The Pastime of People; Or, the Chronicles of Divers Realms and Most Especially of the Realm of England (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1811 Excerpt: ...sittyng at the kyngis bord, was sodenly takyn.with sekenis, wherof he dyed with in thre days. Some sey he was takyn with a palsey; and some seyd that he was chokyd with a morsell of bred, be cause he sware falsely by that morsell of bred that he was notgylty of the deth of Alfrede, broderto $. kyng. Sone aft this, kyng Edward sent vnto Henry the.iiii. em; perour, for Edward, son of Edmond Yronsyd, to co in to Englond, to the intent to make hym his heyre; which accordyng therto cam in to Englod, and sone after dyed. Also, after the deth of yerle Goodwi, Harold, his eldist so, waxyd so in the kyngis fauor, that he rulyd the most grete causis of the realme, and was ruler of the kyngis army, and subduyd $ Welchmen that rebellyd. This Harold saylyd in to Normandy, to see his broder Welnotus, that was sent thelher for a plegge for the performance of the couenantis made be tven the kyng and his fader, yerle Goodwyn; where Wilm, duke of Normandy, made hym to swcre that he shuld mary his doughter, that was tha with in yeris of consent; and then, after the deth of kyng Edward, he shuld kepe the lad to his behoue, accordyng to the mynd of kyng Edward, after some wryters. After that, this Harold retornyd to Englod, and shewyd kyng what he had done; wherwith the kyng was well contentyd. After this, the kyng fell seke; and before he dyed, he saw, in a vysyon, that, bycause the nobles and the prelattis off Englod were not Goddis seruantis, that God therfore shuld take this kingdome in to the handis of theyr enmis. Sone after y, this kyng Edward dyed with out issue, and was acomptyda virgyn when he dyed., the son of yerle Goodwyn, and last kyng of Saxos, bega his reyn oner Englond the yere of Cryst.M.lxvi.; and sone after he had take vppon hym as kyng, one Harold Har...