accompted throughout the world the folower of Chiualry.

MarginaliaThe byrth of Prince Edward.After this, the king prepared an other arme into Scotland in the yeare prefixed. But first he sommoned kyng Dauid of Scotland, who had (in the last truce for foure yeares to continew as you herd, his father then lyuyng) maried the Lady Iane, sister to the kyng: termed Iane make peace, to do his homage to the kyng but that he refused. Wherupon, not forgetting there withall the scoffing rymes, whiche dayly from that tyme of truce the Scottes had in their mouthes: MarginaliaThe expedition of K. Edwarde to ScotlandHe did so much that with an armie wel furnished, he entred Scotland by the riuer of Twide, for the Scottes then had the possession of the towne of Barwicke: the Scottishe Gigges and rymes were these. MarginaliaThe Scottish times.Long berdes hartles, Paynted hoodes witles, Gay coates graceles, Makes Englād thriftlees. MarginaliaK. Edward wasteth, spoileth, & destroyeth the whole conntrey & realme of Scotland.To be short, the kyng wasted the land, burnt, destroyed, and tooke townes and castels with small resistance or none: & the space of vi. monthes together did in that land what him listed without any battail offered vnto him. For the kyng of Scots was but a child and not aboue the age of xv. yeares, and wanted good captaines that should haue defended the realm: in so much that they were all fayne sauing those that kept in holdes for their defence to take the forest of Godworth, and there to kepe them selues so long as the kyng remayned in Scotland: MarginaliaBarwike beseiged and yelded to the kingWho at length when he had sufficiently wasted, spoyled, and brent the same, returned toward Barwicke, about the whiche he bent his siege, vowyng not to remoue the same, till he had gotten the towne.

MarginaliaThe kyng entreth the towne of Barwicke & appointeth the captain therof.The Scottes that kept the same, after a certein time and many assaultes made, were contented vpon certein conditions to haue deliuered vp the towne: But that the kyng refused, vnles that all conditions set a part, they would with bag and bagage departe. Wherupon, they condescended to the kyng, that if by a certein tyme they were not by the king of Scots rescued, they would rēder vp the town and w^t bag & bagage depart: & so þ^e time expired frustrate of all hope & rescue, at þ^e day appointed they did. The king then entred the towne and taried there the space of xii. dayes: who after he had appoynted Syr Ed-