1N be gere folowand þat I rekened here

Coronacio
Edwardi

Edward com to land, als prince of grete filii præ

powere.

be next Sonenday after be assumpcioun

Of Mari moder & may Sir Edward had be

coroun.

In þe kyrke of Westminstere, at þe abbay sollempnelý,

be bisshop of Canterbere, Robert of Kilwardeby,

Corouned Edward þore biforn alle be clergy,

* & dame Helianore corouned quene & lady.
Was neuer at Saint Denys feste holden more hy,
Ne was of more pris, ne serued so redý.
Was neuer prince, I wene, þat I writen of fond,
More had treie & tene, þan he had for his lond.
In Scotlond & in Wales, in Gasconie also,
If ze liste alle be tales, þis storie tellis gow to.
Pray we alle to God of myght, & his modere Marie,
Grante him conquere his right Gascoyne & Normundie,
þat þe king of France chalanges falslý.
Help him to pat chance moder of mercy,
& Thomas be martire, St. Jon of Beuerle,
St. Cutbert be per fere, he trestres on gow pre.
Towhile in Gascoyne es be pes zit alle certeyn,
We salle leue þat pas vnto we com ageÿn,

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coroune' le jour, vnqes a
seint Dynie Ne fu si bele
feste, ne si grant noblje, MSS.

&

Others say it was the very day of the Assumption, or the 15th. of August. 2 Ausint la Rayne Elyanore sa amye Fu | Gall. Vol. II.

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dicti Henrici.

Leulini,

& telle zow ober tales of Edward curteisie,
& of Leulyn of Wales, & his berŷng hie,
Of Dauid his brobere & of his felonie,
Resaunraduk an obere how he did folie.
How be contek was laid of Scotlond þat first gan.
How eft þei mad a braid, & on Inglond ran.
Of Madok be Morgan, of þer nyce ribaudie,
Of Jon Baliol no man, & of his treccherie,

& of his duze pers togider bei gan alie,

I schrowe alle ber maners, þat lufes þer partie.

A pousand & ii. hundred sexti & fiftene,

be date of Criste so pundred whan Leulýn gan þis tene.

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THE next gere folowand of Edward coronment,

Leulyn of Walsland in to France he sent,

be Mountfort douhter to wedde, hir frendes alle consent,

Almerik hir ledde, to schip now er bei went.

Now bei saile & rowe to Wales to Leulýns,

Movit bellum.

A burgeis of Bristowe charged was with wynes, He ouertoke þer schip, & asked whepen þei ware ? He said, with kýng Philip to Wales wild þei fare. What did þis burgeis? desturbled his wendyng, be may & hir herncis did led vnto þe kyng. þe mayden Edward toke, als he was fulle curteys, In saufte did hir loke, & þanked be burgeis. 1 Whan Leulýn herd say, to werre sone he bigan, For tene he wende to deie, þat taken was his lemman..

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Edward wex fulle grim, whan he wist he was risen.
Sone he hasted him, to mak bam alle ogrisen.
be Walssh wer alle day slayn, now rewes bam ber res,
& Leulyn is fulle fajn, to pray Edward for pes,
Gjues Edward for his trespas fifti þousand mark,
& ber tille bonden was with scrite & oth fulle stark,
To com tuys in be gere vnto his parlement.
be may on þis manere with Leulýn home scho went,
& held his heritage in pes as he did ore,

Mad was be mariage at Snowdon biside Bangore.

IN be gere seconde after his corounment,
New statute þei fonde, to Westminstere bei ment.
be nex Paske folowand Edward sent his brefe
To Leulyn for his land, to com als tille his chefe.
Leulyn had despite of Edwarde's sonde,
Bot werred also tite on him with nyth & onde.
Edward raised scheld, after his men alle sent,
bat seruise of him held, manly tille him went,
& ran on Sir Leulyn, & alle his folk him with,
& maugre bobe his bryn was fajn to com to grith.
Danid at þat while was with Edward þe kýng,

git auanced he bat file vntille a faire þing.

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To Frodesham with be fe, & alle pat longed per tille,

To Leulýn forgaf he alle his euelle wille.

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Now is Leulýn bonden eft to Sir Edward,
If he with faute be fonden, I trowe, it falles him hard.

Now turnes Edward agejn to London his cite,

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& wille wite certeyn, who schent has his mone. Of clippers, of roungers, of suilk takes he questis. Olde vsed traitoures ilk at ober hand kestis. Ilk thefe ober out said, ilk a schrewe ober greues, Of fele wer handes laid, & hanged ber as theues. Edward' did smýte rounde peny, halfpeny, ferthyng, be croice passed passed" be bounde of alle borghout þe rýng.

See my Preface to Robert | rayment Quatre esterlinges
en achate & vent. (vel ester-
lyngs a chat e a vent) [De
ren (vel rien) se lo ly prestre
ke le offrande (vel offrant)
atent, Ne lý cháytif pouers
ke ren nad (vel rien ayd)
dount despent.] En tote la
moneye la croice par my se
tent. (vel sestent) [Par quay
le ferlynge (vel ferthing)
rounde est communement.
Offert v (vel ou) done pur deu
(vel dieu) omnipotent, Le
sterlynge et la maylle uie-
nent (vel. venent) rerement,
Sur deu (vel dieu) et sur les
sons chet len paýrement.] (vel
foens chiet lempeyrement)
Mil. cc. et octaunte (vel vt-
taunt) annz del incarnacioun
Sunt passez par acounte
kaunt de religioun (vel del

of Gloucester's Chronicle, p.
LXIII. where I have printed
these eight Rhythms, that relate
to K. Edwardthe first's altera-
tion of the Coyn. As I had a
desire my self to see how they
are express'd in the French, so,
it may be, some readers may
have the same curiosity, and for
that reason Ishallhere publish
them in that language, only
noting, that all that I have in
clos'd in Crotchets or Hooks is
wanting in the MS. of the He-
ralds Office, tho'exstant in both
Mr. Anstis's Copies, and that
what is put in a parenthesis is
a various Reading: Ester-
lýng, maylle, (vel male) fer-
thing (vel ferlynge) fet forger
roundement, Et gros Tour-
nais Englays qe valent ver-

Re.

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