[1] In the meane while, king Edward to restreine the rebellious attempts of those Welshmen,The woods in Wales cut downe. caused the woods of Wales to be cut downe, wherein before time the Welshmen were accustomed to hide them|selues in time of danger. He also repared the castels and holds in that countrie, and builded some new, as the citie and castell of Bewmarise with other,Beaumarise built. so that the Welshmen constreined through hunger and fa|mine, were inforced within a while to come to the kings peace. Also at length about the feast of saint Laurence, the Welshman Madoc, that tooke him|selfe for prince of Wales was taken prisoner, and being brought to London was committed to perpe|tuall prison. ¶By some writers it should appeare, that Madoc was not taken,Madoc ta|ken prisoner. Abington. but rather after ma|nie aduentures & sundrie conflicts, when the Welsh|men were brought to an issue of great extremitie; the said Madoc came in and submitted himselfe to the kings peace, and was receiued, vpon condition that he should pursue Morgan till he had taken him and brought him to the kings prison, which was doone, and so all things in those parts were set in rest and peace, and manie hostages of the chéefest amongst the Welsh nobilitie were deliuered to the king,Welshmen imprisoned. who sent them to diuerse castels in England where they were safelie kept almost to the end of the warres that fol|lowed with Scotland.