howe the duke of Burgoyne had great desyre to cause the frenche kynge to make a iourney in to Englande Cap. xvii ¶ Howe by the grace of god two burgesses of Gaunt entred to 〈◊〉 with the duke of Buâ—goyne for peace howe they gaue the charge therof to a knight of Flaunders and what answere the duke gaue vnto them Ca. xviii ¶ Howe these two 〈…〉 burgesses assembled their frendes to acomplyâ—â—â— their enterprise and sent syr Iohan Delle 〈…〉 letters of peace Cap. â—ii ¶ Howe syr Iohan Delle came to Gaunt to the markette place where as Roger and Iaques and the aldermen of the eytie were and howe he delyuered them letters fro the duke of Burgoyne and howe they of Gaunt sente to Turney and of the confyrmacion of the peace and of the charters that were made therof Capi. xx ¶ Howe sir Iohan Froissart auctour of this cronycle departed out of Fraunce and went to the erle of Foyzland the maner of his voyage Cap. xxi ¶ Howe the prince of Wales and the princesse came to Tarbe and of the request that the countesse of Armynake mad to the prince and princesse and howe the countrey of Gascoyne was newly agayne in warre Cap. xxii ¶ Of the warres that the duke of â—niou made agaynst the englysshe men and howe he recouered the Castell of Maluoysyn in Bygore whiche was afterwarde gyuen to the Erle of Foize Cap. xxiii ¶ Howe the garyson castell of Lourde was caste downe and discomfyted by the great dylygence that the erle of Foiz made Ca. xxiiii ¶ Howe the peace was made bytwene the duke of Berrey and the erle of foyz and of the begynnynge of the warre that was bytwene the erle of Foiz the erle of Armynake Ca. xxv ¶ Of the great vertuousnesse and larges that was in the erle of Foize and the maner of the pytuous dethe of Gascone the erles sonne Capi. xxvi ¶ Howe syr Peter of Byerne had a stronge dysease and of the countesse of Bysquay his wyfe Cap. xxvii ¶ Of the great soleÌ„pnyte that the erle of Foiz made at the fyest of saynte Nycholas and the tale that the â—â—stot of Manlyon shewed to sir Iohan Froâ—â—â—rt Cap. xxviii ¶ Howe dyuers capytayns englysshe and other were dyscomfyted before the Towne of Saxere by the frenche men Cap. xxix ¶ Howe a Squyer called Lymosyn tourned frenche and howe he caused Loyes Rambalt his coÌ„pany on in armes to be taken Ca. xxx ¶ Of the state or ordynauÌ„ce of the erle of Foiz and howe the towne of yran rebelled for the great traueyle dommage and outrage that was done therto Cap. xxxi ¶ Howe the kynge of Castyle left the siege of â—â—â—bone and howe they of saynt prayne 〈…〉 selfe Cap. xxxii ¶ 〈…〉 batayle that was at 〈…〉 kinge of Castyle and kynge 〈◊〉 of Portugale Cap. xxxiii ¶ Of the spanyardes howe they ordred them selfe and their batayle Cap. xxxiiii ¶ Howe the frenche knyghtes and gascons suche as were taken prisoners at Iuberoth by the portugaloyes were slayne by their maysters and none escaped Cap. xxxv ¶ Howe the kynge of Castyle all his great batayle were discomfyted by the kyng of Portugale before a vyllage called Iuberothe Capi. xxxvi ¶ Howe a spiryte called Orthone serued the lorde of Corasse a longe tyme and brought him euer tidynges from all partes of the worlde Cap. xxxvii ¶ Howe a siege was layde to Breste in Bretayne and howe that dyuers englyssh forâ—â—esses aboute the countrey of Tholous were recouered and tourned frenche Cap. xxxviii ¶ Howe the castelles of Conuall of Bygorâ— and of Nesuyll were taken all they 〈◊〉 taken slayne and hanged Cap. xxâ—◠¶ Howe the kinge of Cypres was slayn◠〈◊〉 murthered in his bedde by his owne broâ—â—â— by exortacyon and corruptyon of the in 〈…〉 for the bountye and hardynesse that 〈…〉 hym Cap. 〈◊〉 ¶ Howe the kynge of Armony wa◠〈…〉 and howe .lx. M. turkes were 〈…〉 distroyed in the realme of Hungry Ca. 〈◊〉 ¶ Howe pope Vrbane pope Clement were at gret discorde togyder and howe the cristen kynges were in varyaunce for their lectyons and of the warres bytwene them Cap. xlii ¶ Howe they of Portugale sent out messangers in to Englande to shewe tydynges of their countrey to the kynge of Englande and to the great lordes there Cap. xliii ¶ Howe Laurens Fongase ambassadour fro the kynge of Portugale in to Englande shewed to the duke of Lancastre the maner of the discorde that was bytwene the realmes of Castyle and Portyngale Cap. xliiii ¶ Howe Laurence Fongase shewed the duke of Lancastre the maner of the batayle of Iuberothe bytwene the kynges of Castyle and Portyngale Cap. xlv ¶ Howe the ambassadours of Portyngale had aunswere of the kynge of Englande and great gyftes and howe they tooke their leaue and went into their countreys Cap. xlvi ¶ Howe the duke of Lancastre assayled the lordes knightes and squyers that were in the bastydes before Brest in Bretayne and howe they defended them selfe Cap. xlvii ¶ Howe the duke of Lancastre and his hoost whasie they had soiourned a moneth at Colongne than they departed and rode towarde saynt Iames in Galyce Cap. xlviii ¶ Of the great apparell and prouyson that generally was made in the realme of Fraunce by the kynge there and by his counsayle for a iourney to be made in to Englande and also of the deth of Fraunces Atreman Cap. lii ¶ Howe the kyng of Portyngale wrote amyably to the duke of Lancastre whan he knewe that he was arryued at saynt Iames in Galyce and of the socours that the kynge of Castyle sent for into FrauÌ„ce and howe the towne of Ruelles in Galyce was taken by the Englysshe men Cap. liii ¶ Howe the duke of LaÌ„castres marshall and his men assayled the towne of Vieclope in Galyce whiche yelded by coÌ„posycion and of the ambassadours that the duke sent to the kynge of Portyngale Cap. li. ¶ Howe they of Bayon yelded theym to the duke of Lancastre and howe the marshall of his hoost entred in to the towne and tâ—ke possessyon therof Cap. liii ¶ Howe the duke of Lancastre and the duchesse helde them at saynte Iames in Galyce and of the comforte that the frenche knyghtes gaue to the kynge of Castyle Cap. lxii ¶ Of the great apparell of shyppes and galeys that the Frenche men made on the see to passe in to Englande Cap. liii ¶ Howe the frenche kinge and his vncles arryued at Sluse in Flaunders Cap. liiii ¶ Howe the frenche kynge taryed at Sluse with his great hoost to the entent to entre in to Englande Cap. lv ¶ Howe syr Symon Burle wolde haue had by his counsayle saynt Thomas of Caunterburyes shryne remoued to the castell of Douer wherby he atchyued great hate Cap. lv ¶ Howe the kynge of Armonye passed in to Englande in truste to fynde some meanes of peace or good appoyntment bytwene the kynge of Englande and the frenche kyng Cap. lvi ¶ Howe the kinge of Armony
englande suche lyght companyons in comfortynge of themselfe of them that were abasshed sayd let these frensshmen come there shall not one tayle of them retourne agayne in to fraunce suche persones as were in det cared not for the payment therof were gretely reioysed of the comynge of the frensshmen wolde say to theyr credytours when they demaunded theyr det syrs holde you styll they forge in FrauÌ„ce new floreyns wherwith ye shall be payde and in the trust therof they lyued and spente largely and wheÌ„ they myght not be trusted they wolde say what wolde ye haue of vs It were better for you that we sholde spende frely the goodes of this royalme rather theÌ„ the frensshmen sholde fynde it haue it and so by that meanes there was spente in outrage in Englande a M. pouÌ„de sterlynge IN this season the kyng of englaÌ„de was in the marches walles with hym the erle of Oxenforde by whom euery thynge was done in englaÌ„de wtout hym nothyng done chefe of the kynges couÌ„sayle were syr Symon Burle syr Nicholas braule syr Robert tauylyon syr Robert beauchamp syr IohnÌ„ salwen syr mychel de la polle also there was named the bysshop of Norwyche syr wyllyaÌ„ Neuell broder to the lorde Neuel al these as it was sayd dyd with the kyng what they lyst as for the kynges vncles the erle of Cambrydge the erle of BuckynghaÌ„ coulde do nothyng wtout it were agreable to the other before sayd this trouble differeÌ„ce amoÌ„ge theÌ„selfe was well knowen in frauÌ„ce whiche gretly auaunced theyr iourney they wolde haue had the duke of LaÌ„castre to haue withdraweÌ„ his iourney out of Castell but he toke no hede therof to let his voyage wheÌ„ the lordes of englaÌ„de the prelates the people of the good townes cytees comons of the royalme were iustly credybly enfourmed how the frensshe kyng was redy to come in to englande to dystroy it then they drew togider to couÌ„sayle theÌ„ the kyng was wryten vnto by his vncles that he sholde come to LondoÌ„ certefyeng hym how the comons of his royalme were not coÌ„tent with hyÌ„ nor his counsayle the kyng his counsayle wolde not refuse the goyng thyder but so departed for the marches of wales where they had ben long the quene also so came to Wyndesore there taryed a certayne dayes then the kyng lefte there the quene so went to Westmynstre to his palace and there taryed thyder came to hym al suche as had to do there they toke couÌ„sayle how they sholde be demeaned agaynst this iourney of the frensshe kyng then the erle of Salysbury who was a ryght valyaunt prudent knyght sayd before the kyng his vncles before al the prelates lordes of englande that were there pÌ„sent syr my souerayn lorde al ye my lordes other it ought not to be meruayled of our aduersary the frensshe kyng wyll come ryn vpoÌ„ vs for syth the deth of the last noble puyssaunt kyng Edward of noble memory this royalme here hath ben in gret adueÌ„ture to haue ben lost dystroyed with the vyllaynes of yâ— same also it is well knowen in fraunce how we be not al of one accorde wherfore this trouble appereth the whiche is not lytel for he is but a foole that fereth not his enemyes as longe as the royalme of Englande was in vnyte the kyng with his people they with hym theÌ„ we prospered reygned vyctoryously nor we sawe nor founde none that dyd vs ony grete wronge wherfore it is now nedeful neuer more nede apperd in englande that we coÌ„ferme ourselfe to rest loue vnyte if we thynke to come to ony honour that we ordeyne at the portes hauens of englande suche prouysyon defence that our countrey receyue no blame nor domage THis noble royalme of Englande hath ben a loâ—gâ— season in tryuÌ„phaunt floure euery man knoweth well a thynge that is in floure hath more nede to be wel kepte theÌ„ wheÌ„ it is tourned to parfyte fruyte therfore we ought to se coÌ„syder how this royalme is in his flourysshynge floure for within this .xl. yeres knyghtes squyers therof bothe within the royalme wtout haue had more honoure then ony other nacyoÌ„ therfore let vs put to our paynes that as long as we lyue we may kepe this honour theÌ„ euery maÌ„ sayd that it were good that it wereso The erle of salysburies wordes were wel herde accepted as the wordes counsayle of a noble valyaunt sage knyght all that was sayd by hym deuysed among theÌ„ I wyl not long rest theron for I thynke not to know al but I know wel that the towne of Caleys was kepte as I sayd before they ordeyned to kepe the hauyns portes where as they supposed that the frensshmeÌ„ wolde aryue the erle of salysbury bycause parte of his lande marched nere to the yle of wyght whiche is ryght oueragaynst Normandy the couÌ„trey of â—aulx therfore he was set there with his meÌ„ archers of yâ— countrey the erle of deuynshyre to be at Hampton with CC. men of armes .vi. C. archers to kepe the hauyn the erle of NorthuÌ„brelande at Rye with CC. meÌ„ of armes .vi. C. archers the erle of CaÌ„brydge at douer with .v. C. meÌ„ o farmes .xii. C archers his broder the erle of BuckynghaÌ„ at SaÌ„dwyche with .vi. C. meÌ„ of armes .xii. C. archers the erle of stafforde the erle of penbroke were sent to Or wel hauyn with .v. C. meÌ„ of armes .xii. C. archers syr henry percy faulx percy were at yarmouth with .iii. C. meÌ„ of armes .vi. C. archers syr Symon burle was capytayne of Douer caâ—â—el al the hauyns portes bytwene the ryuer of Humbre Cornewal were refresshed with meÌ„ of war archers on the mouÌ„taynes hylles costyng the see on the fronters agaynst flauÌ„ders frauÌ„ce were set watche meÌ„ watchers in dyuers maners I caÌ„ not tel how they had empty pypes fylled with saÌ„de one set on another on the hyght of theÌ„ were places for meÌ„ to syr on whiche nyght day kepte watche lokynge in to the see they were charged that yf they saw the frensshe nauy aproche towarde the laÌ„de theÌ„ to make fyers alofte on the hylles to styre the couÌ„trey to drawe to the coost where the fyers apered it was ordeyned that they sholde suffre the frensshe kyng peasybly to take lande al his to suffre hym to entre in to the laÌ„de a .iii. or .iiii dayes so theÌ„ fyrst to go to the see where he landed to fyght with the shyppes to wyn them yf they colde to dystroy theÌ„ take al theyr prouysyon thâ—â—â— folow the frensshâ—eÌ„ not incoÌ„tyneÌ„t to fyght with theÌ„ but to hary theÌ„ to kepe theÌ„ wakynge to kepe theÌ„ fro
sayd that he was bounde for euer towne them his good wyll The lady answered wysely to them all So they entred in to the Galees in the porte of Mathelyn and had wynde and wether at wyll and sayled so longe that without daunger or doÌ„mage they came and aryued in the isle of the Rodes in the same place where as all galees do aryue coÌ„mynge fro Cyper or fro Barne and fro other partes of the see Orientall There were many of the knyghtes of the Roodes who be or ought to be men of valyaunt corage for they beare the whyte Crosse in signyfieng of the crosse of Christ who dyed and toke payne for the redempcyon of all crysten people and nere hande daily these knightes haue skrymysshes and assawtes to ayde and sustayne the chrysten faythe agaynst the myscreauÌ„tes wherfore these knyghtes ought to be valyaunte men and nourysshed in the warre WHan the erle of Neuers and his company were come in to the isle of Rodes the great mayster and the great priour of Acquytanye who was there receyued the frenche men honourably and offred to lende them golde and syluer to paye their small charges and costes whiche offre the erle of Neuers and his company toke for a great curtesy and hertely thanked them for they had great nede therof â–ª the great priour of Acquytanie a right valyaunt knyght lente to the erle of Neuers a thyrty thousande frankes in redy money and syr Reygnere Potte stewarde with the erle of Neuers and the lorde of Rocheforde of Burgoyne receyued the money I thynke it was generally for them all that euery man shulde haue parte but the erle became dettour for the money Thus they taryed in the Isle of Rodes a good seasone to refresshe theym and to sette euery thynge in good ordre for the ayre was more atteÌ„perate there than wheâ— as they had ben in Turkey And as they taryed thus at Rodes abydynge for the galees of Venyce a syckenesse toke syr Guy of Tremoyle lorde of Seully of whiche sycknesse he dyed there and was buryed in the churche of saynte Iohan in the Rodes and the lordes of Fraunce dyd his obsequy ryght reuerently and were ryght sorye of his dethe but there was no remedy The Erle of Neuers knewe well that the duke of Burgoyne wolde be sore dyspleased of his deth bycause he had always fouÌ„de hym sage and of good counsayle At the laste there aryued the galees of Venyce wherof the frenche men were ryght ioyous Than they tooke their leaue of the lordes of the Rodes Thus departed the erle of Neuers sir Henry of Bare Boucyquante Guillyam of Tremoyle the lorde of Rocheforde and all other The patrones of the galees to do them pleasure were contente to suffre them to refresshe theym in the isles bytwene Venyce and Rodes Fyrste they came to Modon a fyue hundred myle fro the Roodes and there they refresshed them it parteyned to the venycyens ANd fro modon they sayled with wynde and wether at wyll and so came to the isle of Calefo and there refresshed theym And fro thence to the isle of Garre and there taryed and than they came to the isle of Chyfolignie and there landed and founde a great nombre of Ladyes and damosels who had the sygnâ—orite of that isle They receyued the frenche men with great ioye and brought them to passe the tyme aboute the isle whiche is ryght fayre and pleasaunte And suche as knowe the condycions of that isle affyrmeth that the fayry and the nympes be moche conuersaunt there Some of the marchauntes of Venyce and Geane and of other landes suche as haue aryued there and taryed there a seasone to eschewe the daunger of the see haue said that they haue sene some of the fairy there and haue proueâ— their wordes to be trewe The erle of Neuers and his company were right ioyouse of the company of these ladyes and ryght ioyously the ladyes receyued them and sayd howe their coÌ„mynge thyder dyd all the isle great honoure bycause they were noble knyghtes and men of honoure for there hath nat acustomed none other to be conuersaunt amonge them but marchauntes This isle is nat all onely enhabyted with women but there be men amonge them but the women haue the soueraynte and chefe rule there They are worke women in sylke worke and make clothes of sylke so subtelly and so well that there is none lyke them nor the men of the isle canne nat make it but they cary them out to sell where they thynke to haue most profyte and the woman abyde styll in the isle and they honour the men for the sayde cause and they haue the profyte therof The Isle is of that condycion that no man dare aproche it to do there any doÌ„mage for who so euer dothe are perysshed and that hath ben sene and proued and therfore these ladyes endure euer in peace and dought no man Also they are marueylous swete gentle amyable and humble and whan they wyll they speke with the fayry and be in their company WHan the erle of Neuers and his company had refresshed them in this isle of Chyfoligne aboute a fyue dayes than they toke leaue of these ladyes and lefte amonge these ladyes parte of suche as they had that they myght forbeare so that the ladyes gaue them great thanke at their departynge and so they sayled to a lande called Raguse and there they rested And fro thens to Clarence a hundred myle fro Venyce And whyle they were there thyther came a squyer of Haynalt of great recoÌ„mendacyon borne in the towne of Mons he was called Brydoll he came fro the holy scpulcre and fro Quayre and fro saynt Katheryns mounte and whan he came to Clarence the frenchmen made him good chere bycause he was borne in Haynalt for the countesse of Neuers was doughter to the erle of Heynalte and also bycause he had ben in farre countreys and they demaunded of him newes fro those parties and also of the state of the kynge of Cyper He aunswered to euery thynge ryght wysely WHan the erle of Neuers had refresshed hym there a season than he sayled forthe and came to the porte of Parcuse The great galees coude go no further to come to the porte of Venyce Than within a certayne space they tooke other small shyppes passengers and so came to Venyce and there were receyued with great ioye and they thanked god that they were come thyder in sauegarde and out of the handes of the myscreauntes for they were ones in feare neuer to haue come out of their handes Than euery man wente to his logynge which was prepared for them for their commynge thyder was knowen before their seruauntes were come thyder and prepared for them redye agaynst their commyng The erle of Neuers founde there redy parte of his seruauntes sente thyder by the duke of Burgoyne his father and the duches his mother Also there was redy syr Dyne of Responde bycause of their raunsome Than clerkes were
accusynge of them as he had doone before tyme trustynge therby to scape and to bringe them in the daunger and payne but that was nat the mynde of them that loued hym nat so as at that tyme they spake no more but departed and the duke of Lancastre went to his lodgynge and suffred the mayre and the men of lawe to procede They went to the Guyldhall where as all the maters of the cytie were determyned and than moche people asseÌ„bled there Whan they sawe the gouernours of the cytie go thyder they thought some iustice shulde be done as there was in dede I shall shewe you howe Fyrste the artycles that were made agaynst the kynge the whiche had been redde before hym in the towre were redde agayne there openly And it was shewed by hym that redde them howe the kynge hymselfe denyed none of them but confessed that he dyd theym by the counsayle of four knightes of his chambre and howe by their counsayle he had put to dethe the duke of Gloucestre and the erle of AruÌ„dell sir Thomas Corbet and other and howe they had longe encyted the kynge to do those dedes whiche dedes they sayd were nat to be forgyuen but demaunded punycion for by them and their couÌ„sayle the iustyce of right was closed vp through all the courtes of Englande Westmynster and other wherby many yuell dedes folowed and companyes and rowtes of theues and murderers rose and assembled togyther in dyuers parties of the realme and robbed marchauntes by the wayes and poore men in their houses by whiche meanes the realme was in great parell to haue ben lost without recouery and it is to be ymagyned that fynally the wolde haue rendred Calais or Guysnes or bothe in to the frenchmennes handes These wordes thus shewed to the people made many to be abasshed and many beganne to murmure and sayd These causes demaunde punycion that all other may take ensample therby and Rycharde of Burdeaur to be deposed for he is nat worthy to beare a crowne but ought to be depriued fro all honour and to be kept all his lyfe in prison with breed and water Though some of the villaynes murmured other said on hygh sir mayre of London and ye other that haue iustyce in your handes to mynyster execute iustyce for we wyll ye spare no man for ye se well the case that ye haue shewed vs demauÌ„deth iustyce in coÌ„tynent for they are iudges vpon their owne dedes Than the mayre and other of the gouernours of the lawe went togyther in to the chambre of iudgement than these four knyghtes were iudged to dye and were iudged to be had to the foote of the towre where as kynge Richarde was that he might se them drawen alonge by the dyke with horses eche after other throughe the cytie in to chepesyde and than there heedes stryken of there and sette vpon London bridge and there bodyes drawen to the gybet and there hanged THis iudgement gyuen they were delyuered to execucyon for the mayre of London and suche as were deputed to the mater wente fro the Guyldhall to the towre and toke out the four knyghtes of the kynges whose names were called sir Bernarde Brokas syr Marelays mayster IohnÌ„ Derby receyuour of Lyncolne and mayster Stell the kynges stewarde Eche of theÌ„ were tyed to two horses in the presence of them that were in the towre and the kynge myght well se it out at the wyndowes wherwith he was sore descomforted for all other that were there with the kynge loked to be in the same case they knewe them of London so cruell Thus these four knyghtes were drawen one after another a longe through the cyte tyll they came in to chepe and there on a fysshers stall their heedes were stryken of and set vpon London bridge and their bodyes drawen by the shulders to the gybet and there hanged vp This iustyce thus doone euery man went to their lodgynges Kynge Rycharde knowyng him selfe taken and in the daunger of the londoners was in great sorowe in his herte and rekened his puyssaunce nothynge for he sawe howe euery man was agaynste hym and if there were any that ought hym any fauour it laye nat than in their powers to do hym any ayde nor they durste nat shewe it Suche as were with the kynge sayde Syr we haue but small trust in our lyues as it may well apere for whan your cosyn of Lancastre came to the castell of Flynte and with your owne good wyll ye yelded you to hym and he promysed that you and twelue of yours shuld be his prisoners and haue no hurte and nowe of those twelue four be executed shamfully we are like to passe the same way The cause is these londoners who hath caused the duke of Lancastre your cosyn to do this dede had hym so sore bounde to them that he muste do as they wyll haue hym God dothe moche for vs if he suffre that we myght dye here our naturall deth and nat a shamfull dethe It is great pytie to thynke on this With those wordes kyng Rycharde began teÌ„derly to wepe and wringe his handes and cursed the houre that euer he was borne rather than to haue suche an ende Suche as were aboute hym had great pytie and recomforted hym as well as they might One of his knyghtes sayd Syr it behoueth you to take comforte we se well and so do you that this worlde is nothyng the fortunes ther of are marueylous and somtyme tourne as well vpon kinges and princes as vpon poore men The frenche kynge whose doughter ye haue maryed canne nat nowe ayde you he is to farre of if ye myght scape this myschefe by dyssimulacyon and saue your lyfe and ours it were a good enterprise peraduenture with in a yere or two there wolde be had some recouery Why ê™ the kynge what wolde ye that I shulde do there is nothynge but I wolde be glad to do it to saue vs therby Syr quod the knyght we se for trouthe that these londoners wyll crowne your cosyn of Lancastre as kynge and for that entent they sent for hym and so haue ayded hym and do it is nat possyble for you to lyue without ye consent that he be crowned kynge wherfore syr we wyll counsayle you to the entent to saue your lyfe and ours that whan your cosyn of Lancastre coÌ„meth to you to demaunde any thynge than with swete and treatable wordes say to hym howe that ye wyll resygne to hym the crowne of Englande and all the ryght that ye haue in the realme clerely and purely in to his handes and howe that ye wyll that he be kynge therby ye shall greatly apease him and the londoners also and desyre hym effectuously to suffre you to lyue and vs also with you or els euery man a parte as it shall please him or els to banisshe vs out of the realme for euer for he that leseth his lyfe leseth all Kynge Rycharde herde those wordes well and fyxed them surelye in
was made chefe ruler of all the meane Craftes in the towne of Gaunte whiche also was a great and a profytable offyce ⸫ ⸪ ¶ Howe sir IohnÌ„ Froyssart auctour of this cronycle departed out of Fraunce and wente to the erle of Foiz and the maner of his voyage Cap. xxi IT is longe nowe sith I made any mencion of the busynesses of farre Countreis for the busynesses nerer home hath ben so fresshe that I lafte all other maters to write therof Howe be it all this season valyant men desyring to auauÌ„ce them selfe on the realme of Castell and Portyngale In Gascoyne in Rouergue in Quercy in Lymosyn and in Bygore Euery day they ymagined by what subteltie they coulde gette one of another by dedes of armes or by stealyng of townes castels fortresses And therfore I IohnÌ„ Froyssart who haue taken on me to cronycle this present hystorie at the reqÌ„st of the highe renomed prince sir Guy of Chatellon erle of Bloyse lorde of Dauesnes Beauuoys Destonhon of la Guede my souerayne mayster good lorde CoÌ„sydring in my selfe howe there was no great dedes of armes likely towarde in the parties of Picardy or FlauÌ„ders Seyng the peace was made bytwene the duke and them of Gaunt And it greatly anoyed me to be ydell for I knewe well that after my deth this noble and highe hystorie shulde haue his course wherin dyuers noble men shulde haue great pleasure and delyte And as yet I thaÌ„ke god I haue vnderstandyng and remembrauÌ„ce of all thynges passed and my wyt quicke and sharpe ynough to conceyue all thinges shewed vnto me touchyng my princypall mater my body as yet able to endure and to suffre payne All thynges coÌ„sydred I thought I wolde nat lette to pursue my sayde first purpose And to â—â—tent to knowe the trouthe of dedes done in 〈◊〉 countrieâ— I founde occasion to go to the â—â—ghe and mighty prince Gascone erle of Foiz and of Byerne for I knewe well that if I might haue that grace to come in to his house and to be there at leysar I coude nat be so well enformed to my purpose in none other place of the worlde for thyder resorted all maner of knightes and straÌ„ge squyers for the great noblenes of the sayd erle and as I ymagined so I dyd And shewed to my redoubted lorde the Erle of Bloyes myne entent and he gaue me letters of recoÌ„mendacions to therle of Foiz And so rong I tode without parell or domage that I caÌ„e to his house called Ortaise in the couÌ„tre of Berne on saynt Katheryns day the yere of grace M. thre hundred fourscore and eight And the sayd erle as soone as he sawe me he made me good chere and smylyng sayd howe he knewe me yet he neuer sawe me before but he had often herde spekyng of me and so he reteyned me in his house to my great ease with the helpe of the letters of credence that I brought vnto hym so that I might tary there at my pleasure there I was enfourmed of the busynesse of the realmes of Castyle Portyngale Nauar and Aragon yea and of the realme of Englande couÌ„tre of Burbonoyse and Galcoyne And the erle him selfe if I dyd demaunde any thyng of him he dyde shewe me all that he knewe Sayenge to me howe thy storie that I had begon shulde hereafter be more praysed than any other and the reason he sayd why was this Howe that .l. yere passed there had been done more marueylous dedes of armes in the worlde than in thre hundred yere before that Thus was I in the court of the erle of Foiz well cherysshed and at my pleasure it was the thyng that I moost desyred to knewe newes as touchyng my mater And I had at my wyll lordes knightes squiers euer to enforme me and also the gentle erle hym self I shall nowe declare in fayre langage all that I was enfourmed of to encrease therby my mater and to gyue ensample to theÌ„ that lyste to auaunce them selfe Here before I haue recounted great dedes of armes takynge and sautynge townes and castelles and batayles and harde encountrynges and yet here after ye shall here of many mo the whiche by the grace of god I shall make iust narracion ye haue herde here before that whan the lorde Edmonde sonne to the kynge of Englande erle of Cambridge was deerted fro the realme of Portingale and had take shypping at Lustbourke and howe he had made câ—uâ—nant that Iohan to recouer our herytage So thus we become byder paradueÌ„ture nat so many as ye wrote for but suche as I haue here be of suche good wylles that they dare well abyde the aduenture of batayle agaynst all those that be nowe present with the erle of Tryslmate and surely we shall nat be content with you without we haue batayle Suche wordes or lyke the Erle of Cambridge shewed to the kyng of Portingale or he departed the whiche kyng herde theÌ„ well howe be it he neuer durste gyue batayle on the playne of Saluence whafic he was before the spaynierdes nor they of the countre wolde nat gyue hym counsayle therto but sayde to hym Sir the puyssaunce of the kyng of Castell is as nowe so great and that by fortune or mysad â—enture that ye lese the â—elde ye lese than youre realme for euer Wherfore it were better ye suffred than to do a thyng wherby ye shulde haue domage and parell And whan tâ—e erle of Cambridge sawe it wolde be none otherwyse Here tourned to Lusenborne and aparelled his shyppes and toke leaue of the kyng of Portyngale and so toke the see with his company wolde nat leaue Iohan his sonne in Portingale with the kyng nor with the lady that he shulde mary with all The chylde was but yonge and so thus the erle reteurned in to Englande Thus was the dealyng as than of the iourney in Portyngale THe erle of Cambridge retourned in to Englande on the maner as ye haue her de before and shewed his brother the Duke of Lancastre all the dealynge of kynge Ferant of Portyngale The duke was sorie therof for he sawe thereby that his conquest of Castell was farre of and also kyng Richarde of Englande had abouth hâ—m câ—uÌ„sayle that were nat after his apetyte and specially theâ—le of Orâ—forde who was chefe in the kinges fauour This erle dyd set as great trouble bytwene the kyng and his vncles as he might and said oftentymes to the kyng sir â—fye wyll folowe the myndes of your vncles the duke of Lancastre the crle of Cambridge it shall well cost all the treasure in Englande about their warre in Spayne and yet they shall ceÌ„quere nothyng It were better for you to kepe your owne people and your money than to spende it abrode where as ye can gette no profyte and kepe and defende your owne he rytage wherin ye haue warâ—e on all sydes as well by Fraunce as by Scotlande rather than to enploy your tyme in
other countreis The yonge kynge enclyned lightely to his wordes for he loued him with all his hart bicause they had been norisshed vp toguyder And this erle had great alyaunces with dyuers lordes and knightes of Englande for he dyde all his maters by the counsayle of sir Symon Burle sir Robert Treuelyen ser Nicholas Brambre sir Iohan Beauchampe sir Iohan Salisbury and sir Mychaell de la pole And also sir Thomas Tryuet and sir Wylliam Helmon were named to be of the same ê‘te so that by the dyffernes and discorde bitwene the kynge and his vncles and the nobles and commons of the realme many yuels came therby in EnglaÌ„de as ye shall here hereafter in this hystorie IT was nat longe after that the erle of Cambridge departed out of Portyngale but that the kynge Feraunt felle sicke and so contynued a hole yere and dyed than he had no mo chyldren but the Quene of Spayne Than kynge Iohan of Castell was enformed of his deth and howe that the realm of Portyngale was fallen in to his haÌ„des and howe that he was ryghtfull heyre thervnto by reason of the dethe of the kynge Sother was dyuers couÌ„sayls kept on that mater and some sayd howe that the Portingales were so harde harted people that they wold nat be had without it were by conquest And in dede whan the portyngales sawe howe they were without a kyng than they determyned by counsayle to sende to a bastarde brother of the kynges a sage and a valyant man called Deuyse but he was a man of relygton and was mayster of the hospytals in all the realme They sayd they had rather be vnder the rule of this maister Denyse than vnder the rule of the kynge of Castell for they reputed hym no bastarde that hath good corage to do well Whan this mayster Denyse vnderstode the coÌ„mens wyll of foure chiefe cyties of Portyngale for they hadde great affectyon to crowne hym kyng wherof he had great ioye and so wrote secretely to his frendes and came to Lurbone whiche is the kay of the realme The people of the towne receyued hym with great ioye and demauÌ„ded of hym if they crowned him kyng wheder he wolde be good to theÌ„ or nat and kepe the lande in their fraunchese And he aunswered and sayd he wolde be to theÌ„ as they desyred and that they had neuer a better kynge than he wolde be Than they of Luxbone wrote to Connubres to Pount de portugale and to them of Dourke These were the kayes of the Realme and so they determyned to crowne to their kyng this mayster Denyse who was a sage a valyant man and of good gouernauÌ„ce and was brother to kyng Ferant for they sawe well the realme coude nat be longe without a kyng as well for feare of the spay mardes as of the myscreaÌ„tes of Granado and of Bongie who marched on them So these sayde townes and certayne of the lordes of the lande enclined to him but some of the lordê sayd that it was nat mete a bastarde to be crowned kyng And the people of the good townes said that it shulde be so for of necessyte they must so do sithe they had none other and seyng that he was a valyant and a sage man bothe in wyâ—te and in dedes of armes And they toke ensample by kynge Henry who was crowned kyng of Castell by electyon of the countrey and for the coÌ„mon profyte and that was done kynge Peter beynge a lyue So thus the electyon abode on this maister Denyse and solemynely he was crowned in the Cathedrall churche of Connubres by the accorde and puyssaunce of the coÌ„mons of the realme And there he sware to kepe iustyce to do ryght to his people and to kepe and maynteyne their frauncheses and to lyue and dye with them wherof they hadde great ioye Whan these tidynges came to the hearyng of don Iohan kyng of Castell he was sore displeased therwith and for two causes The one was bycause his wyfe was enheryter there the other bycause the people by election hadde crowned maister Denyse kynge there Wherfore this kyng Iohan toke tytell to make warr and to demauÌ„de of them of Luxbone the soÌ„me of two hundred thousande florens whiche Ferant promysed hym whan he toke his doughter to his wyfe So than he sende the Erle of Terme therle of Ribydea and the bysshoppe of Burges in to Portyngale as his ambassadours to them of Luxbone whan they were at saynt prayne the laste towne of Castell towarde Luxbone Than they sent an haraulde to the kyng and to them of Luxbone to haue a saue conducte to go and come and to furnysshe their voyage whiche was graunted lightly so they came to Luxbone and so the towne assembled their counsayle toguyder and the ambassadours shewed why they were come thyder and finally sayde ye sirs of Luxbone ye ought iustely nat to marueyle if the kyng our souerayne lorde demaundeth of you the soÌ„me of money that ye are bounde for And is nat coÌ„tent that ye haue gyuen the noble crowne of Portyngale to a clerke a man of relygion and a bastarde It is a thynge nat to be suffred for by rightfull election there is non nerer to the crowne thaÌ„ he And also ye haue done this without the assent of the nobles of the realme Wherfore the kyng our maister saythe that ye haue done yuell And without that ye shortely do remedy the make he wyll make you sharpe warâ— To the whiche wordes don Feraunt Gallopes de vyle fois a notable burgesse of the cyte answered and sayd Sirs ye reproche vs greatly for our electyon but your owne election is as moche reprouable for ye crowned in Spaygne a bastarde sonne to a iewe And it is clerely knowen that to the ryghtfull election your kynge hath no right to the realem of Portyngale for the right resteth in the doughters of kyng Peter who be in Englande maryed bothe ConstauÌ„ce and Isabell maryed to the duke of I an castre to therle of Cambridge Wherfore sers ye may departe whan ye wyll and retourne to them that sent you hyder and say that our electyon is good whiche we wyll kepe and other kyng we wyll haue none as long as he lyste to be our kyng And as for the soÌ„me of money that ye demauÌ„de of vs we say we are nothyng bouÌ„de therto take it of them that were bouÌ„de therfore and of suche as had the profyte therof At this answere the kynge of Portyngall was nat presentâ— howbeit he knewe well what shulde be sayd And whaÌ„ these ambassadours sawe they coude haue non other answere they toke their leaue and departed and retourned to Cyuell where they lafte the kyng and his couÌ„sayle to whom they shewed all the said answere Than the kyng of Spayne toke couÌ„sayle what was best to do in this mater Than it was determyned that the kyng of Portyngale shulde be desied and howe that the kyng of Spayne had a good
the hostages To delyuer them quod sir Olyuer abyde a lytell and retourne agayne with me to the duke and so they caÌ„e to the duke who was in his lodgynge in a great study sir Olyuer saluted hym and said Sir What is your entent Shall nat these hostages suffre deth By my faythe they shall in the dispyte of ser Robert Canoll sir Byrre who hath falsed their faithe Wherfore ser I wyll ye knowe wtout they dye I shall weare no armure this hole yere after in none of yor watres If they shulde scape thus it were good chepâ— The siege hath coste you threscore M. frankes and newe you wyll shewe grace to your enemies who â—epeth with you nother faythe nor trouthe With those wordes the duke began to chafe and sayd â–ª sir Olyuer do therin as ye thynke best Than quod sir Olyuer I wyll that they lese their lyues there is good cause why sithe they kepe nat their ê“myse Than sir Olyuer departed fro the duke and came to a place before the Castell and sir Garses durst nat speke one worde for them for if he had he shulde haue lost his labour sith sir Olyuer had taken on hym the enterprise than he called the hangman made hym stryke of the heedes of two knyghtes and two squyers whiche was great pytie there were mo than two hundred in the hoâ—st that wepte for them And incontynent sir Robert Canoll opyned a posterne gate and on the brimme of the dykes in dispyte of the frenche men he caused to stryke of the heedes of all the prisoners that he had without any respyte and incentynent opyned the castell gate and lette downe the bridge and issued out and 〈◊〉 to the barryers and scrymysshed with the frenche men And as sir Garses shewed me they was a sore scrimysshe and there sir Olyuer Clâ—squyn was hurt and so returned to his lodgyng There were thre good men of armes two squyers of the countrey of Bâ—erne Bettram de Baruge and Eualton de Payne and they were bothe sore hurt and the next day the duke dislodged and went fro Dyryuall to Tholous to the entente to distroye Lourde for they of Tholous coÌ„playned greatly of the garyson of Lourde ¶ So than the duke went first and layd siege to Maluoysen whiche we maye se yonder before vs and the duke had in his company an viâ—i thousande men of warre besyde the geneuoys and the coÌ„mons of the good townes Capitayne as than of Maluoysen was a squyer of Gascoyne called Raymonde de Lespâ—an experte man of armes Euery day at the barriers there was scrimysshes and goodly feates of armes done the duke laye in yonder fayre medowes bytwene the towne of Turney and the castell by the ryuer syde of Lysse This siege enduryng sir Garses marshall of thoost went with fyue hundred men of armes and two hundred archers and crosbowes and a two thousande of other coÌ„mons and layd siege to the castell of Trygalet whiche we haue lefte here be hynde vs whiche castell a squyer of Gascoyne kepte for the lorde de la Barde for he was his cosyn and was called the Bastot of Manlyon and he had within the castella .xl. companyons and they dyd in that countre suche maystries that none coude go that waye but they were taken prisoners without it were the pylgrimes that wente to saynt Iames with the ayde of a nother fortresse called Nemeluz In these two garysons all the robbers and pyllers of the couÌ„tre assembled And euer they were agaynst the erle of Foiz and also agaynst the erle of Army nake wherfore they cared nat though the duke of Aniou came in to that couÌ„tre And whan sir Garses was come before the castell of Trygalet he coulde nat approche on the one parte for the ryuer and so gaue a great assaute many men hurte bothe within and without with shot and fyue dayes togyder this sir Garses made assautes so that at laste the artillary within began to fayle them and the freÌ„che men ê‘ceyued it very well Than by gentylnesse sir Garses caused the capitayne to come speke with him vnder saue conducte and sayd to hym Bastot I knowe well what case ye be in ye haue no artillary within nor nothyng to defende you fro the sante but speares Knowe for trouthe that if ye be taken by force I can nat saue your lyfe nor none of youre company for the coÌ„mons of the countre wyll slee you all which I wolde be lothe to se for ye are my cosyn Therfore I couÌ„sayle you to yelde vp the fortresse And sythe that I desyre you so to do ye can beare no blame in your so doyng and departe hens wheder as ye lyste for ye haue kepte this castell long ynough Sir quod the squyer I wolde gladly folowe your couÌ„sayle if it were out of dedes of armes for in dede I am your cosyn But sir I can nat yelde vp this fortresse all alone for suche as be within haue as good parte therof as I haue though they holde me for their capitayne Sir I shall go to them and shewe them as ye haue said if they accorde to rendre it vp I shall nat say nay and if they wyll kepe it styll whatsoeuer adueÌ„ture fall I shall take suche parte as they do It is well said quod sir Garses deê‘te whan ye wyll I knowe your entent Than the Bastot of Manlyon retourned to the castell of Trygalet and called all his company toguyder and ther shewed them all the sayeng of sir Garses and so demaunded of them what they thought was best to do And so they counsayled toguyder a longe space some wolde abyde the aduenture and sayd howe they were stronge ynough and some wolde departe and said howe it was a good tyme so to do seynge that they had no more artillary sawe well howe the duke of Aniou was cruell and the coÌ„mons of Thoulous of Carcassonâ—y of other townes there about sore displeased with them for the great domages that they had done to theÌ„ So all thynges consydred they concluded to yelde vp the castell so that they might be safely conducted and all theirs to the castell Culyer the whiche was kepte by some of their companyons on the fronter of Tholousin So thus the capitayne retourned agayne to the host to speke with sir Garses and he agreed to their desyres For he sawe well the castell wolde nat lightely be wonne by assaute without losse of moche people So than they prepared to departe trussed all their baggage for they had moche pyllage they toke with them the best lefte the resydue And sit Garses conueyed theÌ„ to Culyer without daunger Thus the frenche men at that tyme gate this castell Trygalette Than sir Garses dyd gyue the castell to the coÌ„mens of the countre and they dyd rase it downe as ye se so that there was neuer none sithe that wolde reedify it agayne And so fro thens sit Garses wente towarde the
the courage of dyuers and also the oppynyon of them of the .iii. chefe cytees of this royalme besyde vs as Connymbres Porte and Eure then the kyng sayd let it be as ye wyl I am content ye know well that this lady Elyanoure who is called quene of this royalme is as yet here in this cyte and her counsaylloure with her syr IohnÌ„ Ferrant Audere who wyll kepe the crowne of Portyngale and the herytage therof for the quene of Castell for he made fyrst the maryage to make peas bytwene Castell and Portyngale peraduenture the kynge of Castell wyll sende for hym hastely to helpe to subdue his rebelles Wherfore nowe at the obsequye of my broder whiche shal be shortely wherat most parte of the nobles of this royalme and Cytees wyl be it were good to prouyde for remedy in that behalfe then they that were presente sayd syr that ye saye is true we shall prouyde therfore as we shall here syr IohnÌ„ Ferrant speke and so as then theyr counsayle ended IT was not longe after but that the obsequye was kepte at Lyxbone in the freers where as kynge Ferrant lyeth and there were many of the nobles of Portyngale for they were desyred so to be by the quene and by syr IohnÌ„ Ferrant Audere who gouerned the quene there was the kynge that nowe is with a grete nombre of the comons of the countrey and specyally of the thre cytees Connymbres Eure and the porte of Portyngale for they all agreed and consented to them of Lyxbone And when the obyte was done syr IohnÌ„ Ferrant Audere desyred in the quenes name the nobles that were there presente that they sholde not departe thens that daye nor the nexte saynge howe the quene wolde haue theyr counsayles what sholde be done to sende in to Castel for kyng IohnÌ„ and his wyfe the lady Beautryce theyr lady who was herytoure by ryght to the royalme of Portyngale all the nobles or a grete parte of them that herde his wordes made lytel ther of for they doubted sore the comons that were there essembled for they had herde dyuers of them murmure saynge how they wolde crowne to be theyr kynge mayster Denyce Also syr IohnÌ„ Ferrant Audere had herde lyke wordes Therfore he desyred the nobles of the royalme to abyde there with hym to ayde and susteyne his opynyon but they fayled hym for as sone as the kynges obyte was done in the foresayd freers and that quene Elyanour was retourned to her lodgyng then euery man cryed to horse and so al or the moost parte mounted on theyr horses so departed fro Lyxbone some taryed ftyll suche as were on the kynges partye that nowe is and they wente to theyr lodgynges and kepte themselfe pryuely and dyssymuled the matter for they well ymagyned the matter to fall as it fell as I shall shewe you howe when the kynges obyte was done the comons of Lyxbone and of the other thre cytees suche as were there retourned not shortely to theyr lodgynges but wente to the cathedral chyrche of Lyxbone called saynt Domynycke and there they assembled and mayster Denyce with them there they had grete counsayle togyder Whiche counsayle endured not longe For the kynge that nowe is sayd vnto them ¶ All ye good people I vnderstande ye wolde make me your kynge And surely I saye it is my ryght And yf ye wyll perceyuer in that purpose it is tyme to sette a worke and to shewe your dede and â—uyssaunce for ye knowe ryght well that syr IohnÌ„ Ferrant Audere dothe procure the nobles of the royalme to sende for the kynge of Castell and he sayth and maynteyneth that the crowne of Portyngale perteyneth to the kynge of Castel by the ryght of my cosyne his wyfe and I saye yf ye wyll ayde me it is my ryght rather then hers ye knowe all the maner for I am a man broder to kynge FerraÌ„t and sone to good kynge Peter of Portyngale who gouerned you valyauntly True it is my cosyne the quene of Castell was doughter to kynge Ferrant but that was not by lawfull maryage Then they of Lyxbone sayd vnto hym Syr all this is true we wyll haue none other kynge but you and we wyll make you our kynge loke theron who wyll but ye shall swere vnto vs that ye shall be good to vs and kepe Iustyce and ye shall not flatter no more with the grete lordes then with the small people and ye shall kepe and susteyne with good herte with the ayde that we shall gyue you all the ryght perteynynge to Portyngale Then the kynge answered and sayd Syrs all this I swere but pryncypally I requyre you to go with me to the lodgynge called the Monnoy where syr IohnÌ„ Ferrant Audere is with Elyanoure of Coygne for I wyll that he be slayne for he hath deserued it agaynst me and agaynste you when he susteyneth and maynteyneth other quarelles agaynst your wylles tâ—enne they all with one voyce answered We wyll that this be done for surely he is disobeysaunt and a rebell agaynst you Wherfore lette hym be put to dethe and all the other that be rebellyons agaynst you Wherby other of the royalme shall take ensample Then they departed togyder from the mynstre of saynt Domynycke to the nombre of .xv. C. all of one oppynyon and the kynge that nowe is with them and soo they wente thrughe the towne to the lodgynge called the Monnoy where the quene and syr IohnÌ„ Ferrant Audere were And when they came there they brake vp the gates of the lodgynge and entred therin perforce and they wente in to the chambre where as the quene was Who was ryght sore afrayde wheÌ„ she sawe so moche people comynge vpon her then incontynent she fell downe on her knees before this mayster Denyce and prayed hym to haue pyte and compassyon vpon her saynge vnto hym that she knewe nothynge of ony dyspleasure that she hadde done agaynst hym or agaynst ony other And also she sayd vnto hym howe that as touchynge the crowne and herytage of Portyngale she claymed no parte But mayster Denyce I requyre you and all the people here present to consydre how kynge Ferrant made me quene agaynst my wyl then this mayster Denyce sayd Fayre lady doubte ye nothynge for ye shall haue no hurte for we be not come therfore but for this traytoure IohnÌ„ Ferrant Audere he shall dye to begyn withall and then lette the kynge of Castell reuenge his deth yf he can he hath ben to longe his proctoure in this countrey with that worde auaunced forth suche as was ordeyned ther to who toke the knyght and put hym to dethe more hurte they dyd not to no persone but so retourned to theyr lodgynge and the kynge that nowe is wente to his ANd after the dethe of IohnÌ„ Ferrant the lady Elyanoure who had ben quene of Portyngale toke counsayle and determyned herselfe to go out of Portyngale in to Castell to the kynge there and to
his counsayle was to take the see at Sluse so to entre in to englande to distroy the countrey they that were ryche men in the royalme of frauÌ„ce to the ayde of this voyage were taxed tayled to the .iii. .iii. parte oâ— theyr goodes many payde more theÌ„ they were worth besyde to accoÌ„plysshe the payment for men of warre FRo Spayne fro the porte of sybyll to Pruce there was no grete shyp on the see that the frensshmen coulde lay theyr handes on nor vnder theyr owne obeysaunce but were reteyned for the frensshe kynge his men prouysyon came fro al partyes aryued in flaunders both wyne salte flesshe hay in tonnes otes ony on s bysket floure egges in pypes of al maner of thynges that coulde be deuysed so that in tyme to come it coulde not be byleued but by theÌ„ that sawe it lordes knyghtes squyers men of war were wryten vnto desyred to come serue the kyng in his iourney as out of Sauoy Almayne fro yâ— sone goynge downe to the lande of the erle of Amynacke so these lordes of farre countreys as the erle of Sauoy was reteyned with .v. C. speres also the erle of armynacke the dolphyn of Awuergne these lordes thoughe they were of farre couÌ„treys knew not what ende this warre sholde come to yet they made theyr ê“uysyons so grete costly that it was gret meruayle to thynke therof it was wonder to consyder fro whens all suche prouysyon came what by lande by see in to flauÌ„ders as to bruges to dan to Sluse so there was sent for in to HolaÌ„de zelande meldebourge zerechyel dourdrest stonehone to all other townes on the see coost to the ryuers entryng in to the see for al maner of shyppes that coulde do ony seruyce al were brought to Sluse but the holanders the zelanders sayd to theÌ„ that reteyned theÌ„ yf ye wyâ— haue our seruyce pay vs our wages clerely or elles we wyl go to no parte so they were payde wherin they dyd wysely I trowe syth god created the worlde there was neuer sene so many grete shyppes togyder as was that yere at sluse at Blanquerge â—or in the moneth of septeÌ„bre in the sayd yere they were nobred a .xii. C. lxxx.vii shyppes at Sluse there mastes semed in the se lyke a grete wood the coÌ„stable of Fraunce shyp was apparelled at Lentregmer in bretaygne also the coÌ„stable caused to be made in bretaygne of tymbre a closure of a towne or lyke a parke that wheÌ„ they had takeÌ„ lande in englade to close in theyr felde to lodge theriÌ„ more at theyr case wtout waking or skries wheÌ„soeuer they sholde remoue theyr felde yâ— closure was so made that they myght take it a sonder in peces a grete nombre of carpeÌ„ters other receyned in wages to atende thereon I herde not that the duke of bretaygne made ony prouysyoÌ„ to go in this iourney nor the duke of Tourayne the kynges yonger broder nor the erle of Bloys al myght not go for some must abyde behynde to kepe the royalme WHo so had ben yâ— seasoÌ„ at bruges at dan or at sluse sene the busynes there in chargynge of shyppes with hay sackyng of bysket ladyng in of onyons peson benes barley candelles hosen shoos spurres knyues daggers axes of war axes to hew wtal mattockes nayles beddes couches horseshoos pottes paÌ„nes caÌ„delstyckes al maner of necessaryes for kechyn botery al other oâ—â—yces of euery thyng that coulde be thought of necessary to serue maÌ„ horse al was had in to shyppes in one thyng or other who so euer had sene it if he had ben seke I thynke he wolde clene haue forgoten al the payne the coÌ„panyons of frauÌ„ce rekened none otherwyse amonge theÌ„selfe wheÌ„ they spake togyder but that the royalme of englaÌ„de sholde clene haue ben lost exyled wtout recouery al the men women chyldreÌ„ therin slayne taken caryed in to frauÌ„ce in seruytude OF this grete apparel thus made to come in to englande the kyng of englaÌ„de his couÌ„sayle were wel enfourmed therof it was surely affyrmed that the fensshmeÌ„ wolde come thyder for so they had surely sworne it was no meruayle though this grete apparel somwhat at the begynnyng abasshed the englysshmeÌ„ also yâ— matter was shewed moche more then it was in dede also that englysshmen were in no sure cerâ—aynte whether this preparacyon was to come in to Englande or elles to lay syege to Caleys bothe by lande by see for the englysshmeÌ„ knewe wel that of all the townes in the worlde the frensshmen most desyred to haue caleys wherfore the kyng of englande sent to Caleys grete prouisyon of whete other cornes salte flesshe fysshe wyne bere other thynges and thyder was sent syr Thomas HolaÌ„de erle of kente syr Hughe Caurell syr wyllyaÌ„ Helman syr Dangouses syr water of Vurnes syr Water paulle syr WyllyaÌ„ Toucet syr Loys of Mountalban syr Colars of DaÌ„brychcourte .v. C. men of armes .v. C. archers the erle Rycharde of AruÌ„del syr Henry spenser were ordeyned to kepe the see with .xl. greteshyppes wel decked with men of armes archers to the nombre of CCC men of armes .vi. C. archers ON the other syde it was sayd in dyuers places in fraunce in haynalte in pycardy that the freÌ„sshe armye that was thus apparelled in flauders was nother to go in to englande nor to Calays but rather to retourne al the matter set on the towne of Gaunte as it was enfourmed the towne of Gaunte yâ— same season doubted gretely that all the apparell was for to come on theÌ„ but they were in a wronge byleue for the duke of Borgoyne theyr lorde wolde nothyng to theÌ„ but good rest peas thoughe that Frauncis Atreman were slayne anone after the makyng of the peas at Tournay for of his deth the duke was nothyng to blame nor the duke had none euyll wyl to hym though in the season of war he dyd many feates of armes for the towne agayÌ„st the duke as it hath ben declared more playnly here before for though he came to an euyl ende it was his owne defaulte for if he had byleued Peter du boys it had ben otherwyse with hym for when the peas was made bytwene the duke of Borgoyne them of Gaunt when he retourned fro Tournay to Gaunt that Peter du boys made hym redy to go in to Englande with syr IohnÌ„ Bourser then Peter sayd to hym FrauÌ„cis what wyll ye do wyl ye go in to Englande with vs then he sayd he wolde abyde styll in Gaunt why sayd Peter thynke you to abyde here in peas there is grete hatred agaynst you me I wyll abyde for nothynge here it is not to tryst in the comontye ye haue herde how they of Gaunt slue murdred the valyaunt Iaques of Artuell
Wherfore departe you hens and let me shewe my cruelte for I wyll he shall dye A syr sayd the lorde de la vale refrayne your euyll wyll and moderate your courage and regarde to reason for yf ye puth ym to deth there was neuer prynce soo dyshonoured as ye shall be there shall not be in Bretayne knyght nor squyer cyte nor castell nor good towne nor noo man but he shall hate you to the dethe and doo that they can to dysenheryte you Nor the kynge of Englande nor his counsayle shall gyue you no thanke therfore syr wyl you lese your selfe for the dethe of one man syr tourne your ymagynacyon for this thought is noo thynge worth but dyshonourable that ye sholde cause suche an honourable knyght as syr Olyuere of Clysson is to dye comynge vnto you at your owne desyre ¶ Surely syr this dede sholde be treason and grete reproche bothe before god the worlde to desyre hym thus to dyner and he comynge to you and after that ye went to hym in to the towne desyrynge hym to se your newe buyldynges and he obeyed in euery thynge to you dranke of your wyne and is this the grete loue that ye shewed hym to put hym to dethe there was neuer soo grete blame layde to ony lorde as shall be layde to you all the worlde shal reproche you and hate you mortally be glad to make you warre But syr I shall shewe you what ye shall do syth ye soo sore hate hym put hym to raunsome to a grete some of Floreynes this ye may well do and if he holde outher towne or castell that sholde be yours demaunde thē agayne and ye shall haue them and loke what couenaunt ye make with hym I shall become pledge therfore and when the duke herde the lorde de la vale speke so reasonably and pressed so sore on hym as in a maner all that nyght he wolde not departe from hym then the duke studyed a lytell and somwhat refrayned his euyll wyll and at last spake and sayd syr de la vale ye be a good meane for hym howbeit I wyl ye knowe syr Olyuer of Clysson is the man in the worlde that I moost hate for and ye were not he sholde not skape without dethe this same nyght your wordes hath saued hym go to hym demaunde yf he wyll paye to me a. C. M. frankes incontynente for I wyll nother haue hym nor you to pledge nor nothynge elles but the redy money and besyde that to yelde to me .iii. castelles and a towne suche as I shall name the castell of Breth the castel of Iosselyn the castel of blancke and the towne of Iugon and put me in possessyon of them or my deputyes this done I shall delyuer hym to you this shal be done sayd the lorde de la vale and syr I thanke you that ye wyl thus do at my desyre and syr be you sure all that ye haue demaunded shall be done these castelles towne delyuered these C. M frankes payde or he departe THen the lorde de la vale was gretely reioyced when he sawe the constable out of peryll of deth Then the towre dore was opened and the lorde de la vale mounted vp came there as the constable was syttyng sore abasshed for he loked for nothynge but for dethe when he sawe the lorde de la vale his herte reuyued thought there was some tretye in hande Then the lorde de la vale sayd to them that were there by syrs take of his yrons that I maye speke with hym fro the duke and sayd to hym syr howe say you wyll you do that I shall shewe you ye truely syr sayd the constable then his yrons were taken of and the lorde de la vale drewe hym a parte and sayd Fayre broder with grete payne and moche busynes I haue saued your lyfe and made your ende but ye must pay or ye departe hens in redy money a. C. M. frankes and more ouer to yelde vp to the duke .iii. castelles and the towne of Iugon otherwyse ye can haue no delyueraunce then the constable sayd I wyll not refuse the bargayne but who shall go to Clysson to fetche this money fayre broder sayd the constable I thynke ye must be fayne to go therfore Naye syr not so sayd the lorde de la vale for I haue promysed neuer to departe out of this castell tyll I haue you with me for I knowe wel the duke is ryght cruell and peraduenture in myne absence wyll repente hym by some lyght informacyon and so then al were lost why who shall go then sayd the constable syr sayd he the lorde of Beawmanoyre shall goo he is here in pryson as wel as ye be he shal make al this prouysyon that is well sayd sayd the constable go your waye downe and ordeyne euery thynge as ye lyst ¶ Howe the constable of Fraunce was delyuered at the request of the lorde de la vale payenge certayne raunsome and howe the constable delyuered to the duke .iii. castelles and a towne and payde C. M. frankes Ca. lxxxv THus the lorde de la vale wente downe of the towre to the duke who was goynge to bed for of all that nyght he had not slepte then the lorde de la vale kneled downe and sayd syr ye shall haue al your demaunde but syr ye must delyuer the lorde of Beawmanoyre that he maye speke with the constable for he must go and fetche this raunsome and put your men in possessyon of the castelles that ye desyre to haue wel sayd the duke delyuer them out of pryson and put them into a chambre be you the meane of theyr tretye for I wyll not se them and retourne agayne to me when I haue slepte and I wyll speke with you Then the lorde de la vale yssued out of the chambre and went with two knyghtes thyder where as the lorde of Beawmanoyre was in pryson who was gretely abasshed and doubted sore the dethe he fered when he herde the dore open that they were come to haue put hym to dethe But when he sawe the lorde de la vale entre his harte reuyued and more when he herde hym speke sayenge syr of Beawmanoyre your delyueraunce is made wherfore ye maye be gladde then his fetters were taken of and so he wente in to another chambre and then the constable was also brought thyder and mete and wyne was brought to them for all the seruauntes of the howse were gladde of theyr delyueraunce for they were sory of that case howbeit they myght fynde no remedy it behoued them to obey theyr maysters commaundement in ryght or in wronge and as soone as the castell gate was shote and the brydge drawen there entred nor yssued nother man nor woman for the keyes were in the dukes chambre and he slepte tyll it was .iii. of the clocke and the knyghtes squyers that were without abydynge for theyr maysters were sore abasshed and sayd
fader whome god pardon made me constable of Fraunce whiche offyce to my power I haue well and truely exercysed and yf there be ony excepte your grace and my lordes your vncles that wyll saye that I haue not acquyted myselfe truely or done ony thyng contrary to the crowne of fraunce I am here redy to cast my gage in that quarell the kynge nor none other made none answere to those wordes then he sayd further ryght dere syr and noble kynge it fortuned in Bretayne in doynge of myne offyce the duke of Bretayne toke me and helde me in his castell of Ermyne and wolde haue put me to deth without reason by reason of his fyers courage and god had not ben and the lorde de la vale so that I was constrayned if I wolde be delyuered out of his handes to delyuer to hym a towne of myne in Bretayne and iii. castelles and the some of a C.M. frankes Wherfore ryght dere syr and noble kynge the blame and domage that the duke of Bretayne hath done gretely regardeth your mageste royall for yâ— voyage that I and my company sholde haue made by the see is broken Wherfore syr I yelde vp the offyce of the constableshyp syr prouyde for another suche as shall please you for I wyll noo more bere the charge therof I sholde haue none honoure to do it Constable sayd the kynge we knowe well that ye haue hurte and domage and is a thynge gretely to the preiudyce to our royalme We wyll incontynente sende for the peres of Fraunce to se what shall be best to be done in this case therfore take ye no thought for ye shal haue ryght and reason ¶ Then the kynge toke the constable by the hande and reysed hym vp and sayd Constable we wyl not that ye departe from your offyce in this maner But we wyll that ye vse it tyll we take other counsayle Then the constable kneled downe agayne and sayd Syr this matter toucheth me soo nere that I cannot vse it The offyce is grete for I must speke and answere euery man I am so troubled that I can answere no man Wherfore syr I requyre your grace to prouyde for another for a season and I shall alwayes be redy at your commaundement syr sayd the duke of Borgoyne he offereth ynoughe ye shall take aduyse it is true sayd the kynge Then the constable arose and wente to the duke of Berre and to the duke of Borgoyne and aduysed to shewe them his busynes and to enforme theÌ„ iustely all the matter seynge the case touched them gretely in that they had the gouernynge of the royalme but in spekynge with them and herynge the hole matter they perceyued the matter touched not them soo sore as he made of soo that fynally they blamed hym for goynge to Wannes sayenge to hym syth your nauy was redy and that knyghtes and squyers taryed for you at Lentrygnyer ¶ And also when ye were at Wannes and hadde dyned with the duke and retourned agayne to your castell of Bourke what had you then ony thynge to do to tary there ony longer nor to goo agayne to the duke to the castell of Ermyne Syr sayd the constable he shewed me soo fayre semblaunt that I durst not refuse it Constable sayd the duke of Borgoyne in fayre semblauntes are grete decepcyons I repute you more subtel then I take you nowe go your way yâ— matter shall do well ynoughe we shall regarde it at leysure Then the constable perceyued well that these lordes were harder and ruder to hym then the kynge was Soo he departed and wente to his owne lodgynge and thyder came to hym certayne of the lordes of the parlyament to se hym and sayd to hym that the matter sholde doo ryght well and also there came to hym to counsayle hym the erle of saynt Poule the lorde of Coucy and the admyrall of Fraunce and they sayd to hym Constable make noo doubte for ye shall haue reason of the duke of Bretayne for he hath done agaynst the crowne of Fraunce grete dyspleasure and worthy to be shamed and put out of his countrey goo your wayes and passe the tyme at Mount le Herry there ye shal be on your owne and let vs alone with the matter for the peres of Fraunce wyll not suffre the matter to rest thus The constable byleued these lordes and so departed fro Parys and rode to Mount le Herry Soo the offyce of constableshyp was voyde for a season as it was sayd that syr Guy of Tremoyle sholde be constable but it was not soo he was soo well aduysed that he wolde not take it out of the handes of syr Olyuer of Clysson ¶ Howe tydynges came to the frensshe kynge from the partyes of Almayne the whiche were to hym ryght dyspleasaunt and vnto his vncles Ca. lxxxvii THe same weke that tydynges came to Parys of the takynge of the constable there came also tydynges frome the partyes of Almayne whiche were ryght dyspleasaunt to the kynge and to his vncles I shall shewe you how and wherfore the duke of Guerles sone to the duke of Iulyers was alyed with the kynge of Englande to make warre agaynst Fraunce and hadde taken a pencyon of foure thousande frankes by the yere whiche pencyon the duke of Iulyers his fader hadde in tyme past out of the kynge of Englandes cofers but or he dyed he renounced it and then his sone who was but yonge toke it agayne at the kynge of Englandes desyre so that he wolde defye the frensshe kynge and to make warre agaynst hym and he was enclyned to take the englysshe parte bycause he had warre with the lady of Brabant for he sawe well that the duchy of Brabant was fauourable to the royalme of fraunce for it sholde after retourne to the duke of Borgoyne and to his chyldren Therfore the duke of Guerles wolde shewe that the matter touched hym so nere that he wolde doo the domage that he myght to the royalme of Fraunce and to all theyr alyes So he sente letters of defyaunce to the frensshe kynge whiche were no thynge pleasaunt accepted of the kynge nor of his counsayle as I shall shewe you hereafter in the hystory when it shall be conuenyent to speke therof in the shewynge of the warre of Bretayne and of Guerles the frensshe kynge made noo semblaunt therof but made good chere to the squyer of Guerles who hadde brought the defpaunce howbeit he was afrayde for when he came to the cyte of Tourney he wolde haue gone no fâ—rther but he had shewed the defyaunce to the proâ—ost of the towne and so wolde haue 〈…〉 agayne sayenge that it was suffycyent to declare his message in soo noble a towne as Tourney but they of the towne were not so 〈◊〉 but arested the squyer and put hym in sure pryson and then they sente worde therof to the duke of Borgoyne to know his pleasure Then the duke wrote to the prouâ—st of Tourney that he sholde sende
or squiers of any nacyon what soeuer it be that entred in to this vyage In any wyse arme nat them selfe for the space of sixe yere agaynst the realme of Castyle and that they swere thus to do whan they take the safecoÌ„ducte And of this coÌ„posycion ye shall haue letters open to beare to your constable and to suche coÌ„panyons as sent you hyder These knyghtê thanked the kynge and his counsayle of their answere sayd sir there be certayne artycles in your answere we caÌ„ nat tell if they will be accepted or nat If they be nat we shall sende agayne to you our heraulte if he come nat we shall accept your sayeng Well sirs the kyng is content quod they of his counsayle than the kyng went in to his chambre And sir water Passacke and sir WyllmÌ„ Lignacke kepte styll company with the Englysshe knyghtes and brought them in to a fayre chaÌ„bre where their dyner was redy apparelled for theÌ„ and there dyned with them And after dyner had wyne and spyces in the kynges chambre and toke their leaue Their letters were redy they toke their horses and so departed rode to Vyle cloppes and the next day they came to the towne of Arpent dyned and at night lay at Noy in Galyce and the next daye they came to Auranche there founde the constable So it fortuned that in this mean season one of the duke of Lancasters great barons died a right valyant man called the lorde Fitz water He was greatly bemooned but agaynst dethe none maye stryue His enterment was honorably done the kyng of Portugale and the duke of LaÌ„castre present and whan these thre knyghtes were come to the Dukes lodgyng they shewed all that they had done shewed their letters of confyrmacion of the same Than some sayd it was a herde couenaunt and some sayde nay holdyng opinyon that it was right courtesse perfitely consyderyng the danger that they were in These tidynges anone sprede abrode in the host how the duke had gyuen lycence euery man to departe who so lyst Than suche as were sycke and feble desyring a fresshe ayre deê‘ted as soone as they might toke their leaue of the duke and of the coÌ„stable and than they were truely payd their wagê as curtesly as might be And some were content with fayre wordes and so they departed by coÌ„panyes some went to Arpent some to Ruelles some to vilcloppes some to Noy soÌ„e to Medena de CaÌ„po other places in euery place they were welcome and brought to their lodgynges their names presented to the capitayne The greattest parte of the gentylmen went to Arpent bycause in that towne there were many straungers Bretons frenchmen normayns and poicteuyns ouer whome sir Olyuer de Clesquyn was capitayne The Englysshemen trusted better in them than they dyde in the Spaynyerdes and good cause why THus as I haue shewed you the duke of Lancastres army brake vp at that tyme in Castyle and euery man sought the best for hym selfe ye maye well beleue that this dyde greatly trouble the duke of Lancastre and great cause why for he sawe his enterprise â—ore putte a backe and brought in to a herde case Howe be it lyke a valyaunt sage price as he was he coÌ„forted hym selfe aswell as he myght for he sawe well it coulde none otherwyse be And whan the kyng of Portugale sawe howe the matter went and that their army was broken of He gaue lycence to all maner of men except a thre hundred speares that were come to serue hym He retaygned them styll and so departed fro AuraÌ„che with the duke of LaÌ„castre and his wyfe rode to saynt Iaques called CoÌ„postella And whan the kyng and the duke were there the kynge taryed there four dayes And than departed with all his men and retourned to his countrey to his wyfe who laye at Porte a good cytie in Portugale NOwe shall I shewe you what befell of dyuers knyghtes and squyers suche as were departed fro the duke and gone in to Castile Dyuers that were entecte with sickenesse for all their chaungynge of newe ayre and newe medycins yet they coulde nat scape the peryll of dethe Dyuers dyed in Arpent in the meane season that the king of Castyle sent to the kynge of Nauerre and to the frenche kyng for their sauecoÌ„ductes to passe pesably whiche was nat soone optaygned dyuers lordes knyghtes and squyers of EnglaÌ„de dyed in their beddes whiche was gret domage and a great losse to their countrey In Arpent there dyed thre great barones of Englande and ryche men The first was sir Richarde Burle who had ben marshall of the dukes hoost another the lorde Ponynges the thyrde the lorde Percy cosyn germayne to the erle of Northumberlande And in the towne of Noy dyed sir Mauberyn of Lymers a poyteuyn a ryght noble and an expert knyght And in the towne of Ruelles there dyed a great baron called the lorde Talbot So that there died here and there a .xii. gret lordes and a fourscore knightes and two huÌ„dred squyers This was a great dysconfetture without any stroke stryken and there dyed of other meane men mo than fyue hundred And I herde it reported of a knyght of Englande as he retourned through FrauÌ„ce his name was sir ThomÌ„s Quynbery that of fyftene hundred men of armes and foure thousande archers that the duke of Lancastre hadde brought out of the realme of Englande there neuer returned agayn the halfe parte THe duke of Lancastre fyll in a perylous sickenesse in the towne of saynt Iaques and often tymes the brute ranne in Castyle in Fraunce howe he was deed and surely he was in a great adueÌ„ture of his lyfe Thyrrey of Souuayne a squyer of honour and squyer for the dukes body was taken with sickenesse and dyed at Besances he was naturally borne of the countie of Heynaulte And his brother Wyllyam of Souuayn was with hym tyll he dyed who in like wyse was in great aduenture of his lyfe Of a trouthe there was none so hardy so ryche nor so tolye but that they were in feare of theÌ„ selfe euery day loked for none other thyng but deth and with this sickenesse there were none infected but alonely the duke of Lancasters coÌ„pany Among the freÌ„chmen there were none sicke wherby dyuers murmuracyons were among the spanyerdes sayeng the kyng of Castyle hath done great grace to these Englysshmen to suffre them to lye and rest them in his countie and in his good townes But we feare it wyll cost vs greatly for they haue or are lyke to bring in to this countrey great mortalyte Than other wolde saye Ah they are christenmen as we be there ought coÌ„passion and pyte to be taken one of another this was the coÌ„munyng among them And true it was that same season a knyght of FrauÌ„ce dyed in Castile for whom gret sorowe was made For he was gracyous courtesse and hardy in armes and was brother to sir Iohan sir Raynolde and
frendes dyd stoppe it Whan these lordes were come to the duke he was gladd specyally by the comynge of his two cosyns germayns the duke Aubert of Bauiers and the duke Oste his brother for he knewe well that they wolde nat his dyshonoure but rather to gyue hym good couÌ„sayle as they dyd Their counsayle was to shewe you breuely that he shulde sende some honorable persones for the duke of Lusenburge and of Brabant whome he helde in curtoyse prison in his castell of Nideque and so he dyd And whan he was come all those lordes dyd hym great honour as reason was And than they all departed togyder and came to Ayes and toke their lodgynges Than the duke Auberte and his brother and the foresayd prelates who were the meanes of this treatye they sore entreated the emperour and his counsayle and shewed the emperoure howe the duke of Iuliers his cosyn of his owne free wyll was come to se hym and to put hym selfe poorely with out any reseruacyon into his obeysaunce and commaundement and to knowledge hym for his soueraygne and liege lorde These swete and amyable wordes molefyed greatly the emperours ire that he had before Than the emperoure sayd Lette the duke come to me and so he dyde and kneled downe before the emperoure and sayde My ryght redoubted souerayne I beleue well ye are dyspleased with me bycause of your brother in lawe the duke of Brabante whome I haue helde longe in prison for the which cause I submytte my selfe to abyde your ordre and your counsayles To that worde themperour gaue none aunswere but his sonne sir Charles who was called kynge of Boesme aunswered and sayde Duke of Iulyers ye haue ben to outragyous to kepe our vncle so longe in prisone And if it were nat at the desyre of your well be loued cosyns duke Auberte and duke Oste of Bauyers this busynesse wolde haue ben soer layd to your charge than it is for ye haue well deserued to be hyghly punysshed but chaunge your copye so that we haue no cause to renew our yuell wylles agaynste you for ye do it wyll be costly to you Than the duke of Iulyers beynge on his kne before the emperoure where as he sate in his chayre imperiall sayde My ryght redoughted souerayne lorde by your puyssaunt hyghnes I knowledge my selfe to haue trespassed youre maieste in that I with an army came against my cosyn your vycaire of the empyre and in that I haue helde hym as my prisoner I delyuer hym vnto you freely and quyte and I requyre your grace that you nor he beare me any yuell wyll fro hence forthe Than the prelates and the princes there beynge presente to helpe forwarde his wordes sayde Ryght noble prince this suffyseth that your cosyn of Iulyers hath sayd Well quod the emperour we are content and so toke hym vp by the hande And as it was shewed me for the confyrmacion of more loue he kyst the duke on the mouth and also his sonne the kynge of Boesme And than the duke of Brabante was delyuered out of prison and all suche as were prisoners vnder the duke of Iulyers and were nat raunsomed before were delyuered quyte by reason of the composycion of the treatie and this done euery manne retourned to their owne The emperour wente to Prage in Almayne and the duke of Brabant in to Brabante and whanne the duke of Brabante was retourned than he reysed a newe tayle in his couÌ„trey to restore to his knightes parte of their domages ⸪ ¶ Howe the duke of Brabante dyed and howe the duke Guylliam of Guerles treated with the duches of Brabante to haue agayne the thre castels and what aunswere he had and how he made alyauÌ„ce with the kynge of Englande Cap. C.xiiii ⸪ ⸪ I Am yet wyllynge to treate of this matter more at lengthe to renforce this hystorye and to brynge it to the poynte that I wolde come vnto to declare the trouthe why Charles the frenche kyng came with a great puyssaunce in to Almayne I might haue shewed this before but I haue prolonged it for all thingê though the date and season be paste yet they ought to be shewed in this hystory for whan I knowe that the frenche kynge and the kynge of England began to be besy than I began to wake to procede this hystory more than I dyd before Therfore I saye thus Whan duke Wyncelant was returned in to the countrey clerely delyuered out of person as ye haue herde before Than he was in wyll to vysyte his landes and castels as well in the duchy of Luzenbourge as else where and toke his iourney to the good cytie of Strawesbourge throughe the lande of Fauquemount and behelde the thre castels whiche were the occasion of the duke of Guerles yuell wyll He founde theym stronge and fayre if he loued theÌ„ before he loued them moche better than and caused them to be newly fortyfied and set workemen a worke as masons carpeÌ„ters and dykemakers to amende euery place and at his departynge he set a valyaunt knyght to be soueraygne keper of these thre casteles This knyght was called sir Iohan Grosset who at the dukes commaundemente toke on hym the charge at his parell The duke passed further and vysited his couÌ„trey and at his pleasure retourned agayne in to Brabante for there was his abydynge In this season syr Iohan of Bloâ—s had wedded the olde lady and duches of Guerles for the herytage by right came to hym by the deth of sir Edwarde of Guerles his brother who was slayne as ye haue herde in the batayle of Iulyers But his suster the duches of Iulyers stroue with hym and made chalenge and the moste parte of the knightes and good townes inclyned most to the ladyes parte bycause she had a fayre sonne who was able than to ryde and that was well sene for always he was in the warres so that sir IohnÌ„ de Bloyse nor his wyfe coulde neuer haue peasable possessyon But the chalenge of the ryght of his wyfe and the pursute therof coste hym aboue a hundred thousaÌ„de frankes For the sonne of duke Wyllyam of Iuliers shewed well in his youth that he was noble and hardy and loued dedes of armes for he came of noble ertractyon and so was duke of Guerles and had in mariage the eldest doughter of duke Auberte who had ben wedded before to sir Edward of Guerles but he had neuer carnally coupyled with her for she was to yonge Thus she was maryed to the lorde Willyam of Iulyers and he and she were moche of one age And soo she was styll duches as she was before This yonge duke increased in honour wytte and prowes and in great wyll to hauÌ„te dedes of armes and to augment his herytage And his heâ—e was rather englysshe than frenche and sayd always as yong as he was that he wolde ayde to insteyne the kynge of Englandes quarell for he was nerer of blode to hym than to the Frenche
them and to their heyres to be noted to flye away so shame fully and to seke for their sauegarde nother the right passage of the ryuer nor yet the hygh way to the towne of Rauesten but rather other straunge wayes to flye fro their enemyes In this myschyefe fell that daye the chyualrye of Brabante bytwene the towne of Graue and Rauesten many were slayne and taken For suche as came to raunsome yelded lightly and the almayns were gladde to take them for the profyte that they thought to haue by theym And suche as retourned to the lodgynges before Graue abasshed them that were there lyenge at the syege for they came lyke men clene discomfyted They came flyenge so faste that they lacked brethe so that they coulde skante speke any worde that they sayd was Syrs gette vs all hence for we be all dyscomfyted there is no comeforte Whan they in the hoost vnderstode the trouthe of the mater and sawe their company in that case they were than so a basshed a frayed that they had no leysar nor puyssaunce to take their owne goodes nor to take downe their tentes nor pauylyons nor to trusse horse carte nor wagon but sodaynely departed without byddynge adewe and lefte all behynde They were so a frayde that they made no countenaunce of a bydynge They toke with theym nother vytayle nor caryage but suche as hadde horses lepte on them and fledde a waye towardes the dukes wodde or els towardes Hondan or to the mount saynte Geruays or to Gertras and Dordec They had none other care but to saue them selfe fro their enemyes And if they within the garyson of Graue had soner knowen of the dyscomfetture it had been greatly for their profyte and had slayne or taken many of their enemyes in their flyenge but they knewe it nat tyll it was late howbeit whan they issued out they fouÌ„de great plentye of Tentes and pauylyons and prouysion of engyns gonnes and artyllery which they brought in to their towne at good leysar for there were none to saye them naye Thus brake vp the siege of Graue to the gret domage of all the brabansoys wherof great brute ranne in dyuers countreys howe that a handefull of men dyscomfyted .xl. thousande and reysed the siege there was taken the lorde of Bourguenall and the lorde of Linyer and other to the nombre of seuentene baners they were hanged before the ymage of our lady of Nymay for a perpetuall memory ⸫ ⸫ ¶ Howe the duke of Guerles after he had dyscomfyted the brabansoys he wente agayne to Nymaye And howe tydynges came to the frenche kynge and howe the kyng sente ambassadours to the kyng of Almayne Cap. C.xxxvii I Haue great payne to recorde or to wryte of this shamefull dyscomfyture of the brabansoys for blemysshynge of their honoures but bycause I promysed and said in the begynnyng of my boke that if I shall write truely this hystory I must make true relacion of the mater who so euer it do touche Nowe to procede further the yonge duke of Guetles had and optaygned this iourney in the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred fourscore and eyght aboute Mawdlyn tyde in the moneth of Iuly And whanne this dyscomfyture and chase was passed and the felde clene delyuered whiche was done within the space of two houres Than the guerloys assembled togyder in the felde and mad good chere and were ioyfull They had good cause so to be for their good aduenture for they had as many prysoners or mo than they were themselfe in nombre Than their haraudes sought out the deed bodyes of bothe partyes and amonge other there was slayne a yonge man sonne to therle of Namure called Vassyer of Colles lorde of Balaster of whose dethe the duke of Gnerles was sory and sore dyspleased and that he shewed well for greatly he complayned his deth and sayde howe the dethe of a yonge knyght dyspleased hym greatly for he was a ryght lusty knyght pleasaunte and ioly and also the yere before he had ben in Pruse with the duke of Guerles Some counsayled the duke to retourne to the towne of Graue and there to refresshe theym and to brynge thyder their prisoners Naye nat so quod the duke for army departynge fro Nymay I auowed to our lady there that if I spedde well to returne thyder to offre to our lady wherfore I wyll with a mery chere that we all retourne thyder and thanke our lady who hath sent vs the vyctory of our enemyes No man durste saye naye agaynst the dukes mynde And so they rode thyder a good pase it was but two good leages fro thence as the batayle was anone they came thyder Whan tydynges came to Nymay of the trouthe of that busynes men women and children were ioyfull and the clergy issued out and receyued the duke with great ioy and the duke of Guerles incontynent with his knyghtes wente to the churche where the ymage of our lady was in whome the duke had great affyaunce and there in the chapell he was vnarmed of all his peces in to his doublet and gaue all his armure to the churche in the honour of our blessed lady thankynge her of the iourney that he hadde atchyued And there all the penons of the lordes that were taken that day were hanged vp before our lady I canne nat tell if they be there as yet or nat Than the duke went to his lodgynge and so dyd euery manne with their prisoners for they thought surely they shulde well paye for their scot therfore they made good chere GReat brute spred abrode of this duke of Guerles who had thus ouer throwen the brabansoys wherby he was more douted than he was before The duches of Brabante who laye at the dukes wood with her trayne whan she sawe howe yuell the mater wente agaynst her and that the syege of Graue was raysed she was sore displesed and good cause why for it touched her nere Than she sette a garysone at the dukes wood to kepe fronter there and so retourned through Champayne and came to Bruselles and wrote often tymes to the duke of Burgoyne aduertysynge hym of her a state for all her hope of recoueraunce was in hym ye may well knowe and byleue that this discomfyture of the brabansoys was soone knowen in the french kinges courte but they made lytell accoÌ„pte therof syth they sawe the kynge had suche affection to go to Guerles The kynges counsayle wrote to syr Wyllyam of Tremoyle and to sir Geruais of Myrande who were soueraygne capytays of the men of warre that the duke of Burgoyne had sente in to the countrey and to the kepers of the thre castels on the ryuer of Meuse Buth Gaulgeth and Nulle Commaundyng them to kepe well their fronters and nat to make any issue out wherby to take any domage tyll they here more shewynge theym surely howe the kynge in prâ—pre persone shortly wolde go se the duke of Guerles in his owne countrey This sir Willyam was
was sente for agayne WHan these tydynges were spredde abrode in the countrey that Betysach was in prison and that inquyre was made of his dedes and that it was publysshed that who so euer had any matter to hym shulde come forthe therby moche people came to Besyers and put vp supplycacions to the kynge of the cruell dedes of Betysach Some complayned of hym that he hadde dysheryted them without cause or reason And other complayned of hym that he hadde by force taken their wyues and doughters Whan the kynges counsayle sawe so many gret causes laide to Betysache they were wery therof And besyde all these complayntes he was sore behated with the people And all this came to hym by reason to fyll the duke of Berreys purse he dyd euer what he wolde haue hym to do The kynges counsayle wyste nat what to do for than there was come thyder two knightes fro the duke of Berrey the lorde of Nantonelet and syr Peter Mespyn who had brought letters to the kynge fro the duke and they in the dukes behalfe auowed all that euer Betysach had doone before and the duke requyred the kynge and his counsayle to haue agayne his man and treasourer The kynge had greate hatred to Betysach bycause of the yuell name and fame that ranne vpon hym The kynge and the duke of Thourayne his brother inclyned greatly to haue had hym hanged sayenge howe he hadde well deserued it But the kynges counsayle durste nat iudge hym for dought of the duke of Berrey They sayde to the kynge syr if the duke of Berrey auowe all his dedes what so euer they be we canne nat se by no waye of reason that he hath deserued dethe for the seasone that he medled in these countreys by cessynge of tayles subsydyes and aydes and receyuynge of them he dyd it at the instauÌ„ce of the duke of Berrey who had at that tyme there puyssaunce royall as well as ye haue nowe but syr acordynge to the desertes of his dedes ye maye sease in to your handes all his mouables and herytages and leaue hym in the same case as the duke of Berrey founde hym fyrste and with his goodes make restytucion to suche poore men as be vn done by hym What shulde I make longe processe Betysache was at the poynte of his delyueraunce with the losse of his goodes tyll at the laste other tydynges came in place I shall shewe you what I Knewe nat nor I coulde nat knowe but by knowledgyng of him selfe if he were in dede so yuell as he iudged himselfe he sayd he was an herytyke and had done many horryble dedes As it was shewed me there came some to hym on a nyght beynge in prisone to put hym in feare whether they were his frendes or fooes I knowe nat they sayde Betysach thou art in a harde case the french kyng his brother and the duke of Burbone dothe hate you mortally there be so many complayntes put vp agaynste you fro dyuers place of suche oppressyons as ye haue doone whan ye had rule in Languedoc so that they all iudge you to be hanged for ye canne nat scape with the losse of your goodes the whiche hath been offred to the kynge But the kynge who hateth you mortally hath aunswered howe that all your goodes are his and your body also the whiche he sayeth he wyll nat kepe longe I shew you this for good wyll for to morowe it is thought ye shall be delyuered to be iudged to dye Those wordes greatly afrayed Betysach and sayd to them Ah saynt Mary is there no remedy yes quod they to morowe say how ye wolde speke with the kinges counsayle than outher they wyll come to you or sende for you to them and whan ye be in their presence than say thus My lordes I knowledge my selfe I haue greatly displeased god and for the displeasure he hath to me this false slaunder is reysed on me Than they wyll demaunde of you wherin Than ye shall aunswere howe ye haue a longe season arred in your faythe and that ye be an herytyke and kepe styll that opinyon Whan the bysshop of Besyers shall here that he wyll than chalenge to haue you in his kepynge than ye shall be delyuered to hym for suche causes ought to be declared by the lawe of the churche thanne ye shall be sente to Auignon there wyll be none against the duke of Berrey the pope wyll nat displease hym and by this meanes ye may be delyuered and nother lese body nor goodes But if ye byde styll in the case that ye be in ye shall nat skape paste to morowe but that ye shall be hanged for the kynge hateth you bycause of the slaunder of the people Betysache who trusted on that false infourmacyon for he that is in parell of dethe knoweth nat well what to do wherfore he aunswered and sayd ye be my frende and couÌ„sayle me truely wher of god thanke you and I trust the tyme shall come that I shall thanke you The next mornynge he called the gayler and sayde Frende I requyre you cause suche menne and suche to come to speke with me and named suche as were the enquysitours ouer him The gayler shewed theym howe Betysache wolde speke with them They came to hym and demaunded what he wolde He aunswered and sayd Sirs I haue serched my coÌ„science I knowledge my selfe I haue hyghly displeased god for longe tyme I haue arred agaynst the fayth I neuer beleued of the Trinyte nor that the sonne of god wolde come so lowe as to come fro Heuen to come in to this worlde to take humayn kynde of a woman for I beleue and saye that whan we dye there is nothynge of the sowle Ah sainte Mary quod they Betysach ye are greatly against holy churche your wordes demaundeth for a fyre aduyse you better I canne nat tell quod Betysache whether my wordes demauÌ„deth fyre or water but I haue holden this opinyon sythe I haue had knowledge and shall holde it tyll I dye The enquysitours wolde here no more of hym at that tyme and were gladde to fynde suche a mater against hym therby to put him to deth Than they coÌ„maunded the gailer to kepe him straytely and to suffre no man to speke with hym to the entente that he shulde nat be tourned fro that opynyon Thanne they wente to the kynges counsayle and shewed them all the mater than they wente to the kynge and shewed hym all the maner of Betysache as ye haue herde wherof the kynge had great marueyle sayd We wyll that he be put to dethe it is an yuell man he is a false herytyke and a thefe we wyll he be brynte and hanged than he shall haue as he hath deserued he shall nat be eâ—cused for all myne vncle of Berrey Anon these tydynges were spredde abrode in the cytie of Besyers howe Betysache hadde of his owne voluntary wyll without any constraynt confessed howe he was an herytyke and had vsed longe the synne
and put him out for the dowry of his doughter Thus the duke of Berreys two doughters were bothe wydowes in one yere the eldest called Boesme was countesse of Sauoy and her husbande the yonge erle of Sauoy called Ame dyed the same yere ryght marueylously of whose deth there came great busynesse and it was layde to sir Othe of Grauâ—â—ome in suche wyse that he was fayne to flye out of Sauoy and out of Fraunce and Almayne and so wente dwelte in the realme of Englande ⸪ ⸪ ¶ Of the sodayne dethe of the Erle Gascon of Foiz and howe the erle of Chastellon came to then herytauÌ„ce Cap. C.lxxx THe same seasone also dyed the noble and gentle erle of Foiz ryght marueylously I shal shewe you by what incydente Truely of all sportes this Erle loued huÌ„tynge with houndes and grey houndes and of them he was well prouyded for always he had at his coÌ„maundement mo than .xvi. hundred The erle as than was at Barrey in the marches of Orthays and wente dayly a huntynge in to the woodes of Saluaterra the way to Panpylona in Nauerre and the same daye that he dyed he had hunted and kylled a beare and by that tyme it was high noone Than the erle demaunded of them that were aboute hym where his dyner was prouyded It was shewed him at the hospytall of Ryon a two lytell myles fro Ortays and so thyder he rode to dyner and so a lyghted there and went in to his chambre the whiche was strawed with grene herbes the walles sette full of grene bowes to make the chambre more fressh for the ayre without was marueylously hote as in the moneth of May. Whan he felte that fresshe ayre he sayd A this fresshnesse dothe me moche good for the daye hath been very hoote and so sate downe in a chayre Than he talked and deuysed with syr Espayne du lyon of his houndes whiche had ronne best and as he thus deuysed there caÌ„e in to the chambre sir Ienbayne his bastarde sonne and sir Peter of Cabestan and the tables were redy couered in the same chambre Than water was brought forthe to wasshe and Coiandon of Spaygne toke asyluer bason and sir Tybaulte toke the towell Than the erle rose put out his handes to wasshe and as sone as the colde water fell on his fyngars he waxed pale in the face and sodainly her herte fayled hym and so fell downe and in the fallynge sayd Ah I am but deed God haue mercy on me He neuer spake worde after howe be it he dyed nat so soone but laye in great payne The knyghtes that were about hym were sore abasshed and so was his soone They tooke hym in their armes and layde hym on a bedde and couered hym trusstynge that he was but in a traunce The .ii. knyghtes that had gyuen hym water to the entent that it shulde nat be sayde that they had enpoysoned hym toke the bason and the ewer and sayde Sirs here in your presence beholde here this water the whiche we toke assaye of and yet wyll do And there they draÌ„ke therof so that euery man was coÌ„tent with them They put in to the erles mouthe drinke and spyces and other thynges comfortable but all that aueyled nothyng For in lesse than halfe an houre he was deed and yelded vp his brethe swetely God of his pytie haue mercy on him all such as were there were greatly troubled and abasshed Than they closed the Chambre doore to the entent that his dethe shulde nat be so sodaynly knowen abrode The knightes behelde sir Ienbayne his sonne who wepte pituously and wrang his haÌ„des And the knightes that were with hym sayde Sir Ienbayne ye haue nowe loste youre father We knowe well he loued you entierly Leaue your sorowe and leape on your horse and ryde to Orthayes Take you possessyon of the castell and of your fathers treasoure that is within it or euer the dethe of your father be knowen abrode Sir Ienbayne enclyned to those wordes sayd Sirs I thanke you of your good couusaile the whiche I shall deserue But thanÌ„e lette me haue some token that is on my father or elles I shall nat be suffred to entre in to the castell That is trewe sir quod they take soÌ„e token fro your father Than he toke a rynge fro his fathers fynger and a Knyfe that he bare alwayes about hym These tokens the porter of the castell knewe well If he hadde nat brought them he shulde nat haue enered in there THus sir Ienbayne of Foiz deê‘ted from the hospytall of Ryone and thre with hym and rode in haste to the castell of Orthayes He rode throughe the towne no man mystrusted hym and so came to the Castell and called the Porter who aunswered and sayd sir what wolde you haue Where is my lorde your Father He is at the hospytall of Ryon quod the knyght and hath sent me for certayne thynges that is in his chambre and than I must returne agayne to him And to the entent that thou shuldest beleue me Beholde here his rynge and knyfe The porter opyned a wyndowe and sawe the tokyns whiche he knewe well Than the porter opyned the wicket and he entred in his varlettes dyd set vp his horse As soone as he was entred he sayde to the porter Close agayne the gate Than he toke the porter and sayd Delyuer me the kayes or els thou arte but deed The porter was abasshed sayde Sir why say ye thus Bycause quod he my father is deed and I wyll haue the possessyon of his treasour or any other come here The porter obeyed for he durst do none otherwise and he loued sir Ienbayne as well as another The knyght knewe ryght well where the treasour laye whiche was in a stronge towre wherto belonged thre stronge dores surely bolted and barred and dyuers kayes parteynyng to them Whiche kayes he coude nat fynde redely for they were in a cofer of stele and locked with a lytell kaye of Stele whiche kaye the erle euer bare on hym whersoeuer he wente in a lytell purse aboute his necke Whiche after sir Ienbayne was departed fro the hospytall was founde by the knightes that were about the deed corse thaÌ„ they marueyled what kaye it shulde be that the erle bare so priuely about hym selfe than therles chapelayne called sir Nicholas of Escall who knewe all the erles secretes for the erle loued hym well euer whan he went in to his treasorie house he had his chapelayne with hym sayde As soone as he sawe the kaye Ah sir Ienbayne hath but lost his payne for this is the kaye of a lytell cofer wherin are all the kayes of the Towre and cofer wher all the Erles treasour lyeth Than the knyghtes sayde Sir Nicholas Go ryde you to Orthayes and beare hym the kaye Sirs quod he sythe ye gyue me the counsayle I shall do it for it were better he had his fathers treasoure than another and also I knowe well his
knightes This shyppe was so goodlye fayre that it was great ioye to beholde it the whiche gyfte the soudan toke in gree and sente agayne to the kynge of Cypre the double in value therof All this was anone knowen in FrauÌ„ce by marchauntes that wrote therof to Dyne of Responde to the entente that he shulde shewe it to the Frenche kyng and to the duke of Burgoyn to haue a thanke of the kynge THis kyng of Cypre had good cause thus to do for he was in doute of the frenche kynges displeasure bicause he caused to be slayne murdered by night his brother the valyaunt kynge Peter who dyde moche trouble to the Sarazins toke Saptalye and Alexandre The Sarazins douted hym more than any other kyng or emperour christened bicause of his valyaÌ„tnesse of the whiche dede this sayde kynge Iames sore repented hym selfe and knewe well he had done yuell And after the same dede he fledde out of Cypre or els the Christen men wolde haue slayne hym So he entred in to a galley of Gene beyng at the porte of Nicopossie and so wente to Genes and the genowayes receyued hym And some said that he dyde that foule murdre by the entysement of the genoways for anone after the genouois came with puissaunce of men of warre and galyes and toke the cytie of Famagous and the porte and kepte it with puyssaunce This kynge of Cypre had a fayre yonge sonne The Cyprience crowned this chylde kynge and after his crownyng he lyued nat long but dyed soone after And aft his dethe the genouois with great puyssauÌ„ce brought this Iaques in to Cypre and crowned hym kyng and so he reigned kyng of Cypre And the genowayes alwayes susteyned hym agaynst all men but they wolde neuer rendre vp the Cytie of Famagous nor the porte but helde it styll at the tyme that the auctour wrot this hystorie And to saye the trouthe if the genowayes had nat had it the Turkes had wonne it longe before and all the realme of Cipre had brought it in to their obeysauÌ„ce and by all lykelyhode had subdued the ysles of Rodes and all other ysles enclosed in the See to Venyce but alwayes the genoways and venisyaÌ„s resysted them And whan they sawe that the turkes had wonne the Realme of Armony than they toke the strong towne of Corque in Hermyne on the See syde and so helde it so that and it had nat ben for dout of the passage and straytes of Corque and of Xere before CoÌ„stantyne the noble the turkes had sore entred in to Christendome and vpon the border of the see the whiche shulde haue been great preiudyce to the ysle of Rodes and to the ysles adioynyng Thus by these meanes the fronters of Christen dome were kepte and defended ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to our purpose THis kyng Iaques of Cyper who knewe hym selfe gylcy of the deth of the kynge his brother wherby he had the hatred of all other crysten kynges therfore he dyd as moche as he coude do to get agayne their loue and fauour and tooke it for a great honoure that the frenche kynge wrote fyrst to hym for he douted him most of all and so he had cause for the duke of Burbone by ryght successyon of the lynage of Lusygnan ought to be kynge there and his heyres for thoughe this kynge Iaques was brother to the kyng Peter of Cyper yet he had no ryght to the crowne for he was but a bastarde and all this knewe ryght well the genouoys so that whan he was made kynge there was made a great alyaunce bytwene them confermed nat to be broken and the genouoys to defeÌ„de and kepe him and his heyres agaynst all other and therby they atteygned great sygnories and fraunchesses in the realme of Ciper and all that euer they dyd to the exaltynge of this Iaques kynge of Cyper was alwayes for their owne chiefe auauntage and to be stronge against the venycians and to haunte and erercyse their feate of marchaundyse in to the Sarazyns landes This kinge Iaques as longe as he lyued dyd what he coulde to please the Frenche kynge by the meanes of the genouoys for they wolde in no wyse dysplease hym and therfore the same season this kynge Iaques ordeyned this shyppe of golde to presente Lamorabaquy to haue loue and acquayntauÌ„ce with him whiche gyft was ioyfully receyued and moch praysed with the turkes and it was thought that the lorde Dyne of Rresponde was meanes therof and wrote therin to the genouoys for in this maner and otherwayes he laboured all that he myght for the delyueraunce of the erle of Neuers and of the other lordes of Fraunce WHan the duke of Burgoyne and the duchesse his wyfe sawe that Lamorabaquy began to fall to treatie for the crysten prisoners the newes therof was greatly to their pleasure and apoynted a sage valyaunt knyght of the countie of Flaunders called syr Gylberte of Linrenghen who was souerayne of Flaunders vnder the duke and duchesse And than they sent for syr Iaques of Helley bycause he knewe the wayes and passages and desyred hym to acompany syr Gylberte to treate with Lamorabaquy for the delyueraunce of the crysten prisoners and promysed hym that his payne shulde be well consydred and rewarded Syr Iaques promysed them so to do So these two knyghtes departed and rode so longe that they came in to the realme of Hungery and so drewe to the kynge for they had letters to hym The kyng receyued them ioyously for loue of the frenche kynge and also he knewe well syr Iaques of Helley There they shewed the kyng the cause of their coÌ„mynge out of Fraunce and howe they were sente in to Turkey to treate for the delyueraunce of the erle of Neuers and the other lordes of FrauÌ„ce if Lamorabaquy wolde gyue them the herynge The kynge sayde it was well done to redeme them if they myght be put to raunsome and sayd in the assayenge therof they coulde lese nothynge besydes that the kinge offred them his body and goodes to ayde theym in all maners Wherof these two knyghtes thanked hym To entre in to this treatye with Lamorabaquy or they coulde come therto these knightes had moche payne and made great dâ—â—ygeÌ„ce for fyrst syr Iaques of Helley was fayne to go to Lamorabaquy to requyre a safe conducte for his companyon syr Gylbert to come in to Turkey And whan he had ateyned it than he returned in to Hungery and so they rode than into Turkey The souerayne of Flaunders was receyued of Lamorabaquy and of his men ryght nobly and was herde speke and so lytell and lytell they entred in to their treatie the same tyme there haunted in to Turkey a marchaunt genouoy of the isle of Sio vnder the obeysaunce of the genouoys This marchauÌ„t was named Bartylmew Pologrine and he was well be loued in Turkey and namely with Lamorabaquy Syr Dyne of Responde beynge at Parys to th entent that this treatie myght haue the better
sette to write letters and messangers were sente forthe to gyue knowledge to their frendes of their comynge These newes was anone knowen ouer all the duke of Burgoyne and the duchesse ordeyned for the state of their sonne as vessell and plate of syluer and golde aparell and stuffe of housholde all this was sent to Venyce on soÌ„mers and the lorde of Angyers and syr Iaques of Helley dyd conuey all this stuffe and so came to Venyce And all the other lordes and knyghtes frendes dyd sende thyder in lyke maner And ye maye beleue well that this was nat dooue without great coste for there was nothynge spared and also they laye at Venyce at great coste and charge for Venyce is one of the derest townes in the world for straungers to lye in Thus these lordes kept their estates there and therle of Neuers was more charged than any other as it was reasone for he was the chiefe there The duke of Burgoyne and the duchesse sette all their ententes for the delyueraunce of their sonne for they desyred greatly to se theym and so dyd many other and the duke sayd that without ayde of his men and good frendes that were in his landes as well in Burgoyne as in Arthoys and in Flaunders he coulde nat tell howe to atteyne to the somme of money that Lamorabaquy shulde haue for his sonnes raunsome and to beare the costes that dayly grewe by that occasyon for though their raunsomes drewe but to two hundred thousande floreyns all thynges consydred their other charges drewe to as moch as they sayde that had the receyte and delyueraunce therof The duke tooke counsayle where this money shulde be reysed for the duke coulde nat breke nor mynysshe his estate nor it was nat his mynde to do Than it was determyned that the ryche men in all his good townes shulde be tared and specyally they of Flaunders bycause they were ryche by reason of their marchaundyse This taracyon was sette forwarde and whan they of Gaunt were called curtesly to the mater they aunswered and sayd that they wolde gladly helpe to ayde their enâ—erytour with the soÌ„me of fyfty thousande florayns In lykewyse they of Bruges and of other good townes in Flaunders were redy to ayde their lorde The duke and duchesse thanked them curtesly in lykewise so dyde they of Arthoise and of Burgoyne Also the Frenche kynge ayded well for his parte And also it had cost hym great riches in sendynge of presentes and knightes in to Hungry and Turkey howbe it he was well contente therwith syth his cosyns and his knyght Bouciquaunt were come to Venyce in suretie THerle of Neuers laye thus styll at Venyce for his enteÌ„t was nat to deê‘te thens tyll euery thynge was payed and discharge For the furnysshing of this fynaunce sir Dyne of Responde toke great payne to the entente to pleace the Frenche kynge and the duke of Burgoyne In suche busynesse he was subtyle and wyse Thus these Frenche lordes and knyghtes sported them eche with other The same season there felle in Venyce a great mortalyte and it began in the moneth of Auguste and dured without ceassynge tyll saynt Andrewes tyde wherin dyed moche people and there dyed sir Henry of Barc eldest sonne to the duke of Bare and herytoure by his wyfe of all the lorde of Coucyes landes excepte the ladyes dowrye Thus in the same season bothe the ladies of Coucy were widowes and their husbandes deed the whiche was great doÌ„mage His body was enbaulmed and caryed in to Fraunce and buryed in Parys as I beleue and there his obsequy was done solempnely To flye and eschewe fro this deth at Venice the erle of Neuers went and taryed at Trenuse with all his estate and there taryed a four monethes with all his company THus the erle of Neuers beynge at Trenuse It was shewed the kyng of Hungry by them of the Roodes howe the Frenche lordes were agreed with Lamorabaquy to paye for their soÌ„mes two hundred thousande florens Than the kyng sent letters by a bysshoppe and certayne knightes to them of Venice in the fauour of the Frenche knyghtes And also they were charged to saye certayne wordes to therle of Neuers as ye shall here for whan they caÌ„e thider they said to hym Sir we are sent hider fro our souerayne lorde the kyng of Hungry your cosin who saluteth you by vs and here be letters that he hath sente vnto you and he vnderstaÌ„deth howe ye are delyuered fro the handes of the turkes his aduersaries for certayne rauÌ„some the whiche otherwyse ye coude nat haue ben deliuered wherof he is right ioyouse And sir the kynge knoweth well that your treatie coude nat haue ben made without great cost and charge for besyde that ye lost in the batayle your raunsome and other charges hath ben and is dayly great Wherfore sir the kyng sayth if he myght ayde you with any thyng he wolde gladly do it for he thynketh him selfe bounde therto as well by lynage or otherwyse but sir he and his toke suche doÌ„mage at the daye of the batayle before Nichopoly as ye knowe well And also his reuenues of his realme for this yere and the next be in a maner as lost but whaÌ„ he hath recouery therof and is of power he saythe he wyll so purney for you that ye shal be wel content with hym thus to do he is of good wyll And sir to th entent that ye shall gyue credence to his promise and sayeng He hath in the cytie of Venyce of yerely renenewes seuyn thousande ducates And sir he is content that this be solde to the venycience and that of the money that shall ryse therof that ye shulde vse it and ayde your selfe therwith as ye wolde do of your owne goodes And sir of this we shall delyuer quitauÌ„ces to the venicyence we haue authorite so to do this offre greatly pleased the erle of Neuers and his couÌ„sayle and the lorde of Rocheforde answered and said howe the erle and all his coÌ„pany thanked greatly the kynge of Hungry in that he wolde sell or laye to gage his enherytauÌ„ce for to ayde them Sayeng howe his oâ—â—re was nat to be refused nor forgotten desyring to take a lytell counsayle in the mater and so they dyde Within a brefe tyme after it was shewed to the kyng of HuÌ„geries ambassadours in the behalfe of the erle of Neuers that it shulde nat be coÌ„uenyent that the kyng of Hungry shulde sell or ley to pledge his enherytaunces for other mennes causes But if so be the ambassadours wolde do so moche as to shewe to the venicyeÌ„ce that they wolde do so moche as to lende therle of Neuers a certayne soÌ„me of florence to helpe to paye the erles by charges to paye agayne to the priour of saynt IohnÌ„s in Acquitayne the .xxx. thousande florens that he lent to theÌ„ in the isle of the Rodes In thus doyng they saide they wolde highly thanke the kynge of Hungry his counsayle The
he hadde dyned and was aboute to haue wasshen his handes There came in to the chambre foure men and caste sodaynlye a towell aboute the dukes necke two at the one ende and two at the other and drewe so sore that he fell to the Erthe and so they strangled hym and closed his eyen whan he was deed they dispoyled hym and bare hym to his beed and layde hym bytwene the shetes all naked and his heed on a softe pyllowe and couered with clothes furred And than they yssued out of the chambre in to the hall well determyned what they wolde saye and sayde openly Howe a palueysye hadde taken the duke of Gloucestre the same night sodaynly and so dyed These wordes anon were abrode in the towne of Calais Some beleued theym and some natte Within two dayes that the duke was thus deed the erle marshall appareled hym selfe in blacke bycause he was his nere cosyn and were many other knyghtes and squyers that were in Calays His dethe was sooner knowen in Fraunce and in Flaunders than in EnglaÌ„d The Frenche men were gladde therof For there was a coÌ„mon brute that there shulde be no good peace bytwene Fraunce and Englande as long as he lyued And in all treaties bytwene FrauÌ„ce and Englande he was euermore harder and obstynaier thanÌ„e any other of his bretherne wherfore they cared nat for his dethe In lykewise many men in Englande bothe knyghtes squyers and other officers of the kynges who were in feare of hym bycause of his crueltie All suche were gladde of his dethe They toke to recorde his cruell dedes by the duke of IrelaÌ„de whom he had exyled out of Englande Also of the deth of that valyant knight sir Symon Burle and of sir Robert Triuylien sir Nicholas Bramble sir Iohan Standysshe dyuers other The dukes dethe was but lytell regarded in Englande excepte but with suche as were of his opinyon Thus this duke dyed in Calais his body was enbaumed and seared in leed and couered and so sente by See in to Englande And the Shyppe that caryed hym arryued at the Castell of Hadley vpon Thamyse syde and fro thens caryed by chariot symply to his owne place at Plasshey and there buryed in the Churche Whiche the sayde duke hadde founded in the honoure of the hooly Trynite wherin were twelue Chanonnes to synge diuyne seruyce YE maye well knowe that the duchesse of Gloucestre and Affren his sonne and his two susters were sore discoÌ„fyted whan they sawe the duke brought thyther deed The duchesse had double sorowe for Richarde erle of Arundell her vncle was be heeded openly by the kynges coÌ„maundemeÌ„t in Chepesyde there was no lorde durst speke to the contrary the kynge beyng presente at the same iustyce doynge It was done by the erle Marshall who hadde to wyfe the doughter of the sayde erle of Arundell and yet he bounde his eyen hym selfe The erle of Warwyke was in great daunger to be beheeded but the erle of Salisbury who was in the kynges fauour desyred the kynge for his lyfe and so dyde dyuers other barons prelates in Englande The kynge enclyned to their requestes so that he myght be banysshed and putte in suche a place as he shulde natte come fro for the kyng wolde nat clerely forgyue hym He sayde he had well deserued to dye bycause he was of counsayle with the duke of Gloucestre and with the erle of Arundell to haue brokeÌ„ the peace and truce taken bitwene Fraunce Englande For the whiche artycle the kyng sayd they had deserued to dye for the peace was taken bytwene the ê‘ties on suche coÌ„dycion that who so euer dyde breake it shulde be worthy to dye The erle of Salisbury who had ben the erle of Warwykes companyon dyuers tymes in excusyng of him said Howe he was an olde man and was desyred by the duke of Gloucestre by his fayre wordes Wherfore he sayd that he dyde was natte of his owne mocyon but by theirs Affyrming howe there was neuer none of the Beauchampes that euer dyd trayson agaynst the crowne of Englande Thus the erle of Warwyke for pytie was respyted fro dethe He was banysshed in to the ysle of Wyght And it was sayde to hym Erle of Warwyke ye haue deserued to dye as well as the erle of Arundell but for the great seruyce that ye haue done in tyme past to kynge Edwarde and to the prince his sonne and to the crowne of Englande aswell on this syde the see as byonde hath done you great ayde for the kyng hath pyte on you and hath grauÌ„ted you your lyfe But it is ordayned by iudgement that ye shall go in to the ysle of Wight and lyue there as longe as ye can and shall haue suffycient of your owne to maynteyne there your estate soberly but ye maye neuer departe thens The erle toke this punysshement a worthe and thaÌ„ked the kyng and his counsayle for sauyng of his lyfe and so made hym redy to go thyder at the daye apoynted In the whiche ysle was space sufficient for a lorde to kepe his estate enuyroned with the See Thus passed forthe these Iudgementes in Englande at that season whiche multiplyed dayly worse worse as ye shall here after WHan the dethe of the duke of gloucestre was knoweÌ„ by the dukes of Lancastre and of yorke incoÌ„tinent they knewe well that the kynge their nephue had caused hym to be slayne and murdered at Calays As than these two dukes were nat toguyder eche of theÌ„ were at their owne plates They wrote eche to other to knowe what were best to do and so they came to London For they knewe well that the londoners were nat content with the dethe of the duke their brother Whan they mette there toguyder they tooke couÌ„sayle and sayd Suche dedes ought nat to be suffred as to putte to dethe so hyghe a priÌ„ce as was their brother for ydell wordes and false reportes For they sayd though he spake oftentymes of the breakyng of the peace yet he neuer brake it And bytwene sayenge and doyng is great difference for by reason of wordes he ought nat to deserue dethe by suche cruell punycion these two dukes were in the case to haue put all Englande to great trouble and there were ynowe redy to counsayle them therto and specially them of the erle of Arundelles lynage and of the erle of Staffordes whiche was a great kynred in Englande The kyng as than was at ElthaÌ„ and had sente for all suche as helde of hym in chiefe And he had redy assembled toguyder about London in Kent and Essexe mo than ten thousande archers And sir Iohan Hollande his brother was with hym and therle Marshall and the erle of Salisbury and a great nombre of lordes and knyghtes the kyng sent to theÌ„ of London that they shulde nat receyue the duke of Lancastre They answered and sayd They knewe no cause that the duke hadde done why they shulde refuce hym The duke of Lancastre was at LoÌ„don and
the prince holdynge the sworde of the churche and on the other syde the Constable with the sworde of iustyce and a lytell aboue the marshall with the ceptour and at that kynges borde sate two archbysshops and .xvii. bysshoppes And in the myddes of the dyner there came in a knight who was called Dinereth all armed vpon a good horse rychely aparelled and had a knyght before hym bearyng his speare and his sworde by his syde and his dagger The knyght toke the kyng a lybell the whiche was red Therin was conteyned that there were outher knight squyer or any other geÌ„tylman that wold say that kyng Henry was nat right full kyng he was there redy to fyght with him in that quarell before the kynge or where as it shulde please hym to apoynte that byll was cryed by an haraulde in syxe places of the hall and in the towne There was none that wolde chalenge hym Whan the kynge had dyned he toke wyne spyces in the hall and than went in to his chambre Than euery man departed and went to their lodginges thus the day passed of kynge Henryes coronacyon with great ioy and feest whiche endured all the next day The erle of Salysbury was nat at this soleÌ„pnyte for he was in sure prison and the kinges couÌ„sayle and dyuers other noble men and the londoners wolde that his heed shulde haue ben stryken of openly in chepe for said he had well deserued it for bearynge of letters and credeÌ„ce fro Rycharde of Burdeaux to the frenche kyng and there to reporte openly that kyng Henry was a false traytoure whiche faute they sayd ought nat to be ê‘doned Kyng Henry was more gentyll than so for he had some pytie on hym for therle excused hym and sayd that he dyd was by the kynges coÌ„maundement by the settyng on of the four knyghtes that were beheeded Kinge Henry beleued well the erles wordes but his couÌ„sayle wolde nat beleue it but said and so dyd the londoners that he shulde dye bycause he had deserued deth Thus the erle of Salysbury was in prison in great daunger of his lyfe And syr Iohan Holande erle of Huntyngdon capytayne of Calais was well enfourmed of the hole mater and howe his brother kyng Rychard was taken and in prisone in the towre of London and had resygned his crowne and all howe Henry of Lancastre was kinge of Englande This erle of Huntyngdon what so euer dyspleasure he had for the trouble of his brother yet wysely he consydred the tyme and aduentures and sawe well that he was nat able to with stande all the power and puyssaunce of the realme Also the countesse his wyfe who was cosyn germayne to kynge Henry sayd Syr it must behoue you to passe your displeasure pacyently wysely and do nat that thynge wherby ye shall haue doÌ„mage for the kyng may do you moche good and ye se that all the realme enclyneth to hym if ye shewe any dyspleasure to hym warde ye are but lost wherfore syr I requyre you and I couÌ„sayle you to dyssimule the matter for as well kynge Henry nowe is your brother as kyng Richarde was therfore syr stycke and leane to him and ye shall fynde hym your good louer for there was neuer a rycher kynge in Englande than he is he may do to you to your chyldren great good The erle herde well the wordes of his wyfe and beleued her and enclyned hym to kynge Henry and offred hym humble obeysaunce and promysed hym faythe and trouthe The kyng receyued hym and had great ioy therof and he dyd so moche with meanes of his freÌ„des that therle of Salysbury was taken to grace and his excusacyons accepted and was clene pardoned ¶ How newes of the taking of kyng Rycharde was knowen in Fraunce by the coÌ„myng thyder of the lady of Coucy and howe the frenche kynge was dyspleased Cap. CC.xlvi WHan the lady of Coucy was aryued at Bouloyne she hasted her to go to Parys Great murmurynge there was in Fraunce of the sodayne incidentes that were fall in EnglaÌ„de they knewe somwhat by marchauÌ„tes of Bruges but whan the lady of Coucy aryued than the trouth was knowen She went firste to her husbandes house as it was reason Anon the frenche kynge herde worde howe the lady of Coucy was come to Parys Than the kynge sent for the lorde of Coucy who had ben all nyght with his wyfe Whan he was come the kynge demauÌ„ded of the state of kynge Rycharde of Englande and of the quene his doughter The lorde durst nat hyde the trouth fro hym but shewed hym playnely euery thynge as his wyfe had shewed hym whiche newes were sore dyspleasaunt to the frenche kynge for he knewe well the englysshmen were sore harde men to apease and so with dyspleasure the frenche kynge retourned agayne in to his olde sicknes of fransey wherof the nobles of that realme were sore displeased but they coude nat amende it Than the duke of Burgoyn said I thought neuer otherwyse for it was a maryage without good reasone the whiche I sayd playnly ynough whan the mater was fyrst spokeÌ„ of but as than I coulde nat be herde for I knewe well the londoners neuer loued parfytely kynge Rycharde All this myschefe is engendred by the duke of Gloucestre it is tyme nowe to take hede what the englisshmen wyll do sythe they haue taken their kyng and put him in prison by all lykelyhode they wyll put hym to dethe for they neuer loued him bycause be loued no warre but peace they wyll crowne to their kynge the duke of Lancastre he shall so bynde hym selfe to them that whether he wyll or nat he shall do all that they wyll sayd moreouer nowe shall be sene what they of Burdeaux wyll do for there he was borne and was well be loued with them and also with them of Bayon of Dax and in all the lymytes of Burdeloys it were good that that constable of FrauÌ„ce sir Loys of Sanxere were signyfyed of this mater and that he drewe hym to that fronters there with him syr Raynolde of Barroys of Barreys and other barones and prelates and to treate with them and my brother the duke of Berrey to go in to Poictou to drawe to the fronters of Xaintes of Blaues and of mirebell wherby if they of Burdeaux wyll any thynge entende to our treaties that they may be receyued for nowe shall we haue them or neuer As he deuysed it was ordeyned the whiche was a substanciall deuyce for whan they of Burdeaux of Bayon and of Dax vnderstode that their kynge Rycharde was taken and sette in the towre of London and duke Henry of Lancastre crowned kyng they had gret marueyle therof and in the begynnyng wolde nat beleue it but lytle lytle they knewe the trouth therof Than the sayd thre townes were closed and no man suffred to issue out nor to entre in they were sore troubled and sorowfull and specyally the cytie of Burdeaux
for kynge Rycharde was norysshed amonge them therfore they loued hym and whyle he was kynge if any of Burdeloys came to hym they were well receyued and alwayes the kinge was redy to fulfyll their desyres wherfore they sayd whan they knewe the trouth Ah Richarde gentle kyng ye were as noble a man as euer reigned in any realme this trouble that londoners haue caused for they coulde neuer loue you specyall sythe ye were alyed by maryage with the frenche kyng this myschiefe is so great that we can nat suffre it They haue holden you kynge this .xxii. yere and nowe to condempe you to the dethe for sythe ye be in prison haue crowned the duke of Lancastre they wyll surely put you to deth So they of Burdeloys made great lamentacyons in so moche that the seneschall of Burdeaux a ryght valyaunt knyght of Englande wrote letters therin conteynynge the wordes and lamentacyons of them of the cytie of Burdeaulx of Bayon and of Dax Also he wrote howe they were nere at the poynte to yelde vp their townes to the frenche kyng He sent this lettre by a trusty seruauÌ„t of his by the see who had good wynde and aryued at Cornewayle in EnglaÌ„de and than he rode so longe that he came to London there he fouÌ„de kynge Henry and delyuered his letters whiche were dyrected to the kynge and to the londoners They were opened and reed and the kynge and the londoners tooke counsayle vpon that mater They of London aunswered lyke theym that were nothyng abasshed of that tydynges but sayde as for these townes wyll neuer tourne frenche for they can nat lyue in their daunger nor they canne nat suffre the extorcion and pollinge of the frenchmen for vnder vs they lyue franke and free and if the frenche men shulde be lordes ouer them they shulde be taxed and tayled retayled two or thre tymes in a yere the whiche they are nat nowe acustomed vnto whiche shulde be a harde thyng nowe for them to begynne Also these thre cyties are closed in rouÌ„de about with great lordes who are good englysshe and longe haue been as the lorde Pyuiers the lorde Musydent the lorde Duras the lorde Landuras the lorde Copane the lorde Rosem the lorde Logeren and dyuers other barones and knyghtes by whome they shulde haue warre at their handes for they shulde nat issue out of their cities but they shulde be taken For all the seneschalles wrytynge we haue no doute that they shulde become frenche howe be it good it is to sende thyder some valyaunt wyse man that is beloued amonge theym some suche as hath gouerned there or this and that is the lorde Thomas Percy Thus as it was deuysed it was acomplysshed he was desyred to go thyder and to take hede of that couÌ„trey He fulfylled the kynges coÌ„maundement and made hym redy to departe it was about Christmasse at whiche tyme the wyndes be sore and ieoperdous he toke shyppynge in Cornewayle He had with him two hundred men of armes and four hundred archers And with hym was his nephue Hugh Hastynges Thomas Colleuyll Gyllyam Lysle Iohan Graily bastarde sonne to the Captall of Beufz Guillyam Traicton Iohan Danbreticourt and diuers other and also the bysshop of London and mayster Rycharde Doall They taryed tyll it was mydde Marche or they toke the see and or they came to Burdeaux the duke of Burbon was come to the cytie of Dagen to treate with theym of Burdeloys and he dyd so moche by his fayre wordes and good assuraunce that the counsayles of Burdeaux of Bayon and of Dax were sent to the cytie of Dagen The duke receyued them frendly and gaue them fayre wordes and many promyses and shewed them that if they wolde turne frenche and be vnder the obeysaunce of the frenche kynge what so euer they wolde demaunde shulde be graunted them and sealed perpetually to endure Many thynges they promysed and sware to seale and to kepe for euer They aunswered whan they were retourned agayne in to their cyties they wolde shewe all this to the people and so take counsayle and than gyue answere Thus they departed fro Dagen and fro the duke of Burbon and retourned to their townes and shewed all this to the people but all tourned to nothynge for the comynaltyes of the sayde cyties consydred the busynesse and knewe well howe the realme of Fraunce was vexed and troubled with tayles and fowages and shamfull exaccions all to get money than they sayd if the frenche men gouerne ouer vs they wyll bringe vs to the same vsage yet it is better for vs to be englysshe for they kepe vs franke and free If the londoners haue deposed kynge Rycharde crowned kinge Henry what is that to vs we haue and shall haue alwayes a kynge and we vnderstande that the bysshop of London and syr Thomas Percy shortely wyll be here they shall enfourme vs of the trouthe we haue also more marchaundyse of woll wyne and clothe with the Englysshe men than with the frenchmen let vs be ware we make no treatie wherby we shulde repent vs after Thus the treatie with the frenche men was broken and lefte of Than anone after the bysshop of London and the lorde Percy with their charge of men of warre aryued at Burdeaux wherof moche people were greatly reioysed and some displeased suche as had rather haue been frenche than englysshe All these englysshe lordes were lodged togyther in the abbey of saint Andrewe and whan they sawe their tyme they shewed to the people the state of Englande and the cause why they were sent thyder and they dyd so moche that euery thynge was apeased bothe there and in all other places For harde it was to haue caused them to haue tourned frenche THan it was determyned by the counsayle of Fraunce sithe the kyng was in sycknesse by reason of the displeasure that he toke for the deposyng of his sonne in lawe kynge Rycharde that they shulde sende some notable wyse personage in to Englande to knowe the state of the quene to do this message was apoynted syr Charles de la Brethe and Charles of Hangers who as they were coÌ„maunded departed fro Parys and came to Boloygne and there taryed for they had sent an haraulde to kynge Henry for without assurauÌ„ce they durst nat go for all the truce that was bytwene bothe realmes Kynge Henry who thought hym selfe moche bounde to the Frenche kynge for the chere that he hadde in Fraunce toke counsayle and concluded and so the haraulde was answered that it was the kynges pleasure that they and their company shulde come in to Englande and to come the streyght way to the kyng and nat to ryde out of the way without lycence The haraulde retourned to Boloyne and shewed what he had done wherwith they were content and so shypped their horses and toke the see and aryued at Douer where they founde redy a knyght of the kynges howse â—oho receyued theym they had sene hym before with kyng