souerayne lorde kynge Henry the .viii. kyng of Englande and of Fraunce and highe defender of the christen faythe c. Under his gracyous supportacyon to do my deuoyre to translate out of frenche in to our maternall englysshe tonge the sayd volumes of sir Johan Froyssart Whiche cronycle begynneth at the raygne of the moost noble and valyant kynge Edwarde the thyrde The yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred and sixtene And contynucth to the begynning of the reigne of king Henry the fourth The yere of our lorde god a thousande and foure hundred The space by twene is threscore and fourtene yeres Requyrynge all the reders and herers therof to take this my rude translacion in gre And in that I haue nat folowed myne authour worde by worde yet I trust I haue ensewed the true reporte of the sentence of the mater And as for the true namyng of all maner of personages Countreis cyties townes ryuers or teldes Where as I coude nat name them properly nor aptely in Englysshe I haue written them acordynge as I founde them in frenche And thoughe I haue nat gyuen euery lorde knyght or squyer his true addycion yet I trust I haue natswarued fro the true senteÌce of the mater And there as I haue named the dystaunce bytwene places by myles and leages they must be vnderstande acordyng to the custome of the couÌtreis where as they be named for in some place they be lengar than in some other In Englande a leage or myle is well knowen in FrauÌce a leage is two myles and in some place thre And in other couÌtreis more or lesse euery nacion hath sondrie customes And if any faute be in this my rude translacyon I remyt the correctyon therof to theÌ that discretely shall fynde any reasonable deraute And in their so doynge I shall pray god to sende theÌ the blysse of heuen Amen Thus endeth the preface of sir JohnÌ Bourchier knight lorde berners traÌslatour of this present cronycle And herafter foloweth the table with all the chapiters as they stande in the boke in order from one to four huÌdred fyftie and one Whiche be in nombre C C C C. and li. chapiters ¶ Here after foloweth the table of this present volume FIrst the auctours êloge Ca. i. ¶ Of them that were moost valyant knightes to be made mencion of in this boke Cap. ii ¶ Of some of the prevecessours of kyng Edwarde of Englande Cap. iii. ¶ Of some of the prrentes of this good kyng Edwarde the thyrbe Cap. iiii ¶ The first occasyon of the warre bytwene the the kynges of Englande of FrauÌce Cap. v. ¶ Howe therle Thomas of Lancastre .xxii. other great lordes and knyghtes of Englande werebeheeded Cap. vi ¶ Howe the quene of Englande went and coÌplayned her to the kyng of FrauÌce her brother on sir Hewe Spensar Cap. vii ¶ Howe sir Hewe Spensar purchased that the quene Isabell of Englande was putte out of Fraunce Cap. viii ¶ Howe quene Isabell deêted out of Fraunce and entred in to the empyre Cap. ix ¶ Howe quene Isabell areyued in Englande with sir JohnÌ of Heynalt in her coÌpany Ca. x. ¶ Howe the quene of Englande besieged kynge Edwarde the seconde her housbande in the towne of Bristowe Cap. xi ¶ Howe sir Hewe SpeÌsar thelder and therle of Arundell were iudged to bethe Cap. xii ¶ Howe sir Hewe Spensar was putte to his iudgement Cap. xiii ¶ Of the coronacyon of kynge Edwarde the thirde Cap. xiiii ¶ Howe kyng Robert de Breur of ScotlaÌde defyed kyng Edwarde of Englande Cap. xv ¶ Of the disceÌcion that sell bytwene tharchers of Englande them of Heynalt Cap. xvi ¶ Of the maner of the scottes and howe they make their warre Cap. xvii ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande made his first iourney agaynst the scottes Cap. xviii ¶ Howe kynge Edwarde was maryed to the lady Philyppe of Heynalt Cap. xix ¶ Howe kyng Robert of scotlaÌde dyed ca. xx ¶ Howe Philyppe of Ualloyes was crowned kynge in Fraunce Cap. xxi Of the batayle of Cassell in FlaÌders ca. xxii ¶ Howe therle of Kent and therle Mortymer in Englande were put to dethe Cap. xxiii ¶ Of the homage that kyng Edwarde of Englande made to the frenche kyng for the duchy of Guyen Cap. xxiiii ¶ Howe sir Roberte of Arthoyse was chased out of the realme of Fraunce Cap. xxv ¶ Howe kynge Edwarde tooke the towne of Berwyke agaynst the scottes Cap. xxvi ¶ Howe king Philyp of Fraunce and dyuers other kynges toke on them the crosey to the holy lande Cap. xxvii ¶ Howe kynge Edwarde of Englande was counsayled to make warre agaynst the frenche kynge Cap. xxviii ¶ Howe Jaques Dartuell gouerned the countie of Flaunders Cap. xxix ¶ Howe certayne nobles of FlauÌders kept the yle of CagaÌt agaynst theÌglysshmen Cap. xxx ¶ Of the batayle of Cagant by twene the Englysshmen and flemynges Cap. xxxi ¶ Howe kynge Edwarde of Englande made great alyaunces in th empyre Cap. xxxii ¶ Howe kyng Dauyd of Scotlande made alyauÌce with kyng Philyp of FraÌce Ca. xxxiii ¶ Howe kyng Edwarde was made vycar generall of th eÌpyre of Almayne Cap. xxxiiii ¶ Howe kynge Edwarde all his alyes dede defy the frenche kyng Cap. xxxv ¶ Howe sir Gaultier of Manny after the defyaunces declared made the first iourney into Fraunce Cap. xxxvi ¶ Howe after the defyaunces the frenchemen entred in to Englande Cap. xxxvii ¶ Howe kyng Edwarde besieged the cytie of Cambrey Cap. xxxviii ¶ Howe kynge Edwarde made sir Henry of Flaunders knight Cap. xxxix ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande and the freÌche kynge toke day to fight Cap. xl ¶ Howe these two kynges ordayned their batayls at Uyronfosse Cap. xli ¶ Howe the sayd two kynges departed without batayle Cap. xlii ¶ Howe king Edwarde of Englande toke on him to beare the armes of Fraunce the ââme to be called kyng therof Cap. xliii ¶ Howe the frenchmen brent in the lanbes of sir Johan of Heynalt Cap. xliiii ¶ Howe therle of Heynalt toke and distroyed Aubenton and Thyerache Cap. xlv ¶ Howe they of Tourney made a iourney in to Flaunders Cap. xlvi ¶ Of the iourney that duke JohnÌ of NormaÌdy made in to Heynalt Cap. xlvii ¶ Howe they of Doway made a iourney in to Ostrenant and howe the erle of Heynalt was in Englande Cap. xlviii ¶ Howe the duke of Normandy layd siege to Thyne the bysshoppe Cap. xlix ¶ Of the batayle on the see before Srluse in Flaunders bytwene the kynge of Englande the frenchmen Cap. l. ¶ Howe kynge Robert of Cycile dyde all that he might to pacify the kynges of Englande Fraunce Cap. li. ¶ Of the couÌsayle that the kyng of England his alyes helde at the towne of Uyllenort ca. lii ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande layde siege to the cytie of Iourney Cap. liii ¶ Howe the erle of Heynalt distroyed the townes of Seclyn and Dorchies Cap. liiii ¶ Howe the scottes wan agayne a great
ête 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 MouÌtfort dyde homage to the king of EnglaÌd for the duchy of breten ca. lxviii ¶ Howe therle MouÌtfort was somoned to the êlyament 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 FrauÌce that entred in to Bretayne with sir Charles of Bloyes Cap. lxxi ¶ Howe therle MouÌtfort was taken at NauÌtes and howe he dyed Cap. lxxii ¶ Howe the kyng of EnglaÌde the thirde tyme made warre on the scottes Cap. lxxiii ¶ Howe king Dauyd of Scotlande caÌe with a great host to Newcastell vpoÌtyne 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 EnglaÌde 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 couÌtesse 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 discoÌfyted 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 couÌtesse 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 caÌe in to Bretayne to make warre there Cap. lxxxxiiii ¶ Howe the lorde Clisson sir Henry of Leon were taken prisoners before UaÌnes ca. lxxxxv ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande toke the towne of Dynant Cap. lxxxxvi ¶ What lordes of frauÌce 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 NormaÌdy brought into Gascoyne agaynst the erle of Derby Cap. c .xviii. ¶ Howe JohnÌ Norwich scaped fro Angolem whan the towne was yelden freÌche 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 EnglaÌde 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
he wolde be redy alwayes to ayd hym and his realme agaynst all men But seyng the kyng of England maketh his warre as bycare and lyeutenaunt of th empyre Wherfore he said he might nat refuse to hym his couÌtrey nor his confort bycause he helde part of his countrey of thempour and assone as sir Herâe Nuyriell sir Peter Bahuchet and Barbe Noyre who lay and kept the streightes bytwene England and Fraunce with a great nauy knewe the the warre was opyn They came on a sonday in the fore noone to the hauyu of Hampton whyle the people were at masse and the Normayns Pycardes and spanyerdes entred into the towne and robbed and pylled the towne and slewe dyuers and defowled maydens and enforced wyues and charged their vessels with the pyllage And so entred agayne into their shyppes and whan the tyde came they dysancred sayled to Normandy and came to Depe And there departed and deuyded their boty and pyllages ¶ How kyng Edwarde besieged the cyte of Cambray Cap. xxxviii THe kyng of England departed fro Machelyne went to Brussels and all his people past on by the towne Than came to the kynge a .xx. M. Almaynes and the kynge sent and demauÌded of the duke of BrabaÌt what was his entensy on to go to Cambray or els to leaue it The duke answered and sayed that as sone as he knewe that he had besieged CaÌbray he wolde come thyder with .xii. hundred speres of good men of warre Than the kyng went to Nyuell and there lay one nyght and the nexte day to Mons in Heynalt And there he founde the yong erle of Heynalt who receyued him ioyously and euer sir Robert of Dartoyse was about the kyng as one of his priue counsell and a .xvi. or .xx. other great lordes and knightes of Englande the which were euer about the kyng for his honoure and estate and to counsell hym in all his dedes Also with hym was the bysshop of Lyncolne who was greatly renomed in this iourney both in wysdome and iÌ prowes Thus thenglysshmen passed forth and lodged abrode in the countrey and founde prouysion ynough before them for their money howbeit some âayed truly and some nat And whan the kyng had taryed two dayes at Mons in Heynalt thanÌe he went to Ualencennes he and .xii. with hym entred into the towne and no mo persons And thyder was come therle of Heynalt and ser JohnÌ his vncle and the lorde of Faguyuelles the lorde of Uerchyn the lorde of Haureth and dyuers other who were about therle their lorde And the kyng and therle went hand in hande to the great hall which was redy aparelled to receyue them And as they went vp the steares of the hall the bysshoppe of Lyncolne who was there present spake out a loude and sayd Wyllyam bysshoppÌ of Cambray I admonysshe you as procurer to the kyng of England vycare of th eÌpyre of RoÌe that ye opyn the gates of the cyte of Cambray if ye do nat ye shall forfayt your landes and we woll entre byforce Ther was none that answered to that mater for the bysshop was nat there present Than the bysshop of Lyncolne sayd agayne erle of Heynault we admonysshe you in the name of thempour that ye come and serue the kyng of England his vycare before the cyte of Cambray with suche nombre as ye ought to do Th erle who was ther preseÌt sayd with a right good wyll I am redy So thus they entred into the hall therle ledde the kyng into his chaÌbre and anon the supê was redy And the next day the king deêted and went to Aspre and ther taryed .ii. dayes and suffred all his men to passe forth And so than went to CaÌbray and loged at Wys and besieged the cyte of Cambray rouÌde about and dayly his power encreased Thyder came the yong erle of Heynalt in great atray and syr John his vncle and they lodged nere to the kyng and the duke of Guerles and his company the marques of Musse therle of Mons the erle of Sauynes the lorde of FalquemoÌt sir Arnolde of Bouquehen withall thother lordes of th empyre suche as were alyed with the kyng of Englande And the sixt day after the siege layd thyder caÌe the duke of Brabant with a .ix. hundred speres besyde other he lodged toward Ostrenan on the ryuer of Lescaut and made a bridge ouer the water to th entent to go fro the one hoost to the other And assone as he was come he sent to defye the frenche kyng who was at Compyengne Wherof Loys of Traneheu who had alwayes before excused the duke was so confused that he wold no more returne agayne into Brabant but dyed for sorowe in FrauÌce This sege durynge ther were many skirmysshes and sir John of Heynalt and the lorde of Falquemont rod euer lightly togyder and brent and wasted sore the countrey of Cambresys And on a day these lordes with the nombre of .v. C. speres a M. of other men of warr came to the castell of Doisy in Cambresys pertayning to the lord of Coucy and made ther a great assaut But they within dyd defende them so valyantly that thei had no damage and so the sayd lordes retourned to their lodgynges Th erle of Heynalt and his company on a saturday came to the gate towarde saynt Quyntines and made ther a gret assaut ther was JohnÌ Chandos who was thaÌ but a squier of whose prowes this boke speketh moch he cast hymselfe bytwene the barrers and the gate and fought valyantly with a squyer of Uermandoys called Johanne of saynt Dager ther was goodly featê of armes done bytwene them And so the heynows coÌquered by force the baylles and ther was entred therle of Heynalt and his marshals sir Gararde of Uerchyne ser Henry Dantoyng and other who aduentured them valyantly to aduaunce their honour at an other gate called the gate Robert was yâ lord Beamonde and the lorde of Falquemont the lorde Danghyen sir Wyllyam of Manny and their companys made ther asore and a harde assaut But they of Cambray and yâ soudyers set there by the french kyng defended themselfe and the cyte so valyantly that thassauters wan nothyng but so retourned right wery and well beaten to their logynges The yong erle of Namure caÌe thyder to serue the yong erle of Heynalt by desyre and he sayd he wolde be on their part as long as they were in th eÌpyre But assone as they entred into the realme of Fraunce he sayd he wolde forsake them go and serue the french kyng who had retayned hym And in likewyse so was th entent of therle of Heynalt for he had coÌmaunded all his men on payne of dethe that none of them shulde do any thyng within the realme of FrauÌce In this season whyle the kyng of England lay at siege byfore Cambray with .xl. M. men of armes and greatly constrayned theÌ by assautes Kyng Philyp made his somons at
Xaynton that it were to long to reherse theÌ all and dayly they encreased Tidynges came to the lordes that lay at siege before Nantes that the duke of Normandy was commynge thyder with .xl. M. men of warr IncoÌtynent thei sent worde therof to the kyng of England than the kyng studyed a lytell and thought to breke vp his siege before Uannes and also his siege before Renes and all togyder to drawe to Nauntes But than his counsell sayd to hym sir ye be here in a good sure ground and nere to your nauy and sende for them that lyeth at siege before Nantes to come to you and let the siege ly styll before Renes for they be nat so ferr of but they shal be euer redy to come to you yf nede be the kynge agreed to this counsell and so sent for theÌ before Nauntes and they came to hym to UaÌnes The duke of Normandy came to Nantes wher sir Charles de Bloys was the lordes loged in the cytie and their men abrode in the coÌtrey for they coude nat all lodge in the cytie nor in the subbarbes ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande and the duke of Normandy were hoost agaynst hoost lodged before Uannes Cap. lxxxxviii WHyle yâ duke of NormaÌdy was at Nauntes the lordes of Englande that lay at siege before Renes On a day made a great and a feerse assaut for they had made many instrumentes to as saut with all this assaut enduredde a hole day but they wan nothynge but lost byuers of their men within the cytie was the lorde Dancenysi the lorde of Pont ser JohnÌ of Malatrayt yuan Charnell Bertram Grasquyne squyer they defended theÌ selfe so well with the bysshoppe of the cytie that they toke no damage howe be it thenglysshmen lay ther styll and ouer ran and wasted the contrey all about Than the duke of Normandy departed with all his host and drue towarde Uannes the soner to fynde his ennemies for he was enformed howe they of Uannes were in moost ieopardy and in peryll of lesyng than the two marshals went forthe and sir Geffray of Charney and therle of Guynes constable of Fraunce made the areregarde So thus the frenchmen came to Uannes on thother syde agaynst ther as the kyng of Englande say they lay a longe by a fayre medowe syde and made a great dyke about their host The marshals and fore ryders often tymes skirmysshed toguyder on bothe parties than the kynge of Englande sende for therle of Salisbury and therle of PeÌ broke and the other that lay ar siege at Renes to come to hym and so they dyd Thenglysshemen and the bretous of that partie were well to the nombre of .ii. M. and .v. C. men of armes vi M. archers and .iiii. M. of other meÌ a fote the frenchmen were foure tymes as many well a êelled The kyng of England had so fortifyed his hoost that the frenchmen coude take no aduauntage of hym and he made no mo assautes to the towne bycause of sparyng of his meÌ and artyllary thus these two hoostes lay one agaynst an other a longe season tyll it was well on warde in wynter Than pope Clement the sixt sende the cardynall of Penester and the cardynall of Cleremount to entreat for a peace and they rode often tymes bytwene the parties but they coude bring them to no peace In the mean season ther were many skirmysshes and men taken slayne and ouerthrowen on bothe pties thenglysshmen durst nat go a foragyng but in great coÌpanyes for they were euer in great danger by reason of busshmentes that were layd for them Also sir Loyes of Spayne kept so the see coost that with moche danger any thyng came to thenglysshe hoost the frenchmen thought to kepe the kynge ther inmaner as be sieged Also the frenchmen endured moche payne with wete and colde for day and night it rayned on them wherby they lost many of their horses and were fayne to dyslodge and lye in the playne feldes they had somoche water in their lodgynges At last these cardynals dyd somoch that there was a truse agreed for thre yere the kyng of Englande and the duke of Normandy sware to vpholde the same without brekyng as the custome is in suche lyke cases ¶ Howe the french kynge caused the heedes to be stryken of of the lorde Clysson and dyuerse other lordes of Bretayne and of Normandy Cap. lxxxxix THus this great assembly brake vppÌ and the siege raysed at Uannes the duke of Normandy went to Nantes and had with hym the two cardynals And the kyng of EnglaÌde went to Hanybout to the countesse of Mountfort ther was an exchaunge made bytwene the baron of Stafford and the lorde Clysson Whan the kyng had tary ed at Hanybout as long as it pleased him than he left ther therle of Penbroke sir Wyllyam of Caducall and other and thanÌe retourned into Englande aboute Christmas And the duke of Normandy retourned into Fraunce and gaue leaue to euery man to depart and anone after yâ lord Clysson was taken vpon suspecyous of treason and was putte into the chatelet of Parys wherof many had great marueyle lordes and knyghtes spake eche to other therof and sayde what mater is that is layd agaynst the lorde Clysson ther was none coude tell but some ymagined that it was false enuy bycause the kynge of England bare more fauour to delyuer hym ãâã exchang rather than sir Henry of Leon who was styll in prison bycause the kyng shewed hym yâ auantage his enemyes suspected in hym êauen ture that was nat true vpon the which suspect he was be heeded at Paris without mercy or excuse he was gretly be moned Anone after ther were dyuers knyghtes were accused in semblable case as the lorde of Maletrayt and his son the lorde of Uangor sir Thybault of Morilon and dyuers other lordes of Bretayne to the noÌbre of .x. knyghtes and squyers and they lost all their heedes at Parys And anone after as it was sayd ther was put to dethe by famyne .iiii. knyghtes of Normandy sir Wyllyam Baron sir Henry of Maletrayt the lorde of Rochtesson and sir Rycharde of Persy wherby after there fell moche trouble in Bretayne and in NormaÌdy The lorde of Clysson had a sonne called as his father was Olyuer he went to the countesse of Mountfort and to her sonne who was of his age and also without father for he dyed as ye haue hard before in the castell of Lour in Paris ¶ Of the order of saynt George that kyng Edwarde stablysshed in the castell of wyndsore Cap. C. IN this season the king of England toke pleasure to newe reedefy the Castell of wyndsore the whiche was begonne by kynge Arthure And ther firste beganne the table rounde wherby sprange the fame of so many noble knightes through out all the worlde Than kyng Edwarde deter myned to make an order and a brotherhode of a certayne nombre of knyghtes and to be called knyghtes of the blewe
.ii. other clerkes of great prudence the Abbotte of Clugny and the maister of the friers prechers called syr Symon of Langres a maister in diuinite These two clerkes at the desyre of the duke of Normandy and of the hole counsaile of Fraunce departed from Paris with certayn articles of peace and syr Hewe of Geneue lorde of Autun in their company And they went to the kynge of Englande Who rode in Beausse towarde Galardon These two clerkes and .ii. knyghtes spake with yâ kyng and began to fall in treatye for a peace to be had of hym and hys alies To the whiche treatye the prince of Wales the duke of LaÌcastre and the erle of Marche were called This treatie was nat as than concluded for it was longe a dryuynge and allwayes the kyng went forward These embassadours wold nat so leaue the kyng but stylsued and folowed on theyr pourpose For they sawe howe the frenche kynge was in so poure estate that the realme was lykely to be in a great ieopardye if the warre contynued a somer longer And on the other syde the kynge of Englande requyred so great thynges and so preiudiciall to the realme of Fraunce that the lordes wolde nat agree therto for theyr honours So that al theyr treatie the whiche endured a .xvii. dayes styll folowynge the kynge they sent euer theyr proces dayely to the duke of Normandy to the citie of Parys euer desyrynge to haue agayne answere what they shulde do farther the whyche êcesse were secretly and sufficiently examyned in the regentes chambre at Parys and answere was sent agayne by wryttynge to them what they shulde do and what they shulde offre And so these ambassadours were often tymes with the kynge as he went forewarde towarde the cite of Charters as in other placess and great offers they made to come to a conclusion of the warre and to haue a peace To the whiche offers the kynge of England was hard harted to agree vnto for his entension was to be kynge of Fraunce and to dye in that estate For if the duke of Lancastre his cosyn had nat counsayled hym to haue peace he wolde nat agreed thervnto but he sayd to the kynge Syr this Warre that ye make in the realme of FraÌce is ryght maruaylous and ryght fauourable for you your men wynne great ryches and ye lese your tyme all thyngess consyderedde or ye come to your entente ye maye happe to make Warre all the dayes of your lyfe Syr I wold counsayle you syth ye may leaue the Warre to your honoure and profytte accepte the offers that ben made vnto you for syr you myght lese more in a daye than we haue wonne in twenty yere Suche fayre and subtyle wordes that the duke of Lancastre sayde in good entencion and for welthe of the kynge and all his subiectes coÌuerted the kynge by the grace of the holy goost Who was chief warker in that case For on a daye as the kynge Was before Charterss there fell a case that greatly huââled the kyngess courage for whyle these ambassadours were treatynge for this peace and had none agreable answere there fell sodaynly suche a tempest of thoÌder lyghtnyng rayne and hayle in the kyngess oost that iâ semed that the worlde shulde haue ended there fell from heuyn suche great stoness that it slewe men and horses so that the mooste hardyest were abasshed Than the kyng of Englande behelde the churche of our lady of Charters and auowed deuoutly to our lady to agre to the peace and as it was sayd he was as than confessed and lodged in avillage nere to Charters called Bretigny and there were made certayne composicions of peace vpon certayne articles after ordeynedâ and the more syrmely to be concluded by these ambassadours and by the kynge of Englande and his counsayle ther was ordeyned by good delyberacion and aduyce a letter called the charter of the peace Wherof the effecte foweth ¶ The fourme and tenor of the letter on the peas made before Charters bitwene the kynges of Englande and Fraunce Cap. CC .xii. EDward by the grace of god kynge of Englande lord of Irelande and of Aquitaine To all to Whom these present letters shall come We sende gretyng howe by the discencioÌs debates striffess moued or hereafter to be moued bytwene vs our ryght dere brother the Frenche kynge certayne commyssyoners and procurers of ours and of our dere sonne prince of Wales hauyng sufficient power and auctorite for vs for hym and for our hole realme on the one parte And certayne other commyssyoners and procurers of our dere brother the frenche kyng and of our right dere nephewe Charles duke of Normandy and dolphyn of Uienne eldest sonne to our sayd brother of Fraunce hauynge power and auctorite for his father for his part and also for hym selfe that they be assembled at Bretigny nere to Charters at whiche place it is agreed accorded by the sayd commyssyoners and procurers of eyther party vpon all discencions debates warres and discordes The whiche treates by our procurers and our sonnes for vs and for hym and also the procurers of our sayd brother and of our sayd nephew for his father and for hym swereth by the holy euangelystê to hold kepe and accomplysshe this treatie by the whithe accorde amonge other thynges our brother of Fraunce and his sayd sonne are bounde and promyseth to delyuer to leaue to vs our heires and successours for euer the counties cites townes castels fortresses landes Iles rentes reuennues and other thynges as foloweth besyde that we haue and holde all redy in Guyen and in Sascoyne to possede perpetually by vs and by our heires and successours all that is in demayne and all that is in fee by the tyme and maner hereafter declared that is to say the castell and countie of Poicters and al the landes and countrey of Poictow with the fee of Thowars and the landes of Bellville the cite and castell of xayntis and all the landes and counte of xaynton on both sydes the ryuer of Charente with the towne and forteresse of Rochelle and theyr appurtenaunces the citie and Castell of Agene and the countrey of Agenoyse the citie towne and Castell of Pierregourte and all the countrey therto belongynge the cite and castell of Lymoges and the landes and couÌtrey of Lymosyn the cite and castell of Caours the castell and countrey of Tarbe the laâdes couÌtrey and countie of Bigore The countie countrey and laâde of Gowre the citie and castell of Angolesme and all the countrey therto perteynynge the citie towne and castell of Rodaix ⪠the couÌtie and couÌtrey of Rouergne And if there be in the duchye of Guyne any lordes as the erle of Foiz the erle of Armmake the Erle of Lisle the Uicount of Carmaine the erle of Pierregourt ⪠the Uicount of Lymoges or other holdynge any laâdes within the foresayde bondes they shall do homage to vs and all other seruicis due and accustomed for their landes and places in
kynge toke leaue of the pope went to the towne of Moââ pellââer to visite Languedor where he had ãâã been of a longe space before NO we let vs speke of the kynge of Cyâ and of the voiage ãâã he made He rode so longe by his âourneââ that he came into almayn into the cite of Pragne and there he fouÌde 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 âhere and thaâ from thense he went in to ãâ¦ã 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 FrauÌce 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 EnglaÌd as the erle of Herforde syr Gaulter of Manny the lorde Spenser syr Rawoll Feryes ser Guyshart of PeÌnebruges and ser Richard of Stury who accompanied and brought hym to his lodgyng in the cite of London I can nat recouÌt 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 FrauÌce And the kyng of Ciper promysed so âo 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 coÌmynge 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 ãâã NOwe let vs leaue a while to ãâã of the kynge of Ciper and returne to the freÌche 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
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 FraÌuyll sir Water Hewet sir Johan Deureur Whan these lordes and their coÌpany who were to the nombre of sire hundred men of armes were coÌe 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 PeÌbroke and of sir Richard DaÌgle 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 âir yuan of wales discoÌfited 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 sonÌe 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 ⪠say agaynst NormaÌdy 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 huÌdred 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 theÌselfe 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 commauÌded hym after the sight of his letters to deête 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 coÌmauÌdement 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 amâde 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 sââuer ãâã sâyle 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
howe the realme of FrauÌce 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 NormaÌdy in Melune Cap. c. lxxxxâii ¶ Howe the lorde Broquart of Fenestrages other frenchemen ordayned their bataylles agaynst the lorde Eustace Dambreticourt the englysshmen in ChaÌpayne Cap. c lxxxxviii ¶ Of the batayle of Nogent bytwene the lorde Broquart of Fenestrages of the nacyon of Lorayne on the freÌche 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 DaÌbretycourt 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 RobrÌt 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 EnglaÌde brought in to FrauÌce 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 DoÌme without wynnyng of it and wââ 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 deêted 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 vycouÌt 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 caÌe 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 deêted fro the duke of Lancastre without batayle howe the duke of LaÌcastre went to Calys Ca. cc .lviii. ¶ Howe the countrey of Uermandoyse and the couÌtie 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 deêted out of Spayne weÌt to Tholous where as the duke of Aniou receyued hym ioyously Ca. cc .lxxvi. ¶ Howe they of Monsac and of MouÌtpellyer 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 FrauÌce 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
and achyued by yâ warres of FraÌce and Ingland shuld notably be inregisterd and put in perpetuall memory wherby the prewe and hardy may haue ensample to in courage them in theyr well doyng I syr JohnÌ Froissart wyll treat and recorde an hystory of great louage and preyse But or I begyn I require the sauyour of all the worlde who of nothyng created al thynges that he wyll gyue me suche grace and vnderstandyng that I may coÌtinue and ê euer in suche wyse that who so this proces redeth or hereth may take pastauÌce pleasure and ensample It is sayd of trouth that al buyldynges are masoned and wroughte of dyuerse stones and all great tyuers are gurged assembled of diuers surges and sprynges of water In lyke wyse all sciences are extraught and coÌpiled of diuerse clerkes of that one wryteth another parauenture is ignorant But by the famous wrytyng of auncient auctours all thyngis ben knowen in one place or other Than to attaygne to the mater that I haue entreprised I wyll begyn Fyrst by the grace of god and of the blessed virgyn ourlady saynt Mary from whom all comfort consolation procedeth and wyll take my foundation out of the true cronicles somtyme coÌpyled by the right reuerend discrete and sage maister JohnÌ la Bele somtyme Chanon in saint LaÌbartis of Liege who with good herte and due diligence dyd his true deuoure in wrytyng this noble cronicle and dyd contynue it all his lyf dayes in folowyng the trouth as nere as he myght to his great charge coste in sekyng to haue the perfight knowledge therof He was also in his lyf dayes Welbeloued of the secret counsayle with the lorde sir JohnÌ of Haynaulte who is often remembred as reason requyreth here after in this boke For of many fayre and noble auentures he was chief causer And by whose meanes the sayd ser JohnÌ la Bele myght well knowe and here of many dyuers noble dedes The whiche here after shal be declared Trouth it is that I who haue entreprised this boke to ordeyne for pleasure and pastaunce to the whiche alwayes I haue ben inclyned and for that intent I haue folowed and frequented the company of dyuerse noble and great lordes as well in Fraunce Juglande and Scotland as in diuerse other countries and haue had knowledge by them And alwayes to my power iustly haue inquired for the trouth of the dedis of warre and auentures that haue fallen and specially syth the great batell of Poyters where as the noble kynge JohnÌ of France was takyn prisoner as before that tyme I was but of a yonge age or vnderstandyng Ho we be it I toke on me assoone as I came from scole to wryte and recite the sayd boke and bare the same compyled into Ingland and presented the volume therof to my lady Philypp of Heynaulte noble quene of Ingland who right amyably receyued it to my great profite auauÌcemeÌt And it may be so that the same boke is nat as yet eramyned nor corrected so iustely as suche a case requyreth For featis of armes derely bought achyued the honour therof ought to be gyuen truly deuided to them that by promes and hard trauayle haue deserued it Therfore to acquyte me in that bihalf and in folowyng the trouth as nere as I can I JohnÌ Froissart haue entreprysed this hystory on the forsaid ordynauÌce and true fundacion at the instauÌce and request of a dere lord of myn ser Robert of Namure knyght lord of Bewfort To whom entierly I owe loue and obeysyunce and god graunt me to do that thyng that may be to his pleasure Amen ¶ here spekethe the auctour of suche as were most valiant knyghtis to be made mencion of in this boke ¶ ap .ii. ALl noble hertis to encorage and to shewe them ensample and mater of honour I ser JohnÌ Froissart begynne to speke after the true report relation of my master JohnÌ la Bele somtyme Chanon of saynt Lambertis of Liege afâermyng thus howe that many noble êsons haue oft tymes spoke of the warres of France and of Ingland and êauenture knewe nat iuslely the trouth therof nor the true occasions of the fyrst mouyngis of suche warres nor howe the warre at length contynued But now I trust ye shall here reported the true fouÌdation of the cause and to th entent that I wyll nat forget myuysshe or abrydge the hystory âany thyng for defaute of laÌgage but rather I wyll multiply and encrease it as ner as I can folowynge the trouth from poynt to poynt in spekyng and the wyng all the aueÌtures sith the natiuite of the noble kyng Edward the .iii. Who reigned kyng of England and achyued many perilous auentures and dyuers great batelles addressed and other featis of armes of great proWes syth the yere of oure Lorde god M. CCC .xxvi. that this noble kyng was crowned in Ingland for generally suche as were with hym in his batels and happy fortunate auentures or with his peple in his absence ought ryght well to be takyn and reputed for valiant and worthy of renowne and though there were great plenty of sondrye parsonages that ought to be praysed and reputed as soueraignes yet among other and pryncipally ought to be renowmed the noble propre êsone of the forsaid gentyll kyng Also the prynce of Walys his son the duke of Lancastre ser Reignold lorde Cobham syr Gualtier of Manny of Heynaulte knyght syr JohnÌ Chandos syr Fulque of Harle and dyuers other of whom is made mencion hereafter in this present boke bicause of theyr valyant prowes for in all batels that they were in most coÌmonly they had euer the renowne both by land and by se accordyng to the trouth They in all theyr dedis were so valyant that they ought to be reputed as soueraignes in all chyualry yet for all that suche other as were in theyr companye ought nat to be of the lesse value or lesse set by Also in FrauÌce in yâ tyme there were fouÌde many good knyghtis stronge and well expert in featis of armes For the realme of Fraunce was nat so discomfited but that alwayes ther were people sufficient to fyght withall and the kyng Philyppe of Uaioyes was a ryght hardy and a valiant knyght And also kyng JohnÌ his soÌne Charles the kyng of Behaigne the erle of AlaÌson the erle of Foyz syr Saââtre syr Arnold Dangle the lordes of Beamon the father and the sonne and dyuerse other the whiche I caÌ nat theyr names of whom hereafter ryght well shall be made mencion in tyme and place coÌuenient to say the trouth and to maynteigne the same all suche as in cruel batels haue ben seen abydyng to the discomfeture sufficiently doyng theyr deuour may wel be reputed for valyant and hardy what soeuer was theyr aduenture ¶ Here the mater speketh of some of the predecessours of kyng Edwarde of Ingland Cap. iii. FIrst the better to entre into the mater of this honorable
and pleasauÌt hystory of the noble Edward kyng of Ingland who was crowued at LondoÌ the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .xxvi. on Christmas day lyuyÌg the kyng his father and the quene his mother It is certayne that the opinyon of inglisshmen most comonly was as than and often tymes it was seen in Ingland after the tyme of kyng At thure howe that betwene two valyant kynges of Ingland ther was most comoÌly one bitwene them of lesse sufficiauncy both of wytte and of prowes and this was ryght well aparant by the same kyng Edward the thyrde for his graundfather called the good kyng Edward the fyrste was ryght valyant sage wyse and hardy auenturous and fortunate in al featis of warre and had moche a do agaynst the scottis and conquered them .iii. or .iiii. tymes For the scottê coude neuer haue victory nor idure agaynst hym and after his dissease his soÌne of his first wyfe who was father to the sayd good kyng Edward the thyrde was crowned kyng and called Edward the .ii. Who resembled nothyng to his father in wyt nor in prowes but gouerned and kept his realme ryght wyldly and ruled hym selfe by synyster counsell of certayne parsons wherby at length he had no profytte norlaude as ye shall here after For anone after he was crowned Robert Bruse kyng of Scotlande who had often before gyuen moche a do to the sayd good kyng Edward the fyrst conquered agayne all Scotland and brent and wasted a great parte of the realme of England a .iiii. or .v. dayes iourney Within the realme at two tymes and discomfyted the kyng and all the Barons of Ingland at a place in Scotland called Estaruelyn by batel arengyd the day of saynt JohnÌ Baptyst in the .vii. yere of the reigne of the same kyng Edward In the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xiiii. The chase of this discoÌfeture endured .ii. dayes and two nyghtys And the kyng of Ingland weÌt with a small company to London and on Mydlentsonday in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xvi. The scottis wan agayne the cite of Berwyk by treason but bicause this is no part of our mater I wyll leue spekyng therof ¶ Here myn auctour maketh mencion of the parentê of this good kyng Edward the .iii. Cap. iiii THis kyng Edward the .ii. father to the noble kyng Edward the .iii. had .ii. brethernÌ the one called Marshall who was ryght wyld diuers of condicions the other called sir Aymon erle of Cane right wyse a miable geÌtle and welbeloued with alpeople This kyng Edward the .ii. was maried to Isabell yâ doughter of Philyp la Beaw kyng of FrauÌce who Was one of the feyrest ladyes of the worlde The kyng had by her .ii. soÌnes .ii. doughters The fyrste son was the noble hardy kyng Edward yâ .iii. of whom this hystory is begon The .ii. was named JohnÌ dyed yong The first of the doughters was called Isabel maried to the yoÌg kyng Dauid of scotlaÌd son to kyng Robert de Bruse maried in her teÌder yongth by thaccord of both realmes of Ingland Scotland for to make ãâã fight pear The other doughter was maried to the erle Reynold who after was called duke of Guerles he had by her .ii. soÌnes Reynold and Edward who after reygned iÌ great puissauÌce Herafter begynneth the occasioÌ wher by the warr moued bitwene the kyngis of FrauÌce and Ingland Cap. v. NOw sheweth the hystory that this Philyp la Beaw kyng of FrauÌce had .iii. soÌnes and a feyre doughter named Isabel maried into Ingland to kyng Edward the .ii. these .iii. soÌnes theldest named Lewes who was kyng of Nauerr in his fathers daies was called kyng Lewys Hotin The .ii. had to name Philyp the great or the long and the .iii. was called Charles and all .iii. were kyngis of FrauÌce after theyr fathers discease by ryght succession eche aff other without hauyng any issue male of theyr bodies laufully begoten So that after the deth of Charlis last kyng of the .iii. the xii piers and all the baroÌs of FrauÌce wold nat gyue the realme to Isabell the suster who was quene of InglaÌd by cause they sayd maynteyned yet do that the realme of FrauÌce is so noble that it ought nat to go to a womaÌ and so coÌsequeÌtly to Isabel nor to the kyng of Inglande her eldest sonne for they determyned the sonne of the womaÌ to haue no ryght nor succession by his mother syn they declared the mother to haue no ryght so that by these reasons the .xii. piers and baroÌs of FrauÌce by theyr comon acord dyd gyue the realme of FrauÌce to the lord Philyp of Ualois Nephew somtyme to Philyp la beawe kyng of FrauÌce and so put out the quene of Ingland and her sonne who was as the next heire male as soÌne to the suster of Charles last kyng of Fraunce Thus went the realme of Fraunce out of the ryght lynage as it semed to many folkê Wherby great Warres hath moued and fallen and great distructioÌs of people and couÌtres in the realme of FrauÌce other places as ye may here after This is the very right fouÌdation of this hystory to recount the great entreprises great featis of armes yâ haue fortuned fallen syth the tyme of the good Charlemaigne kyng of Fraunce ther neuer fell so great aduentures ¶ Of the erle Thomas of Lancastre and .xxii. other of the great lordis and knyghtis of Inglande that were beheeddyd Cap. vi THe forsaid kyng Edward the .ii. father to the noble kyng Edward the .iii. on whom our mater is fouÌded This sayd kyng gouerned right diuersly his realme by the exortacioÌ of ser Hewe SpeÌcer who had ben norisshed with hym syth the begynnyng of his yongth The whiche ser Hewe had so enticed the kyng that his father he were the greattest maisters in all the realme and by enuy thought to surmouÌt all other barons of Ingland wherby after the great discoÌfeture that the scottê had made at Estermelyn great murmoryng ther arose in Ingland bitweneâthe noble baroÌs and the kyngê couÌsell namely ageynst ser Hewe SpeÌcer They put on hym that by his counsell they were discomfeted and that he was fauorable to the kyng of scottê And on this poynt the haroÌs had diuers tymes comunicatioÌ to gether to be aduised what they myght do wherof Thomas erle of LaÌ ãâ¦ã re who was vncle to the kyng was chief And anon whan ser Hewe Spencer had espied this he purueyd for remedy for he was so great with the kyng and so nere hym yâ he was more beloued with the kyng than all the world after So on a day he came to the kyng and sayd sir certayn lordes of your realme haue made aliaunce to gether agaynst you without ye take hede therto by tymes they purpose to put you out of your realme And so by his malicioê° meanes he caused that the kyng made all the sayd lordes to be takyn and theyr heedis
kynge Charles dyed about Ester in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xxviii. And within a short space after the quene was delyuerd of a doughter Than all the peres of Fraunce asseÌbled a counsell togyder at Parys as shortly as they might conueniently and there they gaue the realme by coÌmen acorde to sir Phylippe of Ualoys and put clene out the quene Isabell of Englande and kynge Edwarde her sonne for she was suster germayne to king Charles last deed but the opynion of the nobles of Fraunce was and sayed and maynteyned that the realme of Fraunce was of so great nobles that it ought nat by successyon to fall into a womans hande And so thus they crowned kyng of France PhilyppÌ Ualoys at Raygnes on Trinyte sonday next after And anone after he somoned all his barownes and men of warâ And went withall his power to the towne of Cassell and layd ââeg therto in makyng warâ agaynst the ââemmynges who rebelledde agaynst their owne lorde And namely they of Bruges of Ippre and of Franke for they wolde nat obey therle of FlauÌders But they had chased hym out of his owne countrey so that he might nat abyde in no partie therof but onely in Gaunt and scantly ther. These fleÌmynges were a .xvi. thousande and had a capytayne called Colen âaÌnequyn a hardy man and a couragious And they had made their grayson at Cassell at yâ wages of dyuerse townes in Flaunders To th entent to kepe the fronters there about but ye shall here howe the flemmynges were dysconfeted and all by their owne outrage ¶ Of the batell of Cassell in FlauÌders Cap. xxii ANd on a day they of the garyson of Cassell departed out To th entent to haue dysconfyted the kyng and all his hoost And they came priuely without any noyse in thre batels well ordred Wherof the first batayle toke the way to the kynges tentes and it was a fayre grace that the kynge had natben taken for he was at souper and all his company and thought nothyng of them And the other batayle toke the streyght way to the tentes of the kynge of Behaygne and in maner they founde hym in lyke case And the thirde batayle went to the tentes of therle of Heynault and in likrwyse had nere take hym These hoostes caÌe so peasably to the tentes that with moch payne they of thoost coude arme them Wherby all the lordes and their people had ben slayne and the more grace of god had nat ben but in maner by myracle of god these lordes dysconfyted all .iii. batayls eche batayle by it selfe all in one hour In such wyse that of âvi thousande flemmynges ther ascaped neuer a person captayns and all were slayne And the kyng lordes of FraÌce knewe nat one of an other nor what they hadde done tyll all was finyss edd and atchyued For they lay in thre sondrie parties one fro an other but as for the fleÌmynges there was nat one left a lyue but all lay deed on hepes one vpon an other in the sayed thre sondrie places And this was done on saynt Bartylmewes day the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xxviii. Than the french men entred into the towne of Cassell and set vp the baners of FrauÌce and the towne yelded theÌ to the kyng And also the towne Pyepigne and of Ipre all they of the Castlayne of Bergues and than the receyued therle Loys their lorde and sware to hym faythe and loyaltie foreuer Than after the kynge and his people departed and went to Parys and he was moche honoured and praysed for this enterprise and ayd that he had done to his cosyn Lois erle of FlauÌders And thus the kyng was in great prosperite and euery day encresed his ryall estat for as it was sayd ther was neuer kyng in FrauÌce that helde like estat as dyd this kyng Philyp of Ualoys ¶ Howe the erle of kent and the erle Mortymer in Englande were put to deth Cap. xxiii THis yong kyng Edwarde of Englande was gouerned a great space as ye haue harde before by the couÌsell of the quene his mother and of Edmonde of Wodstoke erle of KeÌt his vncle and by sir Roger Mortymer erle of March. And at the last enuy began to growe bytwene therle of Kent and therle MortymÌ In so moch that this erle MortimÌ enformed so the yong kyng by the coÌsentyng of tholde quene Isabell his mother beryng the kyng in hande that therle of Kent wolde haue enpoysoned hym To th entent to be kynge hymselfe as he that was nexte heyre apparaunt to the crowne for the kynges yonger brother who was called JohnÌ a Gaunt was newly deed And than the kyng who gaue lyght credence to theym causedde his vncle the erle of Kent to be taken and openly to be beheeded without any maner of excuse to be harde Wherwith many of yâ nobles of the realme wer sore troubled and bare a gruge in their hertes towarde the erle Mortymer and accordyng to thenglysshe cronycle Th erle suffred dethe atte Wynchester the tenth day of Octobre yâ thirde yere of the kynges raygne and lyeth buryed at the friers in Winchestre But as myne auctour sayeth within a whyle after as it was reported quene Isabell the kyngâ mother was with chylde and that by therle Mortymer Wherof the kyng was enfourmed how the sayd MortymÌ had caused him to put to deth therle of Kent his vncle without good reason or cause for all the realme reputed hym for a noble man Thanne by the kynges commaundement this erle Mortymer was takenÌe and brought to London And there byfore the great lordes and nobles of the realme was recyted by open declaratyon all the dedes of the sayd Mortymer Than the kynge demaunded of his counsell what shuld be done with hym and all the lordes by commen assent gaue iudgement And sayed syr he hath deserued to dye the sa ãâ¦ã ethe that sir Hewe Spenser dyed And after this iudgement there was no delacyon of sufferaunce nor mercy But incoÌtynent he was drawen throughout London and than set on a scaffolde and his membres cut from hym and cast into a fyre and his hert also bycause he had ymagined treason And thanne quartered and his quarters sent to foure of the best cyties of the realme and his heed remayned styll in London And within a lytle space after the kyng commaunded by thaduyce of his counsell that the quene his mother shulde be kept close in a castell And so it was doÌe and she had with her ladyes and damosels knyghtes and squiers to serue her acordyng to her estat And certayne laÌdes assigned to her to meÌtayne ther with her noble estat all dayes of her lyfe But in no wyse she shulde nat deêt out of the castell wtout it were tose suche sportes as was somtyme shewed byfore the castell gate for her recreatyon Thus this lady ledde forth her lyfe ther mekely and ones or twyse a yere the kyng her son wolde coÌe and se
her Thenglysshe cronycle sheweth dyuerse other consyderations why therle MortymÌ suffred deth the which was on saynt Andrewes euyn In the yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .xxix. The whiche I passe ouer and folowe myne authoure ¶ Of thomage that kyng Edwarde of Englande dydde to the kynge of Fraunce for the duchye of Guyen Cap. xxiiii ANd after that the king had doÌe these two execucyoÌs he toke newe counselours of the moost noblest sagest êsons of his realme And so it was about a yere after that Phylip of Ualoys was crowned kyng of France that all the barones and nobles of the realme had made their homage and fealty to him except the yong king of England who had nat done his homage for the duchy of Guyen nor also he was nat somoned therto Than the king of France by thaduise of all his counsell sent ouer into Englande the lorde Auycenis the lorde Beausalt and two no table clerkes maisters of the parlyament of Parys named maister Peter of Orlyaunce and maister Peter of Masieres These .iiii. deêted fro Paris and dyd somoch by their iourneis that they caÌe to Wysant and ther they toke see aryued at Douer And ther taryed a day to abyde the vnshypping of their horses and bagages thaÌ they rode forth so long that they caÌe to Wynsore Where as the kyng and the yong quene of England lay And than these foure caused to be knowen to the kynge the occasyon of their commyng The kyng of Englande for the honoure of the french kyng his cosyn caused them to coÌe to his presence and receyued them houourably and than they publysshed their message And the kyng answered them how that the nobles of his realme nor his counsell was nat as than about hym but desyred them to drawe to LoÌdon and ther they shulde be answered in such wyse that of reason they shulde be content And so they dyned in the kynges chambre and after departed and lay the same nyght at Colbroke and that next day at London It was nat long after but that the kynge came to his palace of Westmynster And all his counsell was coÌmaunded to be ther at a certayne day lymited and whan they were all assembled Than the frenche embassadours were sent for and there they declared thoccasyon of their coÌmynge and delyuered letters fro their maister Thanne the kynge went a parte with his counsell to take aduyse what was best for hym to do Thanne was it aduysed by his counsell that they shulde be answered by thordynaunce and style of his predecessours by the bysshoppÌ of London And so the freÌchmen wer called into the counsell chambre than the bysshop of London sayd Lordes that be here asseÌbled for the kyng of Fraunce the kyng is grace my soueraygne lorde hath harde your wordes and redde the tenour of your letters Syrs we say vnto you that we woll counsell the kyng our soueraygne lorde here present that he go into Fraunce to se the kynge your maister his dere cosyn Who right amyably hath sent for hym and as touchyng his faith anohomage he shall do his deuour in euery thynge that he ought to do of ryght And syrs ye may shewe the kyng yor maister that within short space the kyng of Englande our maister shall arryue in France and do all that reason shall requyre ThaÌ these messangers were feasted and the kynge rewarded them with many great gyftes and iuelles and they toke their leaue and dyd somoche that at last they came to Parys wher they found kyng Phylyppe to whome they recounted all their newes Wherof the king was right ioyouse and specially to se the kyng of Englande his cosyn for he hadde neuer sene hym before And whan these tidynges were spredde abrode in yâ realm of Fraunce Than dukes erles and other lordes aparelled them in their best maner and the kyng of FrauÌce wrot his letters to kyng Charles of Behaygne his cosyn and to the kynge of Nauarre Certifyeng theym the day and tyme whan the kyng of England shuld be with hym desyringe them to be with hym at the same day and so they came thyder with gret array Than was it counselled the kynge of Fraunce that he shulde receyue the kyng of Englande at the cyte of Amyas and there to make prouysion for his commyng There was chambers halles hoste ries and lodgynges made redy and apparelled to receyue them all and their company And also for the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Burbon the duke of Lurren and syr JohnÌ of Artoyes There was purueyaunce for a thousande horse and for sixe hundred horse that shulde come with the kyng of Englande The yonge kyng of Englande forgate nat the voyage that he had to do into Fraunce And so he aparelled for hym and his company well and sufficiently and there departed out of Englande in his coÌpany two bysshoppes besyde the bysshoppe of London and foure erles The lorde Henry erle of Derby his cosyngermayne sonne to ser Thomas erle of Lancastre with the wrie necke the erle of Salis bury therle of Warwyke and the erle of Hereforde and. vt barownes The lorde Raynolde Cobham the lorde Thomas Wage marshall of Englande the lorde Persy yâ lorde MaÌny and the lorde Mowbray And mo than .xl. other knyghtes so that the kyng and his coÌpany were about a thousand horse and yâ kyng was two dayes in passing bytwene Douer and Wysant Than the kyng and his company rod to Bullayne and there taryed one day This was about the myddes of August the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred .xxix. And a none the tidynges came to kyng Phylip of Fraunce howe the kynge of Englande was at Bullayne Than the kynge of Fraunce sent his constable with great plentie of knyghtes to the kynge of Englande who as thanne was at Monsternell by the seesyde and ther was gret tokens of loue and good chere made on bothe parties ThanÌe the kynge of Englande rodde forth withall his rowt and in his company the constable of Fraunce And he rodde so long that they came to the cytie of Amyas wher as kyng Phylippe and the kynge of Behaygne The kynge of Mayllorgues and the kynge of Nauarre were redy aparelled to receyue the kynge of Englande with many other dukes erles and great barownes For there was all the .xii. peres of Fraunce redy to feast and make chere to the kynge of Englande and to be there peasably to bere wytnesse of the kynge of Englandes homage Ther was the kyng of Englande nobly receyued and thus these kynges and other princes taryed at Amyas the space of .xv. dayes and in the meane tyme there were many wordes and ordynaunces deuysed but as farr as I coude knowe kyng Edwarde of EnglaÌd made his homage to the kynge of Fraunce all onely by worde and nat puttyng his haÌdes bytwene the kynge of Fraunce handes nor none other prince nor prelate lymitted for hym Nor the kynge of Englande wolde
nat procede any farther in doyng any more concernyng his homage But rather he was detmyned to returne agayne into Englande and there was redde openly the priuyleges of auncyent tyme graunted the which was declared in what maner the kynge shulde do his homage and howe and in what wyse he shulde do seruyce to the kynge of Fraunce Than the kynge of Fraunce sayd cosyn we woll nat disceyue you this that ye haue done pleaseth vs rightwell as for this present tyme. Tyll such tyme as ye be returned agayne into your realme and that ye haue sene vnder the seales of your predecessoures howe and in what wyse ye shulde do And so thus the kynge of Englande tooke his leaue and departed fro the kynge of Fraunce ryght amyably And of all other princes that was there and retourned agayne into Englande and laboured so longe that he came to Wyndesor Where his quene receyued d hym right ioyously And demaunded tidynges of kynge Phylippe her vncle and of her linage of FrauÌce The kyng shewed her all that he knewe and of the gret chere and honour that he had there and sayd in his mynde there was no realme coude be compared to the realme of Fraunce And than within a space after the kyng of Fraunce sent into Englande of his specyall counsell the bysshoppe of Chartres and the bysshoppe of Beannays the lorde Loys of Cleremont the duke of Burbon therle of Harcourt and therle of Tankermylle with dyuers other knyghtes and clerkes to the counsell of Englande the which was than holden at London for the parfourmaunce of the kyng of Englandes homage as ye haue harde before And also the kyng of England and his counsell had well ouersene the maner and fourme how his auncyent predecessours had done their homage for the duchy of Acquitayne There were many as than in Englande yâ murmured and sayd how the kyng their lorde was nerer by true succession of herytage to the crowne of Fraunce than Phylippe of Ualoys who was as than kyng of Fraunce Now be it the kyng and his couÌsell wolde nat knowe it nor speke therof as at that tyme thus was ther great assemble and moch a do how this homage shulde be parfourmed These embassadours taryed styll in England all that wynter tyll it was the moneth of May folowyng or they had aunswere dyffinatyue how be it finally the kynge of Englande by the aduyce of his counsell and on the syght of his priuyleges where vnto they gaue great fayth was determyned to write letters in the maner of patentes sealed with his great seale knowle gyng therin the homage that he ought to do to the kyng of Fraunce The tenour and report of the which letters patentes foloweth EDward by the grace of god kyng of England lorde of Ireland and duke of Acquitayne To them yâ these present letters shall se or here send gretyng We wold it be knowen that as we made homage at Amyas to the right excellent prince our right dere cosyn Phylyppe kyng of Fraunce and there it was requyred by hym that we shuld knowledge the sayd homage and to make it to hym expresly promysinge to bere hym fayth and trouth yâ which we dyd nat as than by cause we were nat enfourmed of the trouth We made hym homage by generall wordes in sayeng how we entred into his homage in lyke maner as our predecessours Dukes of Guyen in tymes past had entred into thomage of the kyng of FrauÌce for that tyme beyng And syth that tyme we haue ben well enfourmed of the trouth Therfore we knowlege by these presentes that such homage as we haue made in yâ cyte of Amyas to the kyng of Fraunce in generall wordes was and ought to be vnderstande this worde lyege man and that to hym we owe to bere faith and trouth as duke of Acquitayne and pere of Fraunce erle of Poyters of Mutterell And to th entent in tyme coÌmynge that there shulde neuer be dyscorde For this cause we promyse for vs and our successours dukâ of Acquitayne that this homage be made in this maner folowyng The kyng of Englande duke of Acquitayne holdeth his handes bytwene the handes of the kyng of FrauÌce And he that shall addresse these wordes to the kynge of Englande duke of Acquitayne shall speke for the kyng of Fraunce in this maner yeshall become lyege man to the kynge my lorde here present as duke of Guyen and pere of Fraunce And to hym promyse to bere faythe and trouthe say ye and the kyng of Englande duke of Guyen and his successours sayth ye And than the kyng of FrauÌce receyueth the kyng of Englande duke of Guyen to this sayd homage as lyege man with faythe and trouth spoken by mouth sauyng his ryght and all other And furthermore whan the sayd kyng entreth in homage to the kyng of FrauÌce for therldome of Poyters and of Muttrell he shall put his handes bytwene the handes of the kyng of Fraunce for the sayd erldome And he that shall speke for the kynge of Fraunce shall addresse his wordes to the kynge and erle and say thus ye shall become liege man to the kyng of FrauÌce my lorde here present as erle of Poyters and Muttrell And to hym êmyse to bere fayth trouth say ye And the kyng erle of Poyters sayth ye Than the kyng of FrauÌce receyueth the kyng and erle to this sayd homage by his fayth and by his mouth sauyng his ryght and all other And after this maner it shal be done and renewed as often as homage shulde be done And of that we shall delyuer and our successours dukes of Guyen after these sayd homages made letters patentes sealed with our great seale If the kynge of FrauÌce requyre it and besyde that we promyse in good faythe to holde and to kepe effectuously the peace and coÌcorde made bytwene the kynges of FrauÌce and the kynges of Englande dukes of Guyen c. These letters the lordes of Fraunce brought to the kyng their lorde and the kyng caused them to be kept in his chauncery ¶ Howe the lorde syr âubert of Artoyse was chased out of the realme of Fraunce Cap. xxv THe man in the world that most ayded kyng Philyppe to attayne to the Crowne of Fraunce was syr Robert erle of Artoyse Who was done of the most sagelt and great teste lordes in Fraunce and of hygh lynage extraughte fro the blodde royall and hadde to his wyfe suller iermayn to the sayd kyng Phylyp allwayes was his chief and speciall compaignyon and louer in all hys astatis And the space of .iii. yere all that was done in the realme of Fraunce was done by his aduyce and withoute hym nothyng was done And after it fortuned that this kyng Philyppe tooke a meruailouse great his pleasure and hatred ageynst this noble man syr Robert of Artoyse for a plee that was mââed before hym Wherof the Erle of Artoyse was cause For he wolde haue wonne his entent by the vertue of
and set their archers before them and sayled to warde the towne They of Cagaunt sawe well this great shyppÌ aproche they knewe well they were englysshmen And araynged them on the dykes and on the sandes with their baners before them and they made .xvi. newe knyghtes They were a fyue thousande meÌ of warr good knyghtes and squiers ther was sir Guy of FlaÌders a good and a sure knyght but he was a bastarde and he desyred all his coÌpany to do well their deuoyre And also ther was sir Dutres de Hauyn syr JohnÌ de Roodes sir Gyles de Lestriefe sir Symon and syr JohnÌ of BonquedeÌt who were there made knyghtes and Peter of Anglemonster with many other knyghtes and squiers expert men of armes Thenglysshmen were desyrous to assayle and the fleÌmynges to defende Thenglysshe atchers began to shout and cryed their cryes so that suche as kepte the passage were fayne perforce to recule backe At this first assaute there were dyuerse sore hurte and the englysshmen toke lande and came and fought hande to hande The fleÌmynges fought valyantly to defende the passage and theÌglysshmen assauted chyualrously The erle of Derby was that day a good knyght and at the first assaut he was so forwarde that he was stryken to the erth and than the lorde of Manny dyd hym great confort for by pur feat of armes he releued hym vp agayne and brought hym out of pyll and cryed Lancastre for the erle of Derby Than they approched on euery part and many were hurt but mo of the flemmynges than of the englysshmen for the archers shot so holly togyder that they dyd to the flemmynges moche damage Thus in the hauyn of Cagant ther was a sore batell for the fleÌmynges were good men of warre chosen out by the erle of Flaunders to defende that passage agaynst thenglysshemen And of Englande there was the erle of Derby sonne to the erle Henry of Lancastre with the wry necke therle of Suffolke syr Robert Cobham sir Lewes Byauchampe sir Wyllyam sonne to therle of Warwyke the lorde Bourcher syr Water MaÌny and dyuers other There was a sore batayle and well foughten hande to hande but finally the fleÌmynges were put to the chase and were slayne mo than thre thousande what in yâ hauyn stretes and houses Syr Guy the bastarde of FlauÌders was taken and sir Dutres de Haluyn and sir JohnÌ de Rodes wer slayne and the two bretherne of Bonquedent and syr Gyles de Lestrief and mo than .xxvi. knyghtes and squyers the towne taken and pylled and all the goodê and prisoners put into the shippes and the towne brent And so thus the englysshemen retourned into Englande without any damage the kyng caused sir Guy bastarde of FlaÌders to swere and to bynde hymselfe prisoner And in the same yere he became englysshe and dyd fayth homage to the kyng of Englande ¶ How kyng Edwarde of England made great alyaunces in the empyre Cap. xxxii AFter this dysconfeture at Cagaunt tidynges therof spredde abrode in the couÌtrey And they of Flaunders sayd that without reason and agaynst their wylles therle of flaÌders had layd there that garyson And Jaques Dartuell wolde nat at had ben otherwyse and in contynent he sent messangers to kynge Edwarde recommendyng hym to his grace withall his hert Counsellyng hym to come thyder and to passe the see certyfyenge hym how the flemmynges greatly desyred to se hym Thus the kyng of Englande made great purueyancê and whan the wynter was passed he toke the see well acompanyed with dukes erles and barownes and dyuers other knyghtes and aryued at the towne of Andewarpe as thaÌ pertayninge to the duke of Brabant Thyther came people from all partes to se hym and the great estate that he kept Than he sent to his cosyn the duke of Brabant to the duke of Guerles to yâ marques of Jullers to the lorde JohnÌ of Heynalt and to all such as he trusted to haue any conforte of Sayeng howe he wolde gladly speke with theym they came all to Andewarpe bytwene Whytsontyde and the feest of saynte JohnÌ And whan the kyng had well feasted thâ he desyred to knowe their myndes whauÌe they wolde bâgynne that they had promysed requirynge them to dyspatche the mater breuely for that inteÌt he sayd he was come thyder and had all his men redy and howe it shulde be a great damage to hym to defarre the mater long These lordes had longe counsell among them and fynally they sayd Syr our commynge hyther as nowe was more to se you than for any thynge els we be nat as nowe purueyed to gyue you a full answere By your lycence we shall retourne to our people and come agayne to you at your pleasure and thauÌe gyue you so playne an answere that the mater shall nat rest in vs. Than they toke day to come agayn a thre wekes after the feest of saynt JohnÌ The kynge shewed theÌ what charges he was at with so longe abyding thynkinge whan he came thyther that they had ben full purueyd to haue made hym a playne answere sayng howe that he wolde nat returne in to England tyll he had a full answere So thus these lordes departed and the kynge taryed in the abbay of saynt Bernarde and some of the englysshe lordes taryed styll at Andewarpe to kepe the kynge company and some of the other rode about the countrey in great dyspence The duke of Brabant went to Louane and there taryed a long tyme and often tymes he sent to the frenche kyng desyring hym to haue no suspecyous to hym nat to byleue any yuell informacion made of hym for by his wyll he sayd he wold make none alyance nor couenant agaynst hym Sayrng also that the kynge of Englande was his cosyn germayne wherfore he might nat deny hym to come into his countrey The day caÌe that the kyng of Englande loked to haue an answere of these lordê and they excused them and sayd howe they were redy and their men So that the duke of Brabant wolde be redy for his part sayeng that he was nere than they And that assone as they might knowe that he were redy they wolde nat be behynde but be at the begynnyng of the mater assone as he Than the kyng dyd so moche that he spake agayne with the duke and shewed him the answere of the other lordes desyring him by amyte and lynage that no faut were founde in hym sayeng how he parceyued well that he was but cold in the mater and that without he wer quicker and dyd otherwyse he douted he shulde lese therby the ayde of all the other lordes of Amayne through his defaulte Than the duke sayd he wolde take counsayle in the matter and whan he had longe debated the mater he sayd howe he shulde be as redy as any other but firste he sayd he wolde speke agayne with the other lordes and he dyde sende for theÌ desyring them to come to hym wher as they pleased best
Than that day was apoynted about the myddes of August this counsell to be at Hale bycause of the yong erle of Heynalt who shulde also be ther and with hym sir JohnÌ of Heynalt his vncle WhanÌe these lordes were all come to this parlyament at Hale they had longe counsayle togyder finally they sayd to the kyng of Englande Syr wese no cause why we shulde make defyance to the frenche kyng all thynges consydred without ye can gette thagrement of themperour and that he wolde commaunde vs to do so in his name The emperour may well thus do for of long tyme past there was a couenant sworne and sealed that no kyng of FrauÌce ought to take any thyng parteyning to th eÌpyre and this kynge Philyppe hath taken the castell of Creuecure in Cambreysis and the castell of Alues in Pailleull and the cytie of Cambray wherfore themperour hath good cause to defye hym by vs. Therfore sir if ye can get his acord our honour shal be the more the kyng sayd he wolde folo we their counsayle Than it was ordayned that the Marques of Jullers shulde go to themperour and certayne knyghtes and clerkes of the kynges and some of the counsell of the duke of Gwerles But the duke of Brabant wold sende none fro hym but he lende the castell of Louayne to the kynge of Englande to lye in And the Marques and his coÌpany fouÌde the emperour at Florebetche and shewed hym the cause of their commyng And the lady Margarete of Heynault dydde all her payne to further forthe the matter whom sir Lewes of Banyer than emperour had wedded And ther the Marques of Jullers was made an erle and the duke of Guelders who byfore was an erle was than made a duke And themperour gaue commyssion to foure knyghtê and to two doctours of his counsell to make kyng Edwarde of Englande his bycarre generall throughout all the empyre And therof these sayd lordes hadde instrumentes publyke confyrmed and sealed suffyciently by the emperour ¶ Howe kyng Dauyd of Scotlande made alyaunce with kyng PhylyppÌ of FrauÌce Ca. xxxiii IN this season the yonge kyng Dauyd of Scotlande who had lost the best part of his lande and coulde natte recouer it out of the holde of theÌglysshmend eparted priuely with a small company and the quene his wyfe with hym and toke shippyng and arryued at Bolayne and so rodde to Pares to kyng Philyppe who gretly dyd feast hym And offred hym of his castels to abyde in and of his goodes to dyspende on the condycion that he shulde make no peace with the kynge of Englande without his counsell and agremeÌt for kyng Philyppe knewe well howe the kynge of Englande apparelled greatly to make hym warre So thus the kyng ther retayned kyng Dauyd the quene a long season and they had all that they neded at his coste charge for out of Scotlande came but lytell substaÌce to mayntayne withall their estates And the french king sent certayne messangers into ScotlaÌde to the lordes ther such as kept warr agaynst theÌglissh men offryng them great ayde and confort so yâ they wolde take no peace nor truâe with the kyng of Englande without it were by his agrement or by thaccorde of their owne kyng who had in likewyse promysed and sworne Than the lordê of Scotlande couÌselled togyder and ioyously they accorded to his request and so sealed and sware with the kyng their lorde Thus this alyance was made bytwene Scotlande and France the which endured a long season after and the frenche kyng sent men of warre into Scotland to kepe warr agaynst thenglysshmen As ser Arnolde Dandregien who was alter marschall of Fraunce and the lorde of Garencieres and dyuerse other knyghtes and squyers The frenche kyng thought that the scottes shulue gyue somoch a do to the realme of England that theÌglysshmen shulde nat come ouer the see to anoy hym ¶ How kyng Edwarde of England was made bycare generall of th eÌpyre of Almaygne Cap. xxxiiii WHan the kyng of England and the other lordes to hym alyed wer departed fro the parlyament of Hale The kyng weÌt to Louan and made redy the castell for his a byding and sent for the quene to come thyder if it pleased her for he sent her worde he wolde nat come thens of an hole yere And sent home certayne of his knyghtes to kepe his lande fro the scottes And the other lordê and knyghtes that were there styll with the kynge rode aboute the realme of Flanders and Henalt makyng grete dyspence gyueng great rewardes and iuels to the lordes ladyes and damoselles of the countrey to get their good wylles They dyd somoche that they were greatly praysed and specially of the common people bycause of the port and state that they kept And than about the feest of all sayntes the marques of Jullers and his coÌpany sent worde to the kyng how they had sped And the kyng sent to hym that he shulde be with hym about the feest of saynt Martyne and also hesent to the duke of BrabaÌt to knowe his mynde wher he wolde the plyament shulde beholde and he answered at Arques in yâ countie of Loz nere to his countrey And than the kyng sent to all other of his alyes that they shulde be there and so the hall of the towne was apparelled and hanged as though it had ben the kynges chamber And there the kyng satte crowned with golde ãâã fote hygher than any other and there opânly was redde the letters of theÌperour by the which the kyng was made bycare generall and liefrenaunt for the emperour and had power gyueâ hym to make lawes and to mynistre Justyce to euery person in thempours name and to make money of golde and syluer The emperour also there commaunded by his letters that all persons of his empyre and all other his subgiettes shulde obey to the kyng of England his vycare as to hymselfe and to do hym homage And in contynent ther was clayme and answere made bytwene parties as before the emperour and right and iudgement gyuen Also there was renued a iudgement and a statute affermed that had been made before in the emperours courte and that was this That who soeuer wolde any hurt to other shuld make his defyance thredayes byfore his dede and he that dyde otherwyse shulde be reputed as an euyll do et and for a by lans dede And whan all this was done the lordes departed and toke day that they shulde all appere before Cambray thre wekes after the feest of saynte JohnÌ the whiche towne was become frenche thus they all departed and euery man went to his owne And kynge Edwarde as bycare of th empyre went than to Louayne to the quene who was newely come thyder out of Englande with great noblenesse and well accoÌpanyed with ladyes and damosels of Englande So there the kynge and the quene kepte their house ryght honorably all that wynter and caused money golde and syluer to be made at Andewarpe
great plentie yet for all this the duke of Brabant lefte nat but with great dyligence sent often messangers to kyng Philyppe as the lorde Loys of ârauehen his chefe counsellour with dyuers other euer to excuse hym for the whiche cause this knight was often tymes sent and at the laste abode styll in the frenche court with the kyng to th entent alwayes to excuse hym agaynst all informacions that myght be made of hym The which knyght dyd all his detroyre in that behalfe ¶ Howe kynge Edwarde and all his alyes dyd defye the frenche kyng Cap. xxxv THus the wynter passed and somer came and the feest of saynt JohnÌ of Baptyst aproched And the lordê of englande and of Almayne apa relled themselfe to acoÌplyssh their enterprise and the frenche kyng wrought asmoch as he coude to the coÌtrary for he knewe moch of their intentê Kyng Edwarde made all his prouisyon in Englande and all his men of warr to be redy to passe the see incoÌtynent after the feest of saynt JohnÌ and so they dyde Than the kynge went to Uyllenort and there made his coÌpany to be lodged as many as myght in the towne and the other without a long on the ryuersyde in tentes and pauylyons And ther he taryed fro Maudelyn tyde tyll our lady day in Septembre abyding wekely for the lordê of th empyre And specially for the duke of Brabant on whose coÌmynge all the other abode And whan the kyng of Englande sawe howe they came nat he sent great messangers to eche of them sommonyng them to come as they had promysed and to mete with hym at Machlyn on saynt Gyles day than to shewe hym why they had taryed so long Thus kynge Edwarde lay at Uyllenort and kepte dayly at his cost and charge well to the nombre of .xvi. hundred men of armes all ââe fro thother syde of the see and .x. M. archers besyde all other ê uysious The which was a matueylous great charge besyde the great rewardes that he had gyuen to the lordes and besyde the great armyes that he had on the see The frenche kynge on his part had set Genowayes normayns Bretons Pycardes and spanyardes to be redy on the see to entre into England assone as the warr were opened These lordes of Almayne at the kyng of Englande somons came to Machlyn and with moche besynesse finally they acorded that the kyng of Englande might well sette forwarde within .xv. dayes after and to th entent that their warr shuld be the more laudable Thei agreed to send their defyancê to the french kyng first the kyng of England the duke of Guerles the marques of Jullers sir Robert Dartoyse sir JohnÌ of Heynalt the marques of Musse the marques of Blanquebourc the lorde of Faulquemont sir Arnold of Baquchen the archbys shop of Colayne sir Galeas his brother and al other lordes of th empyre These defyancê were written and sealed by all the lordes except the duke of BrabaÌt who sayd he wold do his dede by hymselfe at tyme conuenyent To bere these defyances into Fraunce was charged the bysshop of Lyncolne who bare theÌ to Parys And dyd his message in suche maner that he coude nat be reproched nor blamed and so he had a safe coÌduct to retourne agayne to his kyng who was as than at Machlyne ¶ How sir water of Manny after the defyances declared made the first iourney into FraÌce Ca. xxxvi IN the firste weke that the frenche kyng was thus defyed sir water Manny assone as he knewe it he gate to hym a .xl. speres and rode through Brabant nyght and day tyll he came into Heynalt and entred into the wode of Blaton As than nat knowig what he shulde do but he had shewed to some of them that were moost priuyest aboute hym Howe he had promysed before ladyes and damoselles or he came out of Englande that he wolde be the first that shulde entre into Fraunce and to gete other towne or castell and to do some dedes of armes And than his enteÌt was to ryde to Mortaigne and to gete it if he might the which partayned thanÌe to the realme of Fraunce And soo rode and passed the wode of Blaton and came in a mornynge before the sonne risyng to Mortaygne and by aduenture he founde the wycket of the gate opynne Than he alyghtedde with his company and entred in and dyd sette certayne of his company to kepe the gate And so went into the hygh strete with his penon before hym and came to the great towre but the gate and wycket was fast closed And whan the watch of the castell harde the brunt and sawe them he blewe his horne cryed treason treason Than euery man a woke and made them redy kept them selfe styll within the castell than sir water of Manny went backe agayne and dyd set fyre in the strete ioyninge to the castell so that there were a threscore houses brent and the people sore a frayed for they wende all to haue been taken Than sir water and his company rode backe streight to Conde and ther passed the ryuer of Hayne Than they rode the way to Ualencennes and coosted on the ryght hande and came to Deuayne and so went to the abbay and soo passed forth towarde Bouhaigne And dyd somoche that the captayne dyd let them passe thorough by the ryuer Than thei came to astrong castell parteyning to the bysshoppÌ of Cambray called the castell of Thyne the which sodeÌly they toke and the captayne and his wyfe win And the lorde Manny made a good garyson and set therm a brother of his called sir Gyles MaÌny who afterwarde dyd moche trouble to the cytie of CaÌbray for the castell was within a leage of the towne Than sir Water Manny retourned into Brabant to the kynge his soueraygne lorde whom he founde at Machlyne and ther shewed hym all that he had done ¶ How that after the sayâ defyances made the frenchmen entred in to England Cap. xxxvii AS sone as kynge Phylyppe knewe that he was vefyed of the kyng of England and of his alyes he reteyned men of warre on euery syde And sent the lord Galoys de âa Bausyne a good knyght of Sauoy into the cyte of Cambray and made hym captayne ther and with hym sir Thybalt de Marneyle and the lorde of Roy. So that they were what of Sauoy and of FrauÌce a .ii. hundred speres And kynge Philyppe sent and seased into his handes the countie of Pontyeu the which the kyng of Englande had before by reason of his mother And also he seÌt to dyuers lordes of th empyre as to therle of Heynalt his neue we to the duke of Lorrayne therle of Bar the bysshop of Metz the bysshop of Liege desy ryng them that they wolde make no yuell purchase agaynst hym or his realme The moost part of these lordes answered howe they wolde do nothyng that shuld be agaynst hym and the erle of Heynalt wrote vnto hym right courtessy how that
Peron in UarmaÌdoys the kyng of England counselled with sir Robert Dartoys in whome he had great affyance demauÌdyng of hym whyther it were better for hym to entre into the realm of Fraunce and to encounter his aduersary or els to abyde styll byfore CaÌbray tyll he had won it biforce The lordê of England and such other of his couÌsell sawe well how the cyte was stroÌg and well furnysshed of men a warr and vytels and artylary and that it shuld be long to abyde ther tyll they had wonne the cytie Wherof they were in no certeÌtie and also they sawe well how that wynter aproched nere as yet had done no maner of entprise but lay at gret erpeÌce Than they counselled the kynge to set forwarde into yâ realme wher as they might fynde more plentie of forage This counsell was taken and all the lordes ordayned to dyslodge and trussed tentê and pauylions and all maner of harnes so departed and rode towarde mnuÌt saynt Martyn the which was at thentre of FrauÌce Thus they rode in good oroce euery lorde amoÌg his owne men marshals of thenglysshe hoost were therle of NorthaÌpton Glocetter and therle of Suffolke and constable of Englande was therle of Warwyke and so they passed ther the ryuer of Lescault at their ease And whan therle of Heynalt had acoÌpanyed the kyng vnto the deptyng out of th eÌpyre and that he shuld passe the ryuer and entre into the realme of Fraunce Than he toke leaue of the kyng and sayd howe he wolde ryde no farther with hym at that tyme for kyng PhilyppÌ his vncle had sent for hym he wolde nat haue his yuell wyll but that he wold go and serue hym in Fraunce as he had serued yâ kyng of England in th empyre So thus therle of Henalt and therle of Namure and their coÌpanyes rode backe to Quesnoy And therle of Heynalt gaue the moost part of his company leaue to be part desyringe them to be redy whan he sende for them for he sayd that shortly after he wolde go to kyng Philyppe his vncle ¶ How kyng Edward made sir Henry of Flaunders knyght Cap. xxxix ASsone as kyng Edward had passed the ryuer of Lescaute and was entred into the realme of Fraunce he called to hym sir Henry of FlaÌders who was as thaÌ a yong squier and there he made hym knyght And gaue hym yerely CC. ãâã sterlyng sufficiently assigned hym in England Than the kyng went and lodged in thabbey of mouÌt saint Martyn and ther taryed two dayes his people abrode in the contrey the duke of BrabaÌt was lodged in thabbey of Uancellez Whan the french kyng beyng at CoÌpiengne harde these tydynges than he enformed his somones sent the erle of Ewe and of Gynes his coÌstable to saynt Quyntines to kepe the towne and froÌters ther agaynst his ennemies and sent the lorde of Coucy into his owne contrey and the lorde of Hen i to his and sent many men of armes to Guyse to Rybemont to Behayne the fortresses ioynyng to thentre of the realme And so went hymselfe to wards Peron in the meane season that kyng Edward lay at thabbey of mouÌt saynt Martyn his men ran abrode in the contrey to Bapauâme and nere to Peron to saynt Quyntines they founde the contrey pieÌtyfull for ther had ben no warr of a long season and so it fortuned that ser Henry of Flauders to auance his body to eucrease his honour on a day with other knyghts Wherof sir JohnÌ of Heynalt was chefe with hym the lorde of FaulquemoÌt the lorde of Bergues the lorde of Uaudresen the lorde of Lens and dyuers other to the noÌbre of .v. C. And they auysed a towne therby called HoÌnecourt wher in moch peple wer gadered on trust of the fortresses And therin they had coÌueyed all their goodê and ther had ben ser Arnolde of Baquehen syr WyllmÌ of Dunor and their coÌpany but they at tayned nothyng ther. Ther was at this HoÌnycourt an abbot of great wysdome hardynes and he caused to be made without the towne a barrers ouerthwart the strete lyke a grate nat past half a fote wyde euery grate And he made great puisyons of stones quicke lyme men redy to defende the place And these lordê whan they came thyder they lighted a fote entred to the barrers with their gleuys in their handes ther began a sore assaut they within valyaÌtly defended theÌselfe Ther was thabbot hymselfe who receyued gaue many great strokes there was a ferse assaut they win cast downe stones peces of tymbre potts full of chalke dyd moche hurt to thassaylers and ser Henry of FlaÌders who helde his glayue in his handes gaue ther with great strokes at the last thabbot toke the gleue in his handê drewe it so to hym yâ at last he set hands on ser Henres arme drewe it so sore that he pulled out his arme at the barrers to the shulder heldehym at a great auauntage for yâ barrers had ben wyd ynough he had drawen hym through but ser Henry wolde nat let his wepen go for sauyng of his honour Than thother knyghts strake at thabbot to rescue their felowe so this wrastlyng endured a longe space but fynally the knyght was rescued but his gleaue abode with thabbot And on a day whan I wrot this boke as I past by I was shewed the gleue by the monkes ther that kept it for a treasur So this sayd day HoÌnycourt was sore assaylled the which indured tyll it was nyght dyuerse wer slayne and sore hurt Syr JohaÌn of Heynault lost there a kynght of Hollande called sir Herment Whan the flemyngê heynowes englyssh men and almaygnes same the fierse wylles of them within and sawe howe they coulde gette nothynge there withdrewe them selfe agaynst nyght And the next day on the mornyng yâ kyng depted fro mount saynt Martyn coÌmauÌdynge that no person shulde do any hurt to the abbey the which coÌmaundemeÌt was kept And so than they entred into Hermandoys and toke yâ day their lodgyng be tymes on yâ mount saynt âui tyne in good order of batayle And they of saynt âuyntines myght well se them how be it they had no desyre to yssue out of their towne The fore ryders came rynnynge to the barrers skyrmysshyng and the hoost taryed styll on yâ mouÌt iyll the next day Than the lordes toke counsell what way they shulde drawe and by thaduyce of the duke of Brabant they toke yâ way to Thyerasse for that way their prouisyon came dayly to theÌ And were determyned that if kyng âhy lyppe dyd folowe theÌ as they supposed he wolde do that than they wolde abyde hym in yâ playne felde and gyue hym batayle Thus they went forthe in thre great batayls the marshalles and the Almaygnes had the first the kynge of Englande in the myddle warde the duke of Brabant in the rerewarde Thus
Beamond Thus passed that day and âone other thynge done that ought to be remembred ¶ how these kynges ordayned their batayls at âyronfosse Cap. xââ WHan the friday came in the mornyng both hoostes aparelled theÌ selfe redy and euery lorde harde masse among their owne coÌpaâyes and dyuers wer shrâuen First we woll speke of thorder of thenglysshmen who drewe theÌ forwarde into the feldâ and made iii ⪠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 âoÌs therle of Sauynes the lorde of Faulquemont sit Guyllam du Fort sir Arnolde of Baqucheâ and the almayns and amonge them ⪠was ⪠xxii ⪠banners and .lx. penons in the hale and .viii. Mâmen The seconde batayle had the duke of Brabant and the lordes and knyghtes of his countrey First the lorde of âuâse the lorde Bergues the lorde of Bredangh the lorde of ãâã the lorde of âaucelare the lorde of Borguynall the lorde of StoÌneuort the lorde of wyten the lorde of Elka the lorde of Cassebegne yâ lorde of Duffle ser Thyrre of âalcourt ser Rasse of the Grez ser JohnÌ of Cassebegne ser JohnÌ Filyfe ser Gyles of Coterebe ser water of âotebergue the thre bretherne of Harlebecque ser Henry of FlaiuÌders and dyuerse other barownes knyghtê of flanders who were all vnder yâ duke of ãâã baner as yâ lorde of Hallayne yâ lorde of ãâã sir Hector âyllains sit JohnÌ of Rodes ser ãâã start of Gupstell ser wyllinÌ of Stratâ ser ãâã de la mule many other The duke of BrabaÌt 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 whanÌe euery lorde was vnder his banner as it was coÌmaunded by the marshals the kynge of England mounted on a palfray acoÌpanyed 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 êmysed hym so to do Than he returned to his owne batell set euery thing in good order and coÌmauÌded 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 coÌmons 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 LoÌguyle therle of StaÌpes 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 ieoêdy of treason For they sayd if fortune were coÌtrary 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 bruÌt 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 recoÌmendacion 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 fraÌce he founde by his astrology by theÌfluens of the heueÌs that if the french kyng euer fought with kyng Edwarde of england he shuld be discoÌfited wherfore he lyke a king of gret wysdoÌe 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
a brige ouer this ryuer wherby he his myght passe ouer I pray you bring me agayne an answere and I shall tary here tyll ye retourne Than the lord of MaubussoÌ strake his horse with the spurres and rode to the kyngê tent where as the duke of Normandy and many other lordê were ther he shewed his message he had a short answere for he was coÌmaunded to tell hym that sent him thyder that in the same case as they had helde the erle in likewyse so they wold coÌtynue Sayng how they wold make hym to sell his lande and that he shuld haue warr on euery syde whan we lyst we woll entre into Heynalt so farr that we woll bren all his eoÌtrey This answer the lorde of Maubusson reported to the lorde BeamoÌd who thanked hym of his labour so retourned to therle whom he found playng at chesse with therle of Namur and assone as therle sawe his vncle he a rose and harde the answere that the frenche kynge had sent hym wherwith the erle was dysplesed and sayd well I trust it shall nat be as he purposeth ¶ Of the batell on the see before Sluse in FlauÌders bytwene the kynge of England and the frenchmen Ca. l. NO we let vs leaue somwhat to speke of therle of Henalt and of the duke of Normandy and speke of the kyng of England Who was on the see to the intent to arryue in Flaunders and so into Heynalt to make warr agaynst the freÌchmen This was on mydsomer euyn in the yer of our lorde M. C C C .xl. all thenglyssh flete was departed out of the ryuer of Tames and toke the way to Sluse And the same tyme bytwene Blanqueberque and Sluse on the see was sir Newe Kyryell sir Peter Bahuchet and Barbnoyr and mo than sirscore great vessels besyde other and they wer of normayns bydaulr genowes and pycardes about the noÌbre of .xl. M. Ther they were layd by the french kyng to defend the kyng of Englandes passage The kyng of England and his came saylyng tyll he caÌe before Sluse and whan he sawe so great a nombre of shippes that their mastes semed to be lyke a gret wood he demauÌded of the maister of his shyp what peple he thought they were he answered and sayd sir I thynke they be normayns layd here by the frenche kyng and hath done gret dyspleasur in Englande brent your towne of Hampton and taken your great shyppe the Christofer a ê the kyng I haue long desyred to fyght with the freÌchmen and nowe shall I fyght with some of theÌ by the grace of god and saynt George for truly they haue done me so many dysplesurs that I shall be reuenged I may Than the king set all his shyppes in order the grettest befor well furnysshed with archers euer bytwene two shyppes of archers he had one shyppÌ with men of armes than he made an other batell to ly a lofe with archers to confort euer theÌ that were moost wery yf nede were And ther were a great nombre of countesses ladyes knyghtê wyues other damosels that were goyng to se the quene at Gaunt these ladyes the kyng caused to be well kept with thre hundred men of armes and .v. C. archers ¶ Whan the kyng and his marshals had ordered his batayls he brewe vp the seales and canâ with a quarter wynde to haue the vauntage of the sonne And so at last they tourned a lytell to get the wynde at wyll and whan the normayns sawe them recule backe they had maruell why they dyde so And some sayd they thynke them selfe nat mete to medyll with vs wherfore they woll go backe they sawe well howe the kyng of England was ther personally by reason of his baners Than they dyd appareyle their flete in order for they wer sage and good men of warr on the see and dyd set the Christofer the which they had won the yer before to be formast with many trumpettes and instrumentes and so set on their ennemies Ther began a sore batell on bothe partes archers and crosbowes began to shore and men of armes aproched and fought bande to hande and the better to come togyder they had great hokes graperss of prou to cast out of one shyppe into an other And so tyed theÌ fast togyder ther were many dedess of armes done takyng and rescuyng agayne And at last the great Christofer was first won by theÌglysshmen and all that were within it taken or slayne Than ther was great noyse and cry and thenglysshmen aproched and fortifyed the Christofer with archers and made hym to passe on byfore to fyght with the genoweyss This batayle was right fierse and terryble for the batayls on the see at more dangerous and fierser than the batayls by lande For on the see ther iss no reculyng nor sseyng ther is no remedy but to fight and to abyde fortune and euery man to shewe his prowes Of a trouthe sir Newe Kyriell and sir Bahuchet and Bathe Noyer were ryght good and expert men of warre This batayle endured fro the mornyng tyll it was noone theÌglysshmen endured moche payne for their ennemies were foure agaynst one and all good men oâ the see ther the king of England was a noble knight of his ownehandê he was in the stouer of his yongh In like wyse so was the erle of Derby PeÌbroke Herforde HuÌtyngdon Northampton and Glocetter sir Raynolde Cobham sir Rycharde Stafforde the lorde Percy sir water of Manny sir Henry of Flaunders sir JohnÌ Beauchamp the lorde Felton the lorde Brasseton sir Chandos the lorde Dalawarre the lorde of Multon sir Robert Dartoys called erle of Rychmont and dyuerse other lordes and knyghtess who bare themselfe so valy antly with some socours that they had of Brugê and of the countrey there about that they obtayned the vyctorie So that the freÌchmen normaynss and other were dysconsetted slayne and drowned there was nat one that scaped but all were slayne WhanÌe this vyctorie was atchyued the kyng all that nyght abode in his shyppe before Sluse with great noyse of truÌpettes and other instrumentes Thyder came to se the kynge dyuers of Flaunders suche as had herde of the kynges coÌmyng and than the kyng demaunded of the burgesses of Bruges howe Jaques Dartuell dyd They answered that he was gone to yâ erle of Heynalt agaynst the duke of NormaÌdy with .lx. M. ssemynges And on the next day yâ which was mydsomer day the kyng and all his toke lande and the kyng on fote went a pylgrimage to our lady of ArdeÌbourge and ther herd masse and dyned and thanÌe toke his horse and rode to Gaunt where the quene receyued hym with great ioye and all his caryage caâe after lytell and lytell Than the kyng wrote to therle of Heynault and to theym within the castell of Thyne certyfieng them of his arryuall And whan therle knewe therof that he had dysconfyted the army on the see he dylloged and gaue
do rather ye shulde make good chere and be ioyfull seyng ye haue chased away your enmies who durst nat abyde you let other men study for the remynant Than the kyng sayd a dere lady knowe for trouthe that syth I entred into the castell ther is a study coÌe to my mynde so yâ I can nat chuse but to muse nor I cannat tell what shall fall therof put it out of my herte I cannat A sir ê the lady ye ought alwayes to make good chere to confort ther with yo â peple god hath ayded you so in yo â besynes and hath gyuen you so great graces that ye be the moste douted and honoured priuce in all christeÌdome and if the kyng of scottes haue done you any dy spyre or damage ye may well amende it whan it shall please you as ye haue done dyuerse tymes or this Sir leaue your musyng and come into yâ hall if it please you yo â dyner is all redy a fayre lady ê the kyng other thynges lyeth at my hert that ye knowe nat of but surely yâ swete be hauyng the perfyt wysedom the good grace noblenes and exelleÌnt beauty that I se in you hath so sore surprised my hert yâ I can nat but loue you and without your loue I am but déed Than the lady sayde a ryght noble prince for goddessake mocke nor tempt me nat I can nat byleue that it is true that ye say nor that so noble a prince as ye be wold thynke to dyshonour me and my lorde my husbande who is so valyant a knight and hath done your grace so gode seruyce and as yet lyethe in prison for your quarell CerteÌly sir ye shulde in this case haue but a small prayse nothyng the better therby I had neuer as yet such a thoght in my hert nor I trust in god neuer shall haue for no man lyueng If I had any suche intencyon your grace ought nat all onely to blame me but also to punysshe my body ye and by true iustice to be dismeÌbred Therwith the lady deêted fro the kyng went into the hall to hast the dyner than she returned agayne to the kyng and broght some of his knyghtes with her and sayd sir yf it please you to come into the hall your knightê abideth for you to wasshe ye haue ben to long fastyng Than yâ kyng went into the hall wassht and sat down amonge his lordes the lady also the kyng ete but lytell he sat styll musyng and as he durst he cast his eyen vpon the lady Of his sadnesse his knyghtê had maruell for he was nat acustomed so to be some thought it was bycause the scottê were scaped fro hym all yâ day the kyng taryed ther wyst nat what to do SoÌtyme he ymagined that honour and trouth defeÌded him to set his hert in such a case to dyshonour such a lady so true a knyght as her husband was who had alwayes well truely serued hym On thother êâ loue so constrayned hym that the power therof surmounted honour and trouth Thus yâ kyng debated in hymself all that day all that night In the mornyng he a rose and dysloged all his hoost and drewe after the scottes to chase them out of his realme Than he toke leaue of the lady sayeng my dere lady to god I coÌmende you tyll I returne agayne requiryng you to aduyse you otherwyse than ye haue sayd to me Noble prince ê the lady god yâ father glorious be yo â coÌduct and put you out of all bylayne thoughtê sir I am euer shal be redy to do your grace ser uyce to your honour and to myne therwith the kyng deêted all abasshed And soo folowed the scottes tyll he came to the cyte of Berwyke and went lodged within iiii leages of the forelt of Gedeors wher askyng Dauyd and all his coÌpany were entred in trust of the great wyldernesse The kyng of England taryed ther a .iii. dayes to se if the scottes wold yssue out to fight with hym in these thre dayes ther were dyuers skirmysshes on bothe êties and dyuers slayne taken and sore hurte amonge the scottes Sir Wyllyam Duglas was he that dyd moost trouble to thenglysshemen he bare azure a comble syluer thre starres goules ¶ Howe therle of Salysbury and therle Moret were delyuerd out of prison by exchaunge Cap. lxxviii IN these sayd thre dayes ther were noble men on bothe parties that treatid for a peace to be had bytwene these two kynges and their treatie toke suche essect that a trewse was agreed to endure two yere so that the frenche kynge wolde therto agree For the kyng of scottes was so sore alyed to the frenche kyng yâ he might take no peace without his coÌsent and it so be the frenche kyng wolde nat agree to the peace than the truse to endure to the first day of May folowyng And it was agreed that therle of Morette shulde be quyte for his prisonment if the kyng of scottes coude do somoche to purchase with the frenche kyng that therle of Salisbury might in lyke maner be quyte out of prison the whiche thyng shulde be done before the feest of saynt JohnÌ of Baptyst next after The kyng of Englande agreed yâ soner to this truse bycause he had warre in France in Gascoyne in Poycton in Xaynton in Bretaygne and in euery place he had men of warre at his wages than the kyng of scottes sent great messangers to the french kyng to agre to this truse The freÌche kyng was coÌtent seyng it was the desyre of the kyng of scottê thaÌ therle of Salisbuey was sent into Englande and the kyng of England sent incoÌtynent therle Moret into Scotland ¶ Howe sir Charles du Bloys with dyuers lordes of Fraunce toke the cytie of Kenes in Bretayne Cap. lxxix IT is to be knowen that whan the duke of NormaÌdy the duke of Burgoyne yâ duke of AlaÌson the duke of Burbon therle of Bloys the constable of Fraunce therle of Guynes his sonne sir James de Burbone sir Loyes of Spaygne with other lordes and knyghtes of Fraunce Whan they were departed out of Bretayne and had conquered the stronge castell of Chastoneaux the cyte of Nantes and taken therle of MouÌtfort and delyuerd hym to yâ frenche kyng who had put hym in prison in the castell of Loure in Parys and ser Charles of Bloys beyng in Nantes and the contrey obeyed to hym rounde about abydinge the somer season to make better warr than in wynter Whan the swete season of somer approched the lordes of Fraunce and dyuers other drue towarde Bretayne with a great hoost to ayde sir Charles de Blois to recouer yâ resydue of the duchy of Bretayne They fouÌde Charles of Bloys in NaÌtes than they determyned to lay sege to Kenes The countesse of Mountfort had well preueÌted the mater and had set ther for captayne ser Wyllyam of Cadudall breton the lordes of France came thyder and
Rochfort and newely refresshed the towne and castell with meÌ of warr and âuisyon 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 couÌtesse 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 NormaÌdy 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 remeÌbrance 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 LoÌdon in the myddes of August the which cry was also made in Flaunders in Heynault in BrabaÌt and in Fraunce gyueng all coÌmers out of euery contrey safe coÌduct to come and go and had gyuen in coÌmaundement through his owne realme that all lordes knyghtes squyers ladyes and domosels shuld be ther without any excuse and coÌmaunded 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 ãâã 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 âuenforde 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 MouÌtfort 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 couÌtesse into Bretayne And so he dyde and they departed and toke shypping at Hampton and were on the see a great season bycause of coÌtrary 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 ãâã 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 ãâ¦ã 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 ãâ¦ã 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 ãâ¦ã fyed of the purchase that the countesse of Mou ãâ¦ã 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 ThanÌe the kynge departed fro Renes and left them ââyll ther that were ther before to contynue their siege Than the kyng caÌe 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 mouÌtayne without the towne and thereââryed 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 coÌe to Angyers and there made his asseÌble 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 ãâã Charles wolde nat yssue out into the felde to fyght with hym than he ordayned therle of âuenforte sir Henry vycont of BeaumoÌt the lorde âerây 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 Portbeuâe 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 UaÌnes gaue dyuers ãâã 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 ArnÌdels 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 freÌchmen 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 HeÌry 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 noÌbre 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 theÌglysshmen 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 DaÌmartyne 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 NormaÌdy Dauuergne Berry Lymosen Dumayn Poicton and
them of the dethe of Jaques Dartuell and sware solemly yâ they knewe nothynge therof tyll it was done if they had he was the man that they wolde haue defeÌded to the best of their powers and sayde howe they were right sorie of his dethe for he had gouerned the contrey right wysely And also they sayde that though they of Gaunt hadde done that dede they shulde make a sufficyent amendes also sayenge to the kynge and his counsell that thoughe he be deed yet the kynge was neuer the farther of fro the loue and fauoure of theÌ of Flaunders in all thynges except the inherytaunce of Flaunders the which in no wyse they of Flaunders woll put a way fro the ryght heyres Sayeng also to the kynge sir ye haue fayre yssue bothe sonnes and doughters as for the prince of Wales your eldest sonne he canne nat fayle but to be a great prince without the inherytaunce of Flaunders Sir ye haue a yonge doughter and we haue a yonge lorde who is herytoure of Flaunders we haue hym in oure kepynge may it please you to make a maryage bytwene them two So euer after the county of Flaunders shall be in the yssue of your chylde these wordes and suche other apeased the kyng and finally was content with the ââemmynges and they with hym and soo lytell and lytell the dethe of Jaques Dartuell was forgoten ¶ Of the dethe of wyllmÌ erle of Heynault who dyed in Freese and many with hym Cap. C .xvi. IN the same season the erle Wyllyam of Heynalt beynge at siege before the towne of Dautryche and there hadde lyen a long season he constrayned theym so soore what by assautes and otherwyse that finally he hadde his pleasure of theÌ and anone after in the same season about yâ feest of saynt Remy The same erle made a great assemble of men of armes knyghtes and squyers of Heynault Flaunders Brabant Hollande Guerles and Jullyers the erle and his company departed fro Dordreche in Hollande with a great nauy of shyppes And so sayled to wardes Freese for the erle of Heynault claymed to be lorde there and yf the fresons had been men to haue brought to reason therle in dede hadde there great ryght but there he was slayne and a great nombre of knyghtes and squyers with hym Sir JohnÌ of Heynault aryued nat there with his nephue for he aryued at another place and whan he harde of the deth of his nephue lyke a manne out of his mynde he wolde haue tought with the fresons but his seruantes and specially sir Robert of Gluues who as thanne was his squyer dyd putte hym into his shyppe agayne agaynst his wyll And so he retourned agayne with a small coÌpany and came to ââouÌt sayâit Gertrude in Hollande wher the lady his nece was wyfe to the sayd erle named Iahane eldest doughter to the duke of Brabant than she went to the lande of Buyche the which wass her endowrie Thus yâ countie of Heynall was voyde a certayne space and sir JohnÌ of Heynalt dyd gouerne it vnto the tyme that Margaret of Heynault doughter to therle Aubertcame thyder and toke possessyon of that herytage all lordes and other dyde to her feaultie and homage This lady Margaret was maryed to yâ lorde Loyes of Bauyer emperour of Almayne and kynge of Romayns ¶ Howe sir JohnÌ Heynalt became frenche Cap. C .xvii. ANone after the french kyng entreated caused the erle of Bloys to entreat this lorde JohnÌ of Heynalt to become frenche promysing to gyue hym more reuenues in Fraunce than he had in Englande to he assigned wher he wolde hymselfe deuyce To this request he dyd nat lightly agre for he had spent all the floure of his youth in the scruyce of the kyng of Englande and was euer welbeloued with the kyng Whan therle Loyes of Bloyes who had maryed his doughter and had by her thre sonnes Loyes JohnÌ and Guy sawe that he coude nat wynne hym by that meanes he thought he wold assay an other way as to wyn the lorde of Saguynels who was chefe coÌpany on and grettest of counsell with the lorde JohnÌ of Heynault And so they bytwene theÌ deuysed to make hym byleue that they of Englande wolde nat pay hym his pencyon wherwith sir JohnÌ of Heynault was sore dyspleased so yâ he renounced his seruyce and good wyll that he bare to the kynge of Englande And whan the frenche kyng knowe therof incontynent he sent sufficyent messangers to hym and so retayned hym of his counsayle with certayne wages and recompensed hym in Fraunce with asmoche or more than he had in Englande ¶ Of the great hoost that the duke of Normandy brought into Gascone agaynst therle of Derby Cap. C .xviii. THe frenche kyng was well infourmed of the coÌquestes that the erle of Derby had made in the countrey of Gascone thanne he made a great sommons that all noble and nat noble able for the feare of warre shulde be at Orlyaunce and at Bourges and there about at a certayne day lymytted by reason of this coÌmaundement came to Parys duke Odes of Burgoyne his sonne and therle of Arthoys and of Colayne they caÌe to the kynge with a thousande speares ThanÌe came the duke of Burbone and therle of Ponthyeu his brother with a great nombre of men of armes thyder also came the erle of Ewe and of Guynes coÌstable of Fraunce with a great coÌpany also therle of Tankernyll the dolphyne of Auuerne therle of Forestes therle of Dampmartyne therle of Uandone the lorde of Coucy the lorde of Craon the lorde of Sully the bysshoppe of Bewuayes the lorde of Frennes the lorde of Beauiewe ⪠the lorde JohnÌ of Chaalon the lorde of Roy and dyuerse other they all assembled in the cytie of Orlyaunce they of that part of Loyre and they of Poycton of Xaynton of Rochell of Caoursyn and Lymosyn they met in yâ marches of Tholouz So all thes passed forthe towarde Roueryng and they fouÌde moche more company assembled in the cytie of Rodes and in the marches of Auuerne and Prouence So at last they all came to the cite of Tholouz and there about for they coude nat be all lodged in the cytie for they were in nombre mo than a hundred thousand This was in the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .xlv. anone after the feest of Christmas the duke of Normandy who was chefe of that hoost rode forth with his two marshals before hym the lorde of MomoreÌcy and the lorde saynt Uenant First they went to the castell of Myremont the which the englysshmen had wonne before and captayne wtin was one JohnÌ Bristowe there they made assaut within were a hundred englysshmeÌ And with the frenchmen was sir Loyes of Spayne with genowayes crosbowes who sparedde no shotte so that they within the castell coulde nat defende them selfe but that the castell was won and they all take and slayne with the captayne than the marshals set ther newe men than they passed forthe
resyst you the people of Normandy haue nat ben vsed to the warr and all the knyghtes and squyers of the contrey ar nowe at the siege before Aguyllon with the duke And sir ther ye shall fynde great townes that be nat walled wherby yoâ men shall haue suche wynning that they shal be the better therby .xx. yere after and sir ye may folowe with your army tyll ye come to Cane in Normandy Sir I requyre you byleue me in this voyage the kyng who was as than butâin the floure of his youth desyring nothyng somoche as to haut dedes of armes inclyned greatly to the sayeng of the lorde Harecourt whom he called cosyn than he coÌmaunded the maryners to set their course to NormaÌdy And he toke into his shyp the token of thadmyrall therle of warwyke and sayd howe he wolde be admyrall for that vyage so sayled on before as gouernor of yâ nauy they had wynde at wyll than yâ kyng in the ysse of CoÌstantyne at a port called Hogue saynt wast Tydinges anone spredde âârode howe thenglysshmen were a lande the to ãâã of Constantyne sent worde therof to Marystâ kynge PhilyppÌ he had well harde before howe the kynge of Englande was on the see with a great army but he wyst nat what way he wolde drawe other into Normandy Bretayne or Gascoyne Assone as he knewe that the kyng of Englande was a lande in Normandy he sende his constable therle of Guyues and the erle of Tankernell who were but newely come to hym ãâã his sonne fro the siege at Aguyllon to yâ towne of Cane coÌmaundyng them to kepe that towne agaynst the englysshmen they sayd they wolde do their best they departed fro Parys with a good nombre of men of warre and dayly there came mo to them by the way And so came to the towne of Cane where they were receyued with great ioye of men of the towne and of the countrey there about that were drawen thyder for suretie these lordes toke hede for the prouisyon of the towne the which as than was nat walled The kyng thus was aryued at the port Hogue saynt wast nere to saynt Sauyour the vycouÌt the right herytage to the lorde Godfray of Harcourt who as than was ther with the kynge of Englande ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande rode in thre batayls through Normandy Cap. C .xxii. WHanÌe the kynge of Englande arryued in the âoguâsaynt wast the kynge yssued out of his shyppe and the ãâã foââ that he sette on the grounde he fell so rudely that the blode brast but of his nose the knyghtes that were aboute hym toke hym vp and sayde sir for goddessake entre agayne into your shyppe and come nat a lande this day for this is but an yâell signe for vs than the kyng answered quickely and sayd wherfore this is a good token for me for yâ land desyreth to haue me Of the whiche auswere all his men were right ioyfull so that day nyght the kyng lodged on the sandes and in yâ meane tyme dyscharged yâ shyppes of their horsess and other bagages there the kyng made two marshals of his hoost the one the lorde Godfray of Harecourt and the other therle of warwyke the erle of Arundell constable And he ordayned that therle of Huntyngdon shulde kepe the ââeâe of shyppes with C. men of armes and .iiii. C. archers And also he ordayned thre batayls one to go on his right hande closyng to the see syde and the other on his lyfte hande and the kynge hymselfe in the myddes and euery night to lodge all in one felde Thus they sette forth as they were ordayned and they that went by the see toke all the shyppes that they founde in their wayes and so long they went forthe what by see what by lande that they came to a good port and to a good towne called Harââewe the which incontynent was wonne for they within gaue by for feare of âethe howebeit for all that the towne was robbed and moche golde and syluer there founde and ryche iewels there was founde somoche rychesse that the boyes and vyllayns of the hoost sette nothyng by good furred gownes they made all the men of the towne to yssue out and to go into the shyppes bycause they wolde nat sustre them to be behynde them for feare of rebellyng agayne After the towne of Harââewe was thus taken and robbed without brennyng than they spredde a brode in the countrey dyd what they lyst for there was nat to resyst them at laste they came to a great and a ryche towne called Cherbourgue the towne they wan and robbed it and brent parte therof but into the castell they coude nat come it was so stronge and well furnysshed with men of warre thanÌe they passed forthe and came to Mountbourgue and toke it robbed and brent it clene In this maner they brent many other townes in that countrey âan so moch rychesse that it was maruell to rekyn it thanne they came to a great towne well closed called Quarâtyne where ther was also a strong castell and many soudyours within to kepe it thanÌe the lordes came out of their shyppes and feersly made assaut the burgesses of the towne were in great feare of their lyues wyues and chyldren they suffred thenglysshemen to entre into the towne agaynst the wyll of all the soud yours that were ther they putte all their goodes to thenglysshmens pleasures they thought that moost aduauntage Whan the son dyours within sawe that they went into the castell the englysshmen went into the towne and two dayes to guyder they made sore assautes so that whan they within se no socoure they yelded vp their lyues and goodes sauyed and so departed thenglysshmen had their pleasure of that good towne castell And whan they sawe they might nat mentayne to kepe it they set fyre therin and brent it and made the burgesses of yâ towne to entre into their shyppes as they had done with theÌ of Harflewe Chyerburgue and Mountbourge and of other to wnes that they had wonne on the see syde all this was done by the batayle that went by the see syde and by theÌ on the see togyder Nowe let vs speke of the kinges batayle whan he had sent his first batayle a longe by the see syde as ye haue harde wherof one of his marshals therle of Warwyke was captayne and the lorde Cobham with hym than he made his other marshall to lede his hoost on his lyft hande for he knewe the yssues and entrees of Normandy better than any other dyd ther the lorde Godfray as marshall rode forthe with fyue hundred men of armes and rode of fro the kynges batayle as sire or seuyne leages in brennynge and exilyng the countrey the which was plentyfull of euery thynge the granges full of corne the houses full of all ryches riche burgesses cartes and charyottes horse swyne mottous and other beestes they toke what theÌ lyst and brought into the
kynges hoost but the soudyours made no count to the kynge nor to none of his offycers of the golde and syluer that they dyd gette they kept that to themselfe Thussir Godfray of Harecourt rode euery day of fro yâ kynges hoost and for moost parte euery nyght resorted to the kynges felde The kyng toke his way to saynt Lowe in Constantyne but or he came ther he lodged by a ryuer abyding for his men that rode a long by the see syde and whan they were come they sette for the their caryage and therle of Warwyke therle of Suffolke sir Thomas Hollande and sir Raynolde CobhmÌ and their coÌpany rode out on the one syde and wasted and eriled the contrey as the lorde Hare court hadde done and the kynge euer rode bytwene these bataylles and euery nyght they logedde togyder ¶ Of the great assemble that the frenche kynge made to resyst the kyng of Englande Cap. C .xxiii. THus by theÌglysshmen was brent exyled robbed wasted and pylled the good plentyfull countrey of Normandy Thanne the frenche kyng sent for the lorde JohnÌ of Heynalt who caÌe to hym with a great nombre also the kyng sende for other men of armes dukes erles barownes knyghtes and squyers and assembled togyder the grettest nombre of people that had bensene in France a hundred yere before he sent for men into so ferr countreys that it was longe or they came togyder wherof the kynge of Englande dyde what hym lyste in the meane season The french kyng harde well what he dyd and sware and sayd howe they shuld neuerretourne agayne vnfought withall and that suche hurtes and damages as they had done shulde be derely reuenged wherfore he had sent letters to his frendes in th empyre to suche as wer farthest of and also to the gentyll kyng of Behayne and to the lorde Charles his son who fro thens for the was called kynge of Almaygne he was made kynge by the ayde of his father and the frenche kyng and had taken on hym the armes of th empyre The frenche kyng desyred them to come to hym withall their powers to thyntent to fyght with the kynge of Englande who brent and wasted his countrey These princes and lordes made them redy with great nombre of men of armes of almaynes behaynoes and luxambroses and so came to the frenche kyng also kyng PhilyppÌ send to the duke of Lorayne who came to serue hym with CCC speares also ther came therle samynes in Samynoes therle of Salebrugâ the erle of Flaunders the erle Wyllyam of Namure euery man with a fayre coÌpany ⪠ye haue harde here before of the order of thenglysshmen howe they went in thre batayls the marshalles on the right hande and on the lyft the kyng and the prince of Wales his sonne in the myddes They rode but small iourneys and euery day toke their lodgynges bytwene noone and thre of the clocke and founde the countrey so frutefull that they neded nat to make no êuisy on for their hoost but all onely for wyne and yet they founde reasonably sufficyent therof It was no marueyle though they of the countrey were afrayed for before that tyme they had neuer sene men of warre nor they wyst nat what warre or batayle ment they fledde away as ferr as they might here spekyng of thenglysshmen and left their houses well stuffed and graunges full of corne they wyst nat howe to saue and kepe it yâ kynge of Englande and the prince had in their batayle a thre thousand men of armes and sixe thousande archers and a ten thousande men ãâã fote besyde them that rode with the marshals Thus as ye haue harde the kyng rodeforth wastynge and brennyng the countrey without brekyng of his order he left the cytie of Constance and went to a great towne called saynt Lowe a rych towne of drapery and many riche burgesses in that towne ther were dwellyng an .viii. or nynescore burgesses crafty men ⪠Whanne the kynge came ther he toke his lodgyng without for he wolde neuer lodge in the towne for feare of fyre but he sende his men before and anone yâ towne was taken and clene robbed It was harde to thynke the great ryches that there was won in clothes specially clothe wolde ther haue ben solde good chepe yf ther had ben any byers thaÌ the kynge went towarde Cane the which was a greatter towne and fall of drapery and other marchauntdyse and riche burgesses noble ladyes and damosels and fayre churches and specially two great riche abbeys one of the Crynyte another of saynt Stephyn And on the one syde of the towne one of the fayrest castels of all Normandy and capitayne therin was Robert of Blargny with thre hundred genowayes and in the towne was therle of Ewe and of Guynes constable of Fraunce and therle of Tankernyll with a good nombre of men of warr The king of England rode that day in good order and logedde all his batayls togyder that night a two leages fro Cane in a towne with a lytell hauyn called Naustreham and thyder caÌe also all his nauy of shyppes with therle of Huntyngdone who was gouernour of them The coÌstable and other lordes of France that nyght watched well the towne of Cane and in the mornyng armed them with all them of the towne Than the constable ordayned that none shulde yssue out but kepe their defences on the walles gate bridge and ryuer and left the subbarbes voyde bycause they were nat closedde for they thought they shulde haue ynough to do to defende the towne bycause it was nat closedde but with the ryuer they of the towne saybe howe they wolde yssue out for they were strong ynough to fyght with the kyng of Englande Whan the coÌllable sawe their good wyls he sayd in the name of god he it ye shall nat fyght without me Than they yssued out in good order and made good face to fyght and to defende theym and to putte their lyues in aduenture ¶ Of the batayle of Cane and howe thenglysshmen toke to towne Cap. C .xxiiii. THe same day thenglyssh men rose erly and apayrelled them redy to go to Cane the kyng harde noyse before the sonne rysing And than toke his horse and the prince his son with sir Godfray of Harcourt marshall and leader of the hoost whose counsayle the kyng moche folowed Than they drewe towarde Cane with their batels in good aray and so aproched the good towne of Cane WhauÌe they of the towne who were redy in the felde sawe these thre batayls commyng in good order with their baners and staÌdeâdes wauynge in the wynde and the archers the which they had nat ben accustomed to se they were sore afrayd and fledde away toward the towne without any order or good aray for all that the constable coulde do than the englysshmen pursued them egerly Whan the constable and the erle of of TaÌkernyll sawe that they toke a gate at the entry and saued theÌselfe and certayne with
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 âtes 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 caÌe 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 caÌe 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 MoÌbray The fourth the lorde Edwarde de Baylleule captayne of Berwyke the archbysshopp of Canterbury and the lorde Rose euery batayle had lyke noÌbre 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 remeÌbre theym aswell or better as thoughe her lorde the kyng were ther personally Than the quene departed fro them recoÌmendyng 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 theÌglysshmen 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 caÌe 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 thanÌe 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 coÌmaundyng 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 incoÌtynent 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 caÌe 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 ãâã I requyre your grace be nat myscontent with me though I dyde nat delyuer the kynge of Scottes at the coÌmaundement 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 thaââe 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
stryken of than euery man requyred the kyng for mercy but he wolde here no maÌin that behalfe than sir Gaultier of MaÌny 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 coÌpany Than the kyng wryed away fro hym and coÌmaunded 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 geÌtyll sir syth I passed the see in great parell I haue despred nothyng of you therfore nowe I huÌbly 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 soÌe other place ye make suche request to me yâ I can nat âeny 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 EnglaÌd 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 MaÌny 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 caÌe 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 ameÌded all thynges within the towne and sir JohnÌ de Uien and his coÌpany 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 FraÌce 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 êties 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 LoÌdon .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 LoÌdon 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 brâgant 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 aueÌtures somtyme to the frenchmen and somtyme to thenglysshmen alwayes the poore brigantes wanne in robyng of townes and castels And some therby came riche so that they were made capitayns of other brigantes there were some well worthe .xl. thousande crownes often tymes they wold spy
to forgyue hym your yuell wyll and by the grace of god he shall so bere hymselfe frohens forwarde that you and all the people of France shal be pleased with hym than the constable and the marshalles went agayne for the king of Nauer and so brought hym into the kynges presence and ther he stode bytwene the two quenes Than the cardynall sayd sir kyng of Nauer the kyng my maister is nat well coÌtent with you for the dede that ye haue done it nede nat to be rehersed for ye haue publysshed it yourselfe by youre owne writyng so that euery man doth knowe it ye ar so bounde to the kyng that ye ought nat thus to haue done ye be of his blode so nere as euery man knoweth that ye ought to holde of hym also ye haue wedded his doughter where fore your trespasse is the greatter Howe beit at the instaunce and loue of these ladyes the quenes who hath effectuously requyred for you and also the kyng thynketh that ye dyde it wtout great aduysement and by small counsayle therfore the kyng pardoneth you with good hert and wyll Than the two quenes and the kynge of Nauer kneled downe and thanked the kynge than the cardynall sayd agayne let euery man fro hensforthe beware though he be of the kynges lynage to do any suche lyke dede for surely though he be the kynges sonne if he do any suche to the leest offycer parteyning to the kyng he shall abyde the iustyce of the realme in that case than the court brake vp and so euery man departed The .xxi. day of Marche a knyght baneret of the lowe marchesse called sir Reynolde of Presigny lorde of Maraunt besyde Rochell was drawen and hanged on the gybette by iudgement of the parlyament and by the kynges couÌsayle the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .liiii. in the moneth of August The erle of Harcourt and sir Loyes his brother counsayled with the frenche kyng ⪠and as it was sayde they shewed the kyng all the mater of the dethe of the constable and in SepteÌbre the cardynall of Bolayne went to Auygnon some sayd the kyng was dyspleased with hym Howe be it the space of a yere that he had ben in France he was as preuy with the kynge as any other The same season there went out of the realme of France the lorde Robert de Lorris chaÌberlayne with the kyng and if the kyng had takyn hym in his yre some thought it shulde haue cost hym his lyfe bycause it was noysed that he had shewed to the kynge of Nauerre certayne secretes of the frenche kyng in like wyse as the lordes of Harecourt had shewed the kyng of Nauers secretes to the frenche kyng In the moneth of Nouembre the kyng of Nauer went out of Normandy without knowledge of the french kyng and sported hym in dyuers places tyll he came to Auygnon ⪠and in the same moneth the archebysshop of Rowan chanceler of Fraunce the duke of Burbone and dyuers other englysshe lordes wente to Auygnon to the pope to treat for a peace bytwene the kynges of England and of France And also the same moneth the frenche kyng went into Normandy to Cane and toke in his handes all the landes of the kynge of Nauers and set in his offycers in euery towne and castell except sixe that is to say Eareur Pontheu Chirburge Gaurey Auranges and Mortaygne these wolde nat yelde vp for ther were naueroys within theym that answered and sayd they wolde nat delyuer vp their townes castels but all onely to the kyng of Nauer their lorde who had sette them there In the moneth of January by saue conduct caÌe the lorde Robert de Lorris to the frenche kyng and was a .xv. dayes at Parys or he coude speke with the kyng and whan he had spoken with hym yet he was nat reconsyled at the full but returned agayne into Auygnon by the ordynance of the kynges counsell to be as one of them that were ther for the treaty bytwene Englande and France In the ende of February tidynges caÌe howe trewse was taken bytwene the sayde two kynges to endure to the feest ⪠of saynt JohnÌ Baptyst and in the mean tyme the pope to do what he myght to make a further peace And therfore he sende messangers to bothe kynges that they shulde sende further authorite by their embassadours to conclude on an other maner of peace The same moneth the frenche kyng made newe money of fyne golde called florence of the lambe for in the pyell there was grauyn a lambe .lii. of theym went to a marke weyght and after they were made the kynge made .xlviii. to goo for a marke weyght and the course of all other floreÌs was prohibyted The same moneth sir GraÌchet be Lore came to Parys to speke with the kynge as messanger fro the kyng of Nauer and he retourned agayne in February bare with hym a letter of saue coÌduct to the kyng of Nauer the same yere about lent came dyuers englysshmen nere to the towne of Nauntê in Bretayne and entred into the castell by scalyng a .lii. but sir Guy of Rochfort who was captayn was as than in the towne he dyd somoche with assaut that the same nyght he wanne the castell agayne and all thenglysshmen taken and slayne At Easter the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lv. kyng Johan of France sent into NormaÌdy his eldest son Charles dolphyn of Uienoys to be his lieutenaÌt ther and there he taryed all that somer and the men of the contre grauÌted hym .iii. M. meÌ of armes tor thre mouethes Also in the moneth of august the kyng of Nauer came out of Nauer to the castell of Chierburge in Constantyne and with hym a .x. M. men of warr one and other Ther were dyuers treates coÌmuned of bytwene the kyng of Nauer and the frenche kyng but suche as were in the castell of Eurur and Pontheau robbed pylled the countre all about And some of them came to the castell of Couches the whiche was as than in the french handes and wan it and newe fortifyed it many thynges dyde the nauereys agaynst the frenchmen finally the .ii. kynges were agreed Than the kyng of Nauer went to the castell of Uernell to the dolphyne he brought the kyng of Nauer to Parys and yâ xxiiii day of SepteÌbre the kyng of Nauer and the dolphyn came to the frenche kyng to the castell of Lour Than the kyng of Nauerr made his reuerence and excused hymselfe honorably in that he departed out of the realme of France and also he sayd it was shewed hym how yâ kynge shulde nat be well content with hym Than yâ frenche kynge desyred hym to shewe what they were that had made that report than he answered that syth the deth of the coÌstable he had don nothyng agaynst the french kyng but as a true man ought to haue done Howe beit he desyred the french kyng to pardon euery thyng promysynge to be true
archers before them there was a sore and a harde batayle but they of Laon returned to their cytie and dyd no good and the other frenchmen abode and fought longe Howe beit the iourney was nat for them there the erle of Roucy was sore hurt and takyn prisoner also ther was taken the lorde Gerarde of Canency and the lorde of MoÌtegny dyuers other menne of armes Thus the erle of Roucy was twyse takefie in lasse space than a yere the lorde Eustace Dambretycourt in the same season helde in Champayne a seuyn hundred fightyng men he wanne great rychesse ther in rauÌsomyng of men in Uendages in to w ãâ¦ã ãâã les and sauccoââcles He helde vnder hym ãâã twelfe fortresses he was as than a lully louer âabper amours and after he maryed the lady Isabell of Jullyers somtyme boughter to therle of Jullyers This lady also loued the lorde ãâ¦ã ace for the gret noblenes of armes yâ she had herd reported of hym and she send often tymes to hym coursers hackeneys with letters of loue wherby the sayde sir Eustace was the more harây in all his dedes of armes so that euery man âan greatly that was vnder hym ¶ Of the thre quenes the naueroise that were besiged by the duke of Normandy in Melune Cap. C lxxxxvii AFter the yeldyng vp of saint âalery as ye haue herde before the duke of Normandy assembled togyder a thre thousande speares and departed fro Parys wente and layed siege before Melune on the ryuer of Sayne yâ which was kept by the naueroyse Within the same towne there were thre quenes the first quene Jane aunt to the kyng of Nauer soÌtyme wyfe to kyng Charles of France The seconde quene Blanch somtyme wyfe to kynge Philyppe of Fraunce and suster to the kynge of Nauerr The thârâe the quene of Nauer suster to the duke of Norman dy the which duke was nat at the siege hymself but he sende thyder the lorde Morell of FyeÌnes constable of Fraunce the erle of saynt Poule the lorde Arnold DaÌdrehen marshall of France the lorde Arnold of Coucy the bysthop of Troy the lorde Broquart of Fenastrages Peter du Bare Philyppe of Armoyes and other to the nombre of thre thousande speares who bes ãâ¦ã Melune rounde aboute And they brought fro Parys many engyns and springalles the whiche night and day dyd cast into the sortres and also they made dyuers sore assautes The naueroyse within were sore abasshed and specially the thre quenes who wolde glably that yâ siege had been reysed they cared nat hoââe But the captayns the lorde JohnÌ Pypes and yâ lorde JohaÌn Carbenauxe sayd to them sayre ladyes bismay you nat for one of these dayesyeâhall se the siegereysed For the kyng of Nauerre hath sende vs worde who is at Uernon and also sir Philyp of Nauer his brother howe they haue reysed a certayne company of men of warre at Maunt and at Meleux to reyse this siege And also all the men of warre of all the garysons naueroyse woll come with them ou the other part the duke of Normandy who knewe that the naueroyse were about to reyse the siege rerayned soudyours on all parties and euer dyd send theÌ to the siege of Melune Than ther were certen good people yâ besyed them selfe to haue a peace bytwene the kynge of Nauerr and the duke of Normandy and as than was styll in Fraunce the cardynall of Piergourt and the cardynall of Angell and they with other dyd somoche that a day was taken of trewse to be holden at Uernon And thyder came the duke of Normandy and his counsayle and the kyng of Nauer and the lorde Philyppe his brother and their counsaylles there a peace was made and the king of Nauer sware to be good frenche and in the same peace were coÌprised a thre hundred knightes and squyers to whom the duke ê doned his yuell wyll yet the duke excepted certayne other to whom he wold gyue no ê don To this peace the lorde Philyppe of Nauer wolde in nowyse agre but sayd to the kyng his brother ho we he was enchauÌted dyd sore agaynst the kyng of Englande to whom he was a lyed The which kyng had alwayes ayded and conforted hym so the lorde Philyppe departed fro his brother all onely with four persons and rode in hast to saynt Sauyour le Uycont the which was a garyson englysshe And capitayne there vnder the kyng of Englande was sir Thomas Agorne of Englande who receyued the lorde Philyp ioyfully and sayde howe he had aquyted hymselfe trewely to the kyng of Englande ¶ Howe the broquart of Fenestrages and other frenchmen ordayned their bataylles agaynst the lorde Eustace Dambretycourt englysshe in Champaigne Cap. C lxxxxviii BI the treaty of this peace the kynge of Nauer had certaine townes and castels in Normandy in peace the which before were in debate and specially Mant Meulencke Also ther was a peace made bytwene the duke of NormaÌdy and the yong erle of Harcourt a great part by the meanes of the lorde Loyes of Harecourt who was of the dukes couÌsayle and of his house And the duke gaue to the same erle in mary age yâ doughter of the duke of Burbone suster to the duches of Normandy Thus the siege brake vp before Melune and the towne abode freÌche yet for all this peace the realme of France was inuaded a great warre made therin asmoche as was before or more for as than the truse bytwene Englande and Fraunce was expyred So suche men of warre as before had made warre in the iytell of the kyng of Nauer in Fraunce in Normandy in Burgone in Picardy in Champaigne in Brey and in Beaufe Than they made agayne as great warre in the tytell of the kyng of Englande for all the peace ther was no fortresse that wolde tourne frenche for the companyons and men of warr hadde lerned so well to robbe and pyll the countrey and to raunsome the people that they coude nat leaue for of two thousand that had a ten or twelfe horses of their owne if they wolde haue made no more warre in a shorte tyme shulde haue been fayne to haue gone a fote After the breakynge vp of the siege at Melune the duke of Normandy desyred the lorde Broquart of Fenestrages who was of the nacyon of Lorayne and had with hym in wagê a fyue hundred coÌpanyons that he wolde helpe to driue out of Champaygne the englysshmen suche as made dayly warre in that countre He agreed therto with a certayne somme of florens that he shuld ⪠haue for hym and his men Than there assembled togyder men of warr of ChaÌpaigne of Burgoyne the bysshoppe of Troy therle of Uadumont the erle of Jouy the lorde JohaÌn Chalon and the lorde Broquart of Fenestrages they were a two thousande speares and .xv. C. of other And so they caÌe to the stroÌg castell of Hans in Champaigne the whiche the englysshmen had kepte a yere and a halfe they
same season on a day certayne of the coÌpany 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 MaucoÌsel 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 noÌbre 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 chaÌbre 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 âynge 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 theââect therin was so preiudyciall to them am ⪠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 EnglaÌde And whan the french kyng vnderstode how the realme of Fraunce wolde nat agre to his apoyntmeÌt he sayd a sonne Charles ye be couÌsayled by the kyng of Nauerre who deceyueth you woll deceyue suche .xl. as ye be And whaÌ the kyng of EnglaÌd knewe their report he sayd well or wynter be past I shall entre into the realme of France so puysantly ãâã 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 JohaÌn of Craon archbysshop of Reynes and they of the cytie of Parys and of the couÌtre ther about with a certayne knightes and squiers of the countie of âethell and Laon went and layed siege to the castell of âoucy 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 coÌmons 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 thanÌe hole of his hurtes but styll as prisonere Than they sende Faucon the haraulde to therle of Uandumant and to sir Henry âueâellart 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
the kynges hoost and all the caryages bytwene both hoostes the whiche order these straÌgers lyked maruelusly well ¶ Whan these straÌgers 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 coÌpany 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 soÌwhat 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 plaâes and stronge castelles in the realme to be the more surer of theÌ and the frenche kyng was set in the towre of LoÌdon 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 coÌmaunded 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 coÌstable 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 JohaÌne and sir Edmonde Than sir Henry duke of Lancastre sir JohnÌ erle de la Marche coÌstable 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 SyluaÌâyer sir James Awdeley sir Bartylmewe de Brunes ãâã lorde of Salyche sir Stephyn Gonsanton sir Hewe Hastynges sir JohaÌn 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 couÌtre 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
otes and whete had nat come to them out of Heynault and Cambresis the people in Arthoyes UermaÌdoys and in the bysshoprike of Laone and Reynes had dyed for huÌger And the kyng of Englande or he departed out of his owne realme herde of the great famyne in that countre He and all his lordes brought prouysion with them except otes and strawe wherfore they made as good shyft for their horses as they might Also the season was sore reyning weyt the which dyd them great trouble and their horses also for moost part day and night it reyned without cease so that wyne that yere was lytell worth THe kyng of England rode by small iourneys tyll he aproched Balpausmes and I shall shewe you of an adueÌture that fyll to sir Galahault of Rybamont a right hardy and an expert knyght of Picardy ye shall knowe that all the townes cyties castelles and passages which way the kyng went were surely kept for euery towne in Picardy tooke in soudyours at their wages for their suretie The erle of saynt Poule with two hundred speares was in the cytie of Arras the constable of Fraunce was at Amyense the lorde of Monsalt at Corby sir Edwarde of Rancy and sir Ingram of Hedyn at Balpausmes sir Baudwyn Dannekyns maister of the crosbowes at saynt Nuyntines And thus in euery towne and cytie for they knewe playnly that the kyng of Englande wolde come and ley siege to Reynes so it was that they of Peron in Uermandoys the whiche was in the kyng of Englandes way had no capitayne nor ruler of their towne and the englysshmen aproched dayly wherfore they were nat well at their ease This towne standeth on the ryuer of SoÌe and thenglysshmen lightly euer folowed the ryuers at last they of Peron remembred them of sir Galahaut of Rybamont who was nat receyued as capitayne into any towne and as they were enfourmed he was as than at Tourney Than they sende courtesse letters to hym desyryng that he wolde helpe to kepe their towne of Perone with suche company as he coude gette and promysed to gyue him for his owne person euery day twentie fraÌkes and for euery knight vnder hym ten for euery speare with thre horses one franke a day Sir Galahaut who desyred to exercyse the feat of armes and sawe howe he was desyred of theÌ of Peron his neyghburs he lightly agreed to them And sende theÌ worde howe he wolde be with them the seconde day after he prepared hym and gette suche company as he coude and so departed fro Tourney with a thyrtie with hym and alwayes his nombre encreased And he sende to sir Roger of Coloyne to mete with hym at a certayne place apoynted and this sir Roger came thyder with a twentie with hym So that at last this ser Galahaut had a fyftie speares and lodged one night a êchynge to Peron warde within two leages of thenglysshe hoost in a lytell vyllage in the feldes the whiche was all boyde for all the people of the countrey were fledde into the forteresses The next mornyng they defmyned to entre into Peron for they were nat farre thens and whan it was after supper about the hour of mydnight and that they had sette their watche and iangeled one to another of dyuers maters than ser Galahault sayde we shal be to morowe betymes at Peron but yet or we entre I shall counsell that we ryde to the froÌter of our enemyes for I thinke there be some among theym that to auaunce themselfe or to seke for some forage woll come abrode in the mornyng we may fortune to mete with suche that shall pay for our scotte To this agreed all his company and kept it secrete and at the brekyng of the day they were redy their horses sadled and so rode forthe in good order and went out of the way to Peron and coosted the wodes to se if they coude fynde any adueÌtur And so came to a vyllage where the people had fortyfied the church there sir Galahaut a lighted for he knewe well there was bredde wyne other vitaylles and they within offered hym to take what he wolde And whyle they were ther sir Galahalt called to him two squyers wherof Bridoll of Tallone was one and he sayd to theÌ sirs go and ryde forth into the foldes and dyscouer the countre euery way and loke if ye se any thynge and come hyder agayne we woll abyde you here These two squyers well horsed rode forthe into the feldes and went to a wood halfe a leage thense the same mornynge was ryden forthe sir Renault of Boulant an almaygne of the company of the duke of LaÌcasters and was returnyng agayne And so he came to the same place where the two squyers were they wende they had ben some men of armes of the countre that had been ther in a busshement at last they spyed well howe they were almaygnes ThanÌe the two squyers spake toguyder and sayd we must fayne vs to be of their partie than sir Renault of Boulant spake to them and demauÌded what they were in the language of Almaygne Bridoll answered who coude well speke that laÌgage and sayd sir we be êtayning to sir Bartylmewe de Bonnes Why wher is sir Bartylmewe sayd sir Renolde sir sayd they he is in yaÌder vyllage and why dothe he tary there sayde the knyght sir sayde they for vs. Hesende vs abrode to se if we coude fynde any forage abrode in the countre by my fayth sayd the knyght her is none for I haue ryden all this mornyng and canne fynde nothyng wherfore go ryde to hym and bydde hym come away and let vs ryde togyder toward saynt Quyntines to se if we can fynde ther any better market or any good adueÌture Sir sayd the squyer who be you that wolde haue hym in your coÌpany they call me ê the knyght Renolde of Boulande say so to sir Bartylmewe Than the two squiers returned to the vyllage assone as sir Galahault sawe them he demaunded what tidynges haue ye any thing sone yes sir ê they we haue sene ynough Sir in yander wood is sir Renold of Boulant with xxx with hym and he hath ryden all this morning he desyreth sore to haue you in his company to ryde togyder towardesaynt Quyntines what ê sir Galahaut what say you Sir Renolde of Boulant is a knight of Almayne and reteyned with the kyng of Englande all yâ sir we knowe well sayde the squyers and howe departed you than fro hym sayde sir Galahaut I shall shewe you sayd sir Bridoll than he shewed hym all the wordes that had ben bytwene them And whan sir Galahaut herde that he studyed a lytell and than demaunded counsayle of sir Ronger of Colayne and of suche other knightes as were ther what was best than to do They answered and sayde sir ye desyre euer to fynde aduentur and syth they fall in your handes take theym for alwayes by right of armes a man ought to
greue his ennemy To this counsayle lightly agreed sir Galahault who was desyrous to fynde his enemyes he lept on his courser and dyd on his basenet with a vyser bycause he wolde natte be knowen and so dyd all his coÌpany Than they yssued out of the vyllage and toke the feldes determyned what they wolde do and so rode on the right hande to warde the wode wher sir Reynold taryed for them and they were a. lxâ men of armes and sir Renolde had nat past a. xââ whan sir Renolde sawe theym he displayed his bauer before hym and came softely ridynge towarde them wenyng to hym that they had been englysshmen WhanÌe he aproched he lyft vp his vyser and saluted sir Galahaut in the name of ser Bartylmewe de Bonnes Sir Galahaut helde hymselfe styll secrete and answered but fayntly and sayd lette vs ryde forth and so rode on and his men on the one syde and the almaygnes on the other Whan sir Reynolde of Boulant sawe their maner and howe sir Galahaut rode somtyme by hym and spake no worde thaÌ he began to suspecte And he had nat ryden so the space of a quart of an houre but he stode styll vnder his baner among his men sayd sir I haue dout what knyght ye be I thynke ye be nat sir Bartylmewe de Bonnes for I knowe hym well and I se well that it is nat you I woll ye tell me yoâ name or I ryde any farther in your company Therwith sir Galahaut lyft vp his vyser rode towardes the knyght to haue taken hym by the raygne of his bridell and cryed our lady of Rybamont than sir Roger of Coloyne sayde Coloyne to the rescue Whan sir Renold of BoulaÌt sawe what case he was in he was nat greatly afrayed but drewe out his swerde and as ser Galahaut wolde haue taken hym by the bridell sir Reynolde put his swerde clene throught hym drue agayne his swerd out of hym and toke his horse with the spurres and left sir Galahaut sore hurt And whan sir Galahaltes men sawe their maister in that case they were sore dyspleased sette on sir Renaldes men ther were many cast to the yerth but assoone as sir Renolde had gyuen sir Galahaut that stroke he strake his horse with the spurres and toke the feldes Than certayne of Galahaultes squyers chased hym and whan he sawe that they folowed him so ner that he must other tourne agayne or els beshamed Lyke a hardy knight he tourned and abode the tormast and gaue hym suche a stroke yâ he had no more lyst to folowe him And thus as he rode on he serued thre of them that folowed hym and wouÌded them sore if a good are had ben in his handes at euery stroke he had stayne a man He dyd so moche that he was out of the daunger of the frenchmen and saued hymselfe without any hurt the which his enemyes reputed for a gret prowes and so dyd all other yâ herde therof but his men were ner slayne or taken but fewe that were saued And sir Galahault was caryed fro thense sore hurt to Perone of that hurte he was neuer after perfetly hole for he was a knyght of suche courage that for all his hurt he wolde nat spare hymselfe wherfore he lyued nat longe after Nowe lette vs retourne to the kyng of Englande and she we howe he layed his siege to the ãâã of Reynes ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande besieged the cite of Reynes and of the castell of Chargny taken by thenglysshmen And of the warre that began agayne bytwene the duke of NormaÌdy and the kyng of Nauer Cap. C C .viii. THe englysshmen dyde somoche that they passed Atthoyes where they founde a poore contrey and so entred into Cambresis where they founde a better market for there was nothyng put into the fortresses bycause they thought theÌselfe well assured of the kyng of Englande and his coÌpany bycause they helde of th empyre but yâ kyng of Englande thought nat so The kyng went lodged at Beauuoyes in Cambresis and ther he abode a foure dayes to refresshe them their horses and ouer ranne the moost part of CaÌbresis the bysshoppÌ Pyer of Cambray and the couÌsaylles of the lordes of the countrey good townes by saue conduct send certayne messangers so the kyng of Englande to knowe by what tytell he made warre to them They were answered it was bycause in tyme paste they had made alyance and conforted the frenchmen and mayntened them in their townes and forteresses and in maner made warre as their enemyes Wherfore the englysshmen sayd they might well by yâ reason make warre agayne to them Other answere coude they haue non wherfore they of CaÌbresys were fayne to bere their damages aswell as they might Thus the kyng of England passed through Cambresis and so went into Thierache his men ranne ouer the countrey on both sydes and toke forage wher they might gette it On a day sir Bartylme we de Bonnes ranne before saynt Quintyne and by adueÌture he mette with the capitayne therof called sir Baudewyn Danekyn Ther was a great fray bytwene theÌ and many ouerthrowen on bothe partes finally the englysshmen obtayned the vyctorie and sir Baudwyn taken prisoner by yâ Bartylmew of Bonnes Than thenglysshmen retourned to the kyng who was lodged at the abbey of Fenney where they had vitaylles ynought for them and for their horses And than rode forthe without any lette tyll they came into the marches of Reynes the kynge tooke his lodgynge at saynt Wall beyonde Reynes and the prynce of Wales at saynt Thierry Than the duke of Lancastre and other erles barownes and knyghtes were lodged in other vyllages aboute Reynes they had nat all their case for they were there in the hert of wynter about saynt Andrewes tyde with great wyndes and rayne and their horses yuell lodged and entreated for all the countrey a two or thre yere before the yerth had nat benla boured Wherfore there was no forage to gette abrode vnder .x. or .xii. leages of wherby there were many frayes somtyme theÌglisshmen wan and somtyme lost In the good cytie of Reynes at that tyme was capitayne sir JohnÌ of Craon archbysshoppe of the same place and the erle of Porcyen and sir He we of Porcyen his brother the lorde de la Bonne the lorde of Canency the lorde of Annore the lorde of Lore and dyuerse other lordes knyghtes and squyers of the marches of Reyns They defended the cytie so well that it tooke no damage the siege duryng they cytie was stronge and well kept The kynge of England also wolde nat suffre any assaut to be made bycause he wolde nat traueyle nor hurte his people The kynge abode there at this siege fro the feest of saynt Andre we to the beginnyng of lent they of the host rode often tymes abrode to fynde some adueÌture some into the couÌtie of Rethell to Warke to Maysey to Douchery Moyson and wolde
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 ãâã .lvii. lviii and .lix. He sayde in those yeres the pryncis and gentylmen of the realme ãâã ãâã for feare shewe them selfe agaynst the people ãâã lowe estate assembled of all cou ãâ¦ã without heed or Capitayne and they shulde ãâã as they lyste in the realme of Fraunce the whiche ãâã after as ye haue herde howe the companyons assembled theym to guether and ãâã ãâ¦ã son of theyr robbery and pyllage waââd riche and became great capitaynes NOWe lette vs retourne to the kynge of Englande Who laye at Bourge the Royne a two lyttell leages âro Parys and all his ooste towardes Mou ãâ¦ã 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 ãâã And whan the kynge sawe that he shulde hauâ no batayle he was sore âispleaseâ Than ãâã Gaulter of Manny desyred the kynge that he myght make a sârymyshe 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 Waâer 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 Collaââ Dambreticourte sonne to syr Nicholas Who was squier for the kynges body but the squâeâ excused hym selfe he sayde he coulde nat fynde his Bassenette The lorde of Manny dyd his enterprise ⪠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 âammage This skrymyââ 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 ãâ¦ã ged and toke the waye towarde Moutleheây ⪠Certayne knyghtes of Englande and of Gaâcoyne 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 busshemeÌt in a voyd house a .iii. leages fro Parys There was the captall of Buz ⪠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 imbuâshement 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 Raââ 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 ⪠sir Gauwen of Ualouell sir Flaâant of Roy syr âelles of Cauilly syr Peter of âarmoises Peter of Sauoise and about ãâã âpeares in theyr coÌpany 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 busshemeÌt 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 amoÌg 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 êtie the lord of CaÌpremy 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 freÌche 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 MouÌtlehery 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 Bâauâse 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 meÌbrought the realme of FraÌce 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 couÌsaile moche of FraÌce was ruled good cause why Forâeuer his counsayle was good and true and with hym there were
syster And for that cause he had assembled there his counsaile as at that tyme. all they of his counsaile coude nat make hym to vary fro that pourpose and yet they counsaââed hym sore to the contrarie Diuers prelates and barones of Fraunce sayd howe he toke on hym a great foly as to put hym selfe in the daunger of the Kynge of Englande the kyng answered them and sayd Syrs I haue fouÌde in the kynge of England my brother and in yâ quene and their children so moche trouth and honour that I can nat prayse them to moche Wherfore I doubte me nothynge of them but that they wyll be to me ryght courtesse and true frende in all cases Also I wyll excuse my sonne the duke of Aniou of his returnyng into FraÌce To his wordes there were none that durst say the contrarie syth he was so determined ihym self Than the kyng ordeyned agayne his son the duke of Norman dye to be regent and gouernour of the realme of Fraunce vntyll his retourne agayne And there he promysed to the lorde Philyp his yong son that at his returne agayne he wolde make hym duke of Borgoyn and heriter of that duchie And whaÌ all his purueyaunce was redy accordynge to his entent and prouision at Bolloyn before hym than he departed from Amience and rode tyll he came to Hedyn and there kept his Christmas daye and thither came to se hym Loys erle of Flaunders there the kyng taried a .ii. or .iii. dayes And on InnoceÌtis day he departed fro Hedin ¶ Howe kynge JohnÌ of Fraunce returned into England where he dyed And how the duke of Normandy defended hym agaynst the naueroyse and how Mante and Meulent were taken And howe syr Bremont de la âall was discomfetted Ca. CC .xix. KIng JohnÌ dyd so moche by his iourneis that he came to Boloyn and lodged in the abbay and taried there tyll he had wynde at wyll and with hym was sir JohnÌ Artoyse Erle of Ewe the Erle Dampmartyn the great priour of Fraunce ãâã Boucequant Marshall of Fraunce sir Tristram of Maguelles sir Peter and syr JohnÌ Uillers ser JohnÌ of Anuil ser Nicholas Braque and diuers other knyghtes and squiers And whan theyr ships were all charged that the marâners saw they had good wind they gaue knowlege therof to the kyng so thaÌ the kyng entred into his ship aboute mydnyght and his people into other shippes and so longe they sayled yâ they arriued in Englande at Douer and that was the day before the vigill of the Epiphany Anoue tidynges came to the kyng of England and to the quene who were as than at Eltham a .vii. leages fro London that the frenche kyng was come a lande at Douer Than he sente thither diuers knyghtes of his house as ser Bartilmewe of Brunes sir Alayne of Bouquesels sir Richarde of Pennebruge and dyuers other They departed fro the kynge and rode toward Douer and founde there the frenche kynge and there they made great honoure and chere to hym and amonge other thynges they sayd howe the kynge theyrlorde was right ioyous of his comynge and the frenche kynge lyghtly beleued theym And the nexte day the kyng and all hys companie lepte on theyr horses and rode to Caunturburye and came thither to dyner and in entrynge in to the churche of saynt Thomas the kyng dyd ryght great reuerence ãâã offred to the Shâyââ a ryche ãâã ãâã ⪠And ãâ¦ã e the kynge tarâed t ãâ¦ã And on the ãâ¦ã de dare he departed and âoodâ towarde ãâ¦ã dou and at lastâ came to ãâ¦ã ame Where ãâ¦ã kynge oâ Englandâ was with a great nom ãâ¦ã hym Who recey ãâ¦ã His comynge thy ãâ¦ã after dyner and bitwene ãâ¦ã ther was great dauÌsyng ãâ¦ã There was the yonge lorde of ãâ¦ã ed hym selfe to daunce and ãâ¦ã t bothe frenche and englysshe ãâ¦ã olde hym ⪠ât became hym so ãâ¦ã all that ãâã he dyd I canne nat she we all ãâ¦ã honorably the kynge of Enââande and the quene receyued the freÌche kyng ãâ¦ã day they departed from Elthame ãâ¦ã to London So all maner of people ãâ¦ã of the âitie mette and receyued hym ãâã great reâerâce and he was brought with âreat ãâ¦ã through London to his lodgyng to Saâây the whiche was ordeined for ãâã And in the same castell were lodged suche ãâã his blodde as laye there in hostage First the ãâã of Orleaunce his brother and his sonne ãâã duke of Berrey his âosyâ the duke of Bout ãâã the ãâã of Alenson Guy of Bloys the erle ãâ¦ã Powle and dyuers other So thus yâ ãâ¦ã kynge taried there parte of that wynter âmong the lordes of his owne blodde right ioy ãâã and often tymes the kynge of Englande ãâã his children visited hym and the duke of âlarence the duke of Lancastre and the lorde ââmon one of the kynges soÌnes and so diuers ââmes they made great feastes to guether in dyâers âuppers and in diuers other pastymes at his lodgynge of Sauoy And whan it pleased âhe frenche kyng he went to the kynges palaice of WestmÌ secretây by the ryuer of Temes and often tymes these two kânges whan they met ââwayled the lorde James of Bourbon sayeng that it was great damage of hym and a great mysse of hym out of theyr coÌpany for it became hym right well to be among great lordes NOwe let vs leaue to speke of the frenche kyng and returne to the kyng of Ciper Who came to Aguillon to the prince of Wales his coâsyn who receyued hym right ioyously and in like wyse so dyd all yâ barones knyghtes and ãâ¦ã ers of Poictou and of âainton suche ãâã were about the prince as the vicouÌt of Thoâââ the yong lorde of Pouns the lorde of Perâââey syr Loys of âarcourt ãâã Guyssharde ââângle and of Englande sâr JohnÌâhandos ãâã Thomas Felton sir Nowell Lorwiche syr Richarde of Pountchardon sir Symon Bassell sir Baâd wyn of Franuill sir Daugorises and diuers other aswell of the same couÌtâey as of Englande The kyng of Ciper was well honored and feasted of the prince and of the prinâesse and of the sayde barones and knyghtes And there he taried more than a monethe and than ser JohnÌ Chandos ledde hym a sportynge aboute in xainton and Poictow and went and sawe the good towne of Rochell where he had âeast and there And whan he hadde visited the countrey than he retourned agayne to Angolesme and was at the great feast that the prince helde at that tyme where there were great plen tye of knyghtes and squiets and anone after yâ feast the kyng of Ciper toke leaue of the prince and of the knyghtes of the countrey but fyrst he shewed all theym principally wherfore he was come thither and why he had taken on hym the âedde crosse that he baâe and how the pope had confermed it and what dignite and priuilege perteyned to that voyage and howe the frenche kyng by deuocion and diuers other great lordes had enterprised and sworne the same ThaÌ
this fowage to ryn in their couÌtre Sayeng howe theyr resort hath ben alwayes in the chaÌbre of the freÌche kyng Of the whiche resorte the prince was sore displeased argued agaynst it and sayd they ought to haue no resorte ther affirmynge howe the french kyng had quyted all resortes iurisdyctions whan he reÌdred the landê of the kyng of England his as it is well apareÌt in the tenour of the charters of the peace Wherin it maketh playne meÌcion so that ther is no article reserued for the freÌch kyng in the peace To yâ answered agayne yâ gascons sayeng howe it was nat in the power of the frenche kyng to aquyte theÌ fro their resort for the prelates barons of cyties good townes of Gascone wolde neuer haue suffred it nor neuer wyll if it were to do agayn though the realme of FrauÌce shuld euer abyde in warr Thus yâ princes lordes of gascoyne susteyned styll their opinyon abode at Parys with the frenche kyng as therle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret therle of Pyergort the erle of Comygines and dyuers other And they dayly enformed the kyng howe the prince by his great pride presumpcion wolde trede them vnder and reyse vp newe thyngê in their countreis the whiche they sayd they wolde neuer suffre to be done consydering that their resorte was to hym Therfore they desyred yâ the prince shulde be apelled in to the chambre of êlyament before the peres of FrauÌce to answer ther to the grefes troubles that he wold do to them The french kyng who wolde entertayne these lordes of Gascone yâ this requyred him of ayde confort as their souerayne lorde And yâ they shulde drawe to none other court for lesynge of that seignory coÌdiscended to their request agaynst his wyll by cause he sawe well it shuld turne to haue opyn warr the which without a good tytell of reason he wolde be lothe to moue Also he sawe his realme sore troubled with coÌpanyons enemyes and also his brother the duke of Berry was in hostage in England therfore he toke great leyser in this case In the same season came into FrauÌce the lorde Guy of Ligny erle of s Poule without taking of any leaue of thenglysshmen by great subtylte the maner howe were to longe here to reherse therfore I wyll passe it ouer brefely This erle hated so the englysshmen that he coude say no good of them he dyd asmoche as he might that the freÌch kynge shulde coÌdiscend to the request of the gascons for he knewe well if the prince were apeled to the court of êlyament it shulde be a great occasion of mouyng of warr And to the opynion of the erle of s Poule was agreed dyuers prelates erles barons knightes of the realme of FraÌce and they sayd to the kyng howe that the kyng of England had nat well kept the peace whervnto he was sworne and had sealed to acordinge to the tenor of the treaty made at Bertiguin besyde de Charters after coÌfermed at Calays For they sayd thenglysshmen hath hated the realme of FrauÌce more syth the peace was made than they dyde before And sir this that we say ye shall fynde of trouth if ye cause the charters of the peace to be reed to the which the kyng of England his son are bounde by their faithe othe Than the kynge to be better enformed of the trouthe and to kepe the rightes of his realme caused to be brought into the chaÌbre of counsell all the charters of the peace made them to be reed ouer often tymes the better to examyne the poyntes artycles coÌprised in theÌ And amonge other ther was one submyssion wheron the kyng and his counsayle arested moost bycause it spake clerely and playnly of that they loked for the tenour wherof here after foloweth EDward by the grace of god kyng of england lorde of Irlande of Acquitayn To all them that this present letters seyth We send gretyng knowe you all that in the finall last acorde and peace made bytwene vs oure right dere brother the french kyng are conteyned two artycles coÌprisyng the forme folowing The first is wher it is sayde that the foresayd kynges are bounde to cause to be coÌfermed all the sayd artycles coÌprised in the peace by the ho la father the pope and so to be delyuerd by sentence fro the court of Rome touchyng the êfection accoÌplysshment of this present treaty so to be delyuerd to the êties at lest within thre wekes after the french kyng shulde be aryued at Calys Also to th entent that these artycles treaties passed shulde be the more ferme stable ther shulde be made certayne bondes delyuered as foloweth That is to say letters sealed with seales of bothe kynges and their eldest sonnes suche as shulde be deuysed by the counsayles of bothe kynges And also the sayd kynges their children shulde swere other of gret lynage to the noÌbre of .xx. that they shulde kepe and ayde to be kept asmoche as in theÌ lyeth all the sayd artycles acorded agreed and to acoÌplysshe the same without fraude or male engin And also that bothe kynges shuld do the best of their powers all their freÌdes to bring all the rebels into obeysance acordyng to the forme of the truce and also that bothe kyngê shulde submyt theÌselfe their realmes to the correction of the pope to th eÌtent that he shulde coÌstreyne by censuries of the churche who so euer shulde rebell to fall to concorde peace And besyde that bothe kynges their heyres by othe and assurance shulde renouÌce all graces prosses of any dede done by theÌ and though by disobeysance rebellyon or puyssance of any of the subgettê of the french kyng wherby the kyng shulde be let to accomplysshe all the sayd artycles yet the kyng of England nor his heyres for all that shuld make no warr to the realme of FraÌce but both kynges togyder shulde enforce theÌselfe to reduce the rebels to peace concorde also though the subgettê of the kyng of England wolde nat rendre the townes castels or fortresses which they helde in the realme of Fraunce the whiche ought to be delyuerd by reason of the peace or by any other iust cause wherby the kyng of englande shulde be let to acoÌplysshe that he ought to do by reason of this treaty Than both kynges togyder shuld make warr agaynst such rebels to bring theÌ to good obeysance to recouer suche townes castels fortresses to delyuer theÌ ther as they ought to be And of this shulde ther be made as êfyte as sure bandes as coude be deuysed aswell by the holy father the pope and the coledge of cardynalles as by other Also ther was another artycle in the same treaty sayeng thus In token perfyte knowlege that we desyre to haue to norisshe êpetuall peace loue bytwene vs and our brother
maner as this archebysshop went aboute prechynge and shewyng the right quarel of the frenche kyng in the bondes and lymitacions of Languedoc there were in Pycardy dyuerse other prelates and clerkes who well and sufficieÌtly dyd their deuours to shewe and to preche the sayd quarel of the frenche kynge to the comon people of cyties and good townes and specially sir WylliaÌ of âormans preched the sayd quarel fro cite to citie and fro towne to towne so wysely and so notably that all that harde hym lent them selfe to his opinion so that the busynesse of the realme was by hym and by his wordes so coloured that it was marnayle to speke therof And besyde that the frenche kyng hym selfe was so moued with deuocion that he caused to be made contynual processions by the clergie and hym selfe and the quene wolde go bare foote requyrynge and besechynge god deuoutely to assist and mainteyne the right of the realme of France the whiche hath ben a season in great tribulacion And also the kynge caused all his subiectes by the constreynte of the prelates to do the same In lyke maner dyd the kynge of EnglaÌd in his realme There was a bysshop that tyme at London who made many prechynges and declaracions shewyng the people that the freÌche kynge by great wronge hadde renewed the warre And that he dyd was agayngste ryght and good reason and that he proued by diuers artycles and poyntes openely shewed to saye trouth it was of necessite that both kyngê syth they were determyned to make warre to shewe to their people the ordre and cause of their quarelles so that they myght with the better wyls helpe and ayde theyr lordes of the whiche they were all awakened both in the one realme and other The kynge of Englande sent into Brabant and Haynault to knowe if he myght geat any ayde there and desired duke Aulbert who had in rule and gouernance the countie of Heynault at that tyme that he wolde open his couÌtrey to suffre hym to go and come and to abide there if nede were and that waye to passe into the realme of France with his army The duke Aulbert at the requeste of the kynge of EnglaÌd his vncle and at the desyre of the quene his auÌte lyghtly condyscended to theyr desyres by the ayde and good mocyon of Edwarde Duke of Guerles who was of the kynge of Englandes parte For he wedded the dukes doughter and by the duke of Julyers his cousyn germayne These two at that tyme were in faythe and homage bouÌde to the kyng of EnglaÌde by whom they were desyred that they shulde retaygne eche of them the nombre of a thousande speares at his coste and charge Wherfore these .ii. lordes aduysed well that it shulde be good for the kynge of Englande to geatte alied to hym the duke Aulbert Who was sore tempted therto by them and by great gyftes that the kynge of Englande promysed hym by suche knyghtes as he hadde sente vnto hym But Whan the lorde of Comynges who was about the freÌche kynge herde therof he returned into Heynaulte and by the counsayle of the lorde JohnÌ Werthyn sâ neschall of Heynaulte by whom all the countrey was moste gouerned and was a wyse and a valiant knyght and was good freÌche in hart he was so well beloued with the duke duchesse that he brake the purpose of the englisshe messaÌgers for by the helpe of therle of Bloys and of ser JohnÌ of Bloys his brother the lorde Ligny and of the lorde BarbaÌson the duke and all his countrey abode as neuter and held with none of both partes And this answere made Jane duchesse of Brabant Kynge Charles of FraÌce who was sage wyse and subtyle had wrought about this treatie .iii. yere before knewe well he had good frendes in Heynault Brabant specially the most parte of the couÌsailours of the great lordes and to colour to make his warr seme the fayrer he copied out diuers letters touchyng the peace confirmed at Calays and ther in he closed the substanÌce of his dede and what thynge the kynge of Englande and his childreÌ were sworne to kepe in what articles by their letters sealed they were submytted to make renuÌciacions resityng suche coÌmyssions as they ought to haue delyuered to theyr people and al other articles and poyntê that made any thyng for hym and his quarell condempnynge the englisshemens deades These letters the kynge caused to be publysshed in the courtes of great lordes to the entent they shulde be better enformed of his quarel Inlyke wyse opposit to this dede the kynge of England shewed his quarel in Almaygne and in other places where as he thought to haue any ayde The duke of Guerles nephewe to the kynge of Englande sonne to his suster and the duke of Juliers cosyn germayne to his children who were at that tyme good and true englysshe had great dispight of the defiaunce that the frenche kynge had made to the kyng of EnglaÌde done by a varlet in their myndes greately blamynge the frenche kynge and his counsaile in his so doyng for they sayd that warre bitwene so great princis as the freÌche kynge and the kynge of Englande ought to be publysshed and defied by notable êsones as prelates bysshops or abbottes sayeng howe the frenche men dyd it by great presumpcyon pryde Wherfore they sayd they wolde send and defye the freÌche kyng notably and so they dyd and dyuerse other knyghtes of Almayne with them and their enteÌtê was shortly to entre into Fraunce and there to do suche dedes of armes that the remembrauÌce therof shulde be seen and knowen .xx. yere after Howe be it they dyd nothynge for their purpose was broken by another way than they thought of as ye shall here after in this historie ¶ How the duke of Bourgoyn was maryed to the doughter of the erle of Flaunders Cap. CC .liii. VE haue harde before howe the space of .v. yere to gether the kyng of Engâ made moche purchase to haue the doughter of therle of FlaÌders to haue ben maried to his son Edmond erle of Cambridge The deuises and ordenances were to longe to reherse Wherfore I wyll passe it ouer breuely The kynge of England coude by no maner geat pope Urban to consent to gyue them a dispensacion to mary and the erle of Fraunders was sued vnto fro other partes and specially by the frenche kyng for his brother the duke of Bourgoyn WhaÌ he sawe that the maryage Wolde nat take in England and howe it was tyme for his doughter to be maryed and that he had no mo children and thought that the yoÌge duke of Bourgoyn was a mete mariage for her Than he sent certayne messangers into England to treate with the kyng for acquitaunce and the messangers dyd so well their deuour that the kynge of Englande who thought none euyl quited the erle of Flaunders of all his couenauntes as touchynge the mariage of his doughter and so these
Englande wherof kyng Henry was ryght sore displeased and called all his counsayle toguyder Than was it counsayled hym that he shulde sende great messangers to the frenche kynge to treate with hym to whiche counsayle the kynge agreed And sente wyse and sufficyent personages into Fraunce And so they departed and dyde so moche by their iourneys that they came to the cytie of Parys wher they fouÌde the kyng who receyued them with great ioye and feest And so bytwene the kyng these counsaylours of kyng Henry who hadde procuracyons sealed to treate and to procede in all causes in the name of their lorde in any plyament treaty counsayle secrete or otherwise to take effect Finally the same season ther were a corded ordayned and confyrmed alyaunces and confederacions right great and large and sworne soâeÌply on bothe parties to holde fermly nat to breke nor to do agaynst it by no maner of way but that those two kyngê to abyde fermly in an vnyte of peace loue alyaÌce and there the frenche kyng sware by the worde of a kyng that he wolde ayde and helpe the kyngs of Castell in all his busynesse and to make no maner of peace nor acorde with the kyng of Englande but that he shulde be comprised in the same To this treaty sir Bertram of Clesquy helped greatly for he loued enterely the kynge Henry After these thynges confyrmed and agreed the embassadours departed and retourned into Spaygne and founde their lorde at Lyon in Spaygne who was right ioyouse of their comynge home and that they had so well sped And by reason of this alyaunce kyng HeÌry thought hymselfe better assured and conforted than he was before ¶ Howe the duke of LaÌcastre ordayned gouernours in Guyen and ledde his wyfe with hym in to Englande and howe the kyng of Englande ordayned the erle of Penbroke to be gouernour in Poitou Ca. C C lxxxxvi NOwe let vs retourne to the duke of Lancastre who was in the cyte of Burdeux so about the feest of saynt Mychaell he thought to re tourne in to Englande the better to enforme the kynge his father of the besynesse of Acquitayne And so a lytell before his depture he ordayned therfore and assembled in the cytie of Burdeux all the barownes and knightes of Guyen such as were englysshe And than he shewed them how he was purposed to retourne in to Englande for certayne maters for the profyte of theym all and of the countre of Acquitayne and that the next somer after he wolde come thyder agayne yf the kynge his father were so pleased These wordes pleased them all Than the duke ordayned the lorde Captall of Beufez and the lorde of Musydent with the lorde Lespare to be gouernours of all the countre of Gascoyne that was englysshe And in Poytou he ordayned to be gouernours sir Loyes Harcourt the lorde of Parteney and in Xaynton sir Loyes Dargentou and sir Wyllyam of MouÌtendre left all âis seneschals and offycers as they were before And it was ordayned that there shulde go with the duke into Englande certayne persons of Gascoyne Xaynton and Poictou to shewe to the kyng of England the state and besynesse of Aquitayne As sir Guyssharde Dangle the lorde of Pynan and sir Aymery of Tarse and to abyue for theym the duke taryed a certayne space and whan they were all redy apparelled they entred in to their shyppes in the hauyn of Burdeux So the duke departed with a great company of men of armes and archers he had a threscore vessels with his company and purueyauÌce and ledde with hym his wyfe and her suster And they spedde so well on the see had so good wynde that they arryued at Hampton in England and there yssued out of their shyppes and entred into the towne And ther rested them the space of two dayes and than departed and rode to wyndsore where the kynge receyued the duke his sonne and the ladyes damosels and knyghtes strangers with great feest and specially he was gladde to se ser Guysshard Dangle ¶ The same season dyed the gentyll knyght sir Gaultier of Manny in the cytie of London wherof all the barones of Englande were right sorie for the trouthe and good couÌsayle that they had alwayes sene and herde in him He was buryed with great solempnyte in the monastery of the charterhouse besyde London and at the day of his obsequy there was the kyng and all his chyldren and the prelates banrons and knightes of Englande And so all his landes bothe in Englande and beyonde the see fell to the erle Johan of Penbroke who hadde to wyfe the lady Anne his doughter and heyre So the erle of Penbroke sent to entre in to the lande that was fallen to him in Heynault by ii of his knightes who dyde so well their deuorâ with the duke Aubert who as than helde the erldome of Heynalt in rule that they atteyned their purpose ALl that wynter ther were dyuers counsayls in Englande among the lordê for the state of the realme and howe they shulde meÌtayne the warr the next somer folowynge And so were of enteÌt to make two viages the one in to Guyen and the other into France by Calys way and the kyng sought for frendes in all parties aswell in Almayne as in the marches of the empyre wher as he gate dyuers knightes and squyers of his acorde also he made a marueylous great apparell for his hoost that the lyke had nat ben often sene before The freÌche kyng had knowlege of their secretes and what they were in purpose to do whervpon he toke counsayle and made prouisyon and fortifyed his cyties townes and castels in Pycardy and sette in euery place great garysons of men of warre to th entent to defende the countre fro all mysaduenture Whan that somer was come and that kyng Edwarde of England hadde holden his feest and solemnyte of saynt George at wyndsore as was his vsage yerely to do And that ser Guyssharde Dangle was entred into the same fraternyte with the kyng and his chyldren and other barons of Englande the whiche were called in the fraternyte knightê of the blue garter THan the kyng went to LoÌdon to his palays of westmynster and there he had a great couÌsayle for the orderyng of the realme And bycause that the duke of Lancastre shulde that season passe in to Fraunce by the playnes of Pycardy the erle of Cambridge with him The kyng at the desyre of sir Guyssharde DaÌgle and of them of Poyton Ordayned that the erle of Penbroke shulde go in to Poictou to vysyte that countre and to make warre agaynst the frenchmen on that syde For the gascoyns poicteuyns had requyred the kyng by their letters and by the mouthe of sir Guyssharde DaÌgle that if he wolde nat send any of his sonnes that he wolde sende the erle of Penbroke whoÌe they greatly loued and desyred to haue for they knewe him for a good knight and a hardy and so
shewed to the kyng to the prince and to their couÌsayls the state of Poictou and of Xaynton And whan the kyng sawe howe he lost with so lytell warre the couÌtreis and lades that had cost hym so moche the wynning he was in a great study a long space And than he sayd howe that shortely he wolde go ouer the see hymselfe with suche a puyssance that he wolde abyde to gyue batayle to the hole power of France And sayd how he wolde neuer retourne agayne in to Englande tyll he had coquered agayne as moche as he had lost or els to lese all the resydue The same season ther was agreat army redy charged to attend on the duke of Lancastre and shulde arryue at Calys But than it was ââimyned by the king and his couÌsayle that they shulde go into Poyctou and in to Xaynton towarde Rochell for that was thought to be the next voyage and moost nedefull And the kynge made a great somons throughout the realme of Englande coÌmaundyng euery man to coÌe in harnes to HaÌpton ther about at a day assigned and ther to take the see So ther was none that durst nor wold disobey his coÌmaundement but euery man departed fro his owne countre and drewe to the see syde where ther was redy a foure hundred vessels of one and other And the lordes drewe to the kyng to Westmynster besyde London ther it was ordayned bytwene the kynge the prince his sonne that if the kyng of Englande dyed in this viage or the prince that than Rycharde the sonne of the prince who was borne at Burdeur shulde be kyng of Englande So that whan all the lordes were come before the kyng or they departed the prince shewed theÌ that if it happed him to dye before the kyng his father than his sonne Richarde to be kynge of Englande after the discease of his graundfather The prelates lordes knightes and all the comynalte loued so well the prince for the maâay fayre iourneys that he had acheued as well in Englande as beyond thesee that they all a ãâ¦ã therto ioyously The kynge first than all his sonnes and after all the lordes of Englande âo the which the prince caused theÌ all to swere and scale or he departed All these thynges done the kyng the prince the duke of LaÌcastre therles of CaÌbridge Salisbury War wyke Arundell Suffolke and Stafforde yâ lorde Spenser who was newly come oute of Lombardy The lordes of Percy of Uyen of Rose of Dalawar and all other barones and knyghtes of Englande to the nombre of thre thousande men of armes and .x. M. archers who came all to HaÌpton wher they toke shyppyng with as great a flete as euer any kyng went before out of Englande in any voyage And so they sayled towarde Rochell in costynge NormaÌdy and Bretayne and had dyuers wyndes And the frenche kynge made a great assemble of men of warr in Poictou to holde his iourney at Thouars at yâ day apoynted So all the countre was full of men of warre also the gascons the lorde ArcheÌbalt of Grayly vncle to the Captall of Beufz at the desyre of ser ThomÌis Felton seneshall of Burdeux caÌe with thre C. speres And in the same coÌpany ther was the lordes of Duras of Corton of Musydent of Rossen of LaÌgoren of Landuras ser Peter Corton sir WyllmÌ Fereton englysshemen All these deêted fro Burdeux came to Nyorth and ther they founde sir Water Huet sir JohnÌ Ubrues sir ThomÌs Percy Johan Cresuell dyuers other so that whan they were all togyder they were a .xii. C. fightyng men and sir Richarde of Pontchardon caÌe to them with other .xii. C. All this season the kynge of Englande his sonnes with their great army were on the see coulde take no lande at Rochell nor ther about for the wynde and fortune was coÌtrary to theÌ And in that case they were the space of .ix. wekes so that the feest of Myhelmas aproched and that the kyng his couÌsell sawe well how they coude nat coÌe tyme ynow to kepe the day of rescuyng of Thouars wher of the kyng was sore displeased so gaue lyceÌce to all his people to deête wheder they lyst Thus retourned this great nauy of England and had wynde at wyll at their returnynge ther arryued at Burdeux .ii. C. fayles of marchauntes of Englande for wyne And whan it was nere mighelmas the barones of Englande and Gascone caÌe fro Niorth to go towarde Thouars to mete with the kyng of England and whan they sawe that the kynge came nat they hadde great marueyle Than to acquyte theÌselfe they sent certayne messangers to Tho wars to the barons of Poictou suche as were ther which messaÌgers sayd Right deresirs we be sent hyder to you fro yâ lordes of Gascone and Englande vnder they obeysaunce of the kynge of Englande Sirs there be about Nyorthe twelfe hundred fightyng men redy apparelled to ayde and serue you in all maners and sirs they desyre to haue knowlege sro you whyder that in the absence of the kyng of England and of his chyldren they shall ayde and confort you or nat For sirs they are well coÌtent in your company to aduentur their bodyes goodes The barones of Poictou sayd howe they wolde take counsayle and aduyse in that casâ but sirs we thaÌke greatly the barones of Gascone and Englade who hath sent you hyder in that they be redy to socoure vs. Than the knightes of Poictou drewe togyder and so the first day they greed nat for the lorde of Parteney who was one of the greattest of that company woldeth at they shulde kepe their day and receyue the sayd ayde representynge the kynge of Englande And the other lordes were of the coÌtrary opinyon sayeng howe they had sealed and sworne howe that if the kyng or one of his chyldren were nat there personally by the sayd day than they to yelde them vp to they obeysance of the freÌche kyng Wherfore the lorde of Partney went to his lodgyng nat well content howe be it afterwarde he was so entysed by the other yâ he agreed to their myndê And so they sent worde agayne by the sayd messaÌgers that they thaÌked them of their good wylles Howe be it the kyng of Englande or one of his chyldren must nedes be ther acordyng to the treaty that they had sworne and sealed vnto Wher with the gascoyns and englysshmen that were at Nyorthe were sore displeased but they coude nat amende it And so myghelmas day came fro Poy cters ther came to Thouars to holde their iourney ⪠the dukes of Berrey of Burgoyne and of Burbone the constable of France the lorde of Clysson the dycount of Rohane the Dolphyn of Auuergne sir Loyes Saurere the lorde of Sully and other great lordes of France And they were ten thousande speares besyde other And so before Thouars the euyn and the daye ofsaynt Mychaell they stode in ordynaunce of batayle and agaynst
and thyder he came to therle of Salisbury and sir Rycharde Dangle and so went with them to Calais and ther taryed the space of a moneth and so went in to Englande and came to Shene ãâã foure leages fro London a long by the Temmes syde where the kynge of Englande laye sore syâke And past out of this worlde the ãâã gyll ofsaynt JohnÌ Baptyst yâ yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .lxxvii. THan was there great sorowe made in Englande and incontynent all the passages of the realme were stoppedde that none shulde yssue out of the realme For they wolde nat that the dethe of the kyng shuld be so soone knowen in Fraunce tyll they haddeset the realme in some ordre The same tyme ther came in to Englande the erle of Salisbury and sir Rycharde Dangle So the body of kyng Edwarde the thirde with great processyons weâynges lamentacyons his sonnes behynde hym with all the nobles and prelates of Englande was brought a long the cytie of London with open visage to Westmynster there he was buried besyde the quene his wyfe And anon after the yong kyng Richard was crowned at the palays of Westmynster with great solemâytie and by him stode the dukes of LaÌââllre and of Bretayne the .xi. yere of his age in the moneth of July The whiche day there was made four erles and nyne knightes First the lorde Nycholas his vncle was made ârle of âolengy the lorde Percy erle of Northumberlande sir Thomas Dangle erle of Huntyngdon the lorde Mombray erle of Notyngham And the yonge kyng was putte vnto the rule of the gentyll knyght sir Rycharde Dangle by the accorde of all the lande to be instruâted in noble vertues and the realme of Englande to be gouerned by the duke of Lancastre And as soone as the frenche kynge knewe of the dethe of kynge Edwarde he sayd howe âyghtâobly and valiantly he hadde reygâed and well he ought to be putte newly in rememâraunce amonge the nombre of the worthyes Than he assembled a great nombre of the nobles and prelatê of his realme and dyd his obsâquy in the holy chapell in his palys at Paris And anone after dyed the eldest doughter of the frenche kyng who was ensured to haue been maryed to Wylliam of Heynault eldest sonne of duke Aubert ¶ Howe the freÌche kyng sent a great nauy to the see howe dyuers townes were brent in Englande howe the duke of Burgoyne tooke dyuers castels about Calys Cap. CCC .xv. IN the meane seasone whyle this sayd trewce endured the frenche kyng êuyded greatly for shyppes andgaleys And the kynge of Spayne had sent to him his admyrall sir Ferraunt Sause Who with sir Johan de Uien admyrall of Fraunce whan the tre wee was expired went and brent the towne of Rye a four dayes after the dethe of kyng Edwarde in the vigill of saynt Peter in July there slewe men and women and all they founde These tidynges came to London than therles of Cambridge and Bouligney went to Douer with a great nombre of men of warre And the erle of Salisbury the lorde Montagu went to the marches towarde HaÌpton Than after the french army toke laude in the I le of UbyqÌ and brent therm dyuers to wnes as LameÌd Dartmouth Plomouthe Plesume and dyuers other and whan they had brente and pylled the towne of Ubique they went agayne to the see and costed forewarde came to a porte called Poc. there was redy the erle of Salisbury and the lorde Montague who defended the passage howebeit they brente parte of the towne of Poc. and than toke the see agayne and costed towardes HaÌpton and wolde dayly haue taken lande in Englande but the englysshmen in the company of the erle of Salisbury rode so dayly alonge the see cost that they kept them euer fro takyng of any lande Than the frenchmen came before HaÌpton and there was redy sir Johan AruÌdell with a great nombre of men of warre and archers who defended the towne or elles it had ben taken than the frenchmen departed and went towarde Douer and toke lande on a day ãâã a lytle abbay called Lians Ther were many men of the countre assembled and they hadde made the priour of the place and sir Thomas Cheyny Johan Fuselle their chefe capitayns who set them selfe in good array to defende the passage so that the freÌchmen had but small aduauntage for it coste them moche people or they coulde take lande how be it fynally by force of good fightyng they toke lande Ther was a sore scrimysshe howe beit the englysshmen were dryuen backe and putte to flyght and two hundred slayne and the two knightes and the priour taken prisoners than the frenche men entred agayne in to their shippes and lay styll all that night at ancre before the abbey There the frenche men knewe first of the dethe of kynge Edwarde of Englande by their prisonners and of the coronacyon of kyng Richarde and a great parte of the ordre made in Englande for rulynge of the realme Than sir Johan of Uyenne caused a barke to departe and sent therin a knight who aryued at Harflewe And than the knight rode to Parys and there he founde the kynge and there shewed hym the certayne tidynges of the deth of kyng Edwarde To whiche sayeng the kynge gaue credence Than the frenchmen spanyardes departed and sayled forthe and had wynde at wyll and came with the same tyde about threof the clocke to Douer There was sir Edmonde erle of Cambridge and sir Thomas his brother erle of Buckynghame who were redy with a hundred thousande with baners displayed abydinge the frenchmen who were a sixscore shippes and galyes The frenchemen came foreby the porte and taryed nat but passed by and toke the depe see for the see began to ebbe Howe beit the englysshmen taryed there styll all that day and the nextnight and the frenche men by the nexte tyde came before the hauen of Calays and there entred yE haue herde here before how sir Johan captall of Beufz was taken prisoner before Soubise and kept in the towre of the teÌple of Parys The kyng of England and the prince whyle they lyued wolde gladly haue had hym delyuered ther was also moche entreatie made for him at the couÌsell at Bruges and ther was offred for him in exchange the yong erle of saynt Poule thre or four other knyghtes but the frenche kyng nor his couÌsayle wolde nat coÌsent therto Howbeit the french kyng made to be shewed him by the priour who had hym in kepyng yâ if he wolde swere neuer to beare armes agaynst the crowne of Fraunce that than he wolde condiscende to his delyuerance The Captall answered that he wold neuer make that othe to dye in prison so he abode in prison in sure kepynge a .v. yere with lytell ioye for he toke his prisonment but with lytell pacyence and so long he was there that at last he dyed in prison
crowned he assembled his couÌsayle at Edenborowe in ScotlaÌde where as were the moost parte of all the barones and knyghtes of Scotlande and of other suche as he thought shulde do him seruyce shewyng them howe thenglysshmen in tyme past hadde done them many great inconuenyences as in brennynge of their countreys beatynge downe their castles stayeng and raunsomyng their men sayeng also Sirs nowe is the tyme come that we may be well reuenged for no we there is but a yonge kynge in Englande for kyng Edwarde is deed who was wonte to haue so good fortune Than the barownes and yong knyghtes that were there suche as desyred to be reueÌged of the domage done to them by theÌglysshmen answered all with one voyce howe they were all redy apparelled to ryde in to Englande and it were the same daye or the next or whan it pleased hym This aunswere pleased greatly the kyng of Scotes and thanked them all and ther the kyng ordeyned four erles to be as chefe capitayns of all the men of warre And that was the erle Duglas the erle Moret therle of Maure and the erle of Surlant the constable of Scotlande sir Archambalt Duglas and the marshall of the hoost sir Robert Uersy And so they made their somons to be at a certayne day at Morlane and in the makynge of this assemble there departed fro them a valiantsquier of Scotland called Alysander Ramsey who thought to enter prise to acheue a great feate of armes toke with him fortie well mounted and rode so long by night priuely that by the day in the morning he came to Berwyke whiche was englisshe capitayn of the towne was a squyer of the erle of Northumberlandes named Johan Byset and in the castell was capitayne a valyant knight called sir Robert Abenton Whan the scotes were come to Berwyke they kept theÌ selfe priuy and sente a spye to the towne and to the castell to se in what coÌdicyon it was the spye entred downe in to the dykê where ther was no water nor none coude abyde there for it was all a quycke boylyng sande And so the spye loked and harkened all aboute but he coulde nat here nor se no creature and so he returned and shewed all that to his maister Than Alysander Ramsey auaunsed for the and brought all his company priuely into the dykes and had with them ladders and so dressed them vp to the walles Alysander was one of the first the mounted vp with his swerde in his hande and so entred in to the castell and all his company folowed hym for there was none that withstode theÌ And whan they were all within than they went to the chefe towre wher as the capitayne was a slepe and so there sodenly with great axes they brake vp the dore The capitayne sodenly awoke had slept all night and had made but small watche the which he derely bought And so opened his chambre dore wenyng to him the noyse had be made by some of his owne soudiers that wold haue robbed or murdred hym in his bedde bycause he had displeased them the weke before so lept out of a wyndowe downe into the dykes in great feare without order or good aduyse so that with the fall he brake his necke and ther he dyed The watchmen were halfe a slepe and herde the noyse and woke and parceyued well howe the castell was scaled and betrayed and so sowned in a trumpet trahey trahey Johan Byset capitayne of the towne hearyng the voice of a trumpe armed him and caused all them of the towne to be armed and so drewe all before the castell and herde well the noyse that the scottes made within but they coulde nat entre in for the gate was shytte and the bridge drawen Than the capitayne Johan Byset remembred him of a great aduyce and sayd to them of the towne that were aboute hym Lette vs breke downe the stayes of the brige on this syde and than they within can nat yssue wtout our danger IncoÌtynent with axes they beate downe the bridge stayes therof towarde the towne And than JohnÌ Byset sent a messanger to Anwyke a .xii. lytell myles thens to the lorde Percy certifyeng him of all the mater desyring him to coÌe without delay with some great puyssaunce to rescue agayne the castell of Berwyke so taken by stelthe by the scottes And moreouer Johan Bysette sayd to Thomelyn Fryant who was the messanger she we to my lorde in what case ye leaue vs howe the scottes are closed within the castell and canne nat yssue out without they leape ouer the walles and therfore desyre hym to make the more hast Alysander Ramsey and his company who had thus scaled the castell of Berwike and thought they had done a great enterprice and so they had don in dede and Johan Byset had nat prouyded asodayne remedy for els they had ben also lordes of the towne And so they slewe of theym within the rastell whome it pleased them and the resydne they toke prisoners and shytte them vp fast in a towre Than they sayd nowe let vs go downe in to the towne for it is ours and let vs take all the good therin the riche men of the towne and bringe them all in to this castell and thaââsette fyre on the towne for it is nat to be kepte by vs. And within thre or foure dayes we shall haue rescue out of Scotlande so that we shall saue all our pyllage and at our departyng let vs sette fyre in the castell and so pay our hoost To which purpose they all agreed for they desyred all to wynne some pyllage And so they toke eche of them a glayue in their haÌdes they founde ynowe in the castell and so opened the gate and let downe the bridge And whan the bridge was downe the ropes the helde it brake asondre for the restyng place of the brige was broken awaye towarde the towne And whan Johan Byset sawe the maner of them than he and all his company began to shoute and crye and sayd Asirs kepe you there ye shall nat departe thens without our leaue and whan Alysander Ramsey sawe the maner of them without Than he sawe and knewe well howe they were aduysed of his beyng in the castell and so closed agayne the gate for feare of shotte and fortifyed the castell thinkynge to haue kept it and dyd cast out in to the dykes all the deed meÌ and putte vp in to a towre all their prisoners They thought the place was stronge ynough to kepe long or at leest tyll some rescue myght come to them out of Scotland for the barons and knightes of Scotlande were assemblyng togyder at Morlane and ther about and also therle Duglas was departed fro Alquest and was come to Dombare ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of the squier sent by Johan Byset to Anwyke to the lorde Percy erle of Northumberlande signyfieng hym all this sayd aduenture ¶ Howe the erle of NorthuÌberlande wan
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 coÌmaunded a clerke to go in whom âhe had great trust called mayster âaschall 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 heâs 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 caÌe to Shene besyde London where the kyng of Englande was and so he spake with the kynge and recoÌmaunded 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 LoÌdon and than send for all his couÌsayle 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 couÌsaile than the kyng of Nauer answered and sayd I am coÌtent 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 deêtyng 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 deêtynge 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 couÌtre as of the countie of Foiz to kepe the froÌters 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 coÌmynge 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 FrauÌce 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 alyaânces 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 LaÌcastre and the erle of CaÌbridge 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 FraÌce 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 certeÌtie 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 NormaÌdy 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 âeuitayle it nor refresshe it with men out of the basse marches of Bretayne and of Normandy And so for the
couÌtres and to here therof so yâ yuan made him his chamberlayne And this James euery day more and more aquaynted him so with this yuan of Wales that he had nat so moche trust in no man as he had in him Somoch this yuan loued this James Laube that it was his distructyon the more pytie for he was a good and a valyant man of armes And was somtyme sonne to a prince of Wales who kyng Edwarde of England caused to lese his heed the cause why I can nat tell and so kyng Edwarde ceased in to his handes all the prouynce of Wales And this yuan in his youthe came in to Fraunce and shewed all his trouble to kyng Philyppe than beyng freÌche kyng who kept him styll about him as loÌg as he lyued and was as one of the chyldren of his chambre with his neuewes of Alenson and other And in lykewise so dyde kyng Johan than he bare first armes and was at the batell of Poicters how be it he was nat there taken it had been better for hym that he had ben ther slayne and whan the peace was made bitwene the kynge of Englande and the frenche kynge than this yuan wente in to Lombardy there contynued in warre And whan the warre began agayne bytwene Englande and Fraunce than he returned agayne in to Fraunce bare him selfe so well yâ he was greatly praysed and welbeloued with the frenche kyng and with all the lordes ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of his ende the whiche I am lothe to do sauynge to shewe truely what fell in that tyme. THis yuan of Wales hadde an vsage beyng before Mortayne at the siege that gladly in the mornyng whan he was vp and redy he wolde come before the castell and sytte downe and kembe his heed a good long space and syt and beholde the castell and the countrey about beynge out of doute or feare af any thynge and lyghtly there went none with him but this James Laube oftentymes he made him redy and none but he wherby at last came his endyng day On a mornyng betymes whaÌ the wether was fayre and clere and the nyght had been so hote that he coulde nat slepe howebeit he rose and dyd on him but a syngle iacket and his shyrte and a mantell or a cloke aboue and so went thyder as he was wonte to go and sate hym downe and this James Laube with hym euery man beynge in their lodgynges a slepe for it was early in the morning and ther was made but lytell watche for they thought theÌselfe sure of the castell And whan yuan was sette on an olde stocke of wode he sayd to James go to my lodgyng and fatche my combe for I wyll refreshe me here a tytell season sir ãâã he it shall be done and so he wente and came agayne with the combe and as he was comyng I trowe the deuyll entred in to hym for besyde the combe he brought with hym a lytell Jauelyne of Spayne with a large heed of stele and with the same strake this yuan as he sate clene through out the body so yâ he fell downe starke deed and whan he hadde done he left styll the dart in his body and so went his way drewe vnder couert of the castell and soo came to the barryers and was let in for he made signes to enter and so he was brought before the Soudyc of Lestrade Sir ãâã he I haue delyuered you of one of the greatest enemyes that ye had of whom is that quod the Sowdic of yuan of Wales ãâã James and howe so ãâã the Soudic thus ãâã James so shewed him all the hole mater as ye haue herd before fro poynt to poynt And whan the Soudycherde that he shaked his heed and behelde him right felly and said A than yâ hast murdred him knowe for ârouthe all thynges consydred Sauyng but that this dede is for our profyte it shulde cost the thyne heed but sithe it is done it can nat be vndone agayne howe beit it is a great domage of that gentylman to be so slayne we shall haue rather blame therby than prayse THis was the ende of yuan or Owen of Wales wheder ye wyll all is one slayne by great vnhap and treason wherwith they of the hoost whan they knewe it were ryght sorie and displeased and so was euery man yâ herde therof and specially kyng Charles of FrauÌce who greatly complayned his dethe howe beit he coulde nat amende it And so this yuan was buryed in the church of saynt Leger where as he hadde made a bastyde halfe a leage fro the castell of Mortayne And all the gentylmen of the hoost were at his buryeng the whiche was done ryght honourably Howe beit for all that the siege helde styll before Mortayne for there were good knyghtes squiers bretons poicteuyns and frenchmen who had geatter desyre to conquere the castell than they hadde before and thought neuer to departe thens tyll they had wonne it or elles reysed by puyssance they wolde so fayne haue ben reuenged of the dethe of yuan of Wales and so they lay styll without any sawte geuynge for they knewe well they lacked vitayle within the castell none coulde come to them ¶ Nowe let vs leue to speke of the siege of Mortayne and returne to the siege before saynt Malo and fyrst to speke of yâ siege of Eureux and howe they dyd that lay there ¶ Howe they within Eureux yelded them selfe frenche of the two hoostes assembled to gyder before saynt Malo Cap. CCC .xxxiii. THe siege beyng before Eureux the lorde of Coucy and the lorde de la Ryuer who were souerayns of the hoost herde often tymes tidynges fro the french kyng for he lay at Rohan as nere to his men as he myght for he thought to haue Eureux shortly out of hande outher byforce or by composicion for he perceyued well how the englisshmen began to waxe stroÌg in Bretayne wherfore he wolde haue all his men of warre to drawe thyder to reyse the siege before saynt Malos to fight with the englysshmen These two lordes before Eureux aquyted them selfe ryght valyantly for euery daye they made assaute and also sente many treaties to the burgesses of the towne shewynge them howe they suffred them selfe to be greued without reason and mynysshe their goodesse and suffre their houses in the countrey to be beaten downe and brent For their naturall lorde was there with out with theÌ Charles of Nauer to whom the herytage of the countye of Eureux was fallen by reason of the dethe of the countesse his mother And counsayled them nat to holde the erroure and opynyon of the folysshe naueroyse and suche other as Ferando is who careth nat to lease them all for besyde their ryghtfull quarell they sayd they wolde neuer departe thens tyll they had the castell at their wyll and if they had it by force they shulde haue no mercy and yâ towne newe peopled with
And if ye wyll say contrary to this I wyll receyue your gauge I wyll say so ê the lorde of Guystelles With those wordes the kynge was nat content and sayde Let vs go hens I wyll here no more of these wordes and so deâted ãâã went ãâã to his chaârâ all onely with his cham ãâ¦ã right ãâã ãâã at the lorde of Buâââll had âo well and frely spoken agaynst yâ wordes of ãâã JohnÌ of Guystels and sayd all smylyng He hath holden fote well with him I wolde nat for xx M. frankes but that he had done so And after it fortuned so yâ this sir Johan of Guystels who was chaÌberlayn with the kyng was so yuell beloued in the courte that he was wery therof and thought nat to abyde the daÌgers So he toke leaue of the kyng and departed fro the court and went into Brabant to the duke Uyââelant of BrabaÌt who receyued him toyfully The french kyng was sore displeased with therle of FlaÌders bicause it was thought by âyuers of the realme that he had letted yâ lorde of ãâ¦ã sell of his ââage in to Scotland and alâo in that he âeloe styll about hym the duke of Bretayne his cosyn who was greatly in yâ kynges displeasur and so they that were about the kyng pârceyued well howe the erle of Flaunders was nothyng in the kynges grace ANone after the kyng wrote sharpe letis to his cosyn the erle of FlauÌders thretnyng hym bycause he susteyned with hym the duke of Bretayn whoÌ he reputed to be his enemy The erle wrote agayne to the kyng excusing himselfe aswell as he might but it aueyled nothynge For the kyng sent him agayne more sharper letters shewyng him playnly that without he wolde putte the duke of Bretayne out of his coÌpany he wolde surely displease him whaÌ therle of FlauÌders sawe that the kyng pursued his cause with suche effect than he toke aduyse in hym selfe and thought he wolde shewe these maâaââ hâs thretnynges to his good townes and specially to GauÌt to knowe what they wolde say to the mater and so he sent to Bruges to âpre and Cortrey and after departed and the duke of Bretayne in his coÌpany and so went to Gaunt and lodged at yâ posterne wher he was âoyfully receyued of the burgesses for they loâed well to haue him among them And ãâ¦ã han the people of the good townes such as were seÌt for were come therle assembled them togyder in a pleace and there he made be shewed to theÌ by JohnÌ de la Faucell his entency on the lettââs reed that the freÌche kyng had sent him two monethes before And whan these letters were reââ than the erle spake and sayd All ye sirs of my good townes of FlauÌders through yâ helpe of god I haue ben your lorde a longe season I haue kepte and gouerned you in good peace to my power Nor ye haue nat sene in me ãâ¦ã coÌtrary but that I haue entertayned you in gret prosperyte in lyke maner as a lorde ought to kepe his menne and subgettes But it is to my great displeasur and it ought to be to you that are my men that the frenche kyng thus hateth me and wyll hate bycause I sustayne about me and in my company the duke of Bretayne my cosyn germayne who as nowe is nat welbeloued in Fraunce Nor he dare nat well trust his men in his owne countre bycause of fyue or six barons that loueth him nat Wherfore the king wolde that I shulde driue hym out of my countre the whiche shulde be a strong thyng to him I say nat nay but if I dyde confort my cosyn outher with townes or castelles agaynst the realme of Fraunce than the kynge myght haue good cause to complayne him of me But I do nat so nor am nat in wyll so to do and therfore I haue here assembled you togyder shewynge you the parels that may happe to fall therfore I wolde knowe your myndes whyder he shall abyde styll with me or nat They answered all with one voyce Sir let hym abyde styll why shulde he nat And sir if there be any man lyuyng that wyll make you warre ye shall fynde redy in your lande of FlauÌders .ii. C. M. men of warr to serue you Those wordes greatly reioysed therle and sayd sirs I thanke you and so ended that parlyament and therle was well coÌtent with his men and gaue euery man leaue to deête in peace Than whan the erle sawe his tyme he retourned to Bruges and the duke of Bretayne with him Thus these maters haÌged in a traunce the erle was in great grace with his people and the countre in peace and prosperite the which abode nat so long after for it was in great trybulacion as ye shall here after in this hystorie ¶ Howe the duke of Bretayne deêted out of FlauÌders and howe therle of saynt Poule was taken prisoner howe he was maryed in Englande of the warres that fell than in Bretayne Cap. CCC .xliiii. YE may well knowe howe the frenche kyng had knowlege of all this mater howe the erle had answered He loued hym nat one whyt the better howe be it he must let it passe for more he coud nat haue as at that tyme and sayd howe therle of FlauÌders was the moost proudest prince that he knewe And a man myght haue sene well by the maner of the kyng that the erle was the lorde that the kyng wolde moost gladly haue brought somwhat to reason Whan he sawe that he withsayd him that he was no more displeased thaÌ he was the erle of Flaunders for all the kynges writyng that he was in his great displeasur bycause of kepyng about him the duke of Bretayne yet yâ nat withstanding he kept him styll as long as it pleased him to tary made him kepe a goodlye estate finally the duke of Bretayne had couÌsayle to drawe in to Englande and so he tooke leaue of therle his cosyn went to Grauellyng and thyder came to him the erle of Salisbury with fyue C. speares and a thousand archers for dout of the freÌche garysons and so brought him to Calais wherof sir Hugh Caurell was capitayne who receyued him right ioyously whan the duke had taryed ther a fyue dayes he had wynde at wyll and so toke the see and the erle of Salisbury in his company and so aryued at Douer and came to the yong kyng Richard who receyued him with great ioye And so dyde also the duke of Lancastre and therles of Cambridge and of Buckynghame and the great lordes of Englande ye haue herde before how sir Ualeran of Lusenburge yong erle of saynt Poule was taken prisoner bytwene Arde and Calays was in Englande at the kyngê pleasure for kyng Edwarde in his lyfe tyme bought hym of the lord of Gomegines for he was first his prisoner bycause he made the iourney whan he was taken of a squier a maÌ of armes of the couÌtre of guerles So this yonge erle of saynt Poule abode longe prisoner in Englande or
they shulde neuer haue peace but that it shulde cost them their lyues This dought and feare caused them to be of that opinyon and to kepe styll the warre agaynst the erle and the gentylmen of Flaunders also this feare gaue them courage to kepe warre and as their aduentures fell ye shall here after in the story THe erle of FlauÌders beyng at Lââe harde dayly newes fro the them of Gaunt and howe they brent and beate downe gentylmens howses wherwith he was sore displeased and sayd howe he wolde take suche vengeance on them that he wolde bryng all Gaunt vnder flame of fyre and the rebelles within it Than the erle to be the more stronger agaynst them sent for all his barons of Flaunders and abandoned his countrey to them to resyte agaynste the whyte hattes and apoynted two gentylmen to be their captayns that is to say the Galoys of Mamynes and Peter Destreueles These two with their coÌpanies bare with them the erles baner and so about a thre wekes they lay bytwene And warpe and Courtrey on the ryuer of Lys and dyde great domage to them of GauÌt And whan Rase of Harsell herde therof he yssued oute of Gaunte with all the whyte hattes and came to Douse and there he hadde thought to haue founde the erles company but the men of armes whan they knewe of the gauÌtoyse comyng they withdrewe towarde Tourney and so taryed in the towne And the gauntoyse lay a great season about Orches Danne and Uorlam so that the marchantes durst nat go bytwene Doway and Tourney for feare of them And it was than sayd howe the gauÌtoise wolde go and lay siege to Lyle and therle with in the towne They alyed them selfe with them of Bruges and Ipre and they had Grantmont and Courtray of their acorde But Brugê and Ipre varyed and were nat agreed with yâ craftes for they sayde it shulde be a great folly for them to âay siege so farre of as Lysle and how that the erle might haue great alyaunce ayde of the frenche kyng as he hath had before these doutes and other stopped the good townes of FlauÌders for makyng of any warre or layeng of any siege in that season And for th eÌtent that the erle shulde haue no helpe nor ayde of the freÌche kyng nor of the duke of Burgoyne his son They sent messangers and meke letters to the kyng desyring hym for goddes sake that he shulde gyue no counsayle nor ayde to therle of FlaÌders to their domage or hurte For they wolde nothing but peace loue obeysance and seruice to their lorde Wherfore they sayde their lorde dyde great wrong so to traueyle and greue theÌ And all that euer they dyd was to sustayne the frauÌchesse and lyberties the whiche their lorde wolde take fro them in his crueltie The kyng som what enclyned to them without any semblant makyng In lykewise so dyd the duke of Aniou his brother for all that the erle of Flaunders was their cosyn yet he was nat greatly in their fauours bycause of the duke of Bretayne whome he kepte with hym in his countrey agaynst their wylles a longe season Wherfore they tooke no great hede to his busynesse No more dyde pope Clement for he sayd that god had sent therle of FlauÌders that rodde and punysshment bycause he was his enemy helde with pope Urbane agaynst him THe same season the good knight and coÌstable of Fraunce sir Bertram of Clesquy was in Auuerne with a great noÌbre of men of armes And lay at sege before New castell of Raudone a thre leages fro the cytie of Pye in Auuergne and had closed in the castell nyne englysshemen and gascoyns enemyes to the realme of Fraunce Who were yssued out of Lymosyn where as were many forteresses The coÌstable gaue many sore assautes to the castell and sware that he wolde neuer departe thens tyll he had the castell at his pleasure But than a great sickenesse tooke hym and so lay in his bedde but for all that the siege brake nat vp for his men were more angrye than they were before Of this sickenesse sir Bertram dyed whiche was great domage to his frendes and to the realme of Fraunce and he was borne to the freers in Pye and ther he was one night and fro âhens he was caryed to saynt Denyse in FrauÌce and there he was layde in sepulture nere to the tombe of kynge Charles whiche the kynge had made for hym in his dayes and so he laye at the kynges fete And there his obsequy was done right honorably as though he hadde ben the kynges sonne And there was all the kyngê bretherne and notable persones of the realme of Fraunce Thus by the dethe of sir Bertram of Clesquy the office of the constable shyppe of Fraunce was voyde Than it was ordayned and aduysed who shulde be constable There were named dyuers great barons of Fraunce and specially the lorde Clysson and the lorde of Coucy The kyng wolde that the lorde Coucy shulde haue had the offyce and that he shulde be regent of all Picardy and the kyng gaue him all the lande of Mortayne the which was a fayre herytage lyeng bytwne Tourney and Ualencennes And sir James Uerchyne was put out therof who was constable of Heynalt He helde it by succession of his father who had ben lorde therof a great season before The lorde of Coucy was in great fauour with the frenche kyng and the kyng wolde haue hadde hym constable of Fraunce but the gentyll knight excused hym selfe by dyuers reasons and wolde nat take it on him and sayd Howe sir Olyuer Clysson was more worthy then he was to haue it for he was a worthy knyght hardye and beloued and knowen amonge the bretons Soo thus the mater abode a longe season than sir Bertrams men returned in to Fraunce for the castell yelded vp the same day that ser Bertram dyed and they of the garison went in to Lymosyn to the garyson of Uentadore Whan the freÌ che kyng sawe the coÌstables men he gaue them great gyftes ¶ Nowe let vs leaue to speke of them shewe howe sir Thomas erle of Buckyngham yongest sonne of kyng Edwarde the thyrde made a great armye of men of armes archers and passed with his hoost throughe the realme of Fraunce and went in to Bretayne ¶ Of the erle of Buckyngham yongest sonne to kyng Edwarde the .iii. who passed with a great armye thorough the realme of Fraunce to go in to Bretayne to the duke there Cap. CCC .lx. VE haue herde here before howe that whan the duke of Bretayne departed out of Englande kyng Richard and his vncles had promysed hym to sende men of armes and archers to ayde hym The kyng kept his promyse but yuell fortune came therof for sir Johan Arundell was sent thyder with two hundred men of armes and they had suche fortune that they were nyghe all perysshed in the see by tempest Sir Hughe Caurell sir Thomas Tryuet were saued
with gret payne ther was perysshed a fourescore archers and as many men of armes or mo And so by that fortune this army was broken for that tyme. The duke of Bretayne had great marueyle and all those on his parte that they coulde here no worde of them they coulde nat consyder nor ymagenne what lette they hadde Fayne they wolde haue knowen to the entent to haue hadde some comforte for they were sore ouerpressed by sir Olyuer of Clysson sir Guy de la Uall sir Olyuer of Clesqui erle of Langueuylde and the lorde Rochforte and the frenchmen that lay aboute the fronters of Bretayne Than the duke was counsayled to sende sufficient messangers in to Englande to knowe the cause why they came nat and to hast theym forther for they had nede of their helpe The lorde of Beaumonoyre and sir Eustace Housay were desyred by the duke and by them of the couÌtre to take on them that voyage in to Englande They answered how they were content to go Than they had letters fro the duke of Bretayne and fro them of the couÌtre and so they deêted and toke shyppinge and had wynde and wether at their pleasur and arryued at HaÌpton And than yssued out of their vessell and toke horse rode to London This was about Whytsontyde the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred and fourscore THe kynge of Englande was anone certifyed of their comynge So the kynge went to Wyndsore to kepe the feest of Penthecost there and with hym his vncles and a gret nombre of barons and knightes of Englande And thyder came these two foresayd knyghtes of Bretayne and were honourably receyued of the kynge and of his vncles and of all other there they delyuered their letters to the kynge and to his vncles They reed them and knewe therby howe the duke of Bretayne his countrey desyred them effectuously of ayde and confort There these two knightê knewe of the dethe of sir Johan Arundell and the other that were perysshed in the see goyng towarde Bretayne and so there the duke of Lancastre excused the mater and sayd Howe the kyng nor his counsayle was in no faute but the fortune of the see agaynst the whiche no man canne resyst whan god wyll haue it so So the knyghtes helde the kyng excused and greatly complayned the dethe of those knyghtes so perysshed in the see The feest of PeÌthecost passed and than they helde a parlyament at Westmyuster and there was all the kynges counsayll And in the same meane season there dyed at LoÌdon sir Rychard Dangle erle of HuÌtyngdon and was buryed in the frere Augustynes The kyng caused his obsequy to be done right honourably with a great nombre of prelates and barones of Englande and the bysshoppe of London sange the masse Than anone after began the parlyament and there it was ordayned yâ sir Thomas of Wodstocke youngest sonne to kynge Edwarde the thirde and dyuers barones knyghtes squiers with hym shulde passe the see and lande at Calayes and soo to passe by the grace of god throughe Fraunce with thre thousande men of armes and as many archers and so to come in to Bretayne lyke the sonne of a kyng ¶ He toke on hym a great thynge as to passe throughe the realme of Fraunce the whiche is so great and soo noble and wherin there is so noble chyualry and so valyant men of armes WHan these thynges were thus determyned and the voiage coÌcluded and agreed Than the kyng of Englande his vncles sent letters to the duke of Bretayne and to them of the countre gyueng them knowledge of their ententes and of their counsayle and parlyament that they had concluded at LoÌdon Howe that without faute sir Thomas of Wodstocke erle of Buckingham yongest sonÌe to kynge Edwarde the thirde shulde shortely passe the see to come and socour theÌ The kyng of Englande honoured greatly these knyghtes of Bretayne and gaue them great gyftes and in likewyse so dyd his vncles and so they departed and returned in to Bretayne and delyuered their letters to the duke and he opened and red them and sawe what they contayned and so shewed them to the lordes and knyghtes of his countrey who were well content with that aunswere The kynge of Englande and his vncles forgate nat the voiage that was apoynted but sent for all them that were chosen and apoynted to go with the erle of Buckyngham who were bothe barons knyghtes squiers and other and they were payed for their wages at Douer for thre monethes their wages to begyn assone as they shulde be arryued at Calayes as well men of armes as archers and their passage was delyuered them franke and fre and so they passed lytell and lytell and arryued at Calays and it was a .xv. dayes or they were all past They of Boloyne sawe well howe men of armes archers were issued out of Englande and landed at Calays and gaue knowledge therof ouer all the countrey and to all the frenche garysons to the entent that they shulde take hede euery man to his parte So that whan these tydynges were knowen in bolonoyse and thoronyse in the countie of Guynes knyghtes squiers of the countrey drewe into the forteresses and put therin all that they hadde for feare of lesynge And the capitayns of Boloyne of Arde of Monteire of Spirlo que of Tornehen of Hornes of Lyques and of other castelles on the fronters there entended greatly to prouide for their places for they thought seynge the englisshmen were come ouer in suche a nombre that they shulde haue some assautes gyuen to some of them The tydinges of this passage of the englisshmen was brought to kyng Charles beyng at Parys Than in coÌtynent he sent to the lorde Coucy to saynt Quintynes that he shulde prouyde formen of warre and to go in to Picardy to comforte his cyties townes castelles fortersses there The lorde Coucy obeyed the kynges coÌmaundement as it was reason than he made a somoÌs of knightes and squiers of Picardy Arthoyse and Uermandoyse to mete at Peron in Uermandoyse The same tyme the lorde of saynt Pye was capytayne of Arde and of Boloyne sir Johan Bouillers This sir Thomas of Wodstocke erle of Buckynghame yongest sonne to kynge Edwarde the thirde arryued at Calays thre dayes before Maudlyn tyde in the moneth of July the yere of our lorde god a thousand thre hundred and fourscore ¶ Howe the erle of Buckyngham the englisshmen departed fro Calats to go in to FrauÌce and of their order Cap. CCC .lxi. WHan the erle of Buckynghame was aryued at Calays the companyons had great ioye for they thought well nat to tary long there but to go forth on their voâage The erle refresshed him two dayes at Calays and on the thirde daye departed and toke the way to Marquegnes It were reason that I shewe you the names of the bauers and pensels that were there with the erle First the erle of
and also they beheded the lorde of saynt Johans and a frere mynour maister in medicyn êteyning to the duke of Lancastre they slewe hym in dispyte of his maister and a sergeant at armes called JohnÌ Laige And these four heedes were set on foure logn speares and they made theÌ to be borne before theÌ through the stretes of London And at last set theÌ a highe on LoÌdon bridge as though they had ben traytours to the kyng to the realme Also these glottous entred in to the prices chambre and brake herhed wherby she was so sore afrayed that she sowned and ther she was taken vp and borne to the watersyde and put in to a barge and couered and so conueyed to a place called the quenes Warderobe And there she was all that daye and night lyke a woman halfe deed tyll she was conforted with the kyng her sonne as ye shall here after ¶ How the nobles of England were in great paryll to haue ben dystroyed howe these rebels were punisshed and sende home to theyr owne houses Cap. CCC .lxxxiiii. WHan the kyng came to the sayd place of Myleende without London he put out of his company his two bretherne the erle of Kent sir Johan Holande and the lorde of Gomegynes for they durst nat apere before the people And whan the kynge and his other lordes were ther âhe fouÌde there a threscore thousande men of dyuers vyllages and of sondrie countreis in Englande So the kynge entred in amonge them sayd to them swetely A ye good people I am your kyng What lacke ye What wyll ye say Than suche as vnderstode him sayd We wyll that ye make vs free for euer our selfe our heyres and our landes and that we be called no more boÌde nor so reputed Sirs sayd the king I am well agreed therto Withdrawe you home into your owne houses and into suche villages as ye caÌe fro and leaue behynde you of euery vyllage .ii. or thre and I shall cause writynges to be made and seale theym with my seale the whiche they shall haue with them conteyning euery thynge that ye demaunde And to th entent that ye shal be the better assured I shall cause my baners to be delyuered in to euery Bayliwyke shyre and countreis These wordes apeased well the coÌmon people suche as were symple and good playne men that were come thyder and wyste nat why They said it was well said we desyre no better Thus these people beganne to be apeased and began to withdrawe them in to the cyte of LoÌdon And the kyng also said a worde the whiche greatly contented them He sayde Sirs amonge you good men of Kent ye shall haue one of my baners with you ye of Essexe another ye of Sussexe of Bedforde of CaÌbridge of Germeney of Stafforde of Lyneche of you one And also I pardon euery thinge that ye haue done hyder to so that ye folowe my baners and retourne home to your houses They all answered how they wolde so do thus these people departed and went in to London Than the kynge ordayned mo than .xxx. clerkes the same fridaye to write with all dilygeÌce letter patentes and sayled with the kyngê seale and delyuered them to these people And whan they had receyued the writynge they departed and retourned in to their owne countreis but the great venym remayned styll behynde For Watte Tyler Jacke Strawe and JohnÌ ball sayd for all that these people were thus apesed yet they wolde nat departe so and they had of their acorde mo than .xxx. thousande So they abode styll and made no prese to haue the kynges writyng nor seale for all their enteÌtes was to putte the cytie to trouble in suche wyse as to ãâã all the riche and honest persons to robbe and pylle their houses They of London were in great feare of this wherfore they kepte their houses preuily with their freÌdes and suche seruauntes as they had euery man accordynge to his puyssaunce And whanÌe these sayde people were this fridaye thus somewhat apeased and that they shulde departe assoone as they hadde their writynges euerye manne home in to his ownâ countrey Than kynge Rycharde came in to the Royall where the quene his Mother was ââght sore afrayed So he coÌforted her as well as he coulde and taryed there with her all that night YEt I shall shewe you of an aduenture that fell by these vngracyous people before the cyte of Norwiche by a capitayne among them called Guillyam Lystre of Stufforde THe same daye of Corpus Christy that these people entred in to London and brent the duke of Lancasters house called the Sauoye the Hospytall of saynt Johannes and brake vp the kynges prisons And dyd all this hurte as ye haue herde before The same tyme there assembled toguyder they of Stafforde of Lynne of Cambridge of Bedforde and of Germeney And as they were comynge towardes London they hadde a capitayne amonge them called Lystre And as they came they rested them before Norwiche and in their comynge they caused euerye man to ryse with them so that they left no villayns behynde theÌ The cause why they rested before Norwyche I shall shewe you There was a knight capitayne of the towne called sir Robert Sale He was no gentylman borne but he had the grace to be reputed sage and valyant in armes And for his valyauntnesse kynge Edwarde made hym knight He was of his body one of the biggest knightes in all Englande Lyster and his company thought to haue had this knyght with them and to make hym their chife capitayne to the entente to be the more feared and beloued So they sende to hym that he shulde coÌe and speke with theÌ in the felde or els they wolde brenne yâ towne The knight consydered that it was better for hym to go speke with theÌ rather thanÌe they shulde do that outrage to the towne than he mounted on his horse and yssued oute of the towne all alone and so came to speke with theÌ And whan they sawe hym they made him gret chere and honoured hym moche desyring hym to a lyght of his horse and to speke with theym and so he dyde wherin he dyde great folly For whanÌe he was a lyghted they came rounde about hym and began to speke fayre to hym and sayde Sir Robert ye are a knight and a man greatlye beloued in this countrey and renowmed a valyaunt man And thoughe ye be thus yet we knowe you well ye be no gentylmanne borne but sonne to a villayne suche as we be Therfore coÌe you with vs and be our maister and we shall make you so great a lord that one quarter of Englande shal be vnder your obeysauÌce Whan the knight herde them speke thus it was greatlye contraryous to his mynde for he thought neuer to make any suche bargayne and answered them with a felonous regarde Flye away ye vngracyous people false and yuell traytours that ye be Wolde you that
Englandes counsayle that sir Perducas Dalbret who had well serued yâ kynges of EnglaÌd bothe Edwarde Richarde and the prince and all the countre of Burdeloyse more than .xxx. yer wherfore it was thought he was well worthy to haue that lande and was well able to defende kepe it fro all men Sir Perducas dalbret whan he receyued this laÌdes He sayd vnto the kyng in the presens of his couÌsayle and other noble men sir I take and receyue this herytage to me and to myne heyres on the condycion to serue you agaynst all men except the house of Dalbret fro whens I am come For agaynst them shall I neuer make warre if they suffre myne heritage to be in rest and peace the kyng answered and sayd he was content And so put hym in possessyon of the lande Nowe shall I shewe you what fell of this Parducas Dalbret Whan he was come in to Gascoyne and had taken possessyon of the landes and the seneshall of Burdeloyse had gyuen hym possessyon Than the lorde Dalbret had great ioy therof for he thought well than that his cosyn wolde make hym no warr And so yâ landes of Dalbret and Chaumont abode in good loue rest And the lorde Dalbret held in great loue his cosyn for he hoped euer after his dyssease he wolde put hym in possessyon of the sayde landes of Chaumounte But this sir Parducas was nat so mynded for at last whan he lay on his deth bed and that he sawe he must nedes dye he called before him all his men and dyd seÌde for a yong squier of his a proper man of armes called Parduche and sayd to him I gyue the here in the presence of all my men all the landê of ChaumoÌt so thou be euer good englysshe and true faythfull to the kyng of Englande but I wyll that the house of Dalbert out of the whiche we become that thou make there agaynst no warre wtout they do some outrage to the. The squier answered sayd sir your coÌmauÌdement shal be done this Perduche of Albert was lorde of ChaumoÌt in gascone thus dyed sir êducas I can shewe no more of hym ¶ Howe the kyng of Englandes couÌsayle mocked the flemynges and of the prisoners that were exchaunged Cap. CCCC .viii. WHan these gauntoyse were come to London the kynge his counsayle was certifyed therof so he sent to them to knowe what they wold haue and so they came all in a company to the palays of Westmynster and there they founde redy the duke of Lancastre the erle of Buckyngham therle of Salisbury and the moost parte of the kynges counsayle Howe be it the kynge was nat present at their first comynge These men of Flaunders and of Gaunte enclyned them to the lordes of Englande and than the clerke that was chosen bysshop of GauÌt spake for them all and sayde My lordes we become hyder and sent fro the towne of Gaunt fro the hole countre of flaunders To haue counsayle confort and ayde of the kyng of EnglaÌde Upon certayne artycles and good reasons of the auÌcyent alyauÌces bytwene Englande and FlauÌders They desyre nowe to renewe yâ same for it is nowe nedefull to the couÌtre of FlauÌders the which is as now without a lorde The good townes and the couÌtre hath as nowe but a gouernour the whiche is a man called Philyp Dartuell who recommaundeth hym principally to the kyng and to you all yâ be of his counsayle he desyreth you to take in gre this offre that we shall make to you And that is whan soeuer it shall please yâ kynge of Englande to arryue in Flaunders he shall fynde the countre opyn to receyue him And there to rest and refresshe hym as longe as it shall please hym And also he shall haue at his commaundement of the countre of flauÌders a hundred thousande men armed redy to do hym seruyce Moreouer my lordes the couÌtre of Flaunders maketh one request and that is this To haue agayne two hundred thousande crownes that somtyme Jakes Dartuell and the good townes of FlauÌders lent to king Edwarde of good memorie At the sege of turney and at the siege of Calais For it is the entencyon of the good townes of FlauÌders that or this alyauÌce passe any farther to be first repayed of this sayd som And that done than yâ king of England all his may well say yâ they the flemyngê are frendes togyder and yâ they haue fre entre into Flaunders to go where as it shall please them And whan the lordes of Englande herde those wordes and request they began eche of theÌ to regarde other and some smyled Than the duke of LaÌcastre sayd Fayre lordes of FlauÌders your wordes and demaunde requyreth to haue couÌsayle Go your wayes to London to your logynges and the kyng shall take aduyse on your requestes and shall so answere you that ye ought to be contente The gauntoyse answered and sayd God graunt it and so they departed fro the counsayle and the lordes abode styll to guyder began to laughe amonge them selfe and sayd Haue ye nat sene these fleminges and herde their requestes that they make They demande to be conforted say howe they haue nede therof and yet for all that they demaunde to haue our money It is no resonable request that we shulde both ayde and pay So thus they reputed the flemynges right proude and presumptuous ⪠to demauÌde to haue agayne two hundred thousande crownes of so olde dette as they sayd of a .xl. yere paste There was neuer a better poynt for the frenche kyng if he wyll than to come into flauÌders For if the flemynges had nat as than demaunded the foresayd somme of crownes but haue desyred the kyng of his confort and ayde The kyng wolde haue gone or sent into FlauÌders so puissauntlye to haue bydden batayle with the ayde of the flemynges to any prince of the worlde But it wente otherwyse as ye shall herafter in the storie UIdynges came into Fraunce to the couÌsayle there Nowe that Philyp Dartwell whose courage was all englysshe and yâ countre of Flaunders had sent in to Englande certayne of their men to make aly auÌces with thenglysshmen And the voyce ran and the comon renome that the kyng of Englande with a great puissauÌce shulde come in that season aryue in FlauÌders ⪠and to lye in Gaunt these tidinges were lightly to be beleued howe that the flemynges wolde fortify them selfe ⪠in some maner awyse Than it was deuysed yâ the messanger that was come fro Philyppe Dartuell whoÌe they helde in prison ⪠shulde be delyuered And to say the trouthe ther was no cause why to retayne hym so he was delyuered sent to thost before And warpe The same season they of Bruge ⪠had taken certayn burgesses of turney and kept theÌ in prison The flemynges she wed well howe they had as lyue haue warre with FrauÌce as peace And whan they of Tourney sawe that
and howe they made thre batayls a fote Cap. c .xxviii. ¶ Of thorder of the freÌchmen at Cressey and howe they regarded the maner of the englysshmen Cap. c .xxix. ¶ Of the bataile of Cressey bytwene the king of Englande and the freÌche kyng Cap. c .xxx. ¶ Howe the next day after the batayle the Englysshmen disconfyted agayne dyuers frenchmen Cap. c .xxxi. ¶ Howe after the batayle of Cressey the deed men were nombred by the Englysshmen Cap. c .xxxii. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande layde siege to Calys and howe all the poore people were put out of the towne Cap. c .xxxiii. ¶ Howe the duke of Normandy brake vp his siege before Aguyllon Cap. c .xxxiiii. ¶ Howe sir Galtier of Manny rode thorowe Fraunce by saue conducte to Calays Cap. c .xxxv. ¶ Howe therle of Derby the same season toke in Doictou dyuers townes and castels and also the cytie of Poicters Cap. c .xxxvi. ¶ Howe the kyng of scottes duryng the siege before Calys caÌe in to Englande with a great hoost Cap. c .xxxvii. ¶ Of the batayle of Newe castell vpon Tyne by swette the quene of Englande and the kyng of scottes Cap. c .xxxviii. ¶ Howe Johan Coplande toke the kynge of scottes prisoner and what profyt he gate therby Cap. c .xxxix. ¶ Howe the younge erle of Flaunders ensured the kynges doughter of Englande Cap. c .xl. ¶ Howe ser Robert of Namure dyd homage to the kyng of EnglaÌde before Calys Cap. c. xlt ¶ Howe the englysshmen wan the Roche Daryen howe sir Charles of Bloys layde siege therto Cap. c .xlii. ¶ Of the batayle of Roche Daryen and howe sir Charles of Bloys was there taken by the englysshmen Cap. c .xliii. ¶ Howe the frenche kynge assembled a great hoost to reyse the kyng of Englande fro the siege before Calys Cap. c .xliiii. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande made the passages a boute Caleys to be well kept that the frenche kynge shulde nat a proche to reyse his siege there Cap. c .xlv. ¶ Howe the towne of Calys was yelded vp to the kyng of Englande Cap. c .xlvi. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande repeopled the towne of Calys with englisshmen Ca. c .xlvii. ¶ Of the dealynge of a brigant of Languedoc called Bacon Cap. c .xlviii. ¶ Of another page called Crocart cap. c .xlix. ¶ Howe sir Amery of Pauy a lombarde solde the towne of Calys wherof he was capitayne to the lorde Geffrey Charney of FraÌce cap. c .l. ¶ Of the batayle at Calys bytwene the kyng of Englande vnder the baner of sir Gaultyer of Manny and sir Geffray of Cherney and the frenchemen Cap. c .li. ¶ Of a chaplet of perles that the kyng of Englande gaue to sir Eustace of Rybamont Cap. c .lii. ¶ Of the dethe of kyng Philyp of FrauÌce of the coronacyon of his son Johan Cap. c .liii. ¶ Howe the kyng of Nauer made sir Charles of Spayne constable of Fraunce to be slayne Cap. c .liiii. ¶ Of the imposicyon and gabell ordeyned in Fraunce by the thre estates for the feates of the warre Cap. c .lv. ¶ Howe the frenche kyng toke the kyng of Nauer and beheeded the erle of Harcourt other at Roan Cap. c .lvi. ¶ Of the assemble that the frenche kyng made to fyght with the prince of Wales who rode a brode in Berry Cap. c .lvii. ¶ Howe the prince of Wales toke the castell of Remorentyn Cap. c .lviii. ¶ Of the great hoost that the french kyng brought to the batayle of Poicters Cap. c .lix. ¶ Of the ordre of the frenchmen before the batayle of Poicters Cap. c .lx. ¶ Howe the cardynall of Piergourt treated to haue made a gremen bytwene the french kyng and the prince before the batayle of Poycters Cap c .lxi. ¶ Of the batayle of Poicters bytwene the price of Wales and the frenche kyng Cap. c .lxii. ¶ Of two frenchmen that fled fro the batayle of Poicters and of two englysshmen that folowed them Cap. c .lxiii. ¶ Howe kyng Johan of Fraunce was taken prisoner at the batayle of Poiters cap. c .lxiiii. ¶ Of the gyft that the prince gaue to the lorde Audley after the batayle of Poiters ca. c .lxv. ¶ Howe the englysshmen wan greatly at the batayle of Poycters Cap. c .xlvi. ¶ Howe the lord James Audeley gaue to his foure squiers the fyue C. marke of reuenewes that the prince had gyuen hym Ca. c .lxvii. ¶ Howe the prince made a supper to the french kyng the same day of the batayle Cap. c .lxviii. ¶ Howe the prince returned to Burdeaux after the batayle of Poicters Cap. c .lxix. ¶ Howe the thre estates of Fraunce assembled to gyder at Parys after the batayle of Poycters Cap. c .lxx. ¶ Howe the thre estates sent men of warre agaynst the lorde Godfrey of Harcourt Cap. c .lxxi. ¶ Of the batayle of Constances bytwene the lorde Godfrey of Hercourt and the lorde Loys of Rauenall Cap. c .lxxii. ¶ Howe the prince conueyed the frenche kyng fro Burdeaux in to Englande Cap. c .lxxiii. ¶ Howe the kyng of scottes was delyuered out of prison Cap. c .lxxiiii. ¶ Howe the duke of Lancastre leyde siege to Reynes Cap. c .lxxv. ¶ Howe a knyght of the couÌtie of Eureux called sir Willyam of Granuyle wan the cyte and castell of Eureux the whiche the frenche kyng had won before fro the kyng of Nauer Cap. c .lxxvi. ¶ Of the companyons wherof the Archeprest was chiefe howe he was honoured in Auignon Cap. c .lxxvii. ¶ Of a nother sorte of coÌpanyons wherof Ruffyn a walsheman was chiefe capitayne Cap. c .lxxviii. ¶ Howe the prouost of the marchantes of Parys slewe thre knyghtes in the regentes chambre Cap. c .lxxix. ¶ Howe the kynge of Nauer came out of prisone Cap. c .lxxx. ¶ Howe the kynge of Nauer preched soleÌpnelye at Parys Cap. c .lxxxi. ¶ Of the begynning of the cysing of the commens called the Jaquery in Beauosyn Cap. c .lxxxii. ¶ Howe the prouost of the marchantes of Parys caused walles to be made about the cyte of Parys Cap. c .lxxxiii. ¶ Of the batayleat Meaulx in Bry wher the companyons of the Jaquery were disconfyted by the erle of Foyz and the Captall of Beufz Cap. c .lxxxiiii. ¶ Howe Parys was besieged by the duke of Normandy regent of Fraunce Cap. c .lxxxv. ¶ Of the parisyens that were slayne at saynt Clude by the Englysshmen that had ben soudyers in Parys Cap. c .lxxxvi. ¶ Of the dethe of the prouost of the marchantes of Parys Cap. c .lxxxvii. ¶ Howe the kyng of Nauer besyed the realme of Fraunce the frenche kynge beyng prisoner in Englande Cap. c .lxxxviii. ¶ Of the naueroise that the picardes besieged in the castell of Moncounsell Cap. c .lxxxix. ¶ How certayne burgesses of Amyens wolde haue delyuered the cytie to the naueroyse and of the great famyne that was than in yâ realme of Fraunce Cap. c lrxxx ¶ Of the naueroise that were beseged in saynt Ualery by the pycardes and
And they of Cambray bete downe the castell and bare all the stones into their towne to make reparacyons withall ¶ Howe they of Doway made a iournay into Ostrenan and howe therle of Heynalt was in England Ca. xlviii AFter the dystruction of Escandure the duke of NormaÌdy went to Cambray and gaue leaue to some of his coÌpany to depart and some he sent to the garysons of Doway and other And the first weke that they came to Doway they yssued out and they of Lyste with theym so that they were a thre hundred speares and their capytaynes were sir Loyes of Sauoy therle of Geneue therle of Uyllars the Galoys of the Baulme the lorde of waurayne the lorde of Uasyers and so they went and brent the fayre contrey of Ostrenan in Heynault and lest nothynge with out the forteresses wherwith they of Bouhayâ were sore dysplesed for they sawe the fyers and smokes and coude nat remedy it And soo they sent to them to Ualencennes that if they wolde yssue out a sixe hundred speres in the night thei shuld do moche damage to the frenchmen who were spredde abrode in the playne countrey howe be it they of Ualencennes wolde natte go out of the towne So the frenchmen had great pray and brent the towne of Nyche Descoux Escaudan Here Monteny Senayne Uerlayne Uargny Ambretycourt Lourg Salr Ruette Newfuylle Lyeu saynt Amande and all the vyllages in that contrey and wan great pyllage And whan they of Doway were gone home than the soudyers of Bohayne yssued out and brent the halfe of Descon whiche was frenche and all the vyllages parteyning to France iuste to the gates of Doway and the towne of Desquerchyne Thus as I haue deuysed the garysons in those countreis were prouyded for and dyuerse skirmysshes and feates of warre vsed amonge theym the same tyme there was certayne soudyours of Almaygne sette by the bysshoppe of Cambray in the fortresse of Male Mayson a two leages fro the castell Cambresien and marchynge on the other parte nere to LaÌdreches wherof the lorde of Poytrell was captayne for therle of Bloys though he wer lorde therof yet he had rendred it to therle of Heynalt bycause he was as than frenche So on a day yâ Almayns of Male Mayson caÌe to the bayles of Landreches and draue away a gret pray And whan they of Landreches knewe therof yâ lord of Poytrels armed him all his company and yssued out to rescue the pray the lorde of Poytrels was formast hymselfe and layd his spere in the rest and cryed to the frenchmen and sayd sirs it is shame to flye away And there was a squyer called Albert of Colayne he turned and couched the spere in the rest and came rennyng agaynst the lorde of Poytrell and gaue hym suche a stroke on the targe that the spere flewe all to peaces yet the sayd squyer strake hym agayne suche a stroke that the spere entred through his harnes into his body iust to yâ hert so that he fell fâo his horse deed Than his coÌpanyons h ãâ¦ã ous as the lorde of Bansiers Garard de Mastyne and JohnÌ of Mastyn and other pursued the freÌchmen in suche wyse that they were taken and sâayne the moost part but fewe yâ scaped and their pray rescued and suche prisoners as they had of Landreches And so retourned agayne with the lorde of Poytrels deed after whose dethe the lorde of Floron was long tyme captayne of Landreches and of the castell ther. Thus some day rode forthe the frenchmen and some day the heynous and dyuers encountrynges was bytwene them Thus the countrey of Heynault was in great trybulacion for parte therof was brent and the duke of Normandy was styll on the fronters no man knewe what he wolde do and they coulde here no tidynges of therle of Heynalt True it was he was in Englande wher as the kyng and the lordes made hym great there and made great alyance with the kyng there And so departed out of Englande and went to themperour Loys of Banyer and so these were the causes why the he taryed so long out of his owne countrey And also sir Johanne of Heynalt was gone into Brabant and into Flaunders and shewed to the erle of Brabant and to Jaques Dartuell the desolacyon of the countrey of Heynalt prayeng them in the name of all the heynowes that they wold gyue thââ some counsell and ayde And they answered that they were sure that therle wolde shortly returne at which tyme they sayd they wolde be redy to go with hym whyther as he wolde ¶ Howe the duke of Normandy layed siege to Thyne Leuesque Cap. xlix IN the mean season that the duke of Normandy was at Cambray the bysshoppe and the burgesses of the towne shewed the duke how the heynowes had get by stelth the strong castell of Thyne desyring hym for the coÌmon profet of the countrey that he wolde fynde some remedy for the garyson ther dyd moche hurt to their coÌtrey than the duke called agayne toguyder men of warre out of Artoyse and Uermandoys And so deêted from Cambray and came before Thyne on the ryuer of Lescalt in the fayre playne medowes towarde Ostrenan The duke caryed with hym out of Cambray and Doway dyuerse great engyns and specially .vi. and made them to be reared agayne the fortres so these engyns dyd cast night and day great stones the which bete downe the roffes of the chambers halles and towres so that they within were fayne to kepe vautes and sellars Thus they within suffred great payne and captayns within wer sir Rycharde Lymosyn englysshe and two squyers of Heynault bretherne to therle of Namur JohaÌne and Thyerry These thre that had the charge sayd often tyme to their company sirs surely one of these dayes therle of Heynalt wyl come agaynst these frenchmen and delyuer vs with honour and ryd vs out of this paryll and shal can vs great thanke that we haue kept this fortres so longe The ingens without dyd cast in deed horses and beestes stynkiÌg wherby they within had great dystres thauÌe with any other thynge for the ayre was hote as in the myddes of somer the stynke and ayre was so abomynable that they consydred howe that finally they coude nat long endure Than they toke aduyse to desyre a truse for .xv. dayes and in that space to sende and aduertyse ser JohnÌ of Heynalt who was ruler of the contrey in therles absence and without that he dyde socour them in that space to yelde vp the fortres to the duke This treaty was put forth agreed vnto than they with in sent a squyer called Estrelart de Sommayne to sir JohnÌ of Heynalt and at Mons in Heynalt the squyer fouÌde hym who had nuely harde fro his nephue therle howe that he was coÌmyng home warde into his countrey and hadde been with themperour and made great alyance with hym and with the kyng of England and with the other lordes of th empyre All this
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 theÌglysshmen 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 whanÌe 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. ââhis company for his loue ther was a varleâ ãâ¦ã 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 ãâã no man can passe but whan the ââudde 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 deête be tymes ye may be ther by the sonne rysinge the kynge sayââ if this be trewe that ye say I quytethe thy raunsome and all thy company and moreouer shall gâue the a hundred nobles than the kynge commaunded euery man to be reây at the sounde of the trumpette to departe ¶ Of the batayle of Blanch ââque 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 Goâyn a Grace so that they came by the sonne rysing to Blanch Taque but as than the fluâde 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 âemeanoure 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 AmyeÌse he had ordayned a great barowne of Normandy called sir God mardu Fay to go and kepe the passage of BlaÌche Taque where the englysshmen must pa ãâ¦ã or els in none other place he had with hym M. men of armes and sixe thousand a âote with the genowayes soo they went by saynt Reyâgâyer 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 whanÌe the âludde was gone he coÌmaunded 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 freÌchmen 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 câosâowes 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 dysconâituâe he fledde and saued hymselfe some ââedde to Abuyle and some to saynt Raygnyer they that were there a fote coude nat ââce 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 âyscoÌfyted 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 âertayned to the couÌtesse of DaÌmerle 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 PoÌthieu pertayning to the marchauntes of âaynton and of Rochell they brought the best therof to the kynges host Than one of the marshals âoâe 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
and sayd howe he wolde ryde and loke oâ the frenchmen And so departed ãâã saynt Sauyour le ãâã he had about a seuyn huÌdred men onâ and other the same day the frenchmen ãâã forth and ãâã before them their curr ãâ¦ã who brought them worde agayne that they had sene the naueroyse Also sir Godfray had sende ãâã ãâã who had also well a viewed the frenchmen and sawe their baners and penons and what nombre they were And ãâã and she ãâã it to sir Godfray who sayd syth we sâ ou ãâ¦ã we woll fight with theym Than he sette his archers before and sette his company in good order And whan sir Loys of Rauenaltâ ãâã th ãâ¦ã demeanour he caused his company in a lyght a fote and to âaues them with their targes agaynst the archers and commaunded that none shulde go forwarde without he commaunded The archers began to aproch and those feersly the freÌchmen who were well armed and pauysshed suffred their shotte it dyd theym no great hurt So the frenchemen stode styll tyll the archers had spent all their arowes than they ãâã away their bowes and resorted backe to their men of armes who were a ranged a longe by a hedgâ and sir Godfray with his baâer before them Than the frenche archers began to ãâã and gathered vp the arrowes that had ben shoâ at them before and also their men of armes began feersly to aproche there was a foâe fyght Whan they mette hande to hande and sir Godfrayes fotemen kept none aray but were soone discoÌfyteo Than sir Godfray sagely withârue hymselfe downe into a wyng closed with ãâã whan the freÌchmen sawe that they all a lyghted a fote and deuysed which way they might ãâã they went all about to fynde away and sir Godfray was redy euer to defende They were many hurt and slayne of the frenchmen or they ãâã de entre at their pleasure finally they entred than there was a sore fyght and many a man ouerthrowen And sir Godfrayes men kepte ãâã good aray nor dyd nat as they had promysed moost part of theym ââeâde whan sir Godfray sawe that he sayd to himself howe he had ratheâ there ãâ¦ã than to he âaken by the freÌchmen than he toke his are in his handes and set ãâã yâ one legge before thother to stande the more surely for his one legge was a lytell croked but he was strong in the armes Ther he fought valyantly and long non burst well abyde his stro ãâ¦ã than two frenchmen mounted on their horses ãâã ranne bothe with their speares a tones at hym and so bare hym to the yerth than other yâ were a fote âame with their swârdes and strake hym into the body vnder his harneys So that ther he was slayne and all suche as were with hyaâ were nygh all slayne and taken and such as ãâã ped retourned to saynt Sauyour the Uycount This was about the feest of saynt Martyne ãâã wynter the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lvi. ¶ Howe the prince conucyed the frenche kyng fro Burdeux into Englande Cap. C .lxxiii. AFter the beth of this knight sir Godfray of Harcourt the freÌchmen retourned to CoÌstances with their prisoners and pyliage And anone after they went into France to the duke of Normandy who as than was called regent of France and to the thre estates whâ receyued them right honourably So fro thens forth saynt Sauyour le vycont was englysth ãâ¦ã and all the lordes pertayning to sir Godfray of Harcourt for he had solde it to the kyng of England after his dyscease and disheryâed yâ lorde Loys of Harcort his nephue by cause he wolde nat take his parâ Issone as the kyng of EnglaÌde herde tidynges of the dethe of the lorde Godfray of Harcort he was sorie therof ThaÌ he sent incoÌtynent men of armes knyghtes sâuyers archers mo than CCC by see to go and take possessyon for hym of saynt Sauyour le UycoÌt the which was worth xxc M. frankes by yere and made captayne of those landê the lorde Johan Lyle The thre estates all that season studyed ou the ordinance of the realme of France and it was all gouerned by them the same wynter yâ prince of Wales and suche of Englande as were with hym at Burdeux ordayned for shyppes to conuey the frenche kyng and his sonne and all other prisoners into Englande And whan the tyme of his departed aproched than he coÌmauÌded the lorde âalbert the lorde of Musydent the lorde de ãâã aspare the lorde of Punyers and the lorde of Rosen to kepe yâ contre there tyll his retourne agayne Than he toke the see and certayne lordes of Gascoyne with hym the frenche kyng was in a vessell by hym self to be the more at his ease acompanyed with two huÌdred men of armes and two thousand archers for it was shewed the prince that the thre estates by whom the realme of France was gouerned had layed in Normandy and Crotoy two great armyes to the entent to mete with hym and to gette the frenche kynge out of his handes if they myght but ther were no suche that apered And yet thei were on the see .xi. dayes on the .xii. day they aryued at Sandwych than they yssued out of their shyppe and lay there all that night and taryed there two dayes to refresshe them and on the thirde day they rode to Canterbury Whan the kyng of Englande knewe of their coÌmynge he comaunded theÌ of London to prepare theym and their cyte to receyue suche a man as the freÌ che kyng was Than they of London arrayed themselfe by coÌpanyes and the chiefe maisters clothyng dyfferent fro the other at saynt Thomas of Caunterbury the frenche kyng and the prince made their offerynges and there taryed a day and than rode to Rochester and taryed there that day and the nexte day to Dartforde and the fourth day to London wher they were honourably receyued and so they were in euery good towne as they passed The frenche kynge rode through London on a whyte courser well aparelled and the prince on a lytell blacke hobbey by hym Thus he was conueyed a long the cyte tyll he came to the Sauoy the which house pertayned to the herytage of the duke of Lancastre there the french kyng kept his house a long season and thyder came to se hym the kyng and the quene often tymes and made hym gret feest and chere Anone after by the commaundement of pope Innocent the sirt there came into Englande the lorde Taylleran cardynall of Pyergort and the lorde Nycholas cardynall of Dargell They treated for a peace bytwene the two kynges but they coude bring nothyng to effect but at last by good meanes they êcured a truse bytwene the two kynges and all their assysters to endure tyll the feest of saynt Johan the Baptyst in the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .lix. And out of this truse was excepted the lorde Philyppe of Nauerr and his alyes the countesse of Mountfort and
whan sir Wyllyamsame hym he went by lytell and lytell to hym and saluted hym courtesly the captayne stode styll and saluted hym agayne And whan they came nere togyder they began to speke of dyuerse maters and sir Wyllyam demaunded of hym if he had herde any newe tidynges oute of Fraunce The capitayne who was desyrous to here newes sayd sir I here none I pray you if ye haue herde any lette me here some parte of them with a right good wyll ê the lorde Wyllyam Sir it is sayd in Fraunce that the kynge of Denmarke and the kyng of Irelande ar alyed togyder and hath sworne to go forthe togyder and nat to retourne agayne into their countreys tyll they haue distroyed all England and haue brought agayne the frenche kynge to Parys for they ar on the see mo than a. C. M. men And the englysshmen be in suche dout of them that they wot nat what to do for ther is an olde sayeng among theym that the danes shulde dystroy theym The capitayne demaunded howe he knewe those tidynges sir sayde he a knyght of Flaunders dyd write this to me for certayne and he sent me with the letter the goodlyest chesse-men that euer I sawe He found out that mocke bycause he knewe well that the capitayne loued well the game of the chesse than the capitayne sayde sir I pray you lette me se theym I shall sende for them sayd sir Wyllyam on the condycion that you woll play a game with me for the wyne And than he sayde to his varlette go thy way and fetche me the chessemen and bring theÌ hyther to the gate the varlet departed and the capitayne and sir Wyllyam entred into the first gate than the capitayne closed the wycket after them with a bolt and locked it nat Thanne sir Wyllyam sayde opyn the seconde gate ye may well ynough without any danger the captayne opyned the wycket and dyd suffre sir Wyllyam to entre to se the castell and he entred with hym The varlet than went streyght to the burgesses who had men redy in harnes iÌ their houses and he caused them to come harde to the castell gate and than he sowned a lytell horne as it was deuysed before that he shulde do WhanÌe the lorde Wyllyam herde the horne he sayde to the capytayne lette vs go out of the seconde gate for my varlet is commynge than sir Wyllyam passed the wycket and stode styll without and the capitayne that wolde a passed out after hym sette out his fore and stouped downe and put out his heed Than the lorde Wylliam toke the are that he had vnder his arme and strake the captayne sin he a stroke that he claue his heed and so fyll downe deed on the groundsyll thanÌe the lorde Wyllyam went to the first gate and opyned hit WhanÌe the watche man of the castell herde the horne he had great marueyle for ther was a coÌmauÌdement gyuen in the towne that on payne of dethe none shulde sowne any horne than he loked and sawe men in harnes come ronnynge towardes the castell gate than he cryed treason treason Than they within the castell came to the gate and were sore a basshed whan they sawe it opyn the capitayne deed ouerth wart the gate and the lorde Willyam with his axe in his handes to defende the entre Than incoÌtynent ther came suche as were apoynted to ayde the lorde Wyllyam and entred in at the first gate and so after to the seconde gate and droue backe the soudyers and dyuers were taken and slayne and so entred into the castell Thus by this manere was the stronge castell of Eureux won agayne and than incontynent the cytie yelded vp put out all the frenchmen and than they send for the lorde Philyp of Nauer who was as than newely come out of Englande thyder he came and made ther his sauerayne garyson to make war agaynst the good countrey of Normandy and with hym was sir Robert Canoll sir James Physen sir Fryquet of Friquant the Bascle of Marnell the lorde Jouell sir Fondrigas and other who dyd after moche myschiefe in France as ye shall here herafter ¶ Of the coÌpanions wherof the archpreest was chiefe and howe he was honoured in Auygnon Ca. C .lxxvii. IN the same season ther was a knyght called sir Arnolde Canoll most comoÌly named archpreest he assembled togyder a great company of men of warr of dyuers contrees suche as lacked wages in other places After the takyng of the freÌche kynge they wyste nat where than to wynne any thyng in Fraunce so first they went towardes Prouence and toke byforce many stronge townes and castelles and robbed all the countrey to Auygnone And they had none other capitayne but this knight the archpreest the pope Innocent the sixt and the cardynalles beyng at Auygnon had of that company great dout and kept there men day and nyght in harnesse and made good watche Whan this archepreest and his coÌpany had robbed all the countre the pope and the clergy fell in treaty with theÌ and so on a sure apoyntment they came to Auygnone and they were as honourably receyued as thoughe there had ben a kynges sonne And often tymes this knyght dyned with the pope and with the cardynals and they had pardon of all their synnes and at their departyng they had in rewarde .xl. thousande crownes for hym and his company So some of his company departed but styll the archpreest kept his company togyder Of an other sort of coÌpanyons wherof Russyn a walsshman was capitayne Cap. C .lxxviii. ALso in the same season there rose an other company of men of warr of all contreys gathered togyder they kept bytwene the ryuer of Loyr and the ryuer of Sayne Wherfore none durste go nor ryde bytwene Parys and Orleaunce nor bytwene Parys and Moutargê euery man sledde to Parys and the poore men of the countre fled to Orleance These companyons made among them a captayne called Ruffyn they made hym knight and by meanes of robbery and pyssage he was marueylous riche some day they wolde ryde nere to Parys another day to Orlyaunce another tyme to Chartres There was no towne nor fortresse sauynge suche as were stronge and well kept but was by theÌ robbed and ouerron as saynt Arnolde Gallardon Broumalx Aloes Estampes Chastres Montleher Plounyers Ingastynoes Mylly Larchant Chastellon Montarges Isyââes and dyuers other great townes that it were marueyll to reherse them They rode in and out about in the contre by .xx. by .xxx. and by .xl. and they founde no let Also in Normandy by the see syde there was a gretter company of robbers englysshe and Naueroys and sir Robert Canoll was chefe of theÌ and by suche meanes he wanne townes castels and fortresses without any resystence This ser Robert Canoll had longe vsed lyke maner he was well worthe a hundred thousand crâwnes and kepte euer with hym many soudyers at his wages they pylled and robbed so well that many were
gladde to folowe hym ¶ Howe the prouost of the marchantes of Parys slewe thre knyghtes in the regentes chambre Cap. C .lxxix. IN this season that the thre estates thus ruled there rose in dyuers countrees certayne manere of people callyng themselfe companyons and they made warr to euery man The noble men of yâ realme of France and the prelates of holy churche began to waxe wery of the rule and ordynaÌce of the thre estates and so gaue vp their rule and suffred the prouost of the marchantes to me dyll with some of the burgesses of Parys bycause they medled farther thanÌe they were pleased withall So on a day the regent of Fraunce was in the palays of Parys with many noblemen and prelates with hym The prouost than assembled a great nombre of commons of Parys suche as were of his opynion and all they ware hattes of one colour to thnetent to be knowen The prouost came to the palays with his men about hym and entred into the dukes chaÌbre and ther egerly he desyred hym that he wolde take on hym the medlyng of the busynesse of the realme of France that the realme the which pertayned to hym by enherytance might be better kept and that suche companyons as goeth about the realme wastyng robbyng and pyllinge the same myght be subdued The duke answered howe he wolde gladly entende therto yf he had wherwith and said they that receyue the profet and the rightes pertayning to the realme ought to do it yf it be done or nat I report me So they multiplyed suche wordes bytwene theÌ that thre of the greattest of the dukes counsayle were ther slayne so nere hym that his clothes were all blody with their blode and he himselfe in great peryll but there was sette one of their hattes on his heed and he was fayne there to êdon the deth of his thre knyghtes two of armes and the thyrd of the lawe the one called yâ lorde Robert of Cleremont a ryght noble man another the lorde of CoÌflans and the knyght of the lawe the lorde Symonde of Bucy ¶ Howe the kyng of Nauer came out of prison Cap. C .lxxx. AFter this forsayd auen ture certayne knyghtes as yâ lorde JohnÌ of Pequigny other vnder the comfort of yâ prouost of Parys and of other counsaylours of yâ good townes caÌe to the stronge castell of Alleres in Paylleull in Picardy where the kyng of Nauer was in prison vnder the kepynge of the lorde Trystram du Boyse They brought to theym that kept the castell suche tokens that they had the king of Nauer delyuerd into their haÌdes for the captayn was nat as thaÌ there And they brought hym with great ioye into the cytie of Amyense where he was well receyued and lyghted at a chanons house who loued hym entierly called Guy Kyrrecke And yâ kyng taryed there a fyftene dayes tyll he had so prouyded for hymselfe yâ he was assured of the duke of Normandy than regent of France for the prouost of the marchantes of Parys hadde gette hym his peace of the duke and of them of Parys And than the kyng of Nauer was brought to Parys by the lorde JohnÌ of Pequigny and by other burgesses of Amyense wher as euery man was gladde to se hym and the duke made hym great feest and chere for it behaued hym so to do For the prouost and his sect exhorted hym therto therfore the duke dissembled for the pleasur of the prouost and other of Parys ¶ Howe the kyng of Nauerre preched solemply in Parys Cap. C .lxxxi. WHan the kynge of Nauer had bene a certayne tyme in Parys on a day he assembled togyder prelates knightes and clerkes of the vnyuersite And ther he shewed openly among them in latyn in yâ presence of the duke of NormaÌdy his coÌplaynt and greffes and vyolence done to hym wrongfully without right or reason And sayde howe there was none that ought to dout in hym but that he wolde lyue and dye in the defence of the realme of Fraunce and the crowne therof as he was bounde to do for he was extraught of father and mother of the right lygne of Fraunce And sayde if he wolde chalenge the realme and crowne of Fraunce he coulde shewe by ryght howe he was more nerer therto than the kynge of Englande His sermon and langage was so pleasant that he was greatly praysed and so lytell and lytell he entred into the fauour of them of Parys so that he was better beloued there than the regent the duke of NormaÌdy and also with dyuers other cites in the realme of France But what soeuer semblant the prouost they of Parys made to the kyng of Nauer for all that the lorde Philyppe of Nauer wolde neuer trust theÌ nor wolde nat come to Parys for he alwayes sayd that in a comynalte ther was neuer no certentie but finally shame rebuke dyshonour ¶ Of the beginnyng of the rysing of the commons called Jaquere in Beauuosyn Cap. C .lxxxii. ANone after the delyueraunce of the kyng of Nauer ther began a meruelouse trybulacion in the realme of FraÌce as in Beauuosyn in Bry on the ryuer of Marne in Leamoys and about Seossons for certayne people of the common vyllages without any heed or ruler assembled togyder in Beauuosyn In the beginnyng they past nat a hundred in nombre they sayd howe the noble men of the realme of Fraunce knyghtes and squyers shamed the realme and that it shulde be a great welth to dystroy them all and eche of them sayd it was true and said all with one voyce shame haue he that dothe nat his power to distroy all the geÌtylmen of the realme Thus they gathered togyder wtout any other counsayle without any armureâ sauyng with staues and knyues and so went to the house of a knyght dwellyng therby brake vp his house and slewe the knyght and the lady and all his chyldren great and small and brent his house And than they went to another castel and toke the knight therof and bounde hym fall to a stake and than vyolated his wyfe and his doughter before his face and than slewe the ãâ¦ã dy and his doughter and all his other chyldren And than slewe the knyght by great tourment and brent beate downe the castell and so they dyd to dyuers other castelles and good houses and they multiplyed so that they were a six thousand and euer as they went forwarde they encreased for suche lyke as they were fell euer to theÌ So that euery gentylman fledde fro them and tooke their wyues and chyldren with them and fledde .x. or .xx. leages of to be in suretie and left their houses voyde and their goodes therin These myscheuous peple thus assembled without capitayne or armoure robbed brent and slewe all gentylmen that they coude lay handes on and forced and rauysshed ladyes and damosels and dyd suche shamefull dedes that no humayne creature ought to thynke on any suche And he that dyd moost
to renne vpon vs or vpon theym that doth the contrarye And that it renâe vpon vs and on them as soone as we or any of theym do or attempte in occupyenge towne castell citie or forteresse or any thynge doynge ratyfienge or consentynge In gyuynge counsayle comfort fauour or aide priuely or openly agaynst the sayde peace And of the Whiche sentences of curse nat to be assoyledde vnto the tyme full satisfaction be made to all them that haue had or susteyne any dammage in that behalf ⪠And more ouer we woll and coÌsent that our holy father the pope to the entent that thys sayde peace shulde be the fyrmelier kepte and holdeââ perpetually that if any pactionâ conâeâeracyons aliaunces and couenauntes howe so euer they be named if they be any thyng preiuâicyall agaynst the said peace by any maner of way at this present tyme or here after to be made supposed that they be ferme and delyuered of certayne peynes or by othes confyrmed by our holy father the pope or by any other that they be cancelled stande for nought or any thynge contrary to the comon weale or vnprofitable to the peace and to all Christente and âispleasaÌt to god and all promesses and othes in suche cases shal be shewed and discussed by our holy father the pope so that none be bâââde to holde or kepe any suche promyses or othes aliauÌces or couenauÌtes to th entent that in tyme to come suche semblable cases shulde nat be done And if any attempt to do the coÌtrary that it be voyâ and of none effecte And as for vs we shall punyss he all suche as violaters and brekers of the peace by theyr bodyes and gooddes as the cas shall requyre accordynge to reason And if we procure or suffre to be done the coÌtrary as god forbyd than we wol that we be reputed for fals and vntrewe and that we ren in suche estate of blame and defame as a kynge sacred ââght to ren in suche a case and we swere on the body of our lorde Jesu Christ all the sayde thynges to holde and kepe and accomplysshe and nat to do the contrary nother by vs nor by âone other in no maner of case and to the entent that these sayd bondes shulde be fulfylled We âynde vs our heires and all the goodes of vs and of our heires to our sayd brother of France and to his heires And also we swere on the holy euangelist by vs corporally touched that we shall perfourme holde and accomplisshe in the forsayd cases all the sayd thynges by vs promysed and accorded And we woll that in like case our brother or his deputies in place ãâã terme and in maner as before is made mencion present to vs his letters coÌprâsed therin to theââârt ãâã strength of our sayd letters that we haue proâysed and delyuered as is sayd before Alwayes saued reserued by vs our heires and successours that the sayd letters before eâcorpored be of none effecte nor be to vs any maner of preiudice or damage vntyll the season that our sayde brother and nephewe haue made fente and âelyuered the foresayde renonciaâions accordynge to the maner before âeuised and tyll that be âone our letters nat to be agaynste vs our heires or successours in any maner of wyse but in the foresayd case In witnesse of whiche we haue ââttâ our scale to the present letters yeuyn at Calais the .xxiiii. day of Octobre the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lx. ANd whan this letter chartre called the letter of renunciacion as well of the one kynge as of the other was engrosed wrytten sealed than it was red openly in the counsayle chambre beyng present both kynges and theyr counsayles the whiche semed to eche of them to be ryght good and well ordeyned and there agayne both kynges sware and their eldest sonnes on the euangelist is corporally by them touched and on the body of Jesu Christ consecrated to kepe and to accoÌplisshe and nat to broke any of the forsayd thynges And yet farther by the aduise and regarde of the frenche kyng and of his counsaââe and at the ende of their parliameÌt the kyng of Englande was requyred that he wolde gyue and sende a generall commissââ to all them that for the tyme held vndershadow of the warre townes castels and fortresses in the realme of Fraunce werby they myght haue suche commaundement to auoyde and departe And the kyng of Englande wo as than wolde nothyng but welth and good peace to be norysshed bitwene hym and the frenche kyng his brother as he had sworne and promysed lyghtly agreed to this ⪠requeste for it semed but reason ⪠And than the kyng of Englande commaunded his counsaile that suche a commission shuld be made after the best maner that myght be accordynge to the entent of the frenche kynge and of his counsayle And than they of the speciall coâsayle of bothe kynges drâwe theym to guether and there was wrytten and engrosed by the aduyse of bothe counsayles a certayn commission wherof the tenor ⪠foloweth EDwarde by the grace of god kyng of Englande lorde of Ireland and of Aquitayne To all oure Capytaynes kepers of townes and of castelles adherauntes and alies ⪠beynge in the parties of Fraunce aswell in ââcardy Borgoyn Aniou Berrey Normandy BritaiguÌ Auuerne ChaÌpaiguÌ Mayn Thourayne as in all the bondes and lymitacionâ of the demayne and tenure of Fraunce We ãâã gretynge as peace and accorde hath ben made bytwene vs and our brother of Fraunce our alies and adherentes comprisynge all the debates and discordes that hath ben bitwene vs in tyme past or may be and haue sworne on the body of Jesu Christ and also our eldest sonne and our other children and other of our blodd with outers prelates barons and knyghtes the moost notable of the realme of Englande And in like wyse hath sworne our sayd brother and our sayd nephewe the duke of Normandy and our other nephewes his said children and dyuers barones knyghtes and prelates of the sayd realme of Fraunce to kepe the peace And though hit so fortune or fall hereafter that any men of warre of our realme or of our subiectes enforce them to do or to take on them any thyng contrary to the sayd peace in takynge or withholdynge fortresses townes cites or castelles or takynge of pyllage or prisoners or restynge of any persone their goodes or marchandyses or any other thynge doyng agaynst the peace the whiche to vs shulde be right displeasaunt and we may nat nor wyll suffre it to passe vnder the shadow of dissimulacion in any maner of wyse we woll with all our power in all these said thynges fynde remedy Therfore we woll desire and ordeyne by the deliberacion of ⪠our counsaile that none of our subiectes whatsomeuer estate or coÌdicion they be of do or enforce them to do any thynge contrary to the sayd peace Indoynge of any pillage takyng or withholdynge any fortresses prisoners or gooddes what so
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 ⪠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 coÌmaund 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 ãâ¦ã 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 êteynyng 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 FreÌche 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 pateÌtes 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 coÌmyssyons were made deuysed deliuered and well ordeined by the aduyce of the couÌsayle 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 coiÌcacioÌ how they might bring them to peace coÌcorde yet finally ther was nothyng done iÌ that mater for as I was infurmed aff the kyng of England nor his ãâã 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 coÌmunicacion 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 NormaÌdy 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 couÌtrey 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 MouÌâford and his aduauÌcement sayd to kyng JohnÌ of France in the presens of the kyng of EnglaÌd 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 couÌsaile and consent of the prince his sonne shall sende the yonge duke the lorde JohnÌ of MouÌtforde 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 ãâã I thynke it were good that the trewâe 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 UicouÌt in Constantyne the profite of the whiche came yerely into Englande by the gyft and sale of
the prince and his knyghtes answered curtesly and sayd that truly it was a voiage for all maner of men of honour to take hede of And by yâ pleasure of god if the passage be ones open he shulde nat be alone but he shulde fynde them yâ wolde be gladde to desyre to auaunce their honors Of these wordes the kynge of Ciper was well content and than departed but sir JohnÌ Chandos helde hym company tyll he was out of the principalite and as I vnderstode he retourned agayne into Fraunce to Parys Wenynge to haue founde there the kynge but he dyd nat for the kynge was nat retourned oute of EnglaÌde for he lay sore sicke at his lodgyng at the Sauoy in London and euery daye he enpayred worse and worse the whiche greatly displeased the kynge of Englande and yâ quene for all his phisiâiens sayde he was in great paâell And all this knewe right well the duke of Normandy Who was at Parys and had the gouernynge of all the Realme of Fraunce for syr Boucequant Was come oute of Englande and hadde enfourmed the Duke howe it stode with the kynge hys father The kynge of Nauarre also knewe the certaynte therof and was no thynge sorye For he hoped that if the frenche âyng dyed that the Warre the Whiche he made shulde be the better for hym And he wrote to the Captall of Beusm Who Was as than with the erle of Foyes desyringe hym to come into NormaÌdy to hym sayeng howe he wolde make hym souerayne captâayne of all his retynewe And the captall departed fro the erle of Foyes and toke his way to the kyng of Nauer and as he went he desyred certayne knightes squyers to go with hym howbeir that was but a fewe So thus in the meane season while the captall was thus comyng to warâe the kyng of Nauerre kynge JohnÌ of Fraunce dyed in his bedde in Englande at the Sauoy in the cytie of London Wherof the kyng of Englande the quene and all their chyldren many ââo in Englande were right sory and heuy for yâ great honour and loue that the kynge had to hym euer sythe the peace was made bytweâe them ThaÌ the duke of OrleauÌce his brother and the duke of Berry his sonne who were ryght sorowfull for his dethe sent incoÌtynent in great hast worde therof ouer the see to the duke of NormaÌdy wherof the duke was right sory aââ good reason why Howbeit he knowynge hym selfe successour of the herytage of Fraunce and seynge howe the kyng of Nauerr dayly fortifyed garysons agaynst hym he thought it was tyme to prouyde for good counsell and for remody ãâã that behalfe All the same seasonne there was a knyght in Bretayne that toke euer the frenche partie called syr Bertram âe Guesclyâ the renowme of hym was nat greatly knowen as ãâã that tyme sauyng among the knyghtes of Bretayne that were about hym he was abydinge styll in Brerayne alwayes makynge warre for the lorde Charles of Bloys And so in that conÌtre this syr Bertram was reputed for a valyaÌt knyght and welbeloued with all men of warr was as than greatly in yâ duke of NormaÌdes grace for the greaâ vertues yâ hâ herd reported of hym So that whanthe duke had herde of the dethe of his father doutâd greatly of the kynge of Nauerre than he sayd to sir Boucequant Sir with suche men as ye haue I wyll that ye ryde in to Normandy and ther ye shall fynde sir Bertram of Guescâyue and loke that you and he togyder make an army agaynst the kynge of Nauerr and kepe surely the ryuer of Seyne sir Boucequant sayd it shulde be done And so he departed and toke with hym a good nombre of knyghtes and squyers and toke his way to Normandy by saynt Germayns and shewed them that were with him that he wolde go to the castell of Rolebosse wherin were certayne of the companyons that dyde so mâche ââyll throughout the worlde ROlebosse was a stronge castell on the âyuer of Sâyne a leage fro Ma ãâ¦ã and as at that tyme it was full of the companyons who made warr as well on the kyng of Nauer as on the frenche kyng and they had a capyâââ whome they obeyed and he retayned them by certayne wages that he gaue them he was called UaÌtayre Austarde an expert man of armâs and a bolde and borne in the towne of Brusels And he and his coÌpany had robbed all the countre about hym ther was none that durst go frâ Parys and Maunt to Roane or to Ponthoisâ and as well they bete downe yâ naueroyse as the frenchmen and specially they constrayned âore them of MauÌt Whan sir Boââequant parted fro Parys he fayned to take the way to Roleâosse howbeit he taryed at a certayne place for sir Bertram of Guâsclyâe his company who was ryden before to the castell of Deurâuâ anâ had spoken with them within but they woldâ ãâã no wyse open their gates to lette hym in but fiersly dyde cast stones at hym Whan he sawe that he departed and wente to the marshall syr Boucequant where he taryed for hym a lytelâ fro Rolebosse And whan they were met togyder they were a fyue huÌdred men of armes and so these two capitayns had great counsell togyder to sâ howe they shulde mayntene themselfe and specially to gette yf they myght the towne of MauÌt Than they determyned that s Boucequaunt and a hundred with hym shulde ryde to Maunt in hast as though they were sore afrayed and say howe that they of the garysone of Rolebosse dyde chase them desyringe them to open their gate and let them in for saue garde of their lyues And if they were lette in than to take season of the gates than sir Bertram with all his hole company shulde come and entre in to the towne and do what they lyst and so they thought without they coude get it by this maner they wyst nat howe elles to gette it Sâ this counsell was determyned to be good and the lordes kept it secrete among them selfe ⪠and so thus sir Boucequant dâââed with this sayd company and rode towarde Maunte ⪠and syr Bertram rode thyderwarde by another way and put theÌselfe in a busshment nere to MauÌt And whan sir Bouceqâuant aproched nere to Maunt ⪠than they sparâled a brode lyke men ãâã were discoÌfyted and chased And so the knyght sir Boucequant came to Maunt but. ãâã with him the resydue came one after another Than he called at yââarryers and sayd a ye good people of Maunt open your gate and let vs entre ãâ¦ã r fold weth the yuell murdrârs the ãâ¦ã Roâeboyse who chaseth vs hath vtterly discâtâted vs. They within sayd sir what be you ãâã ãâã he I am ser BoucequaÌt marshall to the duke of Normady sent by hym to haue fought with theÌ of Rolâboyse but the theues wtin haue ãâã me so that it behoued me to ãâã whyder I wolde or nat and here
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 êll And so he went to the castell of Alroy whiche is bitwene UeÌnes 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 freÌche 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 FraÌce 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 UeÌnes the which also yelded vp than he went to Luzemont the which was assayled taken by force all they wtin slayne than the coÌstable weÌt 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 âyen 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 coÌstable weÌt 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 freÌchmen 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 CaÌpelly was taken wherof James Rosse a squire of EnglaÌde was capitayne and he coude nat be taken to mercy for he fell in the haÌdes 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 coÌstable sayd sirs ye that be within it is of certayne that we shall coÌquere 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 coÌpany 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 defeÌded 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 commauÌdement he therfore coÌmaunded that none shuld be so hardy to do any maner of domage ¶ Whan the constable of FrauÌce 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 freÌchmen were styll in the felde in Bretayne and the sayd englisshmen wyst nat whyder the coÌstable wolde brawe but whan the coÌstable caÌe 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 freÌchmen 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 FrauÌce 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 noÌbre 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
agayne to his shyppes and euery daye raynged in batell to fight with his enemyes if they brewe thider The constable who had gyuen lycence to the moost parte of his coÌpany and helde styll two sieges one before Bercerell and the other before Duryuall and thought full lytell that the erle of Salisbury wolde haue come thyder so strongly as he dyde Than he departed fro the marches of Nauntes whan the day of the delyueraunce of Brest dyde aproche howe be it whaÌ the day came he went nat thyder for than he had knowledge howe the englisshmen were there with suche a strengthe able to fyght with hym therfore he thought to warke by great sadde aduyse and so he dyd for he taryed styll there he was remoued nat and ther taryed a .vii. dayes or more whan therle of Salisbury beyng before Breest hadde taken a place of grounde for his auauntage And sawe that the constable of Fraunce nor the bretons came nat forwarde he sent thyder an haraude who whan he came before the constable sayd Sir the erle of Salisbury the lordes of England send you worde by me who am an haraude of armes how that before this tyme ye haue layd siege before the castell and towne of Brest sir my lordes and maisters vnderstand howe certayne composycions and treatyes were made bitwene you and them of the towne that if they were nat comforted by the daye lymytted the whiche is nat nowe long vnto that they shulde yeld vp the towne and castell to you Wherfore sir maye it please you to knowe they be come before Breest to kepe their day and to defende their fortresse Therfore sir they desyre you to drawe forwarde and ye shal be fought withall without dout and if ye wyll nat than they desyre you to sende them agayne suche hostages as ye haue for that entent Than the constable sayde haraulde ye bringe vs good tidynges wherfore ye be welcoÌe ye shall say to your maysters howe we haue greatter desyre to syght with theÌ than they haue to fight with vs how beit they be nat in that place where the treaty was made and agreed vnto Therfore saye to them that lette theym drawe to that parte and place and without fayle they shall be sought withall Than the haraud retourned to Brest and dyde his message and than they sent hym agayne to the constable with another message and whan he came there he sayd Sir I am coÌe agayne to you fro my lordes and maisters to whome I haue shewed euery thynge as ye coÌmaunded me to say whan I was with you last How be it sir nowe they say howe they be men of the see lately coÌe thens haue brought no horse with them and sir they say they haue nat ben acustomed to go farre a fote wherfore they sende you worde that if ye wyll sende theÌ your horses they wyll come to what place ye wyll apoynt them to fyght with you to kepe their day Fayre fared ê the constable we are nat in mynde to do to our enemys somoche auantage as to send to theÌ our horses it shulbe be reputed for a great outrage and if we were so mynded to do we wolde demanÌde good hostages and sufficient to answere vs of our horses agayne Sir ê the haraud I haue no suche commauÌdement to answere to that mater Howe beit sir they say that if ye wyll nat agre to this poynte ye haue no lawfull cause to retayne styll the hostages that yehaue Therfor sir and yesend theÌ ye do as ye shulde do The coÌstable sayd he was nat abuysed so to do So retourned the haraude to the erle of Salisbury and his company before Brest And whan they vnderstode that they shulde nat be fought wall nor their hostages delyucred they were sore dyspleased Howe be it they taryed there styll without remouyng tyll the day was expyred and parceyued well how the constable caÌe nat to fight with them Than they entred in to Brest and newe reuitayled the towne and refresshed greatly the fortresse And on the other ête whan the constable sawe that the englysshmen caÌe nat forwarde to fyght with hym than he deêted and toke the hostages with him and sayd how they were his prisoners for he said that the englysshmen and they of Brest hadde nat kept truely their apoyntment in rescuyng of Brest bycause the erle of Salisbury hadde newly refresshed and vitayled yâ fortresse And so than the erle of Salisbury deêted fro Brest and entred agayne in to his shippes to kepe yâ marches and fronters as he was commytted to do And also sir Robert Canoll whan he departed fro Brest he went streight to his owne forteresse of Duryuall And assoone as he was come in to the castell it was shewed to yâ duke of Aniou and to the coÌstable beyng as than in Nauntes They supposed than as it fortuned after for sir Robert Canoll brake all the treatie and apoyntment before made and renounsed them all And send worde to the duke of Aniou and to the constable that he wolde kepe no such apoyntmeut as his men had made in his absence without his leaue sayeng they had no suche authorite so to do Whan the duke herde that he came êsonally to the sege of Duriuall ¶ Howe dyuers englysshmen were slayne and disconfited by the lorde of Soubyse before Ribamont howe the garysons of Soissons discoÌfyted the englysshmen Cap. C C C .x. AT Calais there aryued the duke of Lancastre and yâ duke of Bretayne and mo than thre thousande men of armes and .x. thousande archers englysshmen whiche voyage had ben ordayning and imagenynge thre yere before There was with theym the erles of Warwyke of Stafforde and of Suffolke The lorde Edwarde Spcusar one of the greattest barones of Englande and constable for that tyme of all the hoost and the lordes of Wylloughby of Pole of Basset of Hubelles of Holenton sir Henry Percy Loys Clyfforde Wylliam BeauchaÌpe Chanoyne Robersart Water Hewet Hughe Carleton Stephyn Gosenton Rychard PoÌt chardon and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers of England whoÌe I can nat all name The french kyng who knewe right well the passage of these englysshmen prouyded sufficyeÌtly for the sure kepyng of his townes cyties forteresses and castelles in Picardy in Artoys and in Uermandoyse And hadde set in them men of warreê as bretons burgonyons pycardes normayus and dyuers other soudyers of the empyre Thus these englysshmen departed fro Calais after they had aparelled their caryages wherof they had great plenty so they rode forthe in thre batayls aswell ordred as coude be deuised First the batayle with the marshals wherof the erles of Warwyke and of Suffolke were chefe and than the two dukes of Lancastre of Bretayne and with them a noble coÌpany And the thyrde batayle led the constable the lorde SpeÌser and all thre batayls marched forwarde kepyng themselfe close togyder alwayes in harnesse redy to fight if they founde with whome And euery
of Bretayne who bare in his armes goules two cheurons chekard golde syluer and asure of whose dethe the constable was sore displeased Than the assaut began to be fiersar on euery part the lorde of MucydeÌt proued that day a good knyght shewed well by his dedes howe he was a true frenche man So thus byforce the towne of Duras was coÌquered and the first that entred was sir Trystram of Roy and sir JohnÌ of Rosey than the men of warre within the towne fledde in to the castell ¶ Howe yuan of wales layd siege to Mortayne and howe the scottê toke by stelthe the castell of Berwyke agaynst the wyll of the kynge of Englande Cap. CCC .xxii. THus the towne of Duras was takeÌ and all slayne that were within than the men of warre toke their logyng and vnarmed them toke their ease the next mornyng the constable of FrauÌce mounted on his horse the marshall of FraÌce with him and went and aduysed well the castell and toke good hede on what syde it were moost best to assayle it And all thynges consydred they sawe well the castell was right stronge and harde to wyn without long siege and so they returned and shewed this to the duke of Aniou It maketh no mater ê the duke for I haue sayd and sworne that I wyll nat departe hens tyll I haue the castell at my wyll Than the constable answered Sir with goddê grace yeshall nat beforsworne Than they reared vp all their engyns agaynst the castell whan they within sawe the dealyng of theÌ in the towne and of the frenchmen consydering howe the assautynge shulde be right perylous for them Than they thought to fall intreatie and so entreated with the constable to take them to mercy their lyues and goodê saued and so to yelde vp the castell The duke of Anio we toke counsayle and by the aduyse of the constable who wolde nat by his wyll trauayle any more his people The thirde day receyued theÌ to mercy and so they departed and were brought thyder as they wolde be and so the constable toke possession of the castell but as I was enfourmed the duke of Aniou coÌmaunded that the castell shulde be beten downe and so after the conquest of the castell and towne of Duras the duke of Aniou ordayned to abyde there sir Johan of Jumont sir Tristram of Roye and sir Johan of Rosey with a hundred speares to kepe there the fronters agaynst Burdelois and the duke thought to returne to Tholouse to se the good lady his wife who was as thaÌ newly churched of a fayre sonne he thought at her churchyng to kepe a great feest at Tholouse and he ordeyned in all suche townes as he hadde conquered men of warre and garysons to resyst pusantly agaynst his enemyes and sayd to yuan of Wales Sir yeshall take in your charge bretons poicteuyns and angeuyns and yeshall go in to Poictou and ley siege to Mortaigne on the see whiche the lorde of Lestrade kepeth come nat thens for no maner of commauÌdement fro the kyng or fro any other tyllsuch season as ye haue the full possession therof for it is a garyson that hath done moch trouble to vs. sir ê yuan to the beste of my power I shall do your commaundement Than the duke ordayned and apoynted all them that shulde go with yuan in to Poyctou and so they departed fro the duke to the nombre of fyue huÌdred speares and toke the way in to Xaynton to goo towardes saynt JohnÌs Dangle And the duke the coÌstable the lorde of Coucy the marshall of FrauÌce and sir Johan and sir Peter of Bulle returned backe to Tholouse and ther fouÌde the duches newly puryfied at which tyme ther was made great feest and iustyng than after the constable and the lorde Coucy retourned into Fraunce and the marshall of Sanxere went in to Auuergne to ayde the baroÌs such as made warre against the englysshmen who were in Limosyn in Auuergne and on the frontres there ¶ Howe let vs shewe howe yuan of Wales layed siege the same season before Mortayne and howe he coÌstrayned them within the garyson THis yuan of Wales was gladd to obey the commaundement of the duke of Aniou for he knewe well what soeuer the duke dyde it was the pleasure of the kyng And also he knewe well that the kynge bare all the charges of his enterprises and so came in to Xayntes in Poitou and ther refresshed them in that plentyfull countrey And in his company was the lorde of Pouns the lorde of Thouars the lorde of Umaroyse the lorde Jaques of Surgeres and great noÌbre of knightes and squyers of Poictou And of the bretons normans there were capitayns sir Mores of Trysiqdy sir Alayne Housey sir Alayne of saynt Poule sir Percyuall Daneuall Wylliam of Mountcomptor and the lorde of Momorette his brother These men of warre departed whan they were redy and went layed siege before Mortayne whiche was the fayrest and strongest castell standyng on the ryuer of Garon and nere to the mouthe of the see Thus yuan and his coÌpany layed siege before Mortaigne and made bastydes lytell and lytell and prepared for all thynges necessarie for they knewe well by assaut they shulde neuer wynne the castell nor by no way sauyng by long siege and by famyne Ther yuan ordayned four bastydes about the castell so that none coude reuitayle the towne nother by lande nor by see And the yong knightes and squyers desiryng to auaunce their bodyes went often tymes to the barryers of the castell and scrimysshed with theÌ within and they with theÌ And so bytwene them ther was done many a proper feate of armes Within the castell there was a knight called the Souldiche who was a gascoyn a right valyant knight a good man of armes by whose counsaile they within were ruled as moche as by their capitayns Wyne and vitayls they had within sufficyent but of other small necessaries they had great scarcyte durynge the siege Kyng Charles of FrauÌce though he helde hymselfe at Parys and sported him at his pleasur without armyng of his owne êson yet he kept warr in diuers places agaynst theÌglisshmen his enemys and gatte hym alyaunces as well within the realme as in any other countrey aboute more than any of his predecessours of foure or fyue kynges had before And greatly he helde them in loue suche as he thought to haue any ayde by And bycause he sawe well kyng Richard of Englande was but yong the realme in trouble and discorde Therfore he sent in to Scotland dyuers tymes bothe to kyng Robert and to kynge Dauyd his vncle alwayes to entertayne them in loue Desyring theÌ euer to make good and sharpe warr on thenglysshmen and so to traueyle them that they shuld haue no puissaunce to passe ouer the see In so moche so it happed that kynge Robert of Scotlande the same season that kyng Edwarde the thirde was deed and kyng Rycharde
he was delyuered It was of trouthe the kyng offred hym oft tymes in exchaÌge for the captall of Buâz whyle he lyued but the frenche kyng nor the couÌsell of FrauÌce wolde in no wyse here therof wherof yâ kyng of Englande had great disdayne Thus the âater coÌtynued a long space and the yong erle styll prisoner in Englande in the fayre castell of Wynsore and he had so curtesse a kepar that he might go and sport him a haukyng bytwene Wynsore and WestmÌ he was beleued on his faythe The same season the princesse mother to kyng Richarde lay at Wynsore and her doughter with her my lady Maude the fayrest lady in all EnglaÌde therle of saynt Poule and this yong lady were in true amours togyder eche of other somtyme they met togyder at daunsynge and carollyng tyll at last it was spyed And than the lady discouered to her mother howe she loued faithfully the yong erle of saynt Poule Than there was a mary age spoken of bytwene therle of saynt Poule the lady Maude of Holande and so therle was set to his rauÌsome to pay sixscore M. fraÌkes so that whan he had maryed the lady Maude than to be rebated threscore thousande and the other threscore thousande to pay And whan this couynant of maryage was made bitwene therle and the lady the kyng of Englande suffred the erle to repasse the see to fetche his raunsome on his onely promyse to retourne agayne within a yere after So the erle came in to Fraunce to se his frendes yâ kyng therle of Flaunders the duke of Brabant and his cosyns in Fraunce In the same yere there was made an harde informacyon agaynst the erle of saynt Poule for it was layed to his charge that he shulde delyuer to thenglysshmen the strong castell of Bohaygne and so the frenche kyng caused him to be rested and kept in suretie and so the kynge shewed howe therle of saynt Poule wolde haue made an yuell treatie for hym and for the realme and the erle in no wyse coude be excused And also for the same cause there was kepte in prison in the castell of Mons in Heynaulte the lorde Chanon of Robersarte the lorde of Uertayne sir James Dusarte and Gerarde Dabyes but at length all that mater came to none effecte for there coulde nothynge be proued agaynst them and so they were delyuered than the yong erle retourned agayne in to Englande to acquyte him of his promyse and so wedded the lady and dyde so moche that he payed his threscore thousande frankes and so passed agayne the see But he entred nat in to FrauÌce bycause the kyng loued him nat And so he and the couÌtesse his wyfe went and lay at the castell of Han on the ryuer of Ewre The whiche castell the lorde of Morâane who hadde wedded his suster lent hym to lye in And there he laye as longe as kynge Charles of Fraunce lyued for the erle coude neuer gette his loue ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of this mater and retourne to the busynesse of Fraunce THe same season all Bretayne was kept close what agaynst the frenche kynge agaynst the duke Howe beit some of the good townes of Bretayn helde them selfe close in the dukes name and many had great marueyle yâ they toke hym for their lorde And also dyuers knightes and squyers of Bretayne were of the same acorde And also ther was alyed to them the couÌtesse of Ponthyeute mother to the chyldren of Bretayne But sir Bertram of Clesqui constable of FrauÌce the lorde Clysson the lorde de Lauall the vycont of Rohan and the lorde of Rochfort They helde the countre in warre with the puyssance that came dayly to theÌ oute of FrauÌce for at Pontorson at saynt Malo they le and there about lay a great nombre of men of armes of Fraunce of Normandy of Auuergne and of Burgoyne who dyde moche hurt in the couÌtre The duke of Bretayne who was in Englande had knowledge of euery thynge and howe the duke of Aniou was at Anger 's dayly distroyed his countre Also he had knowlege howe the good townes kept theÌ selfe close in his name and certayne knyghtes and squyers of the same parte wherof he conde them good thanke yet nat that withstaÌdyng he durst nat well trust in them to ieoparde to retourne in to Bretayne on the trust of his men for alwayes he douted of treason Also the kyng of Englande nor the duke of Lancastre wolde nat counsayle him to retourne Of the rencounters that were made in NormaÌdy and howe Geffray Tetenoyre and Amergot Marcell their coÌpanyes toke dyuers castelles in Auuergne Cap. CCC .xlv. IN Normandy and in Burgoyne ther were in garyson sir Wylliam of Burdes who was chefe capiten ther and in his company the lytell seneschall of Ewe sir Wylliam Marsell sir BraqÌ of Braquemont the lorde of Torcy sir Percyuall Danyuall the begue of Dury sir LauÌcelot of Lorrys and dyuers other knyght and squiers of the frenche partie And night day they ymagined howe they myght do domage to them of Chierbourg wherof sir JohnÌ Harlston was capitayne and they of the garyson of Chierbourg issued out oft tymes whan it pleased theÌ for whan they lyst they might ryde out in couerte and no man preuy to their issuynge out bycause of the great wodes that were nere to theÌ wherin they had made suche a way that they might ryde in to Normandy at their pleasure without danger of any frenchemen And so it fortuned in the same season that the french menne rode abrode and they of Chierbourge in lykewise none of them knowynge of other and so by aduenture they mette eche other at a place called Pastoy in the âode Than like valyant knightes desyringe to fight eche with other a lighted a fote all except sir Launcelotte of Lorrys who sat styll on his horse his speare in his hande and his shelde about his necke ther demaunded a course of iustyng for his ladyes sake Ther were ther that rightwell vnderstode him for ther were knightes and squiers of the englysshe parte in amours aswell as he was And as I vnderstode sir Johan Coplande a right hardy knight went to hym and so they ran togyder and rudely encouÌtred eche other But thenglysshe knight gaue sir LauÌcelot suche a stroke on his shelde that the speare pearsed throughout his body and so was wouÌded to dethe the which was great domage for he was a hardy knight yong and ioly ryght amorous and his dethe was sore complayned bothe ther and els where Than the englisshemen and frenchemen encountred togyder and fought hande to haÌde Ther were good knightes on the frenche parte as sir Wylliam of Burdes the lytell seneshall of Ewe sir WillmÌ Marsell sir Braque of Braquemont and dyuers other who fought ryght valyantly And also the englyshmen ther fought that day valiantly sir Johan Harlston sir Philypart
land and by water for they were lordes of all the countrey of FlauÌders 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 FrauÌce He determyned to write in the name of the hole countre of Flaunders to the freÌche 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 FlauÌders 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 thanÌe 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 ⪠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 FlauÌders 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 FrauÌce 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 soÌme of two huÌdred thousande crownes which somme Jaques Dartuell my father and the countrey of FlauÌders 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 soÌme desyreth to haue agayn the sayd soÌme And so that done than to offre the kynge of England to enter into Flaunders and so into FrauÌce 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 alyauÌce of suche a couÌtre as flaÌders is nowe For as nowe theÌglysshmen 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 coÌe 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 coÌtrary loueth nat the comon êfyte of FauÌders 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 GauÌtsixe First there was chosen FrauÌces 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 GauÌt 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 EnglaÌde he purueyed them of shyppes And so they taryed there but thre dayes toke their passage aryued at Douer and so went to LoÌdon at which tyme the kyng ête of his couÌsayle as ser JohhÌ moÌtagu ser Symon burle sir WillmÌ beachaÌp 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 lyuââ 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 thanÌe was good frenche Than it was abuysed by the kyng of
hym his two sonnes The kyng answered and sayde He wolde take aduyse and counsayle in the mater And so after they were answered in the kynges name the kyng beyng present and the two chyldren also his nephewes how that the kynge loued them right entierly Wherfore they coulde nat be better in no place and yâ the kyng of Nauerre ought to be content rather to suffre theÌ to be in Fraunce with the kyng their vncle than in any other place And also the kyng wyll in no wyse depart fro them but kepe them aboute hym in their estate as the chyldren of a kyng and lyke his nephewes other answere the messangers coude nat haue And in the meane season yâ these messangers were in FrauÌce Peter of Basylle and FeraÌdo arryued at Chyerbourge with great prouisyon the whiche they putte in dyuers places in townes and castels of the kyng of Nauers in Normandy And so they visyted in the kynge of Nauers name all the countie of Eureux and made newe officers and sette in people at their pleasures and so retourned agayne into Nauerre the bysshoppe of Panpylone and sir Marten Carr and shewed the kynge howe they had spedde in FrauÌce The kynge of Nauer was nat very gladde of that tidyges whan he coulde nat haue his owne sonnes And so began a great hatered in his hert towarde the frenche kynge the whiche he wolde gladly haue shewed if he had might but the puyssance of him selfe was nat so great to greue the realme of Fraunce without helpe and ayde of some other realme So he suffred all these maters tyll he had better cause to speke and more displeasure done to hym than he hadde as than THe frenche kyng and his couÌsayle were well enformed that the kyng of Nauer had newe reuitayled his castels and townes in NormaÌdy but they knewe nat for what entent The same season thenglysshmen made a secret army on the see of two thousand men of armes but they had no horse with them Of the which army the duke of Lancastre and the erle of CaÌbridge were chefe capitayns This the normans reported surely to the french kyng and this armye came on the costes of NormaÌdy but they coulde nat tell to what parte they wolde drawe vnto Some in Fraunce thought that the kynge of Nauer had caused them to come in to Normandy to delyuer to them suche castelles as he had there Wherfore it was sayde to the kynge Sir go hastely and be lorde of those castels before for ye may happe to tary to long for if the englisshmen haue theÌ they may do moche hurt to the realme of Fraunce for it shall be one of the best entrees that they can haue if they were lordes in NormaÌdy of the cyties townes and castels belongyng to the kyng of Nauer The same season there was taken in Fraunce two secrataries of the kyng of Nauers a clerke a squyer The cleke was called Peter of Tertre and the squyer James of Rue and they were brought to Parys to be examyned And somoche it was knowen by theym of the secrettes of the realme of Nauerre howe they were determyned to haue done domage to the kyng or els to haue poysoned him so they were condempned to dye and execucyen was done at Parys beheeded and quartred These tydynges multyplied so on the kyng of Nauer that the frenche kynge sware yâ he wolde neuer attende to none other thynge tyll he had ryd Normandy and taken in to his possession for the behoffe of his nephewes all the townes and castelles that the kyng of Nauer helde there so dayly ther came sore informacions to the frenche kyng agaynst the kynge of Nauer Also it was sayde openly that the duke of LaÌcastre shulde gyue his doughter Kateryn to the kynge of Nauer and so by that meanes the kyng shulde gyue to the duke of Lancastre all the hole countye of Deureur These wordes were lightly beleued in FrauÌce for the kyng of Nauer was but lytell trusted among them So than the same tyme the french kynge came to Rohan and there assembled a great army of men of warre wherof the lorde Coucy the lorde de la Ryuer were chefe capitayns and they all met togyder before a towne called Lyseur a cytie in Normandy parteynynge to the kyng of Nauer and these two lordes had the two sonnes of the kyng of Nauer Charles and Peter to shewe to theÌ of the countrey that the warre that they made was in the name of the two chyldren for their herytage that was fallen to them by the ryght of their mother And howe that the kynge of Nauer had no right to kepe them but the moost parte of the men of armes were so ioyned in loue with the kyng of Nauer that they coude nat departe out of his seruyce And also the naueroyse that were there assembled suche as the kyng of Nauer hadde sent thyder caused his warr to be the more easyer and fayre ¶ Howe the frenche kynge ceased all the lande of the kyng of Nauers Cap. CCC .xxviii. THe frenche kyng sent commyssioners to Mountpellyer to cease the lande and seignorie in to his handes the whiche the kyng of Nauerr helde And whan these coÌmyssioners that is to say sir Wylliam of Dormans and sir Johan Merger were come to Mountpellyer they sente for the moost noblest êsons of the towne and shewed them their coÌmyssions They of Mountpellyer obeyed for they myght do none otherwise for if they had nat obeyed it had benyuell for them For the duke of Anio we and the constable of Fraunce were in the countrey with a great armye and desyred nothynge so moche as to haue had warre with them of Mountpellyer Ther were taken prisoners two knyghtê of Normandy who were before gouernours to the countre vnder the kynge of Nauer and also sir Guy of Grauell sir Lyger Dergesy who taryed in prison a long tyme after Thus the to wne of Mountpellyer and all the barony was become frenche NOwe let vs returne to the french army that was in Normandy she we howe the lorde Coucy the lorde de la Ryuer sped they came before Eureur and layd siege therto they of the garysons parteyning to yâ kyng of Naueâ closed fast their garysons a gaynst the frenchmen for they were nat in mynde soo soone to yelde them vp Whan the kyng of Nauer vnderstode that the frenchmen had taken the possessyon of Mountpellyer and of all the couÌtre and that great nombre of men of armes were in the countre of Eureux pillyng and beatyng downe his townes and castelles He hadde dyuers y magmacyons and counsayls with them that he trusted best finally it was coÌcluded by his counsayle that he coulde haue no conforte without it were by the englysshmen wherfore it was concluded that he shulde sende a sufficyent êsonage with letters of credéce to the yong kyng of Englande and to his counsayle Desyrynge to be alyed with hym he to swere fro yâ day