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Thomas Knolles, groc', Thom's Pyke, drap'. A^{o}. xij^{mo}.
maior. John Penne, skynn'e.
[Sidenote: A gret feight in Smythfelde betuen Glouc' and Arthur.]
[Sidenote: The Yeldhalle was begone to make newe.]
This yere was the fight in Smythefeld betuen Gloucestre and Artour,
for wordes that Gloucestre hadde appeled Arthur of: and whanne they
hadde well foughten, the kyng tok the bataille into his hond, and
wolde lete them feighte no more. Also this yere, on seynt Petres even,
was gret debate in Brigge street betuen the lord Thomas men and men of
London. Also in this yere comen ambassatours to the kyng fro the duke
of Burgoyne, for to have men out of Engelond to helpe hym in werre
ayeyns the duke of Orlyons: but the kyng wolde no men grauntte, for
which the ambassatores spaken therof to the prynce: and he sente to
the duke of Burgoyne the erle of Arundell and the lord Cobbeham, with
othere lordes and gentyles, with a faire retenewe and well arrayed
peple. Also this yere the Yeldhalle of London was begonne to make
newe. Also in this yere the duke of Burgoyne, with help of
Englysshmen, sclewe moche peple of the dukes of Orlyons at the brigge
of Seyntclowe. Also in this same yere was Rys Dye, squyer, of Walys,
drawen, hanged, and beheded, and quartred, and the quarters salted.