belyue their counsayls than they toke and putte hym in Cortoyse prison and sayd howe he shulde neuer depart without he wolde folowe and byleue their counsayls Also they sayd that the erle his father belyued and loued to moche the frenchemen for if he wolde a byleued theÌ„ he shuld haue ben the greattest lorde in all christendome and recouered agayne Lysle Doway and Bethwyn yet alyue Thus the mater abode a certayne space the kynge of Englande lay styll at the siege before Calays and kept a great court that Christmas And about the begynnynge of lent after came thyder out of Gascoyne the erle of Derby the erle of Penbroke the erle of Can forte and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers that had passed the see with the erle Thus the erle of Flaunders was long in danger amonge the stemynges in Cortoyse prison and it greatly anoyed hym Than at last he sayde he wolde byleue their couÌ„sayle for he knewe well he sayd that he shulde haue more profet there than in any other contrey These wordes reioysed greatly the flemynges than they toke hym out of prison suffred hym to go a haukyng to the ryuer the which sport the erle loued well â–ª but euer ther was good watche layde on hym that he shulde nat steale away fro theym and they were charged on their lyues to take good hede to hym And also they were suche as were fauourable to the kyng of EnglaÌ„d they watched hym so nere that he coude nat pysse without their knowledge This endured so longe that at last the erle sayd that he wolde gladly haue to his wyfe the kyng of Englandes doughter than the flemmynges sende worde therof to the kynge and to yâ— quene and poynted a day that they shuld come to Bergus in the abbey and to bringe their doughter with theym and they wolde bring thyder their lorde the erle of Flanders and there to coÌ„clude vp the maryage The kyng and the quene were gladde therof and sayde that the flemmynges were good men so to Bergus bytwene Newport and Grauelynge came the moost saddest men of the gode townes in Flaunders and brought with theÌ„ the erle their lorde in great estate The kyng of Englande and yâ— quene were ther redy the erle curtesly inclyned to the kyng and to the quene the kyng toke the erle by the ryght hande right swetely and ledde hym forthe sayeng as for the dethe of the erle your father as god helpe me the day of the batayle of Cressey nor the nexte day after I neuer herde worde of hym that heshulde be there the yong erle by seÌ„blant made as thoughe he had ben content with the kynges excuse than they fyll in communycacyon of the maryage there were certayne artycles agreed vnto by the kyng of Englande and the erle Loyes of Flaunders and great amyties ther was sworâ—e bytwene them to be holden And there the erle fyaunced Isabell the kyng of Englandes doughter and promysed to wedde her â–ª so that iourney brake of and a newe day to be apoynted at more leaser the flemmynges retourned into Flaunders with their lorde and the kynge of Englande with the quene went agayne to the siege of Calays Thus the mater stode a certayne tyme and the kynge and the quene prepayred greatly agayne the maryage for iewelles and other thynges to gyue away acordyng to their behauyours The erle of Flanders dayly past the tyme at the ryuer and made semblant that this maryage pleased him greatly so the flemmynges thought that they were than sure ynough of hym so that there was nat so great watch made on hym as was before but they knewe nat well the coÌ„dycion of their lorde for what soeuer couÌ„tenance he made out warde his inwarde courage was all frenche So on a day he went forthe with his hawkes the same weke yâ— the maryage shulde haue ben finysshed his fauconer cast of a faukon to an hearon and therle cast of a nother so these two faukons chased the hearon and the erle rode after as to folowe his faucon And whan he was a gode way of and had the aduantage of the feldes he dasshed his spurres to his horse and galoped forth in suche wyse that his kepars lost hym styll he galoped forthright tyll he came into Arthoyes and ther he was in suretie And so than he rode into Fraunce to kyng Philyp and shewed hym all his aduenture the kynge and the frenchmen sayd howe he had dalt wysely the englysshmen on the othersyde said howe he had betrayed and disceyued them â–ª but for all that the kyng left nat to kepe the flemmynges in amyte for he knewe well the erle had done this dede nat by their couÌ„sell for they wer sore dyspleased therwith And the excuse that they made the kyng soone byleued it in that behalfe ¶ Howe sir Robert of Namure dyde hoâ—age to the kyng of England before Calays Cap. C .xli. WHyle the kynge lay at siege before Calays ther came to se the kynge and the quene dyuers lordê and knightes of Flanders â–ª of Brabant of Heynault and of Almaygne and there departed none agayne but that had great gyftes gyuen them The same season there was newely come into the countie of Namure and of Liege dut of the holy lande sir Robert of Namure and the lorde of Lespentyne hadde made hym knyght at the holy sepulcre This sir Robert was as than a yong lusty knight and was nat desyred of any of bothe kynges than he came of his owne good mynde well acoÌ„panyed and richely to the siege before Calayes and there presented hymselfe to the kyng of Englande who ioyfully receyued hym and so dyde the quene and all the other lordes he entred greatly into the kynges fauour â–ª bycause he bare the name of sir Robert de Arthoys his vucle Thus sir Robert became the kynges liege man the kynge gaue hym thre hundred pounde sterlynge by yere out of his cofers to be payde at Bruges there he taryed with the kynge before Calays tyll the towne was wonne as ye shall here after ¶ Howe thenglysshmen wanne the Rochdaren and howe sir Charles de Bloyes layed siege therto Ca. C .xlii. IT is longe nowe syth we spake of sir Charles de Bloyes as than the duke of Bretaygne and of the countesse of Mountforde but it was bycause of the truse that was takenne at Uannes the whiche was well kept For durynge the trewse eyther partie kept peasably that they had in possessyon and assone as the trewse was expyred they made agayne feerse warr There was coÌ„e into Bretaygne fro the kynge of Englande sir Thomas Dangorne and sir Johan Harewell they came thyder fro the siege of Calays with a hundred men of armes and foure hundred archers They taryed with the countes of MouÌ„t forde at Hanybout and with them sir 〈◊〉 of the castell bretone bretonant thenglysshmen and bretons of yâ— part made often tymes iourneys agaynst sir Charles de Bloyes men somtyme they wanne and somtyme
the riuer of Selettes for a squier of his called John Aâ—enson who bare in his armes azute askoâ—hyâ— syluer had wonne the towne of Flauigny nat farre theuse and had founde therin great prouysion of all maner of victaylles to serue yâ— ooâ—â— the space of a moneth the whiche came Welle to passe for the kynge laye at Aguillon fro All he Wednysday tyll after mydleÌ„t and alwayes his maâ—â—hals and currouâ—s ouerâ—anne the couÌ„trey wastynge and eâ—ilynge it and often tymes refresshed the oost with newe prouision The kynge of Englande and the great men of his 〈◊〉 had euer with theym in their cariages â—emes paâ—â—lions mylles ouyns and forges to syeth and to bake and to forge shoos for horses and for other thynges necessary they had with them a. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cartes euery carte at lest with 〈◊〉 good horses brought out of Englande Also they brought in these Cartes certayne botes made of lether subtilly wrought and sufficiently â—uery one of them to receyue .iii. men to row in water or riuers and to fysshe in them at their pleasure in the whiche dyd the great lorde moche pleasure in the lent season Also the kynge had 〈…〉 â–ª â—aâ—koners a horsbacke with haukes and 〈…〉 ple of houndes and as many greyhouÌ„ 〈…〉 So that â—ere euery daye eyther he hunted or hauked at the ryuer as it pleased hym And 〈…〉 rs other of the great lordes had hundes 〈◊〉 as well as the kyng and euer as the ost 〈◊〉 they went in thre datailes and euery â—â—â—ayle had his vawarde and euery oost lodged by themselfe eche a leage from other And thâ— kynge kept the thirde bataile whiche Was most greattest That maner they kepte fro the tyme they remoued from Calais tyll they came before the good towne of Charters THe kynge of Englande who laye at Aguillon had great â—uision for his oost by the meanes of JohnÌ„ Alenson who he found at Fâ—auigâ—y Whyle the kynge lay at Aguillon thâ— yonge duke of Burgoyne by the counsayle and request of al the countrey sent to the kyng of Englande certayne messangers lordes and knyghtes to treate for a respite nat to burne â—he countrey nor ouer ronne it These were the lordes that went to treate for this mater Fyrst the lorde ser Aâ—ceaulme of Sallins great chauÌ„ 〈…〉 of Burgoyn ser Jaques of UieÌ„ne ser JohnÌ„â—e â—ye ser Hugh of UieÌ„ne ser William of Thoâ—â—â—se and ser JohnÌ„ of Moâ—tmartin These lordes fouÌ„de the kyng of Englande so treatable yâ— ther was a composicion made betwene the kyng of Englande and the countrey of Bourgoyn the kynge made them assuraunce for hym and all his nat to ouer ren that countrey the space oâ— â–ª iii. yeres and he â—o haue redy the somme of ii M. frankes Whan this treaty was agreed sealed the kynge dislodged and al his oost and tâ—ke the right waye to Paris and lodged on yeâ—â—â—er of Dyonne at Leon besyde Uoselay and his peple laye alonge the ryuer syde welnere to 〈…〉 at thentre of the couÌ„tie of Neuers the englisshemen entred into Gastenoys The kyng sped hym so by his iourneis yâ— he came be 〈◊〉 Paris lay .ii. leagê theÌ„s at Burgâ—le royne THus the kynge rode about the countrey distroyeng all before hym and also the garysons made warre for hym in Beauuoisyâ— in Pycardy in France in Brye in ChaÌ„paigne destroyed nere all the countrey Also the kyng of Nauer who was in the marches of NormaÌ„dy made also sore warre Thus the noble realme of France was sore greued on all sides And specially syr Eustace Dambreticourt who laye at Chemy on yâ— riuer of Esne who had a great garison of soudiers wasted raunsommed pilled the countrey and ouer ranne the countie of Rethel to Douchery to Mesieres to Chene Pouâ—lleux to Sâ—tenay in the countie of Bay they rode and lay in the countrey where they lyst .ii. or .iii. nyghtê together without any let or trouble whan they lyst retourned agayne to their fortresse of Chemy True it was that the lordes and knyghtes of the countrey thereabout were sore displeased with that fortresse and assigned many dayes amonge them selfe to mete and to go and lay siege to Chemy howe be it they neuer dyd nothyng These companyons whoymagined nyght and day howe they might geat and steale townes fortresses â–ª on a nyght they â—ame to a strong towne a good castell in Laonnoyse nere to Montague this fortresse was called Pierpont standyng in a maresse the same season there were within the towne great noÌ„bre of men of the couÌ„trey that had brought thither theyr goodes on trust of the streÌ„gth of the place Whan they of Chemy came thither the watche within was a 〈◊〉 they spared nat the dangeroê° maresses but went through them and came to the walles and so entred into the towne and waÌ„ne it without defence and â—obded it at their pleasure They found ther more riches than euer they founde before in any towne And whâ— it was day they brent yâ— towne and returned to Cheâ—â—y well furnysshed with great pyllage ¶ How the kyng of England put the realme of FraÌ„ce into great tribulacioÌ„ and the ê“phicies of the frere of Auygnon and of thenglisshe busshement layd for them of Paris Cap. C C .xi. IN this season a frere minor full of great clergie was in the cite of AuignoÌ„ called frere JohnÌ„ of Roche tayllade the whiche frere pope Innocent the .vi. held in prison in the castell of Baignoux for shewyng of many meruailes after to come principally he shewen many thynges to fall on the prelates of the churche for the great superâ—â—uitie and pryde that Was as than vsed amonge theym And also he spake many thynges to fall of the realme of Fraunce and of the great lordes of Chri 〈…〉 ome for the oppressions that they dyd to the pore comoÌ„ people This frere sayd he wolde proue all his sayynges by the auctorite of the Apâ—â—â—lippis and by other bokes of holy sayntes and prophettes yâ— whiche wer opened to hym by the grace of yâ— holy gooste he shewed many thynges harde to beleue and many thynges fell after as he sayâ— He sayd them nat as a prophette but he shewed them by auctorite of auncieÌ„t scriptures and by the grace of the holy goost who gaue hym vâ—derstaÌ„dynge to declare the auncient prophâ—cieâ— and to shewe to all cristen people the yeres and tyme Whan suche thynges shulde â—all he made dyuerse bookes founded on great â—ciences and clergie wherof one was made the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xlvi. Wherin were written suche meruailes that it were hard â—o beleue them howe be it many thynges accordyng therto â—ell after And whan he was demauÌ„ded of the warres of France he sayd that all that had ben seen was nat lyke that shulde be seen after For he sayde that the warres in Fraunce shulde nat be ended tyll the realme were vtterly wasted and exyled in euery parte The whiche sayeng was well seen after for the noble
forwarde to be good and trewe to the englysshe parte and to putte in to their handes all suche forteresses as he helde in Normandy And to do this message he coÌ„maunded a clerke to go in whom â—he had great trust called mayster â—aschall And sayde to hym maister Paschall go your wayes in to Englande and do so moche that ye may bring me good tidynges for fro heâ—s forthe I wyll be alyed with the englysshemen This clerke dyde as he was commanded and made hym redy and toke shyppyng and sayled so long that he arryued in Cornwall and than rode for the tyll he caÌ„e to Shene besyde London where the kyng of Englande was and so he spake with the kynge and recoÌ„maunded the kynge of Nauerr his mayster to hym And so there the kynge made hym good there and there was present the erle of Salisbury and sir Symond Burle who toke on him to speke and to gyue him his aunswere for that tyme and sayd Sir on suche a day the kyng wyll be at LoÌ„don and than send for all his couÌ„sayle at whiche tyme ye shall be herde And so at the day assigned mayster Paschall shewed to the kyng and to his counsayle theffect of his message and spake so sagely that he was well herde And he was answered by the counsayle that the kynge of Nauers offre ought nat to be refused howe be it to make so great alyance as the kynge of Nauer desyreth it behoueth than that he come hyder into Englande in his owne proper person to th entent that he may be herde speke hym selfe wherby the mater shulde take the better effect And so with that answere mayster Paschall departed and returned in to Nauer and shewed the kyng all that he had done and how it behoued hym to go in to Englande him selfe and to se the yong kyng of Englande and to speke him selfe with hym his couÌ„saile than the kyng of Nauer answered and sayd I am coÌ„tent to go theder Than he made redy for him a shyp called the Lyne the whiche wolde go on the see withall maner of wyndes without parell and so the kyng of Nauer toke this ship and entred in to the see with a preuy company how be it he had with hym sir Marten Carr mayster Paschall and sayled so longe that he arryued in Englande ¶ Of the alyences that the kynge of Nauer made with the kynge of Englande and howe the frenche kynge had men of warre in dyuers places Cap. CCC .xxix. ALytell before his deê‘tyng the frenche kynge had the kyng of Nauer in great hate and knewe couertly by some of the king of Nauers house all the secremesse bytwene hym and the kyng of Englande and howe that kyng Henry of Castell had defyed him and made warre agaynst him The kyng of Nauer left at his deê‘tynge behynde him the vycont of Chastellon the lorde of Lestrade father to Uyen and the Bascle great nombre of men of warr aswell of his couÌ„tre as of the countie of Foiz to kepe the froÌ„ters agaynst the spanyerdes ¶ And whan he was in the see he hadde wynde at wyll and arryued in Cornwall and so rode to Wynsore Where as kynge Richarde and his counsayle were who receyued hym with great ioye for they thought the better to spede of his lande in Normandy specially of the castell of Chierbourâ— wherof thenglysshmen desyred greatly to be lordes The kyng of Nauer shewed sagelye to the kyng of Englande the cause of his coÌ„mynge and he was well herde and so well conforted that he was content I shall shewe you howe this treatie went bytwene these two kynges One thyng there was the kynge of Nauer shulde fro thens for the alwayes be true englysshe and shulde neuer make peace with the realme of Fraunce nor with the kynge of Castell without the knowledge and consent of the kyng of Englande And if the kyng of Englande or any of his men by their puyssance coude gette any townes or castelles that the kynge of Nauer ought to haue in Normandy agaynst the frenchmen that the same townes or castels shulde abyde for euer to be englysshe the souerayntie euer reserued to the kynge of Nauerr The whiche thynge the englysshmen praysed moche bycause they thought by that meanes they shulde haue asayre entre into FrauÌ„ce thorough Normandy And the kyng of England shulde sende the same tyme a thousand speares and two thousande archers by the ryuer of Gyronde to Burdeur or to Bayone and the men of armes to entre in to Nauerr and to make warre agaynst the kyng of Castell And nat to departe fro the kyng of Nauer or out of his realme tyll he hadde made an ende of his warre with the spanyerdes And the men of warre so ones entred in to Nauer the kynge of Nauer than to pay them their wages and to stuffe theÌ„ sufficiently acordyng after the same rate that the kynge of Englande was wonte to paye his men of warre Dyuers treaties and alyaâ—nces were there made and ordayned and also written sealed and sworne to be kept on bothe partes And there were named suche as shulde go in to Normandy and suche as shulde go in to Nauer And bycause that the duke of LaÌ„castre and the erle of CaÌ„bridge were nat at this treatie it was ordayned that this treatie shulde be sent to them sealed to then tent that they shulde make hast to entre into Normandy The duke of Bretayne was present at this treatie RIng Charles of FraÌ„ce who was right sage and subtell and soo he well shewed hymselfe as longe as he lyued He was well enfourmed of the armye of Englande yet he knewe no certeÌ„tie but by suspecte whyder they wolde drawe in to Normandy or els into Bretayne And for dout therof he helde many men of armes in Bretayne wherof the lorde Clysson the lorde de Lauall the vycount of Rohan the lorde of Beaumanoyre the lorde of Rochfort were capitayns And had besieged Breest by bastydes and none otherwyse wherefore they might vitayle Brest whan they lyst And in the rowne was capitayne a valyant squyeâ— of Englande called James Clerke And bycause the frenche kyng knewe well that the kynge of Nauerr was alyed with Englande and thought surely that or his returne he wolde entre in to some treatie with his aduersary yâ— kyn of Englande And douted of this armye thus on the see lest they shuld take lande in NormaÌ„dy and entre into the castelles parteyninge to the kyng of Nauer Therfore he sent hastely to the lorde Coucy and to the lorde de la Ryuerr that they shulde as shortely as they coulde get by fayrnesse or by foulnesse suche castelles as were belongynge to the kynge of Nauer and specially suche as were nere to the seesyde Ne knewe well that Chyerbourge wolde nat caselye be wonne how be it by lande they coude nat â—euitayle it nor refresshe it with men out of the basse marches of Bretayne and of Normandy And so for the
stode the towne of Mardyke a great vyllage on the see syde vnclosed And thyder came some of the englysshmen and scrimysshed And so thus came to Grauelynge sir Johan Uyllayne and sir Johan de Moulyne for the Erle of Flaunders by a saueconduct that he had attayned fro the bysshoppe or he came fro Burbourcke Than they came to the bysshoppe of Norwiche who made to theym by semblaunt ryght good chere He had with hym at dyner yâ— same day all the lordes of the host for he knewe well the erles knightes shulde come to hym the same tyme. And his mynde was how he wolde that they shulde fynde them all toguyder than these two knightes beganne to speke and sayd Sir we be sende hyder to you fro the Erle of Flaunders our lorde What lorde quod the bysshoppe They answered agayne and sayde fro the erle there is none other lorde of FlauÌ„ders By the good lorde quod the bysshoppe we take for the lorde of Flaunders the frenche kynge or els the duke of Burgoyne our enemys For by puyssance but late they haue conquered all the countre Sir quod the knightes sauyng your displeasure The lande was at Tourney clerelye rendred agayne and put in to the handê and gouernyng of the erle of Flaunders who hath sent vs to you Desyring you that we two who haue pensyon of the kynge of Englande may haue a sauecoÌ„duct to go in to EnglaÌ„de to speke with the kynge to knowe the cause why without any defyaunce he maketh warre agaynst the erle and his countre of FlauÌ„ders Sirs ê™ the bysshop we shall take aduyce and answere you to morowe So thus they went to their logynge and left the englysshmen in counsayle so all that day they toke counsayle togyder and concluded as ye shall here ¶ The aunswere that the bysshoppe of Norwyche made to the knightê of Flaunders and of the assemble that they of Cassell and of the countrey about made agaynst thenglysshmen Cap. CCCC .xxxi. ALl thynges consydred regarded they sayde they wolde graunt no safecoÌ„duct to theÌ„ to go in to Englande for it was to farre of For or they coude retourne agayne the couÌ„tre wolde be sore styrred greatly fortifyed And also therle shulde by that tyme sende worde therof to the frenche kyng to the duke of Burgoyne wherby they might come with suche noÌ„bre of people against them that they shulde nat be able to resyst theÌ„ nor to fight with them So on this determynacyon they rested Than it was demaunded amonge theÌ„ what answere they shulde make to the knightes of Flaunders the next day Than sir Hugh Caurell was coÌ„mauÌ„ded to speke and to gyue his aduyce Than he sayde thus to the bysshoppe Sir ye are our chefe capitayne sir ye may saye to them howe ye be in the lande of the duchesse of Bare who is Clementyne and howe for Urbane ye make warre and for no body els And offre theÌ„ that if this lande with the churches and abbeys wyll become good Urbanystes and to ryde with you and to bring you throughe the countre ye wyll than cause all yor company to passe through the countre pesably and to paye for all that they shall take But as touchyng to gyue them saueconduct to go in to Englande ye wyll nat grauÌ„t therto in no wise For ye may say that youre warre toucheth no thyng the warre of Englande nor of Fraunce but that we be soudyers of pope Urbane Sir as I thynke this answere shulde suffyce Euery man agreed well to this and specially yâ— bysshoppe who had mynde of nothynge that was sayd but to fight and to warre on the countrey Thus the mater abode all night And in yâ— mornyng after masse the two sayd knightes of the erles Desyringe to haue an answere caÌ„e to the bysshoppes lodgynge and abode there tyll he came out to go to masse And so than they stept forthe before hym and there he made theÌ„ good chere by semblant And deuysed with them a lytell of other matters to delay the tyme tyll his knightê were come about hym And whan they were all assembled toguyder than the bysshop sayd to them Sirs ye tary for an aunswere ye shall haue it on the request that ye make for the erle of Flaunders I say vnto you ye may retourne agayne whan ye lyst to the Erle your mayster or els to go to Calais on your ieoê‘dy or in to Englande but as for sauecoÌ„duct ye get none of me For I am nat the kyng of EnglaÌ„de nor I haue nat so farr authorite so to do I and all my company are but soudyers of pope Urbane and of wages of hym take his money to serue him truely And nowe we be in yâ— lande of the duchesse of Bare who is a Clementyne and yf the people be of that opynion we wyll make them warre And if they wyll go with vs and take our parte they shall haue part of our pardons and absolucyons For Urbayne oure pope for whom we are in voiage hath assoyled vs clene frome payne and frome synne and all those that wyll ayde to distroy the ClemeÌ„tyns Whan the knightes herde these wordes sir Johan Uillayns sayd Sir in that as touchynge the pope I thynke ye haue nat herde the coÌ„trary but that my lorde therle of Flaunders hath ben alwayes good Urbanyst Wherfore sir ye do yuell to make warr to hym or to his couÌ„tre Nor I thynke the kyng of Englande yoâ— lorde hath nat charged you so to to for he is so noble that if he wolde haue made hym warre first he wolde haue defyed him With those wordes the bysshoppe began to were angry and said Well sirs go to your erle and saye vnto hym that he getteth nothyng els of vs. And if ye wyll sende in to Englande to knowe the kynges pleasure do as ye lyst but as for this way nor by Calys they shall nat 〈…〉 sse And whan these knyghtes sawe they coulde nat attaygne to their purpose none otherwise they departed and returned to their lodgynge and dyned And after dyuer departed went the same night to saynt Omers THe same day that the knyghtes deê‘ted there came tidynges to the bysshoppe yâ— there was at Donkyrke and theraboute a .xii. thousande men in harnesse and the bastarde of Flaunders in their company as their chefe capitayne and dyuers other knightes and squiers with them In somoche it was shewed him that on the thursdaye before they had scrimysshed with his companye and slayne a hundred of them Lo quod the bysshoppe ye may se wheder the erle do medyll in this mater or nat it is he that dothe all He entreateth for peace with the swerde in his hande Let vs ryde forthe to moro we and go to Donkyrke and se what people they be that be there gadered Euery man agreed therto and the same day there caÌ„e to the bysshoppe two knightes the one fro Calys the othe â–ª fro Guysnes and with them a .xxx. speares and threscore
WyllmÌ„ Helman were moost blamed As for sir Hughe Caurell there was no faute layde to his charge nother by the kyng nor his couÌ„sayle nor by the comons For it was well knowen yâ— if his counsayle might haue bene beleued they had spedde better than they dyde to their honores And so it was layde to the two other knightes howe they had solde Burborke and Grauelynge to the frenche kyng so that all the realme was sore moued agaynst theÌ„ so that they were in parell of their lyues And they were coÌ„maunded by the kyng in to prison to the towre of LoÌ„don And while they were in prison the comons apeased and whan they were delyuered out of prison they were bouÌ„de to the kyng to be at his wyll and pleasure Than ther was put forthe a treatie to be had bytwene the englysshmen and frenchmen And they of GauÌ„t were coÌ„prised in the treatie wherwith therle of Flaunders was sore displeased how be it he coude nat ameÌ„de it At the deê‘tynge out of Burborke the duke of Bretayne abode styll at saynt Omers with the erle of FlauÌ„ders his cosyn And wolde gladlye haue sene that a good peace or a longe truse might haue ben had bytwene the frenche kyng his naturall lorde and the kyng of Englande And to set forwarde the mater the moÌ„day whaÌ„ the englisshmen were with the kyng in his tent he moued the mater to some of them And they promysed hym that assoone as they caÌ„e in Englande to the kyng they wolde speke to hym to his vncles and to his counsayle of that mater so after to shewe that he was wyllyng to bring the mater to a good ende He sent in to EnglaÌ„d two knightes of his owne good assuraunce as the lorde of Housey and the lorde of Maylly And they dyde so moche that the duke of LaÌ„castre and the erle of Buckyngham his brother the bysshoppe of Suffolke sir Johan of Hollande brother to the kyng sir Thomas Percy and other of the kynges counsayle shulde come to Calays hauyng full puyssaunce and authoryte of the kyng and of the realme to make peace or to ordayne a treuse at their pleasure And on the other parte there shulde come to Boloyne the duke of Berry the duke of Burgoyne the bysshoppe of Laon and the chauÌ„celer of FraÌ„ce Hauyng also full authorite fro the frenche king his couÌ„sayle and realme to take peace with the englysshmen or to take truse suche as they coude agre vpon and so whan all these ê‘ties were coÌ„e to Calys to Boloyne they taryed a lytell or they met for the counsayle of Spaygne that shulde come thyder for the frenchemen wolde make no treatie without the spanyerdes were enclosed therin Finally there caÌ„e fro the kynge of Spayne a bysshop a dyacre and two knightes Than it was aduysed by all the parties bycause they thought it no suretie for the frenchemen to come to Calais nor the englysshmen to come to Boloyne Therfore it was ordayned that ther comunyng shulde be in the mydway bytwene the sayde townes in a lytell vyllage where ther was a churche called Abolyng thyder came all these parties dyuers dayes ther they met And there was the duke of Bretayne and theerle of Flaunders And there in yâ— felde was pyght vp the great tent of Bruges the erle of FlauÌ„des made a dyner in the same tent to the duke of Lancastre to therle of Buckyng ham and to the other lordes of Englande ther was great estate holden on bothe parties but all thynges coÌ„sydred they coude fynde no meanes to haue a peace for the freÌ„chmen wolde haue had agayne Guynes Calays and all the fortresses that thenglysshmen helde on that syde of the see to the ryuer of Garon aswell in normaÌ„dy Bretayne Poictou Xaynton as in Rochell to the whiche thenglysshmen wolde in no wyse agre specially Guynes Calys Chierburge nor Brest in Bretayne They were comunyng on this treaty more than thre wekes euery day the lordes or els some of their counsayle The same season there dyed in the duchy of Lusenburgh and in the towne of Lusenburgh the gentyll and ioly duke Uincelyns of Boem duke of Lusenburgh and of BrabaÌ„t Who had ben in his tyme fresshe sage amorous hardy And whan he dyed it was sayd that the most highe prince and grettest lynage and moost noble of blode was deed god haue his soule And he was buryed in yâ— abbey of Uauclere besyde LuzeÌ„burgh And my lady Jane duches of Brabant was as than wydowe neuer after was maryed Of the dethe of this noble duke suche as knewe hym were right sorie ¶ Howe the lordes of Englande and Fraunce were assembled togyder to make a peace whiche by them coude nat be done And howe Loyes erle of Flaunders dyed and of his obsequy Cap. CCCC .xliii. NO we let vs retourne to their assemble that was bytwene thenglisshe lordes and the freÌ„che bytwene Calays and Boloyne Whiche treaty coude neuer come to none effect of peace nor profyte for the one partie nor other Some sayd the erle of FlauÌ„ders was in a great defaut therof for he wolde in no wyse haue theÌ„ of Gaunt comprised in any treatie wherwith thenglysshmen were displeased wherfor the treatie spedde the worse For ther was great promyse made that no peace shulde be made without the gauÌ„toyse were coÌ„prised therin This they had sworne at Calays therfore this brake the treatie finally ther coude be made no peace that shulde seme good to any of the ê‘ties than they fell to treat for a truse and thervpon their treatie ê“ceded Th erle of FlauÌ„ders wolde gladly that they of Gaunt shulde haue ben out of the truse but the englysshmen wolde in no wyse consent therto but that Gaunt shulde be coÌ„prised in the truse And that euery partie shulde syt styll with that he hath and no partie to reÌ„dre vp any fortresse to other for all that this treatie was thus bytwene Calays and Boloyne the gauntoyse of the garyson of And warpe came and brent the subbarbes of Tourney and retourned sauely agayne to And warpe and in the feest of Christmas the gauntoyse gadered vp the rentes parteyning to the lorde of Tourney wherwith he was right sore displeased sware a great othe that whatsoeuer treatie was made bytwene flaÌ„ders end the gauntoyse he wolde neuer enteÌ„de to no peace but alwayes to make theÌ„ the grettest warre that he coude For he sayd they toke fro hym his herytage Wherfore he wyste natte howe to lyue without his frendes of Brabant and Heynalt had ayded him the gauÌ„toyse had so distroyed his herytage These treaties that were thus bytwene Boloyne Calys bytwene the lordes of EnglaÌ„de and of Fraunce was coÌ„cluded with moche a do that a truse shulde be had bytwene the frenche kyng and the kyng of Englande and all their adherentes alyes That is to say on the frenche kynges parte all Spayne Galyce Castell and all in theÌ„ enclosed as
ê‘te of Scotlande whyle the siege was before Tourney Cap. lv ¶ Of the great assemble that the frenche kyng made to reyse the siege before Turney ca. lvi ¶ Howe they of the garyson of Bouhayne distrussed certayne soudyers of Mortaygne before the towne of Conde Cap. lvii ¶ Of the iourney that sir Wylliam Baylleule and sir Walflart de la Croyse made at the bridge of Cresyn Cap. lviii ¶ Howe the erle of Heynault assayled the fortreile of Mortayne in Picardy by dyuers maners Cap. lix ¶ Howe the erle of Heynalte toke the towne of saynt Amande duryng the siege before Tourney Cap. lr ¶ Of the takyng of sir Charles of Momorency and of dyuers other frenchmen at the brige of Cresyn Cap. lxi ¶ Howe the flemynges were before saynt Omers duryng the siege of Turney Cap. lxii ¶ Howe the siege before Turney was broken vp by reason of a truse Cap. lxiii ¶ Of the warres of Bretaygne and howe the duke ther dyed without heyre wherby the discencyon fell Cap. lxiiii ¶ Howe the erle of Mountfort toke the towne and castell of Brest Cap. lxv ¶ Howe the erle of Mountfort toke the cyte of Reynes Cap. lxvi ¶ Howe the erle of Mountfort toke the towne and castell of Hanybout Cap. lxvii ¶ Howe therle MouÌ„tfort dyde homage to the king of EnglaÌ„d for the duchy of breten ca. lxviii ¶ Howe therle MouÌ„tfort was somoned to the ê‘lyament of Parys at the request of the lorde Charles of Bloyes Cap. lxix ¶ Howe the duchy of Bretaygne was iudged to sir Charles of Bloyes Cap. lxx ¶ Of the lordes of FrauÌ„ce that entred in to Bretayne with sir Charles of Bloyes Cap. lxxi ¶ Howe therle MouÌ„tfort was taken at NauÌ„tes and howe he dyed Cap. lxxii ¶ Howe the kyng of EnglaÌ„de the thirde tyme made warre on the scottes Cap. lxxiii ¶ Howe king Dauyd of Scotlande caÌ„e with a great host to Newcastell vpoÌ„tyne ca. lxxiiii ¶ Howe the scottes distroyed the cyte of Dyrham Cap. lxxv ¶ Howe the scottes besieged a castell of therle of Salysburies Cap. lxxvi ¶ Howe the kyng of EnglaÌ„de was in amours of the countesse of Salisbury Cap. lxxvii ¶ Howe therle of Salisbury therle Moret were delyuered out of prison cap. lxxviii ¶ Howe sir Charles of Bloyes with dyuers lordes of Fraunce toke the cytie of Reynes in Bretayne Cap. lxxix ¶ Howe sir Charles of Bloyes besieged the couÌ„tesse of Mountfort in Hanybout ca. lxxx ¶ Howe sir Gaultier of Manny brought the englysshmen in to Bretayne Cap. lxxxi ¶ Howe the tastell of Conquest was wonne two tymes Cap. lxxxii ¶ Howe sir Loyes of Spaygne toke the townes of Dynant and of Gerande cap. lxxxiii ¶ Howe sir Gaultier of Manny discoÌ„fyted sir Loyes of Spayne Cap. lxxxiiii ¶ Howe sir Gaultier of Manny tooke the castell of Gony in the forest Cap. lxxxv ¶ Howe sir Charles of Bloies toke the towne of Carahes cap. lxxxvi ¶ Howe sir JohnÌ„ Butler sir Hubert of Fresnoy were rescued fro dethe Cap. lxxxvii ¶ Howe sir Charles of Bloys toke the towne of Jugon with the castell Cap. lxxxviii ¶ Of the feest and iustes that the kyng of Englande made at London for the loue of the couÌ„tesse of Salisbury Cap. lxxxix ¶ Howe the kyng of England sent sir Robert of Artoyse in to Bretayue Cap. lxxxx ¶ Of the batayle of Gernsay by twenesir Robert of Arthois and sir Loyes of Spaygne on the see Cap. lxxxxi ¶ Howe sir Robert of Arthois toke the cite of Uannes in Bretayne Cap. lxxxxii ¶ Howe sir Robert of Arthoise dyed where he was buryed Cap. lxxxxiii ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande caÌ„e in to Bretayne to make warre there Cap. lxxxxiiii ¶ Howe the lorde Clisson sir Henry of Leon were taken prisoners before UaÌ„nes ca. lxxxxv ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande toke the towne of Dynant Cap. lxxxxvi ¶ What lordes of frauÌ„ce the duke of Norman by brought into Bretayne against the kyng of Englande Cap. lxxxxvii ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande and the duke of Normandy were hoost agaynst hoost loged before Uannes Cap. lxxxxviii ¶ Howe the frenche kynge beheeded the lorde Clysson and dyuers other lordes of Bretayne and of Normandy Cap. lxxxxix ¶ Of the order of saynt George that king Edwarde stablysshed in the castell of Wyndsore Cap. c. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande delyuered out of prison sir Henry of Leon. Cap. c .i. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande sent the erle of Derby to make warre in Gascoyne Cap. c .ii. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby conquered the forteresse of Bergerath Cap. c .iii. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby conquered dyuers townes and forteresses in hye Gascoyne Cap. c .iiii. ¶ Howe therle of Quenfort was taken in Gascoyne and delyuered agayne by exchaunge Cap. c .v. ¶ Howe the erle of Layle lieutenant to the frenche kyng in Gascoyne layde siege before Auberoche Cap. c .vi. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby toke before Auberoche the erle of Layle and dyuers other erles and vycountes to the nombre of .ix. Ca. c .vii. ¶ Of the townes that therle of Derby wan in Gascoyne goynge towarde the Ryoll Cap. c .viii. ¶ Howe therle of Derby layde siege to the Ryoll and howe the towne was yelded to hym Cap. c .ix. ¶ Howe sir Gaultier of Manny founde in the Ryoll his fathers sepulture Cap. c .x. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby wanne the castell of the Ryoll Cap. c .xi. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby tooke the towne of Mauleon and after the towne of Franche in Gascoyne Cap. c .xii. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby wanne the cytie of Angolesme Cap. c .xiii. ¶ Howe sir Godfrey of Harcourt was banysshed out of Fraunce Cap. c .xiiii. ¶ Of the dethe of Jaques Dartuell of Gaunt Cap. c .xv. ¶ Of the dethe of WillmÌ„ erle of Heynalt who dyed in Frise and many with him Cap. c .xvi. ¶ Howe sir Johan of Heynault became frenche Cap. c .xvii. ¶ Of the great hoost that the duke of NormaÌ„dy brought into Gascoyne agaynst the erle of Derby Cap. c .xviii. ¶ Howe JohnÌ„ Norwich scaped fro Angolem whan the towne was yelden freÌ„che Cap. c .xix. ¶ Howe the duke of Normandy layd siege to Aguyllon with a hundred M. men Cap. c .xx. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande went ouer the see agayne to rescue them in Aguyllon Cap. c .xxi. ¶ Howe the kyng of EnglaÌ„de rode in thre batayls thorowe Normandy Cap. c .xxii. ¶ Of the great assemble that the frenche king made to resyst the kynge of Englande Cap. c .xxiii. ¶ Of the batayle of Cane and howe the Englysshmen toke the towne Cap. c .xxiiii. ¶ Howe sir Godfray of Harcort fought with them of Ampens before Parys Cap. c .xxv. ¶ Howe the frenche kyng folowed the kyng of Englande in Beauuonoyse Cap. c .xxvi. ¶ Howe the bataile of Blanche take was foughten bytwene the kyng of Englande and sir Godmar du Fay. Cap. c .xxvii. ¶ Of the order of the englysshmen at Cressey
howe the realme of FrauÌ„ce was full of naueroyse cap. c lxxxxi ¶ Of the naueroyse that the Chanone Robersart disconfyted in Beauoyse nere to the towne of Craule Cap. c lxxxxii ¶ Of the naueroyse that yelded vp saynt Ualerys to the frenchmen after they had ben long besieged Cap. c lxxxxiii ¶ Howe sir Philyp of Nauer reysed vp a thre thousande naueroyse to haue reysed the siege before saynt Ualerys Cap. c lxxxxiiii ¶ Of the Naueroyse that sir Peter Audeley brought on a night to haue takenne the cytie of Chalons cap. c lxxxxv ¶ Howe the Erle of Roucy was taken prisoner the seconde tyme. Cap. c lxxxxvi ¶ Of the thre quenes the naueryse that were besieged by the duke of NormaÌ„dy in Melune Cap. c. lxxxxâ—ii ¶ Howe the lorde Broquart of Fenestrages other frenchemen ordayned their bataylles agaynst the lorde Eustace Dambreticourt the englysshmen in ChaÌ„payne Cap. c lxxxxviii ¶ Of the batayle of Nogent bytwene the lorde Broquart of Fenestrages of the nacyon of Lorayne on the freÌ„che partie and sir Eustace Dabretycourt of the nacyon of Heynalt on the Englysshe partie Cap. c lxxxxix ¶ Howe the robbers and pyllers that kept fortresses in Fraunce began to declyne by myracle Cap. cc. ¶ Howe the frenchemen refused the peace that the kyng had made in Englande Cap. cc .i. ¶ Howe sir Eustace DaÌ„bretycourt was delyuered out of prison by great raunsome cap. cc .ii. ¶ Howe sir Broquart of Fenestrages made hymselfe to be payed of his wages of the duke of Normandy regent of Fraunce Cap. cc .iii. ¶ Of the iourney that sir RobrÌ„t Canoll made in Berry and Auuergne and of the lordes and gentylmen of the countre that pursewed after hym Cap. cc .iiii. ¶ Of the almayns that abode the kyng of Englande at Calys to ryde with hym in to the realme of Fraunce kyng Johan beyng styll prisoner in Englande Cap. cc .v. ¶ Of the great host that the kyng of EnglaÌ„de brought in to FrauÌ„ce to make warr there kynge Johan beyng prisoner in Englande and of the order of the Englysshe hoost Cap. cc .viii. ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande departed fro Calys and of the order of his hoost in ridynge thorowe Picardy and so to the cytie of Reynes Cap. cc .vii. ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande besieged the cytie of Reynes and of the castell of Charigny taken by the Englysshemen And of the warre that began agayne bytwene the duke of Normandy and the kyng of Nauer Cap. cc .viii. ¶ Howe the lorde of Roy disconfyted the lorde of Gomegynes and howe the castell of Comercy was taken by the englysshmen Cap. cc. ix ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande as he wente wasted and distroyed the countrey and howe he came to Aguyllon and there taryed and of the great prouisyon that came after his hoost Cap. cc .x. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande put the realme of Fraunce in to great trybulacion and of the prophecyes of the frere of Auygnon and of the ¶ Howe sir Robert Canoll sir Johan Chandos departed fro DoÌ„me without wynnyng of it and wâ—â— and toke Gauaches and Rochemador and dyuers other townes that were tourned frenche Cap. cc .lviii. ¶ Howe the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke toke by great aduyse the gaiyson of Bourdell Cap. cc .lix. ¶ Howe sir Robert Canoll sir Johan Chandos and sir Thomas Phelton ordered their people and retourned to the prince Ca. cc .lx. ¶ Howe the englysshe companyons tooke the castell of Bell perche therin the duke of Burbons mother and also they toke the stronge castell of saynt Seuere in Berry Cap. cc .lxi. ¶ Howe the castell of Roche sur yone was yelden vp to the englisshmen and howe the capyteyne therof was beheeded by the commaundement of the duke of Aniou Cap. cc. lxii ¶ Howe the duke of Burgoyne deê‘ted fro the cyye of Roen to th entent to fight with the duke of Lancastre howe they lodged eche agaynst other at Tournehen Cap. cc .lxiii. ¶ Howe sir JohnÌ„ Chandos brought the countre of Aniou in great trybulacion and howe he wasted distroyed the landes of the vycouÌ„t of Roch choart except the fortresses Ca. cc .lxiiii. ¶ Howe sir Loys of Sanxere came on therle of Penbroke and slewe dyuers of his men and besieged the erle in an howse Cap. ii C .lxv. ¶ Howe sir JohnÌ„ Chandos caÌ„e to the socoure and rescue of therle of Penbroke Cap. cc .lxvi. ¶ Howe quene Philyppe of Englande passed out of this mortall lyfe and of the thre requestes that she desyred of the kyng her husband or she departed Cap. cc .lxvii. ¶ Howe the duke of Burgoyne deê‘ted fro the duke of Lancastre without batayle howe the duke of LaÌ„castre went to Calys Ca. cc .lviii. ¶ Howe the countrey of Uermandoyse and the couÌ„tie of saynt Poule were wasted sir Hugh of Chastellone taken Cap. cc .lxix. ¶ Howe sir Johan Chandos was slayne in a batayle and finally the frenchmen discomfyted in the same batayle Cap. cc .lxx. ¶ Howe the lorde of Coucy the lorde of Pomyers wolde nat entre in to the warre nother on the one parte nor on the other and howe the lorde of Maleuale and the lorde of Marnayle tourned frenche Cap. cc .lxxi. ¶ The copy of the letters sent fro the kynge of England in to Acquitayne and howe Chastelerant was taken and Bell perche besieged by the frenchmen Cap. cc .lxxii. ¶ Howe the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke ledde a way fro the garyson of Bell perche the duke of Burbons mother all tho that were within Cap. cc .lxxiii. ¶ Howe the duke of Burbon gaue leaue to all his men to departe when he knewe that the lady his mother was ledde a way Cap. cc .lxxiiii. ¶ Howe the duke of Aniou came fro Tholouse to Parys and howe kynge Charles sent hym with the duke of Berry his brother in to Aquitayne agaynst the englisshmen Cap. cc .lxxv. ¶ Howe sir Bertram of Clesquy deê‘ted out of Spayne weÌ„t to Tholous where as the duke of Aniou receyued hym ioyously Ca. cc .lxxvi. ¶ Howe they of Monsac and of MouÌ„tpellyer yelded them to the duke of Aniowe and of the duke of Berry who layde siege before the cytie of Lymoges Cap. cc .lxxvii. ¶ Howe trewse was made bytwene England and Scotlande and howe sir Robert Canoll brent and eryled the countrey of Picardy and Uermandoyse Cap. cc .lxxviii. ¶ Howe they of Noyon toke the englysshmen that had set fyre in the bysshops bridge howe the frenche kyng sent for sir Bertram of Clesquy Cap. cc .lxxix. ¶ Howe they of Lymoges yelded them to the duke of Berrey and howe he brake vp his army Cap. cc .lxxx. ¶ Howe sir Robert Canoll entred in to the realme of FrauÌ„ce with a great nombre of men of armes and came nere to the cytie of Parys Cap. cc .lxxxi. ¶ Howe sir Bertram of Clesquy made great warre in the countie of Lymoges and
Beamond Thus passed that day and â—one other thynge done that ought to be remembred ¶ how these kynges ordayned their batayls at â—yronfosse Cap. xâ—â— WHan the friday came in the mornyng both hoostes aparelled theÌ„ selfe redy and euery lorde harde masse among their owne coÌ„paâ—yes and dyuers wer shrâ—uen First we woll speke of thorder of thenglysshmen who drewe theÌ„ forwarde into the feldâ— and made iii â–ª batels a fote and dyd put all their horses and bagages into a lytell wood behynde them and for tefyed it The first batell ledde the duke of Guerles the marques of Nusse the marques of Blaquebourâ— sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt therle of â—oÌ„s therle of Sauynes the lorde of Faulquemont sit Guyllam du Fort sir Arnolde of Baqucheâ— and the almayns and amonge them â–ª was â–ª xxii â–ª banners and .lx. penons in the hale and .viii. Mâ—men The seconde batayle had the duke of Brabant and the lordes and knyghtes of his countrey First the lorde of â—uâ—se the lorde Bergues the lorde of Bredangh the lorde of 〈◊〉 the lorde of â—aucelare the lorde of Borguynall the lorde of StoÌ„neuort the lorde of wyten the lorde of Elka the lorde of Cassebegne yâ— lorde of Duffle ser Thyrre of â—alcourt ser Rasse of the Grez ser JohnÌ„ of Cassebegne ser JohnÌ„ Filyfe ser Gyles of Coterebe ser water of â—otebergue the thre bretherne of Harlebecque ser Henry of FlaiuÌ„ders and dyuerse other barownes knyghtê of flanders who were all vnder yâ— duke of 〈◊〉 baner as yâ— lorde of Hallayne yâ— lorde of 〈◊〉 sir Hector â—yllains sit JohnÌ„ of Rodes ser 〈◊〉 start of Gupstell ser wyllinÌ„ of Stratâ— ser 〈◊〉 de la mule many other The duke of BrabaÌ„t had a .xxiiii. baners and .lxxx. penons in all a vii M. men The .iii. bataile the grettest haâ— the kyng of Englande and with hym his cosyn therle of Derby the bysshoppÌ„ of Lyncolne the bysshoppÌ„ of Durame therle of Salysbury the erle of Northamton and of Glocetter therle of Suffolke sir Robert Dartoyse as than called erle of Rychmont the lorde Raynolde CobhmÌ„ the lorde Persy the lorde Roose the lord Montbray sir Lewes and sir JohnÌ„ Beauchampe the lorde Dalawarr the lorde of Laucome the lorde Basset the lorde fitz water sir Water Manny sir Newe Hastyngs sir JohnÌ„ Lyle and dyuers other that I can nat name among other was ser JohnÌ„ Chandos of whom moche honour is spoken in this boke The kyng had with hym .xxviii. baners and lxxxx penons and in his batayle a vi M. men of armes and .vi. M. archers And he had set an other batell as in a wyng wherof therle of Warwyke therle of Penbroke the lorde Barkley the lorde Multon and dyuerse other were as cheyfe they wer on horsbacke Thus whanÌ„e euery lorde was vnder his banner as it was coÌ„maunded by the marshals the kynge of England mounted on a palfray acoÌ„panyed all onely with sir Robert Dartoyse sir Raynolde Cobham and ser Water of Manny and rode a long before all his batels and right swetely desyred all his lordes and other That they wolde that day ayde to defende his honoure they all ê“mysed hym so to do Than he returned to his owne batell set euery thing in good order and coÌ„mauÌ„ded that non shuld go before the marshals banerê ¶ Nowe let vs speke of the lordes of Fraunce what they dyd They were .xi. score baners .iiii. kynges .vi. dukes .xxvi. erles and mo than .iiii. M. knyghtes and of the coÌ„mons of Fraunce mo than .lx. M. The kyngs that were ther with kyng Philyppe of Ualoys was the kyng of Behayne the kyng of Nauerr king Dauyd of Scotland the duke of Normandy the duke of Bretayne the duke of Burbon the duke of Lorrayne and the duke of Athenes Of erles therle of Alanson brother to the kyng the erle of Flaunders therle of Heynalt the erle of Bloys therle of Bare therle of Forestes therle of Foyz therle of Armynacke the erle Dophyn of Auuergne therle of LoÌ„guyle therle of StaÌ„pes therle of Uandosme therle of Harrecourt therle of saynt Pol therle of Guynes therle of Bowlougne therle of Roussy therle of Dampmartyn therle of Ualentynois therle of Aucer therle of Sancerre therle of Genue the erle of Dreux and of Gascongne and of Languedoc So many erles and vycuntes that it were long to reherse it was a great beauty to beholde the baners and standerdes wauyng in the wynde and horses barded and knyghtes and squyers richely armed The frechemen ordayned thre great batayls in eche of them fyftene thousand men of armes and .xx. M. men a fote ¶ Howe these two kynges departed fro Uironfosse without batayle Cap. xlii IT might well be marueyledde howe so goodly a sight of men of warr so nere togyder shulde depart without batayle But the french men were nat all of one acorde they were of dyuers opynyons Some sayed it were a great shame and they fought nat seyng their ennemys so nere theÌ„ in their owne countre raynged in the felde and also had promysed to fyght with theÌ„ and some other sayd it shulde be a great folly to fyght for it was harde to knowe euery mannes mynde ieoê‘dy of treason For they sayd if fortune were coÌ„trary to their kyng as to lese the selde he than shuld put all his hole realme in a ieopardy to be lost And though he dyd dysconfet his ennemes yet for all that he shuld be neuer the nerer of the realme of Englande nor of such landes parteynyng to any of those lordes that be with hym alyed Thus in striuyng of dyuers opynions the day past tyll it was past noone and than sodenly ther started an Hare among the frenchmen and suche as sawe her cryed and made gret bruÌ„t wherby suche as were behynde thought they before had ben fightynge And so put on their helmes and toke their speres in their handes and so ther were made dyuers newe knyghtes and specially therle of Heynalt made .xiiii. who wer euer after called knyghts of the hare Thus that batell stode styll all that friday and besyde this stryfe bytwene the counsellours of France ther was brought in letters to the hoost of recoÌ„mendacion to the frenche kyng and to his counsell Fro kyng Robert of Cicyle the which kyng as it was sayd was a great astronomyer and full of great science He had often tymes sought his bokê on thestate of the kyngs of England and of fraÌ„ce he founde by his astrology by theÌ„fluens of the heueÌ„s that if the french kyng euer fought with kyng Edwarde of england he shuld be discoÌ„fited wherfore he lyke a king of gret wysdoÌ„e and as he that douted the peryll of the frenche kyng his cosyn sent often tymes letters to king Philyppe and to his counsayle that in no wyse he shulde make any batayle agaynst thenglyss men where as kyng Edwarde was personally present So that what for dout and for such writyng fro the kyng of Cecyle dyuers
of England to be the more stroÌ„ger in his warre agaynst the freÌ„chmen But first he made his vncle sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt chefe maister and gouernour of Holande zelande and sir JohnÌ„ lay styll at Mons and prouyded for the contrey and sent to UalenceÌ„nes to confort and ayde theÌ„ the lorde Autoyng the lorde of Uerguy yâ— lord of Gomegynes and sir Henry of Huspharyce and the stewarde of Heynault with a hundred speares to the towne of Landrechyes And to Bouhayne thre brethern almayns called Courtars and to â—scaudymeâ— sir Gararde Sasses gynes and into the towne of Dauesnes the lord of Faulquemount And thus he dyde into euery fortresse on the fronters of Fraunce ¶ Howe they of Tourney made a Courney into Flaunders Cap. xlvi WHan the frenche kyng knewe howe the heynowes had brent the contrey of Thyerache taken and stayne his knyghtes and distroyed the good towne of Aubenton Than he commaunded the duke of Normandy his sonne that he shulde make a iourney into Heynalt and bring the countrey into that case that it shuld neuer bere couerd agayne Also the kyng ordayned therle of Layll Gastone who was as than with the kyng at Parys that he shulde make a voyage into Gascoyne as his lyeutenant and to make warre to Burdeux and to Bordeloys and to all the fortresses that helde of the kyng of Englande And also the frenche kynge enforced his great nauy that he had on the see and commaunded them to kepe the bondes of Flanders and nat to suffre the kyng of Englande to passe ouer the see into Flanders on payne of their lyues And whan the frenche kyng vnderstode that the flemynges had made homage to the kynge of Englande he sent vnto them a prelate vnder the colour of the pope Shewyng them that ys they wolde retourne and knowledge themselfe to holde of hym and of the crowne of Fraunce and to forsake the kyng of Englande who had enchaunted them Than he sayd he wolde ê‘don them of all their trespaces and wolde quyte theÌ„ of the gret soÌ„me of money that they wer bound vnto hym by oblygacion of olde tyme and also to gyue theÌ„ many fayre franchyses And the slemmynges answered howe they thought theÌ„selfe right well assoyled and quyted in any thynge that they were bouÌ„de to the kyng of Fraunce Than the frenche kyng complayned to pope Clement the .vi. whervpon the pope dyd cast suche a sentence of cursyng that no preest durst syng or say ther any diuyne seruyce Wherof the slemmynges sent a great coÌ„playnt vnto the kyng of Englande who to apease them sent them worde that whan he came ouer the see he wolde bring preestes out of his contrey to syng masses whyther the pope wolde or nat for he sayd he had priuylege so to do And so by that meanes the fleÌ„mynges were somwhat apeased And whan the frenche kyng sawe that he coude nat tourne the sleÌ„mynges fro their opynion than he coÌ„maunded them of the garysons of Tourney Lysle and 〈◊〉 â–ª and other to make warre on the flem 〈…〉 and to ouer ronne the contrey And so 〈◊〉 â—ohnÌ„ du Roy and ser Mathue de Trye marshall of Fraunce and sir Godmar du Fay and dyuers other lordes made an army of M. men of armes and. CCC crosbowes what of Turney Lylle and Doway And so in an euenyng ther departed fro Turney and by yâ— it was day in the mornyng â–ª they were before Courtray by 〈◊〉 â—â—yme the son was vp they had gathered togyther all the catall ther about and some of theÌ„ ran to the gatê and slewe and hurt dyuers that they founde without And thanÌ„e they retourned without any domage and droue before them al their prayes so that whaÌ„ they came to Turney they had mo thaÌ„ .x. M. shepe as many swyne beates and kyen wherof the flemynges were sore troubled Than Jaques Dartuell sware yâ— it shulde be derely reuenged and incoÌ„tynent he coÌ„maunded the good townes of Flanders that their men a warr shulde be with hym before Turney at a day assigned and he wrote to therle of Salysbury and to therle of Suffolke who wer at Ipre that they shulde be ther at yâ— same And so agaynst the day lymitted he weÌ„t out of GauÌ„t and came to a place bytwene And warpe Turney called le Pount de Sere and there he lodged and taryed for therles of England and for them of Franke of Bruges The sayd two erles thought for their honour that the enterprise shulde nat be delayed by them and so sent to Jaques Dartuell promysing hym nat to fayle to be at the day apoynted And so on a day they departed from Ipre with a .l. speares and a fortie crosbowes â–ª and went towarde the place where as Jaques Dartuell abode for theÌ„ and as they passed by the towne of Lyle they were ê‘ceyued And they of the towne yssued out with a .xv. C. men a fote and a horsbacke and went in .iii. partes to th entent that therles shuld nat scape theÌ„ So these two erles rode forth by the gyding of sir U 〈…〉 art de la Crox â–ª who had kept loÌ„g warrÌ„ agaynst them of Lyle and he knewe all yâ— wayes of the contrey as than was at Ipre And so he came forthe with these erles to be their gyde and he had well gyded them they of Lyle had nuely made a great dyke wher as there was neuer none before and whan sir Uauflart hadde brought them thyder sawe howe the way was nuely stopped he sayd to therles of Englande sirs I se well we can nat passe without the danger of them of Lysle wherfore I counsell let vs turne agayne and take some other way Than the lordes sayde nay sir Uauflart it shall neuer be sayd that we woll go out of our way for feare of them of Lysle Therfore ryde on byfore we haue promysed Jaques Dartuell to be with hym this day and so thenglysshmen rode forth with out feare Than sir Uauflart sayd sirs ye haue taken me in this vyage to be your gyde and I haue ben with you all this wynter iÌ„ Ipre wherof I am moch bouÌ„de to you But if they of Lyle yssue out vpon vs haue no trust that I wyll abyde them for I wyll saue my selfe assone as I can for if I wer taken it shulde cost me my lyfe the which I loue better thaÌ„ your coÌ„pany Than the lordes dyd laugh at hym and sayd well and yf it be so we holde you well excused and as he ymagined so it be fell â–ª for or they wer ware they were in danger of the frenche busshement who cryed stoppe sirs for ye shall nat passe this way without our lycence and so began to shote and to ronne on the englysshmen And assone as syr Uauflart sawe the maner he had no lyst to ryde any farther but retourned assone as he myght and gate hymselfe out of the preace And the. iâ— erles fell in the handes of their ennemies lyke
leaue to all the souldyours to depart And toke with hym to Ualencennes all the great lordes and ther feasted them honourably and specially the duke of Brabant and Jaques Dartuell And ther Jaques Dartuell openly in the market place in the presence of all the lordes and of all such as wold here hym declared what right the kyng of Englande had to the crowne of FraÌ„ce and also what puyssaunce the thre countreis were of Flaunders Heynault and Brabant surely ioyned in one alyance And he dyde so by his great wysdome and plesaunt wordes that all people that harde hym praysed hym moche and sayd howe he had nobly spoken by great experyeÌ„ee And thus he was greatly praysed it was sayd that he was well worthy to gouerne yâ— countie of Flaunders Than the lordes departed and promysed to mete agayne within .viii. dayes at Gaunt to se the kyng of England and so they dyd And the kyng feasted them honorably and so dyd the quene who was as than nuly purifyed of a sonne called JohnÌ„ who was after duke of Lancastre by his wyfe doughter to duke Henry of LaÌ„castre Than ther was a couÌ„sell set to be at Uyllenort and a day lymitted ¶ Howe kynge Robert of Cicyll dyd all that he might to pacyfie the kyngê of Fraunce and Englande Cap. â—i WHan the french king harde howe his army on the see was dyscoufyted he dylloged and drewe to Arras gaue leaue to his men to depart tyll he harde other tidynges And sent sir Godmar du Fay to Tourney to se that there lacked nothyng he feared more the itemynges than any other And sent the lord of Beautewe to Mortayn to kepe the fronters agaynst Heynalt and he sent many meÌ„ of warr to saynt Omers to Ayre and to saynt â—enaunt and purueyed suffyciently for all the forteresses frontyng on Flanders In this season ther raygned a kyng in Cicyll called Robert who was reputed to be a great astronomyer and alwayes he warned the frenche kyng and his counsell that in no wyse he shulde fight agaynst the king of Englande for he sayd it was gyuen the king of Englande to be right fortunate in all his dedes This kyng Robert wold gladly haue sene these two kynges at a good acorde for he loued somoch the crowne of Fraunce yâ— he was right sorte to se the desolacyon cherof This kynge of Cicyll was at Auygnone with pope Clement with the colledge ther and declared to them the peryls yâ— were likely to fall in the realme of FraÌ„ce by the warr byt wene the sayd two kyngê de syring them that they wold helpe to fynde some meanes to apease them Wher vnto yâ— pope and the cardynals answered howe they wolde gladly intende therto so that the two kynges wolde heâ—e them ¶ Of the counsayle that the kynge of Englande and his alyes helde at Uyllenort Cap. lii AT this counsayle holden at Uyllenort were these lordes as foloweth The kyng of England yâ— duke of Brabant therle of Henalt ser John his vncle yâ— duke of Guerles therle of Jullers the marques of Faulquehoure the marques of Musse therle of Mons sir Robert Dartoys the lorde of Falquemont sir Wyllyam of Dunort therle of Namur Jaques Dartuell and many other great lordes of euery good towne of Flanders a thre or .iiii. personages in maner of a counsayle Ther was a grement made bytwene the thre contreis FlaÌ„ders BrabaÌ„t and Heynalt that fro thens forth eche of them shulde ayde and confort other in all cases And ther they made assuraÌ„ce ech to other that if any of them had to do with any countrey thother two shulde gyue ayde And her after if any of them shulde be at dyscorde one with an other the thyrde shulde set agremeÌ„t bytwene theÌ„ And if he were nat able so to do than the mater shulde be put vnto the kynge of Englande in whose handes this mater was sworne and promysed and he to agre them And inconfyrmacion of loue and amyte they ordayned a lawe to ryn throughout those .iii. contres the which was called the lawe of the companyons or alyes and ther it was determyned that the kyng of EnglaÌ„de shulde remoue about Maudelentyde after and ley siege to Turney and ther to mete all yâ— sayd lordes and thers with the powers of all yâ— good to wnes And than euery man departed to their owne houses to aparell them in that behalfe ¶ Howe the kyng of England hesieged the cyte of Tourney with great puysance Cap. liii THe frenche kyng after the departure of these lordes fro the counsell of Uyllenort he knewe yâ— most part of their determynacion Than he seÌ„t to Tourney the chefe men of warr of all FrauÌ„ce as therle of Ewe the yong erle of Guynes his sonne constable of Fraunce therle of Foytz and his bretherne therle Amery of Narbon sir Aymer of Poyters sir Geffray of Charney sir Gararde of Mountfaucon the two marshals sir Robert Bertrand and sir Mathue de Troy the lorde of Caieur the senesshall of Poyctou the lord of Chastelayn and sir JohnÌ„ of Landas and these had with them valyant knyghtes and squyers They came to Tourney and founde there sir Godmar du Fay who was ther before Than they toke regarde to the prouisyon of the towne as well to the vytels as to thartyllerie and forti ficatyon and they causen to be brought out of the contrey there about where otes and other prouysion ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to yâ— kyng of Englande whan the tyme aproched that he and his alyes shuld mete before Tourney and that the corne beganne to rype he departed fro Gaunt with .vii. erles of his contrey .viii. prelates xxviii baronettes ii C. knyghtesê foure thousande men of armes and. 〈◊〉 M. archers besyde fotemen All his hoost passed through yâ— towne of Andwarpe and so passed the â—â—uer of â—escalt and lodged before Tourney at the gate called saynt Martyne the way to â—arde Lysle and Doway Than anone after came the duke of Brabant with mo than xâ— M. men knyghtes squyers and coÌ„mons and he lodged at the brige of Aryes by the ryuer of Lescalt bytwene thabbey of saynt Nycholas and the gate UaleÌ„ tenoys Next to hym came therle of Heynaultê with a gooly company of his contrey with many of Holande and zelande and he was loged bytwene the kyuge and the duke of Brabaunt Than came Jaques Dartuell with mo thaÌ„ lâ— thousande slemmynges besyde them of â—pre Dropingne Cassell Bergues and they were sent on the other syde as ye shall here after Jaques Dartuell lodged at the gate saynt Fountayne yâ— duke of Guerles therse of Jullers the marques of BlaÌ„queboure yâ— marques of musse therle of Mons therle of Sauynes the lord of Falquemount sir Arnolde of Baquechew and all the Almayns were lodged on the other syde towarde Heynalt Thus the cytie of Tourney was cnuyroned rounbe about and euery hoost myght resort eche to other so that none coulde yssue out without spyeug ¶ Howe
of trumpettes and canayrs wherof the frenche hoost had great marueyle and armed theÌ„ and ran to the towne to assaut it and they within redy to defende ther began a feerse assaut endured tyll noone but the frenchmen lost more than they within At noone thassaut ceased than they toke counsell that sir Charles du Bloys shulde go fro that sege and gyue assaut to the castell of Alroy the which kyng Arthure made and with hym shulde go the duke of Burbone therle of Bloys the marshall of France sir Robert Bertrande and that sir Henry de Leon and part of the geneuoys and the lorde Loys of Spayne and the vycont of Rohayne withall the spanyer des shulde abyde styll before Hanybout for they sawe well they coulde haue no profet to assayle Hanybout any more But they sent for xii great engyns to Renes to thyntent to cast into the towne and castell day night So they deuyded their host the one styll before Hanybout the other with sir Charles of Bloys before Aulroy they within Alroy were well fortifyed and were a two C. companyons able for to mayntayne the warre And sir Henry of Penfort and sir Olyuer his brother were chyefe capitaynes ther a foure leages fro that castell was the good towne of Uannes parteyning to the countesse and capitayne ther was sir Gelfray of Malatrayt nat farre thens also was the good towne of Guyngnape the cathelayne of Dyuant was captayne ther he was at Hanybout with the couÌ„tesse and had lefte in the towne of Dynant his wyfe and his chyldren and had lefte ther capytayne in his stede Raynolde his son Bytwene these two townes stode a stronge castell parteynyng to sir Charles du Bloys 〈◊〉 was well kept with soudyours burgonyons Captayne there was sir Gerarde of Maulayne and with hym an other knyght called Pyer Portbeufe they wasted all the contrey about them and coÌ„strayned sore the sayd two townes for ther coude no ther marchandyse nor prouisyon entre into any of theÌ„ but in great danger On a day they wold ryde towarde UaÌ„nes and an other day towarde Guyngnape and on a day sir Raynolde of Dynant layed a busshment and the same day 〈◊〉 Gerarde of Maulayne rode forthe and had taken a .xv. marchantes and all their goodes and was driuyng of them towardes their castell called Rochprion and so fell in the busshment and ther sir Raynolde of Dynant toke sir Gerarde prisoner and a .xxv. of his company and rescued the marchantes and ledde forthe their prisoners to Dynant wherof sir Raynolde was moche praysed and well worthy ¶ Nowe let vs speke of the countesse of MouÌ„t for t who was besieged in Hanybout by sir Loys of Spayne who kept the siege ther and he had so broken and brused the walles of the towne with his engins So that they within began to be a basshed and on a day the bysshop of Leon spake with sir Henry of Leon his nephue by whoÌ„ as it was sayd that therle MouÌ„tfort was taken So longe they spake togyder that they agreed yâ— the bysshop shulde do what he coude to cause the coÌ„pany within to agre to yelde vp the town and castell to sir Charles de Bloys and 〈◊〉 Henry de Leon on thother syde shuld purchase pece fortheÌ„ all of sir Charles de Bloyes and to lese nothyng of their goodes Thus the bysshop entred agayne into the towne the countes incoÌ„tynent douted of some yuell purchase than she desyred the lordes and knightes that were ther that for the loue of god they shulde be in no dout for she sayd she was in suretie that they shuld haue socours within thre dayes howbeit the bysshope spake somoch and shewed so many reasons to the lordes that they were in a great trouble all that night The next mornyng they brewe to couÌ„sell agayne so that they wer nere of acorde to haue gyuen vp the towne sir HeÌ„ry was coÌ„e nere to the towne to haue taken possession therof than the countesse loked downe along the see out at a wyndo in the castell began to smyle for great ioy that she had to se the socours commyng 〈◊〉 which she had so long desyred Than she 〈◊〉 out a loude and sayd twyse I se the socurs of Englande coÌ„myng than they of the towne â—an to the walles and sawe a great nomâ—â— of 〈◊〉 pes great and small fresshly decked coÌ„myng towarde Hanybout they thought well it was the socours of England who had ben on the see .lx. dayes by reason of contrary wyndes ¶ Howe sir Water of Manny brought thenglysshmen into Bretayne Cap. lxxxi WHan the seneshall of Guyngnape Perse of Tribyquedy sir Galeran of Landreman and the other knyghtê sawe these socours coÌ„myng thaÌ„ they sayd to the bysshoppe sir ye may well leaue your treaty for they sayd they were nat coÌ„ tent as than to folowe his counsayle Than the bysshoppe sayd sirs than our company shall de part for I wyll go to hym that hath moost right as me semeth Than he departed fro Hanibout and defyed the couÌ„tesse and all her ayders and so went to sir Henry de Leon and shewed hym howe the mater went than sir Henry was sore dyspleased and caused incontynent to rere vp the grettest ingens that they had nere to the cattell and coÌ„maunded that they shuld nat sease to last day and nyght Than he deê‘ted thens and brought the bysshoppe to sir Loys of Spayne who receyued hym with great ioye and so dyd sir Charles of Bloys than the countesse dressed vp halles and chambers to lodge the lordes of Englande that were coÌ„myng and dyd sende agaynst them right nobly And whan they wer a lande she came to them with great reuerence and feested them the beest she might and thanked theÌ„ right humbly and caused all the knyghtes and other to lodge at their ease in the castell and in the towne And the nexte day she made them a great feest at dyner all night the nexte day also the ingens neuer ceased to cast and after dyner sir Gaultier of MaÌ„ny who was chefe of that company demaunded of the state of the towne of the hoost without And sayd I haue a great desyre to yssue out and to breke downe this great ingen that standeth so nere vs if any â—oll folowe me Than Perse of Tribyquidy sayde howe he wolde nat fayle hym at this his first begynning and so sayd the lorde of LaÌ„dre man than they armed them and so they yssued out priuely at a certayne gate with theÌ„ a .iii. hundred archers who shotte so holly togyder yâ— they that kept the ingen fledde awaye and the men of armes came after the archers and slewe dyuerse of them that fledde and bete downe the great engyn and brake it all to peaces ThanÌ„e they ranne in amonge the tentes and logynges and set fyre in dyuerse places and slewe hurt dyuers tyll the hoost began to styrre than they withdrue fayre and easely and they
Rochfort and newely refresshed the towne and castell with meÌ„ of warr and â—uisyon In this meane season certayne noble men of Bretayne spake for a truse for a certayn space bytwene sir Charles of Bloyes and the countesse of Mountfort the which was agreed by all their ayders and assisters also the kynge of Englande sent for the countesse to come into Englande and assone as this trewse was confirmed the couÌ„tesse toke see and passed into Englande ¶ Of the feest and iustynge made at London by the kyng of England for the loue of the countesse of Salisbury Cap. lxxxix LE haue well harde here before howe the kynge of Englande had great warres in dyuers countreis and had men of warre in garysons to his gret cost and charge as in Picardy NormaÌ„dy Gascoyne Xaynton Poycton Bretayne and Scotlande ye haue harde also before how the kyng was stryken in loue with the countesse of Salisbury loue quickened hym day and night her fresshe beautie godely demeanour was euer in his remeÌ„brance though therle of Salisbury was one of the priuyest of his counsell and one of them that had done hym best seruyce So it fell that for the loue of this lady and for the great desyre that the king had to se her he caused a great feest to be cryed and a iustyng to be holden in the cyti of LoÌ„don in the myddes of August the which cry was also made in Flaunders in Heynault in BrabaÌ„t and in Fraunce gyueng all coÌ„mers out of euery contrey safe coÌ„duct to come and go and had gyuen in coÌ„maundement through his owne realme that all lordes knyghtes squyers ladyes and domosels shuld be ther without any excuse and coÌ„maunded expresly the erle of Salisbury that the lady his wyfe shulde be ther to bring with her all ladyes and damosels of that countrey Th erle graunted the kyng as he that thought none yuell the gode lady durst nat say nay howbeit she came sore agaynst her wyll for she thought well ynough wherfore it was but she durst nat dyscouer the mater to her husband she thought she wolde deale so to bringe the kynge fro his opynion This was a noble feest there was the erle Wyllyam of Heynalt and 〈◊〉 JohnÌ„ of Heynalt his vncle and a great nombre of lordes and knyghtes of hyghe lynage there was great daunsynge and iustynge the space of .xv. dayes the lorde JohnÌ„ eldyst son to the vycount Beaumonde in England was slayne in the iustes All ladyes and damoselles were fresshely besene accordyng to their degrees except Alys countesse of Salisbury for she went as simply as she myght to the intent that the kyng shulde nat sette his regarde on her for she was fully determyned to do no maner of thynge that shulde tourne to her dyshonour nor to her husbandes At this feest was sir Henry with the wrye necke erle of Lancaltre and sir Henry his sonne erle of Derby sir Robert Dartoyes erle of Rychmount the erle of Northampton and of Glocetter the erle of Warwyke the erle of Salisbury the erle of Penneforde the erle of Hereford the erle of Arundell the erle of Cornewall the erle of â—uenforde the erle of Suffolke the baron of Stafforde and dyuers other lordes knightes of Englande And at all these nobles departed the kyng receyued letters fro dyuers lordes of sundrie contreis as out of Goscoyne Bayon Flaunders fro Jaques Dartuell and out of Scotlande fro the lorde Rose and the lorde Persy and fro sir Edward Baylleull captayne of Berwyke who sygnifyed the kynge that the scottes helde but simply the trewse concludedd the yere before for they newely assembled togyder moch people for what entent they coude nattell Also the captayne in Poycton Xanton Rochell and Burdeloyes wrote to the kyng howe the frenchmen made great preparacions for the warre for the peace made at Arras was nere expyred wherfore it was tyme for the kyng to take counsayle and aduyse and so he aunswered the messangers fro poynt to poynt ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande sent sir Robert Dartoys into Bretayne Cap. lxxxx AMong all other thynges the kynge of Englande wolde socoure the countesse of MouÌ„tfort who was with the quene Thanne the kyng desyred his cosyn sir Robert Dartoyes to take a certayne nombre of men of warre and archers and to go with the couÌ„tesse into Bretayne And so he dyde and they departed and toke shypping at Hampton and were on the see a great season bycause of coÌ„trary wyndes They departed about Ester at this great counsell at London the kyng was aduysed to sende to Scotlande for the parfour maunce of a trewse to endure for two or thre yeres Consydring that the kyng had somoche besynesse in other places the kynge of Englande was lothe therto for he wolde haue made suche warr into Scotland that they shulde haue ben fayne to haue desyred peace howbeit his counsayle shewed hym suche reasons that he agreed therto Among other thynges his counsell sayd that it was great wysdome whan a prince hath warre in dyuers placâ— at one tyme to agre with one by truse another to pacify with fayre wordes and on the thyrde to make warre Thanne was there a bysshoppe sende on that legacyon and so he went forthe and in processe retourned agayne and brought relacyon howe the the king of scottes wolde agre to no trewese without the agrement of the frenche kynge Than the kyng of Englande sayde openly that he wolde neuer rest tyll he had so arayed the realme of Scotlande that it shulde neuer be recouered than he 〈◊〉 maunded that euery man shulde be with hym at Berwyke by Eester except suche as were apoynted to go into Bretayn The feest of Ester came and the kynge helde a great court at Berwyke for the chiefe of the lordes and knyghts of England were ther and there taryed the space of thre wyckes In the meane season certayne good men laboured bytwene the parties to haue a trewse and so there a truse was agreed to endure for two yere and confyrmed by the french kyng Than euery man departed and the kyng went to Wyndsore than he sende the lorde Thomas Hollande and the lorde JohnÌ„ 〈…〉 Bayon with two hundred men of armes and-four hundred archers to kepe the fronters ther. ¶ Nowe let vs speke of sir Robert Dartoyes that yere fell so hye that it was nere to then 〈…〉 g of May in the myddes of the whiche moneth the trewse bytwene the lorde Charles of Bloys and the countesse of Mountfort shulde expyre Sir Charles of Bloyes was well 〈…〉 fyed of the purchase that the countesse of Mou 〈…〉 had made in Englande and of the confort that the kynge had promysed her for the whiche intent the lorde Loyes of Spayne sir Charles Germaux and sir Othes Dornes were layd on the see about Gernzay with a thre thousande genowayes and a thousande men of armmes and .xxxii. great shyppes ¶ Of the batell of Gernzay bytwene sir Robert Dartoys and sir Loys of
made there a great assemble of men of warre ThanÌ„e the kynge departed fro Renes and left them â—â—yll ther that were ther before to contynue their siege Than the kyng caÌ„e before Nauntes and besieged it as farre as he might but he coude nat lay rounde about the cite was so great the marshall of the hoost rode abrode and distroyed great part of the countrey The kyng ordayned his batellon a lytell mouÌ„tayne without the towne and thereâ—â—ryed fro the mornyng tyll is was noone wenyng that sir Charles of Bloys wolde haue yssued out to haue gyuen hym batayle and whan they sawe it wolde nat be they brewe to their lodgyngs the fore ryders ranne to the baryers and skirmysshed and brent the subbarbes Thus the kyng lay before Nauntes and sir Charles within who wrote to the frenche kyng the state of thenglysshmen The frenche kyng had commaunded his sonne the duke of Normandy to gyue ayde to ser Charles of Bloyes the which duke was as than coÌ„e to Angyers and there made his asseÌ„ble of men of warr The kyng of Englande made dyuers assautes to Nantes but euer he lost of his men and wanne nothyng and whan he sawe that by assautes he coude do nothyng and that 〈◊〉 Charles wolde nat yssue out into the felde to fyght with hym than he ordayned therle of â—uenforte sir Henry vycont of BeaumoÌ„t the lorde â—erâ—y the lorde Rose the lorde Mombray the lorde Dalawarre the lorde Raynolde Cobham and the lorde sir JohnÌ„ Lysse with sixe hundred men of armes and two hundred archers to kepe styll the siege ther and to ryde and distroy the countrey all about And than the kynge went and layed sege to the towne of Dynant wherof sir Peter Portbeuâ—e was captayne the kyng made there fierse assautes and they within defended themselfe valyantly Thus the kyng of England all at one season had sieges lyeng to thre cites and a good towne in Bretaygne ¶ Howe sir Henry of Leon the lorde Clysson were taken prisoners before Uannes Cap. lxxxxv WHyle the kyng of England was thus in Bretayne wastynge and distroyeng the contrey suche as he hadlyeng at sege before UaÌ„nes gaue dyuers 〈◊〉 and specially at one of the gats And on a day ther was a great assaut and many feates of armes done on bothe parties they within set opyn the gate and came to the baryers bycause they sawe the erle of Warwykes baner and therle of ArnÌ„dels the lorde Staffordes and sir Water of Mannes aduenturyng themself teopdously as they thought Wherfore the lorde Clysson sir Henry of Leon and other aduentured themselfe couragyously ther was a sore skirmysshe finally the englysshmen were put backe than the knyghts of Bretayne openyd the barryes and aduentured themselfe and left sir knyghtes with a gode nombre to kepe the towne and they yssued out after thenglysshmen and thenglysshmen reculed wysely and euer fought as they sawe their auantage Thenglysshmen multiplyed in suche wyse that at last the freÌ„chmen and bretons wer fayne to recule backe agayne to their towne nat in so good order as they came forthe than thenglysshmen folowed theÌ„ agayne and many were slayne and hurt They of the towne sawe their men recule agayne and chased than they closed their barryers in so yuell a tyme that the lorde Clysson and sir HeÌ„ry of Leon were closed with out and ther they were bothe taken prisoners And on the other syde the lorde Stafforde was gone in so farre that he was closed in bytwene the gate and the baryes and ther he was taken prisoner and dyuerse that were with hym taken and slayne Thus thenglysshmen drewe to their lodgynges and the bretons into the cytie of Uannes ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande toke the towne of Dynant Cap. lxxxxvi THus as ye haue harde these knyghtes were taken on bothe parties there was no mo suche assautes after Nowe let vs speke of the king of Englande who lay at sege before Dynant whan he had layne ther a four dayes he gate a great noÌ„bre of bottes and barges and made his archers to entre into theym and to rowe to the pales wherewith the towne was closedde it had none other walles The archers shot so feersly that non durst shewe at their defence than was ther certayne other with ares so that whyle the archers dyd shote they hewed downe the pales and so entred byforce ThaÌ„ they of the towne fledde to the market place but they kept but a small order for they that entred by the pales came to that gate and dyd opyn it than euery man entred and the capitayne sir Pyers Portbeufe taken and the towne ouer ron and robbed theÌ„glysshmen wan moche richesse in that towne for it was a great towne of marchandyse Whan the kyng had taken his pleasure ther as long as it had pleased hym he left the towne voyde and went to Uannes and lodged there ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to sir Loys of Spayne and to sir Charles Germaur and ser Othes Dornes who was as than admyrall on the see with .viii. galeys xiii barkes and .xxx. other shyppes with genowayes spanyardes They kept the coost bytwene England and Bretayne and dyd moche damage to them that came to refresshe the hoost before Uannes and at a tyme they set on the kynge of Englandes nauy lyeng at Aucerre in a lytell hauyn besyde Uannes so that they slewe a great part of them that kepte the shyppes and had done moch more damage yf thenglysshmen lyeng at the siege had nat ron thyder in all hast and yet asmoche hast as they made sir Loys of Spayne toke away iiii shippes laded with prouisyon drowned thre and all that was in them Than the kyng was counselled to drawe part of his nauy to Brest hauen and the other part to Hanybout the which was done and styll endured the siege before Uannes and Renes ¶ what lordes of France the duke of Normandy brought into Bretayne agaynst the kyng of Englande Cap. lxxxxvii HOwe let vs retourne to the iourney that the duke of Normandy made the same season in Bretayne to ayde and confort his cosyn syt Charles de Bloyes The duke knewe well howe the kyng of Englande had sore damaged the contrey of Bretayn and had besieged thre cytes and taken the towne of Dynant Than the duke departed fro the cytie of Angyers with mo than .iiii. M. men of armes and. rxx M. of other he toke they heygh way to Nauntes by the gyding of the two marshals of Fraunce the lorde of Momorency and the lorde of saynt Uenant And after them rode the duke and therle of Alanson his vncle therle of Bloys his cosyn the duke of Burbone was ther therle of Ponthyeu therle of Bolayne the erle of Uandome therle of DaÌ„martyne the lorde of Craon the lorde of Coucy the lorde of Suly the lorde of Frenes the lorde of Roy so many lordes knightes squyers of NormaÌ„dy Dauuergne Berry Lymosen Dumayn Poicton and
and ther was brought fro Burdeaux to Bergerath .lx. shyppes and barkes The next day in the euenynge they ordred their batayls and in the next mornyng by the son rysinge the nauy was redy to assaut by water the baron of Stafford was captayne thenglysshmen and archers aduentured theym selfe valyantly and came to a great barryer before the pales the which anone was cast downe to the yerth thanne they of the towne came to therle de Laylle and to the other lordes and knyghtes that were ther and sayde sirs take hede what ye woll do we be in a great iedpardy to be all lost If this towne be lost â—oe lese all that we haue and our lyues also yet hit were better that we yelded ourselfe to the erle of Derby than to haue more damage The erle of Laylle sayd go we to the place wher as nedeth moost defence for we wyll nat as yet yelde vppÌ„ the towne so they wente to defende the pales The archers that were in the barkes shot so holly togyder that none burst apere at their defence without they were slayne or sore hurte there were within a two hundred genowayes crosbowes and nere were pauysshed agaynste the shotte they helde the englysshe archers well awarke all the day and many hurt on bothe parties finally the englysshmen dyd somoche that they brake downe a great pane of the pales than they within reculed backe and desyred a treaty and a tâ—ewâ—e the which was graunted to endur all that day the nextnyght so that they shulde nat fortify in the meane season So eyther partie drewe to their lodgynges this nyght the lordes within the towne were in great counsayle and finally about mydnight they trussed bagge and baggage and departed out of the towne of Bergerath and toke the waye to the towne of Ryoll the which was nat ferre fro thens The next mornynge the englysshmen agayne entred into their barkes and came to the same place where they had broken the pales and ther they founde certayne of the towne who desyred theÌ„ that they wolde pray the erle of Derby to take them to mercy sauyng their lyues and goodes and fro thensforthe they wolde be obeysaunt to the kynge of Englande The erle of Quenefort and therle of Penbroke sayde they wolde speke gladly for theym and so they came to the erle of Derby and shewed hym thyntent of them of the towne The erle of Derby sayde he that mercy desyreth mercy ought to haue bydde theym opyn their gates and she we them they shal be assured of me and all myne These two lordê went agayne to them of the towne and shewed them the erle of Derbyes intent than they assembled all the people toguyder and sowned their belles and opyned their gates and yssued out menne and women in processyon and humbly mette the erle of Derby and so brought hym into the chiefe churche and there sware faythe and homage to the erle in the name of the kyng of Englande by vertue of a procutacyon that the erle hadde ¶ Howe the erle of Derby conquered dyuerse townes and fortresses in hyghe Gascoyne Cap. C .iiii. THe same day that therle of Laylle was come to Ryoll fro Bergerate he and his company deuysed to depart themselfe some into one fortresse and soÌ„e into an other and to kepe fronter warre And the seneshall of Tholouz the erle of Uyllemure were sent to Auberoche sir Bertrame de Presse to Pellagrewe the lorde Phylippe of Dyone to Mount agret the lorde of Mountbrandone to Mauldurane Arnolde of Dyone to Mountgyse Robert of Malmore to Beaumount in Laylloes sir Charles of Poyters to Pâ—nnes in Agynoes Thus these knyghtê wer deuyded fro garyson to garyson and the erle of Laylletaryed in the Ryoll and newe repayred the fortresse And whauÌ„e the erle of Derby had taâ—yed in Bergerath two dayes he demauÌ„ded of the seneshal of Burdeaur what way was best for hym to take for he sayde he wolde natte lye styll the seneshall aunswered howe he thought it best to drawe to Pyergourt and into hyghe Almaygne Than the erle of Derby prepayred to departe and left captayne in Bergerathe sir JohnÌ„ dela Sante And as theÌ„glysshmen went forwarde they came to a castell called Lango wherof the veigneur of Tholouz was captayn there thenglysshmen taryed and gaue assaut to the castell bycause they sayde they wolde narte leaue suche a castell behynde theym but at that assaut the englysshmen wanne but lytell The nexte day the assauters brought fagottes tymber and other thynges and fylled so the dâ—kes that they might go to the walles Than sir FraÌ„que de Hall counsayled them within to yelde for he sayd they might abyde so long that it shulde be to late They within desyred respyte to gyue an answere the which was agreed and whan they had counsayled the parties greed so they deê‘ted with their lyues but they bare a way no thynge went to Mousacke Th erle of Derby made capitayne at Lango a squyer called Aymone Lyone and with hym .xxx. archers than therle rode to a towne called le Lacke and they of the towne met hym on the way and brought hym the kayes and dyd homage to the kyng of Englande Than therle went forthe and came to Mandurant the whiche he wanne with assaut whan he had sette rulers there he went to the castell of Mountgyse and toke it also by assaut and the captayne he sende as prisonere to Burdeaux than he rode to Punache the which also he wanne and also the castell de la Lewe and there he taryed thre dayes the fourth daye he went to Forsathe and wanne it lightly and also the towre of Pondayre thanÌ„e he came to a great to wne called Beaumount in Laylloyes parceyninge to the inherytaunce of the erle of Laylle thre dayes the erle of Derby lay there and made great assautes the place was well for tifyed with men of warre and artillery how be it finally it was wonne and many of them with in slayne Than therle of Derby set there newe captayns and men of warre and fro thense he went to the chiefe to wne parteyninge to the erle of Laylle wherof the lorde Philyppe of Dyone and Arnolde of Dyone were capitayns The englysshmen approched to the barryers and the archers shotte so quickely so that they of the towne durste nat appere at their defence So the firste day they baylles harde to the gate of the towne was wonne and in the euenynge the assaut seaced and euery man drewe to their lodgynges The next mornynge the assaut began agayne in dyuers places so that they with in wyst nat well what to do thanÌ„e they desyred to haue a peace than an haraulde was sende to them and a day respyte to treat in the meane season thanÌ„e the erle of Derby hym selfe went to the barryers to speke with theym of the towne and with hym was the baron of Stafforde and the lorde of Manny Th erle wolde they shulde haue yelded themselfe simply
he was rescued and remounted agayne and in the meane season some of the frenchemen chased their beestes quyckely into the hoost or els they had lost them for they that yssued out of Aguyllon set so feersly on the frenchmen that they putte theym to the slyght and delyuerd their company that were takenne and tooke many frenchemen prisoners And sir Charles of MomoreÌ„cy had moche warke to scape than thenglysshmen retourned into Aguyllon Thus euery day almoost there were suche rencounters besyde yâ— assautes on a day all the hole hoost armed them and the duke commaunded that they of Tholouz of Carcassone of Beaucayre shulde make assaut fro the mornynge tyll noone and they of Remergue Caours Agenoys fro noone tyll night And yâ— duke promysed who soeuer coude wynne the brige of the gate shulde haue in rewarde a hundred crownê also the duke the better to mentayne this assaut he caused to come on the ryuer dyuerse shyppes and baâ—ges some entred into them to passe the ryuer and some went by the bridge At the last some of theym toke a lytell vessell and went vnder the brige and dyde cast great hokes of yron to the drawe bridge and than drewe it to them so sore that they brake the chenes of yron yâ— helde the bridge and so pulled downe the bridge parforce Than the frenchmen lept on the bridge so hastely that one ouerthrewe an other for euery man desyred to wyn the hundred crownes they within cast downe barres of yron peces of tymbre pottes of lyme and hote water so that many were ouerthrowen fro the bridge into the water and into the dykes and many slayne sore hurt Howbeit the bridge was wonne perforce but it cost more than it was worthe for they coude nat for all that wyn the gate than they drewe a backe to their lodgynges for it was late thanÌ„e they within yssued out â–ª and newe made agayne their drawe bridge stronger thanÌ„e euer it was before The next day ther came to the duke two connyng men maisters in carpentre and sayde sir if ye woll let vs haue tymbre and workemen we shall make foure scaffoldes as hygh or hyer thanÌ„e the walles The duke coÌ„maunded that it shulde be done and to get carpenters in the coÌ„trey and to gyue them good wagê so these four scafoldes wer made in four shyppes but it was long first and cost moch or they were finysshed than such a shulde assayle the castell in theÌ„ were apoynted and entred And whan they were passed halfe the ryuer they within the castell let go four martynetes that they had newely made to resyst agaynst these scafoldes these four martynettes dyd cast out so great stones and so often fell on the scafoldes yâ— in a short space they were all to broken so that they that were within them coulde nat be pauysshed by theym so that they were fayne to drawe backe agayne and or they were agayne at lande one of the scafoldê drowned in yâ— water the moost part of theÌ„ that were Win it the which was great damage for therin were good knyghtes desyringe their bodyes to auauÌ„ce Whan the duke sawe that he coude nat come to his entent by that meanes he caused the other thre scafoldes to rest Than he coudese no way howe he might gette the castell and he had promysed nat to departe thense tyll he had it at his wyll without the kyng his father dyd sende for hym Than he sende the constable of France and the erle of Tankernyll to Parys to the kyng and there they shewed hym the state of the siege of Aguyllone the kynges mynde was that the duke shulde lye there styll tyll he had won them by famyn syth he coude nat haue theÌ„ by assaut ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande came ouer the see agayne to rescue them in Aguyllone Cap. C .xxi. THe kyng of Englande who had harde howe his meÌ„ 〈◊〉 constrayned in the castell of Aguyllon than he thought to go ouer the see 〈◊〉 to Gascoyne with a great 〈…〉 my ther he made his 〈◊〉 syon and sent for men all about his real 〈…〉 in other places wher he thought to spe 〈…〉 money In the same season the lord◠〈◊〉 of Harecourt came into Englande who was banysshed out of FrauÌ„ce he was well receyued with the kynge and retayned to be about hym and had fayre landê assigned hym in Englande to mentayne his degree Than the kynge caused a great nauy of shyppes to be redy in the hauyn of Hampton and caused all maner of men of warr to drawe thyder about the feest of saynt John Baptyst the yere of our lorde god M. C C C .xiv. the kynge deê‘ted fro the quene and lefte her in the gydinge of therle of Cane his cosyn And he stablysshed the lorde Persy and the lorde Neuyll to be wardyns of his realme with the archebysshoppe of yorke the bysshoppe of Lyncolne and the bysshoppÌ„ of Durham for he neuer voyded his realme but that he lefte euer ynough at home to kepe and defende the realme yf nede were Than the kyng rode to Hampton and there taryed for wynde than he entred into his shyppe and the prince of wales with hym and the lorde Godfray of Harecourt and all other lordes erles barownes and knyghtê with all their coÌ„panyes they were in nombre a foure thousande men of armes and ten thousande archers besyde Irysshmen and walsshmen that folowed the host a fote ¶ Nowe I shall name you certayne of the lordes that went ouer with kyng Edwarde in that iourney First Edward his eldest sonne prince of wales who as thanÌ„e was of the age of .xiii. yeres or there about the erles of Herforde Northamptone Arundell Cornewall warwyke HuÌ„tyngdon Suffolke and Oxenforth And of barons the lorde Mortymer who was after erle of Marche the lordes JohnÌ„ Loyes and Roger of BeauchaÌ„pe and the lorde Reynold Cobham Of lordes the lorde of Mombray Rose Lucy Felton Brastone Myllon Labey Maule Basset Barlett and wylloughby with dyuers other lordê And of bachelars there was JohnÌ„ Chandoys Fytzwaren Peter and James Audelay Roger of Uertuall Bartylmewe of Bries Rycharde of Penbruges with dyuers other that I can nat name fewe ther were of staÌ„gers ther was the erle Hauyou sir Olphas of Guystels and .v. or .vi. other knyghtes of Almayne and many other that I can nat name Thê° they say 〈◊〉 â—â—rth that day in the name of god they were 〈◊〉 〈…〉 warde on their way towarde Gascone 〈◊〉 on the thirde day ther rose a coÌ„trary wynde 〈…〉 them on the marches of Cornewall 〈…〉 lay at ancre .vi. dayes In that space 〈…〉 had other counsell by the meanes of 〈◊〉 Godfray Harcourt he counselled the kyng nat to go into Gascoyne but rather to set a lande in Normandy and sayde to the kyng sir the couÌ„tre of Normandy is one of the plentyous countreis of the worlde Sir on ieoê‘dy 〈◊〉 my heed if ye woll lande ther ther is none thaâ— shall
the towne and of the countrey The kynge toke his lodgynge in a great hospytall that was there the same day the frenche kynge departed fro Amyense and came to Araynes about noone and theÌ„glysshmen were departed thense in the mornyng the frenchmen founde there great prouisyon that the englysshmen had left behynde them bycause they departed in hast there they founde flesshe redy on the broches brede and pastyes in the ouyns wyne in tonnes and barelles and the tabuls redy layed There the frenche kyng lodged and taryed for his lordes that nyght the kyng of England was lodged at Oysement at nyght whanÌ„e the two marshalles were retourned who had that day ouer ronne the countrey to the gates of Abuyle and to saynt Ualery made a greatskirmysshe there Than the kynge assembled togyder his counsayle and made to be brought before hym certayne prisoners of the countrey of Ponthieu and of Uymen the kyng right curtesly demaunded of theym if ther were any among them that knewe any passage byneth Abuyle that he and his hoost might passe ouer the ryuer of Somme yf he woldeshewe hym therof he shulde be quyte of his raunsome and .xx. â—â—his company for his loue ther was a varle◠〈…〉 ed Gobyn a Grace who stept forthe sayde to the kyng sir I promyse you on the ieopardy of my heed I shall bringe you to suche a place where as ye and all your hoost shall passe the ryuer of Some without paryll there be certayne places in the passage that ye shall passe .xii. men a front two tymes bytwene day and nyght ye shall nat go in the water to the knees but whan the fludde cometh the ryuer than waxeth so gret 〈◊〉 no man can passe but whan the â—â—udde is gon the whiche is two tymes bytwene day nyght than the ryuer is so lowe that it may be passed without danger bothe a horsebacke and a fote The passage is harde in the botom with whyte stones so that all your caryage may go surely therfore the passage is called Blanch taque and ye make redy to deê‘te be tymes ye may be ther by the sonne rysinge the kynge sayâ—â— if this be trewe that ye say I quytethe thy raunsome and all thy company and moreouer shall gâ—ue the a hundred nobles than the kynge commaunded euery man to be reâ—y at the sounde of the trumpette to departe ¶ Of the batayle of Blanch â—â—que by twene the kyng of Englande and siâ— Godmar du Fay. Cap. C .xxvii. THe kyng of Englande slepte nat moche that nyght for atte mydnight he a rose so wneâ— his trumpette thaâ— incontynent they made redy caryages and all thynges And atte the brekynge of the day they departed fro the towne of Oysement and rode after the guydinge of Goâ—yn a Grace so that they came by the sonne rysing to Blanch Taque but as than the fluâ—de was vppÌ„ so that they might nat passe so the kynge taryed there tyll it was prime than the ebbe came The frenche kyng had his currours in the countrey who brought hym worde of the â—emeanoure of the englysshmen than he thought to close the kyng of Englande bytwene Abuyle and the ryuer of Some so to fyght with hym at his pleasure And whan he was at AmyeÌ„se he had ordayned a great barowne of Normandy called sir God mardu Fay to go and kepe the passage of BlaÌ„che Taque where the englysshmen must pa 〈…〉 or els in none other place he had with hym M. men of armes and sixe thousand a â—ote with the genowayes soo they went by saynt Reyâ—gâ—yer in Ponthieu and fro thens to Crotay wher as the passage lay And also he had with hym a great nombre of men of the countrey and also a great nombre of theym of Mutterell so that they were a twelfe thousand men one and other whan the englysshe hoost was come thyder sir Godmardu Fay araunged all his company to defende the passage the kyng of England lette nat for all that but whanÌ„e the â—ludde was gone he coÌ„maunded his marshals to entre into the water in the name of god and saynt George than they that were hardy and coragyous entreâ— on bothe parties and many a man reuersed ther were some of the freÌ„chmen of Arthoyes and Pycardy that were as gladde to iuste in the water as on the drie lande The frenchemen defended so well the passage at the yssuing out of the water that they had moche to do the genowayes dyde them great trouble with their câ—osâ—owes on thother syde the archers of Englande shotte so holly togyder that he frenchmen were fayne to gyue place to the englysshmen There was a sore batayle and many a noble feate of armes done on both sydes finally thenglysshmen passed ouer and assembled togyder in the felde the kynge and the prince passed and all the lordes than the frenchmen kept none array but departed he that myght best Whan sir Godmar sawe that dysconâ—ituâ—e he fledde and saued hymselfe some â—â—edde to Abuyle and some to saynt Raygnyer they that were there a fote coude nat â—â—ce so that ther were slayne a great nombre of them of Abuyle Muttrell Arras and of saynt Raygnier the chase endured more than a great leag And as yet all the englysshmen were nat passed the ryuer and certayne currours of the kyng of Behayne of sir JohnÌ„ of Heynaultê came on theÌ„ that were behynd and toke certayn horses caryages and slewe dyuers or they coude take the passage The french kyng the same mornynge was departed fro Araynes trustyng to haue founde thenglysshmen bytwene hym and the ryuer of Some but whan he harde howe that sir Godmar du Fay and his company were â—yscoÌ„fyted he taryed in the felde and demaunded of his marshals what was best to do they sayd sir ye can nat passe the ryuer but at the brige of Abuyll for the sludde is come in at Blanche taque than he retourned and lodged at Abuyle The kyng of Englande whan he was past the ryuer he thanked god and so rode forthe in lyke maner as he dyde before than he called Gobyn a Grace and dyd quyte hym his ransome and all his company and gaue hym a hundred nobles and a good horse And so the kynge rode forthe fayre and easely and thought to haue lodged in a great town called Norell but whan he knewe that the towne â—ertayned to the couÌ„tesse of DaÌ„merle suster to the lorde Robert of Arthoys the kyng assured the towne and countrey asmoche as pertayned to her and so went forthe and his marshalles rode to Crotay on the seesyde and brent the towne and founde in the hauyn many shippes and barkê charged with wynes of PoÌ„thieu pertayning to the marchauntes of â—aynton and of Rochell they brought the best therof to the kynges host Than one of the marshals â—oâ—e to the gates of Abuyle fro thens to saynt Reygnier and after to the towne of Ruesaynt Esperyte This was on a friday and bothe batayls
frenchemen fledde and kept none array their were slayne in the wayes and in hedges and busshes mo thanÌ„e seuyn thousande And if the day had ben clere there had neuer a onescaped anone after a nother coÌ„pany of frenchmen were mette by the englysshmen The archebysshoppÌ„ of Rone and the great priour of Fraunce who also knewe nothynge of the dysconfiture the day before for they harde that the frenche kynge shulde a fought the same sonday and they were goynge thyderwarde WhanÌ„e they mette with the englysshmen there was a great batayle for they were a great nombre but they coude nat endure agaynst the englysshmen for they were nyghe all slayne fewe scaped the two lordes were slayne This mornyng thenglysshmen mette with dyuerse french men that had loste their way on the saturday and had layen all nyght in the feldes and wyst nat where the kyng was nor the captayns they were all slayne as many as were met with and it was shewed me that of the coÌ„mons and men a fote of the cyties and good townes of France ther was slayne foure tymes as many as were slayne the saturday in the great batayle ¶ How the next day after the batayle of Cressey they that were deed were noÌ„bred by theÌ„glysshmen Ca. Cxxxii. THe same sonday as the kyng of Englande came fro masse suche as had ben sente forthe retourned and shewed the kyng what they had sene and done and sayde sir we thinke surely ther is now no more aparence of any of our ennemyes than the kyng sende to serche howe many were slayne what they were Sir Reynolde Cobham sir Richard Stafforde with thre haraldes went to serche the felde and contrey they visyted all theÌ„ that were slayne and rode all day in the feldes and retourned agayne to the hoost as the kyng was goynge to supper They made iust report of that they had sene and sayde howe ther were xi great princes deed fourscore baners .xii. C. knyghtes and mo than .xxx. thousande other TheÌ„glysshmen kept styll their felde all that nyght on the monday in the mornyng the kyng prepared to depart the kyng caused the deed bodyes of the great lordes to be taken vp and conueyed to Mutterell and there buryed in holy grouÌ„de and made a crye in the countrey to graunt truse for thre dayes to thyntent that they of the countrey might serche the felde of Cressy to bury the deed bodyes Than the kynge went forthe and came before the towne of Muttrell by the see his marshals ranne to warde Hedyn and brent UaÌ„bam and Seram but they dyd nothyng to the castell it was so strong and so well kept they lodged that night on the ryuer of Hedyn towardes Blangy The next day they rode towarde Bolayne and came to the towne of Unysame there the kyng and the prince lodged and taryed there a day to refresshe his men and on the Wednysday the kyng came before the stronge towne of Calys £ Howe the kyng of Englande layd siege to Calys and howe all the poore people were put out of the towne Cap. C .xxxiii. IN the towne of Calys ther was captayne a knyght of Burgone called sir JohnÌ„ de Uieu and with hym was sir Andrewe Dandrehen sir JohnÌ„ de Sury sir Barbon de Belborne sir Godfray de lament sir Pepyn de Urmue and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers Whan the kyng of England was come before Calys he layd his siege and ordayned bastides bytwene the towne and the ryuer he made carpenters to make houses and lodgynges of great tymbre and set the houses lyke stretes and couerd them with rede and brome So that it was lyke a lytell towne and there was euery thynge tosell and a markette place to be kept euery tuesday and saturday â–ª for flesshe and fyssh mercery ware houses for cloth for bredde wyne and all other thyngê necessarie such as caÌ„e out of England â–ª or out of Flanders ther they might bye what they lyst TheÌ„glysshmen ran often tymes into the countrey of Guynes and into Triuynois to the gates of saynt Omers and somtyme to Boleyn they brought into their hoost great prayes The kyng wolde nat assayle the towne of Calys for he thought it but a lost labour he spared his peple his artillery and sayd howe he wolde famyssh theÌ„ in the towne with long siege without the french kyng coÌ„e and reyse his siege ê‘force Whan the capten of Calys sawe the maner thorder of theÌ„glysshmen than he constrayned all poore meane peple to yssue out of the towne And on a wednysday ther yssued out of men women chyldren mo than .xvii. C. and as they passed through yâ— hoost they were demaunded why they deê‘ted they answered and sayde bycause they had nothyng to lyue on Than the kyng dyd them that grace that he suffred them to passe through his host without danger and gaue them mete and drinke to dyner and euery pson .ii. 〈◊〉 slerlyng in almes for the which dyners many of them prayed for the kynges prosperyte ¶ Howe the duke of NormaÌ„dy brake vp his siege before Aguyllou Cap. C .xxxiiii. THe duke of Normandy beyng at sege before the strong castell of Aguyllou so it was that about the myddes of Auguste he made a great assaut to the castell so that the most part of his host were at the assaut thyder was come newely the lorde Philyp of Burgone erle of Arthoys and of Bolone cosyn germayn to the duke of NormaÌ„dy he was as than a yoÌ„g lusty knyght And assone as the skirmyssh was begon he toke his horse with the spurres came on the skirmysshe warde the horse toke the bytte in his teth and bare away his maister and stumbled in a dyke and fell horse man the knyght was so brosed with the fall that he had neuer helthe after but dyed of the same hurt Than anone after the frenche kyng sent for his sonne the duke of NormaÌ„dy coÌ„maundynge hym in any wyse to breke vp his siege before Aguyllou and to retourne into Fraunce to defende his herytage fro theÌ„glysshmen And thervpon the duke toke counsayle of the lordes that were there with hym what was best to do for he hadde promysed nat to depart thens tyll he had wone the castell but the lordes counsayled hym sythe the kynge his father had sende for hym to depart Than the next day be tymes the frenchemen trussed bagge and baggage in great hast and departed towarde France than they that were within the fortresse yssued out with the penon of the lorde Gaultiers of Manny before them they dasshed in amonge the hynder company of the frenchemen and flewe and toke dyuerse of theym to the nombre of threscore and brought them into their fortres and by those prisoners they knewe of the iourney that the kynge of Englande had made that season into Fraunce and howe that he lay at siege before Calys Or the french kyng departed fro Amyense to Parys warde after the batayle
and their currours ranne to yorke and brent as moche as was without the walles and retourned agayne to their host within a dayes iourney of Newcastell vpon Tyne ¶ Of the batayle of New castell vpon Tyne bytwene the quene of England and the kyng of scottes Cap. C .xxxviii. THe quene of England who desyred to defende her contrey came to Newcastell vpon Tyne and there taryed for her meÌ„ who came dayly fro all â—tes Whan the scottes knewe that the englysshe men assembled at Newcastell they drue thyderwarde and their currours came rennynge before the towne and at their retournynge they brent certayne small hamelettes there about so that the smoke therof caÌ„e into the towne of Newcastell some of the englysshmen wolde a yssued out to haue fought with them that made the fyers but the captayns wolde nat sulfre theym to yssue out The next day yâ— kyng of scottes with a .xl. thousande men one and other came and lodged within thre lytell englysshe myle of Newcastell in the lande of the lorde Neuyll and the kyng sent to them within the towne that if they wolde yssue out into the felde he wolde fyght with theym gladly The lordes and prelates of England sayd they were content to aduenture their lyues with the ryghtand herytage of the kynge of Englande their maister than they all yssued out of the towne and were in nombre a twelfe hundred men of armes thre thousand archers and seuyne thousande of other with the walsshmen Than the scottes came and lodged agaynst theym nere togyder than euery man was sette in order of batayle than the quene caÌ„e among her men and there was ordayned four batayls one to ayde another The firste had in gouernaunce the bysshoppe of Dyrham and the lorde Percy the seconde the archbysshoppe of yorke and the lorde Neuyll the thyrde the bysshoppe of Lyncolne and the lorde MoÌ„bray The fourth the lorde Edwarde de Baylleule captayne of Berwyke the archbysshopp of Canterbury and the lorde Rose euery batayle had lyke noÌ„bre after their quantyte the quene went fro batayle to batayle desyring them to do their deuoyre to defende the honoure of her lorde the kyng of Englande and in the name of god euery man to be of good hert and courage promysyng them that to her power she wolde remeÌ„bre theym aswell or better as thoughe her lorde the kyng were ther personally Than the quene departed fro them recoÌ„mendyng them to god and to saynt George than anone after the bataylles of the scottes began to set forwarde and in lyke wyse so dyd theÌ„glysshmen than the archers began to shote on bothe parties but the shot of the scottes endured but a shortspace but the archers of Englande shot so feersly so that whan the batayls aproched there was a harde batell They began at nyne and endured tyll noone the scottes had great ares sharpe and harde and gaue with them many great strokes howbeit finally thenglysshmen obtayned the place and vyctorie but they lost many of their me There were slayne of the scottes therle of Sys therle of Ostre the erle Patrys therle of Surlant therle Dastredare therle of Mare therle JohnÌ„ Duglas and the lorde Alysaunder Ramsey who bare the kynges baner and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers And there the kynge was taken who fought valiantly and was sore hurt a squyer of Northumberland toke hym called JohnÌ„ Coplande and assone as he had taken the kynge he went with hym out of the felde with .viii. of his seruaunces with hym and soo rode all that day tyll he was a fyftene leages fro the place of the batayle and at nyght he caÌ„e to a castell called Oryulus And than he sayde he wolde nat delyuer the kyng of scottes to no man nor woman lyueyng but all onely to the kynge of Englande his lorde the same day there was also taken in the felde the erle Morette the erle of Marche the lorde Wyllyam Duglas the lorde Robert Uesy the bysshoppe of Dadudame the bysshoppe of saynt Andrewes and dyuers other knyghtes barownes And ther were slayne of one and other a .xv. thousande and the other saued themself as well as they might this batell was besyde Newcastell the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xlvi. the saturday next after sayur Mychaell ¶ How JohnÌ„ Copland had the kyng of Scottes prisoner and what profet he gatte therby Cap. C .xxxix. WHan the quene of Englande beyng at Newcastell vnderstode howe the iourney was for her and her men she than rode to the place where the batayle hade ben thanÌ„e it was shewed her howe the kyng of scottê was taken by a squyer called JohnÌ„ Coplande and he hadde caryed away the kyng no man knewe whyder Than the quene wrote to the squyer coÌ„maundyng hym to bring his prisoner the kyng of scottes and howe he had nat well done to depart with hym without leaue all that day thenglysshmen taryed styll in the same place and the quene with them and the next day they retourned to New castell Whan the quenes letter was brought to Johan Coplande he answered and sayd that as for the kyng of scottes his prisoner he wolde nat delyuer hym to no maÌ„ nor woman lyueng but all onely to the kynge of Englande his souer ayne lorde As for the kynge of scottes he sayd he shuld be sauely kept so that he wolde gyue acompte for hym thanne the quene sende letters to the kyng to Calays wherby the kyng was enfourmed of the state of his realme than the kyng sende incoÌ„tynent to Johan Coplande that he shulde come ouer the see to hym to the siege before Calays Than the same Johan dyd putte his prisoner in saue kepynge in a stronge castell and so rode through England tyll he caÌ„e to Douer and there toke the see and arryued before Calays Whan the kyng of Englande sawe the squyer he toke hym by the hande and sayd a welcome my squyer that by your valyantnesse hath taken myne aduersary the kyng of Scottes the squyer kneled downe and sayde sir yf god by his grace haue suffred me to take the king of scottes by true conquest of armes sir I thynke no man ought to haue any enuy there at for aswell god may sende by his grace suche a fortune to fall to a poore squyer as to a great lorde and 〈◊〉 I requyre your grace be nat myscontent with me though I dyde nat delyuer the kynge of Scottes at the coÌ„maundement of the quene Sir I holde of you as myne othe is to you and nat to her but in all good maner the kyng sayd Johan the good seruyce that ye haue done and your valyantnesse is somoche worthe that hit must counteruayle your trespasse and be taken for your excuse and shame haue they that bere you any yuell wyll therfore ye shall retourne agayne home to your house and thaâ—â—e my pleasure is that ye delyuer your prisoner to the quene my wyfe and in a rewarde I assigne you nere to your house where
as ye thynke best yourselfe tyue hundred pounde sterlyng of yerely rent to you to your heyres for euer and here I make you squyer for my body ThanÌ„e the thyrde day he departed and retourned agayne into Englande whan he came home to his owne house he assembled to guyder his frendes and kynne and so they toke the kyng of Scottes and rode with hym to the cytie of yorke and there fro the kyng his lorde he presented the kyng of Scottes to the quene and excused hym so largely that the quene and her counsell were content Than the quene made good prouisyon for the cytie of yorke the castell of Rosbourg the cyte of Dyrham the towne of Newcastell vpon Tyne and in all other garysons on the marchesse of Scotlande and left in those marchesse the lorde Percy and the lorde Neuyll as gouernoure there thanne the quene departed fro yorke towardes London Than she sette the kynge of Scottes in the strong towre of London and therle Morette and all other prisoners and sette good kepyng ouer them Than she went to Douer and there tooke the see and had so good wynde that in a shorte space she arryued before Calays thre dayes before the feest of Alsayntes for whose coÌ„myng the kyng made a great feest and dyner to all the lordes ladyes that were ther the quene brought many ladyes and damoselles with her aswell to acompany her as to se their husbandes fathers bretherne and other frendes that lay at siege there before Calays and had done a longe space ¶ Howe the yonge erle of Flaunders ensured the kynges doughter of Englande Cap. C .xl. THe siege before Calais enduredde longe and many thynges fell in the meane season the whiche I canne nat write the fourthe parte The frenche kynge had sette men of warre in euery fortresse in those marchesse in the countie of Guynes of At thoyes of Boloyne and aboute Calays and had a great nombre of genowayes normayns and other on the see so that whan any of th 〈…〉 glysshmen wolde goo a forragynge other a 〈◊〉 or horsebacke they founde many tymes harde aduentures and often there was skirmysshing about the gates and dykes of the towne and often tymes some slayne and hurte on bothe parties some day yâ— one part lost and some day the other The kynge of Englande caused engyns to be made to oppresse theym within the towne but they within made other agayne to resist the so that they toke lytell hurt by them but nothynge coude come into the towne but by stelth and that was by the meanes of two maryners one called Maraunt and the other Mestryell and they dwelt in Abuyle by theym two they of Calays were often tymes reconforted and fresshed by stelth and often tymes they were in great â—yll chased and nere taken but alwayes they scaped and made many englysshemen to be drowned All that wynter the kyng lay â—â—yll at the siege and thought and ymagined euer to kepe yâ— commentie of Flaunders in frendshyppe for he thought by their meanes the soner to câ—e to his entent he sende often tymes to them with fayre promyses sayeng that if he myght gette Calys he wolde helpe them to recouer 〈◊〉 and Doway with all their appurtenaunces So by occasyon of sache promyses whyle the kyng was in Normandy towardes Cressey and Calays they went and layd siege to Bethwyn and ther captayne was sir Dedeart de â—onty who was banysshed out of Fraunce They helde a great siege before that towne and â—ore constrayned them by assaut but within were â—our knyghtes captayns set there by the frenche kyng to kepe the towne that is to say sir Gâ—ssray of Charney sir Ewstace of Rybamount sir Baâ—dwyâ— of Nekyn and sir JohnÌ„ of Landas they defended yâ— towne in suche wyse that the flemmynges waâ— nothyng ther but so departed and retourned agayne into Flaunders but whyle the kynge of Englande lay at siege before Calys he sent styll messaÌ„gers to them of Flanders and made them great promyses to kepe their amyte with hym and to oppresse the drift of the french kyng who dyde all that he coulde to drawe them to his opynyon The kyng of Englande wolde gladly yâ— the erle Loyes of Flaunders who was as than â—â—t fâ—fteâ—e yere of age shulde haue in marâ—age his doughter Isabell somoche dyd the kyng yâ— the fleÌ„mynges agreed therto wherof the kynge was gladde for he thought by that mariage the fleÌ„mynges wolde the gladlyer helpe hym and the fleÌ„mynges thought by hauyng of the kynge of Englande on their partie they might well râ—â—yst the frenchmen they thought it more necessary and profytable for them the loue of the kyng of Englande rather than the frenche kynge but the yong erle who had ben euer norysshed amoÌ„ge the noble men of France wolde nat agre and sayd playnly he wolde nat haue to his wyfe the doughter of hym that sleâ—e his father Also duke Johan of Brabant purchased greatly that yâ— erle of Flaunders shulde haue his doughter in maryage promysing hym that if he wolde take her to his wyfe that he wolde cause hym to enioy the hole erldome of Flanders other by â—ayre meanes or otherwyse Also the duke sayde to the frenche kyng sir if the erle of Flanders woll take my doughter I shall fynde the meanes that all the flemmynges shall take your part and for sake the kyng of Englande by the whiche promyse the frenche kyng agreed to that maryage Whan the duke of Brabant had the kyngê gode wyll than he sent certayne messaÌ„gers into FlaÌ„ders to the burgesses of the good townes and shewed them so fayre reasons that the counsayles of the good townes sent to the erle their naturall lorde certifyeng hym that if he wolde come into Flanders vse their counsayle they wolde be to hym trewe and good frendes and delyuer to hym all the rightes and iurysdictyons of FlaÌ„ders asmoche as euer any erle hadde The erle toke counsayle and went into Flaunders wher he was receyued with great â—oye and gyuen to hym many great presentes Ass one as the kyng of Englande harde of this he sende into Flaunders the erle of Northampton therle of Arundell and the lorde Cobâ—am they dyde somoche with the offycers and commons of Flaunders that they had rather that their lorde therle shulde take to his wyfe the kyng of Englandes doughter than the doughter of the duke of Brabâ—t And so to do they affectuously desyred their lorde shewed hym many fayre reasons to drawe hym to that way so that the burgesses that wer on the duke of Brabantes partie durste nat say the contrary but than the erle in nowyse wolde concent therto but euer he sayde he wolde natte wedde her whose father had slayne his though he myght haue halfe of the hole realme of Englande WhanÌ„e the flemmynges sawe that they sayd howe their lorde was to moche french and yuell counsayled and also sayd howe they wolde do no good to hym syth he wolde nat
they lost the cuÌ„tre was expled and distroyed by reason of these men of warre On a day these englysshmen weÌ„t and layde siege to a good towne called Rochedaren and often tymes they made aâ—â—autes but the towne was so well defended that thenglysshmen wanne nothyng captayne within the towne was Tassartde Guynes they within yâ— towne were thre partes ratherenglysshe than frenche And so they tooke the capytayne and sayde they wolde stee hym without he wolde yelos hymselfe englysshe to them thanne hesayde he wolde do as they wolde haue hym and so thervpon they let hym go and than he tâ—ryed with the englysshmen and tourned to the countes of Mountfordes parte And so he was styll capytayne of the towne and left certayne soudyers to kepe the towne and castell whan sir Charles du Bloyes herde therof he sware that the mater shulde natte longe beso Thatic he sende for menne all aboute Bretaygne and Normandy â–ª and assembled in the cytie of Nauntes sixtene hundred menne of armes and twelfe thousande a fote ther were with hym a four hundred knyghtes and .xxiiii. baners So he caÌ„e and layde siege to Rochdaren lately before wonne by the englysshmen and had great engyns that caste day and nyght the which sore coÌ„strayned them within Than they of the towne sende messangers to the countesse of Mountforde that acordynge to her promyse to sende theym some ayde and conforte than the countesse sende all about to assemble men toguyder â–ª and shortely she had a thousande menne of armes and eyght thousande a fote â–ª and she made capytayns of theym the forsayd thre knyghtes who sayd they wolde neuer retourne tyll they had reysed the seige before Rochdaren or els to dye in yâ— quarell And so they sette forthe and came nere to the hoost of sir Charles of Bloyes and lodged by a ryuer syde that night to thyntent to fight the next day and whan euery man was at rest sir Thomas Dangorne and sir Johan Artwell caused halfe their coÌ„pany to be armed and depted fro them hoost about mydnight and sodenly entred into the lorde Charles hoost on yâ— one syde â–ª and beate downe and slewe moche people and they taryed so longe that all the hoost was moued and euery man redy so that they coulde nat retourne agayne without batayle There they were enclosed and fought withall sharpely so that they might nat bere the frenchmens dedes but ther they were taken and sir Thomas Dangorne sore hurt but sir Johan Artwell saued hymselfe aswell as he might by the ryuer and retourned to his company and shewed them his adueÌ„ture thanne they were determyned to haue retourned agayne to Hanybout ¶ Of the batayle of Rochedaren and howe sir Charles de Bloys was there taken by thenglysshmen Cap. C .xliii. THe same seson that the englysshemen were thus in counsayle and had determyned to haue departed there came to them a knyght from the countesse of Mountforte called Garnyer lorde of Cadudall with a huÌ„dred men of armes And assone as he was come and knewe all their demenour hâ— sayde nay sirs lette vs nat thus tourne agayne leape on your horses and suche as haue non lette them come a fote Lette vs nowe go loke on our ennemyes for nowe they thynke them selfe sure I warant we shall dysconfet theÌ„ Than the horsemen rode forthe and the fotemen folowed and aboute the sonne rysinge they dasshed into the lorde Charles hoâ—st and euery manne ther was a slepe and aâ— rest for they thought to haue no more a do at that tyme. Thenglysshmen and bretous bete downe tentes and pauilyons and slewe people downe right for they were sodenly taken ther was moch people slayne and sir Charles of Bloyes and all the lordes of Bretayne and NormaÌ„dy that were there with hym were taken prisoners Thus the siege of Rochdaren was reysed and the lorde Charles was brought to Hanyboute â–ª but suche fortresses as were of his partie helde styll for his wyfe who called her selfe duchesse of Bretaygne toke the warre in hande ¶ Howe the frenche kyng assembled a great hoost to rayse the kyng of England fro the siege be fore Calys Ca. C .xliiii. KInge Philyppe who knewe well howe his men were sore constrayned in Calays â–ª commaunded euery manne to be with hym at the feest of Pentecost in the cyte of Amyense or ther about ther was non durst say nay The kyng kept there a great feest thyder came duke Odes of Burgoyne and the duke of Normandy his eldyst sonne the duke of Orlyaâ—se his yongest sonne the duke of Burbon therle of Foâ—tz the lorde Loyes of Sauâ—y sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt the erle of Armynake the erle of Forestes therle of Ualentenoys and dyuers other erles barons and knyghtes Whan they were all at Amyense they toke counsayle yâ— frenche kyng wolde gladly that the passages of Flaunders myght haue ben opyned to hym for than he thought he might sende part of his men to Grauelyng and by that way to refresshe the towne of Calys and on that syde to fyght easely with thenglysshmen He sende great messangers into Flanders to treat for that mater but the kynge of Englande had there suche frendes that they wolde neuer acorde to that curtesy than the frenche kyng said howe he wolde go thyder on the syde towarde Burgoyne The kynge of Englande sawe well howe he coude nat gâ—t Calays bâ—t by famyne than he made a stronge castell and a hygh to close vp the passage by the see and this castell was set bytwene the towne and the see and was well fortyfied with springalles bombardes bowes and other artillary And in this castell were threscore men of armes and two hundred archers they kept the hauyn in suche wyse that nothyng coude come in nor out it was thought that therby they within shulde the soner be famysshed In that season the kynge of Englande so exhorted them of Flaunders that there yssued out of Flaunders a hundred thousande and went and layde â—iege to the towne of Ayre â–ª and brent the conâ—rey all about as Mâ—nyuell la gorge Estelles le Uentre and a marche called la Loe and to the gates of saynt Omer and Turwyne Than the kyng went to the towne of Arras and sette many men of warr to the garysons of Arthoys and specially he sent his constable sir Charles of Sâ—aygne to saynt Omers for the erle of Ewe and of Guynes who was constable of Fraunce was prisoner in Englande as it hath ben shewed before The flemmynges dyd the freÌ„chmen great trouble or they departed and whan the fleÌ„mynges were returned than the french kyng and his company deê‘ted fro Arras and went to Hedyn his host with the caryage held well in length a thre lâ—agê of that contrey and ther he taryed a day the next day to Blangy Ther he rested to take aduyse what way to go forthe than he was counsayled to go through the contrey called la Belme and that way he toke and with hym a. CC.
M. one and other and so passed by the countie of Franqueberg so came streyght to the hyll of Sangattes bytwene Calys and Wyssant They came thyder in goodly order with baners displayed that â—it was great beautie to beholde their puyssaut array they of Calys whan they sawe them lodge it semed to them a newe siege ¶ Howe the kyng of England maâ—e the passages about Calayâ— to be well kept that the frenche kyng shulde nat aproche to â—eyse his siege Cap. C. xlâ— VE shall here what the kynge of Englande dyd caused to be done whanÌ„e he sawe and knewe that the french kyng came with so great an hoost to rayse the siege the whiche had coste hym somoche good and payne of his body and lost many of his meÌ„ and knewe well howe he had so constrayned the towne that hit coulde nat longe endure for defaute of vitayls it greued hym sore than to depart Than he aduysed well howe the frenchmen coudâ— nat aproche nother to his hoost nor to the towne but in two places other by the downes by the see syde or elles aboue by the hygheway and there was many dykes rockes and maresshes and but one way to passe ouer a bridge called Newlande bridge ThanÌ„e the kynge made all his naâ—y to drawe a long by the cost of the downes euery shyp well garnysshed with â—oÌ„bardes cros â—owes archers springalles and other artyllary wherby the frenche hoost myght â—at passe that way And the kynge caused the erle of Dâ—â—â—y to go and kepe Newlande bridge with a great noÌ„bre of men of armes and archers so that the freÌ„chemen coude natte passe no way without they wolde haue gone through the marshes the whiche was vnpossyble On the othersyde towarde Calys ther was a hyghe towre kept with 〈◊〉 archers and they kept the passage of yâ— downes fro the freÌ„chmen the which was well fortifyed with great and double â—ykes Whan the french men were thus lodged on the mount of Sangate the commons of Turney who were a fyftene hundred came to that towre and they within shotte at them but they passed the dykes and came to the fote of the wall with pykes and hokes there was a fore assaute and many of them of Tourney sore hurte but at laste they wanne the towre and all thaâ— were within slayne and the towre beaten downe The french kyng sent his marshals to aduyse what way he myght aproche to fyght with the englysshemâ—â— so they went forthe and whan they had aduysed the passages and straytes they retourned to the kyng and sayd howe in nowyse he coude come to the englysshmen without he wolde lese his people So the mater rested all that day and nyght after the nexte day after masse the frenche kynge sende to the kynge of Englande the lorde Goffray of Charney the lorde Ewstace of Rybamount Guy of Nele and the lorde of Beaâ—ewe and as they rodde that stronge way they sawe well it was harde to passe that way They praysed moche the order that the erle of Derby kepte there at the bridge of Newlande by the whichâ— they passed than they rode tyll they came to the kynge who was well acompanyed with noblâ— men aboute hym thanÌ„e they fouâ—e lyghted and came to the kynge and dyde their reuerence to hym than the lorde Ewstace of Rybamont 〈◊〉 sir the kynge my maister sendeth you worde by vs that he is come to the mount of Sangate to vs batayle with you but he canne fynde no way to come to you Therfore sir he wolâ—e that yâ— shulde apoynt certayne of your counsayle and in lykewise of his and they bytwene theym to aduyse a place for the batayle The kyng of Englande was redy aduysed to answere and sayd sirs I haue well vnderstande that ye desâ—re mâ— on the behalfe of myne aduersary who kepeâ—â— wrongfully fro me myne herytage wherâ—ore I am sorâ—e Say vnto hym fro me if ye lyst 〈◊〉 I am here and so haue bene nyghe an ho 〈…〉 and all this he knewe right well he might 〈◊〉 come hyther soner if he had wolde but he hath suffred me to abyde â—ere so long the which 〈◊〉 ben gretly to my coste and charge I â—â—we coâ—de do somoche if I wolde to be sone lorde of â—alays wherfore I am natte determyneddâ— to folowe his deuyse and â—ase nor to depart 〈…〉 whiche I am at the poynt to wynne and that I haue so â—ore desyred and derely bought â–ª wherfore if he nor his men canne passe this way lettâ— theym seke some other passage if they thynkâ— to come hyther ThanÌ„e these lordes departe◠〈◊〉 were conueyed tyll they were paste Newlande bridge â–ª than they shewed the frenche kynge the kynge of Englanâ—es aunswere In the 〈◊〉 season whyle the frenche kynge studyed hoâ—â— to â—ight with the kyng of Englande theâ— ca 〈…〉 into his hoost two cardynalles from pope Clâ—ment in legacion who toke great payâ—e to 〈◊〉 bytwene these hoostes and they procuredde so moche that theâ— was graunted a certayne treâ—tie of acorde and a respyte bytwene the two kynges and their men beynge there at siege and in the felde all onely And so theâ— were four lordâ—â— apoynted on eyther partie to counsell togyder and to treat for a peace for the freÌ„che kyng ther was the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Burbone sir Loyes of Sauoy and sir JohnÌ„ Heynalt And for thenglysshe partie therle of Derby the erle of Northamton the lorde Reynolde Cobham and the lorde Gaultyer of Manny and the two cardynalles were meanes bytwene the parties These lordes mette thre dayes and many deuyses put forthe but none toke effect and in the meane season the kyng of Englande alwayes fortifyed his host and felde and made dykes on the downes that the frenchmen shuld nat sodenly come on theÌ„ These thre dayes passed without any agrement than the two cardynalles returned to saynt Dmers and whan the frenche kynge sawe that he coude do nothynge the next day he dysloged be tymes and toke his waye to Amyens and gaue euery man leaue to depart WhanÌ„e they within Calays sawe their kynge depart they made great sorowe some of the englysshmen folowed the tayle of the french men and wanne somers cartes and caryages horse wyne and other thynges and toke prisoners whom they brought into the hoost before Calays ¶ Howe the towne of Calys was gyuen vp to the kyng of England Cap. C .xlvi. AFter that the frenche kyng was thus departed fro Sangate they within Calays sawe well howe their so coure fayled theÌ„ for the whiche they were in gret sorowe Than they desyred somoche their captayn sir JohnÌ„ of Uyen that he went to the walles of the towne and made a sygne to speke with some person of the hoost Whan the kyng harde therof he sende thyder sir Gaultier of Many and sir Basset than sir JohnÌ„ of Uyen sayd to them sirs ye be right valy ant knyghtes in dedes of armes and ye knowe well howe the kynge my
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
feldes of Beaumont and Malpertnes was right great and peryllous and many dedes of armes there was done the which all came nat to knowlege The fyghters on bothe parties endured moche payne kyng JohnÌ„ with his owne handes hyd that day maruels in armes he had an axe in his haÌ„des wherwith he defended hymselfe fought in the brekynge of the prease nere to the kynge ther was taken the erle of Tankernyll sir Jaques of Burbon erle of Ponthieu and the lorde Johan of Arthoyes erle of Ewe And a lytell aboue that vnder the baner of the Captall of buâ— was taken sir Charles of Arthoys and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers the chase endured to the gates of Poiters ther were many slayne and beaten downe horse man for they of Poyters closed their gates and wolde sussre noue to entre wherfore in the stretebefore the gate was horrible murdre men hurt beaten downe the frenchemen yelded themselfe as farre of as they might know an englysshmaÌ„ ther were byuers â—glysshe archers yâ— had .iiii. v. or vi prisoners yâ— lorde of Pous a gret baron of Poiton was ther slayne and many other knyghtes and squyers And ther was taken therle of Rochuart yâ— lorde of DaÌ„nauemeÌ„t the lorde of Pertney of Xaynton the lorde of Montendre the lorde JohnÌ„ of Sayntre but he was so sore hurt that he had neuer helth after he was repured for one of yâ— best knightê in France And ther was left for deed among other deed men the lorde Rychard Dangle who fought that day by the kyng right valyaÌ„t ly so dyd the lorde of Charny on whom was great prease bycause he bare yâ— souerayne baner of the kyngê his owne bauer was also in yâ— felde the which was of goules thre scochyns syluer So many englysshmen gascons came to that part yâ— perforce they opyned the kynges batell so that the frenchmen were so mengled amonge their ennemyes that somtyme there was fyue men vpon one geÌ„tylman ther was taken yâ— lord of PoÌ„padour the lorde Bartylmewe de Brunes and ther was slayne sir Gestray of Charny with the kynges baner in his handes Also yâ— lorde Reynold CobhmÌ„ slewe therle of DaÌ„martyn than ther was a great prease to take yâ— kynge such as knewe hym cryed ser yelde you or els ye ar but deed Ther was a knyght of saynt Omers retayned in wages with the kyng of England called ser Denyce Morbecke who had serued the englysshmen .v. yere before bycause in his youth he had forfayted the realme of France for a murdre that he dyd at saynt Omers It happenyd so well for hym yâ— he was next to the kynge whan they were about to take hym he stepte forthe into the prease and by strength of his body and armes he came to the frenche kyng and sayd in gode frenche sir yelde you the kyng be helde the knyght sayde to whom shall I yelde me Where is my cosyn the prince of Wales yf I myght se hym I wolde speke with hym Denyce auswered and sayd sir he is nat here but yelde you to me and I shall bringe you to hym who be you ê™ the kynge sir ê™he I am Denyce of Morbecke a knyght of Arthops but I serue the kyng of Englande bycause I am banysshed the realme of Fraunce and I haue forfaytedde all that I had there Than the kynge gaue hym his ryght gauntlet sayeng I yelde me to you there was a great prease about the kynge foreuery man entorsed hym to say I haue taken him so that the kyng coude nat go forward with his yonge sonne the lorde Philyppe with hym bycause of yâ— prease The price of Wales who was coragious cruell as a lyon toke that day great pleasure to fight and to chase his ennemyes the lorde JohnÌ„ Chandos who was with hym of all that day neuer left hym nor neuer toke hede of takynge of any prisoner Than at the ende of the batayle he sayde to the prince sir it were good that you rested her and sette your baner a high in this busshe that your people may drawe hyder for they be sore spredde a brode nor I canse no mo baners nor penons of the frenche partie wherfore sir rest and refresshe you for ye be sore chafed Than the princes baner was sette vppÌ„ a hygh ou a busshe and trumpettes and clarions began to sowne than the prince dyd of his basenet and the knyghtes for his body and they of his chambre were redy aboute hym and a reed pauilyou pyght vppÌ„ and than drinke was brought forthe to the prince and for suche lordes as were aboute hym the which styll encreased as they came fro the chase ther they taryed their prisoners with theym And whan the two marshalles were come to the prince he demaunded of them if they knewe any tidynges of the frenche kyng they answered and sayde sir we here none of certenty but we thike verily he is other deed or taken for he is nat gone out of yâ— batels Than the prince sayd to therle of warwyke to sir Reynolde Cobham sirs I requyre you god forthe and se what ye can knowe that at your retourne ye may shewe me the trauth These two lordes toke their horses and departed fro yâ— prince and rode vp a lytell hyll to loke about them than they parceyued a flocke of men of armes coÌ„mynge togyder right werely There was the frenche kyng a fote in great parell for englysshmen and gascoyns were his maisters they had taken hym fro ser Denyce Morbecke ê‘fore and suche as were moost of force sayd I haue taken hym nay ê™ another I haue taken hym so they straue which shulde haue him Than the french kyng to eschue that peryll sayd sirs stryue nat lede me courtesly and my sonne to my cosyn the prince and stryue nat for my takynge for I am so great a lorde to make you all riche the kyngê wordes somwhat a peased them howe beit euer as they went they made ryot and brauled for the takyng of the kyng Whan the two foresayd lordes sawe and herde that noyse and stryfe amoÌ„g them they came to them and sayd sirs what is the mater that ye stryue for sirs sayd one of theÌ„ it is for the frenche kyng who is here taken prisoner and there be mo than .x. knyghtes squyers that chalengeth the takynge of hym and of his sonne thanÌ„e the two lordes entred into the prease and caused euery man to drawe a backe and commaunded them in the princes name on peyne of their heedes to make no more noise nor to aproche the kyng no nerer without they were coÌ„maunded ThanÌ„e euery man gaue rowme to the lordes and they a lyghted and dyd their reuereÌ„te to the kyng and so brought hym and his son in peace and rest to the prince of Wales ¶ Of the gyft that the prince gaue to the lorde Audeley after the batell of Poycters Ca. C .lxv. ASsone as therle of War wyke
same season on a day certayne of the coÌ„pany of syr Peter Audeleys rode forth and entred into a towne called Ronay and robbed it clene and as the curate was at masse there entred into the churche an englisshe squier and toke the Chalays fro the aulter wherin the prest shulde haue consecrated and dyd caste out the wyne and bycause the preest spake to hym he strake hym with his gauntlet that the bludde felle vpon the aulter Than they departed and went into the feldes and this squier had with hym the patent and corporal and sodaynly his horse beganne to tourne and so to take on that none durste approche nere hym and horse and man fell to the erthe and eche of them strangled other and sodaynly were tourned into pouder Than the other companions made a vowe neuer after to violate any churche In the same season they of the garison of Mauconsell wanted prouysion and so solde theyr fortresse to them of Noyon and to them of the countrey there about for .xii. M. motons of golde and so to departe with all theyr goodes And so they went into other fortresses as to Craell Cleremount Hereell Uelly Pierpount Roussey and to Sissome The whiche fortresses had ben long in the handes of Naueroys and after the peace bitwene the duke of Normandy and the kyng of Nauer they were englysse And whan they of Noyon had MaucoÌ„sel they rasshed it to the erthe Also JohnÌ„ Segure solde the fortresse of Nogent to the bysshop of Troyes for a certayne some of florens wherof he had wrytynge vnder the bysshops seale and so he came into the cite of Troye and alyghted at the bysshop lodgynge who sayd to hym ser JohnÌ„ ye shall abyde here with me a thre or foure dayes and than ye shall haue your money and he who was come thether vnder the assuraunce of the bysshop agreed therto Than the comons of the cite beganne to saye Howe dothe our bysshop tryfle and mocke vs sythe he kepeth aboute hym the greattest brybour and robber in all Fraunce and wolde that we shulde gyue hym oure money Than there rose a great noÌ„bre of the same opynyon and sente to kepe theyr gates that he shulde nat skape theym and there came in harneys a syxe thousande of one sorte to slee hym in the bysshops lodgynge Whan the bysshop sawe that he sayde to them Fayre frendes he is come hyther vnder my saue conducte and ye knowe the treatye and bargayne betwene hym and me by your accorde hit were great shame and vntrueth vnder this assurance to do hym any villanye But what so euer he sayd they entred into his halle by force and so into his chaÌ„bre and sought so naro welye that at laste they founde hym and there slewe hym and hewed hym all to peces ¶ Howe the frenchemen refused the peace that theyr kyng made in Englande Cap. CC .i. IT is longe sythe I spake of the kynge of Englande but I had nonÌ„ occasion to speke of hym tyll nowe for as long as the treuce endured there was no warâ— made bitwene them but assoone as yâ— truce was exspired the fyrste day of May the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lix. after that daye all the garysons englisshe and naueroyse made warr in the title of the kynge of Englande Anone after the peace made betwene the kyng of Nauer and the duke of Normandy The lorde Arnolde Dandrehen retourned into Englande for he was nat quytte prisoner of his takyng at the batayle of Poieters In the same season the kyng of Englande and the prince his sonne The Frenche â—ynge and the lorde Jaques of Bourbon mette at London and so they foure allonely to guether in counsayle agreed vpon a peace vpon certayne articles wrytten in a lettre to be sent into Fraunce to the duke of Normandy The Erle and syr Arnolde passed the see and arryued at Boloyn and so went to Parys And there they founde the Duke and the kynge of Nauer and ther shewed them the letters Than the duke demaunded counsaile of the kynge of Nauer who dyd counsayle hym that the prelattes and nobles of Fraunce and counsayles of the good townes shulde be assembled the whiche thynge was done And than it semed to the kyng of Nauer and to the Duke and to his bretherne and to all the counsayle of the Realme that the sayde treatye was to greuous to be borne Wherfore they answered all with one voyce to the sayde two fordes that the letter that they had brought and theâ—â—ect therin was so preiudyciall to them am â–ª to the realme that they yet wolde endure greatter myschiefe than they had done rather than to mynisshe in such wyse the realme of France They wolde also rather suffre their kyng to lye styll in EnglaÌ„de And whan the french kyng vnderstode how the realme of Fraunce wolde nat agre to his apoyntmeÌ„t he sayd a sonne Charles ye be couÌ„sayled by the kyng of Nauerre who deceyueth you woll deceyue suche .xl. as ye be And whaÌ„ the kyng of EnglaÌ„d knewe their report he sayd well or wynter be past I shall entre into the realme of France so puysantly 〈◊〉 shall abyde there so long tyll I haue an ende of this warre or els peace at my pleasure and to myne honour and than he made the grettest aparayle that euer he made The same season aboute the myddes of August the lorde JohaÌ„n of Craon archbysshop of Reynes and they of the cytie of Parys and of the couÌ„tre ther about with a certayne knightes and squiers of the countie of â—ethell and Laon went and layed siege to the castell of â—oucy and ther lay a fyue wekes And than they with in yelded vp their lyues and goodes saued and to go whyder they lyst And of this they had letters patentes sealed by the archebysshop by the erle Porcyen and the erle of Brayne but for all that whan they departed the coÌ„mons that were there rose agaynst them and slewe the most part for all the lordes who had moche payne to saue the captayne Hanekyn Francoyse Thus therle of Roucy had agayne his towne and castell ¶ Howe sir Eustace Danbretycourâ— was delyuerd out of prison by great raunsome Cap. CC .ii. THus after the wynninge of the castell of Roucy sir Peter Awdeley dyed in his bedde within yâ— castell of Beauforde wherof suche companyons as wer vnder him were right sorowfull Than the englysshmen and almaygnes there thought they coude do no better syth they made warr for the kyng of Englande as to make to their capitayne sir Eustace Dambreticourt who was as thanÌ„e hole of his hurtes but styll as prisonere Than they sende Faucon the haraulde to therle of Uandumant and to sir Henry â—ueâ—ellart for to putte to raunsome the lorde sir Eustace so than he was put to his fynanse to pay .xxii. thousande frankes of France And the companyons of the englysshe garysons in Champaigne payed the sayd raunsome and so he was delyuered and had agayne his
away as they named and howe that they were goynge to Lymoges in Lymosyn Whan the lordes of France herde that they brake vppÌ„ their iourney and deê‘ted euery man to his owne And anone after was the mariage made of the lorde Berault Daulphyne of Auuergne and the doughter of the erle of Forestes that he had by the duke of Burbons suster ¶ Of the almaygnes that abode the kyng of Englande at Calays to ryde with hym into the realme of France kynge JohaÌ„n beynge styll prisoner in Englande Cap. CC .v. ALl this season the kynge of Englande made great prouisyon to come into FraÌ„ce suche as had nat been sene the lyke before Certayne lordes and knyghtes of the empyre suche as had serued the kyng before prouyded the same yer greatly for horse and harneys and other thynges necessary for their degrees And assoone as they might they came by Flaunders to Calays and ther a bode for the kynges coÌ„myng so it was that the kyng of Englande came nat so soone to Calays as it was sayde he shulde haue done wherfore moche people resorted thyder so that they wyst nat wher to lodge nor to haue stablyng for their horses Also bredde wyne hay and otes and other ê“uisyons were very dere and scant so that ther was none to gette for golde nor syluer and euer it was said the kyng coÌ„meth the next weke Thus taryed there the lordes of Almaygne of Behayne of Brabant of Flanders and of Heynault fro the begynnyng of August to the feest of saynt Luke so that ther were many that wer fayne to sell the beste part of their iewelles And if the kyng had been there than lodgyng wolde haue ben strayter the towne was so full And also it was dout of these lordes who had spende all that they had that they wolde nat depart fro Calays tyll they were contented agayne of all their expeÌ„ses The kyng sende nat for the fourth part of them many of them were come of their owne good wylles trustynge to haue some aduauntage and some thought to robbe and pyll in the realme of France Than the kyng of Englande sende ouer before the duke of Lancastre with foure hundred speares and two thousand archers And whanÌ„e the duke came to Calays these lordes straungers made great ioye of hym and demauÌ„ded tidynges of the kyng and of his commynge The duke excused the kynge of his taryeng so longe and sayde howe that all his prouisyon was natte fully redy and sayd fayre lordâ— the taryeng here is no profyte I woll go ryde for the into Fraunce and to se what I can fynde ther wherfore sirs I requyre you to ryde for the with me and Ishall delyuer you a certayne somme of money to pay withall your costes in your lodgynges that ye haue spent here in this towne of Calays and ye shall haue prouision of vitayle to cary on your somers These lordes thought great shame to refuse the dukes offre so graunted hym than euery man newe shodde their horses and trussed and deê‘ted nobly fro Calays with the duke and went to saynt Omers they were a two thousande speares he syde the archers and other fotemen They passed for by saynt Omers without any assaut and so rode to Bethwyne and passed by and came to Mount saynt Eloy a good abbey and a riche a two leages fro Arras and ther taryed a four dayes to refresshe theym and their horses for they founde in that abbey well wherwith And whan they had robbed and wasted the countrey there about they rode to Cambrey ther made a great assaut And there was slayne a baneret of Englande and dyuers other for they within defended themselfe valyantly by the ayde conforte of the erle of saynt Poule and the lorde of Lamenall and other who with a two hundred speares came into the towne at a backe gate And whan thenglysshmen sawe that they coude gette nothyng there they departed and folowed the ryuer of SoÌ„e with great scarsnes of bred and wyne And so came to a towne called Cheresy where they founde plentie of bredde and wyne and there they passed the ryuer for that bridge was nat broken and ther they taryed Alhalowen day and all nyght The same day tydynges came to the duke howe the kyng was aryued at Calays commaundynge hym incontynent to drawe towardes hym and all his company Than he retourned towarde Calays with hym was also sir Henry of Flaunders with two hundred speares and of Brabant there was sir Henry of Beautresen lorde of Bergues and the lorde Gerarde de la Herde the lorde FraÌ„que de Halle Oâ— Heynault the lorde Gaultyer of MaÌ„ny and the lorde JohnÌ„ of Gomegynes And of Behayne sir Gaultyer de la Haultpon sir Reynolde de Boulaunt the lorde Godfray of Hardnamont and the lord JohnÌ„ his sonne the lorde of Duras Thyrey of Ferram the lorde Ruse of Junepe the lorde Gyles Sorles the lorde JohnÌ„ of Bermont the lorde Reynolde of Bergâ—hes and dyuers other The Almaygnes and mercenaryes of strange countreis I canne nat name at this present tyme. ¶ Of the great host that the kynge of England brought into France to make warre there kyng JohnÌ„ beyng prisoner in England and of the order of the englysshe hoost Cap. CC .vi. AS the duke of LaÌ„castre and these lordes retourned towardes Calys they mette in their way a foure leages fro Calays so gret multytude of people that all the countrey was couered therwith so rychely armed and besene that it was great ioye to beholde the fresshe shinyng armours baners wâ—â—ynge in the wynde their coÌ„panyes in good order ridyng a soft pase Whan the duke these lordes mette the kyng he feested them and thanked them of their seruyce than these almayns mercenaryes brabances behannoyes all togyder shewed vnto the kyng howe they had spent all their goodes horses and harnes solde So that lytell or nothyng was left theym to do hym seruyce for the which entent they were coÌ„e nor how they had nat wherwith to go home agayn vnto their countreis if they shuld depart wherfore they desyred his noblenes to take some regarde to them The kyng answered and sayd howe he was nat as than redy to gyue theym a playne aunswere but sayde sirs I thynke ye before traueyled wherfore go your wayes and refresshe you a two or thre dayes in Calays and this nyght and to morowe I shall take counsell and sende vnto you suche an answere that of reason ye shal be content Than these strangers departed fro the kynge and fro the duke and rode towarde Calays and they had nat ryden halfe a leage farther but they met a great multytude of caryages And after that the prince of Wales nobly and richely besene and all his company wherof ther was suche a nombre that all the couÌ„trey was couered with them and he rode a soft pase redy raynged in batayle as though they shulde incontynent haue fought Thus he rode euer a leage or two after
the kynges hoost and all the caryages bytwene both hoostes the whiche order these straÌ„gers lyked maruelusly well ¶ Whan these straÌ„gers had well regarded this company and had reuerently saluted the prince and such lordes as were with hym and the prince louyngly receyued theÌ„ as he that coude ryght well do it Than they toke leaue of hym shewed hym their nede desyringe that he wolde regarde their necessytie and he gladly promysed theÌ„ so to do So they rode on tyll they came to Calays and the seconde day after the kyng sent them their answere by thre sufficient knyghtes and they shewed theym playnly that the kynge had nat brought with hym treasur sufficient to pay all that they desyred and to performe the enterprice that he hath taken in hande but if they wolde go forthe with hym and to take suche fortune as falleth other good or yuell If good fortune and wynnyng fall they to haue their part so that they demaunde no wages nor for losse of horse nor spence nor damage that they maye happÌ„ to haue for they said the kyng had broght men ynough out of his relame to furnysshe his enterprice This answere pleasedd nat greatly these lordes nor their coÌ„pany who had sore traueyled and spended their goodes and had layed their horses and harnes to pledge and solbe for necessytie Howbeit they coude haue nothynge els but that the kyng delyuerd theÌ„ a certayn somme of money to bring them home into their countrey Howe beit some of those lordes went agayne to the kyng to serue hym at aduenture they thought it shame to retourne agayne without any thyng doyng I shall deuyse to you soÌ„what the order that the kyng of Englande toke or he departed out of England the which is nat a thyng shortly to passe ouer for ther neuer departed out of Englande before suche an army nor so well ordred ¶ Or the kyng departed out of his realme he made all the lordes of France suche as were prisoners to be put into dyuers plaâ—es and stronge castelles in the realme to be the more surer of theÌ„ and the frenche kyng was set in the towre of LoÌ„don and his yonge sonne with hym and moche of his pleasure and sport restrayned for he was than straytlyer kept than he was before Than euery man was commaunded to go to Douer where as shyppes were redy to passe ouer so euery man drewe thyder none abode at home bytwene the age of twentie and threscore So that nere hande all lordes knyghtes and squyers went to Douer except suche as the kyng had apoynted to kepe the realme castels marches hauyns of the same whan all were assembled at Douer Than the kynge toke his musters and there sayde playnly that his entencyon was to passe ouer into the realme of France and nat to retourne agayn tyll he had made an ende of his warre or els a sufficyent peace to his great honour and profet or els to dye in the payne And therfore he sayd if there were any that were nat well wylling to go ouer to returne agayn backe euery man sayd they were gladde to serue hym And so they all entred into their shyppes in the name of god and saynt George and they arryued at Calays two dayes before the feest of Alsayntes the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lix. ¶ How the kyng of England departed fro Calais and of the order of his host in ridyng through Picardy so to the cytie of Reynes Cap. CC .vii. WHan the kyng and the prince his son were arryued at Calys and also thre other of his sonnes that is to say lorde Lyonell erle of Ulster the lorde JohnÌ„ erle of Rychmont and the lorde Edmonde yongest of the foure and all their people that they hadde dyscharged out of their shyppes all their horses and other prouysion and had taryed ther foure dayes Than euery man was coÌ„maunded to make redy to depart sayeng howe he wolde ryde after his cosyn the duke of Lancastre Than the kyng in a mornyng departed fro Calays with all his company and caryages in the best order that euer any army yssued oute of any towne It was sayd he had a sixe thousand charyettes and cartes brought out of England well furnysshed than he ordred his bataylles so richely besene that it was ioye to beholde them and than his coÌ„stable the erle de la Marche had fyue hundred knyghtes armed and a thousand archers before his batayle Than the kyngê batayle with thre thousande men of armes and .v. thousande archers in good order ridyng after the constables batayle and next after the kyngê batayle came all the caryage the which contayned two leagê in length mo than fyue thousand charyettes and cartes caryeng prouisyon for yâ— hoost withall thynges of householde which had nat besene before caryed with men of warre as handmylles ouyns to bake in and suche other thynges necessary Than next after them came the princes batayle and of his bretherne wherin were a two thousande speares nobly horsed richely besene in order redy to fyght they rode nat past a four leages a day And in this maner they were encountred with the duke of Lancastre and the strange lordes bytwene Calys and the abbey of Lykes in a fayre playn In the kynges hoost ther were a fyue hundred varlettes with matockes and axes to make euyn the wayes for the caryage to passe ¶ Nowe shall I name vnto you certayne of the lordes and knyghtes of Englande that passed the see with their kynge and before in the company of the duke of Lancastre the kynges cosyn germayn First his iiii sonnes the prince Edward sir Lyonell sir JohaÌ„ne and sir Edmonde Than sir Henry duke of Lancastre sir JohnÌ„ erle de la Marche coÌ„stable of Englande the erle of warwyke the erle of Suffolke marshall of Englande the erle of Herforde and Northampton the erle of Salysbury therle of Stafforde the erle of Oxenford the bysshop of Lyncolne the bysshoppe of Dyrham the lorde Percy the lorde Neuell the lorde Spenser the lorde Rose the lorde Manny the lorde Renolde Cobham the lorde Monbray the lorde Dalawarâ— the lorde JohnÌ„ Chandos sir Rycharde Penbruge the lorde of Manne the lorde Wylloughby the lorde Feltone the lorde Basset the lorde Crabalton the lorde SyluaÌ„â—yer sir James Awdeley sir Bartylmewe de Brunes 〈◊〉 lorde of Salyche sir Stephyn Gonsanton sir Hewe Hastynges sir JohaÌ„n Lysle sir Nowell Lormych and dyuers other whom I can nat name They rode through Arthoyes and passed by the cytie of Arras and toke the same way that the duke of Lancastre had paste before they coude fynde nothynge to lyue by in the playne countrey for all that there was lefte was put into the fortresses And also the couÌ„tre had ben long poore and sore wasted and it was a dere season in the realme of France and great famyne ranne generally through all the contre for the yerth had nat ben laboured of thre yer before for if
realme of Fraunce was sore wasted and exyled and specially in yâ— terme that the sayd frere haâ— sette The whiche was in the yeres of our lorde M. CCC 〈◊〉 .lvii. lviii and .lix. He sayde in those yeres the pryncis and gentylmen of the realme 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for feare shewe them selfe agaynst the people 〈◊〉 lowe estate assembled of all cou 〈…〉 without heed or Capitayne and they shulde 〈◊〉 as they lyste in the realme of Fraunce the whiche 〈◊〉 after as ye haue herde howe the companyons assembled theym to guether and 〈◊〉 〈…〉 son of theyr robbery and pyllage waâ—â—d riche and became great capitaynes NOWe lette vs retourne to the kynge of Englande Who laye at Bourge the Royne a two lyttell leages â—ro Parys and all his ooste towardes Mou 〈…〉 hery the kynge sente his herauldes to Paris to the duke of Normandy who laye there with great companye of men of warre to demaunde batayle but the duke wolde nat agree therto The messangers returned without any thynge 〈◊〉 And whan the kynge sawe that he shulde hauâ— no batayle he was sore â—ispleaseâ— Than 〈◊〉 Gaulter of Manny desyred the kynge that he myght make a sâ—rymyshe at the Bayles of Parys the kynge agreed therto and named suche as shulde go with hym and the kyng made certayne newe knyghtes as the lorde Fitz Waâ—er the lorde of Siluacier syr Balastre yâ— William Torceaux syr Thomas Spencer syr Johan Neuell syr Richarde Dostenay and other Also the kynge wolde haue made knyght Collaâ—â— Dambreticourte sonne to syr Nicholas Who was squier for the kynges body but the squâ—eâ— excused hym selfe he sayde he coulde nat fynde his Bassenette The lorde of Manny dyd his enterprise â–ª and brought these new knyghtes to skrymyshe at the Barriers of Parys There was a sore skrymyshe for within the cite there were mane good knyghtes and squiers Who wolde gladly haue issued out if the duke of Normandy wold agreed therto howe be it they defended theyr gate and barryers in suche Wyseâ— that they toke litell â—ammage This skrymyâ—â— endured from the mornynge tyll noone diuers were hurte on both partyes Than the lorde of Manny withdrewe to his lodgynge and there taryed all that daye and the nexte nyght folowynge And the next daye after the kyng 〈…〉 ged and toke the waye towarde Moutleheâ—y â–ª Certayne knyghtes of Englande and of Gaâ—coyne at theyr dislodgyng determined to lyâ— in a busshment for they thought ther were so many gentylmeÌ„ in Parys that some of them wold aduenture to issue oute And so a two hundred of chosen men of armes gascoyns and englisshe layed them selfe in a busshemeÌ„t in a voyd house a .iii. leages fro Parys There was the captall of Buz â–ª ser Edmonde of Pomiers and yâ— lorde of Courton gascoyns And ther were englisshe the lorde Neuell the lorde Mombray and syr Richarde of Pounchardon these .vi. knyghtes were chieâ— capitaynes of this imbuâ—shement Whan the frenchemen in Parys sawe the dyslodgynge of the englysshe oost certayne yonge knyghtes drewe to guether and sayd It Were good that we issued out of this cite secretly and folowe the englisshe oost perauenture we may happe somwhat to wynne Anone there agreed to yâ— purpose syr Raâ—â— of Coucy sir Rauâ— of Remenall the lorde of Montsault the lorde of Helay the chatelayne of Beauuoys the Begue of Uillaines the lorde of Beausiers the lorde of Ulbariâ— â–ª sir Gauwen of Ualouell sir Flaâ—ant of Roy syr â—elles of Cauilly syr Peter of â—armoises Peter of Sauoise and about 〈◊〉 â—peares in theyr coÌ„pany They issued out well horsed and well wylled to do some dede of armes they rode the way to Bourge le Royne and passed by and rode so forwarde that they passed by yâ— englisse busshemeÌ„t And whan they were passed the englysshe men and gascoynes brake out and sette on them cryeng theyr cryes The trenchemen returned and had great meruaile what it was and incontinent they knewe howe it was theyr ennemies Than they stode styll and set them selfe in ordre of batayle and couched their speares agaynst the englisshmen and gascoyns at the first metynge there was a sore iustê and diuerse cast to the erthe on bothe parties for they wer all well horsed ThaÌ„ they drew out theyr swerdes and entred eche amoÌ„g other gyuyng great strokes There was done many a propre feat of armes This fight endured a great space so that none coulde tell Who shulde haue the victory Ther yâ— captall of Buz proued hym selfe a good knyght and dyd with his handes noble dedes of armes Finally the englisshemen and gascoyns bare them selfe so well that the victorie abode on theyr part they were as many and half as many agayne as the frenche men were On the frenche ê‘tie the lord of CaÌ„premy was a good knyght for he fought valiauntly vnder his baner and he that bare it was slayne and the lorde taken prisoner The other freÌ„che knyghtes and squiers seing theyr euyll aduenture retourned towarde Parys and fought euer as they fled for they were sore poursewed The chace endured tyll they paste Bourg le Royne there were taken a .ix. knyghtes and squiers And if the englysshemeÌ„ and gascoyns who pursewed them had nat doubted the issuynge out of them of Paris all the other had ben takeÌ„ or slayne but whan they had done theyr feat they retourned to MouÌ„tlehery where the kyng of England was and brought thither with them theyr prisoners and raunsomed them courtesly the same nyght and suffred them to go whither they lyste and trusted them on theyr faithes THe entencion of the kynge of Englande was to entre into the good countrey of Bâ—auâ—se and so to drawe alonge the Ryuere of Loyre and so all that somer to abyde in Britayne tyll after August And than at the vyntage to retourne agayne into France and to lay siege to Parys for he wolde nat retourne agayne into Englande bicause he sayd or he departed out of Englande that he wolde nat retourne agayne tyll he had Fraunce at his pleasure and he lefte his men in garisons to make warre in France in Champayn in poicton in Ponthieu in Uimeu in Uulgesyn and in Normandy and in al the realme of Fraunce and in the good townes cites suche as toke his parte with theyr owne good wylles All this season the duke of Normandye was at Parys and his two bretherne and the duke of orle aunse theyr vncle and their counsailes They ymagined well the courage of the kyng of Englande and howe that he and his meÌ„brought the realme of FraÌ„ce into great pouerte and sawe well howe the realme coulde nat longe endure in that case for the rentes of yâ— lordes and of the churches were nygh lost in euery parte As than there was a sage and a discrete persone Chauncellour of Fraunce called syr William of Montague bysshop of Tyrwin by whose couÌ„saile moche of FraÌ„ce was ruled good cause why Forâ—euer his counsayle was good and true and with hym there were
euer they be perteynynge to the realme of Fraunce or to our sayd brother his subiectes alies and adherentes or any other what so euer they be doynge agaynst the sayd peace â–ª and nat leaue or ceace so to do and wyll nat rendre agayne the damages by them done within a moneth after that they be requyred so to do by any of our officers sergeauntes or publike persones that than by that dede allonlye without any other processe or condempnacion that they be all reputed for banysshed meÌ„ out of our realme and our power and also oute of the realme and landes of oure sayde brother and all theyr gooddes forfaited to vs and into our demayn if they may be founde within our realme we woll and coÌ„maund expressely that on them We be made as of traytours and rebels agaynst vs accordynge to the custome done in cryme of high treason withoute gyuynge in that case any grace or remyssion sufferance or pardon And in like wyse to be done of our subiectê in whatsoeuer estate they be that in our realme 〈…〉 syde the lee or on the other side take occupye or holde fortresse whatsoeuer it be ayenst the wyll of them that they shuld perteyne vnto or brenneth or raunsometh townes or persones or do any pyllage or robbery in mouyng warrÌ„ within our power or on our subiectes Than we commaunde and expressely enioyne all our seneschals bailiffes prouostes chatelaynes or other our officers in eschewynge of our hygh displeasure and on peyne of losynge of their offices that they publysshe or cause to be publisshed these presentes in certayne notable places within theyr rules and that this commaundement ones sen harde none after to be so hardy to abyde in any fortresse ê‘teynyng to the realm of France beyng out of the ordinance of treatie of the sayd peace on peyne to be taken as an ennemie to vs to our sayd brother the FreÌ„che kynge and that they see all these sayd thynges to be kept and to do entierly fro poynt to poynt we woll that euery man knowe that if they be negligent and fayle thus to do beside the foresayde payne we shall cause them to rendre the damages to all them that by theyr defautes or negligence shal be greued or damaged and beside that we shal punysshe them in suche maner that it shal be ensamble to all other In wytnes of the whiche thynges we haue made these our letters pateÌ„tes yeuyn at Calais the .xxiiii. day of Octobre the yere of our lorde M .iii. C .lx. ¶ How after the peas made the king of England the frenche kyng called eche other bretherne And of the warres of Britayne And of the hostages that were delyuered to the englysshemen or the frenche kyng was deliuered out of theyr handes Ca. CC .xiii. AFter all these letters and coÌ„myssyons were made deuysed deliuered and well ordeined by the aduyce of the couÌ„sayle of both parties so that bothe kynges were content Than they fell in communycacion of the lord Charles of Bloys and of the lord JohnÌ„ of Mountford for the claymes that they made for the duchie of Britayn for eche of them clamed great right to haue in that heritage but for all theyr coiÌ„cacioÌ„ how they might bring them to peace coÌ„corde yet finally ther was nothyng done iÌ„ that mater for as I was infurmed aff the kyng of England nor his 〈◊〉 had no great affectyon to make that peace For they supposed the in tyme to come the men of warr the were on theyr parte and shulde auoyde out of suche fortressess and garisons as they hewe at the tyme had helde in the realme of France muste depart into some other place therfore the kyng of England and his counsaile thaught it more erpedient profitable that these men of warre that thus had lyued by pillage shuld drawe into the duchie of Britayn the whiche was a good plentifull countrey rather than they shulde retourne agayne into Englande and robbe and pille there So this imaginacion made shortly the englysshemen to breke of fro the coÌ„municacion of the article of Britayne the whiche was euill done and a great synne that they dyd nomore in that mater than they dyd For if both kynges had ben well wyllyng therto by the aduice of both their counsailles peace might haue ben made bitwene the parties and eche of them to haue ben content with that hadde ben gyuen them by reason of that treatye and therby the lord Charles of Bloys myght haue had agayn his children who lay as prisoners in England And also perauenture had lyued longer than he dyd And bycause the nothyng was done than in that mater the warres were neuer so great in the duchie of NormaÌ„dy before the peace made bitwene both kyngê as it was after as ye shall here recorded in this historye by suche barous and knyghtes of the couÌ„trey of Britayne who vphelde and susteyned some the our parte and some the other And than duke Henry of Lancastre who was a right valiant a sage ymagined knyght greatly loued the erle of MouÌ„â—ford and his aduauÌ„cement sayd to kyng JohnÌ„ of France in the presens of the kyng of EnglaÌ„d and before the moost parte of both theyr counsailes Syr as yet the truce that was taken before Raines bitwene the lord Charles of Bloys and the Erle Mountforde is nat expired But hath day to endure vnto the first day of Maye next comyng by the whiche season the kyng of England here present by the aduice of his couÌ„saile and consent of the prince his sonne shall sende the yonge duke the lorde JohnÌ„ of MouÌ„tforde with other certayne of his counsayle into Fraunce to you and they shall haue full aurtorite and power to comyn and to determyne all suche ryght as the sayde lorde JohnÌ„ ought to haue by the successioÌ„ of his father in the duchie of Britayne So thus by you and your counsaile by ours to guether some good way shal be taken bytwene them and for the more 〈◊〉 I thynke it were good that the trewâ—e were relonged vnto the fest of saynt JohnÌ„ Baptist nere folowynge And as the duke of Lancastre had deuysed so was it done and concludedde And than the lordes spake of other maters Rynge JohnÌ„ of France who had great desyre to retourne into Fraunce as it was reason shewed to the kynge of Englande with good corage all the signes of loue that he might do and also to his nephewe the prince of wales And in lyke wyse so dyd the kynge of England to hym for the confirmacion of more loue These two kynges who by the ordinaunce of the peace called eche other brother gaue to .iiii. knyghtes of eche of theyr partes the somme of .viii. M. frankes of yerely reuenues that is to say eche of them to haue .ii. M. frankes And also bicause that the lande of saynt Sauiour the UicouÌ„t in Constantyne the profite of the whiche came yerely into Englande by the gyft and sale of
kynge toke leaue of the pope went to the towne of Moâ—â— pellâ—â—er to visite Languedor where he had 〈◊〉 been of a longe space before NO we let vs speke of the kynge of Cyâ— and of the voiage 〈◊〉 he made He rode so longe by his â—ourneâ—â— that he came into almayn into the cite of Pragne and there he fouÌ„de the emperour of Almayne syr Charles of Behaigne who receyued hym graciously and all the lordes of the Empyre that were there present And the kynge of Cyper taryed there a thre wykes and exhorted greatly theym of the Empyre to this holy voyage and in euery place where he passed through Almayne the Emperour payde for hys Costes Than the kynge of Cyper wente into the duchye of Jullyers where the Duke made hym ryght great feast and â—here and thaâ— from thense he went in to 〈…〉 ante where also the Duke and duchessâ— receyued hym with great honour in the towne of Bruzels with diuers suppers Justis tournays other pastymes of honor as they coude ryght well do hit and at his departynge they gaue hym great gyftes and ieowels And than he went into Flanders to se the erle Loys who in like wyse dyd greatly feast and honour hym and specially at Brugê and dyd so moche that the kynge Was Well contente with hym And there he taryed that somer alwayes exhortyng euery man to this holy voyage Wherof dyuerse lordes had great ioy and desire to do it ¶ Of the frenche hostages that were in Englande and of the purchas that the kynge of Ciper made for this croisey Cap. CC .xviii. IN this season the kynge of Englande dyd grace to the iiii frenche dukes that were there ihostage that is to say the Duke of Orleaunce the duke of Aniou the duke of Berrey the duke of Bourbon These lordes were at Calais and that kyng was content that they shulde ryde aboute Calais by the space of .iiii. dayes where they lyste So that euer at yâ— .iiii. dayes ende they to come agayne to Calais by sonne settynge And thys the kynge of Englande dyd for a good entente bicause they shulde the rather in France purchase for theyr delyueraunce These .iiii. lordes thus beyng in Calais sent messangers dyuers tymes to the frenche kynge and to the duke of Normandy his eldest sonne desyrynge them to entende to theyr delyueraunce accordynge as they had promysed and sworne whan they entred into Englande sayeng els they wold take hede therto them selfe for they thought theymself as no prisoners though that these lordes were right nere of lignage to the kynge yet for all that theyr messangers were nat herde nor delyuered to theyr pleasure Wherwith these lordes were right sore displeased and specially the duke of Aniou who sayd he wold right wel prouyde for a remedy The frenche kynge and his counsaile and the duke of Normandy wer sore besied what for the voyage of the Croysey that he had taken vpon hym and for the warres that the kynge of Nauarre made in the realme who had sent into Lombardy for certayn of the companyons to helpe hym in his warre These were yâ— causes that they toke no regard to the lordes that laye in hostage that is to say to the foresayde .iiii. dukes nor to delyuer their messangers Whan they came into Fraunce And whan the kyng of Ciper had visited these lordes and these sayd countreys he rode so by his iourneys that he came to Calais where he founde .iii. of these sayd dukes the duke of Orleaunce the duke of Berrey the duke of Bourbon the duke of Aniou was gone into FrauÌ„ce I can nat tell in what estate These .iii. dukes as prisoners receyued the kynge of Ciper into Calais right ioyously and the kynge acquyted hym to them right swetely and so they wer there to guether .ii. dayes Than the kynge of Cyper passed the see and arryued at Douer there taried two dayes and refresshed hym tyll all his cariage was vnshypped Than he rode by smalle iourneys at his ease tyll he came to London and there he was honorably receyued and feasted of the lordes of Fraunce that were there and also by them of England who were sent to mete with hym by the kynge of EnglaÌ„d as the erle of Herforde syr Gaulter of Manny the lorde Spenser syr Rawoll Feryes ser Guyshart of PeÌ„nebruges and ser Richard of Stury who accompanied and brought hym to his lodgyng in the cite of London I can nat recouÌ„t to you in a hole day the noble diners and suppers chere and feastes that was made to hym by the kynge of Englande and the presentes gyftes and ieowels that was gyuen hym and to sayâ— trouthe he was well worthy to hauehit for he was come thither fro farre with great expense to exhorte the kynge to take on hym the redde crosse and to helpe to open the passage against goddes ennemies but the kynge of Englande excused hym selfe graciously and right sagely SO than agayne the kynge of Cyper repassed the see and arryued at Boloyn herde in his waye howe that the frenche kynge and the duke of Normandy the lorde Philyp his yongest sonne and great parte of his counsayle shulde be at the good towne of Amyense thither rode the kynge of Cyper and there he founde the kynge who was newly come thider and part of his counsaile and there he was nobly receyued and there recounted to them how he had spedde in all his voiage the whiche they were glad to here And whan the kynge of Cyper had ben there a certayn space of tyme than he sayde he tought he hadde nat yet no thynge done tyll he hadde seen the Prynce of Wales say enge that by the grace of god he Wolde go and sehym and the lordes of Poictom and of Acquitayne The frenche kynge accorded wel that he shulde so do but he desired hym at his retourne that he wolde come through FrauÌ„ce And the kyng of Ciper promysed so â—o to And thus he departed from Amience and went towarde Beaunoyse passed the riuer of Seyn and at last came to Poicters At that tyme the prince was at Angolesme where as he shulde kepe a great feast Justis and tournay of .xl. knyghtes and as many squiers for the loue of the princesse Who was brought to bedde of a faire sonne called Edwarde And as soone as the prince knewe of the coÌ„mynge of the kyng of Ciper he sent to mete with hym ser JohnÌ„ Chaudos and a great nombre of other knyghtes squiers of his house Who brought hym With great ioye and reuerence to the prince who receyued hym right honorably in all 〈◊〉 NOwe let vs leaue a while to 〈◊〉 of the kynge of Ciper and returne to the freÌ„che kynge and recount to what entencion he his counsatle were come to amience I was as than enfourmed and true hit was that kynge Johst of Fraunce was inpourposâ— to go into Englande to se kynge Edwarde his brother the quene his
a sir JohnÌ„ Chandos this good aduenture that is thus fallen to me is by the great wytte and prowes that is in you the whiche I knowe well and so do all those that be here Sir I pray you drinke with me and toke hym a flagon with wyne wherof he had dronke and refresshed hym before and moreouer sayd sir besyde god I ought to canne you the moost thanke of any creature lyuyng and therwith ther came to them sir Olyuer of Clysson forchased enstamed for he had long pursued his enemyes so he had moche payne to retourne agayne with his people and brought with hym many a prisonere Than he came to therle of Mountfort and a lyghted fro his horse and refresshed hym and in the same meane season there came to theÌ„ two knightes and two haraldes who had serched among the deed bodyes to se if ser Charles of Bloys were deed or nat Than they sayd all openly â–ª sir make good chere for we haue sene your aduersary ser Charles deed therwith the erle of Mountfort arose and sayde that he wolde go and se hym for he had as good wyll to se hym deed as a lyue and thyder he went and the knyghtes that were about hym And whan he was come to the place where as he lay a syde couered vnder a shelde he caused hym to be vncouered and than regarded hym ryght piteously studyed a certayne space and sayd a sir Charles fayre cosyn howe that by your opinyon many a great myschiefe hath fallen in Bretayn as god helpe me it sore dyspleaseth me to fynde you thus howe beit it can be none otherwyse and therwith he began to wepe Than sir JohnÌ„ Chandos drewe hym a backe and sayd sir departe hens and thanke god of the fayre aduentur that is fallen to you for without the dethe of this man ye coude nat come to the herytage of Bretayne ThaÌ„ therle ordayned that sir Charles of Bloys shulde be borne to Guyngant and so he was incoÌ„tynent with great reuerence and there buryed honorably as it apertayned for he was a good true and a valyant knight and his body after sanctifyed by the grace of god called saynt Charles and canonised by pope Urban the .v. for he dyde yet dothe many fayre myracles dayly ¶ Of the truce that was gyuen to bury the deed after the hatayle of Alroy and how dyuers castels yelded vp to therle MouÌ„tfort and howe he be seged CaÌ„pantoreÌ„tyne Cap. CC .xxvii. AFter that all the deed bodyes were dispoyled and that thenglysshmen were retourned fro the chase ThaÌ„ they drewe them to their lodgynges and vnarmed theÌ„ and toke their ease and toke hede to their prisoners and caused theym that were wounded to be well serued and serched And on the Monday in the mornynge the erle MouÌ„tfort made it to be knowen to them of the cytie of Reynes and to the townes ther about that he wolde gyue truce for thre dayes to the cuteÌ„t that they might gather togyder the deed bodyes and bury them in holy places the whiche ordynaunce was well taken and accepted And so the erle Mountfort lay styll at siege before Alroy and sayd he wold nat depart thens tyll he had wonne it So the tidynges spredde abrode into dyuers countrees howe sir JohnÌ„ Mountfort by the counsell and ayde of the englysshmen had won the felde agaynst sir Charles of Bloys and disconfyted and put to dethe and taken all the cheualry of Bretayne such as were agaynst hym Sir Johan Chandos had great renome for all maner of people lordes knightes and squyers suche as had ben in the felde sayd that by his wytte and high prowes thenglysshmen and bretons had won the felde and of these tidynges were all the frendes and ayders of sir Charles of Bloyes right sorowfull and sore dyspleased the whiche was good reason And specially the frenche kyng for this disconfyture touched hym gretly bycause that dyuers knightê of his realme were ther slayne and taken as sir Bertram of Clesquy whome he greatly loued and the erle of Aucer the erle of Joigny all the barones of Bretayne none except Than the frenche kyng sent Loyes the duke of Aniou to the marches of Bretayne for to recoÌ„fort the countre yâ— which was desolate disconforted for the loue of their lorde Charles of Bloyes whome they had lost And also to reconforte the countesse of Bretayne wyfe to the sayd lorde Charles who was so sore disconforted for yâ— dethe of her husbande that it was pyte to beholde her the whiche the duke of Aniou was bouÌ„de to do for he had maried her doughter So he promysed with faythfull entent to gyue vnto all the good cyties castels in Bretayne and to all the remnant of the countre of Bretayne his good counsell confort and ayde in all cases Wherby the good lady whome he called mother and all the countrey had a certayne space gret trust vnto suche season as the frenche kyng to ereche we all parels put other prouisyon as ye shall herafter Also these tidynges came to the kyng of Englande for the erle of MouÌ„tfort had writen to hym therof the. v â–ª day after the batayle was ended before Alroy â–ª The letters were brought to the kynge of Enlande to Douer by a parseuant of armes who had ben in the batayle And the kyng inconsynent made hym an haralde called him Wynd sore â–ª as I was enformed by the same haraulde and dyuers other And the cause why the kynge of Englande was as than at Douer I shal shewe you here after IT was of trouthe that ther was a treaty thre yere before bytwene the lord EdmoÌ„de erle of Cambrige one of the kynges sonnes and the doughter of therle Loys of FlauÌ„ders to the which maryage therle of FlauÌ„ders was as than newly agreed vnto so that pope Urban the fyft wolde dispence with them for they were nere of lynage And the duke of LaÌ„castre and the lorde Edmonde his brother with many knightes and squyers had ben in FlauÌ„ders with the erle and were receyued right honorably in signe of great peace and loue And so the erle of Flaunders was come to Calais and passed the see and came to Douer where the kyng and parte of his counsell were redy to receyue hym and so they were ther. Whan the forsayd purseuant came to the kyng and brought hym tidynges of the batayle of Alroy of the whiche the kyng and all that were ther were right ioyouse and in lykewise so was the erle of Flaunders for the loue and honour and auauncemeÌ„t of his cosyn germayne the erle of Mountfort Thus the kyng of England and therle of flauÌ„ders were at Douer the space of thre dayes in feestes and great sportes and whan they had well sported theÌ„ and done that they assembled for Than the erle of Flaunders toke leaue of the kyng and departed and as I vnderstande the duke of Lancastre and the lorde Edmonde passed the see agayne with
ar roddes strokes of god sent to chastyce him and to gyue ensample to all other christen kingê and princes to beware that they do nat as he hath done With suche wordê or seÌ„blable the prince was couÌ„selled or kyng daÌ„peter arryued at Bayon but to these wordê the prince answered thus Sayeng lordê I thynke and byleue certeÌ„ly that ye counsell me truely to the best of your powers I knowe well and am well enfourmed of the lyfe state of this kyng DaÌ„peter and knowe well that without noÌ„bre he hath done many yuell dedes wherby nowe he is disceyued But the cause present that moueth gyueth vs corage to be willyng to ayde him is as I shall shewe you It is nat couenable that a bastard shulde hold a realme in herytage and put out of his owne realme his brother ryghtfull enheryter to the lande the whiche thyng all kynges kingê sonnes shulde in no wyse suffre nor coÌ„sent to for it is a great preiudice agaynst the state royall also besyde that the kyng my father and this kyng DaÌ„peter hath a gret season ben alyed togyder by great coÌ„federacions wherfore we are bouÌ„de to ayde him in cause that he requyre desyre vs so to do Thus the prince was moued in his corage to ayde coÌ„fort this kyng DaÌ„peter in his trouble besynes Thus he answered to his counsell and they coude nat remoue him cut of that purpose for his mynde was euer more more fermely set on that mater And whan king DaÌ„peter of Castell was come to the prince to the cyte of Burdeux he humyled hym selfe right swetely to the prince offred to him great giftes and profyte in sayeng that he wolde make Edwarde his eldest sonÌ„e kynge of Galyce and that he wolde deê‘te to hym to his men great good richesse the which he had left behynde hym in the realme of Castell bycause he durst nat bring it with hym but this ryches was in so sure kepynge that none knewe where it was but himselfe to the which wordes the knightes gaue good enteÌ„t for englysshmen gascoÌ„s naturally are couetouse Than the prince was counselled to asseÌ„ble all the barons of the duchy of acquitayne his specyall counsell and so ther was at Burdeux a great counsayle And there the kyng DaÌ„peter shewed openly how he wold meyntayne hym selfe howe he wolde satisfy euery man yf the prince wolde take on hym to bring hym agayne into his countre ThaÌ„ ther were letters writen messangers sent forthe lordes and knyghtê sent for all about as therle of Armynake therle of Comygines the lorde Dalbret the erle of Carmayne the Captall of Beufz the lorde of Cande the vycount of Chastyllon the lorde of Lescute the lorde of Rosem the lorde of Lespare the lorde of Chamont the lorde of Musydent the lorde of Turtoni the lorde of Pyncornet and all the other barons and knightes of Gascoyne and of Uerne And also therle of Foix was desyred to come thyder but he wolde nat but excused hym selfe by cause he had a dysease in his legge and might nat ryde but he sent thyder his counsayle TO this parlyament thus holden in the cyte of Burdeux came all the erles vycouÌ„tes barons wyse men of Aquitayne of Xaynton Poictou Duercy Lymosyn and of Gascoyn And whan they were all come they went to couÌ„sell thre dayes on the state and ordynauÌ„ce for this kyng DaÌ„peter of Spayne who was alwayes ther present in the counsayle with the prince his cosyn reasonyng alwayes to fortify his quarell besynesse Finally the prince was couÌ„selled that he shulde send suffycieÌ„t messangers to the kyng his father into England to knowe his couÌ„sell what he shulde do in that case And his pleasure and answere ones knowen than all the lordê sayd they wolde take couÌ„sell togyder so make the price suche an answere that of reason he shulde be well content Than ther were chosen and named four knightes of yâ— princes that shulde go into Englande to the kyng that is to say sir Dalawar sir Noell Lornisshe sir Johan and sir Hely of Pomyers Thus than deê‘ted and brake vp this counsell and euery man went home to their owne houses kyng Dam peter taryed styll at Burdeux with the prince princesse who dyd him moche honour made him great feest and chere And than the forsaid four knyghtê depted who were apoynted to go into Englande and they toke shippyng sped so well in their iourney by the helpe of god and the wynde that they arryued at Hampton and ther rested one day to refresshe thâ— and to vnship their horses and caryages and the second day toke their horses and rode so longe yâ— they came to the cyte of London ther they demauÌ„ded wher the king was and it was shewed theÌ„ howe he was at Wynsore And thyder they meÌ„t and were right welcome well receyued bothe with the kyng and with yâ— quene aswell bycause they were pteyning to the prince their sonne as also bycause they were lordes and knightes of great recoÌ„mendacion Than they delyuered their letters to the king and the kyng opened reed them whan he had a lytell studyed than he sayd Sirs ye shall go to your logynges I shall sende to you certayne lordes wyse mâ— of my counselle and they shall answere you with shorte expedicyon This answere pleased well these knightes and the next day they retorned to London and within a shorte space after the kyng came to WestmÌ„ and with hym the moost grettest of his counsell as his sonÌ„e the duke of LaÌ„castre therle of AruÌ„dell therle of Salysbury therle of MaÌ„ny sit Reynold Cobham the erle Percy the lorde Neuyll and dyuers other and prelates ther were the bysshop of Wynche stre of Lyncolne and of London And so they kept a great couÌ„sell and a long vpon the Princê letters and on his request that he had made to yâ— kyng his father finally it semed to the kyng and his counsell athyng due resonable for the prince to take on him to bring agayne the king of Spaygne into his owne herytage to this they all opeÌ„ly agreed And thervpon they wrot notable letters dyrected fro the kyng and fro yâ— couÌ„sell of England to the prince to all the barons of aqtayn and so with these letters yâ— said messangers depted agayne to the cyte of Burdeux wher as they founde the prince the kynge DaÌ„peter to whome they delyuered letts fro the kyng of England Than was ther a newe day of counsell set to be had in the cyte of Burdeux and thyder caÌ„e all suche as were sent for Than ther was reed openly in the counsell the kyng of Englandes letters the which deuysed playnly howe he wolde that the prince his son in the name of god and saynt George shuld take on hym to set agayn kyng DaÌ„peter into his herytage the which his bastarde brother wroÌ„gfully had taken fro hym without
with the treaty that was made bit wene him and therle of Foiz and than he retorned to the prince and recounted to him howe he had spedde The price who byleued and loued hym right well was well coÌ„tent with yâ— he had done in his voyage In this season the prince was in the lusty floure of his youthe and he was neuer wety nor full satysfyed of warr sythe the first begynning that he bare armes but euer entended to achyue hygh dedes of armes And as to this enterprice and â—â—age into Spayne and to set agayne yâ— kyng that was chased out therof byforce of armes into his owne realme honoure and pytie moued hym therto and often tymes he spake to sir Johan Chandos to sir Thomas Phelton who were moost speciall of his counsayle demaundyng of theÌ„ what they thought These knightê answered that they thought nothyng but well and sayd Sir certaynly this is a gretter enter price without comparyson than it was to put out of his realme this kyng Dampeter for he was hated of all his men and euery man for soke hym whan he had thought they wolde haue ayded him Nowe is possessed at this preseÌ„t tyme of all the realme the bastarde kynge and entierly he hath the loue of all the nobles prelates â–ª and all other in the realme and they haue made hym kyng and haue promysed to maynteyne hym in yâ— estate what soeuer befall Therfor sir it wyll be behouable for you to haue in your company great foysson of men of armes and archers for ye shall fynde well with whoÌ„e to fight if ye come into Spayne Sir I counsayle you to breke the greattest parte of plate treasure wherof ye haue great plenty make therof money to deê‘te therof largely to the coÌ„panyons suche as wyll serue you this voyage for the loue of you they are contente to go but as for the loue of kynge Dampeter they wolde nat serue him and also sirsend into Englande to the kyng your father desyring hym to ayde you with a hundred thousande frankes yâ— whiche the frenche kynge ought to sende into Englande in short space Sir gather asmoche money as ye can for it shall greatly stande you in hande so to do without taxyng or talagyng any of your subgettes or countre ye shall yâ— better be serued and be loued To this counsayle and to dyuers other good and true counsayles gyuen to the prince by these knightê he was content ther with and caused two ê‘tes of his plate to be brokenÌ„e and to make money therof to gyue therof largely to the sayde companyons and also he sent into Englande to the kyng his father for the forsayd hundred thousande frankes The kynge of Englande who parceyued well the busynesse and nede of yâ— prince his son acorded lightly to his request And sent letters to the frenche kyng to pay the sayd somÌ„e to the bringer therof and send him aquytauÌ„ce for the same somme So these hundred thousande fraÌ„kes were delyuered and brought to the prince who departed it amonge all his men of warre ON a day the prince was in his chambre a sportynge in the cyte of Angolesme and with hym dyuers other knightes of Gascoyne Poyctou and of Englande And ther he bourded with them and they with hym and talked of this vyage into Spayne in the meane season that sir Johan Chandos was for the coÌ„panyons The prince tourned his heed to warde the lorde Dalbreth and sayde to hym sir Dalbreth with what nombre of men of warre may ye well serue me in this viage sir 〈◊〉 he yf I desyre my freÌ„des I may well make you a thousaÌ„d speares and my lande kept A 〈◊〉 the prince that is a fayre thyng and tourned hym to sir Thomas Phelton and towarde other knyghtes of Englande and sayd to theym in englysshe by my faythe one ought well to loue yâ— lande wher ther is suche a baron that canne serue his lorde with a thousand speares Than he torned hym agayne to the lorde Dalbreth and sayd sir I retayne them all to do me seruyce this vyage sir 〈◊〉 he in the name of god I am content Of this retayning fell after great myschiefe as ye shall here in this hystorie NOwe lette vs retourne to the companyons that were alyed and retayned with the prince They suffred moche yuell and trouble or they entred into yâ— principalyte of Catholon and Aragon and were fayne to departe into thre companyes The grettest part went costyng Foiz and Borne the seconde Cathelone and Armynake and the thyrde went by Aragon by the acorde of therle Dalbreth therle of Armynake and therle of Foyz and in that coÌ„pany were moost parte gascoyns And that coÌ„pany who were about a thre thousand went deuyded into dyuers companyes a thre hundred or four huÌ„dred togyder and drewe toward the bysshopriche of Tholouse and Mountanbon Than ther was a knight of Fraunce seneshall of Tholous called Guy Dazay who whan he knewe that the companyoÌ„s aproched and rode a sondre in companyes and that all they togyder passed nat the noÌ„bre of thre thousande and herde howe they were sore wery with traueyle and but yuell armed and horsed and worse arayed Than he sayde that he wolde nat suffre that any suche people shulde aproche Tholous nor the realme of Fraunce wherfore he sayd by the pleasure of god he wolde go and fight with them Than he sent his mynde and purpose to the lorde Amorry erle of Narbon the seneshall of Carcasson and to him of Beaucayre and to all knightes squyers and officers therabout sendyng and requiryng them of ayde to kepe and defende the fronters agaynst these yuell coÌ„panyons And all suche as he sent vnto obeyed and hasted to coÌ„e to him assoone as they might into the cyte of Tholous And whan they were come togyder they were in nombre a fyue hundred speares knightes and squyers and a four thousande of other men of the couÌ„tre And they all toke the feldes towarde Montaubon a .vii. leages fro Tholous they that came first passed forthe abyding for their company ¶ Whan the erle of Narbone and sir Guy Dazay who were souerayne leaders of the frenche army were departed fro the cyte of Tholous they went and lodged nere to Montanbon the whiche as than was vnder the obeysaunce of yâ— prince and therin was a captayne a knight named sir Johan Comes Than these lordes of Fraunce sent their currours before Montaubon to th entent to drawe out of the fortresse the companyons that were ther within And whaÌ„ the capitayne knewe that the frenchemen were come thyder with an army he had great marueyle â–ª bycause the lande parteyned to the price Than he spake with his company and dyde so moche that by assuraunce he spake with yâ— frenche currours and demauÌ„ded who had sent theÌ„ thyder and why they auaunced theym to ouerron the princes lande the which was their neybour and seyng that the prince was frende to yâ— kynge and realme of Fraunce Sir 〈◊〉
his counsayle she wyng to them howe on their partie the peace dayly was but yuell kept aswell by reason of the warr that the coÌ„panyons had made all this sixe yere coÌ„tynually in the realm of France as by dyuers other accydentes wherof the frenche kyng was enformed and nat well coÌ„tent therwith The kyng of Englande caused these ambassadours to tary styll in England the space of two monethes and in the same space they declared dyuers artycles often tymes to the kyng wherof the kyng was sore displeased howbeit they set lytell ther by for they were charged by the french kyng his counsayle to shewe it And whan the french kyng had secrete and certayne knowlege howe they within Abuyle wolde become french and that the warres were opyn in Gascone howe all his people were redy aparelled and in gode wyll to make warr agaynst the prince to entre in to the principalyte Howbeit he thought as than to haue no reproche nor in tyme to coÌ„e to be sayd of hym that he shuld send his people into the kyng of Englande or princes lande or to take townes cyties castels or fortresses wtout defyaÌ„ce wherfore he was couÌ„selled to send to defy the kyng of England And so he dyd by his letters closed and a breton varlet bare theÌ„ And whan he came to Douer ther he founde the erle of Salebruce sir WyllmÌ„ of Dorman returnyng into FraÌ„ce and had acoÌ„plysshed their message to whome this varlet declared ê‘te of his message so he was coÌ„mauÌ„ded to do And whan they herde that they deê‘ted out of Englande as fast as they might passed the see were right ioyfull whan they were aryued at Bolen In the same season the prince had sent to Rome to pope Urbane sir Guysshard DaÌ„gle for dyuers maters touchyng Aquitayne And he fouÌ„de the pope right fauorable in all his sutes so returned agayne and by the way he herde howe the gascoyns frenchmen made warr agaynst the prince howe they ouerran the pricipalyte wherof he was sore abasshed in feare how he might returne without daÌ„ger Howbeit he caÌ„e to the geÌ„tyll erle of Sauoy whom he founde in PyemoÌ„t in the towne of Pyneroll for he made warr agaynst the marques of Saluces The erle of Sauoy receyued him ioyously all his company kept him two dayes gaue to them great gyftes specially to sir Guysshard Dangle for therle greatly honoured him bycause of his noble chinalry And so whaÌ„ he was deê‘ted aproched nerer to the bondes of Fraunce of Bolone he herde euer tidyngê worse worse to his purpose So that he saw well in that case that he was in he coude nat returne into Guyen he was to well knowen Therfore he gaue the gouernaÌ„ce of his coÌ„pany to a knight called ser iohnÌ„ I sore who had wedded his dought he was a good freÌ„chman borne in the marches of breten So he toke on him the charge to conduct home his father in lawes company and he went into the lande of the lorde of Beauieu ther he passed the ryuer of Some And there he acquyted hym selfe so with the lorde of Beauieu that he brought hym and all his company to Ryon in Auuerne to the duke of Berry and ther he offerd to be good freÌ„che as it was sayd so that he myght be brought peasably to his owne house into Bretayne And his father in lawe ser Guys shard Dangle disgysed hym selfe lyke a poore preest yuell horsed and arrayed and so passed by Fraunce the marchesse of Burgoyne and of Auuerne And dyde somoche with great payne that he entred into the pricipalyte and came to Angoleme to the price wher he was right welcome and another knight that went with him to Rome called sir WyllmÌ„ of Cens for feare As he came homwarde he came to the abbey of Cluny in Burgone and ther taryed more than fyue yeres after and durst neuer go oute of the house And yet at last he yelded hymsefe french Nowe let vs retourne to the breton yâ— brought the freÌ„che kyngê defyaÌ„ce to the kyng of EnglaÌ„d ¶ How the defyance was delyuered to the kyng of Englande and howe the erle of saynt Poule and the lorde of Chastellon conquered therldome of Poictou Cap. CC .xlvii. THis foresayd varlet dyde so moche that he came to London and vnderstode how the kyng and his couÌ„sayle was at WestmÌ„ holdynge there a great counsayle for the princes warres bytwene hym the barons and knightes of Gascone to se how it shulde be maynteyned and what men shulde be sent out of England to ayde hym And than ther came to them other newe tidynges the whiche made theÌ„ to haue other busynesse than they had before For this frenche varlet dyd somoch that he entred into the chambre wher the kyng and his counsayle was and sayd howe he was a varlet sent by the french kyng had brought letters to the kyng of Englande And so kneled downe to the kyng and offred hym the letters And the kynge who greatly desyred to knowe what they ment caused them to be receyued opyned and reed ¶ Than the kyng and all his conÌ„sayle had great maruell therof whan they vnderstode the defyance and behelde well the seale and sigue and sawe clerely howe it was of authorite Than they caused the varlet to departe sayeng to hym howe he hadde right well done his message Wherfore he might departe whan he wolde he shulde haue no let and so he returned assone as he might The same season ther were styll in England hostagers the erle Dolphyn of Auuergne therle of Porseen the lorde of Mallurer and dyuers other who wer in great heuynes of hert whan they herde those tidynges for they knewe nat what the kyng wolde do with them The kyng and his counsayle had great dispyte that a varlet shulde thus bringe his defyaÌ„ce and sayd howe it was nothyng aê‘tenant that the warr bytwene two such gret princes as the kyng of Englande and the frenche king shulde be publysshed by a varlet they thought it had ben more metely yâ— it shulde haue ben done by a prelat or by some valyaÌ„t man baron or knyght how beit they sawe there was no remedy Than they couÌ„sayled the kyng that incontynent he shulde sende a great army in to Poyctou to kepe the fronters ther and specially to the towne of Abuyle the whiche was in great danger of lesyng The kyng was content so to do and so ther was apoynted to go thyder the lorde Percy the lorde Neuyll the lorde of Carbeston and sir WyllmÌ„ of Wynsore with CCC men and. M. archers And in the mean season whyle these lordes made them redy and were coÌ„e to Douer to passe the see ther came other tidynges out of Poictou the which were nothyng ioyfull For assone as therle Guy of s Poule and sir Guy of Chastellon who were as than maisters of the crosbowes of France thought by all likelyhod yâ— the
messangers returned to Bruges and shewed the erle their lorde howe they had spedde Wher of he was ryght ioyfull And it was nat longe after but that the mariage of the duke of Bourgoyn their erles doughter was driueÌ„ through and agreed And it was shewed me that for this mariage the erle of Flaunders had more than fyfty thousande frankes and the towne of Doway and Lisle delyuered in gage for money that the frenche kynge gaue with thys maryage to the erle of Flaunders Who toke possessyon of them and therin dyd putte his people And so these two townes were attributed to FlauÌ„ders by reason of gage as it was shewed me I can say no further And anone after this composicion they proceded to the mariage the whiche was done and confirmed in the towne of GauÌ„t and there was great feaste and solempnyte the day of the maryage and after Ther were many lordes barones and knyghtes and specially the gentyl lorde of Coucy who was sent thither by the frenche kynge euery man was greatly feasted with great iustes and tryumphes And after euery man wense Whom to his owne And whan the kynge of EnglaÌ„de sawe that the erle of Flaunders bycause of this sayde maryage was alyed into Fraunce he wyste â—at What to suppose Whether that the Erle of Flaunders wolde take parte agaynst hym with the duke of Bourgoyne his sonne in lawe who by succession shulde be his heyre after his disceace ornat Nor also he myste nat what rouâ—nauntes were 〈◊〉 bâ—twene the frenche kynge and the erle of Flaunders Wherfore the kynge of Englande was more harder to the Flemmynges than he was before bothe by lande and by see as they came in marchandise Wherof the freÌ„che kynge was nothynge displeased for he wolde gladly that the Warre hadde ben open bitwene the englisshemen and fleÌ„mynges Howe be it the wise men of Flaunders and bourgesses of good tow â—es had no wyl to the warre for the comynalte of Flaunders susteyned rather the opinion and quarell of the kynge of Englande to be better than the frenche kynges The kynge of Englande who sought for frendes in all parties as â—ede was for hym so to do seynge the great warres and rebellions that dayly rose agaynst hym than he vnderstode well that kyng Charles of Nauarr his cosyn who was in base Nor mandy wolde soone agree to his accord for he was behated with the frenche kynge bicause of certayn landes that he kept and claymed them as his enheritance the whiche the frenche kyng dâ—nâ—ed for the whiche theyr counsayles had ben often tymes to guether But they coulde neuer make agrement bitwene them and so the matâ—er hanged styll eche of them takyng good hede of other And the kynge of Nauarre fortifyed greatly his townes and castels in Constantine and in the countie of Deureur and in the good townes of Normandye and helde hymselfe at Châ—erburge and had men of warr in euery garison And with hym there was ser Eustace DaÌ„â—â—erâ—court who was gouernour of a towne beâ—oud the passage of saynt Clement in the close of Constantyne the whyche perteyned to the kynge of Nauarre for it was parcell of his heâ—â—age called the towne of Carentyn And this syr â—ustace was chief of the kynges counsaile and the kynge of Englande sent vnto hym for he was also hisman and knyght to the entent that he shulde knowe the kynge of Nauarres mvâ—de And this knyght dyd so moche that the kynge of Nauarre with a prâ—uy company entred into a shyppe called Lyâ— and came to the kynge of England who made hym great there and feast and so they were longe to gether and fynally concluded that as soone as the kynge of Nauarre were returned to Chierbourge he shulde sende and defye the frenche kynge and to put in al his castelles and fortresses englisshe men And whan all this was confyrmed the kynge of Nauarre departed and returned agayne into Normandy to the towne of Chierbourge and was brought thyther by certayne knyghtes of Englande who had but euyllfortune at theyr returnynge home ward for on the see they mette normans and pyrates Who fiersely assayled them and were farre stronger than the englisshmen So the normans conquered them and slewe them all they wolde nat take one to mercy of the whiche aduenture the kynge of Englande was right sore displeased howe be it he coude nat remedy it And anone after yâ— the kynge of Nauarre was returned to Chierbourge ser Eustace Dambreticourt who was sent for by the prince toke leaue of the kyng of Nauarr to go and serue the prince the whiche kynge gaue hym leaue sore agaynste hysmyll Howe be it ser Eustace shewed hym so many reasonable causes that at laste he departed and toke the see and arryued with all his company at saynt Malo and rode to Nauntes to passe there the ryuer of Loyre by the agrement of the duke of Bretayne Who as than stered nat on no partye And so syr Eustace trauayled so longe that he came in to Poictou and came to the towne of Angolesme to the prynce who receyued hym with great ioy thaÌ„ anone sente hym to syr JohnÌ„ Chandos to the Captal of Beuâ— who were at Montaban makyng there thyr fronter agaynste the frenche men And thyther syr Eustace was ryght well come to all the company ¶ Howe the constable of France and the constable of Heynaulte reysed all army of men of warre to assaile Arde and howe the fortresse of Reainuille was taken and the englysshemenne slayne Cap. C C .liiii. IN the same season the knyghtes of Pycardye assembled together to go and assaute Arde and sir Mores Fyennes Constable of France and sir JohnÌ„ Uertyn constable of Heynauâ—â— were capitaynes of that companye by the commaundement of the Frenche kynge and they assembled to guether in the towne of saynt â—mer and they were a thousand spearâ—s of knyghtes and squyers And so they went and mostred before the bastid of Arde the whiche was well furnysshed with englysshe men and so the frenche men sayde they Wolde laye sâ—ege therto And the englysshe men were no thyng abasshed but made them redy to defende theyr fortresse if nede were And on a daye all the frenchemen and heynowes assembled together in yâ— felde in good array and fresshe mauer it was a goodly syght to beholde the baners and standardes wauynge with the wynde and so they gaue assaute to the towne nat greatly to theyr profyt for there were diuerse of them sore hurt and wounded and conquered nothynge And as it was shewed me on the syft daye they beparted fro Arde Without doynge of any great hurte and so returned euery man home to his owne howse Thus brake vp that iâ—urney ¶ Howe lette vs speke of farther countreys as of the siege that was before â—iamuille in Quercy layde by the frenchemen who were a .xii. thousande fyghtyngemen with the companyons that were in theyr felawesâ—â—ppe and within two dayes iourney of them lay the duke of
lyke maner no more wolde the lorde of Pyerbuffier another baneret of Lymosyn who also was at Parys But there were other two great barons of Lymosyn sir Loyes of Maleuall and sir Raymon of Marneyle his nephue who also the same season were at Parys they forsoke the prince and became freÌ„che And after by their garysons made gret warre to the prince wherof the kynge of Englande and his counsayle were sore displeased And also in that dyuers barones of Guyen became frenche without any constraynt but by their owne wylles Than the kyng of Englande was counsayled that he shulde write couert letters sealed with his seale and to be borne by two or thre of his knightes in to Poictou and in to Acquitayne and ther to publysshe theym In cyties castels and good townes The same season was delyuered out of prison in Dagen sir Camponell of Camponall in exchaâ—ge for another knight of the princes who had ben taken at a scrimysshe before Pyergourt called ser Thomas Balaster but the clerke that was with the said knight remayned styll in prison in Dagen and sir Camponell returned in to FraÌ„ce ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of the letters sent in to Acquitayne by the kyng of Englande the tenour wherof herafter foloweth ¶ The copy of the letters sent by the kyng of Englande into Acquitayne And howe Chasteleraut was taken and Bell perche besieged by the frenchemen Cap. CC .lxxii. EDwarde by the grace of god kynge of England and lorde of Irelande and Acquitayne To all theÌ„ that this present writynge shall se or here reed knowe you that we consyderyng and regardyng the busynesses of our sayd marches and lymitacions of our seignorie of Acquitayne stretchynge fro heed to heed We haue ben enformed yâ— for certayn troubles greffes vexacyons done or thought to bedone by our right dere son the prince of Wales in the say de countreis The whiche we are bounde to withstande and remedy in all thynges touchynge the hates and yuell wylles bytwene vs and our true frendes and subgettes Therfore by these presentes here we anouÌ„ce pronouÌ„ce certify ratify that we by our good wyll and by great delyberacyon of counsayle therto called Woll that our dere sonne the prince of Wales forbere and leaue all maner of accyons done or to bedone And to restore agayne to all suche as hath ben greued or oppressed by hym or by any of his subgettes or offycers in Acqtayne All their costes spences domagê leuyed or to be leuyed in the name of the sayd aydes or fo wages And if any of our true subgettes frendes aswell prelates as men of holy church vnyuersiteis collages bysshops erles vycontes barons knightes comynalties and men of cyties and good townes Be tourned to kepe holde by false informacion and symple aduyse the opinyon of our aduersary the french kyng We pardon them their trespas so that after the sight of these our letters they retourne agayne to vs or within a moneth after And we desyre all our true frendes to kepe theÌ„ selfe styll in the state that they be nowe in to saue their faythes and homagê so that they be nat reproched the whiche thyng shulde greatly displease vs and lothe we wolde be to se it And if vpon our dere sonÌ„e the prince or of any of his men they make any laufull coÌ„playnt that they be in any thyng greued or oppressed or haue ben in tyme past We shall cause them to haue amendes in suche wyse that by reason shall suffice And to the entent to norisshe peace loue concorde and vnite bytwene vs and all those of the marches and ly mytacions aforesayd And bycause that euery man shulde repute this our mynde and wyll to be of trouthe we wyll that euery man take and haue the copy of these presentes the whiche we haue solemply sworne to kepe and maynteyne and nat to breke them on the precyous body of Jesu Christ Present our right dere sonne Johan duke of Lancastre WyllmÌ„ erle of Salysbury the erle of Warwyke therle of Hertforde Gaultier of Manny the lorde Percy the lorde Neuyll the lorde Bourchier the lorde Stafforde Richard of PeÌ„broke Roger BeauchaÌ„p Guy Brian the lorde of Meâ—â—e the lorde Dalawar Alayne Boncquesell Richard Stry knightê Gyuen at our palys at WestmÌ„ the yere of our reigne .xliiii. the .v. day of Nouembre THese letters were brought fro the kyng of Englande into the principalyte duchy of Acqtayne and notifyed and publysshed all about And the copyes sent secretly into Parys to the vycont of Rochchoart the lorde Ma leuall the lorde of Marneyle to other suche as were turned frenche Nowbeit for all yâ— these letters were thus sent and publysshed in all the countrey of Acqtayne I herde nat that any for all that left to do as they lyst So that nat with standyng dayly they turned to the frenche ê‘te And so it was that assone as sir Loys of saynt Julyan was retourned in to the Roche of Poy say and sir WyllmÌ„ of Bordes in to the garison of the Hay in Tourayn and Carlon et to saynt Saluyn Than secretly they made forthe a iorney of meÌ„ of armes and hardy coÌ„panyons well mounted and in a mornyng they came to Chasteleraut scaled the towne and had nerehand taken sir Loys of Harcourt who lay in his bed a slepe in his logyng in the towne And so with the sâ—ry he was fayne to flye in his sherte barefote and barelegged fro house to house fro garden to garden in great dout feare of takyng by the frenchmen who had scaled and won the fortresse And so ferr he sledde that he caÌ„e and put him selfe vnder the bridge of Chasteleraut the whiche his men had fortifyed before and so ther he saued him selfe and kept him selfe there a long space But thus the bretons and frenchmen were maisters of the towne and ther made a good garison and made Carlonet capitayn And dayly the bretons and frenchmen went to the bridge and fought and scrimysshed with them that kepte it DUke Loyes of Burbon who sawe well that the englysshmen and companyons were in his countre of Burbonoise And howe that Drtygo Bernard de Wyst and Bernard de la Sale helde his castell at Bell perche and the good lady his mother wtin wherof he had great displeasur Than he aduysed hi to make a iourney and to go and lay siege to Bell percly and nat to deê‘te thens tyll he had wonne it Of the whiche enterprice he desyred the freÌ„che kynge to gyue him leaue whiche the kynge lightly agreed vnto sayeng howe he wolde helpe him to maynteyne his siege Thus he departed fro Parys and made his assemble at Molyns in Auuerne and at saynt Porcyns so that he had a great nombre of men of warre The lorde of Beauieu came to serue hym with thre hundred speares and the lorde Uyllers Rosellon with a hundred speares and dyuers other barowns and knightes of Auuergne and Forestes wher of
vyctorie agaynst the englysshmen so that they were all slayne and taken none escaped â–ª except pages and boyes and suche as lept on their maysters horses and saued them selfe Ther was taken sir Thomas GraÌ„tson sir Gylbert Gyfford sir Geffray Drsell sir WyllinÌ„ Mesuyll sir Philyp Courtney sir Hugh Spens and dyuers other knightes and they were all ledde as prisoners to the cyte of Mans. These tidynges were anon brought to sir Robert Canoll to sir Hugh Caurell â–ª and to sir Robert Briquet and their companyons wherof they were sore difpleased and so brake their enterprice bycause of that aduentur And they of saynt Mors on Loyre came nat forthe but kept styll their logyng And sir Robert Canoll and sir Alayne Boucquesell withdrue theÌ„ backe and brake vp that iourney and entred in to Bretayne And sir Robert went to his owne castell of Doruall gaue leaue to all his men of armes and archers to depart and take their aduaÌ„tage wher as they thought best So they departed and some went ouer agayne into England And sir Alayne BoucqÌ„sell went to wynter in the towne of saynt Sauy our the vycont whiche the kyng of Englande had gyuen him ¶ Howe pope Urbane dyed howe Gregory was chosen And howe sir Raymon of Marneyll was taken by the englysshmen Cap. CC .lxxxvi. AFter this disconfyture thus at Pont Uolant wher as parte of the englysshmen were ouerthrowen wherby their iourney was broken Than sir Bertram of Clesquy who in the noueltie of his offyce as coÌ„stable of France had done this dede wherby he gate great renome and laude and so came agayne in to France and the lord of Clysson with him And led with him a great parte of the englysshe prisoners and brought them to the cytie of Parys without daunger there courtesly raunsomed theym without constraynt and dyde let them go on their faythes They putte them nat in stockes noryrons nor yet in prison as these almaygnes do their prisoners to gette of them the greater raunsome Cursed be they they are people without pytie or honour therfore there is none that ought to take any mercy of them The frenchmen kepte good company with their prisoners and raunsomed them courtesly without any greuaunce to them ¶ Of this discoÌ„fytur the prince of Wales was right sore displeased and the duke of LaÌ„castre and all their coÌ„pany beyng at Congnac After the recoÌ„queryng of Lymoges about the tyme of Christmas pope Urbane the fyft dyed at Auygnon who had ben a valyaunt clerke and a wyse and a good frenchman Than the cardy nals entred into the CoÌ„claue and dyde chose amonge them a newe pope who was cardynall of Beauforde and was called Gregory the .xi. of whose creacyon deuyne prudeÌ„ce the freÌ„che kynge was ryght ioyoule bycause he semed to be a good frenchman at whose creacyon there was with hym at Auygnon the duke of Aniou who dyde great payne to cause him to be pope ¶ The same season ther fell to sir Eustace DaÌ„ bretycourt an harde aduenture he rode in Lymosyn and in an euenynge he came to yâ— castell of the lorde Pyer Buffyer whome he reputed to haue ben his speciall frende and louer for a good englysshman But he dyde put sir Thy balt du pont a man of armes a breton into his castell and caused hym to take sir Eustace prisoner as he that tooke no hede of hym And so heledde him away with him as his prisoner afterwarde raunsomed hym at .xii. thousande frankes wherof he payed four thousande and his sonne Frances abode in hostage for the resydue with the duke of Burbone who repledged hym and dyde moche payne for his delyuerance bycause that sir Eustace before dyde his payne to delyuer the lady his mother whome the coÌ„panyons had taken at Bell perche And so after sir Eustace delyuerance he went lay at Carenten beyonde the waches of saynt Clement in base normandy in a good towne the whiche the kynge of Naucr had gyuen him ther he dyed god haue his soule for as longe as he lyued he was a right valyant knight THe same season ser Raymon of Maruell depted fro Parys to go in to his owne countre the which newly was retourned frenche and by the way he met an harde aduentur for him For he founde a great rout of englysshmen of sir Hugh Caurelles which were ledde by a knight of Poytou Hesell so in this knightes handes that he coude nat scape so he was taken prisoner and brought in to Poyctou to the sayde knightes castell The takynge of sir Raymon was anone knowen in Englande so that the kynge was enformed therof Than the kyng wrote to the knight that had him coÌ„mauÌ„dyng him incoÌ„tynent to sende hym his enemy and false traytour sir Raymon Marnell â–ª sayeng howe he wolde take suche vengeance on hiÌ„ that all other shulde take ensample by him promysing the knight to gyue hym for the takyng of him .vi. M. frankes The knyghê was called sir Geffray Dargenton who wolde nat disobey the kyng his maisters commauadement but said he wolde fulfyll his pleasur Sir Raymon of Marnell was enformed howe the king of Englande wolde haue him and had sent for hym and howe his mayster was determyned to sende hym ouer in to Englande And whan he knewe that he was more abasshed than before and good cause why Than in his prison he began to make the moost lameÌ„table coÌ„playntes that coulde be deuysed in so moche that he that kept hym who was an englysshman had great pyte on hym and right swetely reconforted hym Sir Raymon who sawe no conforte in the danger that he was in seyng that be shulde be ledde into Englande to the kynge Than he discouered his sorowe to his kepar and on a day sayd to hym My dere freÌ„de if ye wolde delyuer me out of the daunger that I am in I promyse you on my faythe and trouthe to departe with you the halfe of all my landes and make you enheryter therto and neuer to fayle you The englysshman who was but a poore man consydered howe sir Raymon was in parell of his lyfe and howe he had promysed him great curtessy He had of hym great pytie and coÌ„passyon and sayd Sir I shall do my payne to saue you Than ser Raymon who was right ioyfull of that answere sware to him his faytlâ— to kepe his promyse and farthermore if he wolde desyre it And than they deuysed howe they might accomplysshe their entences And whan it was nyght the englysshman who bare the kayes of the castell and of the towre wherin sir Raymon was prisoner and hadde they kay of the posterne He dyde so moche that he let hym out in to the feldes And so toguyder they went in to a great woode to the entente they shulde nat be folowed That night they suffred as moche payne as coude be thought for they went a seuyn leages a fote the same nyght and it was harde frost wherby they cutte their
Uallant Where he and the lorde Clysson had ouerthrowen the englysshmen as ye haue herd before and he had well herde howe the englysshmen in Poictou in Guyen kept the feldes So that as soone as candelmasse was past and that the springyng tyme began Sir Bertram thought to reyse gather an army and to asseble lordes knightes and to ryde to some other parte in lyke maner as theÌ„glysshmen ryd in Poytou in Quercy and Rouuergue For in these couÌ„trees ther were englysshmen that dyde ryght honorably and had so maynteyned them selfe euersyth the rene wyng of the warre And also the company of sir Johan Deureur were newly come in to the countre of Limosyn and had taken in Auuergne a castell cytie and towne all toguyder named Duses the whiche sir Bertram of Clesquy thought ought nat to be suffred Than he sayd he wolde drawe to that part and so by the kynges lycence he assembled to guider a great nombre of men of armes and so departed fro Parys and alwayes his noÌ„bre encreased And so long this constable rode that he caÌ„e into Auuergne and ther was with him the duke of Berrey the duke of Burbone the erle of Alenson the erle of Perche his brother the erle of saynt Poule the Dolphyn of Auuergne the erle of Uandon the erle of Porceen the lorde of Sully the lorde Montague sir Hughe Dolphyne the lorde Beauieu the lorde Rochforte the lorde of Talenson and a great nombre of barownes knightes and squyers of the marchesse of Fraunce So long they rode that they came to the cytie of Duses and there they lodged and besieged the cytie lay there a .xv. dayes ther were gyuen many great and ferse assautê how be it they coude nat gette the forteresse for win ther were englysshmen that valyantly defeÌ„ded their holde So than the frenchmen departed and rode farther with the constable in to the pties of Rouuergue and some of the chefe lordê went to Auygnon to se pope Gregory and the duke of Aniou who was with him And anone after this visytacion and that these lordes had spoken with the duke of Aniou they departed fro Auygnon and drewe agayne to the constable who was in Rouergue and conquered townes and castels on thenglysshmen And so they came before the towne of Lamulae and layed siege therto the whiche sir Thomas of UeulqÌ„ fare helde and hadde kept it long and also the Roche Uauclere But the sayd englysshe knightes by composycion yelded theÌ„ to sir Bertram and so dyd dyuers other castels on the fronter of Limosyn And whan sir Bertram hadde refresshed hym he toke his way and his retourne towarde the cytie of Duses in Auuergne and so came thyder and layd siege therto And thyder they brought great engyns fro Ryon and Cleremont and dressed them vp before the fortresse and also apparelled all maner of instrumentes for assautes ¶ Howe they of Duses yelded them vp to sir Bertram and howe sir Robert Canoll was in the displeasure of the kyng of Englande and howe at the request of the lordê his peace was made agayne Cap. CC lxxxxi WHan the englysshmen that were within the cytie of Duses sawe the order maner of the constable of France and also had perfyte knoledge howe that sir ThomÌ„s of Ueulquefare was departed and hadde forsaken the forteresse in Rouergue And also sawe well howe there was no coÌ„forte comyng to them fro no parte Than they drewe to counsayle and determyned to yelde them vp by treaty and none otherwyse And so they made with the coÌ„stable so wyse poyntmentes that they deê‘ted without danger or blame and hadde with them all that they wolde cary and also were conueyed in sauegarde to saynte Symere in Lymosyn Thus sir BertraÌ„ wan in this voyage dyuers places and countrees that the englysshmen helde before and than he retourned in to Fraunce yE haue herde here before of the iourney that sir Robert Canoll made in FraÌ„ce and howe he retourned to his owne castell of Deruall in Bretayne And it was of trouthe that certayne englysshmen at their retournyng in to Englande enformed so the kynge agaynst hym that the kynge and his counsayle was nat well coÌ„tent with him But whan sir Robert Canoll knewe therof he sende to excuse hym two of his esquyers And they dyde so well their deuoyre that the kyng and his couÌ„sayle parceyued well how they were yuell and falsely enformed of hym And so were well content agayne with hym through the helpe of sir Alayne of Bouquesell and of other knightes about the kyng who helped to excuse hym Sir Johan Ourde bought it derely for he was taken and putte to execusyon openly at London The execusyon of hym was the excuse of all yuell wordes And so sir Robert Canoll abode styll in the kynges grace and in the princes ¶ Howe the erle of Herford dyuers englysshmen discoÌ„fyted in Bretayne on the lee dyuers flemynges that assayled them Cap. CC lxxxxii THe kyng of Englande seyng howe the frenchemen made him warr he gat him frendes wher he coude and so hadde to his accorde the duke of Guerles his nephue and the duke of Jullyers were agreed to assemble toguyder certayne noÌ„bre of men of warr and so to entre into FraÌ„ce And the same season the kynge of Englande sent the erle of Herford and the knightes of his housholde in to Bretayne to speke with the duke for certayne maters bytwene them and the same season the flemyngê and englysshmen were no frendes And so they mette togyder on the see but ther the flemyngê lost so that they were nothynge content for by aduenture they met eche other before a hauyn in Breten called la Bay And of the â—â—emysshe nauy was patron Johan Peterson and of the englysshemen sir Guy of Brian And assoone as they mette they set eche vpon other so that ther was a great batayle a sore And with the erle of Herforde ther was sir Richard Stury sir Thomas Wysque and other And so they fought togyder right valyantly how be it that the flemynges were more in noÌ„bre and better purueyed for the mater for they had taryed there a long space for the same purpose yet for all that they had but lytell aduantage This batayle thus on the see endured the space of thre houres and ther was done many a noble feate of armes and many a man wounded and hurt with shotte for they hadde graped their shyppes to guyder with hokes of yron so yâ— one coude nat flye fro another How be it finally the vyctorie abode with thenglysshmen the flemynges disconfyted and sir Johan Peterson their patron taken and all the other taken or slayne so that none escaped And the englysshmen turned backe agayne into Englande with their conquest and prisoners and so brake vp their vyage for that tyme and than shewed these tidynges to the kyng of England who was right ioyouse of that adueture whan he knewe that the flemynges gaue the
ther was the Captall of Beufz ser Beras de la Launde sir Peter of Landuras sir Soudyc and sir Bertram de Franke. And of englysshmen ther was sir Thomas Percy sir Richarde of Pontchardon sir WyllmÌ„ Ferryton sir Dangoses sir Baudwyn of FraÌ„uyll sir Water Hewet sir Johan Deureur Whan these lordes and their coÌ„pany who were to the nombre of sire hundred men of armes were coÌ„e to Rochell they of the towne made them good chere outwarde bycause they durst do none otherwyse Than they were enformed by sir Jaques Surgeres of the batayle of the spanyerdes on the see and shewed theym howe he was him selfe at the same batayle taken and raunsomed Of these tidynges were the barones and knightes ryght sorie and displeased and reputed theym selfe right vnfortunat that they had nat ben ther and complayned greatly the losse of the erle of PeÌ„broke and of sir Richard DaÌ„gle So thus they taryed at Rochell I can nat say howe longe to take counsayle and aduyse howe they shulde do and maynteyne forthe the warr ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue a lytell whyle to speke of them and lette vs speke of sir yuan of Wales howe he dyde the same season ¶ Howe â—ir yuan of wales discoÌ„fited thenglisshmen in the yle of Gernsay and howe the frenche kyng sent into Spayne for men of warrÌ„ to lay sege to Rochell Cap. CCC THis yuaÌ„ of Wales was son to a prince of Wales whom kynge Edwarde had put to dethe I caÌ„ nat say for what cause And so gaue the principalyte to his sonÌ„e made hym prince of Wales So this yuan came into Fraunce complayned to kyng Charles of Fraunce of the iniuryes that the kynge of Englande had done to hym as in slayeng of his father takyng away of his he rytage So the frenche kyng retayned him aduaunsed him greatly and made him gouernour of certayn men of warr And so the same somer the kyng delyuered him four thousande fightyng men and sent him to the see and toke shippyng at Harflewe and so sayled forthe towarde Englande so came to they le of Gern â–ª say agaynst NormaÌ„dy wherof Aymon Rosse a squyer of honour with the kyng of England was capitayne And whan he knewe yâ— the frenchmen were aryued in the yle and yuan of Wales with them he was nothynge content And so made his somons through the yle the which is nat great in quantyte and so he assembled what of his owne and of them of the yle to the nombre of .viii. hundred And so came to a certayne place and ther fought with the sayd yuan where there was a sore batayle and endured along space Howe beit finally the englysshmen were disconfyted and flayne in the same place mo than four huÌ„dred And so this Aymon fled away or els he had ben deed or taken so he saued him selfe with moche payne and entred into a lytell castell a two leages thens called Cornette the whiche the same Aymon had well fortifyed before Than after this disconfytur the sayd yuan drewe togyder his men and hadde knowledge howe that Aymon was entred into the castell of Cornette Than he drewe thyder and layd siege therto and made dyuers assautes but the castell was strong well purueyed with good artyllary so that it was nat easy to be wonne Duryng this siege before Cornette the aduentur fell on the see of the takyng of the erle of Penbroke and sir Guyssharde Dangle and their company before Rochell as ye haue herde before Of the whiche tidynges whan the french kyng herde therof he was right ioy ouse and entended thereby the rather to pursue the warre in Poictou For than he thought that yf the englysshmen began ones a lytell to declyne that lightly the cyties townes wolde gyue vp and rendre theÌ„selfe to him Than the frenche kynge desermyned that in to Poyctou Xaynton and Rochelloyse he wolde sende for that season his constable thyder with certayne men of armes and to make hote warr in those countrees bothe by lande and by see sayenge that the englysshmen ther as than had no capttayne nor chefe ruler Than the frenche kynge sent his letters to the sayd yuaÌ„ who lay at sege before the castell of Cornet in the yle of Gernsay Of the whiche siege the kyng was well enformed and howe the castellby lykelyhod was in preignable Therfore the kyng commauÌ„ded hym after the sight of his letters to deê‘te and breke vp his siege And to entre into a shyppe the whiche the kyng sent hym for the same purpose and so to sayle into Spayne to kyng Henry to gette of hym barkes and galeys and his admyrall and men of warre to come and to lay siege by the see to the towne of Rochell Whan the sayd yuan sawe the kynges message and coÌ„mauÌ„dement he obeyed therto and so brake vp the siege and gaue leaue to his company to departe and delyuered them shyppes to bring theÌ„ to Harflewe And himselfe entred into a great shyppe and toke his course towarde Spayne Thus befell of the siege before Cornette in the yle of Gernsay ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande was sore displeased of the takyng of therle of Penbroke and how sir Bertram of Clesquy toke the castell of Mount morillon Cap. CCC .i. THe kyng of England was sore displeased whaÌ„ he herde how the army that he had sent in to Poictou was ouerthrowen by the spanyerdes on the see and so wer all suche as loued hym how be it they coude nat amâ—de it for that tyme. thaÌ„ the sages of therealme thought surely that the countre of Poictou and of Xaynton was likely to be lost by reason of the sayd mysse happe this they shewed to the kyng and to the duke of Lancastre So they were long in counsayle on the mater and so determyned as than that the erle of Salysbury with fyue hundred men of armes shulde go thyder But what sâ—â—uer 〈◊〉 sâ—yle or aduyse was taken ther was nothyng done for there came other busynesses in hande out of Bretayne that letted that iourney wher of the kyng repented him after whan he coude nat remedy it So it was that the spanyerdes who had taken the erle of Penbroke as ye haue herd before they taryed a certayne space on the see bycause the wynde was contrary to theÌ„ Howbeit at last they arryued at the porte saynt Andrewe in Galyce and so entred into the towne about noone And so brought all their prisoners in to the Castell all bounde in cheanes of yron acordyng to their custome for other courtesy they can nat shewe They are like vnto the almaynes THe same day yuan of Wales was arryued with his shyppe in the same porte so toke lande and entred in to the same house wher as Domferant of Pyon and Cabesse of Wakadent had brought the erle of Penbroke and his knightes And so it was shewed yuan as he was in his chambre howe the englysshemen were in the same
of Porceau the dolphyn of Auuergne the vicountes of Meaulx and of Dausnay sir Rafe of Coucy Robert of saynt Poule Rafs Rauenall Loys of Sansere marshall of Fraunce and a great nombre of the barony and chyualry of UermaÌ„ doyes Artoyes and Pycardy besyde theÌ„ that came thyder of the marches of Aniou Poitou and Tourayn And on the other patte the erle of Salisbury and all his army beyng at saint Malo the Isle knewe well of this frenche assemble and sawe well howe all the countrey of Bretayne was agaynst the duke And so depted fro thens with all hysshyppes and sayled so long that he came to Brest whiche was one of the strongest castelles in all the worlde and whan the duke of Bretayne knewe of the constables comynge he durste trust no lengar in them of Uennes and Dignan nor in them beyng in any good towne in Bretayn thoughâ— yâ— if he were ones inclosed he shulde be in great ê‘ll And so he went to the castell of Alroy whiche is bitwene UeÌ„nes and Renes which helde of his parte for he had made ruler there an englysshe knight called sir Johan Augustyne The duke left his wyfe with him desiring him to kepe her well and the knyght promised him so to do than the duke rode to saynt Mathues of fyne potern but the towne was closed against hym from thens the duke went to Kouke and there tokeshyppynge to th entent to arryue in Englande So thus the constable of Fraunce entred in to Bretayne ther came in his company the lordes knightes of Bretayne suche as had ben at the siege before Bercerell they had left vp the siege to the lordê of Normandy and whan the constable was come before Reynes they within who knew well he was come to cease in to his handes for the freÌ„che kyng all the dukes landes for the kynge and his counsayle sayd howe the duke had forfayted all his landes bycause he had sustayned the englysshmen his enemys in his townes and castelles And also that he him selfe tooke parte with the kyng of Englande agaynst the erowne of FraÌ„ce of whome he helde his duchy of Bretayne by faythe and homage Wherfore they of Reynes thought to make no warre but peaseably ceceyued the constable and knowledged hym for their lorde in the name of the frenche kyng And whan the constable had the possessyon of Reynes than he roode hastely to the towne of Dignan the whiche yelded vp to be vnder the obeysaunce of the frenche kyng Than the constable went before the cyte of UeÌ„nes the which also yelded vp than he went to Luzemont the which was assayled taken by force all they wtin slayne than the coÌ„stable weÌ„t to Jugon the whiche put theÌ„ selfe vnder the obeysance of the frenche kynge In lyke wyse dyde the castell of Gouy and the forest and the Roch â—yen and the towne of Guigante saynt Mathewe of Fyne Poterne and saynt Malo the Isle than after the constable went to Quipercorentyn and it tourned also french and after Campelly and Credo Galande and dyuers other forteresses there about Fyrst the constable ouerran Breton bretouant bycause always it enclyned tather to the duke Johan of Mountfortes parte than Breton gallet And as ye haue herde here before whan the duke went in to Englande he set sir Robert Canoll to be gouernour of all the duchy howbeit ther were but a fewe lordê that obeyed to him Neuertheles he furnisshed wel his castell of Dyriuall and gaue the kepynge therof to a cosyn of his called sir Hughe Broit and sir Robert went to Brest Than the coÌ„stable weÌ„t to Hanybout and capitayne therin vuder the duke was a squier of England named Thomelyn Ubyche also therin was a knight sent by sir Robert Canoll called sir Thomas Priour and they were a fourscore what one other And assone as the freÌ„chmen were come thyder they beganne to assayle the castell and brought with them thyder fro dyuers places certayne engyns and great gonnes wherwith they had won dyuers castelles and forteresses and specially the towne of CaÌ„pelly was taken wherof James Rosse a squire of EnglaÌ„de was capitayne and he coude nat be taken to mercy for he fell in the haÌ„des of sir Olyuer of Clisson who slewe him with a glayue and also he slewe dyuers other with his handê for he had no pyte nor mercy of any englysshman that fell in his daunger NOwelet vs retourn to the siege of Hanibout The constable of Fraunce who had caused his engins to be reared vp agaynst the towne and castell and went to the saut and sware that he woldesuppe in the castell and they within defended them selfe valyauntly Than the coÌ„stable sayd sirs ye that be within it is of certayne that we shall coÌ„quere you for we wyll suppe this night within the towne Knowe for trouthe that if any of you cast stonne or quarell wherby that the leest of our coÌ„pany be hurt I make myne auowe to god ye shall all lese your lyues Whiche wordes abasshed so them of the towne that they went into their houses and let the englysshmen alone who defeÌ„ded themselfe ryght valyauntly as longe as they myght endure But the towne was so great that the englysshmen coulde nat take hede of euery place So the frenchemen entred in to the towne and all the englisshmen slayne except the two capitayns who were taken And bycause that they within the towne obeyed the constables commauÌ„dement he therfore coÌ„maunded that none shuld be so hardy to do any maner of domage ¶ Whan the constable of FrauÌ„ce had thus conquered the towne and stronge castell of Hanybout he taryed ther. xv dayes than he went to the towne Kouke And in the meane tyme therle of Salisbuty sir WyllmÌ„ Neuyll sir Bertram Stapleton and sir Wylliam Luzy who hadd newe refresshed the forteresse of Breest bothe with men of armes archers artyllery and vitayle tokeshippyng to th entent to defende the countre for the freÌ„chmen were styll in the felde in Bretayne and the sayd englisshmen wyst nat whyder the coÌ„stable wolde brawe but whan the coÌ„stable caÌ„e before the towne of Kouke whiche was a hauen towne he wan it byforce of assaut and the englisshmen slayne that were wihin it except the capitayne named sir JohnÌ„ Langay who was taken to mercy This towne the freÌ„chmen newe repayred than they drewe all to the towne of Brest wher the lorde Neuyll and sir Robert Canoll were who had with them a. C. men of armes as many archers And so the lordes of FrauÌ„ce of Bretayn beseged the towne with a .vi. M. fyghting men and as soone as they had layd thesiege they sent ser Olyuer Chsson in the name of the duke of Aniou with a certayne noÌ„bre with him to go and lay sege to the Roche sur yon which thenglysshmen kept so the lorde Clysson besieged the towne rounde about reared vp dyuers engyns whiche was brought him fro Angiers and Poiters with the
knowledge yâ— a sire leagê thens ther was a barone that helde a fortresse called saynt Mauberen in a couÌ„tre called Medoc who dyde moche hurt in the countre ThaÌ„thenglysshe lordes charged all their prouisyon on the ryuer of Garone and all their artyllary and than toke their horses aboute a thre huÌ„dred speares and so came by lande to saynt Mauberen And ther were of gascoyns with the lorde Neuyll sir Axchambalt of Grayle the lorde of Rousy the lorde of Duras and the lorde of Ternon And whan the barones and their companyes were come before saynt Mauberen they toke their lodgynge and incontynent gaue assaut the whiche was feirse and terryble for the bretons within were good men of warre and their capitayne was one called Huguelyn by whom they were ruled This first assaut dyde the bretons but lytell hurt than thenglysshmen drewe to their lodgynge The next mornynge they reysed vp their engyns to cast stones and to breke downe the toppes of the byldinges in the towre The .iii. day they ordayned to gyue asore assaut sayeng how those rybaudê shulde nat longe endure agaynst them There was a sore and a feirse assaut and many a man slayne and hurt ther were neuer men that better defeÌ„ded them selfe than the bretons dyde Howe be it finally seyng no confort comyng fro no parte to them warde they fell in treatie for they sawe well their ennemyes wolde nat departe thens tyll they hadde them at their pleasure thoughe they shulde lye longe there therfore So the treatie toke suche effect yâ— they gaue vp saynt Mauberen and departed with their goodes without domage and so they went in to Poictou or whyder they lyst And whan the lorde Neuyll was lorde therof he newly repayred the forteresse and furnysshed it with newe men and artillary and sette therin gascoyns to kepe it A squyer of Gascoyne called Peter of Brasyas was capitayne there and than yâ— lorde Neuyll returned to Burdeux And dayly he herde how the siege endured before Panpilone in Nauer the whiche was besieged by the chylde of Castell but they herd no certayne tidynges of the kyng of Nauer nor also the kynge of Nauerr herde no worde of them the whiche greatly displeased hym ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to the besynesse in Bretayne and in Normandy and speke of the siege of saynt Malo Howe the myne made by thenglisshmen agaynst saynt Malos was lost and the siege reysed Cap. ccc .xxxvi. BEfore the towne of saynt Malo ther was a sore siege and many a soore saute gyuen for thenglysshmen had well a four hundred goÌ„nes who shot night and daye into the fortresse and agaynst it And the capitayne within called Morfonas a valyant man of armes set all his mynde to the defence of the forteresse and by the good counsayle of sir HeÌ„ry of Maletrait of the lorde CoÌ„bore and of the vycont of Bellere dyd so valyantly that they toke all yâ— tyme but lytell hurte In the couÌ„tre as ye haue herde before was all about the floure of Fraunce aswell of great lordes as other they were to the nombre of .xvi. thousande men of armes knyghtes and squyers and well a hundred thousande horses and gladly they wolde haue fought with theÌ„glisshmen And in lykewise the englysshmen wolde gladly haue done the same if any parte coulde haue founde any aduauntage but that thynge whiche brake their purpose oftentymes was a ryuer that was bytwene them so that whaÌ„ the studde came ther coude none passe ouer so that none of them might coÌ„e at other And alwayes the myne went forward and they within were in great dout ye may well knowe that in suche assembles it coude be non otherwyse but that the foragers of eyther ê‘tie somtymes met in the felde for ther were expert knyghtes and squyers of bothe parties and many a feat of armes done and some ouerthrowen These myners wrought sore day and night vnder yâ— erth to th entent to come in to the towne that way to make a pane of the wall to fall so that their men might entre Of this myne Morfonace they within douted gretly for they knewe well by that they myght be lost they cared for none other assaut but for that For their towne was well furnysshed with vitayls and artyllary to kepe it for two yere yf nede were but they had great thought how to breke this myne so long they thought theron and traueyled ther about that at last they came to their ententes and by great aduenture as many thynges falleth in warre The erle Richarde of Arundell shulde haue kept the watche one night with a certayn with him of his owne men And therle toke no great hede of that was his charge so that they â—in saynt Malos knewe therof by their spyes or other wyse And so whaâ—ie they sawe it was tyme on trust of the watche they departed secretly out of the towne the hoost beyng a slepe And so they came without noyse makynge to the place wher as the myne was a makynge the myners had nigh made an ende of their warke Than Morfonace and his coÌ„pany beyng redy to do that he was come for at their ease without defence brake the myne so that some of the myners caÌ„e neuer out for the myne fell downe on them And whan they had done they sayde they wolde awake the watch that was next the towne to th entent that the hoost shulde knowe howe valiantly they had done And so they entred in to the one syde of the felde cryeng their cryes beatyng downe of tentes and lodgyngê and sleynge of men so that the hoost began to styrre Than Morfonace and his coÌ„pany with drewe them in to saynt Malos without hurte or danger Than the hoost began to assemble and the duke had great marueyle what it might be â–ª and demaunded what it was Than it was shewed him that in yâ— defaut of the watche their myne was lost the same tyme. Than the duke of Lancastre sent for therle of Arundell and he was sore rebuked for this aduenture but he excused him selfe aswell as he might Howbeit he was ther with sore ashamed and hadde rather haue spent a hundred thousande frankes than it shulde haue so fortuned THys aduenture thus fallen and their myne broken than the lordes of the hoost drewe to counsayle to knowe what were beste for theym to do Than they behelde eche other and sawe well howe they had lost their season the whiche was nat likely to be recouered agayne And to begyn a newe myne they thoght they shuld neuer bring it to an ende for yâ— tyme passed and wynter drue on So they determyned all thynges coÌ„sydred for the best to dyllâ—gâ— and to retourne in to England agayne And it was than ordayned that euery man shulde dyslodge and go to shyppe their flete laye styll at ancre in the hauen of saynt Malo Anone euery man was dislodged and in to shippe and had wynde at wyll And so sayled
people abidynge in Gaunte Wherfore they said they gaue al theyr voyces to hym and dyd chose hym to be theyr soueraygne capitayne for the good renome of his name and for the loue of his good father they were better cōtent with hym than with any other Wherfore they desyred hym affectuously that he wold take on hym the charge and they sware vnto hym fayth and trouth as to theyr lorde promysyng how euery body within the towne shuld be vnder his obey saūce Philip vnderstode well all theyr wordes requestis and than right sagely he answered and sayd Sirs ye require me of a great thyng and I thynke ye remēbre nat well howe the case standeth whan ye wolde that I shuld haue the gouernynge of the towne of Gaūte ye say how the loue y◠your p̄decessors had to my father draweth you to this prpose but for al y◠suice y◠my father dyd yet at the last he was slayne among you and so if I shuld take on me y◠gouernyng as ye speke of than at last to be slayne than I shulde haue but a small rewarde Philip quod Peter du boyse y◠is past can nat be recouered worke by counsayle and ye shall alweys be so well coūsayled that euery mā shall prayse you Than sayd Philip I wold be loth to do other wyse There he was taken vp amonge them brought in to the Market place and there they made to hym assuraūce both mayres aldermē and maisters of euery crafte in Gaunte Thus Philip was made chief capitayne in al Gaūte thus at the begynnyng he was in great grace for he spake swetely to euery man that had any thynge to do with hym and delt ▪ so wysely that euery man loued hym for parte of the reuēnues that perteyned to the erle of Flaūders in Gaūt as his heritage he caused them to distributed to the lorde of Harzels bicause of gentylnes and the more honestely to mainteyne his estate For all that euer he had in Flaunders without the towne of Gaunte he had loste it clerely ¶ Nowe let vs leaue a lytell to speke of the busynes of Flaunders and let vs somwhat speke of Englande and of Portyngale ye haue harde well before howe that after that kyng Henry of Castile was drsseased and his eldest sone John̄ crowned kynge and his wyfe crowned quene who was doughter to Peter of Aragon Than the warre beganne betwene the kynge Fernando of Portyngale the kynge of Castile for certayne occasions betwene them and specially for the dealynge of y◠〈◊〉 ladyes Constance and Isabel doughters to the kynge Dampeter The fyrst maryed to the duke of Lancastre and the seconde to the Erle of Cambridge And the kynge of Portyngale sayd howe that the kyng of Castile had wrōgfully withoute cause disherited his two cosyns of Castile and that it was nat to be suffred that suche two so noble ladyes shulde be dysheryted fro theyr heritages for the matier myght rōne so longe that it shulde be forgoten Wherby the ladyes shulde neuer recouer theyr ryght The whiche thynge he sayd he wolde nat suffr◠▪ Seynge that he was one of theyr nexte kynsmen and as wel for the loue of god as for to kepe the reason of Justice to the whiche he sayde euery noble man ought to entend inclyne And so he defied y◠kyng John̄ of Castile who was crowned kynge of Spaigne Galise Castile and Cyuyll And so thus the kynge of Portyngale made hym warre on these sayde articles Kynge John̄ defended hym ryght valiantly agaynst hym and he ▪ sent to his frōters in to garison great nombre of men of armes to resist agaynst his enemyes so that at the begynnynge he lost no thynge He had right sage and good knyghtes of Fraūce with hym who comsorted hym greatly in his warris and gaue hym good counsaile as the Begue of Uilames and ser Peter his sōne sir John̄ of Bergettes ser William of Lignac ser Water Puissac y◠lorde of Taride ser John̄ and ser Tristram of Roy and dyuerse other that were gone thyther after the erle of Buckingham had ben in Britayne for y◠frēche kynge had great aliaunce and confederacions with the kynge of Castile Wherfore the kynge of Portingale aduysed to sende certayne messangers into England to the kynge and to his vncles to th entent to haue ayd of hym in suche wyse that he myght be able to maynteyne hys Warre agaynst the spaignardes Than he called to hym a wyse and valiant knyght a great lord called John̄ Ferrande and to hym he shewed all his entēt and sayd John̄ ye shall beare me these letters of credence in to Englande I can nat sende a better messanger than you nor none that knoweth so well the besynes of Frāce as ye do ye shall recommende me to the kynge with these letters and shewe hym howe I susteyne my cosyns ī theyr right of Spaigne Galice Cyuill Wherfore say that I require hym to sende to me his vncle the duke of Lancastre and his wyfe and a certayn nōbre of men of armes archers And whā they be come we trust than to make good warre what with them and with our owne puissaūce so that we trust to recouer our heritages Sir said y◠knyght at yo◠pleasur I shall fulfyll your message And nat lōge after he entred into shyp to do his voyage and so departed fro the hauyn the citie of Lissebone And so longe sayled that he arryued at Plommoth the same day the same houre and same tyde that therle of Buckyngham arryued and certayne of his vessels as they returned fro Britayne The englisshemē had so sore fortune on y◠see that they lost .iii. of theyr shippes charged with men prouision and all his flete was sprede abrode by a great storme of wynd they arryued in great perill in .iii. hauyns of Englande Of the comynge of this knyght oute of Portingale therle of Buckyngham was right ioyfull and made hym ryght good chere and demaunded of hym tydynges and he shewed hym dyuerse thynges both of Portyngale of Spaygne And so after they rode together tyll they came to the good citie of Lōdon where the kynge of Englande was ¶ Whan therle of Buckynghā was come to Londū they of y◠cite made hym good chere and than he went to the kynge who was at Westm̄ and his .ii. vncles with hym the duke of Lancastre and the erle of Cakridge and the knyght of Portingale was in his company And whan the kynge and the lordes had knowlege of hym they made great semblant of ioy and greatly honored hym He presēted his letters to the kynge Who red them in the presence of his vncles The kynge as thā dyd no thynge but by the counsayle of his vncles for he was but yonge Than the knyght was exammed bicause he brought letters of credence and demaunded the cause of his comyng out of Portingale into Englande And he answerd sagely and shewed them all the
.xv. dayes In the meane season whyle this treate was ther fell in England great myschife and rebellion of mouyng of the comon people by which dede England was at a poynt to haue ben lost without recouery Ther was neuer realme nor countrey in so great aduentur as it was in that tyme. all bycause of the ease and ryches that the comon people were of whiche moued them to this rebellion as somtyme they dyd in Fraunce the which dyd moche hurt for by suche incidentes the realme of Fraunce hath ben greatly greued IT was a marueylous thing and of poore foundacion that this myschife began in Englande And to gyue ensample to all maner of people I wyll speke therof as it was don as I was enfourmed and of the incideÌ„tes therof Ther was an vsage in England yet is in diuerse countreys that the noble men hath great frauÌ„ches ouer the comons and kepeth them in seruage that is to say their tenauÌ„tes ought by custome to laboure the lordes landes to gather and bring home theyr cornes some to threshe and to fanne and by suage to make theyr hey and to heaw their wood and bring it home all these thyngê they ought to do by seruage And ther be mo of these people in Englande than in any other realme thus the noble men and prelates arre serued by them and specially in the countie of BreÌ„dpest Sussetter and Bedford These vnhappy people of these sayd countreys began to styrre bycause they sayde they were kept in great seruage And in the begynning of the worlde they sayd ther were no bonde men Wherfore they maynteyned that none ought to be bonde without he dyd treason to his lorde as Lucifer dyde to god But they sayd they coude haue no such batayle for they were nother angelles nor spirittes but men fourmed to the similytude of their lordes sayng why shuld they than be kept so vndre lyke bestê the which they sayd they wold no lengar suffre for they wolde be all one and if they labored or dyd any thyng for theyr lordes they wold haue wages therfor aswell as other And of this imaginacion was a folisshe preest in the couÌ„tie of Rent called Johan Wall for the which folysshe wordes he had ben thre tymes in the bysshop of Canterburies prison For this preest vsed often tymes on the sondayes after masse whanne the people were goynge out of the mynster to go in to the cloyster preche and made the people to assemble a dout hym and wolde say thus Aye good people the maters gothe nat well to passe in Englande nor shall nat do tyll euery thyng be coÌ„mon and that there be no villayns nor gentylmen but that we may be all vnyed toguyder that the lordes be no greatter maisters than we be What haue we deserued or why shulde we be kept thus in seruage We be all come fro one father and one mother Adam and Eue. Wherby can they say or shewe that they be gretter lordes than we be sauynge by that they cause vs to wyn and labour for that they dispende they are clothed in Ueluet and chamlet furred with grise and we be vestured with poreclothe they haue their wynes spyces and good breed and we haue the drawyngout of the chaffe drinke water They dwell in sayre houses and we haue the payne and traueyle rayne and wynde in the feldes And by that that cometh of our labours they kepe and maynteyne their estates We be called their bondmen and without we do redilye them seruyce we be beaten And we haue no seuerayne to whom we may coÌ„playne nor that wyll here vs nor do vs right Lette vs go to the kyng he is yonge shewe hym what seruage we be in and shewe him howe we wyll haue it otherwyse or els we wyll prouyde vs of some remedy And if we go togyder all maner of people that be nowe in any bondage wyll folowe vs to th entent to be made fre And whan the kyng seyth vs we shall haue some remedy outher by fayrnesse or otherwyse Thus JohnÌ„ Wall sayd on sondayes â–ª whan the people issued out of the churches in the vyllages Wherfore many of the meane people loued him suche as entended to no goodnesse sayde howe he sayd trouth and so they wolde murmure one with another in the feldes and in the wayes as they went togyder Affermyng howe Johan Wall sayd trouthe The archebysshoppe of Canterbury who was enformed of the sayeng of this JohnÌ„ Wall caused hym to be taken and put in prison a two or thre monethes to chastice hym Howbeit it had ben moche better at the begynnyng that he had ben coÌ„dempned to perpetuall prison or els to haue dyed rather than to haue suffred hym to haue ben agayne delyuered out of prisone but the bysshop had conscience to let hym dye And whan this Johan Wall was out of prison he retourned agayn to his errour as he dyde before Of his wordes and dedes there were moche people in London enformed suche as had great enuy at them that were riche and suche as were noble And than they beganne to speke among them sayd Howe the realme of Englande was right euyll gouerned and how that golde syluer was taken fro theÌ„ by theym that were named noble men So thus these vnhappy men of London began to rebell and asseÌ„bled theÌ„ togyder and sent worde to the forsayd countreys that they shulde come to London and bring theyr people with them Promisyng them howe they shulde fynde London open to receyue them and the comons of the cytie to be of the same acorde sayeng how they wolde do so moche to the kynge that there shulde nat be one bondman in all Englande THis promise moued so them of Kent of Essex of Sussex of Bedforde and of of the countreis about that they rose and came towardes London to the nombre of lâ— thousande And they had a capitayne called Water Tyler and with him in company was Jaques Strawe and Johan Balle These thre were chefe soueraygne capitayns but the heed of all was Water Tyler and he was in dede a tyler of houses an vngracious patron Whan these vnhappy men began thus to styre they of London except suche as were of theyr bande were greatly afrayed Than the mayre of London and the riche men of the cytie toke counsayle togyder And whan they sawe the people thus comynge on euery syde they caused the gates of the cite to be closed and wolde suffre no man to entre in to the cytie But whan they hadde well imagyned they aduysed nat so to do For they thought they shulde therby put their subbarbes in great parell to be brent And so they opened agayne the cytie and there entred in at the gates In some place a hundred two hundred bytwentie and by .xxx. And so whan they came to London they entred and lodged And yet of trouthe the thirde parte of these people coude nat tell what
great nombre made no semblant to breke their busshement but helde them selfe styll and close for they beleued that the englisshmen had nere hande their great batayle therfore they durst nat assayle them So thus they departed eche fro other without any more doynge The spaynierdes retourned the same night to Esteryes and the Chanoyne Robersarde to Uesyouse And there he shewed his company howe they had sene the spagynierdes bytwene Concrelet and Huence and sayd If we had bene all toguyder we wolde haue fought with theÌ„ and so they were sorie that they had nat bene all toguyder And whan these tidynges came to the knowledge of the kyng of Portingale he made semblant that he was dyspleased bycause they rode forthe without his coÌ„maundement or ordinaunce Thus the englysshmen and gascoyns lay styll in their garysons all that wynter without any thynge doyng worthy to be made meÌ„cyon of the whiche greatly anoyed theÌ„ There lyeng styll was nat by their wylles ¶ In this meane tyme Johan kyng of Castyle sende to the frenche kynge and to his vncles for socour Shewyng them howe the erle of Cambridge was arryued in Portyngale And how the voice ranne through the realmes of Castyle and Portyngale Howe that the kyng of Englande the duke of Lancastre and his brother puissantlye acompanyed shulde come in to Portyngale to the erle of Cambridges ayde in the next somer Wherfore he desyred the frenche kynge accordynge to suche alyaunces and confederacions as the realme of FrauÌ„ce the realme of Spaygne hath toguyder and by reason of good loue and amyte That they wolde sende some men of warre to hym the next somer to the entent to resyst his enemyes Than the french kyng and his counsayle consented well therto For they sawe well howe the kyng of Spayne desyred nothyng but reason Than it was ordayned in Fraunce to gyue all maner of men of warre lycence to go thyder And the kyng delyuered theÌ„ their first prest money So sir Olyuer of Clesquy brother to sir Bertram of Clesquy constable of Fraunce was ordayned to take his voyage in the begynnyng of the springyng tyme. And so dyde knightê and squyers of Bretayne of Fraunce of Beause of Picardy of Aniowe of Berrey of Bloyse and of Mayne And so they passed by companyes to haue the more ease and their passage was opyn throughe the realme of Aragon and they founde euery thyng redy and their wages payed but they payed nat for euery thyng they toke whan they were abrode in the countrey whiche was great hurte to the poore commons yE haue herde here before howe kyng Richarde of Englande the space of a yere hadde ben in treatie with kynge Charles of Almayne Who wrote hym selfe the tytell of the kyng of Rhomayns to haue his suster the lady Anne in maryage And howe sir Symon Burle had sore traueyled in that mater And howe the duke of Tasson in Almayne had ben in Englande for to confyrme that maryage And the mater was so coÌ„cluded that the kynge of Rhomayns sende his suster in to Englande and the duke of Tasson with her And a great company of knightes ladyes and damosels in royall astate as it aê‘teyned to suche a lady And so she came first in to Brabante to the towne of Bruesels And there the duches of Brabant receyued her and all her company in goodly maner The duke of Brabant was her vncle for she was doughter to themê‘our Charles And so thus the lady Anne of Behayne helde her at Brusels with her vncle and aunte more than the space of a moneth She durste nat go thens I shall tell you why ¶ It was shewed her that ther was on the see a .xii. vessels of nor mayns bytwene Caleys and Hollande they robbed and pilled on the see they cared nat who And so they kepte he boundes of the see about Flaunders and zelande abyding the comynge of this yonge lady For the french kyng wolde gladly haue broken that maryage for he greatlye douted the alyaunce bytwene Englande Almayne Howe be it alwayes it is sayd that it is nat honorable to take ladyes in warre In coloryng the warr bitwene lordes to make their warr the fayrer The prince of Wales father to kyng Richarde of Englande It was sayd he consented to the takyng of the lady of Burbone mother to the french quene She was taken by the prices seruauÌ„tes in the castell of Belperch and so brought in to Guyen and raunsomed Wherfore the freÌ„chmen thought if they myght take the kyng of Englandes wyfe in reueÌ„gyng therof they shulde do no wronge So for feare and doute therof this lady lay styll at Brusels the space of a moneth Than the duke of Brabant sende his counsayle into Fraunce as the lorde of RousselaÌ„s and the lorde of Bousqueher to shewe the kynge his vncles they were nephewes to the duke of Brabant as chyldren of his suster These lordes of Brabant spedde so well with the frenche kyng and his couÌ„sayle that they had a sure saue conduct for the lady to passe outher by lande or by see Wheder it pleased her throughe the realme of Fraunce or by the froÌ„ters therof to Calais And the normains that were on the see were countermaunded agayne And so the frenche kyng and his vncles wrote to the Duke of Brabant that they dyde this for his sake all onely and for none other This pleased moche the duke of Brabant the duchesse and all suche as wolde passe the see So than they departed fro Brusels and the lady toke her leaue of the duke her vncle and of the duchesse her aunt And of the ladyes and damosels of the countrey suche as had helde her company And so the duke sende with her a huÌ„dred speares to conuey her to Gaunte and there she rested her a day And there the gauntoyse dyde her gret honour and fro thens she went to Bruges there the erle of Flaunders receyued her ryght honourably there she rested her a thre dayes And than she rode forth came to Grauelyng where as was redy the erle of Salysbury and the erle of Dymester with a fyue huÌ„dred speres and as many archers and so they brought her to Calays And the brabansies retourned as soone as they had delyuered her to the barones of Englande THis yonge lady taryed nat longe at Calayes but that she had wynde at wyll and so than she entred in to her shyppe on a friday in the mornynge and all her company and horses in other shyppes And the same day she aryued at Douer and ther she rested her two dayes the thirde day she rode to saynt Thomas of Caunterbury And there she founde the erle of BuckynghaÌ„ who receyued her honourably and so long this lady rode forthe that she came to London where as she was honourably receyued of the burgesses ladyes damosels of the countrey and cytie And so the kyng of Englande wedded her in the chapell of his palays of Westmynster
sir sende hym to my lodgyng and I shall examyn hym sir I knowe well it is the same enchauntour by whome the quene of Napoles and sir Othes of Bresuych were taken sir the castell of Leufe for he caused by his craft the see to seme so high that they within the castell feared that the see shulde haue ouer flowen yâ— castell wherof they were soo abasshed that they went all to haue dyed Sir a man ought nat to haue any great trust in suche people sir ye may se the vnhappynes of them of this couÌ„trey and their nature All onely nowe to please you and to haue profite by you This enchauÌ„tour wolde nowe betray theym to whome ones he delyuered the quene of Napoles and her husband the which was to sir Charles de la Payx Than the duke sayd sir I shall sende him to you than the lordes fell to other maters and than the erle of Sauoy returned to his lodgynge and the next day the enchauntour came to the duke and saluted hym Assone as the duke sawe hym he sayd to one of his seruauntes Go and bring this maister to the erle of Sauoy The squier came to the mayster sayd sir my lorde the duke wyll that ye go speke with the erle of Sauoy and he sayd sir I am coÌ„tent than the squier brought hym to the erles tente and sayd sir here is the maister that my lorde the duke hath sent to you whan the erle sawe hym he had great ioy and sayd mayster is it of trouthê that ye wyll cause vs too haue the castell of Leufe so good chepe as ye say sir quod the enchauÌ„tour that shall I do for sir by the same meanes I caused before this he yâ— hath it nowe sir Charles de la Payx to wyn it And the quene of Napoles and her doughter and sir Robert of Arthoyse her husbande and ser Othes of bresuich And sir I am the man of the world the sir Charles dela Payx reputeth moost and is in most feare of By my faythe ê™ the erle of Sauoy ye say well and I wyll that sir Charles de la Payx shall knowe that he hath great wronge to feare you But I shall assure him of you for ye shall neuer do enchauntmeÌ„t to disceyue him nor yet none other I wolde nat that in tyme to come we shulde be reproched that in so highe an enterprise as we be in wherin there be so many noble knightes and squyers assembled that we shulde do anythyng by enchauÌ„tment nor that we shuld wyn our enemyes by suche craft Than he called to him a seruauÌ„t and sayd go get a hangman and let hym stryke of this maisters heed without delay and as sone as the erle had coÌ„maunded it incoÌ„tinent it was done for his heed was stryken of before the erles tent Thus ended this maister enchauÌ„tour and so was payed his wages acordyng to his desertes ¶ Nowe wyll we leue to speke of the duke of Aniou and of his vyage and speke of the besynes of Portyngale and shewe howe the englisshmen and gascoyns parceueryd Whan it came to the beginnyng of the moneth of Aprill the knightes that were in garyson in the towne of Uesious and had lyen ther a long season nat ryden forth but whaÌ„ they were before Syghiere So than they toke aduyse among theÌ„ selfe to ryde forthe and they had great marueyle what the kyng of Portyngale the erle of Cambridge thought In the they had bene a ten monethes in the couÌ„trey of Portyngale had ryden forthe but one tyme whiche was to theÌ„ a great shame ThaÌ„ they determyned to sende to the erle of Cambridge to shewe him their myndes so the Souldych of Lestrad was sent to him and so he caÌ„e to Estremouse where as the erle lay sayd to hym sir all our coÌ„pany hath sent me hyder to you to knowe your pleasure what ye wyll do for they haue great marueyle for what cause ye haue brought them in to this couÌ„trey and lye so longe styll the whiche is to theÌ„ a great displeasur sir they desyre to knowe your pleasure what ye wyll do for they wolde fayne be doynge of somewhat Sir ê™ the erle ye knowe well whan I deê‘ted out of EnglaÌ„de My lorde my brother the duke of Lancastre promysed me by his faythe that as soone as he were returned out of Scotlande that he wold come hyder with a certayne nombre of men of warre as a thre thousande as many archers for I was sent hyder in this state yâ— I ame in for none other entent but to aduyse the couÌ„trey and I ame sure shortely we shall here some tydynges for I haue great marueyle that he taryeth so long recoÌ„mende me to all your coÌ„pany and shewe theÌ„ as I haue shewed you howbeit I may nat nor wyll nat let them to ryde forthe if they haue sore affection therto but ye knowe well the kynge of Portyngale payeth all our wages therfore it must be ordred by hym By my fayth sir ê™ the souldich he payeth but yuell and that all the hole company complayneth of he oweth vs as yet wages for .vi. monethes he wyll pay you right well ê™ the erle money shall come right well at poynt Thus departed the Souldiche fro yâ— erle and returned to his company and shewed theÌ„ as ye haue harde Sirs ê™ the Chanone Robersard for all this I wyll nat lye styll I se well he dothe but disseÌ„ble with vs he wolde nat that we shulde ryde forthe to th entent we shulde haue no cause to demaunde our money but I am of yâ— opynion to ride forth and so they all determyned the same and thervpon made euery thynge redy and apoynted the euenyng whan they wolde ryde forthe the next mornyng Than there caÌ„e to theÌ„ sir JohnÌ„ Ferand a knight of the kyng of portiÌ„gales who had ben infourmed howe they wold ryde forth and so he brought letters to the Chanone Robersarde whiche he red and founde therin howe the kynge of Portyngale defended hym in any wyse to ryde forthe Sayeng further howe he knewe well that the styrring of any rydyng forthe to do any enterprise was by his procurynge Of these tydyngê was the Chanone Robersard sore displeased and sayde to the knyght sir I se well the kynge wyll nat in any wyse that I shulde ryde forth Take it so that I a byde styll in my lodgynge thynke you that these other knyghtes who are better and more valyaunt than I am â–ª that they wyll leaue for all that their enterprise I ensure you nay and that ye shall â–ª se tomorowe for they are all determyned to ryde sir quod the knyght than coÌ„maunde ye them in the kynges name to a byde styll and nat to styrre by my faythe ê™ the Chanone that wyll I nat do but sir coÌ„maunde ye theÌ„ syth ye come fro the kyng So thus the mater rested all that nyght and in the morning they sowned their truÌ„pets Than knyghtes
them selfe they said we are marueylously euyll delt with all for we haue ben here in this countre nyghe the space of a yere and yet we haue had no wages It can nat be but that our capitayne hath receyâ—ed it for he wolde neuer haue suffred to haue forborne it so longe These sayynges and murmuryng multiplyed so among them tyll at last they sayd they wolde endure it no lengar And so amonge them selfe they set a day to speke togyder in a fayre mynster with out the towne ryght ouer agaynst the Freres where as the Erle of Cambridge was lodged And the Chanone Robersarde sayde he wolde be there And to say trouthe it was nedefull for hym â—o to be for els the mater hadde ben worse than it was iN the mornynge whan they were all assembled except the Chanon Robersard for he was nat as than coÌ„e to theÌ„ Ther was sir WillmÌ„ BeauchaÌ„pe sir Mathue Gorney his vncle the lorde Talbot sir WyllmÌ„ Helmon the gascons as the lorde de la barde the lorde of Newcastell the Souldyche of Lestrade and dyuers other Than they began to speke make their coÌ„playntes eche to other among theÌ„ ther was a knyght a bastarde brother of the kyng of Englandes called sir JohnÌ„ Soltier who was right bolde in spekyng and sayd The erle of Cambridge hath brought vs hyder alwayes we are redy to aduenture ourè lyues for hym and yet he with holdeth our wages I counsayle lette vs be all of one alyaunce and of one accorde and let vs amonge ourselfe reyse vp the baner of saynt George and let vs be freÌ„des to god and enemyes to all the worlde For without we make our selfe to be feared we gette nothynge By my faythe quod sir Wyllyam Helmon ye say right well and so let vs do They all agreed with one voyce and so regarded among theÌ„ who shulde be their capitayne Than they aduysed in that case howe they coude nat haue a better capitayne than sir JohnÌ„ Soltier For he shulde than haue good leysed to do yuell and they thought he was more metelyer therto thaÌ„ any other Than they reysed vp the penon of saynt George and cryed a Soltier a Soltier the valyant bastarde frendes to god and enemyes to all the worlde And so they were determyned first to ouerron the towne of Uesyous and to make warre agaynst the kyng of Portyngale Sir Mathewe Gourney and sir Wyllyam Beauchampe gaue counsayle nat to ouerron the towne of Uesyous but their counsayle coude nat be herde And as they had reysed vp the penon of saynt George and were departyng out of the mynster The Chanone Robersarde came to them and entred in to the prese and sayde a loude Fayre lordes what wyll ye do haue good order and temperaunce in your selfes ye se well ye be sore dismayed Than caÌ„e to hym sir Johan Soltier and sir WyllmÌ„ Helmon and other and shewed him what they had done and what they were in purpose to do thaÌ„ the Chanone with fayre langage refrayned theÌ„ and sayde Sirs remembre and ymagin well your dede that ye enterprise the which me thynke is but a folly and an outrage We can nat better be distroyed than by our selfe If we make warre to this countrey our enemyes shall here tidynges therof They shall therby enforce theÌ„ self whan they se that we go nat forward thus we shall lese two maner of wayes we shall reiose and assure our enemyes in that they be as nowe in doute of And also we shall false oure trouthe to therle of Cambridge Why ê™ Soltier what wolde ye that we shulde do we haue suende more than oure wages cometh to And we haue had no money sythe we came into Portyngale Thoughe ye be payed and we be nat yet ye haue had a fayre sufferyng By my fayth quod the Chanone I haue had no more payment than ye haue had nor without your knouledge I ensure you I wyll receyue nothynge Than some of the knightes that were by sayd Sir we beleue you well But sir euery thyng must haue his course Sir shewe ye howe we may honourably issue out of this mater and to haue hasty delyueraÌ„ce the we might be payed of our wages for if we be nat shortely well payed the mater wyll go yuell Than the Chanon robersard began to speke and sawe well howe the englysshe coÌ„panyons were displeased with the kyng of Portyngale sawe well money wolde apease theÌ„ than he sayd to theÌ„ thus Fayre lordes I counsayle that in the same state that we be nowe in Let vs go and speke with therle of Cambridge and shewe hym all our nedes â–ª that shal be ê™ Soltier so that ye wyll auowe my sayeng they were all content so to do And so in the same maner as they were they went forth with the penon of saint George before theÌ„ and so caÌ„e to the freres wher as therle lay and he was as than goyng to dyner The coÌ„panions were mo than .vii. C. and so they entred in to the court demauÌ„ded for therle and he caÌ„e out of his chaÌ„bre in to the hall to speke with theÌ„ Than all the knightes that were ther auauÌ„sed forthe Soltier before theÌ„ who with a bolde spyrite spake and sayde sir we are come here in to your presens dyuers other here without sir ye haue brought vs out of Englande our owne nacion and sir ye are our chefe capitayne wagê haue we non and we can aske none of no man but of you for as for the kyng of Portyngale we had neuer come to do hym seruyce if ye shulde nat haue payed vs. and ser if ye wyll say that the warr is nat yours but the kyng of Portyngals We shall pay or self than well enough of oue wagê For first we wyll ouerron this couÌ„tre and than catche it who so wyll after Soltier ê™ therle I say nat but that ye shal be payed but to ouerron this countrey ye shall cause me to haue great blame of the kyng of Portyngale also of the kyng of Englande Why sir ê™ Soltier what wolde ye that we shulde do sir ê™ therle I wolde ye shulde take thre of our knightes one of Englande another of Almayne and the thirde of Gascone and let these thre go to Lysbon to the kyng and shewe hym what nede ye be in And coÌ„playne of the long delay of payment of your wages and than if ye haue no remedy ye haue more cause to folowe your entprise by my faith ê™ the Chanon robersarde my lorde here therle of CaÌ„bridge speketh sagely and valiantly so to that purpose they all determyned but for all that they kept styll with theÌ„ the penon of saynt George Sayeng howe lythe they had reysed it by one accorde in the realme of Portyngale they wolde nat laye it downe agayne as longe as they were there Than they ordayned them that shulde go to the kyng on this message and sir Wyllyam Helman was named to go for
eche vpon other rudely without any other hurt and than they ran their seconde course And at yâ— thirde course they strake eche other so rudely in the myddes of their sheldes that the speare heedes entred throughe the plates of their harnes to the bare flesshe but they had no hurt and their speares brake the tron â—hyons flewe ouer their heedes in to the ayre This course was praysed of all them that sawe it And than they toke leaue eche of other right honorablye and retourned euery manne to his owne partie And after there was no more war vsed for ther was peace bytwene bothe realms And so eycher partie departed and went home THus this army brake vp In the same tyme tidynges came in to the kynge of Spaynes hoost Howe the kynge of Granade made great warre agaynst the kynge of Barbary and the kyng of Trayne samayns Wherfore all suche knightê as wolde go thider shuld be receyued in to wages And that the kynge of Granade wolde sende sure saue conduct for theÌ„ and that assone as they become in to Granade they shulde haue prest wages for a quarter of a yere before hande Wherby certayne knyghtes of Fraunce as sir Trystram de Roy sir Geffray Carney sir Peter CleremoÌ„t and dyuers other toke leaue of the kyng of Castyle went thyder to seke aduentures And in lykewise so dyde some of the englysshe men but nat many For therle of Cambridge brought them home agayne into Englande and his son also wher by it shewed well that he was nat content with the kynge of Portyngale to take a way his son from hym for all that he had maryed the kynges doughter He sayde howe that his sonne coulde nat endure the ayre of the countrey For all that euer the kynge coulde say or do the erle wolde nat leaue him behynde him But sayd to the kyng that his sonne was to yong to abyde in Portingale wherfore it fell after as ye shall here ¶ About a yere after that this peace was thus made bytwene Spayn and Portyngale and that the erle of Cambridge was retourned in to Englande The quene of Castyle dyed who was doughter to the kyng of Aragon and so than the kyng of Spayne was a wydower Than it was debated by the prelates and lordê of bothe countreis Spayne and Portyngale that the lady Beatryce of Portigale coude nat be more higher maryed thanne to the kynge of Spayne And to bring these two realmes in a full accorde and peace the kyng of Portyngale agreed to the maryage and deuorsed his doughter fro the erle of Cambridge sonne by the popes dispensacion who coÌ„fyrmed this newe maryage Thus the kyng of Portyngales doughter was made quene of Spaygne of Castyle and of Galyce And the first yere of the kyng of Spaynes maryage he had by his wife a fayre sonne wherof they gad great ioye Than after dyed Ferrande kyng of Portyngale howbeit for all that they of Portingale wolde nat suffre the realme to come to the kynge of Spayne as in the right of his wyfe But they made kyng a bastarde brother of the Kynges dysceassed who was called before maister Denys bastard of Portyngale This Denys was a ryght valyant man in armes and alwayes before bare the armes of Portigale So thus he was crouned kynge wherby after grewe moche warre bytwene Spayne and Portyngale as ye shall here after in this boke WHau therle of Cambridge and his coÌ„pany were retourned in to the realme of Englande The kyng and the duke of Lancastre made them great chere as it was reason and demauÌ„ded of them tidynges And there they shewed all the manere of the warre The duke of Lancastre to whome the matere moost touched bycause of the chalenge that he made to the realme of Castyle For he named hym selfe as heyre therof by the right and tytell of his wyfe the lady Custaunce somtyme doughter to Dompeter kyng of Castell Therfore he demauÌ„ded of his brother the erle of CaÌ„bridge howe they had demeaned them selfe in Portyngale Th erle shewed hym howe the two kynges had layen in hoost more than fyftene dayes the one before the other And fayre brother bycause the kynge of Portyngale coulde here no worde fro you he lightly accorded to the peace And we coulde neuer se the euer he wolde coÌ„discende to batayle Wherof we that were on his partie were sore dyspleased for we wolde gladly haue put it at adueÌ„ture And sir bycause I canne se no sure a state nor trust in them therfore I haue brought agayne with me my sonne for all that he hath maryed the kyngê doughter Sir 〈◊〉 the duke I thynke ye had good cause sauyng for feare of breakyng of that maryage For paraduenture if the kynge may fynde any aduauÌ„tage in another place he wyll than gyue his doughter at his pleasure By my faythe sir quod therle happe what wyll I thinke I haue done nothyng wherof I shulde repent me and so than they entred in to other communycation of other maters ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of them and of the warres of Spayne and Portyngale And retourne to the warres of Gaunte and of the Erle and countrey of Flaunders whiche were right feirse and cruell ¶ Of the great necessyte of vytales that they of GauÌ„t endured and how they were socoured by theÌ„ of Liege Cap. CCC xCvi. ALl the season after the distruction and brinnyng of the towne of Grauntmont and of the reysyng of the siege of Gaunt by cause of the displeasure the the erle of Flaunders had for the dethe of his cosyn the yonge lorde of Dangheyn slayne by the enbusshment of the gauntoyse as ye haue herde here before The knyghtes and squiers nor good townes made no warre to theÌ„ GauÌ„t but by garisons so the all the countre helde with the erle agaynst Gaunt except the four mestiers and so by theym some vytayle came in to Gaunte And some vitayle caÌ„e in to Gaunt out of the countie of Alos but the erle of FlauÌ„ders as sone as he knewe that he fouÌ„de remedy For incoÌ„tynent he sent to the garyson of TeremoÌ„t coÌ„mauÌ„dyng them to ouerryn and to brenne all the playne countrey of the countie of Alos whiche was done at his coÌ„maundment so that the poore folkes with their beastes were fayne to flye a way in to Brabant and in to Haynalte and the moste parte to go a beggyng yet there was a countrey parteynyng to the foure mestiers fro whom ther came euer some ayde or vitayle into Gaunt Thus all this wynter the erle and they of FlauÌ„ders constrayned so sore them of Gaunt that they coulde haue nothyng come to them nother by land nor by water The erle had so wonne his cosyns the duke of Brabant and duke Aubert that their couÌ„treis were kept close agaynst them of Gaunt so that nothynge came to theÌ„ fro thens without it were by stelth and by great aduenture and parell for theÌ„ that dyd it The sage men sayd howe
land and by water for they were lordes of all the countrey of FlauÌ„ders for alwayes for wynning of money the countreys of Flaunders Holande zelande and Brabant and also parte of Haynault by stelthe brought euer vitayles to their hoost This Philyp dartuell had euer his courage more englisshe than french and wolde gladly that he had ben alyed with yâ— kyng of Englande Wherby he thought that if the frenche kynge or duke of Burgoyne came on him with an army that he shulde be ayded by the englysshmen He had all redy in his hoost a. CC. archers of Englande the whiche were stolen out of yâ— garyson of Calys so toke wages ther of him and were wekely payed ¶ Of the messangers that Philyppe Dartuell sent in to Englande and also in to Fraunce and of the deth of sir Parducas Dalbret Cap. iiii C .vii. PHilyp Dartuell to the entent to coloure his dedes to knowe what was sayde of hym in FrauÌ„ce He determyned to write in the name of the hole countre of Flaunders to the freÌ„che kyng submytting them selfe requyring yâ— kyng to takâ— some busynes for theÌ„ as to bring theÌ„ agayne iâ— to parfyte loue with their lorde the erle of FlauÌ„ders So thus he wrote certayne letters to the kyage and to his counsayle and delyuered theÌ„ to a messanger Commaundyng hym to go to the kynge with the letters and so he dyde And rode so long that he came to saynt Lyse where he founde the kynge and his vncles to whome he delyuered his letters The kyng toke reed his letter in the presens of his vncles and of his counsayle Assoone as they were reed and well vnderstande they dyde nothynge but laughed therat And thanÌ„e it was ordayned to take the messanger and to set hym in prison bycause he was come to the presens of the kyng wtout any saue conduct so ther he remayned more than thre wekes Whan Philyppe Dartuell knewe it he had great indygnacion therat and caused to come before hym all the capitayns of the hoost and than he sayd to them Sirs ye may se what honour the frenche kynge dothe to vs sythe we haue written to hym so amyably and ther vpon he hath recayned our messenger and kepeth hym in prison Certainly this constrey neth vs sore to be alyed with the englisshmen for thynke nat the contrary but that the duke of Burgoyne who is all in Fraunce and leadeth the kyng there as he lyst hym selfe for the kyng is but a chylde thynke you that he wyll leaue this mater as it is nay surly â–ª ensample by our messanger whome he kepeth in prisone Wherfore we haue good cause to sende in to England as wel for the comon weale of FlauÌ„ders as for our suretye and to gyue dout and feare to our enemyes Therfore I wolde we shulde sende a ten or .xii. of the most notablest of our men wherby the knowledge therof might come in to FrauÌ„ce so that the kyng ther and his counsayle shulde thynke how we wyll alye our selfe with yâ— kyng of Englande their aduersary how beit I wyll nat that the same alyance be shortly made without we haue more nede thanne we haue as yet but I wolde our men shulde entre in to a communicacyon and so to doo we haue iust cause and to demaunde of the kyng of Englande the soÌ„me of two huÌ„dred thousande crownes which somme Jaques Dartuell my father and the countrey of FlauÌ„ders lent somtyme to the kyng of Englande whyle he was before Tourney at the siege to pay therwith his sowdyers and so I wolde our men shulde say to the kyng of Englande and to his vncles and to his counsayle howe that generally all the countye of Flaunders and the good townes therof suche as lent the sayd soÌ„me desyreth to haue agayn the sayd soÌ„me And so that done than to offre the kynge of England to enter into Flaunders and so into FrauÌ„ce if he lyst For surely I thynke it were bett for vs to ayde ourselfe with our owne than to haue helpe of straungers And I thynke we shall neuer attayne to it soner than nowe for yâ— kynge and realme of Englande I thynke wyll nat forsake the alyauÌ„ce of suche a couÌ„tre as flaÌ„ders is nowe For as nowe theÌ„glysshmen haue nat on yâ— see cost bytwene Burdeux Scluse Except Calys Chierburge and Brest where for to lande and entre in to Fraunce Therfore the countre of Flaunders shulde serue theÌ„ well at the poynt For Bretayne except Brest is closed agaynst them And the duke of Bretaygne hath sworne to be good french And if he be nat he wyll coÌ„e therto bycause of the loue of his cosyn germayne therle of Flaunders Than all they that herde Philyp speke answered sayd Philyp ye haue full well spoken we all wyll that it be thus done For whosoeuer wyll the coÌ„trary loueth nat the comon ê“fyte of FauÌ„ders Philyp Dartuell taryed nat long but that he wrote to Peter de Boyse to Peter de myrt who were capitayns of Brugê And also to theÌ„ of Ipre and Courtrey shewyng them his said purpose And all they thought it good so to be done So ther were chosen of the good townes of Flaunders one or two burgesses of euery towne and out of the towne of GauÌ„tsixe First there was chosen FrauÌ„ces Atreman Rase de Uerdell Loys de vaux sir JohnÌ„ stotler Martyn bondrell water iacob berner and a clerke who was chosen to be bysshop of GauÌ„t by pope Urbane For mayster JohnÌ„ dalbrest who had ben deane of our lady church in Turney he aduysed in his tyme that ther shulde be a bisshop in Gaunt And to posses haue the profytes yâ— the bysshop of Turney shulde haue had and so whan these .xii. burgesses were redy aparelled they toke their leaue and departed fro the siege before And warpe about the begynning of the moneth of July And dyde so moche that they came to Calais and the capitayne ther called sir Johan Dalbrenes receyued theÌ„ And whan he knewe that they wolde go into EnglaÌ„de he purueyed them of shyppes And so they taryed there but thre dayes toke their passage aryued at Douer and so went to LoÌ„don at which tyme the kyng ê‘te of his couÌ„sayle as ser JohhÌ„ moÌ„tagu ser Symon burle sir WillmÌ„ beachaÌ„p were at WestmÌ„ To enheryte ser Perducas dalbret of all the barony of Chaumont in gascone the which was as than in the kynges handê I shall shewe you by what maner king Edward of olde tyme had gyuen it to sir Johan Chandos and he helde it as long as he lyuâ—â— after his dethe it was gyuen to sc Thomas Felton And he was as than newly deed and so therby the landes fell agayne into the kynges handes the whiche lande might nat long be without a gouernour to kepe it For it ioyned to yâ— landes of the lorde Dalbret who as thanÌ„e was good frenche Than it was abuysed by the kyng of
in to our countre I wotte nat what they mean therby And specially I marueyle of our owne men that we here nat fro theÌ„ But howe soeuer it be I wyll go to Gaunt to fetche the rerebande and so shall come agayne and fight with the freÌ„che kyng whatsoeuer come therof I am enformed howe the kynge hath twentie thousande men of armes the whiche mounteth to .lx. thousande men of warre I shall bringe as many agaynst hym in batayle And yf it please god of his grace that I may discoÌ„fyte hym with the good ryght that we haue I shal be the moost honoured lorde of the worlde And if I be discoÌ„fyted as great a fortune hath fallen on a gretter lorde than I am Thus as Philyppe Dartuell and the lorde of Harsels were toguyder deuysinge Ther came certayne persons to them suche as had bene in the batayle before Comynes who verifyed all as ye haue herde before ThanÌ„e Philyppe Dartuell sayd Is Peter du Boyse deed or a lyue They answered and sayd Sir he is nat deed But he was sore hurt in the batayle and is gone to Bruges And so therwith Philyp lepte on his horse and a .xxx. men with hym and toke the way to GauÌ„t And he went a lytell out of the way to se certayne men that were deed of the garyson of Andwarpe Who were issued out the same night to make a scrye in the hoost and so ther were a .xii. slayne And as he stode and behelde them he sawe where an haraude was comyng from Gaunt warde belongyng to the kyng of Englande and he was called Irelande Of the comyng of this haraude Philyppe was right ioyefull bycause he came out of Englande and demauÌ„ded of hym tidynges Sir quod the haraude there is fyue of yor men with a knight of Englande called sir Wyllyam Fermeton are come to Gaunt And they by the acorde of the kynge of Englande and of his vncles and generally by consent of all the realme of Englande They haue brought you letters as I am enformed the whiche letters comyth to you as Regent of Flaunders And whan ye knowe what the letters conteyne and the great alyances that ye shall haue with them of Englande and your men ones retourned ye shall knowe what â—â—oforte ye shall haue of theÌ„ Well quod Philyppe ye â—â—otente me moche of this deuysing but I feare me it wyll be to late Go your way to the hoost to our lodgynge and so he was brought to the lorde of Harsels and Philyppe rode forthe to Gaunt ryght pensyfe in suche wyse that no man coude haue a worde of hym NOwe let vs speke of the frenche kynge and let vs shewe howe he parceyuered Whan he harde howe that the passage of Comynes was won and the bridge newe made than he departed fro the abbey of Marquettes and so rode forth towardê Comynes in good order euery man in his degre So the kyng came the same tuysday to Comynes and he and his vncles lodged in the towne and the vowarde was dyslodged and went and lodged on the mount of Ipre and so all his people and caryage passed by Comynes and Warnestone And on the wednisday the kynge came and lodged on the same mount of Ipre and on the saÌ„e wednisday the rerewarde passed by the bridge of Comynes wherin was two thousande men of armes and two thousande crosbowes and the erle of Ewe and the erle of Bloyse the erle of saynt Powle the erle of Harcourt the lorde of Chatelon and the lorde of sere were gouernours of theÌ„ And whan it was night and that the lordes had thoght to haue rested theÌ„ after their traueyle there fell sodenly a larum and a skrye so that the lordes thought surely to haue had batayle thought that the flemynges of Ipre of Cassell and of Bergues had bene gadred togyder and come to gyue them batayle than these lordes armed them agayne and set on their basse nettes and set forthe their baners and penons and ordred their men euery man vnder their owne ensygnes Thus they stoode nygh all nyght in the myre to the myde legge These lordes endured moche payne as the erle of Bloyse and other who had nat bene acustomed to suffre such cold in such longe nyghtes as in NoueÌ„bre but they suffred it for their honour for they went surely to haue bene fought with all incontynent but all was nothing for the skrye arose by certayne varlettes amonge them selfe Howe be it these lordes endured this payne and bare it as well as they myght ¶ Howe the towne of Ipre and dyuers other put them selfe vnder the obeysance of the french kyng and of the ordre of the kynges hoost Cap. CCCC .xvii. ANd on the thursday in the mornyng the rerewarde dislodged fro comynes and drue to their company who were on the mount of Ipre And there the kyng and the lordes toke counsayle what was best to do whether they shulde go before Ipre or before Courtrey or before Bruges in the meane season the french forangers ran ouer the countrey and they founde catayle and other thynges that it was maruayle to consydre for after they were ones ouer the passage at Comynes they lacked no thynge Whan they of Ipre sawe the kynge with all his puyssaunce so nere them and the passage at Comynes conquered they were nat well assured of them selfe and so they drewe togyder to couÌ„sayle The rych and notable men of the towne wolde euer that they shulde haue sent to crye the kyng mercy and to sende hym the keyes of the towne but the capitayne who was of Gaunt and set ther by Philyp Dartuell wold in no wyse that they shulde yelde sayng sirs our towne is stronge inough and well prouyded we may byde a siege longe ynogh if nedebe and in the meane tyme Philyppe Dartuell our regent wyll gather his puyssance and come and fyght with the kyng and rayse the siege thinke nat the contrary The other answered and sayd we be nat in surety of this for we thynke it can nat lye in Philyppe Dartuells power to withstand the kyng with out the helpe of the englysshmen the whiche is nothyng lykely therfore we thynke it were best to yelde vs to the french kyng to none other So moche rose wordes bytwene theÌ„ that they rose agaynst the capitayne and slewe him who was called Peter Uanelayre And whan they of Ipre hadde done this dede they caused two freres to go to the kynge and to his vncles desyring the kyng that he wolde take an amyable treaty with them of Ipre The kynge than by the aduyce of his counsayle gaue saue conduct to .xii. of them of Ipre and an abbote to come and go saue to knowe what wolde be their desyre than the frers returned to Ipre And so than xii were chosen out in the towne an abbote to go to the kyng on the mount of Ipre and whan they came before the kyng they kneled downe and offred hym to become alwayes vnder his
go and adueÌ„ture their bodyes they wyst nat wher better to enploy their season than in the realme of ScotlaÌ„de and so they deê‘ted fro scluse and toke a shyp left their horses behynde theÌ„ for danger of the see and for the long iorney the maryners knewe well they coude nat arryue at the haueÌ„ of EdeÌ„borowe at DoÌ„bare nor at non of those hauyns nere for thenglisshe army was aswell by see as by lande And the englysshmen were lordes maisters of the first portê of scotlande bycause their ê“uisyon might folowe theÌ„ by see In this season the freÌ„che ambassadours caÌ„e in to Englande to go to Scotland and the kyng his vncles made them great chere the first day somwhat dissimuled with theÌ„ to delay the tyme bicause their men were makyng war in Scotlande and whan they vnderstode that their men hadde done their enterprise and that they retourned agayne in to Englande Than they let the frenche ambassadours departe and gaue them saueconduct to passe through the realme in to Scotlande and made townes castels to be opyned agaynst their comynge So they departed and went towarde Scotlande So long these men of warre that went fro Scluse sayled by the see costyng HolaÌ„de En glande eschewyng the ê‘els of thesâ—e for encouÌ„tryng of theÌ„glysshmen that at last they aryued in ScotlaÌ„de at a lytell porte called MoÌ„stres whan the scottes that dwelt in the towne knew howe they were frenchemen that were come to exercise dedes of armes they made them good chere and dyde helpe to get them all that they neded And whan these knightes and squyers had refresshed them there two dayes and had lerned tidynges They dâ—ê‘ted rode on hakeneis and caÌ„e to Dondem so fro thens to saint Johans a good towne in Scotlande on the ryuer of Tare there is a good hauen to sayle whyder a man wyll And whan they were coÌ„e thyder they vnderstode howe the englysshmen were withdrawen and howe the kynge of scottes and his lordes were at EdeÌ„borowe at a couÌ„sayle Than they ordayned that sir Garnyer of Cuissangyn and Mychaell de la Bare shulde go to Edenborowe to speke with the kyng and his counsayle to knowe what they shulde do at leest to shewe theym the good wyll that they had to come out of FlauÌ„ders in to Scotlande And sir Geffray de Charney the other wolde abyde there tyll they had worde agayne And as they ordayned so it was done and so they departed and went to EdeÌ„borowe wher the kyng was and therle Duglas called James for his father Wyllyam was newly disceased There was also the erle of Moret therle of Orkeney the lorde of Uersey the lorde of Lynde yâ— lorde of Surlant and sixe bretherne of therle of Orkenes all knightes These lordes of ScotlaÌ„de made good cher to the knightes of FraÌ„ce than sir Garnyer shewed to the kyng and to the barons of Scotlande thentencyon of his coÌ„panions and the cause of their comynge in to the realme Than the ambassadours of Fraunce caÌ„e thyder sir Hemart de Percy ser Peter Framell and Janequyn ChaÌ„penoise and they brought the truse that was deuysed bytwene FraÌ„ce and Englande but the scotteshelde agaynst it and sayd howe they came to late and yâ— they wolde haue no truse bycause theÌ„glysshmen in that season had done them moche hurt And thus while the king and the knightes were at differeÌ„ce the erle Duglas and therle Moret the chyldren of Lindsey and dyuers other knightê squiers of Scotlande desyringe to be armed helde a secrete counsayle togyder in the churche of EdeÌ„borowe and the knightes of Fraunce were sent for to theÌ„ As sir Michaell de la bare sir Garnyer Desyring them to go to their coÌ„panyons and to shewe theÌ„ their entent and to kepe their purpose secrete So these two knightes returned to saynt Johans towne and shewed their company all that they had herde and sene ¶ Howe the barons and knightes of Scotlande and they of FrauÌ„ce made apoyntment to entre in to the realme of EnglaÌ„de without the knowlege of the kyng of Scottes who was at Edenborowe Cap. CCCC .xlv. OF these tidinges sir Geffray de Charney the other knyghtes and squiers greatly reioysed so deê‘ted thens and came to Edenborowe and made no knowlege of that they shulde do They had nat bene ther two dayes but that the erle Duglas sende for them to come to his castell of Alquest and sent to them horses and so they came to him the next day And incontynent he brought them to a certayne place wher the scottes assembled so in thre dayes they were mo than .xv. thousande a hors backe armed after yâ— vsage of their couÌ„tre Than they sayd they wolde make a iourney in to Englande and reueng their hurtes and domages that had ben done to theÌ„ So they went forthe and passed forestes and woodes of their countre and entred in to NorthuÌ„berlande into the lande of the lorde Percy and there they began to brinne to robbe and to steale And than retourned by the lande of therle of NotynghmÌ„ and the lorde Moubray and dyde there moche hurt passed by Rosebourg â–ª But they taryed nat there bycause they had great pyllage with theÌ„ as well of prisoners as of catell And so retourned without daunger in to their couÌ„tre agayne for the Englysshmen were all withdrawen and coude nat so soone agayne assemble toguyder to fyght with the scottes Therfore it behoued them to beare that brunt for they had gyuen be fore suche another to the scottes Of this iourney the kynge of scottes myght ryght well excuse hym selfe for of the assemble nor of their departyng he knewe nothyng and thoughe he had knowen therof he coulde natte haue let it whan they were ones onwarde For all these iorneys yâ— was thus made bothe in to Scotlande in to Englande there abode styll with kyng Robert sir Hamarde de marse sir Peâ— framell bycause they wolde be layde in no faut to breke the truse that was taken bytwene Englande Fraunce and Castell The kynge of Scottes and the ambassadours of Fraunce sende an heraude of armes in to EnglaÌ„de and whan he was coÌ„e before the kyng of Englande and his vncles he founde the countre sore moued to ryde agayne in to Scotlande The duke of Lancastre and the erle of CaÌ„bridge who desyred greatly in that yere to go in to Portyngale and in to Castell or els one of them with a great puyssaunce of menne of armes For they helde theÌ„ selfe heryters therof by ryght of their wyues children of Castell To renewe the war bytwene the kynge of Portyngale and yâ— kyng of Castell for as than kyng FeraÌ„do was deed And the portyngales had crowned dan Johan a bastarde brother a valyaunt man who desyred nothynge but warre with the spanyerdes so he myght haue alyaunce with the Englysshemen and their confort and ayde Therfore the duke of Lancastre dyde with his freÌ„des as moche as
and in Haynalt to serue for yâ— voyage into ScotlaÌ„de And in Arthoyse at Lysle at Doway and at Turney There was moche bysquet made and other prouysion a longe the see syde for Harflewe to Sluse whiche was the princypall hauen where they thought to take shippynge ¶ Howe the lady of Brabant caused to be called a counsayle wherat there was the duke of Burgoyn the duke Aubert and she in the cytie of Cambray to treat for the mariage of their chyldren Cap. CCCC .xlix. THe duches of BrabaÌ„t beyng a wydow for yâ— duke Wyncelent of Boesme was deed for whose deth she had greate sorowe at her â–ª harte lay at Brusels and it greatly displeased her yâ— trowble that she sawe in Flaunders gladly she wolde haue made a peace and she might for she vnderstode that the gauntoyse dayly fortifyed them selfe by reason of the englisshmen who promysed them great comforte Also she sawe well her nefewe yâ— duke of Burgoyne who shulde be by right enherytoure of Flaunders and one of the greattest enherytours of the worlde as thanÌ„e likely to be was sore troubled by the gauÌ„toyse Also she sawe well that the duke Aubert chefe of Haynault and the duches his wyfe had fayre chyldren to gyder two sonnes and doughters as thaÌ„ vnmaryed Also she knewe that the duke of LaÌ„castre was in treaty of maryage for Philyppe his doughter had by the lady Blaunche his first wyfe and the eldest sonne of duke Aubert who shuld be right enherytour to the erledome of Haynault of Holande and of zelande And so the sayd lady douted that if there were alyaunce made bytwene Englande and Haynaulte that the frenche men wolde haue indygnacion therat and so ther by the ioly countre of Haynalt outher couertly or openly suche as shulde passe out of Fraunce in to Flaunders comynge or goyng shulde be sore troubled and greued and the rather bycause that duke Aubert by the meanes of the holaÌ„ders and zelanders suche as be marchyng on the see syde dyd comforte dayly yâ— gauntoyse in dyuers maners wherof the duke of Burgoyne his counsayle were well infourmed therof wherfore he loued duke Auberte neuer the better and yet he was therof nothyng gylty for as for the holanders and zelanders the warre of FlauÌ„ders touched theÌ„ no thynge they wolde nat therfore defende their marchaundyses to rynne The sayd good lady consideryng all these thynges and parels that myght ense we she aduysed to bringe these two dukes togyder yâ— duke of Burgoyne and the duke Aubert and yâ— she wolde be the meane to treate bytwene them Also she though to entreat the duke of Burgoyne that the gauntoyse myght coÌ„e to mercy So this lady on this aduyse and ymaginacyon wolde nat let it slepe but set clerkes and messaÌ„gers a warke and she dyd somoche bytwene these two dukes yâ— there was a day assygned to mete at Cambray they and their couÌ„sayls howbeit bothe dukê knewe nat the full entent why this lady caused yâ— counsayle To this counsayle acordyng as they had promysed in the moneth of January about the xii day there came to the cytie of Cambray the duke of Burgoyne the duke Aubert and their counsayls and the duches of Brabant who opened to theÌ„ all the mater why they were there assembled First she shewed to yâ— duke of Burgoyne howe he was a great lorde and lykely to be and howe he had fayre chyldren howe that he shuld be happy to bestowe theÌ„ well and nobly and to the moost auauntage for him and his countrey saynge howe as than in her opynion she knewe no place so metely for them as the couÌ„trey of Haynalt Holande and zelande to bringe their couÌ„treys to a perfyte peace and to gyue feare and doute to their enemyes For fayre nephewe ê™ she I knowe for trouthe that the duke of Lancastre is right puyssant in England and dothe that he can that his doughter were maryed to WyllimÌ„ of Heynalt your soÌ„ne and heyre And sir I had rather se the profyt of you and of your chyldren than of the englysshe men Fayre aunt quod the duke I thanke you I beleue you well I am content and ye canne bringe it a boute to let my doughter Margarete be maryed to the heyre of Haynalt Than the lady went fro one parte to the other to treat for this maryage The duke Aubert to whome these tydinges were newe answered right curtesly and sayd howe he hadde there as than no counsayle suche as he wolde haue What counsayle wolde ye haue quod the duches or what want you to do well and to bringe your countrey in peace I lacke my wyfe ê™ the duke and without her I wyll do nothyng in this mater for she hathe as moche parte of my chyldren as I. Also fayre aunt â–ª it is metely that the nobles of the countrey be enfourmed therof well ê™ the duches I pray god all be for the best And than she thought at their departinge to desyre them to mete agayne in the same place in Lent tyme and to bringe their wyues and their counsayls with them This lady dyde all this so secretly that fewe folkes knewe wherfore the couÌ„sayle was Thus the two dukes departed fro Cambray The duke of Burgoyne went to the cytie of Arras where as the lady his wyfe was and the duke Aubert returned in to HolaÌ„de where as the lady his wyfe was And the Duches of Brabant retourned in to her countrey and euer secretly she wrote and sent to eyther party and tooke great payne to bringe agayne these lordes and their wyues in to the cytie of Cambray for greatly she desyred this mariage to be confyrmed for to bringe in vnite and concorde Flaunders Brabant and Haynalt to gyder SO moche dyd this good lady yâ— she and the sayd dukes their wyues and counsayls came agayne to Cambray and ther was done great honoure for eche of them enforsed them selfe to do honoure eche to other There was the duches Margarete of Burgoyn and the duches Margaret of Heynault who helde sore in this treaty saynge yâ— if her sonne shulde mary Margarete of Burgoyne she wolde also that her doughter shuld mary JohnÌ„ of Burgoyne and so to make a crosse maryagâ— wherby shulde be yâ— more coniunction of loue And so two of the chyldren of Burgoyne shulde be maryed in to one howse The duke of Burgoyne thought it was ynough to mary his doughter and excused Johan his sonne saynge howe hâ— was to yonge of age to be maryed for the dukâ— of Burgoyne had ymaginacion to mary Jo 〈…〉 his sonne with Katheryne of Fraunce suster 〈…〉 his nephewe the french kyng So thus on 〈…〉 poynt the treaty was lyke to haue fayled for the duches of Bauiers sayd howe there shulde be made no maryage of any of her chyldren with out they were both maryed Alwayes she helde this purpose ther coude no man breke her therof The duches of Brabant hadde great payne to go fro the one to the other and