kynge Charles dyed about Ester in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xxviii. And within a short space after the quene was delyuerd of a doughter Than all the peres of Fraunce asseÌ„bled a counsell togyder at Parys as shortly as they might conueniently and there they gaue the realme by coÌ„men acorde to sir Phylippe of Ualoys and put clene out the quene Isabell of Englande and kynge Edwarde her sonne for she was suster germayne to king Charles last deed but the opynion of the nobles of Fraunce was and sayed and maynteyned that the realme of Fraunce was of so great nobles that it ought nat by successyon to fall into a womans hande And so thus they crowned kyng of France PhilyppÌ„ Ualoys at Raygnes on Trinyte sonday next after And anone after he somoned all his barownes and men of warâ— And went withall his power to the towne of Cassell and layd â—â—eg therto in makyng warâ— agaynst the â—â—emmynges who rebelledde agaynst their owne lorde And namely they of Bruges of Ippre and of Franke for they wolde nat obey therle of FlauÌ„ders But they had chased hym out of his owne countrey so that he might nat abyde in no partie therof but onely in Gaunt and scantly ther. These fleÌ„mynges were a .xvi. thousande and had a capytayne called Colen â—aÌ„nequyn a hardy man and a couragious And they had made their grayson at Cassell at yâ— wages of dyuerse townes in Flaunders To th entent to kepe the fronters there about but ye shall here howe the flemmynges were dysconfeted and all by their owne outrage ¶ Of the batell of Cassell in FlauÌ„ders Cap. xxii ANd on a day they of the garyson of Cassell departed out To th entent to haue dysconfyted the kyng and all his hoost And they came priuely without any noyse in thre batels well ordred Wherof the first batayle toke the way to the kynges tentes and it was a fayre grace that the kynge had natben taken for he was at souper and all his company and thought nothyng of them And the other batayle toke the streyght way to the tentes of the kynge of Behaygne and in maner they founde hym in lyke case And the thirde batayle went to the tentes of therle of Heynault and in likrwyse had nere take hym These hoostes caÌ„e so peasably to the tentes that with moch payne they of thoost coude arme them Wherby all the lordes and their people had ben slayne and the more grace of god had nat ben but in maner by myracle of god these lordes dysconfyted all .iii. batayls eche batayle by it selfe all in one hour In such wyse that of â—vi thousande flemmynges ther ascaped neuer a person captayns and all were slayne And the kyng lordes of FraÌ„ce knewe nat one of an other nor what they hadde done tyll all was finyss edd and atchyued For they lay in thre sondrie parties one fro an other but as for the fleÌ„mynges there was nat one left a lyue but all lay deed on hepes one vpon an other in the sayed thre sondrie places And this was done on saynt Bartylmewes day the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xxviii. Than the french men entred into the towne of Cassell and set vp the baners of FrauÌ„ce and the towne yelded theÌ„ to the kyng And also the towne Pyepigne and of Ipre all they of the Castlayne of Bergues and than the receyued therle Loys their lorde and sware to hym faythe and loyaltie foreuer Than after the kynge and his people departed and went to Parys and he was moche honoured and praysed for this enterprise and ayd that he had done to his cosyn Lois erle of FlauÌ„ders And thus the kyng was in great prosperite and euery day encresed his ryall estat for as it was sayd ther was neuer kyng in FrauÌ„ce that helde like estat as dyd this kyng Philyp of Ualoys ¶ Howe the erle of kent and the erle Mortymer in Englande were put to deth Cap. xxiii THis yong kyng Edwarde of Englande was gouerned a great space as ye haue harde before by the couÌ„sell of the quene his mother and of Edmonde of Wodstoke erle of KeÌ„t his vncle and by sir Roger Mortymer erle of March. And at the last enuy began to growe bytwene therle of Kent and therle MortymÌ„ In so moch that this erle MortimÌ„ enformed so the yong kyng by the coÌ„sentyng of tholde quene Isabell his mother beryng the kyng in hande that therle of Kent wolde haue enpoysoned hym To th entent to be kynge hymselfe as he that was nexte heyre apparaunt to the crowne for the kynges yonger brother who was called JohnÌ„ a Gaunt was newly deed And than the kyng who gaue lyght credence to theym causedde his vncle the erle of Kent to be taken and openly to be beheeded without any maner of excuse to be harde Wherwith many of yâ— nobles of the realme wer sore troubled and bare a gruge in their hertes towarde the erle Mortymer and accordyng to thenglysshe cronycle Th erle suffred dethe atte Wynchester the tenth day of Octobre yâ— thirde yere of the kynges raygne and lyeth buryed at the friers in Winchestre But as myne auctour sayeth within a whyle after as it was reported quene Isabell the kyngâ— mother was with chylde and that by therle Mortymer Wherof the kyng was enfourmed how the sayd MortymÌ„ had caused him to put to deth therle of Kent his vncle without good reason or cause for all the realme reputed hym for a noble man Thanne by the kynges commaundement this erle Mortymer was takenÌ„e and brought to London And there byfore the great lordes and nobles of the realme was recyted by open declaratyon all the dedes of the sayd Mortymer Than the kynge demaunded of his counsell what shuld be done with hym and all the lordes by commen assent gaue iudgement And sayed syr he hath deserued to dye the sa 〈…〉 ethe that sir Hewe Spenser dyed And after this iudgement there was no delacyon of sufferaunce nor mercy But incoÌ„tynent he was drawen throughout London and than set on a scaffolde and his membres cut from hym and cast into a fyre and his hert also bycause he had ymagined treason And thanne quartered and his quarters sent to foure of the best cyties of the realme and his heed remayned styll in London And within a lytle space after the kyng commaunded by thaduyce of his counsell that the quene his mother shulde be kept close in a castell And so it was doÌ„e and she had with her ladyes and damosels knyghtes and squiers to serue her acordyng to her estat And certayne laÌ„des assigned to her to meÌ„tayne ther with her noble estat all dayes of her lyfe But in no wyse she shulde nat deê‘t out of the castell wtout it were tose suche sportes as was somtyme shewed byfore the castell gate for her recreatyon Thus this lady ledde forth her lyfe ther mekely and ones or twyse a yere the kyng her son wolde coÌ„e and se
a great scrimysshe at the gate but theÌ„glysshmen rested nat ther greatly but passed by and went and lodged on the morres of Hersault And on the thirde day they came to Turwyn within the towne was therle Guy of saynt Poule with a great noÌ„bre of men of warr And thenglisshmen passed by toke the way to Hedyn and that day they loged on a lytell ryuer And whan the erle of saynt Poule sawe that thenglysshmen weÌ„t towarde his countre he knewe well they went nat thyder for his profyte for they hated hym moche Than he departed in the night and delyuered the cyte to the lorde of saynt Pye and to sir Johan of Ray and so he rode tyll he cam to the towne of saynt Poule And in the nexte mornynge the englisshe men came thyther and made there a great skrymysshe so that the commynge thyther of the erle of saynt Poule was happy for them of yâ— towne for by hym and his company the towne was kept and saued or els it had ben in a great adueÌ„ture of lesyng Thus the duke of Lancastre and his companye toke theyr pleasure in the couÌ„tie of saynt Poule and burned and exiled all the playne countrey and dyd there great domage and he was before the castell of Perides where as the lady of Dowaire was and as the duke aduysed the castel he gauged the depnesse of the dyche with a speare howe be it he assyed it nat but made a good face so to do and so passed by came to a fayre castell called Lucheu the whiche perteyned to the erle of saynt Poule and so they burned the towne and dyd nothynge to the castell Than they passed further and came to saynt Require The englisshemen rode on a day nat past a .iii. or foure leages but euer they burned the countrey as they went and so they passed the ryuer of Somme at the planchesse vnder Abbeuille And than they entred into the countrey of Uimeu in purpose to go to Harfle we on the ryuer of Seyne to burne the frenche Nauy The erle of saynt Poule and ser Moreau of Fiennes constable of France with a great nombre folowed pursued in costynge the englysshe hust wherfore the englisshemen durst nat ryde farre abrode out of the high waye but euer kepte themselfe close to gether redy to fight with theyr enemies if nede were And so thus they rode through Uimeu and the countie of Ewe and entred into yâ— archeby sshopryke of Roan passed by Depe and rode so longe that they came to Harflewe and there lodged The erle of saynt Poule was goteÌ„ before them and was entred into yâ— towne with .ii. C. speares So thus the englisshmen laye before Harflewe but they assayled it nat The .iiii. daye after they dislodged and made theyr retourne through the lande of the lorde of Stouteuille and so burned vp the moost parte of all his countrey and than they came through Francquesin and drewe toward Oysemont to repasse the riuer of Somme at Blanchetache The same season there was in the towne of Abuille as capitayne there Hugh of Chastellon maister of the crosbowes in France and whan he perceyued that the duke of Lancastre wolde repasse the riuer of somme he armed hym and caused a .x. or .xii. of his company in lyke wyse to arme them no mo And so mouÌ„ted on their horses sayeng howe he wolde go and se the kepyng of the gate of Rowray to th entent that if thenglisshmen passed by they shulde nat se but that it were well kepte This was early in the mornyng it was a great myst And the same tyme Sir Nicholas Louuaing who in tyme paste before had ben seneschall of Poictou and the same yere before ser Hugh of Chastellon had taken hym prysoner and raunsomed hym at .x. M. fraÌ„kes the which stacke sore in his mynde and had great desyre in his entent to be reuenged and to geat agayne that he had loste The same mornynge he and .xx. with hym were departed fro the duke of LaÌ„castres host he knewe right wel all the passages and straytes there aboute for he had well vsed them the space of .ii. or .iii. yeres to gether And so thought to putte hym selfe at auenture in a busshement bitwene Abbeuille and the castell of Rouuray so passed by a lyttell streyght way through a maryse and rested hym in certayne olde wast broken howses a man wolde neuer haue thought that any company of englisshemen wolde haue lyen in a busshement so nere to the towne So thus there this ser Nicholas and his company kepte them selfe preuy And so at last through the same waye came ser Hugh of Chastellon with x. with hym all armed except his bassenet the whiche his page bare after hym on a great courser and so passed ouer the lyttell ryuer that was there and thought to haue gone to haue spoken with the crosbowes that kepte the gate to knowe yf they had harde any thyng of the englisshemen And whanne sir Nicholas of Louuayng sawe hym he knewe hym wel he coude nat haue ben more ioyous if one had gyuen hym .xx. thousaÌ„d frankes Than he came out of his busshement and sayd to his company come on syrs lustely beholde yonder is he that I desire to haue it is the maister of the crosbowes I desyre to haue hym aboue all creatures lyuynge Than he set the spores to his horse sydes and cowched hys speare in the reste and came towarde sir Hugh of Chastellon and sayd yelde the Chastellon or thou arte but deed Syr Hugh had great meruayle from whens those men of warre came so sodaynly vpon hym for he had no leaser to put on his bassenet nor to mount on his courser whaÌ„ he sawe he was in so hard a case he sayd to whom shuld I yelde me Sir Nicholas answered to Lauuainge Than syr Hugh to eschewe the perel of deth for he sawe wel he coude nat flee sayde I yelde me Than he was takeÌ„ and sir Nicholas sayde come on and ryde with vs behold yonder cometh the duke of LaÌ„castre and his company who wyll passe here foreby at the same brunt ther was slayne a valyaÌ„t burgresse of Abuyle called Laurence Dancons the which was great domage Thus by great fortune was sir Hugh of Chastellon maister at yâ— tyme of the crosbowes in france and capitayn of Abuyle taken by sir Nicholas of Louuayne of whose takynge the duke of Lancastre was right ioyfull and so were all the englysshmen Sir Hugh of Chastellons frendes and yâ— men in the towne of Abuyle were right sorie for his takyng but they coude nat amend it as at that tyme. Than the englysshmen passed the ryuer of Some at blanchtache and than drue towardes the towne of Rue on the see syde and so to Monstrell and dyde somoche by their iorneys that they retourned agayne and caÌ„e to the towne of Calays And than the duke of Lancastre gaue all the strangers leaue to deê‘te and
to the bretons Than he dyscouered his entent to the forsayde four knightes and sayd to them Sirs I wyll leaue this castell to you and I wyll depart and go to Pyergourt and kepe that And so he departed and wente to Pyergourt and lefte his owne castell in the kepyng of the foresayd four knyghtes ¶ Howe these four knightes bretons defended theÌ„ selfe valiantly agaynst the duke of Lancastre and howe fynally the duke toke them all foure to rauÌ„some Ca. C C .lxxxviii. WHan the duke of LaÌ„castre and the barons knyghtes were come to the castell of Mountpaon they layed siege therto made as gret proyisyon for their lodgynges and other necessaryes as thoughe they shulde haue taryed there the space of seuyn yere And they lay nat ydell for incontyuent they apê‘elled themselfe to assayle the castell and caused the villayns of the countre to cutte downe great quantyte of wode and tymbre to cast into the dykes And thus fyftene vayes togyder they dyd nothyng but alwayes cast stuffe in to the dykes and on the wode and tymbre they layed ouer strawe and erthe And so within that space they had fylled a great ê‘te of the dykes so that they might well coÌ„e to the walles to scrimy she with them within as they vyde nigh euery day fyue or sixe assautê wher as there was many noble dedes done For the foure breton knyghtes that were within were right valyaut men of armes and defended theÌ„ selfe right nobly wherfore they ought greatly to be commended For though the englisshmen and gascoyns came so nere them yet they were nat afrayed nor lost no great thyng And nere to this garyson ther were other bretons in an other garyson called saynt Maquayre of whoÌ„ Johan of Malestroyt and Syluester Budes were capitayns who euery day herde spekyng of the feates of armes that were done before Mountpaon And they had great desyre to be there and sayd often tymes one to another We knowe well our companyons are here by who are right valyaunt as we may here dayly by their dedê and euery day they haue fyue or vivatayls and yet we lye here styll do nothyng â–ª Certayuly we acquyte vs nat well So thus they were in great desyre to go and rescue theÌ„ if they might And whan they had all spoken consydred the peryll to leaue their owne forte resse voyde they wyst nat well what to do thaÌ„ on a tyme Syluester Budes sayde to his felow JohnÌ„ ye shall other go or els wyll I chose you whyder Than Johan answered and sayd Syluester ye shall abyde here and I wyll go And ther they were at a longe stryfe whiche of them shulde go And so at last they acorded and sware and made promyse before all the company that they shulde drawe cuttes and he that shulde haue the longest strawe shuld go forthe and the other abyde So than they drewe and the longest cutte fell to Syluester Budes than there was great laughyng among all the company This Syluester toke it for no fable but apparelled him selfe and mounted on his horse and departed with .xii. men of armes with him and rode so long that at the euenyng he entred in to the towne and castell of MouÌ„tpaon wher of the knyghtes and companyons within had great ioye and gaue great prayse to Siluester Budê As I haue shewed you here before ther was euery day assautes at MouÌ„tpaon right well the knightê within aquyted themselfe and deserued great honour For vntyll the tyme that a great parte of their wall was ouerthrowen they were neuer afrayed nor a basshed The englysshmen ordayned mantels and other instrumentes of warr wherby to aproche nere to the walles ouer the dykes that they had fylled ther the brigantê well pauessed who had great pykes of yron wherwith they vndermyned the walles in suche wyse that a great pane of the wall fell downe more than .xl. fote long Than the lordes of the hoost ordayned their batayls with their archers who shotte so holy togyder that non of theÌ„ within durst ones apere abrode And whan sir Wylliam of Lonuall sir Alayne of Houssay sir Loyes of Maylley and the lorde Darcy sawe howe they were in the case nat able to endure nor kepe the holde ThaÌ„ they sent a heraulde out a horse backe to the duke of Lancastre to haue a treaty if it myght be The heraulde came to the duke and shewed hym the entent of his comyng Than the duke by thaduyse of his couÌ„sayle gaue respyte to them with in to speke with hym and his counsayle The heraulde retourned and shewed his maysters howe he hadde spedde Than all four knightes went for the and the duke sent to them sir Guyssharde Dangle and so on the dykes they spake togyder Than they demaunded vnder what maner the duke wolde receyue them Than sir Guyssharde who hadde the charge answered and said Sirs ye haue greatly displeased my lorde the duke for ye haue kept here this castell agaynst him more than .xi. wekes wherby he hath lost dyuers of his men Wherfore he wyll nat receyue you to grace nor mercy without ye wyll yelde your self simply And also delyuer to him first sir Wylliam of MouÌ„tpaon that he may put him to deth as he hath deserued lyke a treatour ThaÌ„ sir Loyes of Mailly answered and sayd Sir Guyssharde as for sir Wyllyam of Mountpaon whome ye desyre to haue deluered we swere vnto you truely that we knowe nat as no we wher he is for he was nat in this castell sythe ye layed siege therto And sir it is a harde thyng for vs to yelde our selfe vp symply as ye wolde haue vs to do sythe we be sent hyder but as soudiers to gette our selfe wages to lyue by In lyke maner as ye sende yours somtyme your selfe gladde to take wagê Therfore sir or we make yâ— marchaÌ„dyse we shall sell our selfe so derely that it shall be spoken of a huÌ„dred yeres after our dethes But sir we desyre you to returne to the duke and shewe him that we desyre hym to receyue vs courtesly on certayne composycion of raunsome In lyke maner as he wolde that his meÌ„ shulde â—e dalt with all yf they were fallen in suche lyke daunger Than aunswered sir Guyssharde and sayde Sirs I shall do the best of my power And so retourned to the duke and tooke with hym the Captall of Beufz the lorde of Rousayne the lorde of Musyden to the entent the rather to spede And whan they were all come before the duke they shewed hym so many fayre wordes that he condyscended to their request And soo toke the four breton knightes and Syluester Budes and all their company to mercy as prisoners And so he hadde agayne full possession of the forteresse of Mountpaon and toke fealtie of them of the towne and sette ther two gascone knightes to kepe it and fourtie men of armes and as many archers And newe repayred and fortifyed the place refresshed it with
Englandes counsayle that sir Perducas Dalbret who had well serued yâ— kynges of EnglaÌ„d bothe Edwarde Richarde and the prince and all the countre of Burdeloyse more than .xxx. yer wherfore it was thought he was well worthy to haue that lande and was well able to defende kepe it fro all men Sir Perducas dalbret whan he receyued this laÌ„des He sayd vnto the kyng in the presens of his couÌ„sayle and other noble men sir I take and receyue this herytage to me and to myne heyres on the condycion to serue you agaynst all men except the house of Dalbret fro whens I am come For agaynst them shall I neuer make warre if they suffre myne heritage to be in rest and peace the kyng answered and sayd he was content And so put hym in possessyon of the lande Nowe shall I shewe you what fell of this Parducas Dalbret Whan he was come in to Gascoyne and had taken possessyon of the landes and the seneshall of Burdeloyse had gyuen hym possessyon Than the lorde Dalbret had great ioy therof for he thought well than that his cosyn wolde make hym no warr And so yâ— landes of Dalbret and Chaumont abode in good loue rest And the lorde Dalbret held in great loue his cosyn for he hoped euer after his dyssease he wolde put hym in possessyon of the sayde landes of Chaumounte But this sir Parducas was nat so mynded for at last whan he lay on his deth bed and that he sawe he must nedes dye he called before him all his men and dyd seÌ„de for a yong squier of his a proper man of armes called Parduche and sayd to him I gyue the here in the presence of all my men all the landê of ChaumoÌ„t so thou be euer good englysshe and true faythfull to the kyng of Englande but I wyll that the house of Dalbert out of the whiche we become that thou make there agaynst no warre wtout they do some outrage to the. The squier answered sayd sir your coÌ„mauÌ„dement shal be done this Perduche of Albert was lorde of ChaumoÌ„t in gascone thus dyed sir ê‘ducas I can shewe no more of hym ¶ Howe the kyng of Englandes couÌ„sayle mocked the flemynges and of the prisoners that were exchaunged Cap. CCCC .viii. WHan these gauntoyse were come to London the kynge his counsayle was certifyed therof so he sent to them to knowe what they wold haue and so they came all in a company to the palays of Westmynster and there they founde redy the duke of Lancastre the erle of Buckyngham therle of Salisbury and the moost parte of the kynges counsayle Howe be it the kynge was nat present at their first comynge These men of Flaunders and of Gaunte enclyned them to the lordes of Englande and than the clerke that was chosen bysshop of GauÌ„t spake for them all and sayde My lordes we become hyder and sent fro the towne of Gaunt fro the hole countre of flaunders To haue counsayle confort and ayde of the kyng of EnglaÌ„de Upon certayne artycles and good reasons of the auÌ„cyent alyauÌ„ces bytwene Englande and FlauÌ„ders They desyre nowe to renewe yâ— same for it is nowe nedefull to the couÌ„tre of FlauÌ„ders the which is as now without a lorde The good townes and the couÌ„tre hath as nowe but a gouernour the whiche is a man called Philyp Dartuell who recommaundeth hym principally to the kyng and to you all yâ— be of his counsayle he desyreth you to take in gre this offre that we shall make to you And that is whan soeuer it shall please yâ— kynge of Englande to arryue in Flaunders he shall fynde the countre opyn to receyue him And there to rest and refresshe hym as longe as it shall please hym And also he shall haue at his commaundement of the countre of flauÌ„ders a hundred thousande men armed redy to do hym seruyce Moreouer my lordes the couÌ„tre of Flaunders maketh one request and that is this To haue agayne two hundred thousande crownes that somtyme Jakes Dartuell and the good townes of FlauÌ„ders lent to king Edwarde of good memorie At the sege of turney and at the siege of Calais For it is the entencyon of the good townes of FlauÌ„ders that or this alyauÌ„ce passe any farther to be first repayed of this sayd som And that done than yâ— king of England all his may well say yâ— they the flemyngê are frendes togyder and yâ— they haue fre entre into Flaunders to go where as it shall please them And whan the lordes of Englande herde those wordes and request they began eche of theÌ„ to regarde other and some smyled Than the duke of LaÌ„castre sayd Fayre lordes of FlauÌ„ders your wordes and demaunde requyreth to haue couÌ„sayle Go your wayes to London to your logynges and the kyng shall take aduyse on your requestes and shall so answere you that ye ought to be contente The gauntoyse answered and sayd God graunt it and so they departed fro the counsayle and the lordes abode styll to guyder began to laughe amonge them selfe and sayd Haue ye nat sene these fleminges and herde their requestes that they make They demande to be conforted say howe they haue nede therof and yet for all that they demaunde to haue our money It is no resonable request that we shulde both ayde and pay So thus they reputed the flemynges right proude and presumptuous â–ª to demauÌ„de to haue agayne two hundred thousande crownes of so olde dette as they sayd of a .xl. yere paste There was neuer a better poynt for the frenche kyng if he wyll than to come into flauÌ„ders For if the flemynges had nat as than demaunded the foresayd somme of crownes but haue desyred the kyng of his confort and ayde The kyng wolde haue gone or sent into FlauÌ„ders so puissauntlye to haue bydden batayle with the ayde of the flemynges to any prince of the worlde But it wente otherwyse as ye shall herafter in the storie UIdynges came into Fraunce to the couÌ„sayle there Nowe that Philyp Dartwell whose courage was all englysshe and yâ— countre of Flaunders had sent in to Englande certayne of their men to make aly auÌ„ces with thenglysshmen And the voyce ran and the comon renome that the kyng of Englande with a great puissauÌ„ce shulde come in that season aryue in FlauÌ„ders â–ª and to lye in Gaunt these tidinges were lightly to be beleued howe that the flemynges wolde fortify them selfe â–ª in some maner awyse Than it was deuysed yâ— the messanger that was come fro Philyppe Dartuell whoÌ„e they helde in prison â–ª shulde be delyuered And to say the trouthe ther was no cause why to retayne hym so he was delyuered sent to thost before And warpe The same season they of Bruge â–ª had taken certayn burgesses of turney and kept theÌ„ in prison The flemynges she wed well howe they had as lyue haue warre with FrauÌ„ce as peace And whan they of Tourney sawe that
to be strikē of without delay and without knowlege or answere to any cause Fyrst of all ser Thomas erle of Lancastre who was a noble and a wyse holy knyght hath done syth many fayre myracles in Pomfret wher he was beheedded for the whiche dede the sayd sir Hewe Spencer achyued great hate in all the realme and specially of the quene and of the erle of Cane brother to the kyng And whan he parceyued the dyspleasure of the quene by his subtile wytte he set great discorde bitwene the kyng and the quene so that the kyng wold nat se the quene nor come in her company the whiche discord endured a long space Than was it shewed to the quene secretly to the erle of Cane that withoute they toke good hede to them selfe they were lykely to be distroyed for sir Hewe Spēcer was about to purchace moch trouble to theym Than the quene secretly dyd puruey to go in to Fraūce and toke her way as on pylgrymage to saynt Thomas of Canturbury and so to Wynchelsey And in the nyght went into a shyp that was redy for her and her yong sōne Edward with her the erle of Cane and sir Roger Mortymer And in a nother ship they had put all theyr purueyaūce had wynde at wyll and the next mornyng they arryued in the hauyn of Bolayn ¶ Howe the quene of Ingland went and complayned her to the kyng of Fraunce her brother of syr Hewe Spencer Cap. vii WHan quene Isabell was arryued at Bolayn and her sonne with her the erle of Cane The capytayns and abbot of the towne came agaynst her and ioyously receued her and her company into the abbey And ther she aboode .ii. dayes Than she departed and to de so long by her iourneys that she arryued at Paris Thā kyng Charles her brother who was enfourmed of her comyng sent to mete her dyuers of the greattest lordes of his realme as the lorde syr Robert de Artoys the lorde of Crucy the lorde of Sully the lorde of Roy and dyuers other who honorably dyd receue her and brought her in to the Cite of Paris to the kyng her brother And whan the kyng sawe his suster whom he had nat sene long before As she shuld haue entred into his chambre he mette her and toke her in his armes and kyst her and sayd ye be welcome feyre suster with my feyre nephewe your sonne and toke them by the handis led them forth The quene who had no great ioy at her harte But that she was so nere to the kyng her brother she wold haue kneled downe .ii. or .iii. tymes at the feet of the kyng But the kyng wold nat suffre her but held her styl by the right hande demaunding right swetely of her astate and besynesse And she answered hym ryght sagely and lamentably recounted to hym all the felonyes and iniuries done to her by syr Hewe Spencer And requyred hym of his ayde and cōfort Whan the noble kyng Charles of Fraūce had harde his susters lamentation Who wepyngly had shewed hym all her nede and besynesse he sayd to her Fayre suster appease your selfe for by the faith I owe to god and to saynt Denyce I shall right well puruey for you some remedy The quene than kneled downed whether the kyng wold or nat and sayd My ryght dere lord and fayre brother I pray god reward you The kyng than toke her in his armes and led her into an other chambre the whiche was apparayled for her and for the yong Edwarde her sōne and so departed fro her and caused at his costis and chargis all thyng is to be delyuered that was behouefull for her and for her sōne After it was nat long but that for this occasion Charles kyng of Fraunce assembled together many great lordes and barons of the realme of Fraunce to haue theyr coūsell and good aduise howe they shuld ordeyne for the nede besynes of his suster quene of Ingland Than it was coūsailed to the kyng that he shuld let the quene his suster to purchas for her selfe frendis where as she wold in the realme of Fraunce or in any other place and hym selfe to fayne be nat knowen therof For they sayd to moue warre with the kyng of Ingland and to bryng his owne realme into hatred it were nothyng apertenaunt nor profitable to hym nor to his realme But they cōcluded that conueniently he mgiht ayde her with golde and syluer for that is the metall wherby loue is attaygned both of gētylemen of pore souldiours And to this counsell and aduyce accorded the kynge And caused this to be shewed to the quene priuely by sir Robert Dartoys who as than was one of the greatteste lordis of all Fraunce ¶ Howe that syr Hewe Spencer purchased that the quene Isabell was banysshed out of Fraunce Cap. .viii. NOwe let vs speke somewhat of sir Hewe Spencer whan he sawe that he hadde drawen the kyng of Inglād so moche to his wyll that he coud desire nothyng of hym but it was graunted he caused many noble men and other to be put to deth without iustice or lawe bicause he held them suspect to be ageynst hym and by his pride he dyd so many marueylles that the barous that were left alyue in the land coude nat beare nor su 〈…〉 e it any lenger but they besought and requyred eche other among them selfe to be of a peasable accorde And caused it secretly to be knowen to the quene theyr lady Who hadde ben as then at Parys the space of .iii. yere Certifiyng her by wryttyng that if she coulde fynd the meanes to haue any companye of men of armes if it were but to the nombre of a M. and to bryng her son and heyre with her into Inglande That than they wolde all drawe to her and abeye her and her sonne Edward as they were bounde to do of duety These letters thus sent secretly to her out of Ingland she shewed them to kyng Charles her brother Who answered her and sayde Fayre suster god be your ayde your besyuesse shall auayle moche the better Take of my men and subiectis to the nombre that your frendes haue wrytten you for and I consent wel to this voyage I shall cause to be delyuered vnto you golde and syluer as moche as shall susfyce you And in this mater the quene had done so moche What with her prayer gyftes and promysses that many great lordis and yong knyght were of her accorde as to bryng her With great strength agayne into Inglande Than the quene as secretly as she coulde she ordeyned for her voyage and made her puruey aunce But she coude nat do it so secretly but sir Hewe Spencer had knowledge therof Than he thought to wynne and withdrawe the kyng of Fraunce fro her by great gyftes and so sent secret messangers into Fraunce with great plentye of golde and syluer and ryche Jewelles and specially to the kyng and his
after at the towne of yorke standyng northward The kyng sent moche people before to kepe the fronters agaynst Scotland And sent a great ambassade to sir JohnÌ„ of Heynault praying hym right effectuously yâ— he wold helpe to socour and to kepe company with hym in his voiage agaynst the Scottis and that he wold he with hym at the AsceÌ„cion day nexte after at yorke with suche company as he myght gette of men of warre in those parties Whan ser JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte lorde of Beamonde hard yâ— kyngis desyre he sent streyght his letters his messengers in euery place where as he thought to recouer or attaigne to haue any company of men of warre Inflaunders in Heynaulte in Brabant and in other places desyryng them that in theyr best apparell for the warre they wolde mete hym at Wysant for to go ouer the see with hym into Ingland And all suche as he sent vnto came to hym with a glad chere and dyuerse other that hard therof in trust to attaigne to as moche honour as they had that were with hym in Ingland before at the other voiage So that by that tyme yâ— sayd lorde Beamond was come to Wysant ther was redy shyppes for hym and his company brought out of Ingland And so they toke shyppyng and passed ouer the see and arryued at Douer so than seased nat to ryde tyll they came within .iii. dayes of Penthecoste to the towne of yorke wher as the kyng and the quene his mother and all his lordis were with great host taryeng the comynge ofsir JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte and had sent many before of theyr men of armes archers and comen people of the good townes and villagê and as people resorted they were caused to be loged .ii. or .iii. leges of alabout in the countre And on a day thyther came sir JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte and his company who were ryght welcome well receyued both of the kyng of the quene his mother and of all other baroÌ„s and to them was delyuered the sub barbes of the cite to lodge in And to sir JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte was delyuered an abbey of whyte monkes for hym and his howsold Ther came with hym out of Heynaulte the lorde of Angiew who was called syr Gualtier sir Henry lorde Dantoing and the lord of Saignoles and sit Fastres de Rae sir Robert de Batlleul and sir Guilliam de Bailleul his brother and the lorde of Hauereth chasteleyne of Mons ser Allard de Brysnell ser Mychell de Ligne ser JohnÌ„ de MeÌ„ tigni the yonger and his brother sir Sawse de Boussat the lorde of GoÌ„megines syr Percyual de Seuernes the lorde of Byaurien and the lorde of Floien Also of the countre of FlauÌ„ders Ther was ser Hector of Uilais sir de Rodes ser Umslart de Guistell the lorde of Traces sir Guyssuyn de la Muele and dyuerse came thither of the countrey of Brahant as the lorde of Dufle syr Tyrry of Uaucourt syr Rasse de Gres syr JohnÌ„ de Cassebegne syr JohnÌ„ Pylestre syr Guyllaum de Courterelless The .iii. bretherne de Harlebeque syr Gualtier de hault bergue and dyuers other And of Behaignons ther was syr JohnÌ„ de Libeaur and sir Henry his brother sir Henry de la Chapell syr Hewe de Hay syr JohnÌ„ de Limies syr Lambert de Dres and sir Guilbert de Hers. And out of CaÌ„bresis and Artoys ther were come certayn knyghtê of theyr owne good wylles to auauÌ„ce theyr bodyes so that sir JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte had well in his company .v. C. men of armes well apparailed and richely mounted And after the feast of Penthecost came thyther syr Guyllaume de Juliers who was after duke of Juliers after yâ— dissease of his father and sir Henry Tyrry of Branberque who was after erle of Los and with them a ryghtfayre rowâ—â— and all to kepe companye with the gentle knyght sir JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte lorde Beamont ¶ The discencion that was bitwene the archers of Inglande and themof Heynaulte Cap. xvi THe gentle kyng of InglaÌ„d the better to fest these strauÌ„ge lordes and all their company helde a great courte on Trynite sonday in the friers wher as he the queue his mother were lodged kepynge theyr house eche of them apart All this feast the kyng hadde well .v. C. knyghtis and .xv. were newe made And the quene had well in her courte .lx. ladyes and damozelles who were there redy to make feast and chere to sir JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte and to his companye There myght haue been seen great nobles pleÌ„ty of all maner of strauÌ„ge vitaile There were ladyes and damozelless fre shly apparayled redy to haue daunced if they myght haue leue But incontynent after dyuer there began a great fraye bitwene some of the gromes and pages of the strauÌ„gers and of the archers of Inglande who were lodged among them in the said subbarbis and anon all the archers asseÌ„bled them to gether with their bowes droue the straungers home to theyr lodgyngê and the most part of the knyghtis and maisters of them were as then in the kyng is courte but as soone as they harde tydyngê of the fray eche of them drewe to theyr owne lodgyng in great hast suche as myght entre and suche as coulde nat get in were in great parell For the archers who were to the nombre of .iii. M. shotte faste theyr arowes nat sparyng maisters nor varlettis And it was thought and supposed that this sraye was begonne by some of the frendis of yâ— Spencers of the erle of Arundels who were put to deth before by the aâ—de and counsell of sir JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte as ye haue harde before as than parauenture thought to be som what reueged and to set discorde in the hoost And so the Inglysshemen that were hostes to these strauÌ„gers shoot fast their doores and wyndowes wolde nat suffre theym to entre in to theyr lodgyngis howbeit some gate in on the backe syde and quickly armed them but they durst nat issue out into the strete for feare of the arowes Than the strauÌ„gers brake out on the backe side and brake downe pales and hedges of gardens and drewe them into a certeyne playne place aboode their company tyll at the last they were a C. and aboue of men of armes and as many vnharnest suche as coulde nat get to theyr lodgyugê And whan they were asseÌ„bled to gether they hasted them to go and succoure theyr compaignyons who defended theyr lodgyngis in yâ— great strete And as they went forth they passed by the lodgyng of the lorde Denghyen wher as there were great gatis both before behynd openyng into the great strete and the archers of Ingland shot fersly at the howse ther were many of the Henaus hurte the good knyght of Austre de Rue and syr JohnÌ„ Parceuall de Meries and syr Sanse de Boussac these .iii. coulde nat entre in to theyr lodgyngis to arme them but they dyd as valiantly as though they
the lyegois had passed the bride of Cressyn and were a foragyng for their horses to se if they coude fynde any aduenture profitable for them The heynowes rode all that mornyng without fyndyng of any adueÌ„ture and they also passed the bridge ther was such a myst that a man coude nat se yâ— length of a spere before hym And whan the heynous were all ouer than they ordayned that sir WyllmÌ„ Baylluell with his baner shuld abyde on the bridge and sir Uauflart sir Raflet de Monceaur and sir JohnÌ„ de Uerchyne shulde aduenture on farther And so they went so farr that they dasshed in to thoost of yâ— kynge of Behayne and the bysshoppÌ„ of Liege for they were lodged nere to the bridge and the lorde of Rademache had made watche the same nyght and it was at the poynt of his deê‘tyng So bytwene them ther was a sore conflict how beit fynally the heynous drue backe towarde yâ— brige and the liegoys and luceÌ„bourzins folowed theÌ„ and sir WyllmÌ„ Baylluell was counselled to repasse agayne the bridge with his baner for thei had dyuers of their coÌ„pany to repasse So the heynous repassed agayne aswell as they might and in their passynge ther were many dedes of armes done in takynge and rescuyng agayne So it fortuned â–ª that sir Uauflart coude nat repasse the brige so was fayne to saue hymselfe aswell as he might he yssued out of the preace toke away that he knewe well and so entred in to the marshes among busshes and rockes and ther taryed The other fought styll at the brige and ther the liegoys ouercame ser WyllmÌ„ Baylleuls company And therwith sir Robert Baylleull whan he harde that noyse in that parte he caÌ„e rynning thyder with his baner before hym and whan the heynowes sawe the baner of moraynes they byleued it had ben the baner of sir WyllmÌ„ Bayllule and drue thyder for ther was but a small dyffereÌ„ce bytwene their baners for the armes of morians be barres counterbarres two cheurons gowles and in the cheuron of ser Robert Baylleull ther was a lytell crosse golde which yâ— heynous toke no hede of Wherby they were disconfyted and slayne JohnÌ„ de Uergny sir water du Pont de large sir WyllmÌ„ of PypeÌ„ poix and dyuers other and taken sir JohnÌ„ de Soyre sir Danyell de Bleze sir Race de MoÌ„ceaur sir Loys Dampelen and dyuers other and sir WyllmÌ„ de Baylleul scaped aswell as he might but he lost moche of his coÌ„pany â–ª ser Uauflart de la Croyse who was in the marysshe trustyng to haue ben ther tyll it had ben night and so to haue scaped was spyed by some that rode a longe by the marese And they made suche an out cry on hym that he caÌ„e out and yelded hym selfe prisoner they toke and brought hym to the hoost and delyuered hym to their maister who wolde gladly haue saued hiÌ„ for he knewe well he was in ieopardy of his lyfe Anone tidynges of hym was brought to the french kyng who in coÌ„tynent dyd send for hym and the kyng immediatly sent hym to Lyle bycause he had done to theÌ„ moche damage And so win the towne they dyd put him to deth they wold in no wyse haue pyte of hym nor put hym to any ransome ¶ Howe therle of Heynault assayled the fortresse of Mortayne in Picardy by dyuers maners Cap. lix OF this dede that sir Robert Bayllieull had done yâ— frenche kyng was ryght ioyouse And within a season after the erle of Heynault sir JohnÌ„ his vncle and the sene shall of Heynalt with a .vi. hundred speares heynowes and almayns departed fro the siege of Turney And therle sent to them of UalenceÌ„s â–ª that they shulde come and mete with hym before Mortayne and to come bytwene Lescharpe Lescault to assayle Mortayne and they came thyder in great array and brought with them great engyus The lorde of Beauieu who was captayne within Mortayn greatly douted assautyng bycause the fortresse stode nere to the ryuer and nere to Heynault as on all parties therfore he caused .xii. C. pyles to be driuen in the ryuer to thyntent that no passage shulde be that way Howbeit for all that yâ— erle of Heynault and the heynous came thyder on the one syde and they of Ualencens on the other part And incoÌ„tynent they made an assaut and aproched the barrers but ther were suche depe trenches that they coude nat coÌ„e nere than some aduysed to passe the ryuer of Lescharpe and so to coÌ„e on the syde towarde saynt Amand to make an assaut at the gate toward maulde And as they deuysed a foure hundred passed yâ— ryuer so than Mortayne was closed in thre ê‘tes the wekyst syde was towarde Mauld howbeit ther was strength ynough To that parte came the lorde Beauieu hymselfe to defende it for he feared none of the other sydes he had in his hande a great glaue sharpe and well â—â—elyd and aboue the blade ther was a sharpe hoke of stele yâ— whan he gaue his stroke the hoke shulde take holde And loke on whome that it fastened he came to hym or els fell in the water by that meanes the same day he cast into the water mo than .xii. At that gate the assant was feresyst yâ— erle of Heynalt who was on yâ— othersyde knewe nothyng of that assaut he was araynged aloÌ„ge the ryuer syde of Lescault and deuysed howe they might get out of the riuer the pyles byforce or by subtyltie for than they might come iust to the walles They ordayned to make a shypp a gret engyn to drawe out the pyles eche one after other their carpenters were set a warke and the engyn made in a shyppe and the same day they of Ualencens raysed on their syde a great engyn and dyd cast in stones so that it fore troubled them within Thus yâ— first day passed and the night in assayling and deuysing howe they might greue them in the fortresse the nexte day they went to assaut on all partes and the thirde day the shyppÌ„ was redy and thengyn to drawe out yâ— pyles And than dyd set awarke to drawe them out but ther were so many and suche labour in the doyng or they coude drawe out one that they were wery of that craft and the lordes wolde they had neuer begon it and so coÌ„maunded to cease their warke On yâ— other part within Mortayne there was a connyng maister in makyng of engyns who sawe well howe thengyn of Ualencens dyd greatly greue them he raysed an engyn in yâ— castell the which was nat very great but he trymmed it to a poynt And he cast therwith but thre tymes the firste stone fell a .xii. fote fro thengyn without the seconde fell nerer and the thirde stone hit so euyn that it brake clene a sonder the shaft of thengyn without Than the soâ—dyers of Mortaygne made a great shout so thus the heynous coude get nothyng ther than therle sayd howe he wolde wtdrawe
caÌ„e peple fro all ê“ties to sehym And than euery man shewed hym the damages the dystrueti on that kyng Edward and thenglysshmen had done in Scotlande than he sayd well I shal be well reuenged orels lose all my realme and my lyfe in the payne ThanÌ„e he sent messangers to all partes ferr and nere desyring euery man to helpe hym in his busynesse at his sendyng thyder came therle of Orkeney a great prince and a puyssaunt he had maryed the kynges suster he brought a great nombre of men a warr with hym and dyuers other lordes and knyghtes of Souegne of Melbegne and of Denmarche some for loue and some for wages so that whan they were all togyder they were a .lx. M. men a fote and on hackenayes a .iii. M. armed after their maner WhanÌ„e they were all redy they remoued to go into England to do ther asmoche hurt as they might for yâ— truse was as than expyred or els to fight with the kynge of Englande who had caused them to suffre moch dysease The scottes departed fro saynt Johannes towne and went to Donfremelyn and the next day ther they passed a lytell arme of yâ— see than they went with great dyligence and passed by Edenborowe and after by Rousburge the whiche was as than englysshe but they made none assaut ther bycause they wolde haue none of their coÌ„pany hurt nor to wast none of their artillary They thought to do a greatter dede or they retourned into Scotlande so after they passed nat ferre of fro Berwyke and went by without any assaut gyueng And so entred into the contrey of Northumberlande and came to the ryuer of Tyne brennyng all the coÌ„trey rouÌ„de about them and at last came to Newecastell vpon Tyne and ther he lay and all his people about the towne that night And in the mornig a certayne nombre of geÌ„tylmen that were in the towne yssued out to the nombre of C C. speres to make a skry in the scottysshe hoost they dasshed into yâ— scottyssh host right on therle of Morets tentes who bare in his armour syluer thre oreylles goules ther they toke hym in his bed and slewe many or thoost was moued and wan great pyllage Than they returned into yâ— towne boldely with great ioye and delyuerd therle Moret as prisoner to the captayne of the castell the lorde JohnÌ„ Neuell Whan the scottes were vp they armed them and ranlyke madde men to the barryers of the towne and made a great assaut the whiche endured longe but lytell it awayled them and they lost ther many men for ther were many good men of war within who defended theÌ„self so wysely that the scottes were fayne at last to withdrawe a backe to their losse ¶ Howe kynge Dauyd of Scotlande distroyed the cytie of Dyrrame Cap. lxxv WHan that king Dauyd and his counsayle sawe that his taryeng about Newcastell was daungerous and that he coude wynne therby nother profet nor honour than he departed and entred into the contrey of the bysshoprike of Dyrram and ther brent and wasted all byfore them And so came to the cyte of Dyrram layed siege rounde about it and made many great assautes lyke madde men by cause they had lost therle of Morette and they knewe well that ther was moche richesse in the cytie for all the contrey ther about was fledde thyder The scottê made ingens and instrumeÌ„tes to come to the walles to make the feercer assant and whan the scottes were gone fro New castell thanÌ„e sir JohnÌ„ Neuyll captayne there mounted on a good horse and toke away farre of fro the scottes and dyd somoche that within fyue dayes he came to Chyrtsay wher as kyng Edwarde lay as than ther he shewed the king tidynges of the scottes Than the kynge sende forth messangers into euery part coÌ„mauÌ„dyng euery man bytwene the age of .lx. and .xv. all excuses layd a part to drawe Northwarde and to mete hym in that contrey to ayde and defende his contrey that the scottes distroyed than lordes knyghtes squyers and all other drewe towarde the northe The kyng deê‘ted hymself hastely taryed for no man and euery man folowed aswell as they might in the meane season the scottes assauted the cytie of Dyrrame with ingens and other instrumentes so feersly that they within coude nat defende themself but that the cytie was wonne byforce and robbed and clene brent and all maner of people put to deth without mercy men women and chyldren monkes preestes and chanons so that ther abode a lyue no maner a person house nor church but it was distroyed the whiche was great pytie so to dystroy christen blode And the churches of godde wherin that god was honoured and serued ¶ Howe the scottes besieged a castell of therle of Salysburies Cap. lxxvi THan king Dauyd was couÌ„selled to drawe a backe a long by the ryuer of Tyne to drawe toward Carlyle as he went thyderward he loged that nyght besyde a castel of therle of Salysburies the whiche was well kept with men a warr captayne therof was sir WyllmÌ„ Montagu son to therle of Salysburis suster The next day the scottes dysloged to go towarde Carlyle they had moch cary age with them of such pyllage as they had won at DyraÌ„ Whan ser WyllmÌ„ Montagu sawe how the scottê passed by without restyng thaÌ„ he with .xl. with him yssued out a horsbacke and folowed couertly the hynder trayne of the scottes who had horses so charged with baggage that they might scaÌ„t go any gret pace And he ouertoke them at thêtryng into a wood set on them and ther slewe and hurt of the scottz mo than CC. and toke mo than sixscore horses charged with pyllage and soled theÌ„ toward the castell The cry and brunt of the flight came to the heryng of sir Wyllyam Duglas who had the charge of the reregarde and as than he was past the wood whan he sawe the scottes came fleyng ouer the dales and mouÌ„tayns he had great maruell and than he and all his coÌ„pany ran forth and rested nat tyll they caÌ„e to the fote of the castell and mounted the hyll in hast But or he came to the bayls theÌ„gly sshmen were entred and had closed the barryers put their pray in saftie than the scottes began to assayle feersly and they within defeÌ„ded theÌ„ ther these two WyllmÌ„s dyd what they might eche to greue other This assaut endured so long that all thoost came thyder kyng all whan the kyng and his counsell sawe how his men were slayne lyeng in the felde and the assaylantes sore hurt without wynning of any thyng than he coÌ„mauÌ„ded to cease thassaut and to lodge Than euery man began to seke for his logyng and to gader togyder the deed men and to dresse theym that were hurt The next day the kyng of scottes coÌ„maunded that euery man shulde be redy to assayle they within were redy to defende ther was a sore assautand a perylous ther might a
stryken of than euery man requyred the kyng for mercy but he wolde here no maÌ„in that behalfe than sir Gaultier of MaÌ„ny said a noble kyng for goddessake refrayne your courage ye haue the name of souerayn nobles therfore nowe do nat a thyng that shulde blemysshe your renome nor to gyue cause to some to speke of you villany euery man woll say it is a great cruelty to put to deth suche honest persons who by their owne wylles putte themselfe into your grace to saue their coÌ„pany Than the kyng wryed away fro hym and coÌ„maunded to sende for yâ— hangman and sayd they of Calys hath caused many of my meÌ„ to be slayne wherfore these shalt dye in likewyse Than the quene beynge great with chylde kneled downe sore wepyng sayd a geÌ„tyll sir syth I passed the see in great parell I haue despred nothyng of you therfore nowe I huÌ„bly requyre you in yâ— honour of the son of the virgyn Mary and for the loue of me that ye woll take mercy of these sixe burgesses The kyng be helde yâ— quene stode styll in a study a space and thaÌ„ sayd a dame I wold ye had ben as nowe in soÌ„e other place ye make suche request to me yâ— I can nat â—eny you wherfore I gyue them to you to do your pleasure with theym than the quene caused theÌ„ to be brought into her chambre and made the halters to be taken fro their neckes and caused them to be newe clothed and gaue them their dyner at their leser And than she gaue ech of them sire nobles and made theÌ„ to be brought out of thoost in sauegard set at their lyberte ¶ Howe the kyng of England repeopled the towne of Calys with englysshmen Cap. C .xlvii. THus the strong towne of Calays was gyuen vp to kyng Edwarde of England the yere of our lorde god M CCC .xlvi. in the moneth of august the kyng of EnglaÌ„d called to hym sir Gaultier of Manny and his two marshals therle of Warwyke and therle of Stafforde and sayd to theÌ„ Sirs take here the kayes of the towne and castell of Calys go and take possessyon there and putte in prison all the knyghtes that be there all other soudyours that came thyder symply to wynne their lyueng cause theym to auoyde the towne And also all other men women and chyldren for I wolde repeople agayne the towne with pure englysshmen So these thre lordes with a hundred with them went and toke possessyon of Calys and dyd put in prison sir JohnÌ„ de Uien sir JohnÌ„ of Surrey sir JohnÌ„ of Belborne and other than they made all the soudyers to bring all their harnesse into a place apoynted layed it all on a hepe in the hall of Calys thanne they made all maner of people to voyde kept there no mo persons but a preest and two other auncyent personages suche as knewe the customes lawes and ordynaunces of the towne and to signe out the herytagê howe they were deuyded than they prepared the castell to lodge the kyng and quene and prepared other houses for the kynges company Than the kyng mounted on his horse and entred into the towne with trumpets tabours nakquayres and hormyes and there the kyng lay tyll the quene was brought a bedd of a fayre lady named Margarete The kynge gaue to sir Gaultier of MaÌ„ny dyuers fayre houses within the towne and to therle Stafforde to the lorde of Bethene to sit Bartylmewe of Bomes and to other lordes to repeople agayn the towne the kynges mynde was whan he caÌ„e into Englande to sende out of London a .xxxvi. good burgesses to Calys to dwell there and to do somoche that the towne myght be peopled with pure englysshmen the which entent the kynge fulfylled Than the newe towne and bastyd that was made without the towne was pulled downe and the castell that stode on the hauyn rasshed downe and the great tymbre and stones brought into the towne than the kynge ordayned men to kepe the gates walles and barryers and ameÌ„ded all thynges within the towne and sir JohnÌ„ de Uien and his coÌ„pany were sent into Englande and were halfe a yere at London than they were putte to raunsome me thynke it was great pyte of the burgesses and other men of the towne of Calys women and chyldren whasie they were fayne to forsake their houses herytages and goodes and to bere away nothyng and they had no restorement of the frenche kyng for whose sake they lost all the moost part of them went to saynt Omers The cardynall Guy de Boloyne who was come into FraÌ„ce in legacyon and was with the frenche kynge his cosyn in the cytie of Amyense he purchased somoche that a truse was taken bytwene the kynges of Englande and of Fraunce their contres herytages to endure two yeres To this truse all ê‘ties were agreed but Bretayne was clerely excepte for the two ladyes made styll warre one agaynst the other Than the kyng of Englande and the quene retourned into Englande and the kyng made captayne of Calys sir Amery of Pauy a lumbarde borne whom the kyng had greatly auaunced than the kynge sende fro LoÌ„don .xxxvi. burgesses to Calays who were ryche and sage and their wyues and chyldren and dayly encreased the nombre for the kynge graunted there suche lyberties and franchysses that men were gladde to go and dwell there the same tyme was brought to LoÌ„don sir Charles de Bloyes who called hymselfe duke of Breten he was putte in Cortoyse prison in the towre of London with the kyng of Scottes and the erle Morette but he had nat ben there longe but at the request of the quene of Englande sir Charles her cosyn germayne was receyuedde on his fayth and trouth and rode all about London at his pleasure but he might natly past one night out of London without it were with the kynge or with the quene Also the same tyme ther was prisoner in Englande therle of Ewe and Guynes a right gentyll knyght and his dealynge was suche that he was welcome wher soeuer he came and with the kyng and quene lordes ladyes and damosels ¶ Of the dealynge of a brâ—gant of Languedocke called Bacon Cap. C .xlviii. ALl this yere these two kynges helde well the trewse taken bytwene them but sir WyllmÌ„ Duglas and the scottes beyng in the forest of Gedeours made warre dayly on the englysshmen Also suche as were in Gascoyne Poyctou and Xayntone aswell frenche as englysshe kept nothyng the trewse taken bytwene the two kynges but conquered often tymes townes and castels one vpon the other byforce by purchase or by stelth nyght day and often tymes ther fell bytwene theÌ„ many fayre aueÌ„tures somtyme to the frenchmen and somtyme to thenglysshmen alwayes the poore brigantes wanne in robyng of townes and castels And some therby came riche so that they were made capitayns of other brigantes there were some well worthe .xl. thousande crownes often tymes they wold spy
of france â–ª and the doughter of sir Charles â—e Bloys ¶ Howe the kyng of Nauer made sir Charles of Spaygne constable of France to be slayne Ca. C .liiii. IN the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lii. in the vygill of our lady in the myddes of august the lord Guy of Neell lorde of Oâ—femoÌ„t as than marshall of France in Bretayne was slayne in bataile the lorde of Briquebeke the Cathelayne of Beau wayes dyuers other nobles aswell of Bretayne as of other marches of France The .iiii. day of SepteÌ„bre shulde a fought in Parys the duke of Boâ—sme agayne the duke of Lancastre for certayne wordes that he shulde say of the duke of Boesme the which duke apealed hym in the court of FraÌ„ce These two dukes came into the felde all armed in a lystes made for yâ— sayd duke of Almayne chalenger and for the duke of Englande defender And though theÌ„glysshmen wer enemys to the french kyng and that thenglyssh duke came thyder vnder saue coÌ„duct to fight 〈◊〉 the defence of his honour yet the frenche kynge wold nat suffre them to fight for assone as they had made their othes in such case requysite and were on their horses redy with their speares in their handes Than the kyng toke on hym yâ— mater and dyd set them in acorde and gremeÌ„t the vi day of DeceÌ„bre folowyng pope Clement the vi dyed at Auygnon the .xi. yere of his poÌ„tiâ—icâ—te and the .xi. day of the same moneth about the hour of thre was chosen pope a cardynall of Lymosyn called by his tytle yâ— cardynall of Ostre but bycause he was bysshoppe of Cleremont he was called most coÌ„monly yâ— cardynall of Cleremont and whan he was chosen pope he was nâ— med InnoceÌ„t his owne proper name was Stephyn â—ubert yâ— yere of our lorde M .iii. C .liii. the .viii. day of January anone after yâ— brekynge of the day in the mornyng the kyng Charles of Nauer erle of Eureur caused to be slayne in the towne of the Egle in NormaÌ„dy in an hostre the lorde Charles of Spayne constable of FraÌ„ce in his bedde by certayne men of armes that he sent to do that dede and hymselfe abode with out the towne tyll they had done and retourned agayne to hym And as it was sayde with hym was the lorde PhilyppÌ„ of Nauer his brother the lorde Lovs of Harcourt the lorde Godfray of Hat court his vncle and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers aswell of Normandy as of Nauer Than the kynge of Nauer and his coÌ„pany went to the cyte of Deureur wherof he was erle and fortifyed the towne and with hym also ther was the lorde of Maule JohnÌ„ Maler lorde of Grauyll the lorde of â—â—morie of Mulent and dyuers other nobles of Normandy And thanÌ„e the kyng of Nauer went to the towne of Mant and he had sent dyuers letters into diuers gode townes of France howe that he had put to deth the constable for dyuers great trespaces by him coÌ„mytted and he sent the erle of Namure to the french kyng to Parys to excuse hym Than the kynge sende to Mant the cardynall of Bolayne the bysshoppe of Laon the duke of Burbon the erle of Uaudone other to treat with the kyng of Nauerr for though he had caused to dye the coÌ„stable of France yet he thought he shulde nat clene lese the fauour of the frenche kyng whose doughter he had maryed therfore he made request of pardon to the kyng It was thought in the realme of Fraunce that great warre shulde ense we bytwene these two kynges for the kyng of Nauer had made great assembles of men of warre in dyuers regions and fortifyed his townes castles finally there was agrement made bytwene these two kynges vpon certayne coÌ„dycions wherof part solo weth herafter That is to say the french kyng shall delyuer to the kyng of Nauer .xxxviii. M. â—i tornois of lande aswell for certeyn rent that the kyng of Nauer had out yerely of the tresur in Pares as vpon other laÌ„des that the frenche kyng ought to assigne hym by certeyne treatâ— grauÌ„ted long before bytwene their predecesso's bycause of the countie of ChaÌ„payne And also for the maryage of the kynge of Nauer for maryeng of the kyngâ— doughter at which maryage he was promysed great landes that is to say .xii. M. â—i of land also the kyng of Nauer wolde haue the couÌ„tie of BeamoÌ„t le Roger the land of Bretuell in NormaÌ„dy Conches and Dorbec the vycouÌ„t of PoÌ„theu by the see the bayllage of CoÌ„stantyne the which thynges were agreed vnto by the french kyng Howbeit the couÌ„tie of Beamont the landes of Conches Bertuell Dorbec parteyned to the lorde Philyp duke of OrleaÌ„ce brother to the french kyng who gaue hym other laÌ„des in recoÌ„pence therof Also it was agreed that the lordes of Harcourt and all his other alyes shuld holde of him for all their landes whersoeuer they were in France if they lyst orels nat also it was agreed yâ— he shuld holde styll all the sayd landes besyde theÌ„ that he helde before in parie and if he lyst to kepe his es cheker two tymes in the yere as nobly as euer dyd any duke of NormaÌ„dy also the french kynge to ê‘don the deth of the coÌ„stable and all suche as were coÌ„sentyng therto and to ê“myse by his oth neuer to do any hurt or daÌ„mage to any ê‘son for that occasion And also the kyng of Nauerr to haue a great somÌ„e of money of yâ— french kyng and ar the kyng of Nauer wolde coÌ„e to Parys he wolde haue in hostage the erle of Aniowe seconde son to the kyng Than he came to Pares with a great noÌ„bre of men of armes and the. iiii day of march he came into the ê‘lyament chaÌ„bre wher the kyng satte dyuers of the peres of the realme with him and his counsell ther was the cardynall of Bolayne ther the kyng of Nauer desyred the french kyng to ê‘don hym the deth of the coÌ„stable of France sayeng how he had gode cause so to do the which he offred ther to proue or els to be at the kynges pleasure And also he sayd and sware that he dyd it nat for no grudge to the kyng nor in dispyte of his offyce sayeng also howe ther was nothyng so greuous to him as to be in the dyspleasur with the kyng Than the lorde Jaques of Burbone as than constable by the kynges coÌ„maundement sette his handes on the kynge of Nauer and caused hym to go a backe out of the kyngâ— presâ—ns thaÌ„ quene Jane and quene Blanche suster to the kynge of Nauer the which Jane had ben wyfe to kyng Philyppe last deed came to the frenche kyng kneled downe and the lorde Reynold Detrey with them and he sayd my right redouted soueraygne lorde beholde here these two ladyes quenes Jane and Blanche Sir they vnderstande howe the kyng of Nauer is in your dyspleasur whereof they be sorie and requyre you
to the value of M. 〈◊〉 no farther And other men that haue nat .iiii. C. 〈◊〉 of reuenewes their goodâ— shal be rekenyd tyll they 〈◊〉 to .iiii. M. 〈◊〉 that is to say C. 〈◊〉 of mouables 〈◊〉 x. 〈◊〉 of reuenues and after that rate to nay And if a noble man haue nat in reuenues but all onely C. 〈◊〉 and in mouables nat past M. 〈◊〉 or that a noble man hath nat in reuenues nat past 〈◊〉 C. 〈◊〉 nor in mouables past .iiii. M. and it 〈◊〉 part in mouables and part in reuenewes they must be estemyd togyder to the somÌ„e of M. 〈◊〉 for the noble men to .iiii. M. 〈◊〉 to other and nat aboue The saturday the fyft day of marche the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lvi. there rose a disceÌ„yon bytwene the coÌ„mons of the towne of Arras and the great men of the same and the coÌ„mons slewe yâ— same day mo than .xvii. of yâ— chefe ê‘sonages of the towne and on the monday after they slewe other four and banisshed dyuers that were nat as than in towne and so the coÌ„mons was as than chefe maisters in yâ— towne ¶ How the french kyng toke the kynge of Nauer and beheeded the erle of Harcourt other at Roan Ca. C .lvi. ALso the iuesday the .v. day of Aprill about the myddes of lent the frenche kyng deê‘ted before day fro Meneuell in harnes accoÌ„panyed with a. CC. speares amonge the which was therle of Aniowe his sonne and the duke of Orleance his brother the lorde John de Arthoyserle of Ewe yâ— lorde Charles his brother cosyn germayn to yâ— kyng the erle of Tankernyll sir Arnolde DaÌ„drehen than marshall of Fraunce and dyuers other to the nombre abouesayd The kyng and they caÌ„e streyght to the castell of Rowan by the posterne and came nat in the towne And there he founde in the hall at dyner with his sonne the dolphyne Charles the kyng of Nauerr and JohnÌ„ erle of Harcourt and the lordes of Preaux Grauyll Clere and dyuers other Ther the french kyng caused the kyng of Nauer to be taken therle of Harcourt the lordes of Preaux of Clere sir Loys and sir Wylliam of Harcourt bretherne to yâ— erle the lorde Frequent of Fryquant the lorde of Tournbeu the lorde Maubeu of Mamesners and two squyers Olyuer Doubles Johan Uaubatou and dyuers other The kynge put them in prison in dyuerse chambers within the same castell bycause that syth the newe recoÌ„syâ—â—acion made for the deth of the lorde Charles late constable of Fraunce the kyng of Nauerre had ymagined and treated dyuers thynges to the damage and dyshonour of the frenche kyng and of his realme And therle of Harcourt had spoken iniuryous wordes agaynst the kyng in the castell of Ruell where the assemble was to conclude for the ayde to be gyuen to the kynge in lettyng to his power the same ayd to be grauÌ„ted Than the frenche kyng dyned there and after toke his horse and rodde out into a telde behynde the castell called the felde of pardon and thyder in two cartê was brought therle of Harcourt the lorde Grauylle the lorde Maubeu and Olyuer Doubles and there all their heedê were stryken of and after all foure drawen to the gybette of Rowan and there hanged and their heedes sette on the gybette The same day and the next day the frenche kynge delyuered all the other out of prison except thre that is to say Charles kyng of Nauer who was caryed to Parys and put in prison in the castell of Loure and after into the chatelette And certayne of the frenche kynges counsell were apoynted to kepe him also Fryquet and Uaubatou were put into the same prison and therfore the lorde PhilyppÌ„ of Nauer helde in his handes dyuers castels pertayning to his brother the kyng of Nauerre in Normandy And for all that the frenche kynge sende to hym to delyuer the same castels yet the refused so to do and he and the lorde Godfray of Harcourt assembled togyder dyuers enemys of the french kynges and brought them into the contrey of Constantyne the which countre they helde and kept fro the frenche kyng The wednysday after Ester theyere of our lorde god a. M. CCC .lvi. sir Arnold DaÌ„drehen than marshall of France went to the towne of Arras and ther wysely wtout any besynesse of men of warr he toke mo than a hundred prisoners of them of the towne suche as had made the rebellyon ther and slayne dyuers of the chiefe burgesses of the towne And the next day he made .xx. of them to be beheeded and the other he kept styll in prison to knowe the kynges pleasure in that behalfe so by that meanes the towne was brought into trewe obeysance to the kyng In the moneth of June the duke of Lancastre came into CoÌ„stantyne and fyll in company with the lorde Philyp of Nauerr and the lorde Godfray of Harcourt they were in all about a foure thousande fyghtyng meÌ„ they rode to Lyseur to Orbec to PoÌ„theau and refresshed the castell there the which had ben besieged more than two monethes but the lorde Robert of Hotetot maister of the crosbowes in Fraunce who had layne there at sieg with dyuers nobles and other departed fro the siege whan the knewe of the commynge of the duke of Lancastre and left behynde theym for hast their engyns and artillary and they of the castell toke all Than the duke of LaÌ„castre and his company rode for the robbyng and pyllyng the townes and contrey as they passed toward Bretuell the which they newely refresshed and bycause that they knewe and founde the cyte and castell of Eureux to be newely yelded to the frenche kynge who had longe kept a siege there at And also they sawe howe the cytie was breÌ„t and the cathedrall churche robbed as well by the naueroyse who yelded vp the castell by composycyon as by the frenchemen that lay there at the siege They left it and than the duke of Lancastre and the lorde Philyppe of Nauerr went to Uernueyll in Perche and toke the towne and castell and robbed the towne and brent a great parte therof The frenche kyng who had made redy his assemble assoone as he herde tidynges of the duke of Lancastre he wente after hym with a great nombre of men of armes and fotemenne and folowed them to Conde in goynge streyght to the towne of Uernueyll thanne the duke and his company went towardes the towne of the Egle and the kynge folowed them tyll he came to Tuebufe a two leages fro the towne of the Egle. And thaÌ„ there it was shewed to the kyng howe he coulde folowe no farther for ther were suche forestes that his ennemyes myght take hym whan they lyste soo that the shulde do but lese his labour to go any farther after them than the kyng retourned with all his hoost and went to the castell of Thilyers the whiche was in the haÌ„des of nauaroes The kyng toke it and sette men of warr
to close their gates towardes Comptegne And the bysshoppe of Noyon was takenne at the barryers and there sware to be trewe prisoner or els he hadde ben slayne And the same day there was takenne the lorde Raoull of Cousey the lorde Raoll of Rauenall the lorde of Chaunny and his two sonnes the Bourge of Rowmorey the lorde of Turte the lorde of Uendyenll the lorde Anthony of Coudune and a hundred knyghtê and squyers and slayne mo thanne fyftene hundred And specially of them of the cytie of Tourney for ther was of theym a great nombre there some sayd of seuyn hundred that came thense there retourned but a fewe but outher they were â—â—ayne or taken For they within Maucounsell also yssued out who ayeded well to that disconfyture the which was the yere of our lorde god a thousand thre hundred fyftie and eyght the wednysday nexte after the feest of our lady in the myddes of the moneth of August The naueroise ledde the moost parte of their prisoners to Craell bycause it was a gode towne and a stronge they wan at that iourney great rychesse and good prisoners whom they rauÌ„somed And also they raunsomed the burgesses of Tourney and of other good townes some for money some for stuffe suche as they neded as speare heedes glaynes axes swerdes cotes doublettes hoses and all suche other thynges And the knyghtê and squyers were raunsomed for golde and syluer or for good horses and of a poore geÌ„tylman that had nothynge to pay they tooke their seruyce for a quarter of a yere or a halfe or thre quarters as they coulde agree as for wynes and vitaylles they hadde ynough The playne countrey delyuered theyn sufficyent there came nothynge to the good townes but by stelth or els by sauee coÌ„ducte the which they solde dere And in all there saue conductes they euer excepted thre thynges hattes of Bieuer eustrydge fethers and spere heedes They of Mauconsell vyolated the moste parte of the good abbey of Orcans wherwith the capitayne of Maucounsell was sore displeasedde the naueroyse spredde abrode in dyuerse places on bothe sydes of the ryuers of Oâ—s Some There were two men of armes Raby goyse of Dury and Robyn le Scote they toke by scalynge the good towne of Barley where they made a garyson well fortifyed they hadde in wages vnder theym foure hundred soudyers and were payed monethly Thus they of Berley of Maucounsell of Craell and of Heree 〈…〉 ranne ouer the countre where they lyst for ther were none that withstode theym The knyghtes of the countrey hadde ynough to do to kâ—â—e their fortresses and houses So these nauerâ—â—se and englysshmen went and dydde what they lyst somtyme they rode in harneys and somtyme vnarmed and sported theym fro fortresse to fortresse as though all the countrey had ben in gode rest and peace The yong lorde of Coucy caused his castels to be well kept he was as souerayne of all that countrey The Chanoyne of Robersart dyd more trouble to the naueroyse than any any other for often tymes he dystrussed somme of theym ¶ Howe certayne burgesses of Amyens wolde a delyuerd the cytie to the naueroyse and of the great famyne that was than in Fraunce Cap. C lxxxx SO it was that the lorde Johanne of Piquegny who was on the kynge of Nauers parte and chiefe of his counsayle and by whose ayde he was delyuered out of prisone This knyght lay and kept the garyson of Hereell thre leages fro Amyense he dyde somoche by his subtyltie wytte and fayre language with certayne burgesses of Amyens of the greattest of the cyte that they shulde haue sufferedde the naueroyse to entre into the cytie And these burgesses traytours to the cytie had secretely in their chambers and loftes certayne naueroyse that shulde haue ayeded to haue dystroyed the cytie And in an euenynge the lorde Johanne of Piquegny the lorde Wyllyam of Granuyll the lorde Fryquette of Fryquaunt the lorde Lynne of Belastoy and the lorde Fondegray and with theym a seuyn hundred fyghtynge men came to the gate of Amyense to wardes Hereell on trust of their frendes within the cytie and they founde the gate opynne as hit was promysed Thanne suche as were hydde within the cyte in chambers and cellers yssued oute and cryed Nauerr thanÌ„e they of the cytie awooke and rose and cryed treason and drewe to the gate where the busynesse was bytwene the boro we and the cytie And suche as caÌ„e first kepte the gate so that ther were dyuers slayne and sore hurte on bothe parties and yf the naueroyse hadde made great haste to haue entred assoone as they came they had wonne the cytie but they taryed at the borowe and dyd ther feat cowardely The same night god enspyredd the lorde Morell Fyennes constable of Fraunce and the erle of saynt Poule who were at Corby with a great nombre of menne of warr they yssued out and rode in so great haste that they came to the cyte by that tyme the naueroyse had wonne the borowe and dyd their payne to wyn the cytie whiche they hadde done and the commynge of these two sayde lordes had nat been Who assoone as they were entred into the cytie by another gate drue streyght to the gate wher as the medlyng was displayed their baners and ordred theymselfe in the strete and yssued natte out of the gate for they sawe well the borowe was but loste without recouery These socoures encouraged greatly theym of the cytie and lyghted vppe many torchesse and other fyers Whan the lorde of Piquegny and his company vnderstode that these other lordes were come to the socour of the cytie thanne they thought they might lese more thanne wynne therfore he recreated all his menne as soberly as he might And so all the naueroyse reculed backe and so wnedde the retreat but they ouer ranne all the borowe and brende it wherin their were well thre thousande houses and good lodgynges and parysshe churches and other and all were brende nothynge sauyd Thus the naueroyse retourned with great rychesse that they gatte in the borowe of Amyense and many gode prisoners and so went to their garysoÌ„s Whan they were all gone the constable of France and the erle of saynt Poule sende their companyes to all the gates of the cytie commaundynge the kepars on payne of dethe to suffre no manne to yssue out of the towne and so they dydde In the mornyng be tymes these sayd to lordes with certayne of the burgesses who knewe well all the maner of the cytie went to certayne burgesses houses suche as they hadde in suspect of treasonne And so tooke a seuyntene who were incontynent beheeded openly in the market place and specially the abbotte of Gars who had consented to this treason and hadde lodgedde the moost parte of the naueroyse within his house In lyke case anone after there was putte to deth in the good cytie of Laone sixe of the greattest burgesses of that cytie and if the
he excused hym sayd he myght nat go thyder yet the iourney was nat lette for all that And dyuers knightes of the princis went thyder as sir Eustace DaÌ„breticourt sir Hewe Caurell sir Gaultier Hewet sir Mathue Gorney sir 〈◊〉 Dalbret and dyuers other And the chefe capitayne of this enterprice was made the lorde JohnÌ„ of Burbon erle of Marche to counter wyne the dethe of his cosyne the quene of Spayne and was in all thynges ruled and counsayled by the aduyse of sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy for therle of Marche was as than a â—oly yong lusty knight And also the lorde Antony of Beauieu went for the in that vyage and dyuers other good knyghtes as sir Arnolde Dandrehen marshall of FrauÌ„ce the Begue of Uyllayns the lorde Dantoyng in Heynalt the lorde of Brusnell sir Johan Neuyll sir Guynyars of Baylheull sir Johan of Berguetes the almayne of saynt Uenant dyuers other the whiche I can nat name And so all these lordes and other auauÌ„ced for the in the vyage and made their assemble in Languedocke and at Mountpellyer and therabout And so passed all to Narbone to go towarde Parpygnen so to entre on that syde in to the realme of Aragone These men of warre were to the nombre of .xxx. thousande and ther were the chefe capitayns of the companyons as sir Robert Briquet sir Johan Caruell Nandon of Bergerace Lanny the lytell Meclyne the Bourge Camus the Bourge de Lespare Batyller Espyot Aymemon Dortyng Perote of Sauoy and dyuers other all of accorde and of one alyaunce hauyng great desyre to put kyng DaÌ„peter out of the realme of Castell to make king they therle of DescoÌ„ges his brother Henry the bastarde And whan these men of armes shuld entre into the realme of Aragon to do their enterprice the more priuely they sent to kyng DaÌ„ Peter to blynde hym by their message but he was all redy well enfourmed of their ententes and howe they were comyng on hym into the realme of Castell but he set nothyng therby but assembled his people to resyst agaynst theÌ„ and to light with theÌ„ at thentre of his realm Their message was desyring hym to open the straytê of his countre and to gyue free passage to the pylgrimes of god who had enterprised by gret deuocyon to go into the realme of Grenade to reueng the dethe and passyon of our lorde Jesu Christ and to distroy the infydeles and to exalte the christen faythe The kynge Dampeter at these tidynges dyde nothyng but laugh and sayd he wolde do nothynge at their desyre nor obey in any poynt to suche a rascall company And whan these knightes and other men of armes knewe the wyll and answere of kyng DaÌ„peter wherby they reputed hym right orgulus and presumptuous and made all the hast they myght to auaunce to do hym all the hurte they coulde So they all passed through the realme of Aragon where they founde the passages redy open for them and vitayle and euery thyng redy apparelled and at a metely price For the kyng of Aragon had great ioye of their comynge trustyng than by their meanes to conquers agayne fro the kyng of Castell all his landes that kyng Dampeter had before taken fro him byforce And than these men of warr passed the gret ryuer that departeth Castell and Aragon and so they entred into the realme of Spayne And whan they had conquered townes cyties and castels streytes portes and passages the whiche the kynge Dampeter had taken fro the kynge of Aragon Than sir Bertram and his company delyuered theÌ„ to the kyng of Aragon on the coÌ„dycion that alwayes fro thens forth he shulde ayde and conforte Henry the bastarde agaynst Dampeter Tidynges came to the kyng of Castell how that the freÌ„chmen bretons englysshmen normayns pycardes and burgonyons were entred in to his realme and were as than passed the great ryuer departyng Castell and Aragon And howe they had wonne agayne all on that syde the ryuer the whiche cost 〈◊〉 moche payne and trouble or he wan it first Than he was right sore dysplesed sayd well all shall nat go so as they wene it shall than he made a specyall commaundement throughout all his realme in gyueng knowledge to theÌ„ that his letters and messaÌ„gers were sent vnto that they shulde without delay come to hym to the entent to fight with the men of warr that were entred into his realm of Castell ther were but a fewe that obeyed his commaundement And whan he had thought to haue had a great asseÌ„ble of men of warr he was disceyued for fewe or none came to hym for his lordes knightes of Spayne forsoke and refused him and tourned to his brother yâ— bastard Wherfore he was fayne to sâ—ye or els he had ben taken he was so sore behated with his enemyes and also with his owne men so that none abode aboute hym excepte one true knyght called Ferrant of Castres he wolde neuer forsake hym for none aduenture And so than Dampeter went to Syuyle the best cytie of Spaygne and whanÌ„e he was come thyder he was in no great sewerty wherfore he trussed and put into cofers his treasure and toke a shyppe with his wyfe and chyldren And so departed fro Cyuyle and FerraÌ„t of Casters his knight with hym and he arryued lyke a knight disconfyted in Galyce called the ColoÌ„gne where ther was a stronge castell and therin he his wyfe and his chyldren entred that is to say two yonge doughters Constance and Isabell And of all his men and couÌ„sayle he had none but Ferrant of Castres ¶ Now lette vs shewe of Henry the bastarde howe he he perceyuered in his enterprice Cap. C C .xxx. THus as I haue shewed before this kynge DaÌ„peter was soore behated with his owne men throughout all the realme of Castell bycause of the marueylous cruell iustyce that he had done by the occasyon of the distruccyon of the noblemen of his realme yâ— whiche he had put to deth and slayne with his handes Wherfore assoone as they sawe his bastard brother entre into the realme with so great puyssauÌ„ce than they drue all to hym and receyued him to their lorde and so rode forthe with him and they caused cyteâ—s townes borowes and castels to be opyned to hym and euery man to do hym homage And so the spanyardê all with one voyce cryed lyue Henry and dye Dampeter who hath been to vs so cruell and so yuell This the lordes ledde forthe Henry throughout all the realme of Castell as the lorde Gommegaulx the great mayster of Gallestrane and the maister of saynt James So thus all maner of peple obeyd to him and crowned hym kyng in the cytie of Estyrages and all prelates erles barownes knightes made hym reuerence as to their kyng and sware alwayes to maynteyne him as their kynge or els if nede requyred to dye in the quarell So thus this kyng rode fro cytie to cytie and fro to wne to to
so hel ay there styl dissymulynge as moche as he myght wolde nat be in counsayle with theÌ„ of Gaunt bycause he wolde nat be noted by the erle And also he kept him fro the erle as moche as he myght to kepe him still in loue with theÌ„ of Gaunt Thus he swamme bitwene two waues makyng him selfe newter as nere as coulde In the meane tyme whyle the erle repayred the towne of And warpe he procured soo moche by his letters to his cosyn the duke of Burgoyne to sende hym Johan Prunaur beyng at A the that so he dyd and sent hym to the erle and so he was sent to Lysle and there beheeded and than sette one a whele lyke a traytour Thus dyed JohnÌ„ Prunaur Than the erle went to Ipre and dyd there great Justyce and beheeded many yuell ruled people suche as had before been at the dethe of hys fyue knyghtes there slayne and had opened the gates to them of Gaunt and this he dyd to th entent that other shulde take ensample by them OF all these maters the gauntoyse were well enfourmed wherfore they douted more than they dyde before and specyally the capytayns suche as had bene forth in their iourneys and before And warpe And they sayd amonge them selfe certaynly if the erle may he wyll destroy vs all he loueth vs well for he wyll haue nothyng but our lyues Hath he nat put to deth Johan Prunar To say trouth we dyd JohnÌ„ Prunaur great wronge whan we banysshed him fro vs. we are therfore culpable of his deth and to the same ende we shall all coÌ„e if he may gette vs at his wyll therfore lette vs take good hede of ourselfe Than Peter de Boyse sayd Sirs yf ye wyll beleue me there shall nat a house stande vpright of neuer a genytlmans in the countrey aboute Gaunt for by reason of the gentlemens houses that be nowe standyng we maye be all distroyed if we take nat hede therto betymes and prouyde for some remedy That is trouthe ê™ all the other let vs go forthe and bere them all downe Than the capitayns Heter du Boyse Johan Boule Rase de Harsell Johan de Launoy and dyuers other with their companyes departed on a day fro GauÌ„t and brent and beate downe all the gentylmens houses there aboute and toke all that euer was in them and departed it among them selfe and whan they had done they retourned agayne to 〈◊〉 They founde neuer a man that wolde say sirs ye haue done euyll Whan the gentlemen knyghtes squiers beynge at Lysle with the erle and there about harde tydinges howe their houses were brent and beten downe and 〈◊〉 goodes takenne awaye they were ryght soâ—â— displeased and nat without a good cause They sayd to the erle â–ª sir this dispyght must be 〈◊〉 and the pride of them of Gaunt beaten downe Than the erle gaue leue and abandoned to the knightes and squiers to make warre agaynste the gauntoyse and to counteruenge them of their domagê Than dyuers knyghtes and squyers of Flaunders alyed them selfe togâ—der and desyred their frendes of Heynalt to aâ—de to reuenge them of the gauÌ„toyse and they made their capitayne the â—asâ—e of Flaunders the yongest sonne bastarde of the erles a ryght 〈◊〉 knyght this knyght with his company somtyme lay at And warpe another tyme at Gaures and somtyme at Alos and at Teremond and scrunysshed with the gauÌ„toyse dayly and sotyme ran to the barryers of the towne of Gaunt And beate downe the wyndmyls about yâ— towne and dyd great dispyght to them of Gaunt and with them there was a knyght of Heynalt called sir James of Uerchynâ— sene shall of Heynalt he dyd many feates of armes in that season aboute Gaunt and aduentured hym selfe often tymes ryght ieoperdously He fought two or thre tymes at the barryers and wanne bassenetes and crosbowes and other a bylementes of warre This knyght loued well the noble feate of armes and had bene a valyant knyght if he hadde lyued long but he dyed yonge in his bed in the castell of â—ubre besyde Mortayne whiche was great domage ¶ Howe the noble men of FlauÌ„ders made warre agaynst the flemynges and of the dethe of sir Berteram of Clesquy coustable of Fraunce Cap. CCC .lix. WHan the gauntoyse sawe them selfe thus mocked and warred by the gentlemen of Flaunders they were right angry therwith thought to haue sente to erle Aubert erle of Haynault desirynge him to haue founde the meanes to haue caused these gentylmen to leaue their warre a gaynst them â–ª but whan they had all thynges consydered they thought they shulde lese their payne for they were sure the erle Aubert wolde do no thynge for them nor they wolde nat dysplease him nor put a thynge to hym that shulde be to his displeasure For they might yuell lyue with out the fauoure of his countrey for if Holand zelande and Haynault had ben closed fro them they thought them selfe but lost Therfore they left that purpose and toke a nother counsayle and that was to send to the knyghtes and squiers of Haynalt suche as had herytages rentes or reuenues in Gaunt or in the precynct therof that they shulde come and serue theym or els to lese their reÌ„tes and reuenues there and so they sent to them but it auayled them but lytell for they set but lytell by their coÌ„maundementes Than they of Gaunt sent to the lorde Dautoyng and to sir Herne who was an heryter in the towne of Gaunt and constable of the same that they shulde come and serue them or els to lese suche ryght as they had there and bycause they came nat nor wolde come they bete downe their houses The lorde Dautoyng sent theÌ„ worde howe he wolde come and serue them at their cost and charge to their distruccyon and that they shulde haue no nother trust in him but that he wolde be their ennemy and holde nothynge of theym but of the erle of FlauÌ„ders his lorde to whome he owed seruyce and obeysaÌ„ce The lorde Dautoyng helde well his promyse for he made mortall warre agaynst them and dyde them great domage and made great prouisyon in his castell whiche garyson dyde moche traueyle to them of Gaunt Also the lorde of Daughen who was a yonge squier called Gaultyer he dyd also great dispyte to them of Gaunt Thus contynued styll the warre and the gauntoyse durst nat issue out of their towne without they were in great companyes and whan they founde any of their enemyes they hadde no mercy but hauyng the better slewe all before them Thus began the warre to be ryght cruell bytwene the erle of FlauÌ„ders and the gauntoise the whiche cost after a hundred thousande mennes lyues twise tolde it was great payne to fynde outher ende or peace for the capitayns of GauÌ„t knewe well they had so trespassed agaynst their lorde the erle of Flaunders and agaynst the duke of Burgoyn that for any treatie of peace sealyng or sweryng what soeuer it were yet they thought