nat procede any farther in doyng any more concernyng his homage But rather he was detmyned to returne agayne into Englande and there was redde openly the priuyleges of auncyent tyme graunted the which was declared in what maner the kynge shulde do his homage and howe and in what wyse he shulde do seruyce to the kynge of Fraunce Than the kynge of Fraunce sayd cosyn we woll nat disceyue you this that ye haue done pleaseth vs rightwell as for this present tyme. Tyll such tyme as ye be returned agayne into your realme and that ye haue sene vnder the seales of your predecessoures howe and in what wyse ye shulde do And so thus the kynge of Englande tooke his leaue and departed fro the kynge of Fraunce ryght amyably And of all other princes that was there and retourned agayne into Englande and laboured so longe that he came to Wyndesor Where his quene receyued d hym right ioyously And demaunded tidynges of kynge Phylippe her vncle and of her linage of FrauÌ„ce The kyng shewed her all that he knewe and of the gret chere and honour that he had there and sayd in his mynde there was no realme coude be compared to the realme of Fraunce And than within a space after the kyng of Fraunce sent into Englande of his specyall counsell the bysshoppe of Chartres and the bysshoppe of Beannays the lorde Loys of Cleremont the duke of Burbon therle of Harcourt and therle of Tankermylle with dyuers other knyghtes and clerkes to the counsell of Englande the which was than holden at London for the parfourmaunce of the kyng of Englandes homage as ye haue harde before And also the kyng of England and his counsell had well ouersene the maner and fourme how his auncyent predecessours had done their homage for the duchy of Acquitayne There were many as than in Englande yâ— murmured and sayd how the kyng their lorde was nerer by true succession of herytage to the crowne of Fraunce than Phylippe of Ualoys who was as than kyng of Fraunce Now be it the kyng and his couÌ„sell wolde nat knowe it nor speke therof as at that tyme thus was ther great assemble and moch a do how this homage shulde be parfourmed These embassadours taryed styll in England all that wynter tyll it was the moneth of May folowyng or they had aunswere dyffinatyue how be it finally the kynge of Englande by the aduyce of his counsell and on the syght of his priuyleges where vnto they gaue great fayth was determyned to write letters in the maner of patentes sealed with his great seale knowle gyng therin the homage that he ought to do to the kyng of Fraunce The tenour and report of the which letters patentes foloweth EDward by the grace of god kyng of England lorde of Ireland and duke of Acquitayne To them yâ— these present letters shall se or here send gretyng We wold it be knowen that as we made homage at Amyas to the right excellent prince our right dere cosyn Phylyppe kyng of Fraunce and there it was requyred by hym that we shuld knowledge the sayd homage and to make it to hym expresly promysinge to bere hym fayth and trouth yâ— which we dyd nat as than by cause we were nat enfourmed of the trouth We made hym homage by generall wordes in sayeng how we entred into his homage in lyke maner as our predecessours Dukes of Guyen in tymes past had entred into thomage of the kyng of FrauÌ„ce for that tyme beyng And syth that tyme we haue ben well enfourmed of the trouth Therfore we knowlege by these presentes that such homage as we haue made in yâ— cyte of Amyas to the kyng of Fraunce in generall wordes was and ought to be vnderstande this worde lyege man and that to hym we owe to bere faith and trouth as duke of Acquitayne and pere of Fraunce erle of Poyters of Mutterell And to th entent in tyme coÌ„mynge that there shulde neuer be dyscorde For this cause we promyse for vs and our successours dukâ— of Acquitayne that this homage be made in this maner folowyng The kyng of Englande duke of Acquitayne holdeth his handes bytwene the handes of the kyng of FrauÌ„ce And he that shall addresse these wordes to the kynge of Englande duke of Acquitayne shall speke for the kyng of Fraunce in this maner yeshall become lyege man to the kynge my lorde here present as duke of Guyen and pere of Fraunce And to hym promyse to bere faythe and trouthe say ye and the kyng of Englande duke of Guyen and his successours sayth ye And than the kyng of FrauÌ„ce receyueth the kyng of Englande duke of Guyen to this sayd homage as lyege man with faythe and trouth spoken by mouth sauyng his ryght and all other And furthermore whan the sayd kyng entreth in homage to the kyng of FrauÌ„ce for therldome of Poyters and of Muttrell he shall put his handes bytwene the handes of the kyng of Fraunce for the sayd erldome And he that shall speke for the kynge of Fraunce shall addresse his wordes to the kynge and erle and say thus ye shall become liege man to the kyng of FrauÌ„ce my lorde here present as erle of Poyters and Muttrell And to hym ê“myse to bere fayth trouth say ye And the kyng erle of Poyters sayth ye Than the kyng of FrauÌ„ce receyueth the kyng and erle to this sayd homage by his fayth and by his mouth sauyng his ryght and all other And after this maner it shal be done and renewed as often as homage shulde be done And of that we shall delyuer and our successours dukes of Guyen after these sayd homages made letters patentes sealed with our great seale If the kynge of FrauÌ„ce requyre it and besyde that we promyse in good faythe to holde and to kepe effectuously the peace and coÌ„corde made bytwene the kynges of FrauÌ„ce and the kynges of Englande dukes of Guyen c. These letters the lordes of Fraunce brought to the kyng their lorde and the kyng caused them to be kept in his chauncery ¶ Howe the lorde syr â—ubert of Artoyse was chased out of the realme of Fraunce Cap. xxv THe man in the world that most ayded kyng Philyppe to attayne to the Crowne of Fraunce was syr Robert erle of Artoyse Who was done of the most sagelt and great teste lordes in Fraunce and of hygh lynage extraughte fro the blodde royall and hadde to his wyfe suller iermayn to the sayd kyng Phylyp allwayes was his chief and speciall compaignyon and louer in all hys astatis And the space of .iii. yere all that was done in the realme of Fraunce was done by his aduyce and withoute hym nothyng was done And after it fortuned that this kyng Philyppe tooke a meruailouse great his pleasure and hatred ageynst this noble man syr Robert of Artoyse for a plee that was mâ—â—ed before hym Wherof the Erle of Artoyse was cause For he wolde haue wonne his entent by the vertue of
syster And for that cause he had assembled there his counsaile as at that tyme. all they of his counsaile coude nat make hym to vary fro that pourpose and yet they counsaâ—â—ed hym sore to the contrarie Diuers prelates and barones of Fraunce sayd howe he toke on hym a great foly as to put hym selfe in the daunger of the Kynge of Englande the kyng answered them and sayd Syrs I haue fouÌ„de in the kynge of England my brother and in yâ— quene and their children so moche trouth and honour that I can nat prayse them to moche Wherfore I doubte me nothynge of them but that they wyll be to me ryght courtesse and true frende in all cases Also I wyll excuse my sonne the duke of Aniou of his returnyng into FraÌ„ce To his wordes there were none that durst say the contrarie syth he was so determined ihym self Than the kyng ordeyned agayne his son the duke of Norman dye to be regent and gouernour of the realme of Fraunce vntyll his retourne agayne And there he promysed to the lorde Philyp his yong son that at his returne agayne he wolde make hym duke of Borgoyn and heriter of that duchie And whaÌ„ all his purueyaunce was redy accordynge to his entent and prouision at Bolloyn before hym than he departed from Amience and rode tyll he came to Hedyn and there kept his Christmas daye and thither came to se hym Loys erle of Flaunders there the kyng taried a .ii. or .iii. dayes And on InnoceÌ„tis day he departed fro Hedin ¶ Howe kynge JohnÌ„ of Fraunce returned into England where he dyed And how the duke of Normandy defended hym agaynst the naueroyse and how Mante and Meulent were taken And howe syr Bremont de la â—all was discomfetted Ca. CC .xix. KIng JohnÌ„ dyd so moche by his iourneis that he came to Boloyn and lodged in the abbay and taried there tyll he had wynde at wyll and with hym was sir JohnÌ„ Artoyse Erle of Ewe the Erle Dampmartyn the great priour of Fraunce 〈◊〉 Boucequant Marshall of Fraunce sir Tristram of Maguelles sir Peter and syr JohnÌ„ Uillers ser JohnÌ„ of Anuil ser Nicholas Braque and diuers other knyghtes and squiers And whan theyr ships were all charged that the marâ—ners saw they had good wind they gaue knowlege therof to the kyng so thaÌ„ the kyng entred into his ship aboute mydnyght and his people into other shippes and so longe they sayled yâ— they arriued in Englande at Douer and that was the day before the vigill of the Epiphany Anoue tidynges came to the kyng of England and to the quene who were as than at Eltham a .vii. leages fro London that the frenche kyng was come a lande at Douer Than he sente thither diuers knyghtes of his house as ser Bartilmewe of Brunes sir Alayne of Bouquesels sir Richarde of Pennebruge and dyuers other They departed fro the kynge and rode toward Douer and founde there the frenche kynge and there they made great honoure and chere to hym and amonge other thynges they sayd howe the kynge theyrlorde was right ioyous of his comynge and the frenche kynge lyghtly beleued theym And the nexte day the kyng and all hys companie lepte on theyr horses and rode to Caunturburye and came thither to dyner and in entrynge in to the churche of saynt Thomas the kyng dyd ryght great reuerence 〈◊〉 offred to the Shâ—yâ—â— a ryche 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â–ª And 〈…〉 e the kynge tarâ—ed t 〈…〉 And on the 〈…〉 de dare he departed and â—oodâ— towarde 〈…〉 dou and at lastâ— came to 〈…〉 ame Where 〈…〉 kynge oâ— Englandâ— was with a great nom 〈…〉 hym Who recey 〈…〉 His comynge thy 〈…〉 after dyner and bitwene 〈…〉 ther was great dauÌ„syng 〈…〉 There was the yonge lorde of 〈…〉 ed hym selfe to daunce and 〈…〉 t bothe frenche and englysshe 〈…〉 olde hym â–ª â—t became hym so 〈…〉 all that 〈◊〉 he dyd I canne nat she we all 〈…〉 honorably the kynge of Enâ—â—ande and the quene receyued the freÌ„che kyng 〈…〉 day they departed from Elthame 〈…〉 to London So all maner of people 〈…〉 of the â—itie mette and receyued hym 〈◊〉 great reâ—erâ—ce and he was brought with â—reat 〈…〉 through London to his lodgyng to Saâ—â—y the whiche was ordeined for 〈◊〉 And in the same castell were lodged suche 〈◊〉 his blodde as laye there in hostage First the 〈◊〉 of Orleaunce his brother and his sonne 〈◊〉 duke of Berrey his â—osyâ— the duke of Bout 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of Alenson Guy of Bloys the erle 〈…〉 Powle and dyuers other So thus y◠〈…〉 kynge taried there parte of that wynter â—mong the lordes of his owne blodde right ioy 〈◊〉 and often tymes the kynge of Englande 〈◊〉 his children visited hym and the duke of â—larence the duke of Lancastre and the lorde â—â—mon one of the kynges soÌ„nes and so diuers â—â—mes they made great feastes to guether in dyâ—ers â—uppers and in diuers other pastymes at his lodgynge of Sauoy And whan it pleased â—he frenche kyng he went to the kynges palaice of WestmÌ„ secretâ—y by the ryuer of Temes and often tymes these two kâ—nges whan they met â—â—wayled the lorde James of Bourbon sayeng that it was great damage of hym and a great mysse of hym out of theyr coÌ„pany for it became hym right well to be among great lordes NOwe let vs leaue to speke of the frenche kyng and returne to the kyng of Ciper Who came to Aguillon to the prince of Wales his coâ—syn who receyued hym right ioyously and in like wyse so dyd all yâ— barones knyghtes and 〈…〉 ers of Poictou and of â—ainton suche 〈◊〉 were about the prince as the vicouÌ„t of Thoâ—â—â— the yong lorde of Pouns the lorde of Perâ—â—â—ey syr Loys of â—arcourt 〈◊〉 Guyssharde â—â—â—ngle and of Englande sâ—r JohnÌ„â—handos 〈◊〉 Thomas Felton sir Nowell Lorwiche syr Richarde of Pountchardon sir Symon Bassell sir Baâ—d wyn of Franuill sir Daugorises and diuers other aswell of the same couÌ„tâ—ey as of Englande The kyng of Ciper was well honored and feasted of the prince and of the prinâ—esse and of the sayde barones and knyghtes And there he taried more than a monethe and than ser JohnÌ„ Chandos ledde hym a sportynge aboute in xainton and Poictow and went and sawe the good towne of Rochell where he had â—east and there And whan he hadde visited the countrey than he retourned agayne to Angolesme and was at the great feast that the prince helde at that tyme where there were great plen tye of knyghtes and squiets and anone after yâ— feast the kyng of Ciper toke leaue of the prince and of the knyghtes of the countrey but fyrst he shewed all theym principally wherfore he was come thither and why he had taken on hym the â—edde crosse that he baâ—e and how the pope had confermed it and what dignite and priuilege perteyned to that voyage and howe the frenche kyng by deuocion and diuers other great lordes had enterprised and sworne the same ThaÌ„
Garses du chast NaÌ„don of Bergerant the Bourge of Lespare the bourg Camus the bourg Bartuell and this bastarde kynge Henry knewe nat that the prince was in mynde to bring agayne his brother daÌ„peter into Castell so soone as these knightê dyd for if he had knowen it they shulde nat haue departed so soone as they dyde for he might well haue letted them if he had knowen it So these knightes departed and assoone as kyng Henry knewe therof he made no great semblant of it but sayd to sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy who was styll about hym Sir Bertram beholde the prince of Wales it is she wed vs that he wyll make vs warr and bring agayne that iewe who calleth hym selfe kynge of Spaygne byforce into this our realme sir what say you therto Sir Bertram answered and sayd sir he is so valyant a knight that if he take on hym yâ— enterprice he wyll do his power to acheue it yf he may Therfore sir I say to you cause your passages and straytê on all sydes to be well kept so that none may passe nor entre into your realme but by your lyceÌ„ce And sir kepe yor people in loue I knowe certaynly ye shall haue in FrauÌ„ce many knightes and great ayde the whiche gladly wyll serue you Sirby your lycence I wyll retorne thyder and in the meane tyme kepe yor people in loue and I knowe well I shall fynde in Fraunce many frendes And sir I shall get you as many as I can By my faythe ê™ kynge Henry ye say well and I shall order all the remenant acordyng to your wyll and so within a lytell space after sir Bertram departed weÌ„t into Aragon wher the kyng receyued hym ioyously and ther he taryed a .xv. dayes and thaÌ„ departed and went to Mountpellyer and ther founde the duke of Anâ—â—ou who also receyued hym ioyously as he whome he loued right entierly And whaÌ„ he had ben ther a season he departed and went into FrauÌ„ce to the kyng who receyued hym with great ioye ¶ Howe that kyng Henry alyed him to the kyng of Aragon and of the meÌ„ that the prince sent for and howe the prince was counsayled to pursue his warre of the lorde Dalbreth who discoÌ„fyted the seneshall of Tholous Cap. CC .xxxii. WHaÌ„ the tydyngê was spred abrode in Spayne in Aragon in Fraunce that the prince of Wales wolde bring agayne kyng daÌ„ peter in to the realme of Castell Ther were many had therof great marueyle and moche comunyng was therof Some said that the prince toke on hym the enterprice for pride and presuÌ„pcyon and was in a maner angry of the honour the sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy had gotten him in conqueryng of the realme of Castell in the name of kyng Henry who was by him made kyng Some other sayd the pyte and reason moued the prince to be in wyll to ayde the king Dampeter and to bring hym agayne into his herytage for it is nat a thyng due nor resonable for a bastarde to kepe a realme nor to haue the name of a king Thus in dyuers placê ther were dyuers knightes and squyers of sondrie opynions howbeit incontynent kynge Henry wrote letters to the kyng of Aragon and sende to hym great messangers desyringe hym that he shulde in no wyse acorde nor make no coÌ„posicion with the price nor with none of his alyes promysing him euer to be his good neighbour and frende Than the kyng of Aragon who loued hym entierly and also often tymes he had founde kynge Dampeter ryght fell and cruell said and made a full assuraunce that for to lese a great parte of his realme he wolde make no maner of agremeÌ„t with the prince nor accorde with kyng DaÌ„peter Promysinge also to open his countrey and to suffre to passe through all maner of men of warr suche as wolde go in to Spayne or into any other place to his confort and ayde and to lette theym to his power that wolde greue or trouble hym This kyng of Aragon kept well truely his ê“myse that he made to this kyng Henry for assone as he knewe the trouthe that kyng Dampeter was ayded by the prince and that the coÌ„panyons were drawyng to that partie IncoÌ„tynent he closed all the passages in Aragon and straitly kept them he set men of warre on the mountayns to watche the passages and straytes of Catholon so yâ— none coude passe but in great parell Howbeit the coÌ„panyons founde another way but they suffred moche yuell and great traueyle or they coulde passe and escape the dangers of Aragon howbeit they came to the marchesse of the countie of Foyz and founde the couÌ„tre closed agaynst them for therle wolde in no wyse that suche peple shulde entre into his countre These tidynges came to the prince to Burdeux who thoght and ymagined nyght and day howe with his honour he might furnysshe that vyage and to fynde the meanes howe the sayd companyons might come into Acquitayne for he herde how the passages of Aragon were closed and howe they were at the entre of the countie of Foyz in great payne and dysease So the prince dowted that this kyng Henry and the kyng of Aragon wolde so deale with these coÌ„panyons who were in nombre a .xii. thousande that other for feare or for gyftes cause theÌ„ to take their part a gaynst hym Thasie the prince determyned to sende to them sir JohnÌ„ Chandos to treat with them and to retayne them and do hym seruyce and also to the erle of Foyz desyringe hym for loue and amyte to do no displeasure to these coÌ„panyons promysing hym yâ— what soeuer yuell or domage they do to hym or to any part of his countrey that he wolde make amendes therof to the double This message to do for his lorde sir Johan Chandos toke on him and so departed fro the cyte of Burdeux and rode to the cyte of Aste in Gascoyne and rode so longe that he came to therle of Foyz and dyd somoche with him that he was of his acorde and suffred him to passe throughout his countre peasably and he founde the companyons in a countre called Basell and ther he treated with them and sped so well that they made all couenaunt with hym to serue and ayde the prince in his viage vpon a certayne somÌ„e of money that they shulde haue in prest the which sir JohnÌ„ Chandos sware and promysed them that they shud haue And than he came agayne to therle of Foyz desyringe hym right swetely yâ— these people who were reteyned with the prince might be suffred to passe by one of the sydes of his countre and the erle of Foyz who was right agreable to the prince and in a maner was his subgette to please hym was agreed so that they shulde do no hurte to hym nor to his countre Sir Johan Chandos made couenaunt with hym that they shulde do no maner of domage and than sent a squyer a haralde to these companyons
coude neuer tourne them fro that opinyon They wolde neuer make other answere butsayde Thoughe they had lyued this two or thre yere in payne trouble and daunger yet they trusted at laste to recouer it and to bringe vp their towne agayne in to great prosperyte and welthe than it was shewed them they might departe whan they lyst And so they deê‘ted fro Tourney and retourned to Gaunt and so the mater hanged styll in warre The frenche kyng and his lordê toke great payne to cause the countie of Flaunders to be good Clementyns to obey to pope Clement But the good townes and churches were so sore anexed and bounde to the opinyon of pope Urbane that they coude nat be turned Th erle of Flaunders hym selfe was of the same opinyon and so they answered by the couÌ„sayle of therle to take aduyce and to answere detmynatly by the feest of Ester and so thus the matter hanged The kynge kept his Christmas at Turney and whan the kyng deê‘ted he ordayned the lorde of Guystell to be capitayn of Bruges the lorde of saynt Pye at Ipre the great lorde of Guystell to be regarde of Flaunders sir JohnÌ„ of Jumont to be capitayne at Courtrey And he sent two C. speres bretons and other in garyson to Andeburge to Andwarpe he sent sir WyllmÌ„ of Langhien and about a. C. speares with hym in garyson Thus the garysons of FlauÌ„ders were purueyed for to kepe garyson warr all wynter and none otherwise tyll the next somer These thynges thus ordred the kynge departed fro Tourney and went to Arras and his vncles with hym and the Erle of Flaunders in his company The kyng taryed at Arras the cytie was in a great aduenture to haue ben ouer ron and robbed with the bretons For there was great wages owyng to them Also they had endured great traueyle in that voyage they were nat well content with the kyng it was great payne to refrayne them fro doyng yuell The coÌ„stable and marshals of Fraunce apesed them promysyng howe they shulde be clerely payed of their wages whan they came to Parys so thus the kynge deê‘ted and went to Peron The erle of Flaunders toke leaue of the kyng and went to Lyle so long the kyng iurneyed that he passed Peron Noyon and CoÌ„payne and so came to saynt Lyse and there rested And all his men of warre were lodged in the vyllages bytwene saiÌ„t Lyse and Meaulx in Bry and on the ryuer of Marne and about saynt Denyce so that all the countre was full of men of warre And so than the kyng departed fro saynt Lyse and went towarde Paris and he sent before his officers to prepare for hym his lodgynge at the castell of Loure And also his thre vncles sent of their seruauntes to prepare their lodgynges in lykewise so dyd other lordê And all this was done for a cautell and wyle for the kyng nor these lordes were nat determyned to entre so sodenly in to Parys for they douted them of Parys But they dyde this to proue what countenance order they of Paris wolde make at the kyngê entre they thought they wold make this assay be fore The seruauÌ„tes that went before were commaunded to say if any man demauÌ„ded of theÌ„ if the kyng were comyng that they wolde be ther incoÌ„tynent By the whiche the parisyens aduysed among them selfe to be armed and to shewe the kyng at his entre what puyssance they were of what men of warr they were able to make to serue the kyng whan it pleased him but they had ben better to haue sytten styll in their houses for the shewe that they made was coÌ„uerted to their great seruytude as ye shall here after Ther sayd they dyde it for good but it was taken to yuell And wher as the kyng shulde haue lodged at Lour he made his lodgynge to be prepared at Bourgell And than voyce ran thorough Parys how the kyng was nere at haÌ„de to entre in to Parys Than mo than .xx. thousande parisyens armed them and yssued out in to the feldes and ordred themselfe in a fayre batayle bytwene saynt Lader Parys towarde Mount martyr And they had with them crosbowes pauesses and malles redy apparelled as thoughe they shulde haue fought incoÌ„tynent in batayle The kyng was as than at Borgell and all the lordes thider to them was broght all the tidynges of all the demeanoure of them of Parys Than the lordes sayde A ye may se the pride of these rybauldes Wherfore do they nowe shewe their estate yf they wolde haue serued the kynge in the same poynt as they be in nowe whan the kynge went into Flaunders ThanÌ„e had they done well but they hadde no mynde so to do They rather prayed to god that we shulde neuer retourne agayne the whiche wordes dyuers that were ther helped well forwarde to th entent to greue the parisyens sayeng if the kyng be 〈◊〉 counsayled he shall nat aduenture hym selfe â—o come among suche people as cometh agaynst hym with an army arrayed in batayle They shulde rather haue coÌ„e humbly with processyon and haue rong all the belles in Parys In thankynge god of the vyctorie that the kyng had in Flaunders Thus the lordes were abasshed howe they shulde meÌ„tayne them selfe Finally it was apoynted that the constable of Fraunce the lorde Dalbret the lorde of Coucy sir Guy of Tremoyle and sir Johan of Uyen shulde go and speke with theÌ„ And demaunde of them the cause why they be issued out of Parys in so great a noÌ„bre armed in order of batayle agaynst the kyng the whiche thynge was neuer sene before in Fraunce And vpon their aunswere the lordes sayde the kynge shulde take aduyse They were wyse ynoughe to order as great a mater as that was and gretter So these said lordes departed fro the kyng without harnesse for the more suretie of their busynesse they toke with theÌ„ thre or foure herauldes and sende them somwhat before to the parisyens and sayd Sirs go ye on before to yonder people of Parys demauÌ„de of them a saue conduct for vs to go and coÌ„e tyll we haue spoken with them fro the kyng THese heraudes departed rode a great pace and caÌ„e to these people And whan the parisiens sawe them comyng they thought full lytell they hadde come to haue spoken with them they thought they had but rydden to Parys as other dyde The heraudes had on their cote armures and whan they aproched nere to the parisyens they sayd on high Where be the maysters Wher be the rulers Whiche of you be capitayns We become to you sende fro the lordes Than some of them of Parys parceyued well by these wordê that they had nat done well They cast downe their heedes and sayde Here be no maysters we are all of one accorde and at the kynges commaundement and the lordes Therfore sirs saye in goddes name what ye wyll to vs. Sirs quod the heraudes the lordes that
to be strikē of without delay and without knowlege or answere to any cause Fyrst of all ser Thomas erle of Lancastre who was a noble and a wyse holy knyght hath done syth many fayre myracles in Pomfret wher he was beheedded for the whiche dede the sayd sir Hewe Spencer achyued great hate in all the realme and specially of the quene and of the erle of Cane brother to the kyng And whan he parceyued the dyspleasure of the quene by his subtile wytte he set great discorde bitwene the kyng and the quene so that the kyng wold nat se the quene nor come in her company the whiche discord endured a long space Than was it shewed to the quene secretly to the erle of Cane that withoute they toke good hede to them selfe they were lykely to be distroyed for sir Hewe Spēcer was about to purchace moch trouble to theym Than the quene secretly dyd puruey to go in to Fraūce and toke her way as on pylgrymage to saynt Thomas of Canturbury and so to Wynchelsey And in the nyght went into a shyp that was redy for her and her yong sōne Edward with her the erle of Cane and sir Roger Mortymer And in a nother ship they had put all theyr purueyaūce had wynde at wyll and the next mornyng they arryued in the hauyn of Bolayn ¶ Howe the quene of Ingland went and complayned her to the kyng of Fraunce her brother of syr Hewe Spencer Cap. vii WHan quene Isabell was arryued at Bolayn and her sonne with her the erle of Cane The capytayns and abbot of the towne came agaynst her and ioyously receued her and her company into the abbey And ther she aboode .ii. dayes Than she departed and to de so long by her iourneys that she arryued at Paris Thā kyng Charles her brother who was enfourmed of her comyng sent to mete her dyuers of the greattest lordes of his realme as the lorde syr Robert de Artoys the lorde of Crucy the lorde of Sully the lorde of Roy and dyuers other who honorably dyd receue her and brought her in to the Cite of Paris to the kyng her brother And whan the kyng sawe his suster whom he had nat sene long before As she shuld haue entred into his chambre he mette her and toke her in his armes and kyst her and sayd ye be welcome feyre suster with my feyre nephewe your sonne and toke them by the handis led them forth The quene who had no great ioy at her harte But that she was so nere to the kyng her brother she wold haue kneled downe .ii. or .iii. tymes at the feet of the kyng But the kyng wold nat suffre her but held her styl by the right hande demaunding right swetely of her astate and besynesse And she answered hym ryght sagely and lamentably recounted to hym all the felonyes and iniuries done to her by syr Hewe Spencer And requyred hym of his ayde and cōfort Whan the noble kyng Charles of Fraūce had harde his susters lamentation Who wepyngly had shewed hym all her nede and besynesse he sayd to her Fayre suster appease your selfe for by the faith I owe to god and to saynt Denyce I shall right well puruey for you some remedy The quene than kneled downed whether the kyng wold or nat and sayd My ryght dere lord and fayre brother I pray god reward you The kyng than toke her in his armes and led her into an other chambre the whiche was apparayled for her and for the yong Edwarde her sōne and so departed fro her and caused at his costis and chargis all thyng is to be delyuered that was behouefull for her and for her sōne After it was nat long but that for this occasion Charles kyng of Fraunce assembled together many great lordes and barons of the realme of Fraunce to haue theyr coūsell and good aduise howe they shuld ordeyne for the nede besynes of his suster quene of Ingland Than it was coūsailed to the kyng that he shuld let the quene his suster to purchas for her selfe frendis where as she wold in the realme of Fraunce or in any other place and hym selfe to fayne be nat knowen therof For they sayd to moue warre with the kyng of Ingland and to bryng his owne realme into hatred it were nothyng apertenaunt nor profitable to hym nor to his realme But they cōcluded that conueniently he mgiht ayde her with golde and syluer for that is the metall wherby loue is attaygned both of gētylemen of pore souldiours And to this counsell and aduyce accorded the kynge And caused this to be shewed to the quene priuely by sir Robert Dartoys who as than was one of the greatteste lordis of all Fraunce ¶ Howe that syr Hewe Spencer purchased that the quene Isabell was banysshed out of Fraunce Cap. .viii. NOwe let vs speke somewhat of sir Hewe Spencer whan he sawe that he hadde drawen the kyng of Inglād so moche to his wyll that he coud desire nothyng of hym but it was graunted he caused many noble men and other to be put to deth without iustice or lawe bicause he held them suspect to be ageynst hym and by his pride he dyd so many marueylles that the barous that were left alyue in the land coude nat beare nor su 〈…〉 e it any lenger but they besought and requyred eche other among them selfe to be of a peasable accorde And caused it secretly to be knowen to the quene theyr lady Who hadde ben as then at Parys the space of .iii. yere Certifiyng her by wryttyng that if she coulde fynd the meanes to haue any companye of men of armes if it were but to the nombre of a M. and to bryng her son and heyre with her into Inglande That than they wolde all drawe to her and abeye her and her sonne Edward as they were bounde to do of duety These letters thus sent secretly to her out of Ingland she shewed them to kyng Charles her brother Who answered her and sayde Fayre suster god be your ayde your besyuesse shall auayle moche the better Take of my men and subiectis to the nombre that your frendes haue wrytten you for and I consent wel to this voyage I shall cause to be delyuered vnto you golde and syluer as moche as shall susfyce you And in this mater the quene had done so moche What with her prayer gyftes and promysses that many great lordis and yong knyght were of her accorde as to bryng her With great strength agayne into Inglande Than the quene as secretly as she coulde she ordeyned for her voyage and made her puruey aunce But she coude nat do it so secretly but sir Hewe Spencer had knowledge therof Than he thought to wynne and withdrawe the kyng of Fraunce fro her by great gyftes and so sent secret messangers into Fraunce with great plentye of golde and syluer and ryche Jewelles and specially to the kyng and his
kynge Charles dyed about Ester in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xxviii. And within a short space after the quene was delyuerd of a doughter Than all the peres of Fraunce asseÌ„bled a counsell togyder at Parys as shortly as they might conueniently and there they gaue the realme by coÌ„men acorde to sir Phylippe of Ualoys and put clene out the quene Isabell of Englande and kynge Edwarde her sonne for she was suster germayne to king Charles last deed but the opynion of the nobles of Fraunce was and sayed and maynteyned that the realme of Fraunce was of so great nobles that it ought nat by successyon to fall into a womans hande And so thus they crowned kyng of France PhilyppÌ„ Ualoys at Raygnes on Trinyte sonday next after And anone after he somoned all his barownes and men of warâ— And went withall his power to the towne of Cassell and layd â—â—eg therto in makyng warâ— agaynst the â—â—emmynges who rebelledde agaynst their owne lorde And namely they of Bruges of Ippre and of Franke for they wolde nat obey therle of FlauÌ„ders But they had chased hym out of his owne countrey so that he might nat abyde in no partie therof but onely in Gaunt and scantly ther. These fleÌ„mynges were a .xvi. thousande and had a capytayne called Colen â—aÌ„nequyn a hardy man and a couragious And they had made their grayson at Cassell at yâ— wages of dyuerse townes in Flaunders To th entent to kepe the fronters there about but ye shall here howe the flemmynges were dysconfeted and all by their owne outrage ¶ Of the batell of Cassell in FlauÌ„ders Cap. xxii ANd on a day they of the garyson of Cassell departed out To th entent to haue dysconfyted the kyng and all his hoost And they came priuely without any noyse in thre batels well ordred Wherof the first batayle toke the way to the kynges tentes and it was a fayre grace that the kynge had natben taken for he was at souper and all his company and thought nothyng of them And the other batayle toke the streyght way to the tentes of the kynge of Behaygne and in maner they founde hym in lyke case And the thirde batayle went to the tentes of therle of Heynault and in likrwyse had nere take hym These hoostes caÌ„e so peasably to the tentes that with moch payne they of thoost coude arme them Wherby all the lordes and their people had ben slayne and the more grace of god had nat ben but in maner by myracle of god these lordes dysconfyted all .iii. batayls eche batayle by it selfe all in one hour In such wyse that of â—vi thousande flemmynges ther ascaped neuer a person captayns and all were slayne And the kyng lordes of FraÌ„ce knewe nat one of an other nor what they hadde done tyll all was finyss edd and atchyued For they lay in thre sondrie parties one fro an other but as for the fleÌ„mynges there was nat one left a lyue but all lay deed on hepes one vpon an other in the sayed thre sondrie places And this was done on saynt Bartylmewes day the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xxviii. Than the french men entred into the towne of Cassell and set vp the baners of FrauÌ„ce and the towne yelded theÌ„ to the kyng And also the towne Pyepigne and of Ipre all they of the Castlayne of Bergues and than the receyued therle Loys their lorde and sware to hym faythe and loyaltie foreuer Than after the kynge and his people departed and went to Parys and he was moche honoured and praysed for this enterprise and ayd that he had done to his cosyn Lois erle of FlauÌ„ders And thus the kyng was in great prosperite and euery day encresed his ryall estat for as it was sayd ther was neuer kyng in FrauÌ„ce that helde like estat as dyd this kyng Philyp of Ualoys ¶ Howe the erle of kent and the erle Mortymer in Englande were put to deth Cap. xxiii THis yong kyng Edwarde of Englande was gouerned a great space as ye haue harde before by the couÌ„sell of the quene his mother and of Edmonde of Wodstoke erle of KeÌ„t his vncle and by sir Roger Mortymer erle of March. And at the last enuy began to growe bytwene therle of Kent and therle MortymÌ„ In so moch that this erle MortimÌ„ enformed so the yong kyng by the coÌ„sentyng of tholde quene Isabell his mother beryng the kyng in hande that therle of Kent wolde haue enpoysoned hym To th entent to be kynge hymselfe as he that was nexte heyre apparaunt to the crowne for the kynges yonger brother who was called JohnÌ„ a Gaunt was newly deed And than the kyng who gaue lyght credence to theym causedde his vncle the erle of Kent to be taken and openly to be beheeded without any maner of excuse to be harde Wherwith many of yâ— nobles of the realme wer sore troubled and bare a gruge in their hertes towarde the erle Mortymer and accordyng to thenglysshe cronycle Th erle suffred dethe atte Wynchester the tenth day of Octobre yâ— thirde yere of the kynges raygne and lyeth buryed at the friers in Winchestre But as myne auctour sayeth within a whyle after as it was reported quene Isabell the kyngâ— mother was with chylde and that by therle Mortymer Wherof the kyng was enfourmed how the sayd MortymÌ„ had caused him to put to deth therle of Kent his vncle without good reason or cause for all the realme reputed hym for a noble man Thanne by the kynges commaundement this erle Mortymer was takenÌ„e and brought to London And there byfore the great lordes and nobles of the realme was recyted by open declaratyon all the dedes of the sayd Mortymer Than the kynge demaunded of his counsell what shuld be done with hym and all the lordes by commen assent gaue iudgement And sayed syr he hath deserued to dye the sa 〈…〉 ethe that sir Hewe Spenser dyed And after this iudgement there was no delacyon of sufferaunce nor mercy But incoÌ„tynent he was drawen throughout London and than set on a scaffolde and his membres cut from hym and cast into a fyre and his hert also bycause he had ymagined treason And thanne quartered and his quarters sent to foure of the best cyties of the realme and his heed remayned styll in London And within a lytle space after the kyng commaunded by thaduyce of his counsell that the quene his mother shulde be kept close in a castell And so it was doÌ„e and she had with her ladyes and damosels knyghtes and squiers to serue her acordyng to her estat And certayne laÌ„des assigned to her to meÌ„tayne ther with her noble estat all dayes of her lyfe But in no wyse she shulde nat deê‘t out of the castell wtout it were tose suche sportes as was somtyme shewed byfore the castell gate for her recreatyon Thus this lady ledde forth her lyfe ther mekely and ones or twyse a yere the kyng her son wolde coÌ„e and se
of the great lordes of Fraunce were sore a basshed and also kynge Philyppe was enfourmed therof He we beit yet he had great wyll to gyue batayle but he was so counselled to the coÌ„trary that the day passed without batell and euery man withdrue to their lodgynges And whan the erle of Heynalt same that they shulde nat fight he departed withall his hole company and went backe the same nyght to Quesnoy And the kyng of Englande the duke of Brabant and all the other lordes retourned and trussed all their bagagis and went the same nyght to Dauesnes in Heynalt And the next day they toke leaue eche of other and the Almayns and brabances departed and the kynge went into Brabant with the duke his cosyn The same friday that the batell shulde haue ben the french kynge whan he came to his lodgyng he was sore dyspleased bycause he departed without batayle But they of his counsayle sayd howe right nobly he had borne hymselfe for he had halyantly pursued his ennemies and had done somoche that he had put theÌ„ out of his realme and how that the kyng of Englande shuld make many such vyages or he conquered the realme of FrauÌ„ce The next day kyng PhilyppÌ„ gaue lyceÌ„ce to all maner of men to dept and he thanked right courtesly the gret lordes of their ayde socour Thus ended this great iourney and euery maÌ„ went to their owne The frenche kynge went to saynt Omers and sent men of warre to his garysons and specially to Tourney to Lysse and to Doway and to the other townes marchyng on th eÌ„pyre He sent to Tourney syr Godmart Dufay and made hym captayne there and regent of that couÌ„trey ther about And he sent syr Edwarde of Beaugewe to Mortayne and whan he had ordred ê‘t of his besynes than he drewe towarde Parys ¶ How kyng Edwarde toke on hym to bere the armes of Fraunce and the name to be called kyng therof Ca. xliii WHan that kynge Edwards was departed fro the flamengery and came into BrabaÌ„t and went streight to Brussels The duke of Guerles the duke of Jullers the marques of Blanqueboure the erle of Mons syr JohnÌ„ of Haynalt the lorde of FaulquemoÌ„t and all the lordes of th empyre suche as had ben at that iournay brought hym thyder to take aduyce counsell what shulde be done more in the mater that they had be gone And to haue expedycion in the cause they ordayned a parlyameÌ„t to beholden at the towne of Brussels and thyder to come was desyred Jaques Dartuell of GauÌ„t who came thyder with a great company and al the counsels of the good townes of Flaunders Ther the king of England was sore desyred of all his alyes of th empyre that he shulde requyre theÌ„ of Flanders to ayde to mentayne his warr and to defy the french kyng and to go with him wher as he wolde haue them And in their so doyng he to promyse theÌ„ to recouer the Isle Doway Bethayne This request was well hard of the slemynges and therupon they desyred to take counsell among themselfe and so they toke couÌ„sell at good leaser and than they sayd to the kyng Syr or this tyme ye haue made to vs request in this behalfe syr if we myght well doo this sauyng your honour and to saue ourselfe we wolde gladly do this But syr we be bounde by faith and othe and on the somme of two my lyons of floreyns in the Popes chaumbre that we may make nor moue no warre agaynst the kynge of Fraunce Who soeuer it be on payne to lese the sayd somme and besyde that to ryn in the senteÌ„ce of cursyng But syr if ye wyll take on you the armes of FrauÌ„ce quarter them with the armes of Englande call yourselfe kyng of Fraunce as ye ought to be of ryght Than we woll take you for rightfull kyng of FrauÌ„ce de mauÌ„de of you quytaÌ„ce of out bondes so ye to gyue vs ê‘don therof as king of FraÌ„ce By this meanes we shal be assured dyspeÌ„sed with all so thaÌ„ we wyll go with you whyder soeuer ye wyll haue vs. Than the kyng toke couÌ„sell for he thought it was a sore mat to take on hym the armes of France the name and as thaÌ„ had coÌ„quered nothing therof nor coud nat tell what shuld fall therof nor whyder he shuld coÌ„quere it or nat on thother syde loth he was to refuse the confort and ayde of the stemynges who myght do hym more ayde thaÌ„ any other So the kyng toke counsell of the lords of th eÌ„pyre of the lorde Robert Dartoyse with other of his specyall frendes so that finally the good and the yuell wayed He answered to the flemmynges that if they wolde swere seale to this accorde and to promyse to mentayne his warre howe he wolde do all this with a good wyll and promysed to gette them agayne Lyle Do way Bethayn and all they answered howe they were content Than there was a day assigned to mete at Gaunt at which day the kynge was there and the moost part of the sayd lordes and all the counsayls generally in FlauÌ„ders And so than all this sayd maters were rehersed sworne and sealed and the king quartred the armes of FrauÌ„ce with Englande And from thens forthe toke on hym the name of the kynge of Fraunce and so contynued tyll he lefte it agayne by composicyoâ— as ye shall here after in this boke And so at this counsayle they determyned that the next somer after they wold make great warre into Fraunce promysing to besiege the cytie of Tourney Wherof the flemmyngê were ioyfull for thei thought to be stroÌ„g ynough to gete it and that ones goten they be leued shortly after to wynne agayne Lysse Do way and Bethayne with thappurtenauÌ„ces 〈◊〉 tayning or holden of therle of FlauÌ„ders Thus euery man departed and went home the kynge of Englande went to And warpe and the quene abode styll at Gaunt and was often tymes vysited by Jaques Dartuell and by other lordes ladyes and damosels of Gaunt The kyng left in Flaunders therle of Salysbury and therle of Suffolke They went to Ipre and ther kept a great garyson and made sore warre agaynst them of Lysse and there about And whan the kynges shyppes were redy he toke the see and so sayled into Englande and came to London about the feest of saynt Andrewe where he was honourably receyued And ther he had coÌ„playn tes made hym of the dystruction of Hampton and he sayd that he trusted or a yere lenger that it shulde be well reuenged ¶ How the frenchmen brent in the laÌ„des of syr JohnÌ„ of Heynault Cap. xliiii NOwe lette vs speke of kyng Philyppe who greatly fortifyed his nauy that he hadde on the see Wherof syr Kiry Bahuchet and Barbe Noyre were captayns And thei had vnder them a great retynuâ— of Genowayes normayns bretons pycardes they dyd that wynter great damage to the realme of
stryken of than euery man requyred the kyng for mercy but he wolde here no maÌ„in that behalfe than sir Gaultier of MaÌ„ny said a noble kyng for goddessake refrayne your courage ye haue the name of souerayn nobles therfore nowe do nat a thyng that shulde blemysshe your renome nor to gyue cause to some to speke of you villany euery man woll say it is a great cruelty to put to deth suche honest persons who by their owne wylles putte themselfe into your grace to saue their coÌ„pany Than the kyng wryed away fro hym and coÌ„maunded to sende for yâ— hangman and sayd they of Calys hath caused many of my meÌ„ to be slayne wherfore these shalt dye in likewyse Than the quene beynge great with chylde kneled downe sore wepyng sayd a geÌ„tyll sir syth I passed the see in great parell I haue despred nothyng of you therfore nowe I huÌ„bly requyre you in yâ— honour of the son of the virgyn Mary and for the loue of me that ye woll take mercy of these sixe burgesses The kyng be helde yâ— quene stode styll in a study a space and thaÌ„ sayd a dame I wold ye had ben as nowe in soÌ„e other place ye make suche request to me yâ— I can nat â—eny you wherfore I gyue them to you to do your pleasure with theym than the quene caused theÌ„ to be brought into her chambre and made the halters to be taken fro their neckes and caused them to be newe clothed and gaue them their dyner at their leser And than she gaue ech of them sire nobles and made theÌ„ to be brought out of thoost in sauegard set at their lyberte ¶ Howe the kyng of England repeopled the towne of Calys with englysshmen Cap. C .xlvii. THus the strong towne of Calays was gyuen vp to kyng Edwarde of England the yere of our lorde god M CCC .xlvi. in the moneth of august the kyng of EnglaÌ„d called to hym sir Gaultier of Manny and his two marshals therle of Warwyke and therle of Stafforde and sayd to theÌ„ Sirs take here the kayes of the towne and castell of Calys go and take possessyon there and putte in prison all the knyghtes that be there all other soudyours that came thyder symply to wynne their lyueng cause theym to auoyde the towne And also all other men women and chyldren for I wolde repeople agayne the towne with pure englysshmen So these thre lordes with a hundred with them went and toke possessyon of Calys and dyd put in prison sir JohnÌ„ de Uien sir JohnÌ„ of Surrey sir JohnÌ„ of Belborne and other than they made all the soudyers to bring all their harnesse into a place apoynted layed it all on a hepe in the hall of Calys thanne they made all maner of people to voyde kept there no mo persons but a preest and two other auncyent personages suche as knewe the customes lawes and ordynaunces of the towne and to signe out the herytagê howe they were deuyded than they prepared the castell to lodge the kyng and quene and prepared other houses for the kynges company Than the kyng mounted on his horse and entred into the towne with trumpets tabours nakquayres and hormyes and there the kyng lay tyll the quene was brought a bedd of a fayre lady named Margarete The kynge gaue to sir Gaultier of MaÌ„ny dyuers fayre houses within the towne and to therle Stafforde to the lorde of Bethene to sit Bartylmewe of Bomes and to other lordes to repeople agayn the towne the kynges mynde was whan he caÌ„e into Englande to sende out of London a .xxxvi. good burgesses to Calys to dwell there and to do somoche that the towne myght be peopled with pure englysshmen the which entent the kynge fulfylled Than the newe towne and bastyd that was made without the towne was pulled downe and the castell that stode on the hauyn rasshed downe and the great tymbre and stones brought into the towne than the kynge ordayned men to kepe the gates walles and barryers and ameÌ„ded all thynges within the towne and sir JohnÌ„ de Uien and his coÌ„pany were sent into Englande and were halfe a yere at London than they were putte to raunsome me thynke it was great pyte of the burgesses and other men of the towne of Calys women and chyldren whasie they were fayne to forsake their houses herytages and goodes and to bere away nothyng and they had no restorement of the frenche kyng for whose sake they lost all the moost part of them went to saynt Omers The cardynall Guy de Boloyne who was come into FraÌ„ce in legacyon and was with the frenche kynge his cosyn in the cytie of Amyense he purchased somoche that a truse was taken bytwene the kynges of Englande and of Fraunce their contres herytages to endure two yeres To this truse all ê‘ties were agreed but Bretayne was clerely excepte for the two ladyes made styll warre one agaynst the other Than the kyng of Englande and the quene retourned into Englande and the kyng made captayne of Calys sir Amery of Pauy a lumbarde borne whom the kyng had greatly auaunced than the kynge sende fro LoÌ„don .xxxvi. burgesses to Calays who were ryche and sage and their wyues and chyldren and dayly encreased the nombre for the kynge graunted there suche lyberties and franchysses that men were gladde to go and dwell there the same tyme was brought to LoÌ„don sir Charles de Bloyes who called hymselfe duke of Breten he was putte in Cortoyse prison in the towre of London with the kyng of Scottes and the erle Morette but he had nat ben there longe but at the request of the quene of Englande sir Charles her cosyn germayne was receyuedde on his fayth and trouth and rode all about London at his pleasure but he might natly past one night out of London without it were with the kynge or with the quene Also the same tyme ther was prisoner in Englande therle of Ewe and Guynes a right gentyll knyght and his dealynge was suche that he was welcome wher soeuer he came and with the kyng and quene lordes ladyes and damosels ¶ Of the dealynge of a brâ—gant of Languedocke called Bacon Cap. C .xlviii. ALl this yere these two kynges helde well the trewse taken bytwene them but sir WyllmÌ„ Duglas and the scottes beyng in the forest of Gedeours made warre dayly on the englysshmen Also suche as were in Gascoyne Poyctou and Xayntone aswell frenche as englysshe kept nothyng the trewse taken bytwene the two kynges but conquered often tymes townes and castels one vpon the other byforce by purchase or by stelth nyght day and often tymes ther fell bytwene theÌ„ many fayre aueÌ„tures somtyme to the frenchmen and somtyme to thenglysshmen alwayes the poore brigantes wanne in robyng of townes and castels And some therby came riche so that they were made capitayns of other brigantes there were some well worthe .xl. thousande crownes often tymes they wold spy
lodge out of the host a thre or foure dayes and robhe and pylle the cousrey without any resistence than agayne repaire to the oost In the same season â—yr â—ustace 〈◊〉 breticourt toke the good towne of Acherey on the ryuer of Esne and therin founde great pleÌ„tye of victailles and specially of wyne he fouÌ„de ther a. in M. vessels wherof he send great part to the kynge and to the prince who gaue hym great thauke therfore And duryng this siege as the knyghtes sought for aduentures it fortuned that syr JohnÌ„ Chanoos syr James Audeley and the lorde of Mucident sir Richarde of Pountchardon and their companyes rode so nere to Chalons in Champaigne that they came to Chargny en Dormoyâ—â— a ryght faire castell they well auewed it they made there assaute for they couetted greatly to haue it In the castell were two good knightes one named syr JohnÌ„ Chapel who bare in his armes gold an ancre Sable There was a sore assaute At this assaute the lord of Mucident aduentured hym selfe so forewarde that he was stryken on the heed with a stone in suche wyse that there he dyed amonge his men of whose dethe the other knightes were so sore vispleased that they sware nat to departe thense tyll they had that Castell at theyr pleasure Wherby the assawte encreassed There were many seases of armes done for the gascoyns were sore displeased for the dethe of theyr Maister and Capitayne the lorde of Mucident They entred into the dykes Without feare and came to the walles and mouÌ„ted vp with theyr targes ouer theyr hedes and in the mean tyme the archars shotte so holy to guyther that none appered without he was in great parell The Castell was so sore assayled that at laste it was taken and 〈◊〉 With losse and hurte of many 〈◊〉 Than the two Capytaynes Were taken and certayne other squyers and all the reside 〈◊〉 slayne with oute mercy and rased downe brent as muche as they myght of the castell bycause they wolde nat kepe it And than retourned to theyr 〈◊〉 and shewed the kynge what they had be done Duryng the siege before Reinnes there began agayne a great grudge and euyll wyll betwene the kynge of Nauer and the duke of Normandye the reason or cause why I can nat tell but so it was that the kynge of Nauer departed sodaynly from Parys and went to Maunte on the Ryuer of Seyne and than deâ—ied the duke of Normandy and his bretherne And they had great meruayle by what tytle he than renewed agayne his Warre And so 〈◊〉 or shadowe of that warre a squyer of Bruceis called 〈◊〉 Ostraste toke the stronge callell of Robeboyls on the ryuer of Seyne a leage from Maunte and made there a garysoÌ„ the whiche after dyâ— moche hurte to them of Parys and therabout Also in the same season the lorde of Gommegines who was gone into EnglaÌ„de to the quene Whan the kyng sent the strauÌ„gers to Calayes repassed the see agayn and came into Heynalt and in hys companye certayne knyghtes and squyers of Gascoyn and of England theyr ententes were to go to the Kynge of Englande so the siege before Reines Than the yonge lorde of Gommegines desyrynge to haue auauncement assembled certayne men of Warre to guether a .iii. C. oone and other And so departed from Maubuge and so came to Uesnes in haynaulte and passed forthe to Atrelon The same tyme the lorde of Ray laye in grayson at Ray in Thierase with a good nombre of knyghtes and squiers with hym and he knewe by suche spyeng as he had made that the lorde of Gommegines had assembled certayne meâ— of warre to guether to go to yâ— siege at Reinnes to the ayde of the kynge of Englande And he knewe well that he must passe through Thierrasse And as soone as he knewe the certaynte of his settynge forewarde he sente worde therof to certayne companyons thereaboute of the Frenche partye and specyally to the lorde Robert Chanoyne of Robersart who as than gouerned the yong erle of Coucis landes and lay at the castell of Merle Whan the Chanoyne knewe therof he was nat colde to sette forward but incontinent went to the lorde of Roy With a sourty speares So ther the lorde of Roy was made chieâ— Capytayne of that iourney as hit was good reason for he Was a great lorde of Pycardye and a Well renowmed man of armes and Well knowen in many places So they went forthe to the nombre of thre hundred men of armes and laye in a busshement where as they knewe the lorde of Gommegines shuld passe who entred into Thierasse and toke the way to Reinnes nat doubtyng of any encountryng And so in a mornynge he came to a vyllage called Haberguy there he thought to rest a littell to refress he hym and his company and so alyghted and entred into yâ— village and were about to stable theyr horses And in the meane season the lorde of Gommegynes Who Was yong and lusty and ryght desirous of dedes of armes sayde howe he wolde tyde out of the village to se yf he coulde fyne any better forage â–ª Than he toke with hym a certayne and Cristo 〈◊〉 More a â—quyer bare his penon and so departed from â—abergey The frenchemen that say in the busshement were but a lyttell out of this village thynkyng to haue entred into the towne in the nyght to haue sette on theyr ennemyes for they knew well where they were but yâ— lorde of Gâ—megâ—es fel in their haâ—â—s Whan the frenchemen sawe hym comynge with so preâ—y a company they had meruayle at the fyrste what he was and they sent out afore them two currers and they brought worde agayne they were theyr â—nnemyes Whan they harde that they brake out of theyr busshement and cryed Roy in the name of the lorde of Roy. The lord of Roy came on before with his baneâ— before hym displaâ—ed and with hym the lorde FlamoÌ„t of Roy his cosyn and syr Loys of Robersart and the â—hanoyn of Robersart his brother syr â—â—â—stram of Boâ—ne roy and other Whan the lorde of Gömegines sawe what case he was in like an hardy knyght abode his ennemies and wolde nat flee At the fyrst brount the lorde of Gömegines was ouerthrowen and coude nat ceâ—ouer vp agayne and so there finally he was taken and two squyers of Gascoyne with hym who had fought right valâ—auntly Also Cristoferde Mur was taken who bare his penon So all that were there were slayne or taken excepte theyr varlettes that scaped by ronnynge awaye they were well horsed also they were nat chased ¶ Howe the lorde of Roy dyscomfetted the lord of GoÌ„megines and how the castell of Commercy was taken by the englisshemen Cap. CC .ix. WWhan the knyghtes and squyers that had taken the lorde of GoÌ„megines and suche as had issued out of the village with hym Than they toke theyr horses with yâ— spoâ—â—s and â—anne into the village câ—yenge Roy in the name of the lorde of
gascons and englysshmen vnder the obeysaunce of the kyng of Englande and of yâ— prince some ther were of Bretayne but nat many wherfore dyuers of the realme of Fraunce murmured agaynst the kynge of Englande and the prince and sayd couertly howe that they aquyted nat themselfe well agaynst the frenche kyng seyng they do nat their good wylles to put out of the realme those yuell disposed people So yâ— wyse and sage men of Fraunce consydred that without they dyde put some remedy to driue theym out of the realme eyther by batayle or by meanes of some money Els at length they were lykely to distroy the noble realme of FrauÌ„ce and holy christendome ¶ The same season there was in Hongry a kyng that wolde gladly haue had them with hym for he had great warre agaynst the turke who dyde hym great domage Than he wrote to pope Urbane the .v. who was as than at Auignon certifyeng hym how he wolde gladly yâ— the realme of Fraunce were delyuered of the nombre of companyons and yâ— they were all with hym in his warres agaynst the turke And in lyke wise he wrote letters to yâ— frenche kynge and to the prince of Wales and so they entreated the sayd companyons and offred them golde and syluer and passage but they answered that they wolde nat that waye sayeng they wold nat go so ferr to make warr for it was shewed among themselfe by some of their owne company that had ben before in HoÌ„gry howe that ther were suche straytes that yf they were fought with there they coulde neuer escape but to dye shamefully the whiche so affrayed them that they had no lust to go thyder And whan the pope and the frenche kyng sawe that they wolde nat agre acordyng to their desyers and also that they wolde nat auoyde out of the realme of FrauÌ„ce but dayly multiplyed Than they be thought theym of another waye and meanes to cause them to auoyde THe same season ther was a kyng in Castell called Dame Peter who was full of marueylous opinyoÌ„s and he was rude and rebell agaynst the coÌ„mauÌ„dementê of holy churche And in mynde to subdue all his cristen neyghbours kinges and princes and specially the king of Aragon called Peter who was a gode true cristen prince had as than taken fro him parte of his realme thynking to haue all the remenant Also this kynge Dampeter of Castell had thre basterd bretherne the whiche kyng Allphons his fader had by a lady called the Ryche Drue Theldest was called Henry the seconde Dancylle and the thyrde Sauses This king Dampeter hated them so that he wolde nat suffre them to come in his syght and often tymes if he might haue gotten theÌ„ he wolde haue stryken of their heedes Ho wbeit they were welbeloued with the kynge their father in his lyfe he gaue to Henry theldest the countie Desconges But this kyng Dampeter his brother had taken it fro hym and therfore they kepte dayly warre toguyder This bastarde Henry was a right hardy and a valyant knight and had ben long in Fraunce and pursued the warre there and serued the frenche kynge who loued hym right entierly Kyng Dampeter as the comon brute ranne had put to dethe the mother of the chyldren wherwith they were right sore displesed and good cause why Also besyde yâ— he had put to dethe and exyled dyuers great lordes of the realme of Castell he was so cruell so without shame that all his menfeared douted and hated hym as ferr as they durst â–ª also he caused to dye a right good and a holy lady the which he had to wyfe called the lady Blanche doughter to duke Peter of Burbone suster germayn to the frenche quene and to the countesse of Sauoy whose dethe was ryght displesaunt to all her lynage the whiche was one of the noblest lynages of the worlde And besyde all this ther ran a brute of hym among his owne men howe that he was amyably alyed with the kynge of Granade and with the kyng of Tresbell Maryne and the kyng of Tresmesaries who wer all goddes ennemyes and infydeles Wherefore some of his owne men feared that he wolde do some hurt to his owne countre as in violatyng of goddes churches for he began all redy to take fro theym their rentes and reuenewes and helde some of the prelates in prison and coÌ„streyned them by tyranny wherof great complayntes came dayly to our holy father the pope requyring him to fynde some remedy To whose complayntes the pope condyscended and sende incontynent messangers into Castell to yâ— kynge Dampeter coÌ„maundyng hym that incontynent without any delay ê‘sonally to come to the court of Rome to wass he clens purge hym of suche vyllayne dedes as he was gyltye in Ho wbeit this kyng DaÌ„peter full of pride and presumtuousnesse wolde nat obey nor coÌ„e ther but delt shamefully with the popes messaÌ„gers wherby he ran greatly in the indignacyon of yâ— churche and specially of the heed of the church as of our holy father the pope Thus this yuell kyng Dampeter perseuered styll in his obstynatesynne Than aduyse and counsell was taken by the pope and by the coledge what waye they might correct hym and ther it was determyned that he was nat worthy to bere yâ— name of a kynge nor to holde any realme And therein playne consistory in Auygnon in the chaÌ„bre of excoÌ„munycacion he was openly declared to be reputed as in infidell ThaÌ„ it was thought that he shulde be constrayned and corrected by helpe of the companyons that were as than in the realme of Fraunce Than the kyng of Aragon who hated the king of Castell was sent for and also Henry the bastarde of Spayne to coÌ„e to Auygnon to the pope And whan they were come the pope made Henry the bastarde legytyue and laufull to obtayne the realme of Castell and Dampeter cursed and condemned by sentence of the pope And ther the kyng of Aragon sayd howe he wolde open the passage thorough his countre and prouyde vitayls purueyaunces for all maner of people and men of warre that wolde pursue to go into Castell to coÌ„founde kyng Dampeter and to put him out of his realme Of this ordynaunce was yâ— frenche kynge right ioyous and dyde his payne to helpe to get out of prison sir Bettram of Clesquy who was prisoner with sir Johan Chandos and payed for his rauÌ„some a huÌ„dred M. frankes parte therof payed the frenche kynge and the pope and Henry the bastard payed the resydu And after his delyueraunce they fell in treaty with the coÌ„panyons and promysed theÌ„ great profyte yf they wolde go into the realme oâ— Castell Wherto they lightly agreed for a certayne somme of money that they had to depart among them And so this iourney was shewed to the prince of Wales and to the knightes and squyers about hym and specially to sir Johan Chandos who was desyredde to be one of the these capitayns with sir Bertram of Clesquy Howbeit
they we are nat commauÌ„ded of our lordes to make you any answere But to content your mynde if ye wyll go or send to them they wyll make you an answere Well sir sayd the capitayne and than I desyre you to go to them and desyre them to sende me a saue coÌ„duct wherby I may go and come to them or els to sende me worde playnly by what tytell they wyll make warre agaynste me for if I knewe the certayntie I wolde send worde therof to my lorde the prince who wyll shortly prouyde for remedy Sirsayd they we shall go and shewe â—our desyre And so they retourned and shewed their lordes all those wordes and than ther was a saue conduct gette in the name of sir Johan Comes and brought to Montabon Than he departed and fyue with hym and went to the frenche lodgynges and there founde the frenche lordes who were redy to receyue hym and were redy aduysed how to answere hym He saluted them and they him agayn Than he demauÌ„ded for what cause they had sent their currours with an army of men a warr before the fortresse of Mountaubon the whiche parteyned to yâ— prince They answered hym and sayd sir we wyll inuade no ê‘sone nor make warre but we wyll chase our ennemyes where soeuer we knowe that they be Sir said the knight who be they that be your enemyes and wher be they In the name of god sayd the erle of Narbon they are within Montaubon and are robbers and pyllers of the countrey suche as hath sore ouerron the realme of FrauÌ„ce And to you sir Johan if you were curtesse to your neyghbours ye wolde nat suffre them to pyll and robbe the poore people without cause as they do for by suche tytell and meanes ther moueth often tymes great hatred and discorde bytwene lordes and princes Therfore put theÌ„ out of your forteresse or els ye be no frende to the frenche kyng nor to his realme Lordes 〈◊〉 the capitayne it is of a trouthe ther be men of warre within my garyson sente thyder fro my lorde the prince and retayned to serue hym therfore I am nat in mynde to cause them to depart so sodenly If they haue done you any displeasure yet I can nat se that ye do them right for they are men of warre they must lyue as they haue ben acustomed on the realme of Fraunce and on the princes lande Than therle of Narbone and sir Guy Dazay sayd yea they be men of warr suche as can nat lyue but by pyllage robbery and haue vncurtesly ouer ryden oure countrees the whiche they shall derely abye if we may gette them in the felde for they haue taken brent pylled and done many an yuell dede â—n the bandes of Tholous Wher of the greuous complayntes ar come to our heryng and if we shulde suffre them thus to contynue we shulde he false traytours to the kyng our soueraygne lorde who hath set vs here to kepe and defende this his countre Also shewe them fro vs sythe we knowe where they be we shall fynde theÌ„ for they shall make vs amendes or els it shall cost vs more Other answere the capitayne of MoÌ„taubon coude nat haue of them but so departed right yuell content with them in his mynde sayd for all their threttes he wold nat breke his entencyon And so retourned to his forteresse and shewed all these wordes to his company ¶ Whan these companyons herde these tidynges they were than nat well assured for they were nat able to make party agaynst the freÌ„chemen So they helde themselfe euer redy toke good wache and so it fortuned that a .v. dayes after these wordes sir Perducas Dalbreth with a great route of companyons shulde passe by Moutaubon forther was their passage to entre into the principalyte Than he gaue knowlege therof to them of the towne and whan sir Robert Cem and the other companyons who were ther in the towne closed and be sieged by the frenchmen knewe of yâ— tidynges they were right gladde Than they sent worde secretly to sir Perducas and to his company howe the frenchemen had be sieged them and thretned them greatly and also sent them worde what capytayns they were and what nombre And whan sir Perducas herd that he was nothing abasshed but drewe togyder his company and caÌ„e and entred into Montaubon wher they were receyued with great ioye Than they all togyder deuysed howe they shulde maynteyn themselfe and agreed that the next mornynge they shulde be armed and yssue out of the towne drawe them towarde the frenchmen and to desyre them that they might passe by them peasably and if they wolde nat suffre them to passe than to fight with them and aduenture theymselfe to the best of their power And as they had determyned so they dyde for in the mornynge they armed theym and sowned their trumpettê and mounted on their horses and than yssued out of Montaubon The freÌ„chmen were redy raunged in the felde whan they harde the brute and noyse before Montaubon so that these coÌ„panyons coude nat passe but through theÌ„ ThaÌ„ sir Perducas Dalbreth and sir Robert Cem rode out afore and by assurauÌ„ce went spake with the frenche lordes desyring them to suffre that they might passe by them peasably but yâ— freÌ„chmen sayd howe they had no lust to comen with theÌ„ Sayeng howe they shulde nat passe that way without it were with the poyntes of their speares and swerdes and than the frenchmen cryed their cryes and sayde auaunce baners toward yonder pyllers and robbers who robbeth all the worlde and lyueth on euery maÌ„ without cause or reason And whan the companyons sawe surely howe it behoued theym to fight or els to dye ther with shame Than they alyghted of their horses and rauÌ„ged them selfe a fore to abyde for their enemyes who were fyersly comynge towarde them and in lykewise they a lyghted and came a fote Ther they began to shote to chase eche other and to gyue great strokes so that there were many beaten downe on bothe parties Ther was a sore and fierse batayle well fought and many a feate of armes done and achyued many a knight and squyers layed a long on the erthe how beit the frenchemen were two agaynst one Wherfore at the beginnynge they dyde driue the companyons backe into the barrers of the towne at whiche entryng ther was many a man slayne And the companyons had ben in a harde case the capitayne of the towne had nat ben for he caused to be armed all maner of people and coÌ„mauÌ„ded straytly that euery man to his power shulde ayde and helpe the companyons who were retayned with the prince Than they of yâ— towne armed them and put them in array and entred into the skirmysshe the women of the towne entred into the houses and went vp into the batylmentes and solers and cast downe on the freÌ„chmen stones and hote chalke so thycke that they had nioche a do to
haue kepte the right way thorowe the straytes and perylous passage so thus the prince deê‘ted fro thens ther as he was loged and he and his coÌ„pany passed through a place named Sarris the whiche was right perylous to passe for it was narowe and an yuâ—li way Ther were many sore troubled for lacke of vitayle for they founde but lytell in that passage tyll they came to Saueter SAueter is a good town and is in a gode countre a plentyfull as to the marches ther about This towne is at the vtter bandes of Nauer and on the entrynge into Spayne This towne helde with king Henry So than the princis host spred abrode that countre â–ª the companyons auaunced themselse to assayle the towne of Saueter and to take it byforce and to robbe and pyll it Wher vnto they had great oâ—syre â–ª by cause of the great riches that they knew was within the towne the whiche they of yâ— couÌ„â—re had brought th 〈…〉 der on trust of the strength of the towne but they of the towne thought nat â—o abyde yâ— parell for they knewe well they couâ—e nat long endure nor resyst agaynst so great an hoost Therfore they came oute and rendred them selfe to kynge Dampeter and cryed hym mercy and presented to hym the keys of the towne The kynge Dampeter by counsayle of the 〈…〉 ce toke theÌ„ to mercy or els he wolde nat haue done iâ— for by his wyll he wold haue distroyed them all howe beit they were all receyued to 〈…〉 And the prince kynge Dampeter and the kyng of Mallorques with the duke of LaÌ„castre entred in to the towne and therle of Armynake and all other lodged therabout in vyllages ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue the prince there and somwhat speke of his men that were at the towne of Nauaret THe forsayd knightes that were ther greatly desyred to auaunce their bodyes for they were a fyue dayes â—ourney fro their owne hoost wher as they departed fro theÌ„ first And often tymes they yssued out of Nauaret rode to yâ— marchesse of their enemyes to lerne what their enemyes entented And this kyng Henry was lodged in the felde and all his hoost desyryng greatly to here â—idynges of the prince marueylyng gretly that his haraud retourned nat And often tymes his men rodenere to Nauaret to lerne and to here some tidynges of thenglysshmen and the erle â—ancell brother to the kyng Dame Henry was certaynly enfourmed that ther were men of warr in garryson in the towne of Nauaret wherfore he thought to go and se them more nerer But first on a day the knightes of Englande rode out of Nauaretet in an eâ—enâ—ynge so farforthe that they came to kyng HeÌ„ryes lodgynge and made ther a great 〈…〉 mysshe and marueylousâ—y awoke the host and slewe and tooke dyuers and specially the knight that kept the wache was taken without recouery and so retourned agayne to Nauarâ—et without any domage And the nexte day they sent to the prince aâ— haraude who was as than at Saueter signifyeng hym what they hadde done and sene and what puyssaunce his ennemyes were of and wher they were lodged For they knewe all this well by the informacyon of suche prisoners as they had taken Of these tidynges the prince was right ioyouse in that his knightes had so well borne them selfe on the fronter of his enemyes â—yng Hâ—ty who was right sore displeased that theÌ„glysshmen that lay at Nauaret had thus escryed his hoost sayd howehe wolde aproche nerer to his enemies so auauÌ„ced forwarde And whan sir Thomas Pheltoâ— and his company at Naueret knewe that kynge Henry was passed the water and drewe for warde to fynde the prince Than they determyned to departe fro Nauaret and to take the feldes to knowe more certayntie of the spanyardê and so they dyde and sente worde to the prince howe that kynge Henry aproched fast and be semyng desyring greatly to fynde hym and his men And the prince who was as than at Saueter wher he vnderstode yâ— kyng Henry was passed the water and tooke his way to come to fight with him he was right ioyouse and sayd a highe yâ— euery man herde hym By my â—aythe this bastarde Henry is a valyant knight and a â—ardy for it is signe of great promeâ— that he â—eketh thus for vs and sythe he dothe so and we 〈◊〉 lykewise him by all reason we ought to mete and fight togyder Therfore it were good that we departed fro hens and go forwarde and to get Uyctoria or our enemyes come there 〈◊〉 so the next mornynge they departed â—ro Sâ—â—â—ter First the prince and all his â—atayle and he dyde so moche that he came before 〈…〉 ther he founde sir Thomas Phelton and yâ— for sayd knyghtes to whome he made great chere and demaunded them of dyuers thynges And as they were deuysing togyder their currours came and reported that they had sâ—ue the currors of their enemyes wherfore they knewe for certayne that kynge Henry and his hoâ—â—â— was nat farr of by reason of the demeany age that they had sene among the spanyardes Whan yâ— prince vnderstode these tiâ—ynges he causes his truÌ„pettes to sowne and cryed alarum through out all the hoost And whan euery man herde that than they drewe to their order and array and ranged them in batayleredy to fight for euery man knewe or he departed fro Saueteâ—r what he shulde do and what order to take the which they dyde incontynent Ther might haue been sene great noblenesse and baners and penons beaten with armes waâ—yâ—g in yâ— wynde What shulde I say more it was great noblenesse to beholde the vawarde was so well ranged that it was marueyle to behold Wherof the duke of Lancastre was chiefe and with hym sir Johan Chandos constable of Acquitayne with a gret coÌ„pany and in those batayls there were made dyuers newe knightes The duke of Lácaltre in the vaward made newe knightê as sir Rafe Camoys sir Water Lomyche sir ThomÌ„s Damery sir JohnÌ„ Grandon and other to the nombre of .xii. And sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos made dyuers englysshe squyers knightê as Corton Clysson prior â–ª WyllmÌ„ of Fâ—rmeton Amery of Roch châ—art Gyrad de la Motte and Robert Briquet The prince made first knight Dampeter king of Spayne sir Thomas Holand sonne to his wyfe the princesse sir Hugh sir Philyppe and sir Denyse Courtnay sir JohnÌ„â—onnet ser Nicholas Bonde and dyuers other And in lykewise so dyd dyuers other lordes in their batels ther were made that day CCC newe knight â–ª or 〈◊〉 and all that day they were â—â—yll redy 〈…〉 ged in the batell to abyde for their enemies but they came no faâ—â—er forward that day but ther as the currours had sene them For kyng HeÌ„ry taryed for socours that shulde coÌ„e to him out of Aragon and specially for sir Bertram of Clesquy who was comig to hi with a .iiii. M. fightyng men for without theÌ„ he thought he wolde nat fight wherof the prince was
gascoyns fought valyantly the erle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret the lorde of Pomyers and his brethern the lorde of MusedeÌ„t the lorde of Rosen therle of Pyergourt therle of Gomegynes therle of Carmayne the lorde of Condons the lorde Parr the lorde of Chamont sir Bertylmewe of Cande the lorde of Pyncornet sir Bertram Dalbreth the lorde of Garonde sir Aymery of Tast the Souldiche of Strade sir Peteton of Corton and dyuers other knightes and squyers aquyted themselfe right nobly in armes to their powers And vnder the penon of saynt George and the baner of sir Johan Chandos were all the companyons to the nombre of .xii. hundred pensels and they were right hardy and valyant knightes as sir Robert Ceney sir Perducas Dalbreth RobrÌ„t Briquet sir Garses of the Castell sir Gaillard Uiger Johan Cresnell Nandon of BergeraÌ„t Aymon Dortyng Perrot of Sauoy the bourg Camus the bourge Lespyne the bourge Bertuell Esperry and dyuers other On the freÌ„che partie sir Bertram of Clesquy sir Arnold DaÌ„drehen Xances sir Gomes Garybz and other knightes of Fraunce and of Arragone fought right nobly to their powers howbeit they had none aduauntage for these companyons were hardy and strong knightes and well vsed and expert in armes And also ther were great plenty of knightes and squiers of Englande vnder the baner of the duke of LaÌ„castre and of sir Johan Chandos Ther was the lorde Wyllyam Beauchamp sonne to the erle of Warwyke sir Rafe Camoys sir Water Ursewyke sir Thomas Emery sir JohnÌ„ Grandon sir JohnÌ„ Dyper sir Johan du Pre sir Amery of Rochechoart sir Gayllarde de la Motte and mo than .ii. hundred knightes the whiche I can nat name And to speke truely the sayd sir Bertram Clesquy and the marshall Dandrechen the Begue of Uillaynes the lorde Dantuell the lorde of Brisuell sir Gawen of Baylleull sir Johan of bergeretes the begue of Uillers the almayne of saynt Uenant and the good knightes and squiers of Fraunce that were ther acquyted themselfe nobly For of trouthe if the spanyardê had done their parte as well as the frenchmen dyde thenglysshmen and gascoyns shulde haue had moche more to do and haue suffred more payn than they dyde The faute was nat in kyng HeÌ„ry that they dyde no better for he had well admonysshed and desyred theÌ„ to haue done their deuoyre valiantly and so they had promysed him to haue done The kynge bare hym selfe ryght valiantly and dyde marueyls in armes and with good courage coÌ„forted his people as whan they were flyenge and openyng he came in among theym and sayd Lordes I am your kyng ye haue made me kyng of Castell haue sworne and promysed that to dye ye wyll nat fayle me For goddessake kepe your promyse that ye haue sworne acquyte you agaynst me and I shall acquyte me agaynst you for I shall nat flye one fote as longe as I may se you do your deuoyre By these wordes and suche other full of confort kyng Henry brought his men togyder agayne thre tymes the same day and with his owne haÌ„des he fought valiantly so that he ought greatly to be honoured and renowmed This was a marueylous dangerous batayle and many a man slayne and sore hurte the comons of Spayne acordyng to the vsage of their countre with their slynges they dyd cast stones with great vyolence and dyde moche hurt the whiche at the beginnynge troubled greatly the englysshmen But whan their cast was past that they felt the sharpe arrowes lyght amonge theÌ„ they coude no lengar kepe their aray with kynge Henry in his batayle were many noble meÌ„ of armes as well of Spayne as of Lysbone of Aragon and of Portyngale who acquyted them right nobly And gaue it nat vp so lyghtly for valiantly they fought with speares iauelyns archegayes and swerdes And on the wyng of kynge Henries batayle ther were certayne well mouÌ„ted who always kept the batell in good order for if the bataile opened or brake array in any syde than they were euer redy to helpe to bringe them agayne in to good order So these englisshmen and gascons or they had the aduauntage they bought it derely wan it by noble chiualry and great prowes of armes And for to say trouthe the prince hym selfe was the chefe flour of chiualry of all the worlde and had with him as than right noble and valyant kâ—â—ghtes and squyers And a lytell besyde the princes batayle was the kynge of Mallorques and his company fightynge and acquitynge them selfe right valiantly And also there was the lorde Martyn de la karr representyng the kynge of Nauer who dyde right well his deâ—oyre I can nat speke of all them that dyd that day right nobly But aboute the prince in his â—â—tayle there were dyuers good knyghtes as well of Englande as of Gascoyne as sir Rycharde Pount Chardon sir Thomas Spenser sir Thomas Hollande sir Nowell Lornyche sir Hugh and sir Philyppe Courtnay sir Johan Comette sir Nycholas Bonde sir Thomas Comette and dyuers other as the seâ—â—shall of â—ayntonge sir Baudwyn of Franâ—yil the seneshall of Burdeaux of Rochell of Poictou of Angoleme of Rouerne of Lymâ—â—yâ— and of Pyergourt and sir Loyes Marnell sir Raymon Danduell and dyuers other Ther was none that fayned to fight valiantly and also they hadde good cause why for there were of spaygniardes and of Castyle mo than a hundred thousande men in harnesse so that by reason of their great nombre it was longe or they coude be ouercom Kyng DaÌ„peter was greatly chafed and moche desyred to mete with the bastarde his brother and sayd where is that horeson that calleth hymselfe kynge of Castell And the same kynge Henry fought ryght valyantly where as he was helde his people togyder right marueylously and sayde Aye good people ye haue crowned me kyng therfore helpe and ayde me to kepe the herytage that you haue gyue me So that by these wordes suche other as he spake that day he caused many to be right hardy and valyaunt wherby they abode on the felde so that bycause of their hono r they wolde nat flye fro the place ¶ Howe sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy was disconfyted he taken and kyng Henry saued hym selfe and of the spanyardes that fledde and of the nombre of the deed And of the cyties that yelded them vp to kyng Dampeter and of the aunswere that he made to the prince Cap. CC .xxxviii. THe batayle that was best fought and lengest helde togyder was the company of sir Bertram of Clesquy for there were many noble meÌ„ of armes who fought and helde toguyder to their powers and ther was done many a noble feat of armes And on the englysshe parte specially there was sir Johan Chandos who that day dyde lyke a noble knight and gouerned couÌ„sayled that day the duke of Lancastre in lyke maner as he dyde before the prince at the batell of Poycters wherin he was greatly renomed and praysed the whiche was good
Treuell Robert Ceny sir Gaylarde Uyger the Bourge of Bertuell the Bourge Camus the Bourge of Lespare Nandon of Bergerant Bernard de la Sale and many other whiche wolde nat displease the prince But yssued out of the principalyte as shortely as they might and entred into the realme of FrauÌ„ce the whiche they called their chambre and passed the ryuer of Loyre and so came in to Champayne and in to the bysshopriche of Raynes and alwayes their nombre encreased And to adueÌ„ture them selfe they serched all aboute the realme of Fraunce and dyde many yuell trybulacions and vilayne dedes wherof the complayntes came dayly to the frenche kynge and to his counsayle Howe beit they coude fynde no remedy for they durst nat fight with them and the people all about marueyled greatly that the prince of Wales wolde sende theym thyder to make warre Than the frenche kynge sente for the lorde Clysson and made him great capitayne agaynst those yuell companyons bycause he was a good knyght and a hardy and the kynge had hym in great loue and fauoure And in the same season there was a maryage made bytwene the lorde Dalbret and the lady Isabell of Bourbone of the whiche the prince was nothynge gladde for he had rather that the lorde Dalbret had ben maryed in some other place For the whiche cause the price spake great wordes agaynst hym but the greattest of his counsayle aswell knightes as squyers excused hym all that they might Sayeng to the prince howe that euery man wyll be gladde to auauÌ„ce himselfe as nere as he can and that a gode knight ought nat to be blamed though he purchase his owne honour and profyte so that he leaue nat therby to serue his price or maister in that he is bounde to do So by these wordes or suche semblable the price was somwhat apeased howe be it what so euer semblant he made he was nat very well content for he thought verily that the same maryage shulde be cause of with drawynge of loue fro hym and fro theym that toke his parte the whiche was of trouthe as ye shall here afterwarde in this hystorie ¶ Howe the barons of gascone complayned to the freÌ„che kyng of the price of wales and how kyng Henry retourned into Spayne and of the alyaunces that kynge Dampeter made and of the couÌ„sayle that sir Bertram of Clesquy gaue to kyng Henry and howe kynge Dampeter was disconfyted Cap. CC .xli. IN the same season that these companyons turmented thus the realme of FrauÌ„ce the prince was counsayled by some of his couusayle to reyase a fowage through out all Acquitayne and specially the bysshoppe of Bades for the state of the price and princesse was so great that in all christendome was none lyke So to this counsayle for reysinge of this fowage were called all the noble barownes of Gascoyne of Poyctou of XayntoÌ„ and of dyuers other cyties and good townes in Acquitayne And at Nyorte where this parlyament was holden there it was shewed specially and generally by the bysshoppe of Bades chauncellour of Acquitayne in the presens of the prince howe and in what maner this fowage shulde be reysed Declarin ge howe the prince was nat in mynde that it shulde endure any lengar than fyue yeres to ronne throughout his countrey And that the reysing therof was for thyntent to pay suche money as he ought by reason of his iourney into Spayne To the whiche ordynaunce were well agreed the poyctous and they of Xaynton Lymosyn Rouergne and of Rochell On the condycion that the prince wolde kepe the cours of his coyne stable .vii. yere but dyuers of other marchesse of Gascoyne refused this purpose As the erle of Armynacke the lorde Dalbret his neuewe the erle of Gomynges the Uycount of Carmayne the lorde de la Barde the lorde of Cande the lorde of Pyncornet and dyuers other great barownes Sayenge howe that in tyme past whan they obeyed to the frenche kynge they were nat than greued nor oppressed with any subsydes or inposicyons and no more they sayde they wolde as than as long as they coude defende it Sayeng howe their landes and segnyories were fre and excepte fro all dettes and that the prince haddesworne so to kepe and maynteyne them Howe be it to departe peasably fro this parlyament they aunswered that they wolde take better aduyse and so retourne agayne bothe prelates bysshoppes abbottes barownes and knyghtes And the prince nor his couÌ„sayle coude haue as than none other answere Thus they departed from the towne of Nyort but it was commaunded theym by the prince that they shulde returne agayne thyder at a day assigned THus the barownes and lordes of Gascoyne retourned into their countrees agreed fermely toguyder that they wolde nat retourne agayne to the prince nor suffre the fowage to rynne in the landes thauÌ„e they made warre agaynst the prince therfore Thus the countrey beganne to rebell agaynst the prince and the lorde of Armynacke the lorde Dalbret the lorde of Gomegynes the erle of Pyncornet and dyuers other prelates barownes knyghtes and squyers of Gascoyne went into FrauÌ„ce and made great complayntes in the frenche kynges chambre The kyng and his peres beynge present of the greffes that the prince of Wales wolde do to them sayeng howe their â—e sorte ought to be to the frenche kynge and to drawe to him as to their souerayne lorde And the kynge who wolde nat breke the peace bytwene hym and the kynge of Englande began to dyssemble and sayd Sirs surely the inrysdictyon of our herytage and of the crowne of Fraunce we wyll alwayes kepe and augment but we haue sworne to dyuerse artycles in the peace of the whiche I remembre nat all Therfore we shall visyte and beholde the tenoure of the letters and in as moche as we may do we shall ayde you and shall be gladde to agre you with the prince our dere nephue for parauenture he is nat well counsayled to put you or yoâ— subgettes fro their fredoms and fraunchesses So with the answere that the kynge made theÌ„ at that tyme they were content and soo abode styll at Parys with the kyng in purpose nat to retourne agayne into their owne countrees with the whiche the prince was nothynge well content but alwayes he styll perseuered in the purpose of reysinge of this fowage Sir Johan Chandos who was one of the greattest of his counsayle was contrary to this opinyon and wolde gladly that the prince wolde haue left it but whan he sawe that the prince wolde nat leue his purpose to thyntent that he wolde bere no blame nor reproche in the mater He tooke his leaue of the price and made his excuse to go in to Normandy to visyte the lande of saynt Sauyoure the Uycount wherof he was lorde for he had nat been there in thre yeres before The prince gaue hym leaue and so he departed out of Poyctou and went to Constantyne and taryed in the towne of saynt Sauyour more
this fowage to ryn in their couÌ„tre Sayeng howe theyr resort hath ben alwayes in the chaÌ„bre of the freÌ„che kyng Of the whiche resorte the prince was sore displeased argued agaynst it and sayd they ought to haue no resorte ther affirmynge howe the french kyng had quyted all resortes iurisdyctions whan he reÌ„dred the landê of the kyng of England his as it is well apareÌ„t in the tenour of the charters of the peace Wherin it maketh playne meÌ„cion so that ther is no article reserued for the freÌ„ch kyng in the peace To yâ— answered agayne yâ— gascons sayeng howe it was nat in the power of the frenche kyng to aquyte theÌ„ fro their resort for the prelates barons of cyties good townes of Gascone wolde neuer haue suffred it nor neuer wyll if it were to do agayn though the realme of FrauÌ„ce shuld euer abyde in warr Thus yâ— princes lordes of gascoyne susteyned styll their opinyon abode at Parys with the frenche kyng as therle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret therle of Pyergort the erle of Comygines and dyuers other And they dayly enformed the kyng howe the prince by his great pride presumpcion wolde trede them vnder and reyse vp newe thyngê in their countreis the whiche they sayd they wolde neuer suffre to be done consydering that their resorte was to hym Therfore they desyred yâ— the prince shulde be apelled in to the chambre of ê‘lyament before the peres of FrauÌ„ce to answer ther to the grefes troubles that he wold do to them The french kyng who wolde entertayne these lordes of Gascone yâ— this requyred him of ayde confort as their souerayne lorde And yâ— they shulde drawe to none other court for lesynge of that seignory coÌ„discended to their request agaynst his wyll by cause he sawe well it shuld turne to haue opyn warr the which without a good tytell of reason he wolde be lothe to moue Also he sawe his realme sore troubled with coÌ„panyons enemyes and also his brother the duke of Berry was in hostage in England therfore he toke great leyser in this case In the same season came into FrauÌ„ce the lorde Guy of Ligny erle of s Poule without taking of any leaue of thenglysshmen by great subtylte the maner howe were to longe here to reherse therfore I wyll passe it ouer brefely This erle hated so the englysshmen that he coude say no good of them he dyd asmoche as he might that the freÌ„ch kynge shulde coÌ„discend to the request of the gascons for he knewe well if the prince were apeled to the court of ê‘lyament it shulde be a great occasion of mouyng of warr And to the opynion of the erle of s Poule was agreed dyuers prelates erles barons knightes of the realme of FraÌ„ce and they sayd to the kyng howe that the kyng of England had nat well kept the peace whervnto he was sworne and had sealed to acordinge to the tenor of the treaty made at Bertiguin besyde de Charters after coÌ„fermed at Calays For they sayd thenglysshmen hath hated the realme of FrauÌ„ce more syth the peace was made than they dyde before And sir this that we say ye shall fynde of trouth if ye cause the charters of the peace to be reed to the which the kyng of England his son are bounde by their faithe othe Than the kynge to be better enformed of the trouthe and to kepe the rightes of his realme caused to be brought into the chaÌ„bre of counsell all the charters of the peace made them to be reed ouer often tymes the better to examyne the poyntes artycles coÌ„prised in theÌ„ And amonge other ther was one submyssion wheron the kyng and his counsayle arested moost bycause it spake clerely and playnly of that they loked for the tenour wherof here after foloweth EDward by the grace of god kyng of england lorde of Irlande of Acquitayn To all them that this present letters seyth We send gretyng knowe you all that in the finall last acorde and peace made bytwene vs oure right dere brother the french kyng are conteyned two artycles coÌ„prisyng the forme folowing The first is wher it is sayde that the foresayd kynges are bounde to cause to be coÌ„fermed all the sayd artycles coÌ„prised in the peace by the ho la father the pope and so to be delyuerd by sentence fro the court of Rome touchyng the ê‘fection accoÌ„plysshment of this present treaty so to be delyuerd to the ê‘ties at lest within thre wekes after the french kyng shulde be aryued at Calys Also to th entent that these artycles treaties passed shulde be the more ferme stable ther shulde be made certayne bondes delyuered as foloweth That is to say letters sealed with seales of bothe kynges and their eldest sonnes suche as shulde be deuysed by the counsayles of bothe kynges And also the sayd kynges their children shulde swere other of gret lynage to the noÌ„bre of .xx. that they shulde kepe and ayde to be kept asmoche as in theÌ„ lyeth all the sayd artycles acorded agreed and to acoÌ„plysshe the same without fraude or male engin And also that bothe kynges shuld do the best of their powers all their freÌ„des to bring all the rebels into obeysance acordyng to the forme of the truce and also that bothe kyngê shulde submyt theÌ„selfe their realmes to the correction of the pope to th eÌ„tent that he shulde coÌ„streyne by censuries of the churche who so euer shulde rebell to fall to concorde peace And besyde that bothe kynges their heyres by othe and assurance shulde renouÌ„ce all graces prosses of any dede done by theÌ„ and though by disobeysance rebellyon or puyssance of any of the subgettê of the french kyng wherby the kyng shulde be let to accomplysshe all the sayd artycles yet the kyng of England nor his heyres for all that shuld make no warr to the realme of FraÌ„ce but both kynges togyder shulde enforce theÌ„selfe to reduce the rebels to peace concorde also though the subgettê of the kyng of England wolde nat rendre the townes castels or fortresses which they helde in the realme of Fraunce the whiche ought to be delyuerd by reason of the peace or by any other iust cause wherby the kyng of englande shulde be let to acoÌ„plysshe that he ought to do by reason of this treaty Than both kynges togyder shuld make warr agaynst such rebels to bring theÌ„ to good obeysance to recouer suche townes castels fortresses to delyuer theÌ„ ther as they ought to be And of this shulde ther be made as ê‘fyte as sure bandes as coude be deuysed aswell by the holy father the pope and the coledge of cardynalles as by other Also ther was another artycle in the same treaty sayeng thus In token perfyte knowlege that we desyre to haue to norisshe ê‘petuall peace loue bytwene vs and our brother
of France We renounce by these presentes do renounce all graces other processe of dede agaynst our sayd brother his heyres successours of the realme of France subgettê therof And promyse swere haue sworne by the body of Jesu cryst for vs our successours the we shulde nat do nor suffre to be done by dede or worde any thyng ayenst this renuÌ„ciacioÌ„ nor agaynst any thyng coÌ„teyned in the forsayd artycles And if we do or suffre to be done to the coÌ„trary by any maner of way the whiche god for beve We wyll than that we be reputed for false forsworne and to ryn into suche blame disfainy as a kinge sacred ought to do in suche case And clerely we renouÌ„ce all dispeÌ„sacions absolucions of the pope if any be obteyned we wyll they stande for nought to be of no valure and that they ayd vs nat in no maner of case And the more fermlyer to vpholde all the sayd artycles we put vs our heyres successours to the iurisdyction correction of the church of Rome and wyll consent that our holy father the pope conferme all the sayd treaty to ordayne monycions generall coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tes agaynst vs our heyres successours agaynst our subgettê comoÌ„s vniuersiteis collegê or any other singuler ê‘sons what soeuer they be in gyueng of senteÌ„ce generall of cursyng suspeÌ„dyng interdityng to ryn on vs or on any of theÌ„ asson as we or they do or ateÌ„pt to the coÌ„trary of the said trety or ocupyeÌ„g to waê castels or fortresses or any other thing doyng ratifyeng or gyueng couÌ„sell coÌ„fort fauour or ayde priuely or openly agaynst any of the sayd artycles And also we haue caused our dere eldest sonne Edwarde prince of Wales to swere the same And also our yonger soÌ„nes Lyonell erle of Ulster JohnÌ„ erle of Richmont and Edmond of Langley our right dere cosyn Phylyp of Nauar and the dukes of LaÌ„castre and of Bretayne and therles of Stafford Salisbury And the lorde of MaÌ„ny the caprall of befz the lorde MoÌ„tford James Audley Roger Beauchampt JohnÌ„ Chandos Rafe Ferres Edward Spens ThomÌ„s WyllmÌ„ Phelton Eu state DaÌ„bretycourt FraÌ„ke de Hall JohnÌ„ MoÌ„bray Bartylmewe Bromes Henry Percy dyuers other And also we shall cause to swere assone as we can coÌ„ueniently all our other chyldren and the moost ê‘te of the great prelatê erles barons other nobles of our realme of England In witnesse herof we haue put our seale to these presentê gyuen at our towne of Calais the yere of our lorde M. CCC and threscore The .xxiiii. day of Octobre ¶ Among other writynges that had ben grauÌ„ted aswell at Bertigny besyde Charters as at Calays whan kynge Johan was ther. This sayd charter was one of theÌ„ and was well reed and examyned by kyng Charles in the preseÌ„ce of the chefe of his couÌ„sell Than the prelates and barons of France sayd to the kyng Sir the kynge of England the prince his son haue nat fulfylled the sayd peace but haue taken townes castels and do kepe theÌ„ to the great domage of this your realme and rauÌ„someth pylleth the people so that the paymeÌ„t of the redeÌ„cion is yet in ê‘tie vnpayed Therfore sir you your subgettes haue good ryght iust cause to brek the peace to make warr agaynst theÌ„glyshmen to take fro theÌ„ Bretayn the which they haue on this syde the water Also some of his counsayle shewed him secretly by great delyberacion sayeng sir hardely take on you this warre forye haue cause so to do For sir assone as ye ones begyn the warr ye shall se fynde that they of the duchy of Acqquitayn shall turne to you aswell prelates barons erles knightê squiers as the burgesses of good townes ye may se sir howe the prince wolde ê“cede in reysing of this fowage but he can nat bring it to his purpose so ther by he is in hatred withall ê‘sons for they of Poictou Xaynton Querry Lymosyn Rouerne and of Rochell are of suche nature that they can in no wyse loue theÌ„glyshmen nor theÌ„glyshmen theÌ„ they are so proude presuÌ„tuous nor neuer dyd And also besyde that the officers of the price dothe suche extorcioÌ„s on the people of XaintoÌ„ Poitou Rochell for they take all in abaÌ„don and reyseth somoch of theÌ„ in the tytell of the price so that ther is none that is sure to haue any thing of his owne And also the geÌ„tylmen of the countre can attayne to no offyce nor prefermeÌ„t for the englyshmen and seruantê to the prince hath all Thus the french kyng was moued couÌ„sayled to moue warr and naÌ„ely by the duke of Aniou who lay at Tholous desyred gretly the warr as he that leued nothing theÌ„glishmen bycause of suche displeasures as they had done hym in tyme past And also the gascons sayd often tymes to the kyng Dere sir we are bounde to haue our resorte to your court therfore we huÌ„bly requyre you that ye wyll do right lawe And as ye are the most rightfull price of the worlde do vs right on the great grefes extorcions that the price of Wales his people doth wolde do to vs. sir if ye refuce to do vs ryght we shall thaÌ„ purchace for our selfe some remedy in some other place and shall yelde put our selfe vnder the iurisdyction of suche a lorde as shall cause vs to haue reason and so therby than shall you lese your seignory ouer vs. And the french kynge who was â—othe to lese theÌ„ â–ª thinkyng it might be a great hurt and preiudice to him to his realme answered theÌ„ right curtesly sayd Sirs for faute of lawe nor of good counsayle â–ª ye shall nat nede to resorte to any court but all onely to mynde Howbeit in all suche besynesse it behoueth to worke and folowe good couÌ„sell aduyce Thus the kyng draue them of nigh the space of a yere and kept them styll with hym at Parys and payed for all their eâ—pences and gaue them great gyftes and iowelles And alwayes raused to besecretly enquered amonge them if the peace were broken bytwene hym Englande whyder they wolde maynteyne his quarell or nat and they answered that if the warr were ones open the frenche kyng shulde nat nede to care for that part for they sayd they were stronge ynough to kepe warr with the price and all his puyssance Also the kynge sent to theÌ„ of Abuyle to knowe yf they wolde tourne take his parte and become frenche And they answered that they desyred nothynge in all the worlde so moche as to be french they hated so deedly the â—â—glysshmen Thus the french kyng gate hym â—râ—des on all ê‘tes or els he durst nat haue done yâ— he dyde In the same season was borne Charies the kynges eldest son in the yere of our lord 〈◊〉 CCC lâ—viii wherof the realme of France was ioyfull a lytell before was borne
FraÌ„ce and so into Englande there treated with the kyng his couÌ„sell for his delyueraÌ„ce or he wolde shewe his bulles fro the pope The kyng loued so well this preest that yâ— duke of Burbone was delyuered quyte payed .xx. M. frankes And so sir WyllmÌ„ Wy can was bisshop of Wyn chester chancellour of Englande Thus the lordes were delvuered that were hostagê in England ¶ Now let vs returne to the warres of Gascoyne the whiche began bycause of the appell that ye haue herde before ¶ Howe therle of Piergourt vycoÌ„t of Carmane and the other barons of Gascoyne discoÌ„fyted the seneshall of Rouergne Cap. C C .xlv. VE haue herde how the price of Wales toke in great dispyte his somonyng that was made to him to appere at Parys was in full inteÌ„syon acordyng as he had sayd to yâ— messangers to apere ê‘sonally in France with a great army the next somer And sent incontynent to theÌ„glysshe capitayns gascons yâ— were of his acorde suche as were about the ryuer of Loyre desyring theÌ„ nat to deê‘te farr thens for he sayd he trusted shortly to set theÌ„ a warke Of the which tidyngê the moost part of the coÌ„panyons were right ioyouse but so it was the prince dayly impered of a sickenesse yâ— he had taken in Spayne wherof his men were greatly dismayd for he was in that case he might nat ryde Of the which the frenche kyng was well enformed had perfyte knowlege of all his disease so that the phicysions surgions of France iuged his malady to be a dropsy â–ª vncurable so after that sir CaÌ„ponell of CaÌ„ponall the clerke was taken a rested by sir WyllmÌ„ the monke put in prison in yâ— castell of Dagen as ye haue herde before The erle of Comynges therle of Piergort the vycont of Carman sir Bertrm of Taude the lorde de la Barde the lorde of Pyncornet who were in ther owne countreis toke in great dispyte the takyng of the said messangers for in the name of theÌ„ for their cause they went on this message wherfore they thought to counterueng it to opyn the warre sayd so great dispyte is nat to be suffred Than they vnderstode that sir ThomÌ„s Wake was ridyng to Roddes to fortefy his fortresse shuld departe fro Dagenois with a .lx. speares And whan these sayd lordes knewe therof they were right ioyouse layd in a busshment a. C C C. speares to encouÌ„tre sir ThomÌ„s Wake and his coÌ„pany Thus the sayd seneshall rode with his lx speares C C. archers and sodenly on theÌ„ brake out this great enbusshment of gascoyns wherof thenglysshmen were sore abasshed for they thought lytell of this bushment How be it they defeÌ„ded theÌ„selfe as well as they might but the freÌ„chmen fersely assayled theÌ„ And so at the first metyng there were many cast to the erthe but finally theÌ„glyshmen coude endure no leger but were discoÌ„fyted stedde and than were many taken slayne and sir ThomÌ„s stedde or els he had ben taken And so saued hymselfe by the ayde of his horse and entred into the castell of MoÌ„taubon and the gascons other returned into their couÌ„treis ledde with theÌ„ their prisoners coÌ„questes Tidyngê anone was brought to the prince who was at yâ— tyme in Angoleme howe yâ— his seneshall of Rouerne was disconfyted by therle of Pyergort suche other as had apeled hym to yâ— court of Parys of yâ— which he was right sore displeased sayd that it shulde be derely reueÌ„ged on theÌ„ on their landes that had done him this outrage Than incontynent the prince wrote to sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos who was in CoÌ„stantyne at s Sauyour le vycont coÌ„mauÌ„dyng hym incoÌ„tynent after the sight of his letters to coÌ„e to hym wtout any delay And sir Johan ChaÌ„dos who wolde nat disobey the prince hasted as moch as he might to come to him so came to Angoleme to the prince who receyued him with great ioye Than the prince sent hym with certayne men of armes archers to yâ— garyson of MoÌ„tabon to make warr agaynst the gascons freÌ„chmen who dayly encreased and ouer ran the princes lande Than sir Thomas Wake assone as he myght went to Roddes refresshed and fortifyed newly the cytie And also the towne and castell of Myllan in the marchesse of â–ª Mountpellyer and in euery place he set archers and men of warr Sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos beyng at MoÌ„taubon to kepe the marches froÌ„ters ther agaynst the freÌ„chmen with such other barons knyghtê as yâ— price had sent thyder with hym as the lorde captall of Beutz the two bretherne of Pomyers sir JohnÌ„ and sir Hely the Soldyche of Lestrade the lorde of Partney the lorde of Pons sir Loys of Harcourt â–ª yâ— lord of Pyname the lorde of Tanyboton sir Rich. of Pountchardon These lordes and knightes made often yssues on therle of Armynakes coÌ„pany and on the lorde Dalbretê men who kept the fronter ther agaynst them with the ayde of therle of Pyergourt therle Comynges the vycouÌ„t of Carmane the vycont of Tharyde the lorde de la Barde and dyuers other all of alyance one affinyte Thus somtyme the one ê‘te wanne and somtyme thother as aduentur falleth in feates of armes All this season the duke of Anioy lay styll and styred nat for any thinge that he herde for his brother the frenche kynge coÌ„maunded hym in no wyse to make any warr agaynst the prince tyll he were commaunded otherwyse by hym ¶ How in this season the freÌ„ch kyng drewe to hym certayne capitayns of the coÌ„panyons and howe he sent his defyance to the kynde of Englande Cap. CC .xlvi. THe frenche kyng all this season secretly and subtelly had get to hym dyuers capitayns of the companyons and other and he sent theÌ„ into the marches of Berry Auergne The kyng coÌ„sented that they shulde lyue there vpon that couÌ„tre coÌ„maundyng theÌ„ to make no warr tyll they were otherwyse coÌ„maunded for the frenche kynge wolde nat be knowen of the warr for therby he thought he shulde lese the enterprice that he trusted to haue in therldome of Poictou For if the kyng of Englande had perfetly knowen that the french kyng wolde haue made hym warr he wolde right well haue wtstande the domage that he had after in Poitou for he wolde so well a prouyded for the good towne of Abuyle with englysshmen and so well haue furnysshed all other garysons in the said couÌ„tre that he wolde haue ben styll souerayne ouer theÌ„ And the seneshall of the same countie was an englysshman called sir Nycolas Louayng who was in good fauour with the kyng of Englande as he was worthy For he was so true that to be drawen with wylde horses he wolde neuer coÌ„sent to any shame cowardnesse or villany In the same season was sent into EnglaÌ„de therle of Salebruee and sir WyllmÌ„ of Dorman fro the frenche kyng to speke with the kyng of England
vyctorie agaynst the englysshmen so that they were all slayne and taken none escaped â–ª except pages and boyes and suche as lept on their maysters horses and saued them selfe Ther was taken sir Thomas GraÌ„tson sir Gylbert Gyfford sir Geffray Drsell sir WyllinÌ„ Mesuyll sir Philyp Courtney sir Hugh Spens and dyuers other knightes and they were all ledde as prisoners to the cyte of Mans. These tidynges were anon brought to sir Robert Canoll to sir Hugh Caurell â–ª and to sir Robert Briquet and their companyons wherof they were sore difpleased and so brake their enterprice bycause of that aduentur And they of saynt Mors on Loyre came nat forthe but kept styll their logyng And sir Robert Canoll and sir Alayne Boucquesell withdrue theÌ„ backe and brake vp that iourney and entred in to Bretayne And sir Robert went to his owne castell of Doruall gaue leaue to all his men of armes and archers to depart and take their aduaÌ„tage wher as they thought best So they departed and some went ouer agayne into England And sir Alayne BoucqÌ„sell went to wynter in the towne of saynt Sauy our the vycont whiche the kyng of Englande had gyuen him ¶ Howe pope Urbane dyed howe Gregory was chosen And howe sir Raymon of Marneyll was taken by the englysshmen Cap. CC .lxxxvi. AFter this disconfyture thus at Pont Uolant wher as parte of the englysshmen were ouerthrowen wherby their iourney was broken Than sir Bertram of Clesquy who in the noueltie of his offyce as coÌ„stable of France had done this dede wherby he gate great renome and laude and so came agayne in to France and the lord of Clysson with him And led with him a great parte of the englysshe prisoners and brought them to the cytie of Parys without daunger there courtesly raunsomed theym without constraynt and dyde let them go on their faythes They putte them nat in stockes noryrons nor yet in prison as these almaygnes do their prisoners to gette of them the greater raunsome Cursed be they they are people without pytie or honour therfore there is none that ought to take any mercy of them The frenchmen kepte good company with their prisoners and raunsomed them courtesly without any greuaunce to them ¶ Of this discoÌ„fytur the prince of Wales was right sore displeased and the duke of LaÌ„castre and all their coÌ„pany beyng at Congnac After the recoÌ„queryng of Lymoges about the tyme of Christmas pope Urbane the fyft dyed at Auygnon who had ben a valyaunt clerke and a wyse and a good frenchman Than the cardy nals entred into the CoÌ„claue and dyde chose amonge them a newe pope who was cardynall of Beauforde and was called Gregory the .xi. of whose creacyon deuyne prudeÌ„ce the freÌ„che kynge was ryght ioyoule bycause he semed to be a good frenchman at whose creacyon there was with hym at Auygnon the duke of Aniou who dyde great payne to cause him to be pope ¶ The same season ther fell to sir Eustace DaÌ„ bretycourt an harde aduenture he rode in Lymosyn and in an euenynge he came to yâ— castell of the lorde Pyer Buffyer whome he reputed to haue ben his speciall frende and louer for a good englysshman But he dyde put sir Thy balt du pont a man of armes a breton into his castell and caused hym to take sir Eustace prisoner as he that tooke no hede of hym And so heledde him away with him as his prisoner afterwarde raunsomed hym at .xii. thousande frankes wherof he payed four thousande and his sonne Frances abode in hostage for the resydue with the duke of Burbone who repledged hym and dyde moche payne for his delyuerance bycause that sir Eustace before dyde his payne to delyuer the lady his mother whome the coÌ„panyons had taken at Bell perche And so after sir Eustace delyuerance he went lay at Carenten beyonde the waches of saynt Clement in base normandy in a good towne the whiche the kynge of Naucr had gyuen him ther he dyed god haue his soule for as longe as he lyued he was a right valyant knight THe same season ser Raymon of Maruell depted fro Parys to go in to his owne countre the which newly was retourned frenche and by the way he met an harde aduentur for him For he founde a great rout of englysshmen of sir Hugh Caurelles which were ledde by a knight of Poytou Hesell so in this knightes handes that he coude nat scape so he was taken prisoner and brought in to Poyctou to the sayde knightes castell The takynge of sir Raymon was anone knowen in Englande so that the kynge was enformed therof Than the kyng wrote to the knight that had him coÌ„mauÌ„dyng him incoÌ„tynent to sende hym his enemy and false traytour sir Raymon Marnell â–ª sayeng howe he wolde take suche vengeance on hiÌ„ that all other shulde take ensample by him promysing the knight to gyue hym for the takyng of him .vi. M. frankes The knyghê was called sir Geffray Dargenton who wolde nat disobey the kyng his maisters commauadement but said he wolde fulfyll his pleasur Sir Raymon of Marnell was enformed howe the king of Englande wolde haue him and had sent for hym and howe his mayster was determyned to sende hym ouer in to Englande And whan he knewe that he was more abasshed than before and good cause why Than in his prison he began to make the moost lameÌ„table coÌ„playntes that coulde be deuysed in so moche that he that kept hym who was an englysshman had great pyte on hym and right swetely reconforted hym Sir Raymon who sawe no conforte in the danger that he was in seyng that be shulde be ledde into Englande to the kynge Than he discouered his sorowe to his kepar and on a day sayd to hym My dere freÌ„de if ye wolde delyuer me out of the daunger that I am in I promyse you on my faythe and trouthe to departe with you the halfe of all my landes and make you enheryter therto and neuer to fayle you The englysshman who was but a poore man consydered howe sir Raymon was in parell of his lyfe and howe he had promysed him great curtessy He had of hym great pytie and coÌ„passyon and sayd Sir I shall do my payne to saue you Than ser Raymon who was right ioyfull of that answere sware to him his faytlâ— to kepe his promyse and farthermore if he wolde desyre it And than they deuysed howe they might accomplysshe their entences And whan it was nyght the englysshman who bare the kayes of the castell and of the towre wherin sir Raymon was prisoner and hadde they kay of the posterne He dyde so moche that he let hym out in to the feldes And so toguyder they went in to a great woode to the entente they shulde nat be folowed That night they suffred as moche payne as coude be thought for they went a seuyn leages a fote the same nyght and it was harde frost wherby they cutte their
Englande wherof kyng Henry was ryght sore displeased and called all his counsayle toguyder Than was it counsayled hym that he shulde sende great messangers to the frenche kynge to treate with hym to whiche counsayle the kynge agreed And sente wyse and sufficyent personages into Fraunce And so they departed and dyde so moche by their iourneys that they came to the cytie of Parys wher they fouÌ„de the kyng who receyued them with great ioye and feest And so bytwene the kyng these counsaylours of kyng Henry who hadde procuracyons sealed to treate and to procede in all causes in the name of their lorde in any plyament treaty counsayle secrete or otherwise to take effect Finally the same season ther were a corded ordayned and confyrmed alyaunces and confederacions right great and large and sworne soâ—eÌ„ply on bothe parties to holde fermly nat to breke nor to do agaynst it by no maner of way but that those two kyngê to abyde fermly in an vnyte of peace loue alyaÌ„ce and there the frenche kyng sware by the worde of a kyng that he wolde ayde and helpe the kyngs of Castell in all his busynesse and to make no maner of peace nor acorde with the kyng of Englande but that he shulde be comprised in the same To this treaty sir Bertram of Clesquy helped greatly for he loued enterely the kynge Henry After these thynges confyrmed and agreed the embassadours departed and retourned into Spaygne and founde their lorde at Lyon in Spaygne who was right ioyouse of their comynge home and that they had so well sped And by reason of this alyaunce kyng HeÌ„ry thought hymselfe better assured and conforted than he was before ¶ Howe the duke of LaÌ„castre ordayned gouernours in Guyen and ledde his wyfe with hym in to Englande and howe the kyng of Englande ordayned the erle of Penbroke to be gouernour in Poitou Ca. C C lxxxxvi NOwe let vs retourne to the duke of Lancastre who was in the cyte of Burdeux so about the feest of saynt Mychaell he thought to re tourne in to Englande the better to enforme the kynge his father of the besynesse of Acquitayne And so a lytell before his depture he ordayned therfore and assembled in the cytie of Burdeux all the barownes and knightes of Guyen such as were englysshe And than he shewed them how he was purposed to retourne in to Englande for certayne maters for the profyte of theym all and of the countre of Acquitayne and that the next somer after he wolde come thyder agayne yf the kynge his father were so pleased These wordes pleased them all Than the duke ordayned the lorde Captall of Beufez and the lorde of Musydent with the lorde Lespare to be gouernours of all the countre of Gascoyne that was englysshe And in Poytou he ordayned to be gouernours sir Loyes Harcourt the lorde of Parteney and in Xaynton sir Loyes Dargentou and sir Wyllyam of MouÌ„tendre left all â—is seneschals and offycers as they were before And it was ordayned that there shulde go with the duke into Englande certayne persons of Gascoyne Xaynton and Poictou to shewe to the kyng of England the state and besynesse of Aquitayne As sir Guyssharde Dangle the lorde of Pynan and sir Aymery of Tarse and to abyue for theym the duke taryed a certayne space and whan they were all redy apparelled they entred in to their shyppes in the hauyn of Burdeux So the duke departed with a great company of men of armes and archers he had a threscore vessels with his company and purueyauÌ„ce and ledde with hym his wyfe and her suster And they spedde so well on the see had so good wynde that they arryued at Hampton in England and there yssued out of their shyppes and entred into the towne And ther rested them the space of two dayes and than departed and rode to wyndsore where the kynge receyued the duke his sonne and the ladyes damosels and knyghtes strangers with great feest and specially he was gladde to se ser Guysshard Dangle ¶ The same season dyed the gentyll knyght sir Gaultier of Manny in the cytie of London wherof all the barones of Englande were right sorie for the trouthe and good couÌ„sayle that they had alwayes sene and herde in him He was buryed with great solempnyte in the monastery of the charterhouse besyde London and at the day of his obsequy there was the kyng and all his chyldren and the prelates banrons and knightes of Englande And so all his landes bothe in Englande and beyonde the see fell to the erle Johan of Penbroke who hadde to wyfe the lady Anne his doughter and heyre So the erle of Penbroke sent to entre in to the lande that was fallen to him in Heynault by ii of his knightes who dyde so well their deuorâ— with the duke Aubert who as than helde the erldome of Heynalt in rule that they atteyned their purpose ALl that wynter ther were dyuers counsayls in Englande among the lordê for the state of the realme and howe they shulde meÌ„tayne the warr the next somer folowynge And so were of enteÌ„t to make two viages the one in to Guyen and the other into France by Calys way and the kyng sought for frendes in all parties aswell in Almayne as in the marches of the empyre wher as he gate dyuers knightes and squyers of his acorde also he made a marueylous great apparell for his hoost that the lyke had nat ben often sene before The freÌ„che kyng had knowlege of their secretes and what they were in purpose to do whervpon he toke counsayle and made prouisyon and fortifyed his cyties townes and castels in Pycardy and sette in euery place great garysons of men of warre to th entent to defende the countre fro all mysaduenture Whan that somer was come and that kyng Edwarde of England hadde holden his feest and solemnyte of saynt George at wyndsore as was his vsage yerely to do And that ser Guyssharde Dangle was entred into the same fraternyte with the kyng and his chyldren and other barons of Englande the whiche were called in the fraternyte knightê of the blue garter THan the kyng went to LoÌ„don to his palays of westmynster and there he had a great couÌ„sayle for the orderyng of the realme And bycause that the duke of Lancastre shulde that season passe in to Fraunce by the playnes of Pycardy the erle of Cambridge with him The kyng at the desyre of sir Guyssharde DaÌ„gle and of them of Poyton Ordayned that the erle of Penbroke shulde go in to Poictou to vysyte that countre and to make warre agaynst the frenchmen on that syde For the gascoyns poicteuyns had requyred the kyng by their letters and by the mouthe of sir Guyssharde DaÌ„gle that if he wolde nat send any of his sonnes that he wolde sende the erle of Penbroke whoÌ„e they greatly loued and desyred to haue for they knewe him for a good knight and a hardy and so
and I my doughter and her husbande And so it happed that my sonne and doughter dyed there and after by treatie I and my husbande were delyuered so that Puylle and Calabre might come to hym And also he entēdeth to come to the heryrage of Naples of Cecyll of Prouence for he seketh all about for alyance and so wyll take a way the ryght of the churche as sone as I am deed if he may Therfore holy father I wyll acquyte me agaynst god and you acquyte the soules of my predecessours and put in to your handes all y◠herytages that I ought to haue of Cecyll of Naples Punyll Calabre and Prouence I gyue them to you to do with them your pleasure to gyue them to whome soeuer it pleaseth you suche as may obteygne them agaynst our aduersary sir Charles de la Paix Pope Clement receyued ioyfully her wordes and toke her gyft in great reuerence and sayde A my fayre doughter of Naples we shall so ordeyn that yor herytage shall haue such an heryter of your owne blode noble and puyssant to resyst agaynst them that wyll do or offer you or thē any wronge Of all these wordes and gyftes there were publyke instrumentes and autentyke made to the entent that the mater shulde abyde ferme stable in tyme to come and to be of more playne knowledge to all them that shulde here therof after ¶ Howe pope Clement wente to Auygnon of the gyftes that he gaue to the duke of Aniowe and howe sir Siluester Budde and his company were beheded and of the countre of Flaunders and of their aduersyte Cap. CCC .xlvii. WHan the quene of Naples and sir Othe of Brouswiche had done all thynges wherfore they were come to Foundes to the pope than they toke their leaue and departed and went to Naples Than it was nat longe after but that pope Clement imagyned in hym self that to abyde long about the parties of Rome was nothyng protytable for him sawe well howe the romayns and pope Urbayne trauayled greatly to gette the loue of the neapolitans and of sir Charles de la Paix therfore he douted lest the passages and wayes shuld be closed agaynst him so that he shulde nat get to Auygnon whan he wolde and the princypall and specyall cause that inclyned hym to go to Auignon was to th entent to gyue to the duke of Aniou the ryghtes that the quene of Naples had gyuen vnto hym of all the forsayd seignoris wherof he had instrumentes past and sealed So he ordayned secretely and sagely his besynesse and toke thesee and his cardynals with him in galies and vessels that were come out of Arragone They hadde wynde and wether at wyll and arryued withoute domage at Merseyll wherof all the countre was ryght gladde for thens he went to Auignon and sent worde of his comynge to the french kyng and to his brethern who were ryght gladde of his comyng And the duke of Aniou who lay at the cytie of Tholouse went to se y◠pope and at his comynge the pope gaue hym all the gyftes y◠the wene of Naples had gyuen hym The duke of Aniou who alweys desyred high seignories and great honours receyued the gyftes in great magnyficence And so had them to hym and to his heyres for euer and sayd to the pope that in as shorte tyme as he might he wolde go so strong in to those marches that he wolde be able to resyst them that wolde do any wronge to the quene of Naples The duke taryed with y◠pope a .xv. dayes and than returned to Tholouse to the duchesse his wyfe and pope Clement delyuered his men of warre to sir Bernard de la Sale to Flouremont to make warre agaynst his enemyes THe same season there was in the marches of Thuskayne in Italy a valyant knight englyssh called sir John̄ Haconde who dyde had done many a noble feate of armes he issued out of the realme of Fraūce whan the peace was made bitwene y◠two kynges at Bretigny besyde Charters and in y◠tyme he was but a poore knyght and than he thought to retourne agayne in to Englande in to his owne countre he thought he coude wynne nothynge there And whan he sawe that all men of warre shulde auoyde the realme of Fraunce by the ordynaūce and treaty of peace he made him selfe capitayne of a certayne nombre of cōpanyons called the late comers and so went in to Burgoyne and there he assembled a great nombre of suche rutters englisshe gascons bretons almayns and companyons of dyuers nacyons And this Haconde was one of the cheyfe with Briquet and Carnell by whome the batayle of Brumauxe was made and helped to gette the Pount le Spiryte with Bernard of Forges and whan they had warred and haryed the coūtrey agaynst the pope and the cardynals than ther were entreated and went to the marques of Moūtferrant who as than kept warre with the lordes of Myllayne and so this Marques brought them all beyonde the mountaynes after he had delyuered to thē .lx. thousande frankes wherof Hacond had for his parte .x. thousande for him and his company and whan they had acheued the warr with the Marques dyuers than returned in to Fraunce for sir Bertram of Clesquy the lorde de la Marche and the lorde Beauiewe the marshall of Fraunce and sir Andrewe Dandrehen brought them into Spayne agaynst kyng Dampeter on kyng Henries parte and sir Johan Hacond his cōpany abode styll in Italy and pope Urbayne the fyfte as longe as he lyued had hym in his warres of Myllayne and in lyke wyse so had pepe Gregorie who raygned after him this same sir Johan Hacond had for the lorde Coucy a fayre iourney agaynst therle of Uertues for it was sayd for trouth that the lorde Coucy had ben ouerthrowen by y◠erle of Uertues and the lombardes if this Haconde hadde nat ben for he came to his ayde with fyue hundred bycawse the lorde Coucy had wedded the kynge of Englandes doughter for none other cause This sir Johan Haconde was a knyght right hardy and of great experyence and well renomed in the marches of Italy and dyd there many great feates of armes Than the romayns and Urbayne who called him selfe pope aduysed in them selfe whan Clement was departed fro the marches of Rome to sende for him and to make him mayster gouernour of all their warre So they sent for him and retayned him and all his company and he acquyted him selfe right valiantly for on a daye with the helpe of the romayns he disconfyted Syluester Bude and a great company of bretons so y◠they were all slayn or taken Syluester Bude brought prisoner to Rome and was in great daunger to lese his heed And to say the trouth it had ben better for hym to haue been beheeded the same day he was brought to Rome than otherwyse for the honoure of him and of his frendes For afterwarde pope Clement
caused hym to lese his heed in the cytie of Mascon and another squier of Breton with him called WyllmÌ„ Boyleau for they were had in suspect of treason bycause they were issued out of the romayns prison and coulde nat be knowen by what treaty or meanes and so they came to Auygnon and there were taken Of their takynge was culpable the cardynall of Amyens for he hated them sythe they made warre in Rome for the pope bycause in the feldes on a daye they and their companyes toke the sayd cardynalles somersê wherin they had a great quaÌ„tyte of vessell and plate of golde syluer and departed it among their companyes who coulde nat be payed of their wages wherfore the same cardynall toke the same deade in great displeasure and so couertly accused them of treason So that whan they were come to Auygnon treason was layd to theym howe they had falsly betrayed yâ— pope and thervpon sent to Mascon and there beheeded bothe Thus the maters went at that tyme in those couÌ„treis and sir Bertram of Clesquy was sore displeased for the dethe of Syluester Bude his cosyn with pope Clement and with the cardinals so that it he had lyued long after they shuld well haue knowen that his dâ—th had bene ryght sore displesant to hym ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of these maters and let vs entre to speke of the warres of FlauÌ„ders the whiche began in the same season whiche were harde and cruell wherby moche people were slayne and exyled the countre tourned in to suche a case that it was sayde that in a hundred yere after it shulde nat be recouered agayne And I shall shewe you by what meane and occasyons the vnhappy warres began Whan the tribulacyons began first in FlauÌ„ders the countre was so welthy and so riche yâ— it was meruayle to here and the men of yâ— good townes kept suche estate that it was wonder to here tell therof but these warres began first by pride and enuy that the good townes in FlauÌ„ders had one against another as they of GauÌ„t agaynst theÌ„ of Bruges and they of Bruges agaynst theÌ„ of Gaunt and other townes one agaynst another but there was suche resort that no warr coude ryse among theÌ„ without therle of Flaunders their lorde dyd consent therto for he was so feared and beloued that none durste displease him Also yâ— erle who was ryght sage and subtell kept vnder the warrÌ„ and yuell wyll of his people for he wolde in no wyse suffre no warre to ryse among them and him for well he thought in his ymaginacyons that whan any differeÌ„ce shulde ryse bytwene him and his people he shulde be the febler and the lesse set by of his neighbours Also he kept vnder the warre for another cause howbeit at th ende he was driuen to vse it And yâ— was he consydred the gret distructyon that shulde fall therby bothe of bodies and goodes For alwayes he had lyued in great prosperyte and peace and had as moche his pleasure as any other christen prince had but this warr began for so light a cause and in sydent that iustely to consyder speke â—f good wytte and sage aduyse had been in the lorde he neded nat to haue hadde any maner of warre What shall they saye that redeth this or hereth it redde But that it was the warke of the deuyll For ye knowe or els ye haue herde say of the wyse sages Howe the deuyll subtelly tiseth night day to make warre where as he sey the peace And seketh lytell and lytell how he may come to his vngracyous entent and so it fortuned in those dayes in FlaÌ„ders as ye may clerelye knowe and se by the treatie of the order of the mater that foloweth ¶ Of the princypall rote and cause of the warre bytwene the erle of FlauÌ„ders and the flemynges And howe the whyte hattes were set vp by Johan Lyon Cap. CCC .xlviii. THe same season whyle the duke Loys of FlauÌ„ders was in his greattest prosperyte Ther was in Gaunt a burgesse called Johan Lyon a sage man cruell hardy subtell and a great enterpriser and colde and pacient ynough in all his warkes This JohnÌ„ Lyon was great with the erle as it apered for the erle entysed him to slee a man in GauÌ„t with whoÌ„ehe was displeased And at the erles coÌ„maundement couertly this Johan Lyon made a matter to him and so fell out with hym and slewe hym the whiche burgesse was sore complayned â–ª and therfore JohnÌ„ Lyon went dwelt at Doway and was there a .iii. yere and helde a great estate and porte and all of therles cost and for this slaughter on a day Johan Lyon lost all that euer he had in Gaunt and was banysshed yâ— towne foure yere but after the erle of Flaunders dyd so moch for him that he made his peace and so to returne a gayne to the towne of Gaunt to haue agayne as great fraunches as euer he had wherof dyuers in Gaunt and in Flaunders hadde great meruayle and were ther with ryght sore abasshed but for all that so it was done And besyde that to th entent that he shulde recouer agayne his losse and to mayntayne his astate the erle made him chefe ruler of all the shyppes maryners and Nauy This office was well worthe by yere a thousand fraÌ„kes and yet to deale but trewely Thus this Johan Lyon was so great with the erle that there was none lyke him IN the same season there was anotherlygnage in Gaunte called the Mahewes Ther were of them seuyn bretherne they were the chiefe of all the maryners And amonge these seuyn bretherne there was one of theym called Gylbert Mahewe a ryght sage manne moche more subtell than any of his bretherne This Gylbert Mahue had great enuy couertly at this Johan Lyon bycause he sawe him so great with the erle and studyed night and day howe he myght put him out of fauoure with the erle Dyuers tymes he was in mynde to haue slayne him by his brethern but he durst nat for for feare of the erle So long he studyed and ymagined on this mater that at laste he founde the way The chiefe cause that he hated him for was as I shall shewe you the better to come to the found acyon of this mater Aunciently ther was in the towne of Dan a great mortall warrÌ„ bytwene two maryners their lynages The one called Peter Guillon and the other JohnÌ„ Barde Gilbert mahewe his bretherne were come of the one lynage and this Johan Lyon of the other So this couert hate was long norysshed bitwene these two paties how beit they spake and ete and dranke to gyder and the lynage of Gylbart Mahewe made more a do of the mater than Johan Lyon dyd In so moche that Gylbert Mahewe without any stroke gyuyng aduysed a subtell dede The erle of FlauÌ„ders wolde some tyme lye at Gaunt than this Gylbert Mahewe came and aquaynted hymselfe with one of them
erles displeasure that the erle shulde be displeased with him as well as with any other So they departed and founde the erle at Male and dyde somoche that fynally they accorded so well that the erle graunted them all their requestes as touchyng their prisoner at Erclo And promysynge to kepe and mayntayne the fraunchesses of Gaunt without brekyng of any of them and defended them of Bruges that they shulde nat be so hardy to dygge on the herytage of them of Gaunt And the better to please them of Gaunt he coÌ„maunded them of Bruges to fyll agayne the dykes that they had made and so they amy ably departed fro the â—rle returned to Gaunt and recorded all that they had done with therle their lorde and howe he woll mayntayne them in their fraunchesses without brekynge of any of them howe beit he desyred them by fayrnesse to laye downe the whyte hattes And with tho wordes the erles seruauntes brought agayne the prisoner fro Erclo so yelded him agayne as by the waye of restablysshing wherof they had great ioy At this answere makynge was Johan Lyon and a .x. or .xii. of the moste notable of his company and whan they herde that the erle requyred that the whyte hattes shulde be layd downe euery man held his peace Than Johan Lyon spake and sayd All ye good people that be here present ye know and haue sene but late howe the whyte hattes hath better kept your fraunchesses than outher reed or blacke hattes haue done or of any other colour Be ye sure and say that I sayd it assoone as the whyte hattes be layde downe by the ordynaunce that the erle wolde haue it so I wyll nat gyue for all your frauÌ„chesses after nat thre pens The whiche wordê blynded so the people that euery man departed thens and the most parte went home to their houses sayde Let them alone JohnÌ„ Lyon say the trouthe we haue nat sene in hym but good and profitable for our towne So the matter stode styll in the same case And Johan Lyon was than in more feare of his lyfe than he was before and imagined anone as it fell after for he thought that Gylbert Mahewe hadde wrought some mater agaynste hym his company in his last voiage with the erle bycause therle made so amyable an answere Than he thought to fynde some remedy and ordayned and made secretely capitayns of the whyte hattes as Senteners and Muquateners and to them sayd ss say vnto your coÌ„pany that they be day and nyght purueyed redy and assoone as they knowe or here any mouyng lette them come to me for it were better we slewe than to be slayne sythe we haue begon so farre and as he ordayned so it was done euery man redy ¶ Howe the whyte hattes slewe the bayly in the market place and of the goodê and howses of maryners that were distroyed and of the great brullynge that was than in Gaunt Cap. CCC .l. IT was nat long after but that the baily of Gaunt Roger Dauterne came too Gaunt with a two hundred horse and ordayned to do as the erle and Gylbert Mahewe and his bretherne had deuysed The bayly with two huÌ„dred men that be brought with hym came downe a longe the stretes with the erles baner in his hande And whan he came in to the market place he rested and set the baner before him Than anone drue to him Gylbert Mahewe and his brethern and the ruler of the meane craftê It was ordayned that his men of armes shulde go to Johan Lyons house and to take him as chiefe ruler of the whyte hattes and a .v. or sire other of his company of theÌ„ that were moost culpable and they to haue ben brought to the castell of GauÌ„t and ther to haue had their heedes stryken of Johan Lyon who thought no lesse and was well aduysed of this dede for he had spyes and watchesse in euery corner of the towne He knewe well of the comynge of the bayly knewe for certayne and so dyd all the whyte hattes yâ— the same iourney was set for them they all drewe togyder be tymes and came to Johan Lyons howse who was redy in the strete abydyng for them So there came .x.. than .xx. and euer as they came they fell in aray in the strete whan they were assembled to the nombre of four hundred Than JohnÌ„ Lyon departed as fyrse as a lyon and sayd let vs go on these traytours that wyll betray the good towne of Gaunt I thought well that all yâ— swete wordes that Gylbert Mahewe brought vs the last daye fro the erle was but disceyte and distructyon for vs but I shall make them repent it Than he and his company went a great pase and alweys his nombre encreased for there were dyuers that fell to his company that hadde no whyte hattes but they â—ryed treason treason came about by a strayt lane in to the market place where as the â—ayly was representyng yâ— erles parson And assoone as Gylbert Mahewe and his bretherne sawe Johan Lyon come in to the place they fledde a way as fast as they myght and so dyd all other except suche as the bayly brought with him As soone as JohnÌ„ Lyon was come in to the place the capytayne of the whyte hattes with agreat company with hym came to the bayly and with out any wordespekyng they toke and cast him to the erthe slewe him there And than the erles baner was cast downe to the grounde and torne all to peaces they touched no man there but the bayly And than they came all aboute JohnÌ„ Lyon And whan the erles men sawe the bayly deed and the erles baner all to torne they were greatly abasshed and so toke their horses and voyded out of the towne YE maye well knowe that Gylbert Mahewe and his bretherne who were enemyes to JohnÌ„ Lyon wer nat well assured of theÌ„ selfe in their owne houses wherfore they departed as fast as they myght and voyded the towne one after a nother and left behynde them wyfê chyldren and herytages and went assoone as they myght to the erle and shewed hym howe his bayly was slayne Of the whiche tydynges therle was sore displeased and gode cause why for they had done hym great dispyte and sayde and sware howe it shulde be greatly recompeÌ„sed or euer that he returned agayn in to Gaunt and that they shuld neuer haue peace with him in ensample to all other townes So Gylbert Mahewe and his bretherne abode styll with the erle And Johan Lyon and the whyte hattes perseuered styll in their outrage Roger Dauterne was thus slayne and all other departed and yâ— none apered before the whyte hattes to be reuenged than Johan Lyon who entented to ouer ryn the maryners bicause he loued theÌ„ nat â–ª sayd Sirs on a fore to these false traytours the Mahewes that wolde this dayâ— distroy the fraunchesse of the towne of Gaunt And so they ran alonge the stretes to their
withoute the realme to haue therby more alyaunce Than was there spekyng of the doughter of the kynge of Boesme and Almayne and emperour of Rome And to that aduyse euery man was agreed Than to go in to Almayne to treate for this mariage was seÌ„t a right sage and a valyant knight who had ben the kynges mayster and was nere of counsayle alwayes with the prince of Wales the kynges father called sir Symonde Burle And so was ordayned for hym all thynges necessarie for his iourney and than he departed and arryued at Calayes and so to Grauellyng and than to Bruselles and there he founde duke Uyncelant of Brabant and duke Aubert the erle of Bloyes and the erle of saynt Poule sir Wylliam MaÌ„lye And a great noÌ„bre of knightes of Heynalt of Brabant and of other places For ther was a great feest and iustynge kepte therfore there were all these lordê asseÌ„bled The duke of Brabant and the duchesse for the kyng of Englandes sake receyued the knyght ryght honourably And whan they knewe the cause wherfore he went in to Almayne they were right gladde therof and sayde That it shulde be a goodlye maryage bytwene the kynge of Englande and their nephue And at the knyghtes departyng they sent letters by hym to the kyng of Almayne shewynge hym howe they hadde great desyre and affectyon that this maryage shulde take a good effecte Than the knyght departed fro Bruselles and went to Louuayne and so to go to Colayne ¶ Howe the englysshmen that were sent in to Bretayne were tourmented on the see and howe the gauÌ„toise desyred to haue the erle of Flaunders their lorde to coÌ„e dwell in their towne of Gaunt Cap. CCC .lvi. THe same season it was ordayned in Englande by the kyng and his counsaile that two hundred men of armes and foure hundred archers shulde goo in to Bretayne And the chyefe capitayne of that iourney shulde be sir Johan AruÌ„dell and with hym shulde go sir Hugh Caurell sir Thomas Banystre sir Thomas Tryuet sir Water Pole sir Johan Bourchyer the lorde Ferres and the lorde Basset All these knyghtes drewe to Hampton and whan they hadde wynde they entred in to their shyppes and departed The first day the wynde was reasonable good for theÌ„ but agaynst night the wynde tourned contrary to theÌ„ and whyder they wolde or nat they were driuen on the cost of Cornwall The wynde was so sore and streynable that they coulde caste none ancre nor also they durst nat In the mornyng the wynde brought them in to the yrisshe see and by the rage of the tempest thre of their shyppes brast and wente to wrake wherin was sir Johan Arundell sir Thomas Banystre and sir Hughe Caurell a hundred men of armes Of the whiche hundred fourscore were drowned and sir Johan Arundell their capitayne was their perysshed whiche was great domage and sir Hugh Caurell was neuer in his lyfe before soo nyghe his dethe for all that euer was in his shyppe excepte hym selfe and seuyn maryners were all drowned For he and the seuyn maryners that were saued toke holde of tables mastes and the strength of the wynde brought them to the sandes Howebeit they hadde dronke waterr ynoughe wherof they were ryght sicke and yuell at ease Out of this daunger escaped sir Thomas Tryuet and sir Johan Bourchyer the lorde Ferres the lorde Basset and dyuers other but they were sore tourmented in gret parell And after that this tempest was ceased they retourned agayne to Hampton and went backe agayne to the kynge and his vncles and recounted all their aduentures wenyng to theÌ„ that sir Hughe Caurell had ben drowned with the other How be it that was nat so for he was gone sicke to London Thus brake vp that iorney wherby the duke of Bretayne coude haue no comforte of the englysshemen whiche was ryght contraryous to hym For all that season and the wynter folowyng the freÌ„chmen made hym right sore warre and the bretons As sir Olyuer Clysson and his company toke the towne of DynaÌ„t in Bretayne by reason of vessels and barges And so the towne was pylled and robbed and was kept agaynst the duke a long season after ¶ Nowe lette vs retourne to the busynesse of Flaunders WHan the peace was agreed bitwene the erle of Flaunders and them of Gaunt by the meanes of the duke of Burgoyne wherby he gat him selfe moche thanke in the countre The entent and pleasure of them of GauÌ„t was to haue their lorde therle of FlauÌ„ders to dwell with theÌ„ in Gaunt and there to kepe his householde The erle also was counsayled by the prouost of Hardebeque and of theÌ„ that were nexte about hym to do so wherby he shulde norisshe great loue bytwene hym and them of Gaunt The erle laye styll at Bruges and came nat to Gaunt wherof they had great marueyle and specially the good and rychmen of Gaunt and suche as were sage and wyse for they desyred nothyng but peace But the palyerdes white hattes and suche as desyred rather stryfe and debate they cared nothyng for the erles comynge For they knewe well that yf he came they shulde priuely be corrected at laste for the yuell dedes that they had done Nat withstandynge that they were in this doubte yet they that had the gouernyng of the lawe the couÌ„saylers and good men of the towne wolde for any thynge that he shulde come thyder and that they shuld go and requyre him so to do For they thought they had no ferme peace without the erle came thyder And so ther was ordayned .xxiiii. men to go to Bruges to shewe to the erle the great affection that they had to haue him and so they deê‘ted honorably as it aparteyned for them the shulde go for their lorde and it was sayd to theÌ„ by them of the towne Sirs retourne neuer agayne to Gaunt without ye bring therle with you for if ye do ye shall fynde the gates closed agaynst you Thus these burgesses of Gaunt rode forthe towarde Brugê and bytwene Bruges and Donsay they herde say howe the erle was comynge to Gauute warde wherof they were right ioyouse And they hadde nat ryden past a leage farther but that they mette the erle in the feldes Than the burgesses stode styll on bothe sydes of the waye and so the erle and all his company passed through them As he passed by the burgesses enclyned them selfe ryght lowe and humbly and made great reuereÌ„ce to the erle The erle rode through them without any great regardyng of them but a lytell putte his hande to his hat nor all they way he made to theym no semblant So the erle rode on the one syde and the gauÌ„toise on the other tyll they came to Donse and there they rested for the erle dyde dyne there And the gauntoyse wente to other lodgynges and dyned also ANd after dyner the gauntoyse in good array came to the erle kneled aldowne before him for therle sat And there they
the tydynges came amonge theym howe the frenche kyng was deed Than their purpose was broken for dyuers of the lordes returned in to FraÌ„ce to herken for tidynges And so the englysshe men lay styll a thre or foure dayes than they departed and went to saint Peters of Auren and fro thens to Argens and the next day the hoost passed the ryuer of Mayenne thorough a marys with great payne for they coulde nat passe but two or thre a front the space of two leages â–ª If the frenchmen had knowen therof and had assayled the vowarde the reâ—ewarde coude naâ— haue gyuen them any maneâ— of helpe The englysshmen doubted moche that passage howe beit they passed it and came to Cosse and were there four dayes â–ª alwayes in hope to here some newes out of Bretaine The duke of Bretayne was in Hanybout in the marchesse of Uannes and herde often tymes worde of the englysshemen howe they aproched nere to Bretaygne And he wyst nat well as than how to be demeaned for whan the dethe of the frenche kyng was shewed to hym he lette it soone ouerpasse for he loued hym but a lytell and sayd to them that were about hym The rancoure and hate that I had to the realme of Fraunce bycause of kynge Charles nowe deed is minisshed more than the one halfe Such haue hated the father that haue loued right well the sonne and some haue made warre to the father that after hath ayeded the sonne Howe be it I must acquyte me trewely agaynst the englysshmen for they been come hyder at my request and haue passed thoroughe the realme of FrauÌ„ce Therfore I must kepe that I haue promysed to them There is one harde poynt for me and for them for I vnderstande that the good townes of Bretaygne are closed fast and wyll nat suffre them to entre And thervpon the duke called his counsayle to hym as the lorde of Mounboursyer sir Stephyn Guyon sir Wylliam Tanneguy sir Eustace Houssey sir Geffray Caiemelle and the Lesâ—ewe of Lyon and sayd to them Sirs ye shall ryde and mete the erle of Buckynghame who aprocheth nere to this our countre of Bretaygne I thynke ye shall mete them nat farre hens wherfore go and recoÌ„maunde me to hym and salute all the other lordes and say vnto thâ— fro me that shortly I wyll be at Reyns to mete them there Therfore lette them take that way and ther we shall all togyder take aduyse how we shall contynue forthe And shewe them how I fynde nat my countre in the same poynt that it was in whan I sent for them in to England â–ª wherwith I am ryght sore displeased and specially with them of Nauntes who rebell more than any other So these knyghtes departed with their message and rode towarde NauÌ„tes and in their company a fortie speares The englysshmen departed fro Cosse and entred into the forest of Grauell and passed throughe and came to Uyter in Bretayne â–ª for ther they were better assured than they were before for thanne they knewe well they shuld no more be pursued by the frenchemen and fro thens they wente to Chateau Briant and ther rested bycause of comynge of the dukes knightes thyder to them UHe erle of Buckyngham and the other lordes of Englande receyued the sayde knightes messangers to the duke of Bretayne right honorably and there they had toguyder great counsayls and the englysshmen sayde to them howe they had great marueyle that the duke of Bretayne nor the countrey were nat otherwyse aparelled Than it apered to receyue them seyng they were come thyder at their request and taken suche payne as to passe thorought the realme of Fraunce Than the lorde Mounboursyer spake for all the resydue in excusynge of the duke and sayde My lordes ye haue good cause reason to saye as ye do And as for the duke he is in great wyll to kepe and to acomplysshe the ordynaunces and couenantes that he made with you and you with hym accordynge to his power but he canne do acordynge to his wyll And specially he canne nat rule them of NauÌ„tes whiche is the kay of Bretaygne who are as nowe rebelles and haue determyned to receyue into their towne menne of warre of the frenche partie Wherof my lorde the duke is gretly marueyled for they were the first that alyed theym selfe with the other good townes of Bretaygne to haue taken his parte and yours Also my lorde thynketh they haue made a newe treatie and aliance with the newe yonge frenche kynge who shall be crowned at Halowmas next comyng Wherfore sirs My lorde desyreth you to holde hym excused And moreouer that ye wyll take the way towardes Reynes thyder he wyll come to you hauyng great desyre to se you and of this he wyll natte fayle These wordes greatly contented the erle of Buckyngham and the englysshmen sayd howe the duke coulde saye no better Than the dukes messangers retourned agayne to Hanibout and so to Uannes to the duke And the englysshemen taryed at the castell Briaunt foure dayes and than departed and came to the subbarbes of Reyns but the gates of the cite were closed and wolde suffre no man of armes to entre in to the cytie But the erle of Buckingham the lorde Latymer sir Robert Canolle and a sixe other were lodged within the cytie and the dukes couÌ„sayle and there they taryed a fyftene dayes abydinge for the duke of Bretayne who came nat wherof they hadde great marueyle Within the cytie of Reyns was the lorde Mon teraulewe the lorde of Mountforde in Bretaygne sir Geffray of Quarmell sir Alaye de la Houssey capitayne of Reynes and sir Eustace his brother and dayly they excused the duke of Bretayne I canne nat say whyder they hadde good cause so to do or nat but the englysshmen began nat to be well content bycause the duke came nat They of Nauntes kepte their cytie close for they were nat well assured of the englysshmen that were lodged at Reynes wherfore they sente to the duke of Aniowe who had made all the treaties with them shewyng hym howe they were nat stronge of theÌ„selfe to kepe and defende their cytie if they shulde haue any assaut without he wolde sende them some men of armes desyringe hym so to do To their request agreed the foure dukes that hadde the realme in gouernaunce Aniowe Berrey Burgoyne and Burbone And so they sent thyder mo than sixe hundred speares of good men of armes men of estate and of gret valure Thus they of Nauntes were well coÌ„forted and these men of armes entended to repayre the towne in all poyntes and to bringe it into that case able to resyst any assaut gyuen therto THe englisshmen beyng at Reynes and therabout began to murmur and to grudge agaynst the duke bycause he came nat And thaÌ„ they determyned to sende vnto hym sir Thomas Percy and sir Thomas Tryuet was ordayned to go to the duke and with theÌ„ a fyue hundred speares to
daunger of dethe and scaped They passed the straytes and the boundes of the realme Tramesuynes and Bell maryne And they were oft tymes in great aduenture of takynge with the sarazins and they all coūted themselfe but lost and deed and neuer had trust to cōe to lande And in this great daunger they were .xl. dayes than they had suche a wynde that brought them wheder they wolde or nat agayne in to the spaynisshe see And whan the wynde fayled than they ancred and by aduenture they founde two great shyppes comyng as they sayd fro Flaūders charged with marchaundyse and goynge to Lysbone Than the Englysshe shyppe came to thē and purte out their standerdes and whan they of Lysbone who were but marchauntes sawe the armes of saynt George and in the shyppe men of armes they were halfe afrayed But at laste whan they aproched and sawe who they were they made theym great chere And after these marchauntes dyde putte these knyghtes agayne in great parell as ye shall herafter THese knightes demaūded of these marchaūtes what tidynges they answered and sayd Howe that the kynge of Portyngale with the englysshe men were in Spaigne and had besieged the kynge of Castyle in Ciuyll Of these tidynges the knightes were right ioyfull and sayd howe they wolde go thyder for they were as than on the fronter of Ciuyll And so they departed and the marchaūtes left with theym wyne and other prouysion to refresshe them with all Than the gascoyns sayde to the maryners Sirs bringe vs streyght to Ciuyll for there our company lye at siege The maryners sayde in the name of god and so tourned thyderwardes and sayled so longe tyll they aproched nere therto Than the maryners who were wyse and sage and wolde nat that theyr maysters shulde be lost neglygently Caused a ladde to moūt vp to the toppe of the shyp to se if he coude spy any maner of siege layd to Ciuyll outher by water or by lande and the ladde who sawe euery thynge parfitelye sayde Surelye there is no maner of siege nother by lande nor by water Than the maryners sayde to the lordes Sirs ye are nat well and truely enformed for surely ther is no siege nother by lande nor by water about Ciuyll For if there were any it shulde apere in the hauyn Therfore sirs it is no goynge thyder without ye wyll lose all For the kynge of Castyle is there as in the cytie wherin he wolde be of any other in all his realme So with great payne these maryners myght be beleued and at laste they were be lened And so sayled a longe the syde of Cyuyll and entred in to the see of Portyngale and at last arryued in the hauyn of Lysbone Thesāe houre and daye there was done in the churche of saynt Katherine a solempne obsequy for thē and all the englysshe men morenyng for them in blacke But than ye may well knowe there was ioye ynoughe whan̄e they arryued at the porte and there was gret feest made and these gascoyns for ioye forgate the payne and feare that they had endured in the see ' NOwe lette vs leaue to speke of the busynesse of Portingale for ther was as yet no dede of armes done there and lette vs nowe speke of the busynesse that was in Flaunders the same season IN this season while all this busynesse was in England the warres of Flāders was nat in rest bytwene the erle and the gauntoyse ye haue herde here before how Philyppe Dartuell was chosen as souerayne capitayne of Gaunt by the oppynyon of Peter de Boyse who counsayled hym to take on hym the offyce and to be cruell To the entent to be the more feared Philyppe folowed after his scole and doctryne for he had nat bene long in offyce whan he caused .xii. heedes to be strykenne of before hym And some sayde they were those that principally were causers of the dethe of his father and so than he reuenged his cause ¶ This Philyppe Dartuell began̄e to raygne in great puyssaunce and was greatly feared and beloued specially of suche as folowed warre And to wynne their fauoure and loue he spared nothynge but abandoned euery thynge to them It might be demaunded howe they of Gaunt made their warre I wyll aunswere therto acordynge as I haue herde Of very necessyte accordynge to their quantyties they euer supported the poore And so by reason of the vnyte amonge theym they endured in great puyssaunce And all thynges consydred Gaunt is one of the moost strōgest townes of the worlde So that Brabant Holande and zelande make them no warre But if those thre countreis with Flaunders make warre to them than they be enclosed and likely to be lost and famysshed And these thre countreis made no warr with them wherfore they endured the lengar In this season whyle that Philyppe Dartuell was made newe offycer The alderman of the wayuers was accused of trayson sette in prison And to proue the trouthe in that he was accused they went to his house foūde there certayne poudre of Saltpeter wherwith he had done no helpe to the towne at siege nor otherwyse of all the hole yere passed Wherfore he was beheeded drawen through the towne lyke a traytour to gyue ensample to all other Than the erle of Flaunders determyned to lay siege to Gaunt and so he made a great somons of lordes knyghtes and squyers and men of good townes And he sende to Malynes from whens he had moche people Also he sende for his cosyns sir Robert of Namure and sir Wyllyam and out of Arthoise ther came moche people to him And the coūtesse of Arthoise his mother was as than newely departed this lyfe TO this assemble there cāe the lorde Dāpiers with a great company of knightes and squyers of the countie of Heynalt And so therie went and layde siege to Gaunt on the syde towarde Bruges and towarde Heynalte whyle this siege endured there was many a scrymisshe and somtyme a sorte of wyght companyons wolde yssue out of Gaūt Somtyme they were driued home agayne to their losse sometyme they wan And in this season he that dyde moost dedes of armes and was moost renomed was the yong lorde of Danghien And moost commonly all lustye companyons suche as sought for dedes of armes wolde be euer in his companye And in this season the lorde of Danghien with foure thousande horse men besyde fote men wente and layde siege before the towne of Grauntmont the which as than was gaūtoyse Before that tyme the sayd lorde had bene there and traueyled and haryed thē sore but nothynge conquered But at this tyme he came puissantly and in good order and on a sō day he sauted the towne in mo than .xl. places And was at the saute hym selfe and sette forthe first his owne baner This was so gret assaute and so well cōtynued on euery syde that about the houre of noone it was taken and cōquered And than entred in
sir sende hym to my lodgyng and I shall examyn hym sir I knowe well it is the same enchauntour by whome the quene of Napoles and sir Othes of Bresuych were taken sir the castell of Leufe for he caused by his craft the see to seme so high that they within the castell feared that the see shulde haue ouer flowen yâ— castell wherof they were soo abasshed that they went all to haue dyed Sir a man ought nat to haue any great trust in suche people sir ye may se the vnhappynes of them of this couÌ„trey and their nature All onely nowe to please you and to haue profite by you This enchauÌ„tour wolde nowe betray theym to whome ones he delyuered the quene of Napoles and her husband the which was to sir Charles de la Payx Than the duke sayd sir I shall sende him to you than the lordes fell to other maters and than the erle of Sauoy returned to his lodgynge and the next day the enchauntour came to the duke and saluted hym Assone as the duke sawe hym he sayd to one of his seruauntes Go and bring this maister to the erle of Sauoy The squier came to the mayster sayd sir my lorde the duke wyll that ye go speke with the erle of Sauoy and he sayd sir I am coÌ„tent than the squier brought hym to the erles tente and sayd sir here is the maister that my lorde the duke hath sent to you whan the erle sawe hym he had great ioy and sayd mayster is it of trouthê that ye wyll cause vs too haue the castell of Leufe so good chepe as ye say sir quod the enchauÌ„tour that shall I do for sir by the same meanes I caused before this he yâ— hath it nowe sir Charles de la Payx to wyn it And the quene of Napoles and her doughter and sir Robert of Arthoyse her husbande and ser Othes of bresuich And sir I am the man of the world the sir Charles dela Payx reputeth moost and is in most feare of By my faythe ê™ the erle of Sauoy ye say well and I wyll that sir Charles de la Payx shall knowe that he hath great wronge to feare you But I shall assure him of you for ye shall neuer do enchauntmeÌ„t to disceyue him nor yet none other I wolde nat that in tyme to come we shulde be reproched that in so highe an enterprise as we be in wherin there be so many noble knightes and squyers assembled that we shulde do anythyng by enchauÌ„tment nor that we shuld wyn our enemyes by suche craft Than he called to him a seruauÌ„t and sayd go get a hangman and let hym stryke of this maisters heed without delay and as sone as the erle had coÌ„maunded it incoÌ„tinent it was done for his heed was stryken of before the erles tent Thus ended this maister enchauÌ„tour and so was payed his wages acordyng to his desertes ¶ Nowe wyll we leue to speke of the duke of Aniou and of his vyage and speke of the besynes of Portyngale and shewe howe the englisshmen and gascoyns parceueryd Whan it came to the beginnyng of the moneth of Aprill the knightes that were in garyson in the towne of Uesious and had lyen ther a long season nat ryden forth but whaÌ„ they were before Syghiere So than they toke aduyse among theÌ„ selfe to ryde forthe and they had great marueyle what the kyng of Portyngale the erle of Cambridge thought In the they had bene a ten monethes in the couÌ„trey of Portyngale had ryden forthe but one tyme whiche was to theÌ„ a great shame ThaÌ„ they determyned to sende to the erle of Cambridge to shewe him their myndes so the Souldych of Lestrad was sent to him and so he caÌ„e to Estremouse where as the erle lay sayd to hym sir all our coÌ„pany hath sent me hyder to you to knowe your pleasure what ye wyll do for they haue great marueyle for what cause ye haue brought them in to this couÌ„trey and lye so longe styll the whiche is to theÌ„ a great displeasur sir they desyre to knowe your pleasure what ye wyll do for they wolde fayne be doynge of somewhat Sir ê™ the erle ye knowe well whan I deê‘ted out of EnglaÌ„de My lorde my brother the duke of Lancastre promysed me by his faythe that as soone as he were returned out of Scotlande that he wold come hyder with a certayne nombre of men of warre as a thre thousande as many archers for I was sent hyder in this state yâ— I ame in for none other entent but to aduyse the couÌ„trey and I ame sure shortely we shall here some tydynges for I haue great marueyle that he taryeth so long recoÌ„mende me to all your coÌ„pany and shewe theÌ„ as I haue shewed you howbeit I may nat nor wyll nat let them to ryde forthe if they haue sore affection therto but ye knowe well the kynge of Portyngale payeth all our wages therfore it must be ordred by hym By my fayth sir ê™ the souldich he payeth but yuell and that all the hole company complayneth of he oweth vs as yet wages for .vi. monethes he wyll pay you right well ê™ the erle money shall come right well at poynt Thus departed the Souldiche fro yâ— erle and returned to his company and shewed theÌ„ as ye haue harde Sirs ê™ the Chanone Robersard for all this I wyll nat lye styll I se well he dothe but disseÌ„ble with vs he wolde nat that we shulde ryde forthe to th entent we shulde haue no cause to demaunde our money but I am of yâ— opynion to ride forth and so they all determyned the same and thervpon made euery thynge redy and apoynted the euenyng whan they wolde ryde forthe the next mornyng Than there caÌ„e to theÌ„ sir JohnÌ„ Ferand a knight of the kyng of portiÌ„gales who had ben infourmed howe they wold ryde forth and so he brought letters to the Chanone Robersarde whiche he red and founde therin howe the kynge of Portyngale defended hym in any wyse to ryde forthe Sayeng further howe he knewe well that the styrring of any rydyng forthe to do any enterprise was by his procurynge Of these tydyngê was the Chanone Robersard sore displeased and sayde to the knyght sir I se well the kynge wyll nat in any wyse that I shulde ryde forth Take it so that I a byde styll in my lodgynge thynke you that these other knyghtes who are better and more valyaunt than I am â–ª that they wyll leaue for all that their enterprise I ensure you nay and that ye shall â–ª se tomorowe for they are all determyned to ryde sir quod the knyght than coÌ„maunde ye them in the kynges name to a byde styll and nat to styrre by my faythe ê™ the Chanone that wyll I nat do but sir coÌ„maunde ye theÌ„ syth ye come fro the kyng So thus the mater rested all that nyght and in the morning they sowned their truÌ„pets Than knyghtes
tidynges that ye be outher slayne or disconfytted we shall sette the towne a fyre and distroy ourselfe lyke people dispayred Than they that went forthe sayd to comfort them sirs pray to god for vs for we truste he shall helpe vs and you also or we retourne agayne Thus these fyue thousande deê‘ted fro Gaunt with their small ê“uysion and that thursday they went and lay a myle without Gaunt and brake nat vp their prouisyon but passed yâ— nyght with such thynges as they founde abrode in the countre And the friday they went forth nat touchyng as yet their vitayle for the foreÌ„gers founde somwhat in the countre wherwith they passed that day And so lodged a seuyn myle fro Bruges ther rested and toke a place of grounde at their deuyse abyding their enemyes And before them there was a great plasshe of standynge water wherwith they fortifyed theymselfe on the one parte and on the other parte with their caryages And so they passed that night ¶ Of the order of the batayle of the gauntoise and howe they discoÌ„fited the erle and them of Bruges and by what meanes Cap. CCCxCix ANd whaÌ„ it came to the saturday in the mornyng the weder was fayre and clere a holyday called in Bruges for that day of custome they made processyoÌ„s Than tydinges caÌ„e to them howe the gauntoyse were coÌ„e thyder And than ye shulde haue sene gret murmuringê in Bruges so that at last worde therof caÌ„e to therle and to his coÌ„pany Wherof the erle had great marueyle and sayde Beholde yonder vngracyous people of Gaunt I trowe the deuyll hath brought them to their distruction Nowe is the tyme come to haue an ende of this warre And so thanne his knightes and squyers came to hym and he receyued them graciously and sayd to them We shall go and fyght with yonder vnhappy people of Gaunte yet quod the Erle they had rather dye by the swerde than by famyne Than the erle was counsayled to sende thre men of armes in to the felde to se the demeanoure of his enemyes And so than the marshall of Flaunders apoynted out thre squyers valyaunt men of armes to go and se the behauyng of the gauÌ„toyse ¶ As Lambert of Lambres Damas of Buffey and Johan of Bea rt And so they thre departed fro Bruges and rode towarde their ennemyes And in the meane tyme whyle these thre went forthe they of Bruges made them redy to yssue out to go and fyght with the gauntoyse Of whom I shall shewe soÌ„what of their order THis saturday in the mornynge Phyllyppe Dartuell ordayned and coÌ„maunded that euery man shulde make hym redy to god And caused masses to be songe in dyuers places by certayne freers that were with him And so euery man coÌ„fessed hym and prayed to god for grace mercy And ther were certayne sermoÌ„s made enduryng an hour and an halfe And there it was shewedde to people by these freers and clerkes figurynge them to the people of Israell whome kynge Pharaon kepte long in seruytude And howe after by the grace of god they were delyuered and ledde in to the lande of Behest by Moyses and Aaron And kyng Pharaon and the Egypciens slayne and taken In lykewise quod these freers ye good people ye be kept inseruytude by youre lorde the erle of Flaunders and by your neighbours of Bruges Before whome nowe ye becoÌ„e and shall be fought with by all lykelyhode for your enemyes haue great wyll to fight with you for they feare lytell your puyssauÌ„ce But sirs take no hede to that For god who knoweth and seythe all thynge shall haue mercy on you Nor thynke nothynge of that ye haue lefte behynde you For ye may well knowe it is without recoueraunce if ye be disconfyted Therfore sell your lyues valyantly and dye if there be none other remedy honorably And be nat dismayed thoughe great puyssaunce of people yssue oute of Bruges agaynst you For vyctorie lyeth nat in puyssaunce of people But it is all onely in god And by his grace it hath ben often tymes sene as well by the Macabeus as by the Rhomayns That a small people of good wyll trustynge in the grace of god hathe disconfyted agreat nombre of people And sirs in this quarell ye haue good right and a Juste cause And therfore by many reasons ye ought to be hardy and of good coÌ„fort Thus with suche wordê and other these freers preched to the people that mornynge wherwith they were well content And thre partes of the hoost were houseled she wynge theym selfe to haue great trust in God And after these masses songe than they assembled toguyder on a lytell hyll And there Phylyppe Dartuell by great sentence shewed them fro poynt to poynt the ryght that they thought 〈◊〉 had in their quarell And howe that often â—mes the towne of Gaunt had requyred their â—ode 〈…〉 Erle to haue mercy on them but they coulde neuer come to no poynt with hym But to the great confusyon and domage of yâ— towne of Gaunt and to the enhabytauÌ„tes therof Also sayeng howe they were than come so farforthe that to recule agayne they coude nat And also than to retourne all thynges consydered they coude wynne nothynge therby For they hadde lefte nothynge behynde them but pouertie and heuynesse And moreouer he sayd sirs thynke nother of your wyues nor chyldren but thynke of your honour Thus suche fayre wordê Philyppe Dartuell shewed among theÌ„ for he was well langaged and coude speke rightwell and well it became hym and finally he sayd Now fayre lordes Lette vs truely and equaly deê‘te oure vitayle eche to other lyke bretherne wtout any maner of outrage for whan this is spende it must behoue vs to seke for newe if we thinkeÌ„ to lyue And so than right humbly the chayres were discharged and the bred was deuyded by the constables â–ª and the two tonnes of wyne the bottomes were set vpwarde And so there they dyned with the bredde and with the wyne and were contente with their small repaste for that tyme. And felt them selfe better disposed bothe in courage and in their membres thanÌ„e they had eaten more meare And whanÌ„e this dyner was past than they set them selfe in order and drewe them selfe within their rybaudeur The whiche were hyghe stakes bounde with yrone and sharpe poynted whiche they vsed euer to beare with them in their warre And so they set them before their batayle and closed them selfe within them And in this estate the thre squyers that were sende fro therle to se their demea nynge founde them For they aproched so nere that they might well auiewe them for they caÌ„e iuste to their stakes But the gauntoyse neuer styred for all theym but lette them alone And made semblaunt that they were right ioyefull of their comynge THan these currours rode to Bruges to therle and founde hym in his lodgyng with a great nombre of knightes and squyers with hym So they came through the
styll to speke with the kyng and his vncles It was ordayned by the kynges counsayle that the coÌ„stable of Fraunce sir Olyuer of Clysson shulde leaue his office for the next day bycause it was thought that they shulde haue batayle and that the lorde of Coucy shulde occupy the offyce for that â—yme and sir Olyuer to be about the kynges person And so whan he wolde haue taken leaue of the kyng the kynge sayd to hym ryght swetely and amiably Sir coÌ„stable we wolde that ye rendre vp your offyce in to our handes for this night and to morowe all day We haue ordayned another to occupy the rome and we wyll that ye abyde about our persone Of these wordes the constable had great marueyle and answered and sayde Right dere sir I knowe well I can nat haue so great honour as to ayde to kepe youre persone But sir this shulde be right displesaunt to all my company and to all theym of the vowarde if they haue nat me in their company Paraduenture they maye lese more therby than wynne Sir I say it nat bycause I shulde thynke my selfe so valyant that for lacke of me they shulde nat do well But sir sauyng the correctyon of your couÌ„sayle I say that all these fyftene dayes past I haue done none other thynge but pursewed myne offyce to the honoure of you and of your people And sir I haue shewed euery man what they shulde do And sir if they fight to morowe and se nat me amonge them they wyll be abasshed wher by I shall receyue blame And some wyll saye that I haue deuysed many thynges and flye a way fro the first strokes Sir I requyre your grace breke nat that hath ben first ordayned I ensure you ye shall haue profyt therby So the kynge and suche as were about hym wyst nat what to say At last the kyng right sagely said Constable I knowe well ye haue in all causes right well acquyted your selfe and shall do the kyng my father that deed is loued and trusted you aboue all other and for the great trust and affyaunce that he had in you therfore I wolde haue you aboute me in this besynesse Ryght dere sir quod the constable ye are so well acompanyed and with so valyant and so noble men and are so ordred by delyberacion of wyse counsayle that there is nothynge can be amended Wherfore sir ye and youre counsayle ought to be content And I therfore requyre you in goddes behalfe to suffre me alone in myne offyce And I truste to morowe ye shall haue so good fortune in your iourney that your frendes shal be gladde and your ennemyes displeased To the whiche wordes the kynge gaue none aunswere of a great space but at last sayd Constable in the name of god and saynt Denyce exercyse your offyce at your pleasure I wyll speke no more therof For ye se farther in this matter than I do or suche as moued first the matter Be to morowe with me at my masse sir quod the constable with right a good wyll so toke leaue of the kyng and retourned to his logyng And on the thursdaye in the mornynge euery man apparelled theÌ„selfe redy armed saue their heedes for they knewe well by all lykelyhodde that they shulde haue batayle the same day the frenche kyng herde masse be tymes in the mornyng and all the great lordes with great deuocyon prayeng to god to sende theÌ„ honoure that daye The same mornynge there arose a great myst so that one coulde nat se an acre of brede before hym wherof the lordes were ryght sore displeased but they coude nat amende it And after masse the kynge and the constable and other great lordes wente to counsayle to determyne what they shulde do And ther it was ordayned that sir Olyuer of Clysson coÌ„stable of Fraunce sir Mathue of Uyenne admyrall of FrauÌ„ce and sir Wylliam of Poicters bastarde of Langres These thre shulde go and vysette the demeanour of the flemyngê as nere as ther might and to come agayne and make report to the kynge and to his vncles of the trouthe of euery thynge and in the meane tyme the lorde de Labreth sir Hughe of Chatelone shulde order the baâ—aylles So thus these thre departed fro the kyng mouÌ„ted on good horses and rode streyght where as they thought to fynde their enemyes The same mornyng in the great myst the flemynges rose and drewe toguyder in the same stronge place that they had fortifyed and so stode toguyder all in one batayle tyll it was eyght of the clocke and coude here nothyng of the frenchmen And than by great pride the capitaynes sayd eche to other What do we here thus standyng styll on our fete and take colde Why do we nat go forthe with great courage sythe we haue so great wyll to fight with oure enemyes We tary here for nothynge the freÌ„ch men wyll neuer seke vs here Lette vs go at the leest to the mount Dorrel and take the aduauntage of the hyll These wordes so multiplyed that they all agreed to auaunce forthe to take the hyll that was bytwene them and the freÌ„chmen And so than to escape fro the dyke that was before them they went about the lytell wode that was behynde them and toke the playne feldes And as they came about this wode the forsaid thre knyghtes aduysed them by great â—eysar so rode in costyng their batayle within a bowe shot of them and whan they were passed on the lyft syde than they rode agayne on their ryght syde so that they well aduysed their hole batell The flemynges sawe them right well but they brake none aray for all them Than 〈◊〉 Dartuell sayd softely to his capitayns 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 dresse vs and make vs redy to the batayle 〈◊〉 our enemyes are nere vs. I se right well yâ— thre knightes that haue passed and â—â—passed by vs haue well auiewed oure batayle â—hâ—sie thâ—y drewe all in to one batayle as they wente to the hyll Than Philyppe sayd a loude sirs whan we come to the batayle lette vs thynke on oure enemyes howe they were disconfyted at the batayle of Bruges by reason that we helde oure selfe close toguyder Let vs beware that we opyn nat euery man beare his weapen ryght before hym and enterlase your staues ouer your armes one within another wherby they shall nat entre vpon vs. And lette vs go a good pase by leysar and nother tourne on the lyfte hande nor on the right And shote our gonnes all atones and shote with oure cros bowes And this we shall abasshe our enemyes wHan Philyppe Dartuell had thus ordred his men and sette his batayle in arraye and shewed theym what they shulde do Than he made out a wynge of part of his men suche as he best trusted and by him was his page with his courser to whoÌ„e he sayd Go thy waye with my horse behynde yonder busshe and whan thou seyst the frenchmen flye than bring me my
horse and crye my crye than men wyll gyue the roume to the entent that I may folowe in yâ— chase with the formast yâ— page dyde as he was commaunded Than he set besyde hym on a wynge .xl. archers englysshmen whome he had in wages ¶ Nowe beholde if Philyp ordred hym selfe well or nat I thynke and so dyde many suche as were expert in bataylles that he dyde nat well nor wysely in one thynge And that was whanÌ„e he depatrted in the mornynge out of the stronge place that he was in For it is to be thought that the frenche men wolde neuer haue sought theym there to haue fought with theÌ„ for they coulde nat haue done it without great domage But lyke foles they thought to shewe them selfe valyaunt and lytell fearyng their enemyes and so they were serued therafter ¶ The maner of the batayle of Rosebeque and howe the flemyngê were 〈…〉 yted by the couÌ„sayle of the thre forâ—â—aâ—â— knightes who had aâ—ewed all their bâ—hauyng Cap. iiii C. xxâ— SO these thre foresayd knyghtes retourned to the kyng and to the bataylles the which were redy in good aâ—ey as theâ— ought to be for ther were many noble and wyse men and well experte in armes bothe in the vowaâ—de and in the reregarde and in the kynges batayle they knew right well what ought to be done for ther was the â—â—our of all the good châ—â—alry of the worlde So thus euery man gaue these thre knyghtes way to coÌ„e to the kyng the lorde Clysson spake first enâ—lynynge his body to the kynge doyng of his hatte and sayde Sir be mery yonder people be all yours â—ure varlettes shall beate them Constable quod the kynge god graunt it Let vs go forwarde than in the name of god and saynt Denyce ThanÌ„e suche knyghtes as were apoynted to attende on the kynges body were sette in good order And there the kynge made many newe knightes and so dyde euery lorde in his owne batayle and dyuers baners were newe reysed vp Than it was ordayned that whaâ—e they shulde â—oyne to fyght that the kynges batayle with the â—riflambe of FrauÌ„ce shulde be in the fore fronte and the Uo warde shulde passe by a syde on a Wynge on the one syde of the kynge And the rerewarde to passe by a lytell on the other syde of the kynge So that all thre batayls might atoues close about the â—â—â—mynges batayle who came close toguyder all in one batayle So the arereward were shewed of this apoyntmeÌ„t the erle of Ewe the erle of Bloyse the erle of saynt Poule the erle of â—arcourte the lorde of Chatyllone and the lorde Sere were chiefe of that warde And before the erle of Bloyse there was made barone the yonge lorde of haurell sir Thomas Dystre â–ª sir James â—ameth bastarde were made â—â—â—ghtâ—s There were made the same day by the reporte of the haraudes foure hundred thre score and sâ—uyn knightes And so than the thre knightâ—s departed fro the kyng and went in to the vowarde where as their romes were than 〈◊〉 the â—riflambe was displayed that siâ—â—eâ—eâ— of â—yllers dyde beare And some say as they haue founde written that it was neuer before sene displayed agaynst christeÌ„men but thaâ— in that voyage there was great questyon made whyder it shulde be displayed ornatte Howe be it dyuers reasons consydered finally it was determyned to be displayed as than by cause the flemynges helde the opynion contrarie to pope Clement And therfore the frenchemen called theym Urbanystes wherfore they sayde they were heryâ—â—kes and oute of the true beleue That was the chyefe cause that it was borne and displayed in Flaunders This Oriâ—â—ambe is a precyous baner and was sent first fro heuyn for a great mysterie the whiche was euer a great comfort to them that sawe it And the same daye it shewed some of his vertue for all the mornyng there was a great thicke myst that one coude scantese another But as soone as it was displayed and lyfte vp on hyghe the myst brake away and the skye was as clere as any tyme in the yere before The lordes of FraÌ„ce were greatlye reioysed whan they sawe the sonne shine so clere that they might se all about them this greatly dyde reconfort them it was great beautie than to regarde the baners and stremars waue with the wynde And behelde well the great batayle of the flemmynges who euer styll aproched fast ioyned toguyder with their staues vpright that it semed a lytle groue of wode there were so many of them ¶ Howe the flemynges were discoÌ„fyted at the batayle of Rosebeque Cap. iiii C .xxii. IWas as than enfourmed of the lorde of Destenort who shewed me howe that he was there and sawe it and so dyde dyuers other That whan the Oriflambe was displayed and the myst gone away There came a doue and made dyuers flyghtes ouer the kynges batayle and a lytell before they fought she sat downe on one of the kynges baners the whiche euery manne toke for a good token so thus aproched the flemynges and began to shote goÌ„nes and arowes fethered with steele Thus the batayle began the whiche was right sharpe feirse at the first encouÌ„tryng for the flemyngê set on proudly thrustyng with their speares shulders lyke wylde â—o res and they helde themselfe so close toguyder that they coulde nat be opyned ther was with the shot of the gonnes at the fyrst thrust slayne of the french parte the lorde Delâ—â—rwyn baneret Morlette of Harwyn and James Dorre and so therwith the kynges batayle was reculed but the vowarde and the arerewarde passed on forth and enclosed about the flemynges and helde theym strayte I shall shewe you howe On these two wynges the men of armes fersly assawted with their stronge speares well heeded with heedê of fyne stele wherwith they persed the flemynges cotes of mayle in to the harde bones so that the flemynges were glad to esche we the strokes So thus these men of armes kept the flemynges so short that they coude nat well helpe them selfe nor put downe their armes to gyue any strokes So there were many that lost their strength and brethe and fell one vpon a â—other so dyed for lacke of breth with out strikyng of any stroke And ther was Philyppe Dartuell wounded and beaten downe amonge his men of Gaunt and whan his page with his horse sawe the discoÌ„fyture of his mayster he departed and lefte his mayster for he coulde nat helpe hym and so rode to Courtray towardes Gaunt THus these batayls assembled to gyder So the â—lemynges batayle was inclosed on bothe sydes so that they coulde passe no way than the kynges batayle came forth agayne the whiche was before a lytell drawen a backe The men of armes beate downe the flemynges on euery sydâ— some had good axes of stele wher with they brake a sonder bassenetes and some had malles of leade wherwith they gaue suche strokes that they beat all downe to the
sente vs hyder and named them they knowe nat what ye thynke or entende They requyre you that they may peasably without parell come and speke with you and retourne agayne to the kyng and shewe hym the answere that ye make to them otherwyse they dare nat come to you By oure faythes sirs quod they they ought to say no suche wordes to vs but of their geÌ„tylnesse we thynke ye do but mocke vs. Surely sirs quod the heraudes we speke it in good certentie Than quod the parisyens go your way and say to them that they may come at their pleasure to vs without daunger or parell for they shall haue no hurt for none of vs for we are all redy to fulfyll their commaundementes Than the herauldes retourned to the lordes and shewed them as ye haue herde thaÌ„ the four lordes rode for the and their company and came to the parisyens whome they founde in good array and order of batayle and there were mo than .xx. thousande malles and as the lordes passed by them and behelde theym well within them selfe they praysed moche their maner also as they passed by euer the parisyeÌ„s enclyned them selfe to theÌ„ And whan these lordes were as in the myddes amonge them than they rested and stode styll And the Constable spake a highe and sayde ye people of Parys what hath moued you to issue out of the cytie in this order of batayle It semeth ye wyll fyght agaynst the kynge our souerayne lorde whose subgettes ye be or shulde be Sir quod they saue youre grace We were neuer of wyll to do any thynge agaynst the kynge But sir we be yssued out for non other cause but to shewe the kyng what puyssance the parisyens be of The kyng is but yonge he neuer as yet sawe it and without he se it he can nat knowe it nor how he may be serued if nede be Sirs quod the coÌ„stable ye speke well But we saye vnto you fro the kynge that as at this tyme he wyll not se you in this maner for this that ye haue done suffyseth Therfore we counsayle you to retourne agayne peaseably to Parys euery man to his owne lodgynge and do of youre harnesse if ye entende that the kynge shall come hyder Sir quod they we shall with right a good wyll fulfyll youre commaundement And so therwith they all retourned in to Parys euery man to his owne house to vnarme hym And the sayde four lordes retourned to the kyng and shewed vnto hym all the wordes that ye haue herde before Than it was determyned that the kyng his vncles and lordes and certayne men of armes with them shulde entre in to Parys And the great bande to â—yde without the cyte rouÌ„de about to gyue the more feare to the parisyens And the lorde of Coucy and the marshall of saÌ„xere were ordayned that assoone as the kynge were entred in to Parys that they shulde take downe the leaues of the gates of the four princypals of the cytie towarde saynt Denyce and saynt More So that the gates myght stande open day night for all maner of men of warrÌ„ to entre in and out at their pleasur to th entent to mayster them of Parys if nede were And also they to take downe all the chenesse in euery strete to ryde in and out at their pleasure And as it was ordayned so it was done And so the kyng entred in to Parys and lodged at Loure and his vncles by him and thother lordes in dyuers logynges So thus the gates were taken out of the gouges layd downe on the grounde and the chenesse of euery strete taken downe brought in to the palayes Than the parisyens were in great dout and feared that they shulde be ouer ron so that none of them durst loke out in to the strete nor open dore nor wyndowe thus they were a thre dayes in great parell and feare to receyue greatter domage as they dyd for it cost many of them great fynance and rauÌ„ some For they were called in to the chambre of counsayle one after another suche as the lordê wolde haue And so there they were rauÌ„somed some at sixe thousande frankes some at thre some at one So that ther was leuyed in Parys to the kynges profyte to his vncles and to his mynisters the soÌ„me of foure hundred M. frankes Ther was nothyng demauÌ„ded of the poore people but of the great maysters suche as might bear it They were right happy that might escape with payeng of rauÌ„some And euery man by him self was fayne to bring their harnesse in sackes to yâ— castell of Beautie other wise called the castell of UyceÌ„nes and there it was closed in a great towre their mals also thus the parisyeÌ„s were deltâ—all to gyue ensaÌ„ple to all other good townes of FraÌ„ce and ther were reysed vp subsydê gabels aydê fouages douzimes trezimes all other suche thyngê also all the playne couÌ„tre about cleneryfled ¶ Howe dyuers notable men of Paris were beheeded with mayster Johan Marettes at Parys in dyuers other townes of Fraunce and of the warrÌ„ of the gauÌ„toise that was newe begon agayne Cap. CCCC .xxvii. THere were also diuers taken and put in prison and many drowned and than to apease the remynant there was a crye made in the cyte that none on payne of dethe shuld do any hurt to any parisyen nor ro 〈…〉 nor take any thynge out of any house without payeng therfore This cry apeased greatly them of the cyte Howe be it on a day there were dyuers persones ledde out of the castell iudged to dye for their defaulê for styrring vp of the comons Howbeit there was great marueyle made of mayster Johan Marettes who was reputed and renoumed a sage and a notable man Some said he had wrong to be iudged to dye for he had alwayes bene a man of great wysedome and good counsayle And was one of the moost auteÌ„tyke men of the court of parlyameÌ„t and had serued kyng Philyppe kyng Johan and kynge Charles and was neuer founde in no defaute Howe be it he was than iudged to be beheeded and a .xii. in his company And as he was caryed on a charet to the place of execusion He spake and sayd Where be they that hath iudged me to dye Let them come forthe shewe the cause why Thus he preached to the people as he went to his execusyon The people had great pyte on him but they durst speke no worde He was brought to the markette place of the halles and there first were beheeded suche as were brought thyder with hym There was one called Nicholas flamant a draper and ther was offred to saue his lyfe threscore thousande frankes but it wolde nat be taken but there he dyed And whan they came to mayster Johan Marettes they sayde to hym Mayster Johan crye mercy to the king to forgyue you your mysdedes Than he tourned hym and sayde I haue serued kyng
realme of Fraunce was sore wasted and exyled and specially in yâ— terme that the sayd frere haâ— sette The whiche was in the yeres of our lorde M. CCC 〈◊〉 .lvii. lviii and .lix. He sayde in those yeres the pryncis and gentylmen of the realme 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for feare shewe them selfe agaynst the people 〈◊〉 lowe estate assembled of all cou 〈…〉 without heed or Capitayne and they shulde 〈◊〉 as they lyste in the realme of Fraunce the whiche 〈◊〉 after as ye haue herde howe the companyons assembled theym to guether and 〈◊〉 〈…〉 son of theyr robbery and pyllage waâ—â—d riche and became great capitaynes NOWe lette vs retourne to the kynge of Englande Who laye at Bourge the Royne a two lyttell leages â—ro Parys and all his ooste towardes Mou 〈…〉 hery the kynge sente his herauldes to Paris to the duke of Normandy who laye there with great companye of men of warre to demaunde batayle but the duke wolde nat agree therto The messangers returned without any thynge 〈◊〉 And whan the kynge sawe that he shulde hauâ— no batayle he was sore â—ispleaseâ— Than 〈◊〉 Gaulter of Manny desyred the kynge that he myght make a sâ—rymyshe at the Bayles of Parys the kynge agreed therto and named suche as shulde go with hym and the kyng made certayne newe knyghtes as the lorde Fitz Waâ—er the lorde of Siluacier syr Balastre yâ— William Torceaux syr Thomas Spencer syr Johan Neuell syr Richarde Dostenay and other Also the kynge wolde haue made knyght Collaâ—â— Dambreticourte sonne to syr Nicholas Who was squier for the kynges body but the squâ—eâ— excused hym selfe he sayde he coulde nat fynde his Bassenette The lorde of Manny dyd his enterprise â–ª and brought these new knyghtes to skrymyshe at the Barriers of Parys There was a sore skrymyshe for within the cite there were mane good knyghtes and squiers Who wolde gladly haue issued out if the duke of Normandy wold agreed therto howe be it they defended theyr gate and barryers in suche Wyseâ— that they toke litell â—ammage This skrymyâ—â— endured from the mornynge tyll noone diuers were hurte on both partyes Than the lorde of Manny withdrewe to his lodgynge and there taryed all that daye and the nexte nyght folowynge And the next daye after the kyng 〈…〉 ged and toke the waye towarde Moutleheâ—y â–ª Certayne knyghtes of Englande and of Gaâ—coyne at theyr dislodgyng determined to lyâ— in a busshment for they thought ther were so many gentylmeÌ„ in Parys that some of them wold aduenture to issue oute And so a two hundred of chosen men of armes gascoyns and englisshe layed them selfe in a busshemeÌ„t in a voyd house a .iii. leages fro Parys There was the captall of Buz â–ª ser Edmonde of Pomiers and yâ— lorde of Courton gascoyns And ther were englisshe the lorde Neuell the lorde Mombray and syr Richarde of Pounchardon these .vi. knyghtes were chieâ— capitaynes of this imbuâ—shement Whan the frenchemen in Parys sawe the dyslodgynge of the englysshe oost certayne yonge knyghtes drewe to guether and sayd It Were good that we issued out of this cite secretly and folowe the englisshe oost perauenture we may happe somwhat to wynne Anone there agreed to yâ— purpose syr Raâ—â— of Coucy sir Rauâ— of Remenall the lorde of Montsault the lorde of Helay the chatelayne of Beauuoys the Begue of Uillaines the lorde of Beausiers the lorde of Ulbariâ— â–ª sir Gauwen of Ualouell sir Flaâ—ant of Roy syr â—elles of Cauilly syr Peter of â—armoises Peter of Sauoise and about 〈◊〉 â—peares in theyr coÌ„pany They issued out well horsed and well wylled to do some dede of armes they rode the way to Bourge le Royne and passed by and rode so forwarde that they passed by yâ— englisse busshemeÌ„t And whan they were passed the englysshe men and gascoynes brake out and sette on them cryeng theyr cryes The trenchemen returned and had great meruaile what it was and incontinent they knewe howe it was theyr ennemies Than they stode styll and set them selfe in ordre of batayle and couched their speares agaynst the englisshmen and gascoyns at the first metynge there was a sore iustê and diuerse cast to the erthe on bothe parties for they wer all well horsed ThaÌ„ they drew out theyr swerdes and entred eche amoÌ„g other gyuyng great strokes There was done many a propre feat of armes This fight endured a great space so that none coulde tell Who shulde haue the victory Ther yâ— captall of Buz proued hym selfe a good knyght and dyd with his handes noble dedes of armes Finally the englisshemen and gascoyns bare them selfe so well that the victorie abode on theyr part they were as many and half as many agayne as the frenche men were On the frenche ê‘tie the lord of CaÌ„premy was a good knyght for he fought valiauntly vnder his baner and he that bare it was slayne and the lorde taken prisoner The other freÌ„che knyghtes and squiers seing theyr euyll aduenture retourned towarde Parys and fought euer as they fled for they were sore poursewed The chace endured tyll they paste Bourg le Royne there were taken a .ix. knyghtes and squiers And if the englysshemeÌ„ and gascoyns who pursewed them had nat doubted the issuynge out of them of Paris all the other had ben takeÌ„ or slayne but whan they had done theyr feat they retourned to MouÌ„tlehery where the kyng of England was and brought thither with them theyr prisoners and raunsomed them courtesly the same nyght and suffred them to go whither they lyste and trusted them on theyr faithes THe entencion of the kynge of Englande was to entre into the good countrey of Bâ—auâ—se and so to drawe alonge the Ryuere of Loyre and so all that somer to abyde in Britayne tyll after August And than at the vyntage to retourne agayne into France and to lay siege to Parys for he wolde nat retourne agayne into Englande bicause he sayd or he departed out of Englande that he wolde nat retourne agayne tyll he had Fraunce at his pleasure and he lefte his men in garisons to make warre in France in Champayn in poicton in Ponthieu in Uimeu in Uulgesyn and in Normandy and in al the realme of Fraunce and in the good townes cites suche as toke his parte with theyr owne good wylles All this season the duke of Normandye was at Parys and his two bretherne and the duke of orle aunse theyr vncle and their counsailes They ymagined well the courage of the kyng of Englande and howe that he and his meÌ„brought the realme of FraÌ„ce into great pouerte and sawe well howe the realme coulde nat longe endure in that case for the rentes of yâ— lordes and of the churches were nygh lost in euery parte As than there was a sage and a discrete persone Chauncellour of Fraunce called syr William of Montague bysshop of Tyrwin by whose couÌ„saile moche of FraÌ„ce was ruled good cause why Forâ—euer his counsayle was good and true and with hym there were
.ii. other clerkes of great prudence the Abbotte of Clugny and the maister of the friers prechers called syr Symon of Langres a maister in diuinite These two clerkes at the desyre of the duke of Normandy and of the hole counsaile of Fraunce departed from Paris with certayn articles of peace and syr Hewe of Geneue lorde of Autun in their company And they went to the kynge of Englande Who rode in Beausse towarde Galardon These two clerkes and .ii. knyghtes spake with yâ— kyng and began to fall in treatye for a peace to be had of hym and hys alies To the whiche treatye the prince of Wales the duke of LaÌ„castre and the erle of Marche were called This treatie was nat as than concluded for it was longe a dryuynge and allwayes the kyng went forward These embassadours wold nat so leaue the kyng but stylsued and folowed on theyr pourpose For they sawe howe the frenche kynge was in so poure estate that the realme was lykely to be in a great ieopardye if the warre contynued a somer longer And on the other syde the kynge of Englande requyred so great thynges and so preiudiciall to the realme of Fraunce that the lordes wolde nat agree therto for theyr honours So that al theyr treatie the whiche endured a .xvii. dayes styll folowynge the kynge they sent euer theyr proces dayely to the duke of Normandy to the citie of Parys euer desyrynge to haue agayne answere what they shulde do farther the whyche ê“cesse were secretly and sufficiently examyned in the regentes chambre at Parys and answere was sent agayne by wryttynge to them what they shulde do and what they shulde offre And so these ambassadours were often tymes with the kynge as he went forewarde towarde the cite of Charters as in other placess and great offers they made to come to a conclusion of the warre and to haue a peace To the whiche offers the kynge of England was hard harted to agree vnto for his entension was to be kynge of Fraunce and to dye in that estate For if the duke of Lancastre his cosyn had nat counsayled hym to haue peace he wolde nat agreed thervnto but he sayd to the kynge Syr this Warre that ye make in the realme of FraÌ„ce is ryght maruaylous and ryght fauourable for you your men wynne great ryches and ye lese your tyme all thyngess consyderedde or ye come to your entente ye maye happe to make Warre all the dayes of your lyfe Syr I wold counsayle you syth ye may leaue the Warre to your honoure and profytte accepte the offers that ben made vnto you for syr you myght lese more in a daye than we haue wonne in twenty yere Suche fayre and subtyle wordes that the duke of Lancastre sayde in good entencion and for welthe of the kynge and all his subiectes coÌ„uerted the kynge by the grace of the holy goost Who was chief warker in that case For on a daye as the kynge Was before Charterss there fell a case that greatly huâ—â—led the kyngess courage for whyle these ambassadours were treatynge for this peace and had none agreable answere there fell sodaynly suche a tempest of thoÌ„der lyghtnyng rayne and hayle in the kyngess oost that iâ— semed that the worlde shulde haue ended there fell from heuyn suche great stoness that it slewe men and horses so that the mooste hardyest were abasshed Than the kyng of Englande behelde the churche of our lady of Charters and auowed deuoutly to our lady to agre to the peace and as it was sayd he was as than confessed and lodged in avillage nere to Charters called Bretigny and there were made certayne composicions of peace vpon certayne articles after ordeynedâ— and the more syrmely to be concluded by these ambassadours and by the kynge of Englande and his counsayle ther was ordeyned by good delyberacion and aduyce a letter called the charter of the peace Wherof the effecte foweth ¶ The fourme and tenor of the letter on the peas made before Charters bitwene the kynges of Englande and Fraunce Cap. CC .xii. EDward by the grace of god kynge of Englande lord of Irelande and of Aquitaine To all to Whom these present letters shall come We sende gretyng howe by the discencioÌ„s debates striffess moued or hereafter to be moued bytwene vs our ryght dere brother the Frenche kynge certayne commyssyoners and procurers of ours and of our dere sonne prince of Wales hauyng sufficient power and auctorite for vs for hym and for our hole realme on the one parte And certayne other commyssyoners and procurers of our dere brother the frenche kyng and of our right dere nephewe Charles duke of Normandy and dolphyn of Uienne eldest sonne to our sayd brother of Fraunce hauynge power and auctorite for his father for his part and also for hym selfe that they be assembled at Bretigny nere to Charters at whiche place it is agreed accorded by the sayd commyssyoners and procurers of eyther party vpon all discencions debates warres and discordes The whiche treates by our procurers and our sonnes for vs and for hym and also the procurers of our sayd brother and of our sayd nephew for his father and for hym swereth by the holy euangelystê to hold kepe and accomplysshe this treatie by the whithe accorde amonge other thynges our brother of Fraunce and his sayd sonne are bounde and promyseth to delyuer to leaue to vs our heires and successours for euer the counties cites townes castels fortresses landes Iles rentes reuennues and other thynges as foloweth besyde that we haue and holde all redy in Guyen and in Sascoyne to possede perpetually by vs and by our heires and successours all that is in demayne and all that is in fee by the tyme and maner hereafter declared that is to say the castell and countie of Poicters and al the landes and countrey of Poictow with the fee of Thowars and the landes of Bellville the cite and castell of xayntis and all the landes and counte of xaynton on both sydes the ryuer of Charente with the towne and forteresse of Rochelle and theyr appurtenaunces the citie and Castell of Agene and the countrey of Agenoyse the citie towne and Castell of Pierregourte and all the countrey therto belongynge the cite and castell of Lymoges and the landes and couÌ„trey of Lymosyn the cite and castell of Caours the castell and countrey of Tarbe the laâ—des couÌ„trey and countie of Bigore The countie countrey and laâ—de of Gowre the citie and castell of Angolesme and all the countrey therto perteynynge the citie towne and castell of Rodaix â–ª the couÌ„tie and couÌ„trey of Rouergne And if there be in the duchye of Guyne any lordes as the erle of Foiz the erle of Armmake the Erle of Lisle the Uicount of Carmaine the erle of Pierregourt â–ª the Uicount of Lymoges or other holdynge any laâ—des within the foresayde bondes they shall do homage to vs and all other seruicis due and accustomed for their landes and places in