Volume 1

The chronicle of William de Rishanger, of the Barons' War. The miracles of Simon de Montfort / Edited from manuscripts in the Cottonian Library, by James Orchard Halliwell.

  • William Rishanger
Date:
1840
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Credit: The chronicle of William de Rishanger, of the Barons' War. The miracles of Simon de Montfort / Edited from manuscripts in the Cottonian Library, by James Orchard Halliwell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Dum gens jejunat, socios sibi quisquis adunat, Ut confundatur pars regia seu perimatur. Non parcunt vite dum quis fert, ‘‘ Ite, redite, Nulli parcatis, inimicos quin perimatis.”’ Est populus certus, nimis est quod fiscus apertus, Regis nam velle dedit Anglos sepe procelle. Ecclesiam nescit de qua rex sponte recessit, Consilio nati semper bellare parati. Cetibus hiis claris, o rex, cur sic operaris? Cur tantas gentes non excipiendo parentes Exheredasti, mala quo tibi sponte parasti? Ni tibi sit cura, pereas post pascha futura, Mavult namque mori gens ut subdatur honori, Quam se moerori dare vel vivendo dolori. Heu dolor est fari! cur debet rex reprobari ? Nam spoliatorum bona post destructa s[uorum.]” * s * * (Unfinished.) P. 47, 1. ult. dimissa letitia. In MS. dimissio leticie. P. 48, 1. 22, devotis presentatur, In MS. denotata p’senta. P. 54, 1. penult. The word here left blank appears in the MS. like huitiu. P. 58, 1. 9.—Insulam de Ely. The following very curious particu- lars are taken from the cartulary of the monastery at Barnwell near Cambridge, which is now preserved in the British Museum :— «¢ In tempore illo orta est dissentio magna inter Henricum regem et barones suos. Symon vero de Monte-forti, comes Leycestriz, col- legit ad partem suam contra regem multos et potentes, et inceperunt