Detail View: Medieval Collection: King John
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Image Number:
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JRL0926207dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 103
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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King John
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Parent Work Title:
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Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Brute or the Chronicles of England
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Date Created:
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14th century [mid]
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Page:
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71r
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Image Sequence Number:
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071r
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Description:
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The word 'John' is written in the top margin of the folio. The tale of the death of King John, poisoned by a monk at the Swineshead Abbey. Red rubrication at the bottom of the folio introduces the next tale. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
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ful sory in herte: and þought rathere he wolde him self suf- fre pitouse deth: and thought ȝif he mighte ordeigne þ(er)fore som man(er)e remedie // And anon þe monk wente to his Abbot and was shryuen of him. and tolde þe Abbot al þ(t) þe king sayde and p(ra)yede his Abbot for to assoile him for he wolde ȝeue þe king suche a whatsaile þat al Engelond shulde ben glad þ(er) of and ioyeful // þo wente þe monk in to a Gardyn. and fond a grete tode þ(er)in & nome hire vp & pulte hire in a cuppe and prikkede þe tode þorugh with a broche manye times til þ(t) þe venyme come out in eu(er)yche syde in to þe cuppe and þo nome þe coppe and felde hit w(t) good ale and broughte it bifore þe king and knelynge say- de. Sire q(uod) he whatsaile for neuere daies of ȝoure lyf ne dronke ȝe of such a coppe // Bygynne monk q(uod) þe king and þe monk drank a gret drauthe and toke þe king þe coppe and þe king also drank a gret draugthe and sette doun þe coppe // þe monk anon right wente in to þe fermerye & þere deide anon: on whos soule god haue mercy: Amen. and .v. monkes singeth for his soule specialliche and shul leth whil þat þe Abbay stant// þe king aros vp anon ful euele at ese and co(~)maundede to remeue þe table and axede after þe monk: and men tolde him þat he was ded for his wombe was broke a sunder // whanne þe king herde þis tydinge he comaundede for to trusse but al it was for nought for his bely bigan so to swelle for þe drinke þ(t) he dranke þat he deide wiþinne .ij. dayes þe morwe after sent lukes day // And þis king Joh(a)n hadde faire children of his body geten þat is to seyn Henry. his sone þat was king after his fader. and Richard þat was Erl of Corne- waile and Isabelle þat was þe Emp(er)ice of Rome and Aly- anore þat was Quene of Scotland // And þis king Joh(a)n whanne he had regned .xvij. ȝere .v. mounþes and .v. daies he deide in þe castel of Newerk and his body was buried at Wynchestr(e) Of king Henry þe þridde þat was
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Vellum
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Time Period Covered:
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1200 - 1500 CE
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Places Covered:
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England
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People Covered:
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John, King of England, 1167-1216
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Item Height:
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278 mm
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Item Width:
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183 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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Parts of this catalogue have been reproduced from Ker, N.R., 'Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, vol. III, Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), p. 417. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
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References:
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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
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Bibliographic Citation:
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Brie, Friedrich W. D., 'The Brut, or, the Chronicles of England / edited from Ms. Rawl. B 171, Bodleian Library &c.', (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner for the Early English Text Society, 1906-1908)
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Cost:
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Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-07-22
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Multi Page Number:
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755
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2010-06
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Medieval
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