and pleasauÌ„t hystory of the noble Edward kyng of Ingland who was crowued at LondoÌ„ the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .xxvi. on Christmas day lyuyÌ„g the kyng his father and the quene his mother It is certayne that the opinyon of inglisshmen most comonly was as than and often tymes it was seen in Ingland after the tyme of kyng At thure howe that betwene two valyant kynges of Ingland ther was most comoÌ„ly one bitwene them of lesse sufficiauncy both of wytte and of prowes and this was ryght well aparant by the same kyng Edward the thyrde for his graundfather called the good kyng Edward the fyrste was ryght valyant sage wyse and hardy auenturous and fortunate in al featis of warre and had moche a do agaynst the scottis and conquered them .iii. or .iiii. tymes For the scottê coude neuer haue victory nor idure agaynst hym and after his dissease his soÌ„ne of his first wyfe who was father to the sayd good kyng Edward the thyrde was crowned kyng and called Edward the .ii. Who resembled nothyng to his father in wyt nor in prowes but gouerned and kept his realme ryght wyldly and ruled hym selfe by synyster counsell of certayne parsons wherby at length he had no profytte norlaude as ye shall here after For anone after he was crowned Robert Bruse kyng of Scotlande who had often before gyuen moche a do to the sayd good kyng Edward the fyrst conquered agayne all Scotland and brent and wasted a great parte of the realme of England a .iiii. or .v. dayes iourney Within the realme at two tymes and discomfyted the kyng and all the Barons of Ingland at a place in Scotland called Estaruelyn by batel arengyd the day of saynt JohnÌ„ Baptyst in the .vii. yere of the reigne of the same kyng Edward In the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xiiii. The chase of this discoÌ„feture endured .ii. dayes and two nyghtys And the kyng of Ingland weÌ„t with a small company to London and on Mydlentsonday in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xvi. The scottis wan agayne the cite of Berwyk by treason but bicause this is no part of our mater I wyll leue spekyng therof ¶ Here myn auctour maketh mencion of the parentê of this good kyng Edward the .iii. Cap. iiii THis kyng Edward the .ii. father to the noble kyng Edward the .iii. had .ii. brethernÌ„ the one called Marshall who was ryght wyld diuers of condicions the other called sir Aymon erle of Cane right wyse a miable geÌ„tle and welbeloued with alpeople This kyng Edward the .ii. was maried to Isabell yâ— doughter of Philyp la Beaw kyng of FrauÌ„ce who Was one of the feyrest ladyes of the worlde The kyng had by her .ii. soÌ„nes .ii. doughters The fyrste son was the noble hardy kyng Edward yâ— .iii. of whom this hystory is begon The .ii. was named JohnÌ„ dyed yong The first of the doughters was called Isabel maried to the yoÌ„g kyng Dauid of scotlaÌ„d son to kyng Robert de Bruse maried in her teÌ„der yongth by thaccord of both realmes of Ingland Scotland for to make 〈◊〉 fight pear The other doughter was maried to the erle Reynold who after was called duke of Guerles he had by her .ii. soÌ„nes Reynold and Edward who after reygned iÌ„ great puissauÌ„ce Herafter begynneth the occasioÌ„ wher by the warr moued bitwene the kyngis of FrauÌ„ce and Ingland Cap. v. NOw sheweth the hystory that this Philyp la Beaw kyng of FrauÌ„ce had .iii. soÌ„nes and a feyre doughter named Isabel maried into Ingland to kyng Edward the .ii. these .iii. soÌ„nes theldest named Lewes who was kyng of Nauerr in his fathers daies was called kyng Lewys Hotin The .ii. had to name Philyp the great or the long and the .iii. was called Charles and all .iii. were kyngis of FrauÌ„ce after theyr fathers discease by ryght succession eche aff other without hauyng any issue male of theyr bodies laufully begoten So that after the deth of Charlis last kyng of the .iii. the xii piers and all the baroÌ„s of FrauÌ„ce wold nat gyue the realme to Isabell the suster who was quene of InglaÌ„d by cause they sayd maynteyned yet do that the realme of FrauÌ„ce is so noble that it ought nat to go to a womaÌ„ and so coÌ„sequeÌ„tly to Isabel nor to the kyng of Inglande her eldest sonne for they determyned the sonne of the womaÌ„ to haue no ryght nor succession by his mother syn they declared the mother to haue no ryght so that by these reasons the .xii. piers and baroÌ„s of FrauÌ„ce by theyr comon acord dyd gyue the realme of FrauÌ„ce to the lord Philyp of Ualois Nephew somtyme to Philyp la beawe kyng of FrauÌ„ce and so put out the quene of Ingland and her sonne who was as the next heire male as soÌ„ne to the suster of Charles last kyng of Fraunce Thus went the realme of Fraunce out of the ryght lynage as it semed to many folkê Wherby great Warres hath moued and fallen and great distructioÌ„s of people and couÌ„tres in the realme of FrauÌ„ce other places as ye may here after This is the very right fouÌ„dation of this hystory to recount the great entreprises great featis of armes yâ— haue fortuned fallen syth the tyme of the good Charlemaigne kyng of Fraunce ther neuer fell so great aduentures ¶ Of the erle Thomas of Lancastre and .xxii. other of the great lordis and knyghtis of Inglande that were beheeddyd Cap. vi THe forsaid kyng Edward the .ii. father to the noble kyng Edward the .iii. on whom our mater is fouÌ„ded This sayd kyng gouerned right diuersly his realme by the exortacioÌ„ of ser Hewe SpeÌ„cer who had ben norisshed with hym syth the begynnyng of his yongth The whiche ser Hewe had so enticed the kyng that his father he were the greattest maisters in all the realme and by enuy thought to surmouÌ„t all other barons of Ingland wherby after the great discoÌ„feture that the scottê had made at Estermelyn great murmoryng ther arose in Ingland bitweneâ—the noble baroÌ„s and the kyngê couÌ„sell namely ageynst ser Hewe SpeÌ„cer They put on hym that by his counsell they were discomfeted and that he was fauorable to the kyng of scottê And on this poynt the haroÌ„s had diuers tymes comunicatioÌ„ to gether to be aduised what they myght do wherof Thomas erle of LaÌ„ 〈…〉 re who was vncle to the kyng was chief And anon whan ser Hewe Spencer had espied this he purueyd for remedy for he was so great with the kyng and so nere hym yâ— he was more beloued with the kyng than all the world after So on a day he came to the kyng and sayd sir certayn lordes of your realme haue made aliaunce to gether agaynst you without ye take hede therto by tymes they purpose to put you out of your realme And so by his malicioê° meanes he caused that the kyng made all the sayd lordes to be takyn and theyr heedis
howe be it I am nat worthy nor sufficient to achyue suche a noble entreprise Than the kyng sayd a geÌ„tle knyght I thaÌ„ke you so that ye wyl promyse to do it Syr sayd the knyght I shall do it vndoubtedly by the faythe that I owe to god and to the ordre of knyghthodde Than I thanke you sayd the kyng for nowe shall I dyâ— in more ease of my mynde sith that I knowe that the most worthy and sufficient knyght of my realme shall achyue for me the whiche I coulde neuer atteyne vnto And thus soone after thys noble Robert de Bruse kyng of Scotland tâ—â—passed out of this vncertayne worlde and hys hart taken out of his body and enbaumed and honorably he was entred in the abbey of Donfremlyn in the yere of our lord god M. CCC .xxvii. the .vii. day of the moneth of Nouembre And whan the spryngyng tyme began Than ser William Duglas purueied hym of that whiche aparteyned for his entreprise and toke his ship at the port of Morais in Scotlande and sailed into Flanders to Shluce to here tydyngê and to knowe if there were any noble man in that couÌ„trey that wolde go to Jerusalem to th eÌ„tent to haue more coÌ„pany and he lay styll at Sluce the space of .xii. daies or he departed but he wold neuer come alande but kept styll his shyp and kept alwaies his port and behauour with great Tryumphe with trumpettis and clarions as though he had ben kyng of scottê hym selfe and in his companye there was a knyght baneret .vii. other knyghtis of the realme of Scotland and .xxvi. yong squiers gentylmeÌ„ to serue hym â–ª and all his vessell was of golde and siluer pottê basons ewers Dysshes flagons barels cuppes and all other thyngis And all suche as wolde come and se hym they were Well serued â–ª with two maner of wynes and dyuerse maner of spices all maner of people accordyng to their degres And whan he had thus taryed there the space of .xii. dayes he hard reported that Alphons kyng of Spaigne made warre ageynst a sarazyn kyng of Granade ThaÌ„ he thought to draw to that partie thynkyng suerely he could nat bestowe his tyme more nobly thaÌ„ to warre ayenst goddis ennemies and that entreprise done thaÌ„ he thought to go forth to JerusaleÌ„ to acheue that he was charged with And so he departed toke the se to ward Spaigne and arryued at the port of Ualenâ— the great Than he 〈◊〉 streight to the kyng of Spaigne who helde his hoste ageynst the kyng of Granade sarazyn and they were nere to gether on the fronters of his lande and within a while after that this knyght syr WilliaÌ„ Duglas was come to the kyng of Spaigne On a day the kyng issued out into the felde to aproche nere to his ennemies And the kyng of Granade issued out in like wyse on his part so that eche kyng myght se other with al their baners displayed Than they arenged their batels eche ageynst other Than 〈◊〉 William Duglas drewe out on the one syde with all his company to the entent to shewe his prowes the better And whan he saw these batels thus ranged on both parties and sawe that the bataile of the kyng of Spaigne began somewhat to aduaunce towarde their ennemies he thought than verelye that they shulde soone asseÌ„ble to gether to fyght at hande strokes and than he thought rather to be with the formest than with the hyndemoost and strake his horse with the spurres and al his company also and dashte into the batelle of the kyng of Granade criynge Duglas Duglas Wenyng to hym the kyng of Spaigne and his host had folowed but they dyd nat Wherfore he was disceyued for the Spaignyss he host stode styll And so this gentle knyght was enclosed all his company with the sarazyns where as he dyd meruelles in armes but fynally he coulde nat endure so that he and all his company were slayne The whiche was great daÌ„mage that the spaynyardis wolde nat rescue them ¶ Also in this season there were certayn lordes that treated for peace bitwene InglaÌ„d Scotlande So that at the last there was a mariage made and solempnised bitwene the yong kyng of Scotland and dame Johan of the towre suster to kyng Edward of Ingland at Berwyke as the inglisshe cronicle saith on Mary Maud lyâ—day The yere of our lord M .iii. C .xxviii. agaynst the assente of many of the nobles of the realme But quene Isabell the kyng is mother and the erle Mortymer made that mariage at the whiche as myn auctor saith there was great feast made on bothe parties ¶ Howe PhylyppÌ„ of Ualoys was crowned kyng of Fraunce Cap. xxi Kyng Charles of Fraunce soÌ„ne to the fayre kyng Phylyp was .iii. tymes maried and yet dyed without issue male The first of his wyues was one of the most fayrest ladyes in all the world she was doughter to the erle of Artoys Howe be it she kept but euyll the sacrameÌ„t of matrimony but brake her wedloke Wherfore she was kept a long space in pryson in the castell Gaylarde before that her husband was made kyng And whan the realme of FraÌ„ce was fallen to hym he was crowned by the assent of the .xii. dowsepiers of Fraunce and thaÌ„ bicause they wold nat that the realme of FraÌ„ce shulde belong without an heyre male they aduysed by their counsell that the kyng shulde be remaryed agayne and so he was to the doughter of the Emperour Henry of Lucenbourg suster to the gentle kyng of Bayhaigne Wherby the first mariage of the kyng was fordoone bytwene hym and his wyfe that was in prison by the liceÌ„ce and declaracyon of the pope that was than and by his .ii. wyfe who was ryght humble and a noble wyse lady the kyng had a soÌ„ne who dyed in his yong age and the quene also at Issodnii in Berrey And they both dyed suspeciously Wherfore dyuers parsones were put to blame after priuely And after this the same kyng Charles was maried agayn the .iii. tyme to the doughter of his vncle the lorde Loyes erle of Dewreux and she was suster to the kyng of Nauerre and was named quene Johan And so in tyme and space this lady was with childe and in the meane tyme the kyng Charles her husband fell sycke and lay downe on his dethe bedde And whan he sawe there Was no waye with hym but deth he deuised that if it fortuned the quene to be delyuered of a sonne Than he wolde that the lorde Phylyp of Ualoys shulde be his gouernour and regent of all hys realme tyll his sonne come to suche age as he myght be crowned kyng and if it fortune the quene to haue a doughter than he wold that all the .xii. piers of Fraunce shulde take aduyse and counsell for the forther ordering of the realme and that they shuld gyue the realme and regally to hym that had moost ryght therto And so within a whyle after the
to the value of M. 〈◊〉 no farther And other men that haue nat .iiii. C. 〈◊〉 of reuenewes their goodâ— shal be rekenyd tyll they 〈◊〉 to .iiii. M. 〈◊〉 that is to say C. 〈◊〉 of mouables 〈◊〉 x. 〈◊〉 of reuenues and after that rate to nay And if a noble man haue nat in reuenues but all onely C. 〈◊〉 and in mouables nat past M. 〈◊〉 or that a noble man hath nat in reuenues nat past 〈◊〉 C. 〈◊〉 nor in mouables past .iiii. M. and it 〈◊〉 part in mouables and part in reuenewes they must be estemyd togyder to the somÌ„e of M. 〈◊〉 for the noble men to .iiii. M. 〈◊〉 to other and nat aboue The saturday the fyft day of marche the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lvi. there rose a disceÌ„yon bytwene the coÌ„mons of the towne of Arras and the great men of the same and the coÌ„mons slewe yâ— same day mo than .xvii. of yâ— chefe ê‘sonages of the towne and on the monday after they slewe other four and banisshed dyuers that were nat as than in towne and so the coÌ„mons was as than chefe maisters in yâ— towne ¶ How the french kyng toke the kynge of Nauer and beheeded the erle of Harcourt other at Roan Ca. C .lvi. ALso the iuesday the .v. day of Aprill about the myddes of lent the frenche kyng deê‘ted before day fro Meneuell in harnes accoÌ„panyed with a. CC. speares amonge the which was therle of Aniowe his sonne and the duke of Orleance his brother the lorde John de Arthoyserle of Ewe yâ— lorde Charles his brother cosyn germayn to yâ— kyng the erle of Tankernyll sir Arnolde DaÌ„drehen than marshall of Fraunce and dyuers other to the nombre abouesayd The kyng and they caÌ„e streyght to the castell of Rowan by the posterne and came nat in the towne And there he founde in the hall at dyner with his sonne the dolphyne Charles the kyng of Nauerr and JohnÌ„ erle of Harcourt and the lordes of Preaux Grauyll Clere and dyuers other Ther the french kyng caused the kyng of Nauer to be taken therle of Harcourt the lordes of Preaux of Clere sir Loys and sir Wylliam of Harcourt bretherne to yâ— erle the lorde Frequent of Fryquant the lorde of Tournbeu the lorde Maubeu of Mamesners and two squyers Olyuer Doubles Johan Uaubatou and dyuers other The kynge put them in prison in dyuerse chambers within the same castell bycause that syth the newe recoÌ„syâ—â—acion made for the deth of the lorde Charles late constable of Fraunce the kyng of Nauerre had ymagined and treated dyuers thynges to the damage and dyshonour of the frenche kyng and of his realme And therle of Harcourt had spoken iniuryous wordes agaynst the kyng in the castell of Ruell where the assemble was to conclude for the ayde to be gyuen to the kynge in lettyng to his power the same ayd to be grauÌ„ted Than the frenche kyng dyned there and after toke his horse and rodde out into a telde behynde the castell called the felde of pardon and thyder in two cartê was brought therle of Harcourt the lorde Grauylle the lorde Maubeu and Olyuer Doubles and there all their heedê were stryken of and after all foure drawen to the gybette of Rowan and there hanged and their heedes sette on the gybette The same day and the next day the frenche kynge delyuered all the other out of prison except thre that is to say Charles kyng of Nauer who was caryed to Parys and put in prison in the castell of Loure and after into the chatelette And certayne of the frenche kynges counsell were apoynted to kepe him also Fryquet and Uaubatou were put into the same prison and therfore the lorde PhilyppÌ„ of Nauer helde in his handes dyuers castels pertayning to his brother the kyng of Nauerre in Normandy And for all that the frenche kynge sende to hym to delyuer the same castels yet the refused so to do and he and the lorde Godfray of Harcourt assembled togyder dyuers enemys of the french kynges and brought them into the contrey of Constantyne the which countre they helde and kept fro the frenche kyng The wednysday after Ester theyere of our lorde god a. M. CCC .lvi. sir Arnold DaÌ„drehen than marshall of France went to the towne of Arras and ther wysely wtout any besynesse of men of warr he toke mo than a hundred prisoners of them of the towne suche as had made the rebellyon ther and slayne dyuers of the chiefe burgesses of the towne And the next day he made .xx. of them to be beheeded and the other he kept styll in prison to knowe the kynges pleasure in that behalfe so by that meanes the towne was brought into trewe obeysance to the kyng In the moneth of June the duke of Lancastre came into CoÌ„stantyne and fyll in company with the lorde Philyp of Nauerr and the lorde Godfray of Harcourt they were in all about a foure thousande fyghtyng meÌ„ they rode to Lyseur to Orbec to PoÌ„theau and refresshed the castell there the which had ben besieged more than two monethes but the lorde Robert of Hotetot maister of the crosbowes in Fraunce who had layne there at sieg with dyuers nobles and other departed fro the siege whan the knewe of the commynge of the duke of Lancastre and left behynde theym for hast their engyns and artillary and they of the castell toke all Than the duke of LaÌ„castre and his company rode for the robbyng and pyllyng the townes and contrey as they passed toward Bretuell the which they newely refresshed and bycause that they knewe and founde the cyte and castell of Eureux to be newely yelded to the frenche kynge who had longe kept a siege there at And also they sawe howe the cytie was breÌ„t and the cathedrall churche robbed as well by the naueroyse who yelded vp the castell by composycyon as by the frenchemen that lay there at the siege They left it and than the duke of Lancastre and the lorde Philyppe of Nauerr went to Uernueyll in Perche and toke the towne and castell and robbed the towne and brent a great parte therof The frenche kyng who had made redy his assemble assoone as he herde tidynges of the duke of Lancastre he wente after hym with a great nombre of men of armes and fotemenne and folowed them to Conde in goynge streyght to the towne of Uernueyll thanne the duke and his company went towardes the towne of the Egle and the kynge folowed them tyll he came to Tuebufe a two leages fro the towne of the Egle. And thaÌ„ there it was shewed to the kyng howe he coulde folowe no farther for ther were suche forestes that his ennemyes myght take hym whan they lyste soo that the shulde do but lese his labour to go any farther after them than the kyng retourned with all his hoost and went to the castell of Thilyers the whiche was in the haÌ„des of nauaroes The kyng toke it and sette men of warr
quene dyed and as the pâ—ysicyons sayde through her owne faulte for she laye in chyld bed of a fayre lady named â—ateryne who was after duches of Berrey the qwene beyng in chyldbed was nat well at ease and her physicions had defeÌ„ded her in any wyse that she shulâ—e â–ª nat enter in to no bayne for they sayd it was contrary to her dissease and ryght perylus for her All that nat withstandyng she wolde nedes be bayned and so she was and so fell sycker and dyed And so kyng Charles of Fraunce was a wydower for he neuer maryed after ¶ Howe the warre began agayne bitwene the naueroyse and the frenchemen and of the begynning of the cisme of holy churche Ca. CCC .xxvi. AFter the deth of the freÌ„che quene dyed also the qwene of Nauer suster germayne to the frenche kyng And after the deth of this qwene of Nauer great murmuryng rose bytwene the sagemen customyers of the countie of Uire whiche is in Normandy the whiche by ryght successyon of their mother shulde â—all to the kyng of Nauers children who were as than within age and vnder the rule and kepynge of their vncle kynge Charles of FrauÌ„ce and kyng Charles of Nauer was had in such suspect before tyme in that he had made and consented and reysed so many euilles and incoÌ„uenyences in the realme of Fraunce that he was nat worthy to holde any herytage in the realme of Fraunce vnder the shadowe of his children The same season ther came out of Acquitayne the constable of FrauÌ„ce who hadde ben all that season with the duke of Aniou and brought with him in his company the lorde Mucydent of Gascon to se the kyng and to be acquaynted with him and so he dyd Bytwene the kyng and the constable ther was many secrete couÌ„sayls of the state of the realme of Fraunce and of Nauer whiche was nat sodenly knowen we shall shortly speke of that mater But iustly to cronycle all matters that fell in the same season in the worlde I shall shewe you of the begynning of the pestylence and inconuenyens that began in the churche of god wherby all christendome was in great trouble and varyance and therby many great mischefes grewe and folowed yE haue harde here before howe pope Gregorie the .xi. of that name was in the cytie of Auygnon whan he sawe that he coude finde no maner of peace to be had bitwene the kynges of Englande and FrauÌ„ce wherwith he was in great dyspleasure for he had greatly trauelled there about had made his cardynalles to do the same Than he aduysed him selfe and had a deuocion to go and reuyset Rome and the see apostolyke the whiche saynt Peter and saynt Poule had edefyed He had made before promyse that if euer he came to the degre to be pope he wold neuer kepe his see but there as saynt Peter kepte his and ordayned it This pope was a man of feble complection and sickly and endured moche payne more than any other And he thus beyng in Auignon was so sore lette with the besynesses of Fraunce and so sore traueyled with the kyng and his brethern that with moch payne he had any leyser to take hede any thyng to him selfe or to his churche Than he sayd to him selfe he wolde go farther of fro them to be at more rest and so he caused prouysyon to be made on the ryuer of Gennes and all the wayes as he shuld passe as it apertayned to suche an highe astate as he was and than he sayd to his cardynals Sirs make you redy for I woll to Rome of that mocyon his cardynalles were sore abasshed and displeased for they loued nat the romayns and so they wolde fayne haue tourned his purpose but they coude nat And whan the frenche kyng knewe therof he was sore displeased for he thought he hadde the pope nerer at hande there than in any other place than the kyng wrote incoÌ„tynent to his brother the duke of Aniowe who was at Tholouse signyfieng him that after the syght of his letters he shulde go to Auignon to the pope and breke his voiage to Rome if it were possyble The duke dyd as the kyng commaunded him and so came to Auignon wher the cardynalles receyued him with great ioy and so was lodged in the popes palays the ofter therby to speke with the pope ye may well knowe he spake with the pope and shewed him dyuers reasons to haue brokeÌ„ his purpose but the pope wolde in noo wyse consent therto nor take any hede of any besinesses on this syde the mouÌ„tayns But the pope gaue the duke full puyssance to do what he myght reseruyng certayne cases papall the whiche he myght nat gyue to no man nor put them out of his owne handes Whan the duke sawe he coude nat come to his entent for no reason nor fayre wordê that he coude shewe he toke leaue of the pope and sayd at his departyng Holy father ye go into a good countre among suche people where as ye be but lytle beloued ye woll leue the fouÌ„tayne of faithe and the realme wher as holy churche hath moost fayth and exellence of all the worlde and sir by your dede the churche may fall in gret trybulacion for if ye dye there the which is right likely and so say the phisycions Than the romayns who be malycious and traytours shal be lordê and maysters of all the cardynalles and shall make a pope at their owne wyll howe beit for all these wordes and many other the pope neuer rested tyll he was on his way and so came to Marcyll where as the galeys of GeÌ„nes were redy to receyue him and the duke retourned agayne to Tholouse Pope Gregorie entred into the see at Marcyll with a great company and had good wynde and so tooke lande at Gennes and there newe refresshed his galays so toke the see agayne and sayled tyll he caÌ„e to Rome The romayns were ryght ioyfull of his comynge and all the chiefe of Rhome mounted on their horses and so brought him in to Rome with great tryumphe and lodged in saynt Peters palys and often tymes he vysited a churche called our lady the great within Rome Wherin he had great pleasure dyd make therin many costly warkes And within a whyle after his comynge to Rome he dyed was buryed in the sayd church and there his obsequy was made as to a pope aparteyned ANon after the dethe of the pope Gregory the cardynalles drewe them in to the conclaue in the palays of saynt Peter Anone after as they were entred to chose a pope acordyng to their vsage such one as shuld be good and profytable for holy churche the romayns assembled theÌ„ togyder in a great nombre and came in to the bowrage of saynt Peter They were to the nombre of .xxx. thousand what one and other in the entent to do yuell if the mater went nat accordynge to their appetytes And they came
for body And in the same chalenge they shulde haue thre strokes with the swerde so he had also thre swerdes borne after hym THe erle of Buckingham was enformed of this chalenge sayd Howe he wolde go and se it hym selfe And so he mouÌ„ted on his horse and the erle Stafforde and the erle Dymestre with hym and for this cause seased the assaut at Tourey â–ª the englysshmen drewe thyder to se these iustes than the englysshman caÌ„e forthe armed at all peces mouÌ„ted on a good horse Whan they were come in to the place there speares were delyuered them and so ran eche at other and myssed by reason of stryuinge of their horses The seconde course they met and ataynted Than therle of Buckyngham sayd hola cease for it is late And than he sayd to the constable cause theÌ„ to cease for they haue done ynough for this day They shall ende their enterprise another season at more leysar than we haue as nowe and take good hede yâ— the french squyer lacke nothyng but lette hym be as well kept as oure owne squyer And shewe or cause to be shewed to theÌ„ of the castell that they take no care for their squyer for he shall go with vs to ê‘forme his enterprise nat as a prisoner for if he scape a lyue he shall returne agayne with out parell The erles wordes were acomplyshshed and it was shewed to the squier by the marshall howe he shulde ryde with them without any daunger and whan the erle is content ye shall be delyuered sir quod the squyer as god wyll so be it And a haraude was sent to the castell to shewe all the mater to them within ¶ The next day they rode to yeÌ„uyll in Beause alwayes beyng in hope to fyght with their enemyes for well they knewe howe they were pursued and costed on all parties by the frenchmen who were as great a nombre as they were or greatter And to say the trouthe the frenche lordes knightes and squiers had great wyll and desyre to fight with the englysshmen and sayd among them selfe Howe it was a great shame to suffre them so longe vnfought withall And whan they spake to the kynge therof he sayd euer to them Sirs let theÌ„ alone to kepe on their waye they shall at lengthe lese them selfe So thus the englysshmen kept forthe their waye to th entent to entre in to Bretayne And as ye haue harde in yenuyll in Beause there were mo than thre hundred speres and all the hoost passed by before the barryers ther was a lytell scrimysshe and so passed forthe for they lost their payne and without yenuylle there was a fayre wyndmyll the whiche was beaten downe So the erle of Buckyngham came to ytâ—ruyll and alighted at the house of the teÌ„plers and the vouarde went to Puyset And they were aduertysed howe that there was a stronge towre and a xl companyons within Thenglysshmen went and assayled it â–ª it stode on the playne grounde with lytell defence So there was a great assaut but it endured nat longe for the englysshe archers shotte so holly toguyder that ther was none durst apere at any defence So the towre was taken and all they within slayne or taken And than thenglysshmen sette fyre in the towre and so passed forthe for they coulde fynde no good waters whiche was a great myschefe for them Than they came to Ermoyne and loged ther and fro thens wente and lodged in the forest of Marcheaunoy ¶ Of the iustê bytwene Gawen Mychaell fraunsois Joahym Cathore angloys and of the wordê that kyng Charles of Fraunce sayd on his deth bedde Cap. CCC .lxvi. WIthin the forest of Mar cheaunoye was an abbey of monkes Sesteause wherin were noble houses and buyldynges of olde tyme. it was edified bylded by a valyaÌ„t noble man therle of Bloys and he gaue thervnto reuene wes and rentes but the warres had sore mynisshed their lyuelode There the erle of Buckynghame lodged and herde masse on our lady day in Septembre And there it was ordayned that Gawen Mychaell shulde furnysshe his chalenge agaynst Joachym Cathore the nexte day the same day thenglysshmen came towarde Marcheau noy and within the towne ther was capitayne the same tyme a knyght of that countre called sir Wyllyam of saynt Martyne a ryght sage knyght and a valyant in armes Whan the englysshmen sawe the maner of that castell they withdrewe to their lodgynges The lorde Fitz water came before the castell of Uerby nat to gyue any assaute vnto it but to speke with the lorde therof at yâ— barryers bycause they knewe eche other They had ben toguyder before that tyme in Pruce So the lorde Fitz water knowledged hym selfe to the lorde of Uerby and desyred hym for olde acquayntance to sende him some of his wyne of his courtesy and promysed to saue all his landes fro brennyng and wastynge The lorde of Uerby sent hym wyne largely and thretie myches therwith for the whiche the lorde Fytz water gaue hym great thankes and kept well his promyse The next daye after our lady day Gawen Mychaell and Jochyme Cathore armed theym and mounted on their horses to performe their enterprise So they met at the speare poyntes rudely the freÌ„ch squyer iusted right plesantly the englysshman ranne to lowe for he strake the frenchman depe in to the thygh Wherwith the erle of Bucking ham was ryghtsore displeased and so were all thother lordes sayd howe it was shamefully ron Than eche of them strake thre strokes with their swerdes than therle sayd howe they had done ynough and sayd howe they shulde 〈◊〉 no moâ—â— tor he sawe the squyet blede sore â—han Gawen Mychaell was vnarmed and the erle sent hym by an haraude a hundred fraÌ„kes and gaue hym leaue to depte home agayn to his owne company Sendyng them worde howe he had acquyted hym right valiantly so this Gawen Mychaell retourned agayne to the frenche lordes and the englysshemen departed fro Marcheaunoy and toke the way towarde Uandoue but or they came there they lodged in the forest of Coulonbers YE haue herde before howe the freÌ„che kyng had sent dyuers treaties and couenauntes to certayne townes in Bretayne to the entent that they shulde nat open their townes to the englysshmen Shewyng theÌ„ that if they dyde otherwyse they shulde soore trespasse agaynst hym so yâ— it shulde be inê‘donable they of Naunces had sent to the kyng secretely that he shulde be in no doute of them Promysinge they wolde make no treatie that shulde be agaynst the kynge their lorde so that yf the englysshmen dyde aproche their towne than the kynge to sende them some socoure to the whiche the frenche kyng was well agreed and had charged his counsayle to take hede therto Of all these treaties sir Johan de Bulle hadde the busynesse therof vnder the duke of Aniou who lay at Anger 's The duke of Burgoyne was in the cytie of Mans and therabout and in the castelles and forteresses
her Thenglysshe cronycle sheweth dyuerse other consyderations why therle MortymÌ„ suffred deth the which was on saynt Andrewes euyn In the yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .xxix. The whiche I passe ouer and folowe myne authoure ¶ Of thomage that kyng Edwarde of Englande dydde to the kynge of Fraunce for the duchye of Guyen Cap. xxiiii ANd after that the king had doÌ„e these two execucyoÌ„s he toke newe counselours of the moost noblest sagest ê‘sons of his realme And so it was about a yere after that Phylip of Ualoys was crowned kyng of France that all the barones and nobles of the realme had made their homage and fealty to him except the yong king of England who had nat done his homage for the duchy of Guyen nor also he was nat somoned therto Than the king of France by thaduise of all his counsell sent ouer into Englande the lorde Auycenis the lorde Beausalt and two no table clerkes maisters of the parlyament of Parys named maister Peter of Orlyaunce and maister Peter of Masieres These .iiii. deê‘ted fro Paris and dyd somoch by their iourneis that they caÌ„e to Wysant and ther they toke see aryued at Douer And ther taryed a day to abyde the vnshypping of their horses and bagages thaÌ„ they rode forth so long that they caÌ„e to Wynsore Where as the kyng and the yong quene of England lay And than these foure caused to be knowen to the kynge the occasyon of their commyng The kyng of Englande for the honoure of the french kyng his cosyn caused them to coÌ„e to his presence and receyued them houourably and than they publysshed their message And the kyng answered them how that the nobles of his realme nor his counsell was nat as than about hym but desyred them to drawe to LoÌ„don and ther they shulde be answered in such wyse that of reason they shulde be content And so they dyned in the kynges chambre and after departed and lay the same nyght at Colbroke and that next day at London It was nat long after but that the kynge came to his palace of Westmynster And all his counsell was coÌ„maunded to be ther at a certayne day lymited and whan they were all assembled Than the frenche embassadours were sent for and there they declared thoccasyon of their coÌ„mynge and delyuered letters fro their maister Thanne the kynge went a parte with his counsell to take aduyse what was best for hym to do Thanne was it aduysed by his counsell that they shulde be answered by thordynaunce and style of his predecessours by the bysshoppÌ„ of London And so the freÌ„chmen wer called into the counsell chambre than the bysshop of London sayd Lordes that be here asseÌ„bled for the kyng of Fraunce the kyng is grace my soueraygne lorde hath harde your wordes and redde the tenour of your letters Syrs we say vnto you that we woll counsell the kyng our soueraygne lorde here present that he go into Fraunce to se the kynge your maister his dere cosyn Who right amyably hath sent for hym and as touchyng his faith anohomage he shall do his deuour in euery thynge that he ought to do of ryght And syrs ye may shewe the kyng yor maister that within short space the kyng of Englande our maister shall arryue in France and do all that reason shall requyre ThaÌ„ these messangers were feasted and the kynge rewarded them with many great gyftes and iuelles and they toke their leaue and dyd somoche that at last they came to Parys wher they found kyng Phylyppe to whome they recounted all their newes Wherof the king was right ioyouse and specially to se the kyng of Englande his cosyn for he hadde neuer sene hym before And whan these tidynges were spredde abrode in yâ— realm of Fraunce Than dukes erles and other lordes aparelled them in their best maner and the kyng of FrauÌ„ce wrot his letters to kyng Charles of Behaygne his cosyn and to the kynge of Nauarre Certifyeng theym the day and tyme whan the kyng of England shuld be with hym desyringe them to be with hym at the same day and so they came thyder with gret array Than was it counselled the kynge of Fraunce that he shulde receyue the kyng of Englande at the cyte of Amyas and there to make prouysion for his commyng There was chambers halles hoste ries and lodgynges made redy and apparelled to receyue them all and their company And also for the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Burbon the duke of Lurren and syr JohnÌ„ of Artoyes There was purueyaunce for a thousande horse and for sixe hundred horse that shulde come with the kyng of Englande The yonge kyng of Englande forgate nat the voyage that he had to do into Fraunce And so he aparelled for hym and his company well and sufficiently and there departed out of Englande in his coÌ„pany two bysshoppes besyde the bysshoppe of London and foure erles The lorde Henry erle of Derby his cosyngermayne sonne to ser Thomas erle of Lancastre with the wrie necke the erle of Salis bury therle of Warwyke and the erle of Hereforde and. vt barownes The lorde Raynolde Cobham the lorde Thomas Wage marshall of Englande the lorde Persy yâ— lorde MaÌ„ny and the lorde Mowbray And mo than .xl. other knyghtes so that the kyng and his coÌ„pany were about a thousand horse and yâ— kyng was two dayes in passing bytwene Douer and Wysant Than the kyng and his company rod to Bullayne and there taryed one day This was about the myddes of August the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred .xxix. And a none the tidynges came to kyng Phylip of Fraunce howe the kynge of Englande was at Bullayne Than the kynge of Fraunce sent his constable with great plentie of knyghtes to the kynge of Englande who as thanne was at Monsternell by the seesyde and ther was gret tokens of loue and good chere made on bothe parties ThanÌ„e the kynge of Englande rodde forth withall his rowt and in his company the constable of Fraunce And he rodde so long that they came to the cytie of Amyas wher as kyng Phylippe and the kynge of Behaygne The kynge of Mayllorgues and the kynge of Nauarre were redy aparelled to receyue the kynge of Englande with many other dukes erles and great barownes For there was all the .xii. peres of Fraunce redy to feast and make chere to the kynge of Englande and to be there peasably to bere wytnesse of the kynge of Englandes homage Ther was the kyng of Englande nobly receyued and thus these kynges and other princes taryed at Amyas the space of .xv. dayes and in the meane tyme there were many wordes and ordynaunces deuysed but as farr as I coude knowe kyng Edwarde of EnglaÌ„d made his homage to the kynge of Fraunce all onely by worde and nat puttyng his haÌ„des bytwene the kynge of Fraunce handes nor none other prince nor prelate lymitted for hym Nor the kynge of Englande wolde
of france â–ª and the doughter of sir Charles â—e Bloys ¶ Howe the kyng of Nauer made sir Charles of Spaygne constable of France to be slayne Ca. C .liiii. IN the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lii. in the vygill of our lady in the myddes of august the lord Guy of Neell lorde of Oâ—femoÌ„t as than marshall of France in Bretayne was slayne in bataile the lorde of Briquebeke the Cathelayne of Beau wayes dyuers other nobles aswell of Bretayne as of other marches of France The .iiii. day of SepteÌ„bre shulde a fought in Parys the duke of Boâ—sme agayne the duke of Lancastre for certayne wordes that he shulde say of the duke of Boesme the which duke apealed hym in the court of FraÌ„ce These two dukes came into the felde all armed in a lystes made for yâ— sayd duke of Almayne chalenger and for the duke of Englande defender And though theÌ„glysshmen wer enemys to the french kyng and that thenglyssh duke came thyder vnder saue coÌ„duct to fight 〈◊〉 the defence of his honour yet the frenche kynge wold nat suffre them to fight for assone as they had made their othes in such case requysite and were on their horses redy with their speares in their handes Than the kyng toke on hym yâ— mater and dyd set them in acorde and gremeÌ„t the vi day of DeceÌ„bre folowyng pope Clement the vi dyed at Auygnon the .xi. yere of his poÌ„tiâ—icâ—te and the .xi. day of the same moneth about the hour of thre was chosen pope a cardynall of Lymosyn called by his tytle yâ— cardynall of Ostre but bycause he was bysshoppe of Cleremont he was called most coÌ„monly yâ— cardynall of Cleremont and whan he was chosen pope he was nâ— med InnoceÌ„t his owne proper name was Stephyn â—ubert yâ— yere of our lorde M .iii. C .liii. the .viii. day of January anone after yâ— brekynge of the day in the mornyng the kyng Charles of Nauer erle of Eureur caused to be slayne in the towne of the Egle in NormaÌ„dy in an hostre the lorde Charles of Spayne constable of FraÌ„ce in his bedde by certayne men of armes that he sent to do that dede and hymselfe abode with out the towne tyll they had done and retourned agayne to hym And as it was sayde with hym was the lorde PhilyppÌ„ of Nauer his brother the lorde Lovs of Harcourt the lorde Godfray of Hat court his vncle and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers aswell of Normandy as of Nauer Than the kynge of Nauer and his coÌ„pany went to the cyte of Deureur wherof he was erle and fortifyed the towne and with hym also ther was the lorde of Maule JohnÌ„ Maler lorde of Grauyll the lorde of â—â—morie of Mulent and dyuers other nobles of Normandy And thanÌ„e the kyng of Nauer went to the towne of Mant and he had sent dyuers letters into diuers gode townes of France howe that he had put to deth the constable for dyuers great trespaces by him coÌ„mytted and he sent the erle of Namure to the french kyng to Parys to excuse hym Than the kynge sende to Mant the cardynall of Bolayne the bysshoppe of Laon the duke of Burbon the erle of Uaudone other to treat with the kyng of Nauerr for though he had caused to dye the coÌ„stable of France yet he thought he shulde nat clene lese the fauour of the frenche kyng whose doughter he had maryed therfore he made request of pardon to the kyng It was thought in the realme of Fraunce that great warre shulde ense we bytwene these two kynges for the kyng of Nauer had made great assembles of men of warre in dyuers regions and fortifyed his townes castles finally there was agrement made bytwene these two kynges vpon certayne coÌ„dycions wherof part solo weth herafter That is to say the french kyng shall delyuer to the kyng of Nauer .xxxviii. M. â—i tornois of lande aswell for certeyn rent that the kyng of Nauer had out yerely of the tresur in Pares as vpon other laÌ„des that the frenche kyng ought to assigne hym by certeyne treatâ— grauÌ„ted long before bytwene their predecesso's bycause of the countie of ChaÌ„payne And also for the maryage of the kynge of Nauer for maryeng of the kyngâ— doughter at which maryage he was promysed great landes that is to say .xii. M. â—i of land also the kyng of Nauer wolde haue the couÌ„tie of BeamoÌ„t le Roger the land of Bretuell in NormaÌ„dy Conches and Dorbec the vycouÌ„t of PoÌ„theu by the see the bayllage of CoÌ„stantyne the which thynges were agreed vnto by the french kyng Howbeit the couÌ„tie of Beamont the landes of Conches Bertuell Dorbec parteyned to the lorde Philyp duke of OrleaÌ„ce brother to the french kyng who gaue hym other laÌ„des in recoÌ„pence therof Also it was agreed that the lordes of Harcourt and all his other alyes shuld holde of him for all their landes whersoeuer they were in France if they lyst orels nat also it was agreed yâ— he shuld holde styll all the sayd landes besyde theÌ„ that he helde before in parie and if he lyst to kepe his es cheker two tymes in the yere as nobly as euer dyd any duke of NormaÌ„dy also the french kynge to ê‘don the deth of the coÌ„stable and all suche as were coÌ„sentyng therto and to ê“myse by his oth neuer to do any hurt or daÌ„mage to any ê‘son for that occasion And also the kyng of Nauerr to haue a great somÌ„e of money of yâ— french kyng and ar the kyng of Nauer wolde coÌ„e to Parys he wolde haue in hostage the erle of Aniowe seconde son to the kyng Than he came to Pares with a great noÌ„bre of men of armes and the. iiii day of march he came into the ê‘lyament chaÌ„bre wher the kyng satte dyuers of the peres of the realme with him and his counsell ther was the cardynall of Bolayne ther the kyng of Nauer desyred the french kyng to ê‘don hym the deth of the coÌ„stable of France sayeng how he had gode cause so to do the which he offred ther to proue or els to be at the kynges pleasure And also he sayd and sware that he dyd it nat for no grudge to the kyng nor in dispyte of his offyce sayeng also howe ther was nothyng so greuous to him as to be in the dyspleasur with the kyng Than the lorde Jaques of Burbone as than constable by the kynges coÌ„maundement sette his handes on the kynge of Nauer and caused hym to go a backe out of the kyngâ— presâ—ns thaÌ„ quene Jane and quene Blanche suster to the kynge of Nauer the which Jane had ben wyfe to kyng Philyppe last deed came to the frenche kyng kneled downe and the lorde Reynold Detrey with them and he sayd my right redouted soueraygne lorde beholde here these two ladyes quenes Jane and Blanche Sir they vnderstande howe the kyng of Nauer is in your dyspleasur whereof they be sorie and requyre you
shall haue a fayre iourney So than they disloged and rode towarde the newe forteresse whiche the lordes of Bretayne made to be assayled in such wyse that they were at the fote of the wall and feared nothynge that was caste downe on theÌ„ for they were well pauesshed and also they within had but lytell stuffe to cast downe and therwith in all hast there came one to theÌ„ and sayd sirs get you hens for yonder cometh the duke of Bretayne with the englysshmen they be nat past two leages hens Than the truÌ„pet sowned the retrayte than they drewe abacke and toke their horses and so departed went into Campelly whiche was nat far thens and closed their gates and lyfte vp their brydges And by that tyme the duke of Bretayne was come thyder with the barones of Englande in his company and they had past by the newe fortresse and hadde spoken with sir Johan Deureux who thaÌ„ked them of their comyng for els he had ben soone taken And so the duke layde siege to the towne of Campelly and set forthe their archers and brigaÌ„tes well pauessed and there they made a great assaut The englysshemen fayned nat no more dyd they within ther were dyuers hurte on bothe partes and euery day there was an assaute or elles skrymysshe They within sawe well howe they coulde nat long endur nor they sawe no socours comyng also they sawe well that they coulde nat yssue out to departe their fortresse was so closed on euery syde And also they knewe well if they were taken byforce they shulde haue no mercy and specially the lorde Clysson thenglysshmen hated hym so sore thaÌ„ the lordes of Bretayn that were within began to entreat with the duke to yelde them selfe vp vpon a courtes raunsome but the duke wolde haue them symply so with moche payne at last they gat arespyte for .viii. dayes and duryng the same respyte it fell well for them within the forteresse for two knyghtes of England one sir Nicholas Carsuell and sir Water Durswyke were sent to the duke of Bretayne fro the duke of Lancastre coÌ„maundyng that by vertue of treatie of peace as was made at Brugê bitwene the kyng of England and the frenche kyng wherof they brought charters sealed of the trewce that without delay on the sight of them to leaue and make warre no more So incontynent the truce was reed and publysshed through the hoost and also shewed to them that were within CaÌ„pelly wherof they were right ioyfull that is to say the lorde Clisson the vicont of Rohan the lorde of Beaumanoyre and the other for the trewce came well for them and thus brake vp the siege of CaÌ„pelly And the duke of Bretayn gaue leaue to all them that were with him to departe except suche as were dayly in his house and so went to Alroy where his wyfe was And than the erles of CaÌ„bridge and of Marche sir Thomas Holande erle of Irelande the lorde Spenser and the other englysshmen retourned agayne in to Englande Whan the duke of Bretayn had ordred all his besynesse by great leaser he refresshed the towne and castell of Breest and Alroy and than he retourned agayne in to Englande and his wyfe with hym THe same day that the trewce was made at Bruges to endur for a hole yere bytwene the kynges of Englande and Fraunce and all their alies And the duke of Burgoyne for the one parte and the duke of Lancastre for the other parte sware to come thyder agayn at the feest of Alsayntê and that eche parte shulde holde and enioye euery thyng that they had as than in possession during the said terme The englysshmen thought that saynt Sauiour the vicount shulde be saued by reason of that treatie but the frenchmen sayd that the fyrst couynant shulde passe the last ordynance So that whan the day aproched that they ofsaynt Sauyoure shulde other yelde vp or els be rescued by their frendes The french kyng sent thyder a great nombre of men of warre as a .vi. thousande speares knightes and squiers besyde other people but none came thyder to reyse the siege and whaÌ„ the day was expyred ther with in yelded them vp to the frenchlordes full sore agaynst their wylles for that forteresse was well sittyng for the englysshmen and the capitayne sir Thomas Tynet and Johan de Bourc and the thre bretherne of Malurier and the other englisshmen went to Carentyn so toke shyppynge and retourned into Englande Than the constable of Fraunce newe refresshed the forteresse of saynt Saluyour the vicount and sette a breton knight capitayne therin and vnderstode so as than that the frenche kynge had gyuen him that seignorie Of the iorney that the lorde of Coucy made in Austrych and of the deth of the prince of wales howe there coulde be founde no maner of treatie of peace bitwene the two kyngê and also of the dethe of the kynge of Englande Edwarde the thyrde Cap. CCC .xiiii. THe same season there was come in to FrauÌ„ce the lord of Coucy who had ben longe in LuÌ„bardy with the erle of Uertue sonne to sir Galeas makyng warre against sir Barnabo and his alies bycause of pope Gregory the .xi. and for the holy colledge of Rome The lorde of Coucy by succession of his mother who was suster to the duke of Austryche last disseased wherby he ought to be enheryter to the duchy for the duke was deed without issue by waye of maryage and they of Austrich had gyuen the duchy and lande to another farther of by lynage than the lorde Coucy wherof the lorde of Coucy hadde often tymes complayned to the emperour the lorde Charles of Behayne TheÌ„perour knewe well that the lorde Coucy had right therto howe be it he might nat with his ease constrayne theÌ„ of Austryche for they were strong in his countre and many good men of warre The lorde of Coucy had made warre there before by the conforte of his aunt suster to the duke but lytell it auayled him and whan he was thus coÌ„e in to Fraunce the kyng made him great chere Than he aduysed and sawe well howe there was in Fraunce as than many men of warre satte as ydell Wherfore he thought they coude nat be better ocupyed than to helpe him to his right durynge the trewce bytwene Fraunce and England Than the lorde of Couey desyâ—â—d the kyng to let him haue of the bretons such as ouer ronne the realme to make warre with hym in Austryche the kyng who wolde gladly that the companyons were out of hys realme accorded to his desyre So the kynge lende or gaue him I can nat tell wheder a .lx. thousaÌ„de frankes to departe among the sayd companyons So they rode forthe to warde Austryche about the feest ofsaynt Michell they dyd moche yuell all the wayes as they wâ—t Also ther were dyuers barons knyghtes squiers of FrauÌ„ce of Arthoys of Uermandoys of Haynaulte and of 〈…〉 rdy as the vicountes of Meaulâ— and Daunoy sir Raâ—e
land and by water for they were lordes of all the countrey of FlauÌ„ders for alwayes for wynning of money the countreys of Flaunders Holande zelande and Brabant and also parte of Haynault by stelthe brought euer vitayles to their hoost This Philyp dartuell had euer his courage more englisshe than french and wolde gladly that he had ben alyed with yâ— kyng of Englande Wherby he thought that if the frenche kynge or duke of Burgoyne came on him with an army that he shulde be ayded by the englysshmen He had all redy in his hoost a. CC. archers of Englande the whiche were stolen out of yâ— garyson of Calys so toke wages ther of him and were wekely payed ¶ Of the messangers that Philyppe Dartuell sent in to Englande and also in to Fraunce and of the deth of sir Parducas Dalbret Cap. iiii C .vii. PHilyp Dartuell to the entent to coloure his dedes to knowe what was sayde of hym in FrauÌ„ce He determyned to write in the name of the hole countre of Flaunders to the freÌ„che kyng submytting them selfe requyring yâ— kyng to takâ— some busynes for theÌ„ as to bring theÌ„ agayne iâ— to parfyte loue with their lorde the erle of FlauÌ„ders So thus he wrote certayne letters to the kyage and to his counsayle and delyuered theÌ„ to a messanger Commaundyng hym to go to the kynge with the letters and so he dyde And rode so long that he came to saynt Lyse where he founde the kynge and his vncles to whome he delyuered his letters The kyng toke reed his letter in the presens of his vncles and of his counsayle Assoone as they were reed and well vnderstande they dyde nothynge but laughed therat And thanÌ„e it was ordayned to take the messanger and to set hym in prison bycause he was come to the presens of the kyng wtout any saue conduct so ther he remayned more than thre wekes Whan Philyppe Dartuell knewe it he had great indygnacion therat and caused to come before hym all the capitayns of the hoost and than he sayd to them Sirs ye may se what honour the frenche kynge dothe to vs sythe we haue written to hym so amyably and ther vpon he hath recayned our messenger and kepeth hym in prison Certainly this constrey neth vs sore to be alyed with the englisshmen for thynke nat the contrary but that the duke of Burgoyne who is all in Fraunce and leadeth the kyng there as he lyst hym selfe for the kyng is but a chylde thynke you that he wyll leaue this mater as it is nay surly â–ª ensample by our messanger whome he kepeth in prisone Wherfore we haue good cause to sende in to England as wel for the comon weale of FlauÌ„ders as for our suretye and to gyue dout and feare to our enemyes Therfore I wolde we shulde sende a ten or .xii. of the most notablest of our men wherby the knowledge therof might come in to FrauÌ„ce so that the kyng ther and his counsayle shulde thynke how we wyll alye our selfe with yâ— kyng of Englande their aduersary how beit I wyll nat that the same alyance be shortly made without we haue more nede thanne we haue as yet but I wolde our men shulde entre in to a communicacyon and so to doo we haue iust cause and to demaunde of the kyng of Englande the soÌ„me of two huÌ„dred thousande crownes which somme Jaques Dartuell my father and the countrey of FlauÌ„ders lent somtyme to the kyng of Englande whyle he was before Tourney at the siege to pay therwith his sowdyers and so I wolde our men shulde say to the kyng of Englande and to his vncles and to his counsayle howe that generally all the countye of Flaunders and the good townes therof suche as lent the sayd soÌ„me desyreth to haue agayn the sayd soÌ„me And so that done than to offre the kynge of England to enter into Flaunders and so into FrauÌ„ce if he lyst For surely I thynke it were bett for vs to ayde ourselfe with our owne than to haue helpe of straungers And I thynke we shall neuer attayne to it soner than nowe for yâ— kynge and realme of Englande I thynke wyll nat forsake the alyauÌ„ce of suche a couÌ„tre as flaÌ„ders is nowe For as nowe theÌ„glysshmen haue nat on yâ— see cost bytwene Burdeux Scluse Except Calys Chierburge and Brest where for to lande and entre in to Fraunce Therfore the countre of Flaunders shulde serue theÌ„ well at the poynt For Bretayne except Brest is closed agaynst them And the duke of Bretaygne hath sworne to be good french And if he be nat he wyll coÌ„e therto bycause of the loue of his cosyn germayne therle of Flaunders Than all they that herde Philyp speke answered sayd Philyp ye haue full well spoken we all wyll that it be thus done For whosoeuer wyll the coÌ„trary loueth nat the comon ê“fyte of FauÌ„ders Philyp Dartuell taryed nat long but that he wrote to Peter de Boyse to Peter de myrt who were capitayns of Brugê And also to theÌ„ of Ipre and Courtrey shewyng them his said purpose And all they thought it good so to be done So ther were chosen of the good townes of Flaunders one or two burgesses of euery towne and out of the towne of GauÌ„tsixe First there was chosen FrauÌ„ces Atreman Rase de Uerdell Loys de vaux sir JohnÌ„ stotler Martyn bondrell water iacob berner and a clerke who was chosen to be bysshop of GauÌ„t by pope Urbane For mayster JohnÌ„ dalbrest who had ben deane of our lady church in Turney he aduysed in his tyme that ther shulde be a bisshop in Gaunt And to posses haue the profytes yâ— the bysshop of Turney shulde haue had and so whan these .xii. burgesses were redy aparelled they toke their leaue and departed fro the siege before And warpe about the begynning of the moneth of July And dyde so moche that they came to Calais and the capitayne ther called sir Johan Dalbrenes receyued theÌ„ And whan he knewe that they wolde go into EnglaÌ„de he purueyed them of shyppes And so they taryed there but thre dayes toke their passage aryued at Douer and so went to LoÌ„don at which tyme the kyng ê‘te of his couÌ„sayle as ser JohhÌ„ moÌ„tagu ser Symon burle sir WillmÌ„ beachaÌ„p were at WestmÌ„ To enheryte ser Perducas dalbret of all the barony of Chaumont in gascone the which was as than in the kynges handê I shall shewe you by what maner king Edward of olde tyme had gyuen it to sir Johan Chandos and he helde it as long as he lyuâ—â— after his dethe it was gyuen to sc Thomas Felton And he was as than newly deed and so therby the landes fell agayne into the kynges handes the whiche lande might nat long be without a gouernour to kepe it For it ioyned to yâ— landes of the lorde Dalbret who as thanÌ„e was good frenche Than it was abuysed by the kyng of
had brought hym tidyng is of the scottis accordyng to his pmyse and made hym knyght his owne handis before all the oste And whan they had well rested them and takyn repaste Than the â—compet sounded to horse euery man mouÌ„ted and the baners and standers folowed thys new made knyght euery batell by itselfe iÌ„ good order through mouÌ„taignes and dales raynged as well as they myght euer redy apparailed to fyght and they roode and made suche hast that about noone they were so nere the scottys that eche of theym myghte clerely se other And as soone as the Scottis sawe theym they Issued owte of they re lodges a foote and ordeyned .iii. great batelles in the auaylynge of the hyll and at the foote of thys mountaygne there ranne a great ryuer full of great rockes and stones so that none myght passe ouer withowte greate daunger or ieopardye and though the englisshmen hadde passed ouer the ryuer yet was there no place nor rowme bytwene the hylle and the ryuer to sette the batayle in good order The Scottis hadde stablysshed their two fyrste batelles at the two corners of the mountaigne ioynyng to the rockes So that none myght well mounte vpon the hyll to assayle theym But the scottis were euer redy to beate with stones the assaylantis if they passed the ryuer And whan the lordes of Inglande sawe the behauyng and the maner of the scottis they made all their people to a lyght a foote and to put of theyr spurris and araynged .iii. great batelles as they hadde done before and there were made many newe knyghtis And whan theyr batelles were sette in good order Than some of the lordes of Inglande brought theyr yong kyng a horse backe before all the batelles of the oste to the entent to gyue therby the more courage to all his people The whiche kyng in full goodly maner prayed and requyred theym ryght graciously that euery man wolde peyne theym to do theyr beste to saue his honour and common weale of his realme And it was coÌ„mauÌ„ded vpoÌ„ peyne of deth that none shulde go before the marsha's baners nor breke theyr arraye without they were commaunded And than the kyng coÌ„maunded that they shulde aduaunce towarde their ennemyes fayre and easely and so they dyd and euery batell went forth in good array and order a great space of grouÌ„de to the discendyng of the mountaygne where as the scottis were And this the englisshe oste dyd to th entent to se if their ennemies wolde breke their felde or nat to se what they wolde do but they could nat parceyue that they were about to remoue iÌ„ any wise they wer so nere to guyther that they myght knowe eche others armes Than the oste stode styll to take other counsell And some of the oste mounted on good horses and rode forth to skrymysshe with theym and to beholde the passage of the ryuer and to se the countynaunce of they re ennemyes more nerer And there were harauldis of armes sent to the Scottis gyuyng them knowledge if that they wolde come and passe yâ— ryuer to fight with them in the playn felde they wolde drawe backe fro the ryuer and gyue theym sufficient place to araynge theyr batelles eyther the same day orels the next as they wold chose them selfe orels to lette them do lyke wyse and they wolde come ouer to them And whan the scottis is harde this they toke counsell among theymselfe and anon they answerd the harauldê how they mold do nother the ouenor the other and sayd syrs yor kyng and his lordisse well how we be here in this realme and haue brâ—nt wasted yâ— countrey as we haue passed through and if they he displeased ther with lette them amend it whan they wyll for here we wyll abyde as long as it shall please vs. And as soone as the kyng of Ingland hard that answere hit was incontynent cryed that all the oste shuld lodge there yâ— nyght without reculyug backe And so the oste lodged there that nyght with moche peyne on the hard ground and stones alwayes styll armed They had no stakê nor roddis to tye withall their horses nor forage nor husshe to make withall any tyre And whan they were thus lodged Than the scottis caused some of they re people to kepe styll the felde where as they had ordeyned their batelles and yâ— remnant went to their lodgyngê and they made suche fyers that it was merueile to beholde And bitwene the day and the nyght they made amerueilus great brute with blowyng of hornes all at ones that it semed proprely that all the deuelles of hell had ben there Thus these two ostis were lodged that nyght The whiche was saynte Peters nyght in the begynnyng of Auguste The yere of oure lorde M. CCC .xxvii. And the nexte mornynge the lordes of Inglande harde Masse and rayngen agayne they re batelles as they hadde done the daye before And the Scottis in lyke myse ordred therâ— batelles Thus both the ottis stoode styll in batell tyll it was noone The Scottis made neuer semblaunt to come to the Englysshe oste to fyght with theym nor in lyke wyse the englisshe men to them For they coulde nat aproche to gâ—ther withowte great dammage There were dyuerse compaignyons a horse backe that passed the Ryuer and some a foote to skrymyssâ—e with the Scottis And in like wyse some of the Scottê brake oute and skrymysshed with them So that there were dyuerse on bothe partyes slayne wounded and takyn prysoners And after that noone was paste The lordes of Juglande commaunded euery man to drawe to theyr lodgyng For they sawe well the Scottis wolde nat fyght with theym and in like maner thus they dyd .iii. dayes to gyther and the scottis in lyke case kepte styll theyr mountaygnes Howe be it there was skrymysshynge on bothe partyes and dyuerse slayne and prysoners takyn And euery nyght the Scottis made great fyres great brute with showttyng blowyng of hornes The entencion of the englylshe men was to holde the scottis there in mauer as beseged For they coulde nat fyghte with theym there as they were Thynkyng to haue famysshed theym And the englysshe men knewe well by suche prysoners as they hadde takyn that yâ— Scottis hadde nother bredde wyne norsalte nor other purueyaunce saue of beastis they had great plentye the whyche they hadde takyn in the countrey and myght eate at their pleasure without bredde whiche was an euyll dyette for they lacked oten meale to make cakes withall as is sayde before the whyche dyet some of the englisshe men vsed whan they haddenede specially borderers whan they make rodes into Scotlande And in yâ— mornyng the .iiii. day the englyssh men loked on the mouÌ„taigne wher as the Scottis were and they coulde se no creature for the scottis were depted at mydnyght Than was there sent men a horse backe and afoote ouer the ryuer to knowe where they were become And about noone they founde theym lodged on
in saue garde on euery mannes cariage his owne cognisauÌ„ce or armes Wherby euery maÌ„ myght knowe his owne And the lordes and genty lmeÌ„ were gladde Whan they had thus founde their cariages Thus they abonde two dayes in the cite of Durham and the oste rounde about for they coulde nat all lodge within the cite there theyr horses Were newe shoode And than they toke theyr Way to the cite of yorke and so with in .iii. dayes they came thither and ther yâ— kyng fouÌ„de the quene his mother who receyued hym with great ioye And so dyd all other ladyes damozelles burgesses and câ—â—mons of the Citie The kyng gaue lycence to all maner of people euery man to drawe home â—arde to theyr owne countreys And the kyng thanked greatly the Erles barones and knyghtê of theyr good couÌ„saile and and that they had done to hym in hys ioâ—ney And he retayned styll with hym ser JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte and all his company Who Were greatly feasted by yâ— quene and all other ladyes Than the knyghtis and other strauÌ„gers of hys company made a byll of their horses and suche other stuffe as they had lost in that iourney and delyuered it to the kyngis counsaile euery man by itselfe and in truste of the kyngis promyse ser JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte lorde Beamont bouÌ„de hymselfe to all his company that they shulde be content for euery thyng coÌ„prised in theyr owne bils within a shortspace For the kyng nor his counsaile coulde nar so soone recouer golde or syluer to content their desyres but he delyuered them sufficient by reason to pay all their small charges and to bryng them home withal into theyr owne countreis And anon after within yâ— same yere they were payd for euery thyng they could desyre Than they of Heynnaulte bought lytle â—agges to ryde at theyr case theyr lackettê and pagis and all their harneys and baggages by water in .ii. shippes that was deliuered to them the whiche shyppes with theyr 〈◊〉 arryued at Sluce in Flaundders and syr JohnÌ„ of Heynnaulte and his companye toke theyr leue of the kyng of the olde quene of the erle of Kent of yâ— erle of Lancastre and of all the other barones who greatly dyd honour theym And the kyng caused .xii. knightis and. C â–ª C. men of armes to coÌ„pany them for doubt of the archers of InglaÌ„d of Whome they were nat well assured for they muste needis passe through the busshopryke of LincolnÌ„ Thus departed siâ— JohnÌ„ of heynaulte and his rowte in the conduct of these knyghtis and rode so long iÌ„ theyr iourney that they came to Douer and ther entred into the see ishippis and vessels that they founde redy ther apparayled for them Than the â—adlist he knyghtis veparted fro thens and retourned to their owne houses and the henous arriued at Wysant and ther they soiourned .ii. bayes in makyng redy theyr horses and harneys And in yâ— mean tyme ser JohnÌ„ of Heynault and some of his company rode a pylgrimage to our lady of Bollayn and after they returned into Heynaulte and depted eche fro other to their owne howses countres ser JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte rode to therle his brother who was at Ualenciennes who receyued hym ioyously for greatly he loued hym To Whom he recounted all his tydyng is that ye haue hard here before ¶ Howe kyng Edward was maryed to my lady Philyp of Heynaulte Cap. xix HIt was nat long after but that the kyng and yâ— quene his mother therle of Kent his vncle therle of Lancastre sir Roger Mortymer and all the barones of Inglande and by the aduyce of the kyngis counsaile they sent a busshop and .ii. knyghtis banerettis with .ii. notable clerkê to ser JohnÌ„ of Heynault pray enghym to be a mean that theyr lord yâ— yong kyng of Ingland myght haue in mariage one of the ericâ— â–ª boughts of Heynault his brother named Phylyp For the kyng all the nobles of the realme had rather haue her than any other lady for the loue of hym ser JohnÌ„ of heynault lord Beamont feasted honored greatly these ambassadours brough them to UalencieÌ„nes to therle his brother who honorably receued them made them suche chere that it were ouer long here to reherse And whan they had shewed the content of theyr message Th erle said Sirs I thaÌ„ke greatly yâ— kyng your prince the quene his mother all other lordes of Ingland syth they haue sent suche sufficient ê‘sonages as ye be to do me suche honor as to treat for the mariage to the whiche request I am well agreed if our holy father the pope wyll coÌ„sent therto With yâ— whiche answer these ambassadours were right well coÌ„teÌ„t ThaÌ„ they sent .ii. knyghtê .ii. clerkê incoÌ„tinent to the pope to Auygnon to purchase a dispeÌ„sation for this mariage to be had for without yâ— popes licere they might nat marie for the linage of FraÌ„ce they were so nere of kyn as at yâ— .iii. degree for the .ii. mothers were cosyn Jermayns issued of ii brethernÌ„ whan these ambasadors were coÌ„e to the pope their requestê consideratioÌ„s well hard our holy father the pope with all the hole colledge consentyd to this mariage and so feasted them And than they departed and came agayne to Ualenciennes with their buls Than this mariage was concluded and affirmed on bothe parties Than was there deuysed and purueied for theyr apparaile and for all thyngê honorable that belonged to suche a lady who shuld be quene of Inglande and there this princesse was maryed by a sufficient procuration brought fro the kyng of Inglande and after al feast is and triumphes done Than thys yonge quene entred into the see at Wysant and arryued with all her coÌ„pany at Douer And JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte lorde Beamont her vncle dyd coÌ„duct her to the cite of London where there was made great feast and many nobles of Ingland and the quene was crowned And there was also great iustes tourneys daunsyng carolyng and great feastis euery day The whiche enduced the space of .iii. weekis The englisshe cronicle saith this mariage and coronation of the quene was done at Yorke with moche honour the sunday in the euyn of the coÌ„uersion of saynt Paule in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xxvii. In the whiche cronicle is shewyd many other thynges of the rulynge of the realme and of the deth of kyng Edwarde of Carnaruan and dyuerse other debates that were within yâ— realme as in the same Cronicle more playnly hit appereth the whiche the auctor of this boke speketh no worde of bâ—cause â—auenture he knew it nat for it was hard for a straÌ„ger to knowe all thyngis but accordyng to his wrytyng This yong quene Philyp aboode styll in Inglande with a â—â—â—all company of any â—sones of her owne couÌ„treâ— sauyng one who was named wandelet of Manny who aboode styll with the quene and was her karuer after dyd so many great prowesses in dyuerse places
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
the lyegois had passed the bride of Cressyn and were a foragyng for their horses to se if they coude fynde any aduenture profitable for them The heynowes rode all that mornyng without fyndyng of any adueÌ„ture and they also passed the bridge ther was such a myst that a man coude nat se yâ— length of a spere before hym And whan the heynous were all ouer than they ordayned that sir WyllmÌ„ Baylluell with his baner shuld abyde on the bridge and sir Uauflart sir Raflet de Monceaur and sir JohnÌ„ de Uerchyne shulde aduenture on farther And so they went so farr that they dasshed in to thoost of yâ— kynge of Behayne and the bysshoppÌ„ of Liege for they were lodged nere to the bridge and the lorde of Rademache had made watche the same nyght and it was at the poynt of his deê‘tyng So bytwene them ther was a sore conflict how beit fynally the heynous drue backe towarde yâ— brige and the liegoys and luceÌ„bourzins folowed theÌ„ and sir WyllmÌ„ Baylluell was counselled to repasse agayne the bridge with his baner for thei had dyuers of their coÌ„pany to repasse So the heynous repassed agayne aswell as they might and in their passynge ther were many dedes of armes done in takynge and rescuyng agayne So it fortuned â–ª that sir Uauflart coude nat repasse the brige so was fayne to saue hymselfe aswell as he might he yssued out of the preace toke away that he knewe well and so entred in to the marshes among busshes and rockes and ther taryed The other fought styll at the brige and ther the liegoys ouercame ser WyllmÌ„ Baylleuls company And therwith sir Robert Baylleull whan he harde that noyse in that parte he caÌ„e rynning thyder with his baner before hym and whan the heynowes sawe the baner of moraynes they byleued it had ben the baner of sir WyllmÌ„ Bayllule and drue thyder for ther was but a small dyffereÌ„ce bytwene their baners for the armes of morians be barres counterbarres two cheurons gowles and in the cheuron of ser Robert Baylleull ther was a lytell crosse golde which yâ— heynous toke no hede of Wherby they were disconfyted and slayne JohnÌ„ de Uergny sir water du Pont de large sir WyllmÌ„ of PypeÌ„ poix and dyuers other and taken sir JohnÌ„ de Soyre sir Danyell de Bleze sir Race de MoÌ„ceaur sir Loys Dampelen and dyuers other and sir WyllmÌ„ de Baylleul scaped aswell as he might but he lost moche of his coÌ„pany â–ª ser Uauflart de la Croyse who was in the marysshe trustyng to haue ben ther tyll it had ben night and so to haue scaped was spyed by some that rode a longe by the marese And they made suche an out cry on hym that he caÌ„e out and yelded hym selfe prisoner they toke and brought hym to the hoost and delyuered hym to their maister who wolde gladly haue saued hiÌ„ for he knewe well he was in ieopardy of his lyfe Anone tidynges of hym was brought to the french kyng who in coÌ„tynent dyd send for hym and the kyng immediatly sent hym to Lyle bycause he had done to theÌ„ moche damage And so win the towne they dyd put him to deth they wold in no wyse haue pyte of hym nor put hym to any ransome ¶ Howe therle of Heynault assayled the fortresse of Mortayne in Picardy by dyuers maners Cap. lix OF this dede that sir Robert Bayllieull had done yâ— frenche kyng was ryght ioyouse And within a season after the erle of Heynault sir JohnÌ„ his vncle and the sene shall of Heynalt with a .vi. hundred speares heynowes and almayns departed fro the siege of Turney And therle sent to them of UalenceÌ„s â–ª that they shulde come and mete with hym before Mortayne and to come bytwene Lescharpe Lescault to assayle Mortayne and they came thyder in great array and brought with them great engyus The lorde of Beauieu who was captayne within Mortayn greatly douted assautyng bycause the fortresse stode nere to the ryuer and nere to Heynault as on all parties therfore he caused .xii. C. pyles to be driuen in the ryuer to thyntent that no passage shulde be that way Howbeit for all that yâ— erle of Heynault and the heynous came thyder on the one syde and they of Ualencens on the other part And incoÌ„tynent they made an assaut and aproched the barrers but ther were suche depe trenches that they coude nat coÌ„e nere than some aduysed to passe the ryuer of Lescharpe and so to coÌ„e on the syde towarde saynt Amand to make an assaut at the gate toward maulde And as they deuysed a foure hundred passed yâ— ryuer so than Mortayne was closed in thre ê‘tes the wekyst syde was towarde Mauld howbeit ther was strength ynough To that parte came the lorde Beauieu hymselfe to defende it for he feared none of the other sydes he had in his hande a great glaue sharpe and well â—â—elyd and aboue the blade ther was a sharpe hoke of stele yâ— whan he gaue his stroke the hoke shulde take holde And loke on whome that it fastened he came to hym or els fell in the water by that meanes the same day he cast into the water mo than .xii. At that gate the assant was feresyst yâ— erle of Heynalt who was on yâ— othersyde knewe nothyng of that assaut he was araynged aloÌ„ge the ryuer syde of Lescault and deuysed howe they might get out of the riuer the pyles byforce or by subtyltie for than they might come iust to the walles They ordayned to make a shypp a gret engyn to drawe out the pyles eche one after other their carpenters were set a warke and the engyn made in a shyppe and the same day they of Ualencens raysed on their syde a great engyn and dyd cast in stones so that it fore troubled them within Thus yâ— first day passed and the night in assayling and deuysing howe they might greue them in the fortresse the nexte day they went to assaut on all partes and the thirde day the shyppÌ„ was redy and thengyn to drawe out yâ— pyles And than dyd set awarke to drawe them out but ther were so many and suche labour in the doyng or they coude drawe out one that they were wery of that craft and the lordes wolde they had neuer begon it and so coÌ„maunded to cease their warke On yâ— other part within Mortayne there was a connyng maister in makyng of engyns who sawe well howe thengyn of Ualencens dyd greatly greue them he raysed an engyn in yâ— castell the which was nat very great but he trymmed it to a poynt And he cast therwith but thre tymes the firste stone fell a .xii. fote fro thengyn without the seconde fell nerer and the thirde stone hit so euyn that it brake clene a sonder the shaft of thengyn without Than the soâ—dyers of Mortaygne made a great shout so thus the heynous coude get nothyng ther than therle sayd howe he wolde wtdrawe
Henry de Leon so that by sir Henris meanes the bysshoppe agreed with therle and toke hym as his lorde vnto suche season as somme other shulde come and shewe more ryght to the duchy of Bretaygne ¶ Howe the eele Mountfort dyd homage to the kyng of England for the duchy of Bretayne Cap. lxviii THus therle MouÌ„tfort conquered the countrey and made hymselfe to be called duke of Bretayne Than he went to a port on the see syde called Gâ—eâ—o thasie he sent his people abrode to kepe yâ— townes and fortresses that he had won Than he toke the see with a certayne with him and so arryued in Cornwall in Englande at a port called Chepse than he enquered where the kynge was and it was shewed hym howe the he was at wyndsore Than he rode thyderwarde came to Wyndsore wher he was receyued with gret ioye and feest bothe of the kyng of the quene and of all the lordes than he shewed the kynge and his counsayle howe he was in possession of the duchy of Bretayne fallen to hym by succession by yâ— deth of his brother last duke of Breten But he feared lest that sir Charles of Bloyes the frenche kynge wolde put hym out therof by puyssance wherfore he sayd he was come thyder to relyue and to holde the duchy of the kyng of Englande by fealtie and homage for euer so that he wolde defende hym agaynst the frenche kynge and all other that shulâ—e put hym to any trouble for the mater The kynge of Englande ymagined that his warre agaynste the frenche kyng shulde be well fortifyed by that meanes howe that he coude nat haue no more profitable way for hym to entre into France than by Bretayne remembring howe the almayns and brabances had done lytell or nothyng for hym but caused hym to spende moche money Wherfore â—â—yously he condyscending to therle Mountfortes desyre and there toke homage by the handê of therle callyng hym selfe duke of Bretaygne And ther the kyng of Englande in the presence of suche lordes as were ther bothe of Bretayne and of Englande promysed that he wold ayde defende and kepe hym as his liege man agaynst euery man frenche kyng and other This homage and promyses were writen and sealed and euery â—tie had his part belyuerd besyde yâ— the kynge and yâ— quene gaue to therle and to his company many great gyftes in such wyse that they reputed hym for a noble kyng and worthy to raygne in gret prosperyte Than therle toke his leaue and departed and toke agayne thesee and arryued at yâ— forsayd port of Gredo in base Bretayne and so came to Nauntes to his wyfe who sayde howe he had wrought by good and byscrete counsayle ¶ Howe therle MouÌ„tfort was somoned to be at the plyament of Parys at the request of the lorde Charles of Bloyes Cap. lxix WHan sir Charles of Bloys who helde hymselfe rightfull inherytour to Bretaygne by reason of his wyfe harde howe the erle of Mountfort conquered beforce the countrey the whiche by reason ought to be his Than he came to Parys to complayne to kyng Philyppe his vncle whervpon the kyng counselled with the nobles of the realme what he might do in that matter and it was counsaylled hym yâ— therle MouÌ„tfort shuld be by sufficyent messaÌ„gers somoned to apere at Parys ther to here what answere he wolde make So these messaÌ„gers were sent forthe and they founde therle at Nauntes makyng good chere and he made to them great feest and finally he answered howe he wolde obey the kynges coÌ„maundement And than made hym redy and departed fro Nantes and so came to Paris with a .iiii. C. horse with hym and the next day he and all his mounted on their horses and rode to the kynges palayse Ther the kynge and his .xii. peres with other great lordes of Fraunce taryed his commyng and the lorde Charles of Blois with thâ— Than therle entred into the kynges chambre he was well regarded and saluted of euery person thaÌ„ he enclyned hymselfe to the kyng and sayd sir I am come hyther at your coÌ„maundement and pleasure Than the kyng sayd erle of Mountfort for your so doyng I can you good thanke howbeit I haue marueyle howe that ye durste vndertake on you the duchy of Bretayne wherin ye haue no right for there is another neâ—eâ— than ye be and ye wolde dysinheryt hym and to mentayne your quarell ye haue ben with myne aduersary the kynge of Englande and as it is shewed me ye haue done hym homage for the saine Than therâ—e sayd sir byleue it nat for surely ye at but yuell enformed in that behalf but ser as for the right that ye speke of sauyng your dyspleasur ye do me ther 〈…〉 wrong for ser I knowe none so nere to my brother that is departed as I â–ª if it were iuged or playnly declared by right that theâ— were a nother nerer than I I wolde â—at be rebell nor a shamed to leaue it Well sir ê™ the kyng ye say well but I coÌ„maund you in all that ye holde of me that ye deê‘t nat out of this cytie of Parys this .xv. dayes by the which tyme the .xii. peres and lordes of my realme shall iudge this mater and thaÌ„ye shall knowe what right ye haue and if ye do otherwyse ye shall displease me Than therle sayd ser all shal be at yoâ— pleasure thanÌ„e he went fro the court to his lodgyng to dyner whan he came to his lodgynge he entred into his chambre and theâ— satte and ymagined many doutes finally with a small company he mounted on his horse and retourned agayne into Bretayne or the kynge or any other wyst wher he was becoÌ„e Some thought he had ben but a lytell sicke in his lodgyng and whan he came to Nauntes he shewed the countesse what he had done and than by her counsel herode to all the townes and forteresses that he had wonne and stablysshed in them good captayns and soudyers a horsbacke and a fote and dyd gyue them good wages ¶ Howe the duchy of Bretayne was iuged to sir Charles of Bloyes Can. lxx IT is to be thought that the frenche kynge was sore dyspleased whan he knewe that the erle of Mountforte was so departed How beit he taryed tyll the .xv. day that the lordes shulde gyue their iudgemeÌ„t on the duchy of Bretayne whan the day came they iudged it clerely to ser Charles of Bloys wyfe who was doughter to the brother germayne of the duke last deed by yâ— father syde whom they iudged to haue more right than the erle Mountforte who came by another father who was neuer duke of Bretayne In other reason theâ— was they sayde though that therle of MouÌ„tfort had any right he had forfeted it two wayes The one bycause he had relyued the duchy of a nother lorde than of the frenche kynge of whom he ought to holde it The other reason was bycause he had broken the kynges coÌ„maundement and disobeyed
ben sene many noble dedes on both ê‘tes Ther was within present the noble countesse of Salysbury who was as than reputed for the most sagest and fayrestlady of all England yâ— castell parteyned to her husbande therle of Salisbury who was taken prisoner with the erle of Suttolke before Lyle in Flanders as ye haue harde before and was in prison as than 〈◊〉 the chatelot of Parys The kyng of Englande gaue the same castell to the sayd erle whan he maryed first the sayd lady for the prowes and gode seruyce that he had done before whan he was called but sir WyllmÌ„ Montagu This noble lady conforted them greatly within for by the regarde of such a lady and by her swere coÌ„forting a man ought to be worthe two men at nede This assaut dured long and the scottes lost many of their men for they aduentured theÌ„selfe hardely and caryed wood and tymbre to haue sylled the dykes to thyntent to bring their engyns to the walles but they within defeÌ„ded themselfe so valyantly that the assaylantes were fayne to drawe a backe Than the kyng coÌ„maunded yâ— ingens to be wel kept that nyght and the next day to enforce the assaut than euery man drue to their lodging except those that kept thyngens Some wept the deth of their frendes other conforted them that were hurt they of the castellsa we well if kynge Dauyd coÌ„tynued his sege how they shuld haue moche a do to defende them their castell wher fore they toke counsell amonge them to sende to kyng Edward who lay at yorke as it was shewed them by suche prisoners as they had taken of the scottes Than they loked among theÌ„ who shulde do yâ— message but they coude fynde none that wolde leaue the castell and the presence of the fayre lady to do that dede so ther was among them great stryfe Than whan the captayne sir WyllmÌ„ Montague sawe that he sayd sirs I se well the trueth and good wyll that ye bere to my lady of this house so that for the loue of her and for you all I shall put my body in aduentur to do this message for I haue suche trust in you that ye shall right well defende this castell tyll I retourne agayne And on thother syde I haue suche trust in the king our souerayne lorde that I shall shortly bring you suche socours that shall cause you to be ioyfull and than I trust the kyng shall so rewarde you that ye shal be content Of these wordes the countesse all other wer right ioyefull and whan the night came the sayd sir WyllmÌ„ made hym redy as priuely as he might and it happed so well for hym that it rayned all nyght so that the scottes kept styll within these lodgingê Thus at mydnight sir WyllmÌ„ Montagu passed through thoost was nat sene and so rode forth tyll it was day than he met .ii. scottes halfe a leage fro thost briuyng before them two oxen and a cowe towarde thoost ser WyllmÌ„ knewe well they wer scottes and set on theÌ„ and wounded them bothe slewe the catell to thyâ—â— tent that they of thost shuld haue none ease by theÌ„ than he sayd to the two hurt scottê go yor wayes and say to your kyng that WyllmÌ„ of Montague hath thus passed through his hoost and is goyng to fetche ayde of the kyng of Englande and so departed Than the same mornynge the kyng of scottê made a fecrse assaut but nothing coude he wyn and euery day lightly they made assaut Than his counsell same how he dyd but lese his men and that the kyng of England might well come thyder or the castell were wo 〈…〉 they by one acorde counselled their kyng to depart sayeng how the abyding ther was nor for his profet nor yet for his honour And sayd sir ye haue honourably achyued your enterprise haue done great dispyre to the englyssshmen 〈◊〉 that ye haue ben in this contre a .xii. dayes and taken distroyed the cytie of Dyrrame Wherfore sir all thynges coÌ„sydred it were good name that ye retourned and take with you your pyllage that ye haue wonne and an other tyme ye may returne agayne whan it pleaseth you The kyng who wolde nat do agaynst the opynyons of all his counsell agreed to them sore agaynst his mynde howbeit the next mornyng hâ— byssâ—ged and all his host and toke the way streyght to the great forest of Gedeours there to tary at their case and to knowe what the kyng of Englande wolde do farther other to god backe agayne or els to entre into Scotlande ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande was in amours with the countesse of Salisbury Ca. lxxvii THe same day that the scottes departed fro the sayd castell kyng Edward came thyder with all his host about noon and came to the same place wher as the scottê had saged and was sore displeased that he founde nat the scottes ther for he caÌ„e thyder in such hast that his horse men wer sore traueled Than he coÌ„maunded to lodge ther that nyght and sayd howe he wolde go se yâ— castell and the noble lady therin for he had nat seue her sythe she was maryed before than euery maÌ„ toke his logyng as he lyst And assone as the kyng was vnarmed he toke a .x. or .xii. knyghtes with hym and went to the castell to salute the countesse of Salisbury and to se the maner of the assautes of the scottes and the defence that was made agaynst them Assone as the lady knewe of yâ— kynges coÌ„myng she set opyn the gates and caÌ„e out so richely be sene that euery man marueyled of her beauty and coude nat cease to regarde her noblenes with her great beauty and the gracyous wordes and countenaunce that she made Whan she came to the kyng she knelyd downe to the yerth thankyng hym of his socours and so ledde hym into the castell to make hym chere and honour as she that coude ryght well do it euery man regarded her maruelusly The king hym selfe coude nat witholde his regardyng of her for he thought that he neuer sawe before so noble nor so fayre a lady he was stryken therewith to the hert with a sparcle of fyne loue that endured longe after he thought no lady in the worlde so worthy to be beloued as she Thus they entred into the castell hande in hande the lady ledde hym first into the hall and after into the chaÌ„bre nobly aparelled the kyng regarded so the lady that he was a basshed At last he weÌ„t to a wyndo to rest hym and so sell in a gret study the lady went about to make chere to the lordes and knyghtes that were ther and coÌ„maun ded to dresse the hall for dyner Whan she had al deuysed and coÌ„maunded thanÌ„e she cameto the kyng with a mery chere who was in a gret stu dy and she sayd dere why do ye study so sor yo â— grace nat dyspleased it aparteyneth nat to you so to
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
to forgyue hym your yuell wyll and by the grace of god he shall so bere hymselfe frohens forwarde that you and all the people of France shal be pleased with hym than the constable and the marshalles went agayne for the king of Nauer and so brought hym into the kynges presence and ther he stode bytwene the two quenes Than the cardynall sayd sir kyng of Nauer the kyng my maister is nat well coÌ„tent with you for the dede that ye haue done it nede nat to be rehersed for ye haue publysshed it yourselfe by youre owne writyng so that euery man doth knowe it ye ar so bounde to the kyng that ye ought nat thus to haue done ye be of his blode so nere as euery man knoweth that ye ought to holde of hym also ye haue wedded his doughter where fore your trespasse is the greatter Howe beit at the instaunce and loue of these ladyes the quenes who hath effectuously requyred for you and also the kyng thynketh that ye dyde it wtout great aduysement and by small counsayle therfore the kyng pardoneth you with good hert and wyll Than the two quenes and the kynge of Nauer kneled downe and thanked the kynge than the cardynall sayd agayne let euery man fro hensforthe beware though he be of the kynges lynage to do any suche lyke dede for surely though he be the kynges sonne if he do any suche to the leest offycer parteyning to the kyng he shall abyde the iustyce of the realme in that case than the court brake vp and so euery man departed The .xxi. day of Marche a knyght baneret of the lowe marchesse called sir Reynolde of Presigny lorde of Maraunt besyde Rochell was drawen and hanged on the gybette by iudgement of the parlyament and by the kynges couÌ„sayle the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .liiii. in the moneth of August The erle of Harcourt and sir Loyes his brother counsayled with the frenche kyng â–ª and as it was sayde they shewed the kyng all the mater of the dethe of the constable and in SepteÌ„bre the cardynall of Bolayne went to Auygnon some sayd the kyng was dyspleased with hym Howe be it the space of a yere that he had ben in France he was as preuy with the kynge as any other The same season there went out of the realme of France the lorde Robert de Lorris chaÌ„berlayne with the kyng and if the kyng had takyn hym in his yre some thought it shulde haue cost hym his lyfe bycause it was noysed that he had shewed to the kynge of Nauerre certayne secretes of the frenche kyng in like wyse as the lordes of Harecourt had shewed the kyng of Nauers secretes to the frenche kyng In the moneth of Nouembre the kyng of Nauer went out of Normandy without knowledge of the french kyng and sported hym in dyuers places tyll he came to Auygnon â–ª and in the same moneth the archebysshop of Rowan chanceler of Fraunce the duke of Burbone and dyuers other englysshe lordes wente to Auygnon to the pope to treat for a peace bytwene the kynges of England and of France And also the same moneth the frenche kyng went into Normandy to Cane and toke in his handes all the landes of the kynge of Nauers and set in his offycers in euery towne and castell except sixe that is to say Eareur Pontheu Chirburge Gaurey Auranges and Mortaygne these wolde nat yelde vp for ther were naueroys within theym that answered and sayd they wolde nat delyuer vp their townes castels but all onely to the kyng of Nauer their lorde who had sette them there In the moneth of January by saue conduct caÌ„e the lorde Robert de Lorris to the frenche kyng and was a .xv. dayes at Parys or he coude speke with the kyng and whan he had spoken with hym yet he was nat reconsyled at the full but returned agayne into Auygnon by the ordynance of the kynges counsell to be as one of them that were ther for the treaty bytwene Englande and France In the ende of February tidynges caÌ„e howe trewse was taken bytwene the sayde two kynges to endure to the feest â–ª of saynt JohnÌ„ Baptyst and in the mean tyme the pope to do what he myght to make a further peace And therfore he sende messangers to bothe kynges that they shulde sende further authorite by their embassadours to conclude on an other maner of peace The same moneth the frenche kyng made newe money of fyne golde called florence of the lambe for in the pyell there was grauyn a lambe .lii. of theym went to a marke weyght and after they were made the kynge made .xlviii. to goo for a marke weyght and the course of all other floreÌ„s was prohibyted The same moneth sir GraÌ„chet be Lore came to Parys to speke with the kynge as messanger fro the kyng of Nauer and he retourned agayne in February bare with hym a letter of saue coÌ„duct to the kyng of Nauer the same yere about lent came dyuers englysshmen nere to the towne of Nauntê in Bretayne and entred into the castell by scalyng a .lii. but sir Guy of Rochfort who was captayn was as than in the towne he dyd somoche with assaut that the same nyght he wanne the castell agayne and all thenglysshmen taken and slayne At Easter the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lv. kyng Johan of France sent into NormaÌ„dy his eldest son Charles dolphyn of Uienoys to be his lieutenaÌ„t ther and there he taryed all that somer and the men of the contre grauÌ„ted hym .iii. M. meÌ„ of armes tor thre mouethes Also in the moneth of august the kyng of Nauer came out of Nauer to the castell of Chierburge in Constantyne and with hym a .x. M. men of warr one and other Ther were dyuers treates coÌ„muned of bytwene the kyng of Nauer and the frenche kyng but suche as were in the castell of Eurur and Pontheau robbed pylled the countre all about And some of them came to the castell of Couches the whiche was as than in the french handes and wan it and newe fortifyed it many thynges dyde the nauereys agaynst the frenchmen finally the .ii. kynges were agreed Than the kyng of Nauer went to the castell of Uernell to the dolphyne he brought the kyng of Nauer to Parys and yâ— xxiiii day of SepteÌ„bre the kyng of Nauer and the dolphyn came to the frenche kyng to the castell of Lour Than the kyng of Nauerr made his reuerence and excused hymselfe honorably in that he departed out of the realme of France and also he sayd it was shewed hym how yâ— kynge shulde nat be well content with hym Than yâ— frenche kynge desyred hym to shewe what they were that had made that report than he answered that syth the deth of the coÌ„stable he had don nothyng agaynst the french kyng but as a true man ought to haue done Howe beit he desyred the french kyng to pardon euery thyng promysynge to be true
gladde to folowe hym ¶ Howe the prouost of the marchantes of Parys slewe thre knyghtes in the regentes chambre Cap. C .lxxix. IN this season that the thre estates thus ruled there rose in dyuers countrees certayne manere of people callyng themselfe companyons and they made warr to euery man The noble men of yâ— realme of France and the prelates of holy churche began to waxe wery of the rule and ordynaÌ„ce of the thre estates and so gaue vp their rule and suffred the prouost of the marchantes to me dyll with some of the burgesses of Parys bycause they medled farther thanÌ„e they were pleased withall So on a day the regent of Fraunce was in the palays of Parys with many noblemen and prelates with hym The prouost than assembled a great nombre of commons of Parys suche as were of his opynion and all they ware hattes of one colour to thnetent to be knowen The prouost came to the palays with his men about hym and entred into the dukes chaÌ„bre and ther egerly he desyred hym that he wolde take on hym the medlyng of the busynesse of the realme of France that the realme the which pertayned to hym by enherytance might be better kept and that suche companyons as goeth about the realme wastyng robbyng and pyllinge the same myght be subdued The duke answered howe he wolde gladly entende therto yf he had wherwith and said they that receyue the profet and the rightes pertayning to the realme ought to do it yf it be done or nat I report me So they multiplyed suche wordes bytwene theÌ„ that thre of the greattest of the dukes counsayle were ther slayne so nere hym that his clothes were all blody with their blode and he himselfe in great peryll but there was sette one of their hattes on his heed and he was fayne there to ê‘don the deth of his thre knyghtes two of armes and the thyrd of the lawe the one called yâ— lorde Robert of Cleremont a ryght noble man another the lorde of CoÌ„flans and the knyght of the lawe the lorde Symonde of Bucy ¶ Howe the kyng of Nauer came out of prison Cap. C .lxxx. AFter this forsayd auen ture certayne knyghtes as yâ— lorde JohnÌ„ of Pequigny other vnder the comfort of yâ— prouost of Parys and of other counsaylours of yâ— good townes caÌ„e to the stronge castell of Alleres in Paylleull in Picardy where the kyng of Nauer was in prison vnder the kepynge of the lorde Trystram du Boyse They brought to theym that kept the castell suche tokens that they had the king of Nauer delyuerd into their haÌ„des for the captayn was nat as thaÌ„ there And they brought hym with great ioye into the cytie of Amyense where he was well receyued and lyghted at a chanons house who loued hym entierly called Guy Kyrrecke And yâ— kyng taryed there a fyftene dayes tyll he had so prouyded for hymselfe yâ— he was assured of the duke of Normandy than regent of France for the prouost of the marchantes of Parys hadde gette hym his peace of the duke and of them of Parys And than the kyng of Nauer was brought to Parys by the lorde JohnÌ„ of Pequigny and by other burgesses of Amyense wher as euery man was gladde to se hym and the duke made hym great feest and chere for it behaued hym so to do For the prouost and his sect exhorted hym therto therfore the duke dissembled for the pleasur of the prouost and other of Parys ¶ Howe the kyng of Nauerre preched solemply in Parys Cap. C .lxxxi. WHan the kynge of Nauer had bene a certayne tyme in Parys on a day he assembled togyder prelates knightes and clerkes of the vnyuersite And ther he shewed openly among them in latyn in yâ— presence of the duke of NormaÌ„dy his coÌ„playnt and greffes and vyolence done to hym wrongfully without right or reason And sayde howe there was none that ought to dout in hym but that he wolde lyue and dye in the defence of the realme of Fraunce and the crowne therof as he was bounde to do for he was extraught of father and mother of the right lygne of Fraunce And sayde if he wolde chalenge the realme and crowne of Fraunce he coulde shewe by ryght howe he was more nerer therto than the kynge of Englande His sermon and langage was so pleasant that he was greatly praysed and so lytell and lytell he entred into the fauour of them of Parys so that he was better beloued there than the regent the duke of NormaÌ„dy and also with dyuers other cites in the realme of France But what soeuer semblant the prouost they of Parys made to the kyng of Nauer for all that the lorde Philyppe of Nauer wolde neuer trust theÌ„ nor wolde nat come to Parys for he alwayes sayd that in a comynalte ther was neuer no certentie but finally shame rebuke dyshonour ¶ Of the beginnyng of the rysing of the commons called Jaquere in Beauuosyn Cap. C .lxxxii. ANone after the delyueraunce of the kyng of Nauer ther began a meruelouse trybulacion in the realme of FraÌ„ce as in Beauuosyn in Bry on the ryuer of Marne in Leamoys and about Seossons for certayne people of the common vyllages without any heed or ruler assembled togyder in Beauuosyn In the beginnyng they past nat a hundred in nombre they sayd howe the noble men of the realme of Fraunce knyghtes and squyers shamed the realme and that it shulde be a great welth to dystroy them all and eche of them sayd it was true and said all with one voyce shame haue he that dothe nat his power to distroy all the geÌ„tylmen of the realme Thus they gathered togyder wtout any other counsayle without any armureâ— sauyng with staues and knyues and so went to the house of a knyght dwellyng therby brake vp his house and slewe the knyght and the lady and all his chyldren great and small and brent his house And than they went to another castel and toke the knight therof and bounde hym fall to a stake and than vyolated his wyfe and his doughter before his face and than slewe the 〈…〉 dy and his doughter and all his other chyldren And than slewe the knyght by great tourment and brent beate downe the castell and so they dyd to dyuers other castelles and good houses and they multiplyed so that they were a six thousand and euer as they went forwarde they encreased for suche lyke as they were fell euer to theÌ„ So that euery gentylman fledde fro them and tooke their wyues and chyldren with them and fledde .x. or .xx. leages of to be in suretie and left their houses voyde and their goodes therin These myscheuous peple thus assembled without capitayne or armoure robbed brent and slewe all gentylmen that they coude lay handes on and forced and rauysshed ladyes and damosels and dyd suche shamefull dedes that no humayne creature ought to thynke on any suche And he that dyd moost
myschiefe was most preased with theym and greattest maister I dare nat write the horryble dedes that they dyd to ladyes and damoselles Amonge other they slewe a knight and after dyd put hym on a broche and rosted hym at the fyre in yâ— syght of the lady his wyfe and his chyldren and after that the lady had ben enforced and rauisshed with a .x. or .xii. thei made her perforce to eate of her husband and after made her to dy an yuell deth and all her chyldren They made among them a kynge one of Cleremont in Beauuosyn they chose hym that was moost vngracyoust of all other and they called hym kyng Jaques Goodman so therby they were called companyons of the Jaquery They distroyed and brent in the countrey of Beauuosyn about Corby Amyense and MoÌ„t dydier mo than threscore good houses strong castelles In lyke maner these vnhappy people were in Bry and Arthoyes so that all the ladyes knyghtes and squyers of that contrey were fayne to flye away to Meaulx in Bry aswell the duches of Normandy and the duches of Orlyaunce as dyuers other ladyes and damosels orels they had ben vyolated and after murdred Also ther were a certayne of the same vngracyous peple bytwene Parys and Noyon and bytwene Parys and Soyssons and all about in the lande of Coucy in the countie of Ualoys bytwene Brieche and Loan Noyon and Soyssons There were brent and distroyed mo than a hundred castelles and good houses of knyghtes and squyers in that countrey ¶ Howe the prouost of the marchantes of Parys caused walles to be made about the cytie of Parys Cap. C .lxxxiii. WHan the gentylmen of Beauuosyn of Corboys of UermaÌ„doys and of other laÌ„des where as these myscheuous peple were conuersant sawe the woodnesse amonge them they sent for socours to their treÌ„des into Flanders to Brabant to Heynault and to Behayne so ther came fro all parties And so all these gentylmen strangers with them of the countrey assembled togyder dyde sette on these people wher they might fynde theÌ„ and slewe and hanged them vpon trees by heapes The kynge of Nauer on a day slewe of theÌ„ mo than thre thousande besyde Cleremount in Beauuosyn It was tyme to take them vp for and they hadde ben all togyder assembled they were mo than a hundred thousande and whan they were demaunded why they dyd so yuell dedes they wolde answere and say they coude nat tell but yâ— they dyd as they sawe other do thynkyng therby to haue distroyed all yâ— nobles and geÌ„tylmen of the worlde In the same season the duke of Normandy departed fro Parys and was in dout of the kynge of Nauer and of the prouost of the marchauntes and of his sect for they were all of one acorde He rode to the brige of Charenton on the ryuer of Marne and ther he made a great sommons of gentylmen than defyed the prouost of the marchaÌ„tes and all his ayders Than the prouost was in dout of hym that he wolde in the nyght tyme come and ouerron the cytie of Parys the which as than was nat closed Than he sette workemen a worke as many as he coude gette and made great dykes all about Parys and began walles and gates he had the space of one hole yere a thre hundred workmen contynually workyng It was a gret dede to furnvsshe an arme and to close with defence suche a cytie as Parys surely it was the best dede that euer any prouost dyd ther for els it had ben after dyuers tymes ouer ron and rob had by by dyners occasyons ¶ Of the batayle at Meaulx in Bry where the companyons of the Jaquery were disconfyted by therle of Foâ—â— and the captall of Bâ—z Ca. Clxxxiiii IN the season whyle these vngracious people raygned there came out of Pruce the erle of Foyz and the Captall of Bâ—z his cosyn And iÌ„ ther way they herde as they shulde haue entred into Fraunce of the great myschefe that fell among the noble men by these vnhappy people And in the cytie of Meaulx was the duches of Normandy and the duches of Orleaunce and a thre hundred other ladyes and damosels and the duke of Orleance also Than the two sayd knyghtes agreed to go and se these ladyes and to confort them to their powers howe be it the Captall was englysshe but as than it was truse bytwene the two kynges they had in their company a threscore speares And whan they were come to Meaulx in Bry they were welcome to the ladyes and damosels ther and whan those of the Jaquery vnderstode that ther was at Meaulx suche a nombre of ladyes yong damoselles and noble chyldren Than they assembled togyder and with them they of Ualoys and so came to Meaulx and also certayne of Parys that herd therof went to them so that they were in all a nyne thousand and dayly mo resorted to them So they came to the gates of the towne of Meaulx and the peple of the towne opyned the gates and suffred them to entre so that all the streates were full of theym to the market place where as these noble ladyes were lodged in a stronge place closed about with the ryuer of Marne there came such a nombre agaynst them that the ladyes were sore afrayed Than these two knightes and their coÌ„pany came to the gate of the markette place and yssued out and sette on those bilayns who were but yuell armed Th erle of Foyz baner and the duke of Orleance and the Captals penon and whan these bilayns saw these men of warr well aparelled yssued out to defende the place the for mast of them began to recule backe and the gentylmen pursued them with their speares swerdes And whan thei felde the great strokes they reculed all a tones and fell for hast ech on other than all the noble men yssued out of the baryers and anone wan the place and entred in among their ennemyes and beate them downe by heapes and slewe them lyke beestes and chased theÌ„ all out of the towne and slewe so many that thei were wery and made many of them by heapes to flye into the ryuer Briefely that day they slewe of them mo than seuyn thousand and none had scaped if they wolde a folowed the chase any farther And whan these men of armes retourned a gayne to the towne they sette fyre there on and brende it clene and all the bilayns of the towne that they coude close therin bycause they tooke part with the Jaquery After this disconsyture thus done at Meaulx they neuer assembled a gayne togyder after for the yong Ingram lord of Coucy had about hym certayne men of warrÌ„ and they euer slewe theym as they myght mete with theym without any mercy ¶ Howe Parys was besieged by the duke of Normandy regent of Fraunce Cap. C .lxxxv. A None after this aduenture the duke of Normandy assembled all the noble men togyder that he coude gette as well of the realme as
and thyder he came to therle of Salisbury and sir Rycharde Dangle and so went with them to Calais and ther taryed the space of a moneth and so went in to Englande and came to Shene 〈◊〉 foure leages fro London a long by the Temmes syde where the kynge of Englande laye sore syâ—ke And past out of this worlde the 〈◊〉 gyll ofsaynt JohnÌ„ Baptyst yâ— yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .lxxvii. THan was there great sorowe made in Englande and incontynent all the passages of the realme were stoppedde that none shulde yssue out of the realme For they wolde nat that the dethe of the kyng shuld be so soone knowen in Fraunce tyll they haddeset the realme in some ordre The same tyme ther came in to Englande the erle of Salisbury and sir Rycharde Dangle So the body of kyng Edwarde the thirde with great processyons weâ—ynges lamentacyons his sonnes behynde hym with all the nobles and prelates of Englande was brought a long the cytie of London with open visage to Westmynster there he was buried besyde the quene his wyfe And anon after the yong kyng Richard was crowned at the palays of Westmynster with great solemâ—ytie and by him stode the dukes of LaÌ„â—â—llre and of Bretayne the .xi. yere of his age in the moneth of July The whiche day there was made four erles and nyne knightes First the lorde Nycholas his vncle was made â—rle of â—olengy the lorde Percy erle of Northumberlande sir Thomas Dangle erle of Huntyngdon the lorde Mombray erle of Notyngham And the yonge kyng was putte vnto the rule of the gentyll knyght sir Rycharde Dangle by the accorde of all the lande to be instruâ—ted in noble vertues and the realme of Englande to be gouerned by the duke of Lancastre And as soone as the frenche kynge knewe of the dethe of kynge Edwarde he sayd howe â—yghtâ—obly and valiantly he hadde reygâ—ed and well he ought to be putte newly in rememâ—raunce amonge the nombre of the worthyes Than he assembled a great nombre of the nobles and prelatê of his realme and dyd his obsâ—quy in the holy chapell in his palys at Paris And anone after dyed the eldest doughter of the frenche kyng who was ensured to haue been maryed to Wylliam of Heynault eldest sonne of duke Aubert ¶ Howe the freÌ„che kyng sent a great nauy to the see howe dyuers townes were brent in Englande howe the duke of Burgoyne tooke dyuers castels about Calys Cap. CCC .xv. IN the meane seasone whyle this sayd trewce endured the frenche kyng ê“uyded greatly for shyppes andgaleys And the kynge of Spayne had sent to him his admyrall sir Ferraunt Sause Who with sir Johan de Uien admyrall of Fraunce whan the tre wee was expired went and brent the towne of Rye a four dayes after the dethe of kyng Edwarde in the vigill of saynt Peter in July there slewe men and women and all they founde These tidynges came to London than therles of Cambridge and Bouligney went to Douer with a great nombre of men of warre And the erle of Salisbury the lorde Montagu went to the marches towarde HaÌ„pton Than after the french army toke laude in the I le of UbyqÌ„ and brent therm dyuers to wnes as LameÌ„d Dartmouth Plomouthe Plesume and dyuers other and whan they had brente and pylled the towne of Ubique they went agayne to the see and costed forewarde came to a porte called Poc. there was redy the erle of Salisbury and the lorde Montague who defended the passage howebeit they brente parte of the towne of Poc. and than toke the see agayne and costed towardes HaÌ„pton and wolde dayly haue taken lande in Englande but the englysshmen in the company of the erle of Salisbury rode so dayly alonge the see cost that they kept them euer fro takyng of any lande Than the frenchmen came before HaÌ„pton and there was redy sir Johan AruÌ„dell with a great nombre of men of warre and archers who defended the towne or elles it had ben taken than the frenchmen departed and went towarde Douer and toke lande on a day 〈◊〉 a lytle abbay called Lians Ther were many men of the countre assembled and they hadde made the priour of the place and sir Thomas Cheyny Johan Fuselle their chefe capitayns who set them selfe in good array to defende the passage so that the freÌ„chmen had but small aduauntage for it coste them moche people or they coulde take lande how be it fynally by force of good fightyng they toke lande Ther was a sore scrimysshe howe beit the englysshmen were dryuen backe and putte to flyght and two hundred slayne and the two knightes and the priour taken prisoners than the frenche men entred agayne in to their shippes and lay styll all that night at ancre before the abbey There the frenche men knewe first of the dethe of kynge Edwarde of Englande by their prisonners and of the coronacyon of kyng Richarde and a great parte of the ordre made in Englande for rulynge of the realme Than sir Johan of Uyenne caused a barke to departe and sent therin a knight who aryued at Harflewe And than the knight rode to Parys and there he founde the kynge and there shewed hym the certayne tidynges of the deth of kyng Edwarde To whiche sayeng the kynge gaue credence Than the frenchmen spanyardes departed and sayled forthe and had wynde at wyll and came with the same tyde about threof the clocke to Douer There was sir Edmonde erle of Cambridge and sir Thomas his brother erle of Buckynghame who were redy with a hundred thousande with baners displayed abydinge the frenchmen who were a sixscore shippes and galyes The frenchemen came foreby the porte and taryed nat but passed by and toke the depe see for the see began to ebbe Howe beit the englysshmen taryed there styll all that day and the nextnight and the frenche men by the nexte tyde came before the hauen of Calays and there entred yE haue herde here before how sir Johan captall of Beufz was taken prisoner before Soubise and kept in the towre of the teÌ„ple of Parys The kyng of England and the prince whyle they lyued wolde gladly haue had hym delyuered ther was also moche entreatie made for him at the couÌ„sell at Bruges and ther was offred for him in exchange the yong erle of saynt Poule thre or four other knyghtes but the frenche kyng nor his couÌ„sayle wolde nat coÌ„sent therto Howbeit the french kyng made to be shewed him by the priour who had hym in kepyng yâ— if he wolde swere neuer to beare armes agaynst the crowne of Fraunce that than he wolde condiscende to his delyuerance The Captall answered that he wold neuer make that othe to dye in prison so he abode in prison in sure kepynge a .v. yere with lytell ioye for he toke his prisonment but with lytell pacyence and so long he was there that at last he dyed in prison
be slayn and disconfyted for Philyppe Dartuell hathe a great puyssance he wyll nat leaue the mater thus he wyll fyght with the kyng he may well do it for the right is ours and fortune is fauorabell to them of Gaunt so nowe if he may discomfyte the kyng there is nat one shall skape nor repasse agayne the ryuer of Lyse so thus in an hour all our countrey is wonne agayne And soo thus ye of this towne shall be reputed good and true mayntayninge your fraunches and to be in the grace of Philyp Dartuell and of vs of Gaunt THese wordes and suche other lyke shewed dayly by Peter de Boyse and by Peter de Myrt refrayned them of Bruges to fall to any treatie with the french kyng In this meane season the burgesses of Gaunt that had bene in EnglaÌ„de aryued at Calayes and with theÌ„ sir WillymÌ„ Fermeton an englysshe knyght sent in to the countre of Flaunders by the kyng of Englande to conclude with the flemynges a peace to be taken bytwene theÌ„ and their coun treys Than the capitayne of Calys sir Johan Deluerays sayd to them sirs ye are welcome but as at this present tyme ye may passe no farther for the frenche kyng is at Ipre and all the countrey bytwene this and that is tourned to hym shortly ye shall here other tydinges for it is sayde that Philyp Dartuell assembleth his power to fyght with the kyng and than it shall be knowen who shall haue the better If the flemynges be discomfyted than ye haue nothyng to do in Flaunders and if the kyng lese the felde than all is yours Thus the men of Gaunt and sir Willyam Fermeton taryed styll at Calays ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of Philyppe Dartuell howe he parceyuered He hadde great desyre to fyght with the kynge and that he well shewed for he came to GauÌ„t and there he ordeyned that euery man that was able to beare armes and the towne kept shulde folowe hym euery man obeyed him for he made them to beleue that by the grace of god they shuld discoÌ„fyte the french men and shuld be styll lordes of Gaunt and of dyuers other countreys And so he hadde with hym out of the towne a ten thousande men in harnes for the arerebande and so he came before Courtrey he had sent to Bruges to Audyn to Ardanbourc to Sluse and to the four mestyers and to the chatelayne of GraÌ„tmont Teremonde Aloys and so he raysed among thâ—m a .xxx. thousade and so lodged one nyght before Andewarpe and the next day he departed and went before Courtrey and he hadde in his company a fifty thousande men in harnes TJoynges came to the kynge and to the lordes of Fraunce that Philyppe Dartuell and his puyssance aproched fast towarde them and it was said the he had in his company a threscore thousande men Than the vowarde departed fro Jore and the reregarde and all the hoost Whyle the lordes were thus in the feldes they endured moch payne for it was in the hart of wynter in the begynnig of December and it rayned nygh euery day the lordes were fayne to lye euery nyght in the hygh wayes for euery houre they loked for batayle For it was dayly said in the hoost howe their enemyes coÌ„meth to morowe and that was sayde by the foragers that went dayly forthe a foragyng the kynge was lodged in the myddes of his felde a monge his men And in that Philyppe Dartwell and his coÌ„pany taryed so long or he came the lordes of Fraunce were sore dyspleased for the wether was soo sore that they wolde fayne the mater had bene determyned With the kyng was the floure of all chiualry of FrauÌ„ce Philyp Dartuell and the flemynges were to proude whan they were so hardy to fight with the kyng for if they had leyen styll at the siege before Andwarde and a fortefyed them selfe there and by the reason of the rayne and foule wether that fell The frenchmen wolde neuer haue gone to haue fought with them there and if they had they coulde nat lightly haue fought with them but to their great payne and parell But Philyppe glorifyed so in his fayre fortune and victory that he had before Bruges that it semed to him that no thynge coude go agaynst hym for he hoped well to be lorde of all the worlde this was all his ymaginacyon for he doughted nothyng the french kyng nor all his puyssance for if he had he wolde nat haue done as he dyd as ye shall here after ¶ Of the maruayle that came to the flemynges in the nyght and howe they ordeyned their batayle all in one company Cap. CCCC .xix. THe Wednisday at night that the batayle was the next day Philyp Dartuell with all his puyssance came and lodged in a fayre grounde right stroÌ„ge bytwene a dike and a lytell groue of woode with a strong hedge so that lightly no man coulde come well at them And this was bytwene the hyll and Rosebeque where as the kyng lay The same night Philyppe Dartuell made a supper in his lodgyng to all his capitayns right plenteous for they had prouisyon ynoughe folowynge them and after supper he sayd to them faire sirs ye se well we be here in armes I hope well to morowe we shall haue some besynes for the kyng who hathe great desyre to fynde vs to fyght is lodged at Rosebeque nowe I require you all kepe faythe and trouthe and be nat abasshed of any thyng that ye se or here for this that we do is in the vpholdynge of our ryght and lette vs frely fyght to mayntayn the iurisdictyons of FlauÌ„ders Admonyst your people to do well their deuoyre and ordre them so well and wisely that by our good order and array we may haue the victory of the iourney to morowe by the grace of god we shall fynde no lorde that dare fyght agaynst vs in the felde and it shall be more honoure for vs than though we had comfort of the englisshmen for if they were in our company they shulde haue the renome and nat we Also say to your company that they saue no parsone alyue so therby we shall lyue in rest for here is with the kynge all the floure of Fraunce there is none lest be hynde Wherfore I coÌ„maunde on payne of deth that no man take any prisoner without it be the kynge hymselfe for I wolde he were saued for he is but a chylde 〈…〉 e ought to be pardoned he knoweth nat yet what he dothe but as he is led we shall bring hym to GauÌ„t to lerne to speke flemysshe but as for dukes erls and other parsones slee them all The comons in Fraunce wyll nat be dyspleased there with for I am in surety they wolde that none of them shuld returne agayne in to Fraunce and no more I trust they shall All such as were with Philyppe at this supper acorded to his opinyon and so answered with one voice and sayd Sir ye