<fol. 1r>hom scomfited and kylled . And kynge leyre hade then
his lond3 a3eyne in pees . And aftyrward died . And
cordeill his doghter him let enter wt mycul honour at ley
cestr~ ¶ How morgan & condage þat were nˆ [e]veus to Cor
dell werred vpon hir . And conquered hir and toke
hir wythe strenghthe . And put <hole> in prison
When þat kyng leyre was <hole> Cordeill his 3ongest
do3ter hild and hade the lond in pees v 3ere and
in the mene-while dyed hir lord Agampe þat was kyng
of Fraunce . And aftyr his dethe scho left wedo and þen
come morg<ill><.></ill> & Condage yt were Cordeill sustres sones
and t<ill><...></ill>r enuy for as meche as hor aunte schuld haue
the lond soth . & by-twene hem twey they ordeyned
a grete power . And opon hir werred gretly . And they
reste <ill><1 word></ill> tyl thay hade take hir and p<hole> hir vnto þe
dethe And Morgan & Condage sesed all the lond And
departed hit by-twene hem . And thei hild hit xii 3ere
by then there was greue by-twene hom <ill>.</ill>rete dowte
So þat thay werred strongly in fere . And eueryche of
hom dud meche harme to oyer . For Morgan wold
<ill><2 words></ill> hade all the lond be-3ond humbarr~ yt Condage
hild but he <ill><1 word></ill> a3aynes him wt a grete power
so þat <ill><1 word></ill> durst not abyde . But fled away
into Wales . And Condage come a3ayne and sesed
all the lond into his owne hondes . And hild hit And
regned aftyr xxxiijti 3ere . And tho died he and lyth
at new Troie ¶ Howe Reignold yt was Condage
son regned aftyr his fadur And in his tyme it reyned
blode iij dayes in tokenyng~ of dethe
And aftir this Condage regned Reynold his
son a way <ill><1 word></ill> my3t and a hardy and curteyse
<fol. 1v>þ<ill><..></ill> wele and noble gouerne the lond . And wonder well
made him be byloued of all maner of folke . And in his
tyme it reyned blode þat lasted iij dayes as god wol
And sone aftyr yer come a+grete dethe of the peple f<ill>..</ill>
ostes of the peple wt-out nombur fo3ten til thay
were ded . Wherfore no mon my3t hom let tyll almy
ghty god yer-on tok<hole>cy & pyte . And tho can it to sese
And this Raynold regned xxij 3ere & died lyth at 3orke
¶ how Gorbedian that was raynold son regned in
pees and aftyr he died and lythe at 3orke
And aftyr this Reynold regned Gobodyan his
sone in pees and was a gode man . And wele be
loued of all his peple . And he regned al his lyf
tyme ry3t wel and worthely xv 3ere . And dyed
and lythe at 3orke ¶ How Corbedyan hade tow
sones . the <ill>.</ill>one slowe ye tother for to haue the he
rytage . And ydoyne hor moder kylled þt oyer . wher~ ye
When <ill>.</ill>is Corbedyan~ was ded his ij sones þat
he hade . by-come stounte & prowde and euer
werred to-geder for the lond . þat one was called
Ferrers . And þat other porthes . And þis ferrers .
wold haue hade all the lond . But his brother
wold not suffre him . Ferrers hade a violens hert
and tho3t thru3e treson to sle his brother porthes
But priuely he went in-to Fraunce . And yer he abode
wt the kynges Styward . tyl apon a tyme he com~
a3ayne and fa3t wt his brother Ferrers . But ful
euel hit apped tho for he was slayne first . Whan
ydoyne hor moder wyst þat porthes hir sone
was ded scho made grete sorow . For be-cause þat
scho loued him more than þat oyer . And scho tho3t
him to kyll priuely . And priuely . scho come to hyr
<fol. 2r>sone And in a ny3t wt a+knyfe . And yer-wt scho kut his throte and
the body also in-to smale peces . Who herd euer of so cursed
a moder that kylled wyth hir owne hondes hir owne
sone . And longe tyme aftyr lasted that reproue & schame
to the moder for be-cause þat for the ton~ sone dethe
scho morderet the tother . And also for scho loued so
meche more then the tother . And so were bothe ded
and slayne ¶ How iiij kynges curtesly hild all
Bretayne and weche were hor names <linefiller>
Whan these bretheren~ weren~ thus ded þi
hade left by-hynd nother sone ne doghter
ne none of the kynrede þat my3t haue the heritage .
. And for as meche as the strengest men dryuen~ &
scomfited the feblest . And toke al hor londes . so
þat in euery cuntrey þat hade oft-tyme grete werre .
. But a-monge al oyer thinges yer where a-mongus hom
in that cuntrey þat ouer-come all other . And thrugh
hor strenghe and my3t thai toke al hor londes &
euerche of hom toke a certeyne cuntrey & let cal him
kynge . And one of hom was called skater . And he
was kynge of skotlond . And yt oyer was called dawal
yerfore he was kynge of loegres . And of al the lond
þat was lotrus Brutes son~ . the thryd was called
Rudak . And was kynge of Wales . And the fort .
was callet Cloten and he was kynge of Cornewa
yle . But this Cloton~ schuld haue hade all the
lond wt reson . For yer was no man yt was so neghe
to be ryghtfull heyr as he was . But thai þt were
strongest set lyttil by hom þt wer~ of lasse a-state
and strenghe . And yerfore this Cloton~ hade no more
lond amongs hom . But Cornewaill ¶ Of kynge
denobande þt was Clotens son~ & how he whan þe lond
<fol. 2v>This Cloton~ hade a son þt was called denobande . that
aftyr the dethe of his fader be-come a hardy man
and a fayre and a curteyse . so þat he passed all the ky
nges of Bretayne of fayrenes & of worthyse . And a
nonn as he was kny3t . he wyst well when his fadur
lyued . þat he was ry3tfull heyre of all the lond
and schuld haue hade it by reson . But other kynges
þat were of more strenghth than he was . toke
from hym hys lond and aftyrward this denobande
ordeyned hym power & conquered all the lond of
loegers . Aftyrward he wold haue conquered al
skotlond and wales . And Skater wt his men com~
and 3af bataille . And Rudak come a-3ayne wt
his walschmen for to help hym . but so hit be
fell þt Rudak was kylled and skater also . Jn
playne bataille . And so denobande hade the vic
torye and conquered all the lond and well mayn
teined hit in pees and rest . þat neuer before hit .
was so wele mayntened ¶ How denobande
was ye first kynge yt wered crowne of gold in Bretayn~
This denobande let do make to him a crowne of
gold & wered the crowne oponn his hede as
neuer kynge did before . And he ordeyned a statute
þt hade a mon~ done neuer so mecull harme and he
my3t come in-to the temple . yer schuld no mon him
mysdo . but do yer-in saff and pees . And aftyr-ward
go in-to what cuntrey þt hym lyked wt-out any har
me . and yf any mon set any hond upon hym he
schuld lese his lyf . And this denobande made ye
<fol. 3r>touns of MalmesBury and the ton~ of wyse . And when~
he hade regned wel and worthely xl 3ere . he died
and lythe at new troie ¶ How Bren~ and Belyne
departyd the lond aftyr the dethe of denobande
hor fader and of the werr~ by-twene hom <linefiller>
And aftyr this denobande was ded his tow
sonnes þt hade departed the lond by-twene
hom . as hor fadur hade ordeynet Belyn his Eldist son~
hade all the lond of Bretayne . a this half humbre
vnto skotlond . And for as meche as Belyn hade the
Bettyr parte Bren~ yer-fore wex wrethe . And wold
haue hade more of the lond . And Belyn his Brother
wold graunte him no more . Wherfore stryf & werr~
rose by-twene hom two . But Bren~ the 3ong~ brother
hade no strenghe a3aynes Belyn . And yer-fore Bren~
thru3e counsell of his folke went from thens in-to
Norway to the kynge Elsynge . And prayed him
of help & socour . for to conquer~ al the lond vpon his
Brother Belyn . vpon~ couenant þat he wold haue
his do3tur to wyf . And the kynge Elsinge hym
graunted . Belyn anone as his brother was gone
in-to Norway he sesed in-to his hondes all þe lond
of Norhumbrelond . And toke all the castells & let
aray hom . And also he lete kepe al the costes of the
see . þat Bren~ schuld not a-ryve no place in þt londe
but if he were take . the kynge Elsynge let semble a
grete ost . And deliuered his do3ter to Bren~ . And all
the peple þat he hade ordeynet . And this damsel Sami
hade longe loued a kynge þat was called Gulagh
And to him scho send . And told hir counsell . howe
þat Bren~ schuld hir haue . And scho to abyde wt him
for euermore . And so he schuld hir lese but if þat
he my3t help hir fro Bren~ . And when Gutlagh herd
<fol. 3v>this thinge he lay to espye Bren~ wt as mony shippis as he my3t
haue . so þt the ij fletes met to-gedyr . And lond tyme faghte .
So þt Bren~ and his shippes turned a-3ayne and weron scom
fite . And kynge Gutlagh toke samy and put hir in-to his
schip . And Bren~ shamefully fled thenns as a mon discom
fyte . And Gutlagh wold haue went in-to his owne
cuntre . but yer come on hym a grete tempest þat lastyde
v dayes . so þt thru3e that tempast he was dryven
in-to bretayne . wyth iij schippes and no mo . And tho þt
kept the costes of the see toke Gutlagh and samy and al
his ost . And presented to belyn . And he put hom in-to pri
son ¶ How Belyn~ droffe out of this lond kynge Gutla
ghe of denmarke & samye <linefiller>
Hit was not longe aftyr þat Bren~ come a-3ayne
wt a grete Navey . And send to his Brother Belyn~
þat he schuld 3eld a3ayne his lond to his wyf and
to hys folke & his castels and touns also . Or elles he
wold distrie all his lond . Belyn drad no thing his
manace . And wold do no thinge aftyr hys sayinge
Wherfore Bren~ come wt his folke . And fa3t wt Belyn
And ther Bren was discomfite And his folke slayne &
he hym-selfe fled wt xij men in-to Fraunce . And this
Belyn þat was broˆ [t]ht vnto Bren~ 3ode to 3orke and
toke counsell what þat he my3t do wt kynge Gutlagh
For kynge Gutlagh prefered to be-come his man and
to hold his lond of him 3eldynge by 3ere a Ml li of
siluer for euer more . And for sekernes of thys couenant to be
hold Gutlaghe schuld brynge hym gode ostages And
to hym schuld do homage and all his . and 3et he schul
swere on a boke þat these couenant3 schuld neuer be broken~
ne falsed . Belyn~ tho by counsell of his folke graunted
him his askynge and so Gutlaghe by-come his man . And
Belyn~ vndurfonged his homage of him . And also ye coue
naunt3 weren wryten . And on the couenaunt3 kynge
Gutlaghe toke Samy and his folke and went thenns and
<fol. 4r>come in-to denmarke . And euermore weren~ þe couenant3 hol
den and tenage paied . tyl the tyme þat hauelok was
kynge of denmarke and also of this lond thru3e his
wyf þat hight Gyldebourgh . þat he hade spoused for
scho was ry3t heyre of this lond . This Belyn than
dwelled in pees and worschipfully him hild amonges
his barouns and he made iiij ryal ways the Est in-to
the West þat was callet watlond þt one is called fesse
watlynge strete . and ij other wayes he made in bossyng
thru3e-out the lond þt one is called fesse . And þt other
fossedyke . And he mayntened well his gode lawes
þat denebande his fader hade made & ordeynet in .
his tyme ¶ Howe acorde was made be-twene Bren~
and Belyn his Brother thru3e Cornewen~ hor moder
Bren~ þat was belyns Brother hade longe tyme dw
elled in fraunce . And yer hade he conquered a grete
lordschip thru3e mariage . for he hade weddet the
dukes do3ter of Burgoyne þat was ry3t heyre of þe lond .
And this Bren~ hade ordeyned a grete power or frensheme~
And come for to fy3t wt belyn his brother . And Belyn~
come a-3aines him wt a stronge power of Bretouns and
wold haue 3eue hym bataile . But hor moder þat hyght
Cornewen herd þat þe ton~ brother wold distroye the
tother . scho went by-twene hom and made hom acordet
wt mycul payne so atte last the ij bretheren~ wt mycul blys
went to-geder in-to Newe Troie þat now ys callede
london~ . And there thay dwelled all the 3ere . And aftur
thay toke hor counsell for to conquer all Fraunce and
so thay dyd and brent touns and distroied ye lond boye
in lengthe and in brede . And then the kynge of fraunce
3af hom bataille wt his power . but he was ouer-comen
and 3af truage vnto Belyn and to his brother aftur þat
þay went forthe to Rome and conquered Rome and
al lombardy & Gormanye & toke homage & feautes of
Erles Barouns and of al oyer . And aftyr thai come in-to
<fol. 4v>this lond of Bretayne and dwelled wt hor Bretouns in joy & rest .
And þen made the town~ of Bristow . And sythen~ he went ouer
the see to his owne lordschip . And yer dwelled all his lyf
tyme . And Bellyn dwelled at Newe troie and yer he made
afayre 3ate þat is called Bylyngesgate aftyr hys name .
And when this Belyn hade regned nobley xj 3ere &
iiij monethes þan he died and lythe buryed at New .
troie ¶ Howe kynge Cornybatus cald the kynge
of denmarke be-cause he wold not paye the truage
And aftyr this belyn his son Cornybatrus a gode
man and a+worthi . And the kynge of denmark
wold not pay hym his truage . þat is to say a Ml li
by 3ere as he was sworne be othe for to paye it . And
also by record of wrytynge yerto Belyne ˆ [his] fader wher
fore he was euel a-payed and wrothe and asemblet
a grete ost of Bretanns and went in-to denmarke and
sloghe the kynge Gutlaghe and bro3t the lond into subiec
cion~ all new . And toke of the peple feaut3 & homage3 .
And aftyr went a-3ayne in-to his owne lond . And
as he come forthe be Orkeney . he fond xxx shippes
of men and wemen be-sydes the costes of the se . and
the kynge asked what thay were . And an Erle þat was
mayster of hom all curteisly vnswared the kynge and
saide þat thai were exiled out of spayne . And so þai
hade trauailed half a 3ere and more in the see to
wete yf thai my3t fynd any kynge in any þt lond
þat of hom wold haue mercy & pyte to 3eue hom
any lond in any cuntrey . Wher-yn thay my3t dwel
and haue hor rest . And by-come his leoge men . And
to hym wold do homage þat feaute whiles þat he
lyued . and his heyres aftyr hym And of hym And
of hys heyres wold hold the lond . And whanne þe
kynge this herd he hade grete pete of hom . And
3af hom an yle of wyldernes yer that no man was dwe
<fol. 5r>lynge . saue only wyld bests . And the Erle thonked me
che the kynge . And be-come his man and did him feaut
and homage . And toke al his folke and went in-to hit
. And the Erle men called Jrlamall . And yerfore he let
call the lond Jrlond aftyr his owne name . This kyng
Cornybatrus come a3ayne into his lond . And he reg
ned xxv 3ere . And aftyr he dyed and lythe at
new troie ¶ How the kynge Gwentolyn~ regned
in godenes and gouerned the lond al his lyftyme
in grete loue and worschip <linefiller>
And when Cornybatrus was ded . regned Guento
lyn his son~ . a man of gode condiciouns & wele by-loued
and he gouerned the lond wele & wysely . And was wele
by-loued of all his peple . And he regned xxvj 3ere
and aftur dyed and lythe at New trowe ¶ Howe
kynge Seysell regned and wel gouerned the lond aftur
his fader Guentolyn <linefiller>
And aftur this Guentolyn regned his son Seysel
wele and worthely and wele gouerned þe lond
as his fader hade done a-fore him and he regned xv
3ere and died and lythe at Newe Troie ¶
How kymore regned aftur Seysel his fader And he
begate hawan that regned aftur hym~ <linefiller>
And aftur this Seysel regned his sone kymore
Wele and nobley xix 3ere in pees and rest .
and hawan his sone x 3ere & dyed and lyth
buryed at herbaldoun~ ¶ How kynge morwyth
dyed thru3e meschief an hard chanse thru3e
an euel best for wyckednes & euel lyuynge
Aftyr this hawan regned morwithe and he
be-come wykkyd and styrne tyll atte last
grete vengeaunce come to hym . For as he went
<fol. 5v>on a+tyme by the ˆ [see]-syde yer he met a+grete best that was blacke
horrable and hidous to se. And wend hit hade ben a
whill of the see . And bond an arblast . And wold haue
slayne the best . wt a quarell but he my3t not smyte
it . And when he hade schot all his quarells ye best a
a-none come to hym in grete hast . And him deuoured
a-lyf . And so he died for his wyckednes . thru3e
vengeance of god aftyr þt he hade regne ix 3ere
¶ Of Grandobodyan that Morwythes sone . that
made the ton~ of Cambrygge <linefiller>
Aftyr this morvyth was ded the Bretouns
crowned Grandobodyan~ his sone kynge
that longe tyme regned in goodenes & made temples
and touns . And this Grandobodyan made the ton~
of Cambrige . and the ton~ of grantham . And was
wele be-loued of ryche and pore . For he honoured ye
ryche and halpe the pore . This Grandobodyan hade
iiij sones . Arsogale heysyder higamus and Petitur~ .
And when he hade regned xj 3ere he dyed and
lythe at New troie ¶ Of Artogayle þt was Gran
dobodyanes sone how he was made kynge . And syþe
put downe for his wyckydnes <linefiller>
Aftyr Grandobodyan regned his sone Artogay
le v 3ere And he come so wycked and so .
styrne . þat þe Bretouns wold not suffur him to be ky
nge but put him a-doun~ . And made heysydur his
brother <exp>his broth and h a</exp> kynge And he be-come
so gode and so merciable þat men called hym kynge
of pite . And when he hade regened v 3ere he ha
de suche pite of his brother . Artogayle þt was
kynge before Anone he for-soke his dignyte . And
to his broyer toke the crown~ a3ayne . And made hym
kynge a3aynes all þe Bretanns wylles . And aftur
ward Artogayle be-come so gode a mon of condiciouns