the castellof fa¦melynham¶And the danois hym pursued and comen vn to the sa¦mecastell And when kyng Edmond saw that the castell myghtnot hem withstond he come ayens hem with whom the danois ferstspeken And anone they axed of hym
by the Castell to take auisement of the Castell / an arbalastier smo¦tehym with a quarell that was enuenyned / & the kyng drofe outethe shafte of the quarell / but the quarellys hede aboode still in his he¦de/ &
was in the Castellof Caleys with his men of ar∣mesthat none of the aliens wyst ther of And that fals conspira¦tourand traitour Gieffrey of charney seth that he myght not open¦lyhaue his purpose of the Castell priuely and stelyngly
gedre / brutes folk thurgh helpe of him self & of Turyn his cosyn / and of Coryn that wel ād manly hym deffended & foughtē so that ī lytel time they had quel∣led of the frenshmē two thousād and
all a roūde. & ther with compased he as moche lande as that he made vpon a fayr castell And whē this castell was made. he let kalle it ye Thwoncastell / For as moche as the place was marked
yere of kyng henryes regne / & Edward king Iohannes sone of Bretaigne Iohā vessy / Thomas of clare. Rogier of clifford Othes of Grauntson / Robbert le buns Iohan of verdon ād many othir lordes of England. & of
take the Mortymer. syth that ye be ke¦per of the castell ād haue also the keyes in your warde. Syr quod the conestable wyll ye vnderstōd that the yates of the castell bē lo∣ked with the lokkes that dame j∣sabell
ye castellof Tyntagell & shall haue all your will of that lady.¶How vter bigat on Igerne that wos the Erlis wife of cor¦newaill Arthur kyng.MErlyn thurgh craft that he coud changed the kynges fi∣gure ī to the liknesse of
an asse on Pal∣me sondaye.¶ Of the castell Bethania. ca .xxviij.THere towarde the eest is a castell that men calle Bethania there dwelled Symeon the loprouse yt herborowed our lorde & theym yt were baptysed of our lordes dyscyples /
chir∣che of our lady where our lorde shewed hym vnto her in the shadowes that betokeneth the Trynyte And there nere is a chirche of saynt George whe∣re his heed was smyten of. And than to the castellof Emaux
can of all the companyeBy noo sygne. verely espyeBy whos hande. that the kynge was slaweFor Edyppus in haste gan. hym withdraweAnd kepte hym coye. of entencyonGrete was the noyse. and the pyteous sounIn the castell. for slaughter of the
was refes∣shed in the castellof ye ladyFull well besayn. there in a bed right softeRychely abouten apparayledwith clothe of golde. all the flore I rayedOf the same. bothe in length and bredeAnd fyrste this lady. of her womanhedeHer wymmen
made an house to falle on theym. And fro thens shall men go to the cyte of Cesaryen and so to the castellof Pylleryns and thenne to Ashalon and so forth to Japhath / and so vnto the holy
to the castell Dayr. And af∣ter a man cometh out of Surry & gooth in wylder nesse where the waye is full sondy / & yt wyldernesse lasteth. viij. Iourneys where men fynde all that theym nedeth of vytayles /
deth of hir brother & they shull brenne yowe fyrstwith sorwe And after they shull slee a grete partie of Saxons &shull out driue all the remenaunt of the land & therfor abyde yehere no lenger to make castell ne
the Royame of Scotland at the newe Castell vptyne in the presence of many worthy lordes and also of communesbothe of the reames of Englond and also of Scotland / and anoneafter in the same yere kyng Edward of Englond
and the kynd him self driuen vn to thee castellof framelynham. ¶And the danois him pursued and comen vn to the same castell And when kyng Edmund saw yt the castell myght nat them withstond. he come ayens them
knyghtys of his wer take and ijC. stedis were ther trappid with yren. ¶And anone aft{er} went kyng ri¦chard for to besege the castellof Gaillard and as he rode vpon a day by the castell to take auisement of
du of boneuentan / And syn kynge of the lumbardis. And the two susters toke chikens And put hem vnder her armes next the flessh and bytwene her pappes / that of the heete & chaffyng the flessh of the
of our body. It is our castell commytted and delyuered vs by god wherfore sayth Saynte Bernard He kepeth well a good castell / that ke∣peth well his body. The¦re shall be axed rekenyn∣ge of the kepyng of this