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The articles of agréement betwéene the moonks of Burie and the inhabitants of Burie.
A letter of W. Northbourgh the kings confessor describing the kings voiage into France.
The copie of sir Iohn Winkefields letters.
The tenor of an other letter written by sir Iohn Wingfield, directed to sir Richard Stafford knight, who had béene in Gascoigne, and there leauing his familie, was now returned into England.
The méeke and comfortable oration of the English prince to the French king being taken prisoner.
The tenor of the said prince of Wales his appeale or summons of appearance before the French king, &c.
Edward the third of that name, the sonne of Edward the second, and of Isabell theonelie daughter of Philip le Beau, & sister to Charles the fift king of France, beganhis reigne as king of England, his father yet liuing, the 25 daie of Ianuarie, after thecreation 5293, in the yeare of our lord 1327, after the account of them that begin theyeare at Christmasse, 867 after the comming of the Saxons, 260 after the conquest, the13 yeare of the reigne of Lewes the fourth then emperour, the seuenth of Charles the fiftking of France, the second of Andronicus Iunior emperour of the east almost ended, andabout the end of the 22 of Robert le Bruce king of Scotland. He was crowned at Westminsteron the day of the Purification of our ladie next insuing, by the hands of Walterthe archbishop of Canturburie.
And bicause he was but fourtéene yeares of age, so that to gouerne of himselfe he wasnot sufficient, it was decréed that twelue of the greatest lords within the realme shouldhaue the rule and gouernment till he came to more perfect yeares. The names of whichlords were as followeth. The archbishop of Canturburie, the archbishop of Yorke, thebishops of Winchester and of Hereford, Henrie earle of Lancaster, Thomas Brotherton earlemarshall, Edmund of Woodstoke earle of Kent, Iohn earle of Warren, the lord ThomasWake, the lord Henrie Percie, the lord Oliuer de Ingham, & the lord Iohn Ros. Thesewere sworne of the kings councell, and charged with the gouernement as they would makeanswer. But this ordinance continued not long: for the quéene, and the lord RogerMortimer tooke the whole rule so into their hands, that both the king and his said councellorswere gouerned onelie by them in all matters both high and low. Neuerthelesse,although they had taken the regiment vpon them, yet could they not foresée the tumultsand vprores that presentlie vpon the yoong kings inthronizing did insue: but néeds itmust come to passe that is left written where children weare the crowne, & beare the scepterin hand,<