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To fend be Walschrie with him at per powere,
To him bei gan alie, & ros fulle austere.

1 Whan þe king herd say, þat Dauid werred on him,
To Wales he went his way fulle scharply & fulle brim.
Edward did him chace, fulle febilly he defendes,
To rest had he no space, his tyme he tynes & spendes.
be euen of Saint Morice was taken Sir Dauid,
Als a fole nyce he brak þe kynge's grith...
His hede bei of smyten, to London was it born,
be dede body be britten on four quarters corn.
be quarters wer sent to henge at four citez,
So is he worth be schent, who so traytour bez.
1 Leulyn & Dauid haf born grete honour,

And Snowdon com to grith, ilk castelle & toure
To be king is eschete, als to chefe of alle.
be lordes bat er grete be cheued as tenauntz salle.
be kyng borghout be lond he did crie his pes,
& with be lawe þam bond, als skille wild he ches.
Wardeyns gode he sette, to stabille be lond & mende,
Justise þat þe lawe gette to vnkonand þei kende.
Whan alle was don & ent, þat felle to conqueroure,
To London he went, a while to mak soioure.

He sent to his barouns, a parlement to hold,
þei com at his somouns, in parlement he þis told :
To Gascoŷn bihoued him go, & þat hastilie,

Tiping com him per fro, þer was contek & crie,

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uaunce al Reis, com a gouernour, MSS. Gall.

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pider bihoued him nede, to set bat lond in pes,;
For foles haf no drede, þat long is justiseles...celai
A pousand & tuo hundred, & fourscore gere & sex. cc.
On Wales many on wundred, for more wo zit þer wex.

LXXX. VI.

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EDWARD wele has sped of alle þing þat has bien, Tille Gascoŷn with him led dame Helianore our quene. be gode erle of Cornwaile bis lond had in keping, In luf & pes sanz faile went Edward our kyng, & spak with be king of France at Paris as he went. ban felle a fair chance, bei wer at on assent. Forth he gan him hie, tille Gascoŷn is he comen, be rightes he did attrie of po þat wrong had nomen. Rightfulle dome he gaf on foles for ber misdede, No man be ouerhaf, bot alle borgh lawe zede. 1 Towhile Sir Edward gos to Gascoin forto apese, Wales to werre vp ros, borgh conseile of a Rese... On Reseamiraduk, of Wales a lordyng, Our Inglis did rebuk, & werred on our kyng. I kan not telle gow whi þat werre was reised olofte, Men said be wrath & cri com borgh be lord Tiptofte. Iþe kyng herd þat pleŷnt, vnto þe Rese he sent A letter enselid fulle quaynt, for be pes it ment. He praied to hold him stille, tille his tocome mot be, & he suld do his wille, in alle bat skille mot se. His pleyntes he wild here in skille at lordes sight, & if he baron were, he suld haf fulle gode right.

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Sic. Rees amereduke, vel Res admyraduck, in Codd. Gall.

Iteraripuit versus Gasconiam.

Ecce de Reseamiraduk.

De falsitate justi

bis Reseamiraduk, als fole & vnwise,

His letter gan rebuk, sette it at light prise.
be skabe þat he might do with slauhter or prison hard,
Alle he brouht þam to, þat longed tille Edward.
A bousand & tuo hundred þe-date forscore & nine,
On our men bei wondred, in Wales did þam pyne.

WHAN Edward had bien in Gascoŷn pre zere,
Ageyn he & be quene on lond ryued vp here.

At his coming he fond of clerkes & men of pleynt,

& justise of be lond of falsnes was atteýnt. ciariorum, For giftes som justise lete be lowe go doun,

& som on oper wise did wrong to be coroun.
be first justise in benk Sir Thomas of Weland,
For falshed & for wrenk he forsuore be land.
He went ouer to France, & com neuer ageýn,
His clerkes stode to chance passed for a certeyn,
bei wer out of be tour delyuerd for mone,
þer held þei long soiour, bot penies mad þam fre,
Opon his forward, or bei wer out gon,

To serue kyng Edward, neuer more suld þei non.
Sir Elys of Bekýngham to do lawe him was lefe,

Sir Jon of Metýngham he left þe justise chefe,

Sir Rauf of Heyngham be wrong oft he ches,

He departed with gram, & be benk les.

Sir Adam of Stretton fulle hard was he led,

Nouht without encheson, I lay my gloue to wed.

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Ses compaygnouns ses ad] la tour de Loundres, de. clers sunt pris & mene A [sive | liuerez par mone, MSS. Gall.

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For gold & siluer strong he gaf so grete plente,
Bifor be kyng it song, Placebo domine.
With wrong alle it cam, with gile salle gyuen be,
Dilexit Sir Adam gilerie & falste.

THISE justise er atteÿnt of falshed & folie,

Now comes a new pleynt, to destroie þe Juerie.
þe king was enquere of ber wikked dedes,
So many ber were, dome on þam salle nedes. -

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De iniquitate Judeis mi sive Judæorum.

For þam þe king was sette his priue parlement,
þei said, borgh be rescette be Cristen men were schent.

be barons alle said, alle holy be clergie,

be lond bei wild voide of þat herisie.

I wene be king alegid, bei were of his tresour,

Nobeles he wild haf briggid, be fals leue & erroure.
For be penie fiftend, be Jues wild he fleme.

be clergie said at be end, " we grante it as ze deme.

þe lerid & be lay granted þat þei said,

& assigned a day, þat taxe to be laid.

be dettes þat men bam auht, þer stedes & þer woning,
Wer taxed & bitauht to be eschete of be king.

be Reseamiradie was taken þat ilk gere,
In Wales borgh a spie, for all his powere.

Whan þe kyng herd it seie, to gork he did him lede,
Schames dede to deie, als traytour for his dede.
First was he drawen for his felonie,

& as a befe þan slawen, on galwes hanged hie.

Rees ameraduk, vel Rees admiraduk sive Rees amereduk,

in Codd Gall.

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м. ссо. LXXXXI.

De capci

one Acres,

De morte
Reginæ.

Now is non of age of his ancestrie

May haf his heritage, to whom it salle alic.
A pousand & tuo hundred, four score & elleuen,
On Wales men git wondred, be pes not zit euen.

THE next gere folowand Acres was assaled,

þe Cristen mýght no stand, of help alle pam failed,
& be cite lorn, & alle don to be suerde,

þat were Cristen born, be lewed & be lerid.

Whan be pape had tibing, it was in a Sarazins handes,
He gaf Edward our kyng, be tende of alle be landes.
Inglond, Scotlond & Wales, Ireland þerto was laid,
ban mot he fille his males, no man him withsaid.
Holý who salle spare, if it nede stode,
Whan bo bat hedes are do þer to no gode?
þat ilk zere be quene died in Lyndseie,

At Westminster, I wene, his body did þei leie.

Et Marga- I A litelle per biforn died Margarete,

reta, filia & heres Alexandri Regis Scottorum, mortua est.

be heyr of Scotlond born, of Alisander bigete.
Wherfor Sir Edward, for bat maiden dede,
Hied him Northward, his barons he asked rede.
In be North at Norham, he wamssed be castelle,
be barons þider cam, & conseild þat beste felle,
þei brouht be cronýkles, þat wer in Scotland,
be olde chartres & titles, þat wer in Abbays hand,

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Of ilk a bisshop se, & ilk a priourie,

þat were of dignite, of olde ancestrie,
Examend þam & cast ilk amountment,
þei said alle at þe last borght of on assent,

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