men ayen into
Engelond and yelden hym to the kynges grace. And in this yere was wyn,
salt, and whete, gret chepe in the parties of Engelond. Also in this
same yere the duchesse of Gloucetre was arested and put in Holt, for
she was suspecte of treson; and a clerk that was longyng to here,
whiche was clepyd Roger Whiche, was taken for werchynge of sorcery
ayens the kyng, and he was put into the Tour; and after, he was
brought into Poules, and there he stood up on high on a scaffold ageyn
Poulys crosse on a Sonday, and there he was arraied like as he schulde
never the in his garnementys, and there was honged rounde aboughte hym
alle hise intrumentis whiche were taken with hym, and so shewyd among
all the peple; and after, he was broughte to fore the lordys, and
there he was examyned; and after broughte to the Yeldehalle, and there
he was regned aforen the lordes of the kynges counseill and to fore
alle the juges of this land; and anon after, the lady of Gloucestre
afornseid was mad to apere thre sondry dayes afore the kyng and alle
hise lordes spiruell and temperell; and there she was examyned of
diverses poyntes of wicchecraft, of the whiche she knowleched that she
hadde used thorugh the counseill of the Wicche of Eye; the whiche was
brent on the even of Symond and Jude in Smythefeld.

[Footnote 126: "and there the kyng toke the bataile into his hand
withynne iiij strokes, and so was ended" _in the Cotton MS._]

REX HENRICUS SEXTUS. [1441-1442.]

Rob't Clopton, Will'm Combe, fysshmong'. A^{o}. xx^{mo}.
drap', m^{or}. Ric'us Riche, merc'.

[Sidenote: Talbot was made erle of Shrewesbery.]

[Sidenote: Gascoyn and Gyan loste.]

In this yere[127] my lady of Gloucestre hadde confessyd here
wichecraft, as it is afornseid she was yoyned be alle the spriualte
assent to penaunce; to comen to London fro Westm' on the Moneday next
suynge and londe at the Temple brigge out of here barge, and
there[128] she tok a taper of wax of ij^{lb} in here hond, and wente
so thorugh Fletstrete on here foot and hoodles unto Poules, and there
she offred up here taper at the high auter; and on the Wednesday nest
suenge she com fro Westm', be barge, unto the Swan in Tempse strete,
and there she londyd, and wente forthe on here feet thorugh Brigge
strete, Groschirche strete, to the Ledenhalle, and so to Crichirche in
the wyse afornseyd; and on Fryday she londed at Quen hithe, and so
forth she wente into Chepe, and so to seynt Mighell i