Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (09 of 12): Edward the First, Surnamed Longshanks, the Eldest Sonne of Henrie the ThirdHolinshed, Raphael
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Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (09 of 12): Edward the First, Surnamed Longshanks, the Eldest Sonne of Henrie the Third
Holinshed, Raphael
Great Britain -- History -- Edward I, 1272-1307; Great Britain -- History -- To 1485; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
After this, it is woonderfull to remember with what great honor king
Edward was receiued of the cities, as he passed through Tuscaine and
Lumbardie. At his comming ouer the mounteins at Chalon in Burgundie, he
was at a iusts and tornie, which then was there holden by the Frenchmen
against the Englishmen, the honor whereof remained with the Englishmen.
In this tornie the fight of the footmen was great: for the Englishmen
being sore prouoked, slue manie of the French footmen, but bicause they
were but rascals, no great accompt was made of them, for they were
vnarmed, gaping for the spoile of them that were ouerthrowen. K. Edward
passing foorth came to the French court, where of his coosine germane
king Philip he was ioifullie receiued. Here king Edward, dooing homage
to the French king for the lands which he ought to hold of him in
France, passed into Guien.
[Sidenote: Anno Reg. 2.]
[Sidenote: _Matth. Westm._]
[Sidenote: A disme gr[=a]ted to the king & his brother.]
[Sidenote: 1274.]
[Sidenote: _Nic. Triuet._]
[Sidenote: King Edward his returne home.]
[Sidenote: _Matth. West._]
A tenth was granted of the cleargie to the K. and to his brother Edmund
earle of Leicester and Lancaster by the popes appointment for two
yeares, a chapleine of the pope a Gascoine borne named Reimond being
sent into England for that purpose, who gaue part vnto them, and part
thereof he kept to himselfe towards his charges, but the most part
was reserued to the popes disposing. ¶ Whilest the king remained in
Gascoigne, he had somwhat to do against certeine rebels, as Gaston de
Bierne, and other that were reuolted from him. The castels belonging
to the said Gaston he subdued, but his person he could not méet with.
Finallie, after he had set things in order as well in Guien as in other
places in the parts of beyond the seas, he hasted homewards, and came
to London on the second day of August, where he was receiued with all
ioy that might be deuised. The stréets were hanged with rich cloths of
silke, arras, and tapestrie, the aldermen and burgesses of the citie
threw out of their windowes handfuls of gold and siluer, to signifie
the great gladnesse which they had conceiued of his safe returne: the
conduits ran plentifullie with white wine and red, that ech creature
might drinke his fill. Vpon the 19 day of August, in this second
yeare of his reigne he was crowned at Westminster, togither with his
wife quéene Elianor, by the hands of Robert Kilwarbie archbishop of
Canturburie.
[Sidenote: _Caxton._]
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