kynge Charles dyed about Ester in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xxviii. And within a short space after the quene was delyuerd of a doughter Than all the peres of Fraunce asseÌ„bled a counsell togyder at Parys as shortly as they might conueniently and there they gaue the realme by coÌ„men acorde to sir Phylippe of Ualoys and put clene out the quene Isabell of Englande and kynge Edwarde her sonne for she was suster germayne to king Charles last deed but the opynion of the nobles of Fraunce was and sayed and maynteyned that the realme of Fraunce was of so great nobles that it ought nat by successyon to fall into a womans hande And so thus they crowned kyng of France PhilyppÌ„ Ualoys at Raygnes on Trinyte sonday next after And anone after he somoned all his barownes and men of warâ— And went withall his power to the towne of Cassell and layd â—â—eg therto in makyng warâ— agaynst the â—â—emmynges who rebelledde agaynst their owne lorde And namely they of Bruges of Ippre and of Franke for they wolde nat obey therle of FlauÌ„ders But they had chased hym out of his owne countrey so that he might nat abyde in no partie therof but onely in Gaunt and scantly ther. These fleÌ„mynges were a .xvi. thousande and had a capytayne called Colen â—aÌ„nequyn a hardy man and a couragious And they had made their grayson at Cassell at yâ— wages of dyuerse townes in Flaunders To th entent to kepe the fronters there about but ye shall here howe the flemmynges were dysconfeted and all by their owne outrage ¶ Of the batell of Cassell in FlauÌ„ders Cap. xxii ANd on a day they of the garyson of Cassell departed out To th entent to haue dysconfyted the kyng and all his hoost And they came priuely without any noyse in thre batels well ordred Wherof the first batayle toke the way to the kynges tentes and it was a fayre grace that the kynge had natben taken for he was at souper and all his company and thought nothyng of them And the other batayle toke the streyght way to the tentes of the kynge of Behaygne and in maner they founde hym in lyke case And the thirde batayle went to the tentes of therle of Heynault and in likrwyse had nere take hym These hoostes caÌ„e so peasably to the tentes that with moch payne they of thoost coude arme them Wherby all the lordes and their people had ben slayne and the more grace of god had nat ben but in maner by myracle of god these lordes dysconfyted all .iii. batayls eche batayle by it selfe all in one hour In such wyse that of â—vi thousande flemmynges ther ascaped neuer a person captayns and all were slayne And the kyng lordes of FraÌ„ce knewe nat one of an other nor what they hadde done tyll all was finyss edd and atchyued For they lay in thre sondrie parties one fro an other but as for the fleÌ„mynges there was nat one left a lyue but all lay deed on hepes one vpon an other in the sayed thre sondrie places And this was done on saynt Bartylmewes day the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xxviii. Than the french men entred into the towne of Cassell and set vp the baners of FrauÌ„ce and the towne yelded theÌ„ to the kyng And also the towne Pyepigne and of Ipre all they of the Castlayne of Bergues and than the receyued therle Loys their lorde and sware to hym faythe and loyaltie foreuer Than after the kynge and his people departed and went to Parys and he was moche honoured and praysed for this enterprise and ayd that he had done to his cosyn Lois erle of FlauÌ„ders And thus the kyng was in great prosperite and euery day encresed his ryall estat for as it was sayd ther was neuer kyng in FrauÌ„ce that helde like estat as dyd this kyng Philyp of Ualoys ¶ Howe the erle of kent and the erle Mortymer in Englande were put to deth Cap. xxiii THis yong kyng Edwarde of Englande was gouerned a great space as ye haue harde before by the couÌ„sell of the quene his mother and of Edmonde of Wodstoke erle of KeÌ„t his vncle and by sir Roger Mortymer erle of March. And at the last enuy began to growe bytwene therle of Kent and therle MortymÌ„ In so moch that this erle MortimÌ„ enformed so the yong kyng by the coÌ„sentyng of tholde quene Isabell his mother beryng the kyng in hande that therle of Kent wolde haue enpoysoned hym To th entent to be kynge hymselfe as he that was nexte heyre apparaunt to the crowne for the kynges yonger brother who was called JohnÌ„ a Gaunt was newly deed And than the kyng who gaue lyght credence to theym causedde his vncle the erle of Kent to be taken and openly to be beheeded without any maner of excuse to be harde Wherwith many of yâ— nobles of the realme wer sore troubled and bare a gruge in their hertes towarde the erle Mortymer and accordyng to thenglysshe cronycle Th erle suffred dethe atte Wynchester the tenth day of Octobre yâ— thirde yere of the kynges raygne and lyeth buryed at the friers in Winchestre But as myne auctour sayeth within a whyle after as it was reported quene Isabell the kyngâ— mother was with chylde and that by therle Mortymer Wherof the kyng was enfourmed how the sayd MortymÌ„ had caused him to put to deth therle of Kent his vncle without good reason or cause for all the realme reputed hym for a noble man Thanne by the kynges commaundement this erle Mortymer was takenÌ„e and brought to London And there byfore the great lordes and nobles of the realme was recyted by open declaratyon all the dedes of the sayd Mortymer Than the kynge demaunded of his counsell what shuld be done with hym and all the lordes by commen assent gaue iudgement And sayed syr he hath deserued to dye the sa 〈…〉 ethe that sir Hewe Spenser dyed And after this iudgement there was no delacyon of sufferaunce nor mercy But incoÌ„tynent he was drawen throughout London and than set on a scaffolde and his membres cut from hym and cast into a fyre and his hert also bycause he had ymagined treason And thanne quartered and his quarters sent to foure of the best cyties of the realme and his heed remayned styll in London And within a lytle space after the kyng commaunded by thaduyce of his counsell that the quene his mother shulde be kept close in a castell And so it was doÌ„e and she had with her ladyes and damosels knyghtes and squiers to serue her acordyng to her estat And certayne laÌ„des assigned to her to meÌ„tayne ther with her noble estat all dayes of her lyfe But in no wyse she shulde nat deê‘t out of the castell wtout it were tose suche sportes as was somtyme shewed byfore the castell gate for her recreatyon Thus this lady ledde forth her lyfe ther mekely and ones or twyse a yere the kyng her son wolde coÌ„e and se
her Thenglysshe cronycle sheweth dyuerse other consyderations why therle MortymÌ„ suffred deth the which was on saynt Andrewes euyn In the yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .xxix. The whiche I passe ouer and folowe myne authoure ¶ Of thomage that kyng Edwarde of Englande dydde to the kynge of Fraunce for the duchye of Guyen Cap. xxiiii ANd after that the king had doÌ„e these two execucyoÌ„s he toke newe counselours of the moost noblest sagest ê‘sons of his realme And so it was about a yere after that Phylip of Ualoys was crowned kyng of France that all the barones and nobles of the realme had made their homage and fealty to him except the yong king of England who had nat done his homage for the duchy of Guyen nor also he was nat somoned therto Than the king of France by thaduise of all his counsell sent ouer into Englande the lorde Auycenis the lorde Beausalt and two no table clerkes maisters of the parlyament of Parys named maister Peter of Orlyaunce and maister Peter of Masieres These .iiii. deê‘ted fro Paris and dyd somoch by their iourneis that they caÌ„e to Wysant and ther they toke see aryued at Douer And ther taryed a day to abyde the vnshypping of their horses and bagages thaÌ„ they rode forth so long that they caÌ„e to Wynsore Where as the kyng and the yong quene of England lay And than these foure caused to be knowen to the kynge the occasyon of their commyng The kyng of Englande for the honoure of the french kyng his cosyn caused them to coÌ„e to his presence and receyued them houourably and than they publysshed their message And the kyng answered them how that the nobles of his realme nor his counsell was nat as than about hym but desyred them to drawe to LoÌ„don and ther they shulde be answered in such wyse that of reason they shulde be content And so they dyned in the kynges chambre and after departed and lay the same nyght at Colbroke and that next day at London It was nat long after but that the kynge came to his palace of Westmynster And all his counsell was coÌ„maunded to be ther at a certayne day lymited and whan they were all assembled Than the frenche embassadours were sent for and there they declared thoccasyon of their coÌ„mynge and delyuered letters fro their maister Thanne the kynge went a parte with his counsell to take aduyse what was best for hym to do Thanne was it aduysed by his counsell that they shulde be answered by thordynaunce and style of his predecessours by the bysshoppÌ„ of London And so the freÌ„chmen wer called into the counsell chambre than the bysshop of London sayd Lordes that be here asseÌ„bled for the kyng of Fraunce the kyng is grace my soueraygne lorde hath harde your wordes and redde the tenour of your letters Syrs we say vnto you that we woll counsell the kyng our soueraygne lorde here present that he go into Fraunce to se the kynge your maister his dere cosyn Who right amyably hath sent for hym and as touchyng his faith anohomage he shall do his deuour in euery thynge that he ought to do of ryght And syrs ye may shewe the kyng yor maister that within short space the kyng of Englande our maister shall arryue in France and do all that reason shall requyre ThaÌ„ these messangers were feasted and the kynge rewarded them with many great gyftes and iuelles and they toke their leaue and dyd somoche that at last they came to Parys wher they found kyng Phylyppe to whome they recounted all their newes Wherof the king was right ioyouse and specially to se the kyng of Englande his cosyn for he hadde neuer sene hym before And whan these tidynges were spredde abrode in yâ— realm of Fraunce Than dukes erles and other lordes aparelled them in their best maner and the kyng of FrauÌ„ce wrot his letters to kyng Charles of Behaygne his cosyn and to the kynge of Nauarre Certifyeng theym the day and tyme whan the kyng of England shuld be with hym desyringe them to be with hym at the same day and so they came thyder with gret array Than was it counselled the kynge of Fraunce that he shulde receyue the kyng of Englande at the cyte of Amyas and there to make prouysion for his commyng There was chambers halles hoste ries and lodgynges made redy and apparelled to receyue them all and their company And also for the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Burbon the duke of Lurren and syr JohnÌ„ of Artoyes There was purueyaunce for a thousande horse and for sixe hundred horse that shulde come with the kyng of Englande The yonge kyng of Englande forgate nat the voyage that he had to do into Fraunce And so he aparelled for hym and his company well and sufficiently and there departed out of Englande in his coÌ„pany two bysshoppes besyde the bysshoppe of London and foure erles The lorde Henry erle of Derby his cosyngermayne sonne to ser Thomas erle of Lancastre with the wrie necke the erle of Salis bury therle of Warwyke and the erle of Hereforde and. vt barownes The lorde Raynolde Cobham the lorde Thomas Wage marshall of Englande the lorde Persy yâ— lorde MaÌ„ny and the lorde Mowbray And mo than .xl. other knyghtes so that the kyng and his coÌ„pany were about a thousand horse and yâ— kyng was two dayes in passing bytwene Douer and Wysant Than the kyng and his company rod to Bullayne and there taryed one day This was about the myddes of August the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred .xxix. And a none the tidynges came to kyng Phylip of Fraunce howe the kynge of Englande was at Bullayne Than the kynge of Fraunce sent his constable with great plentie of knyghtes to the kynge of Englande who as thanne was at Monsternell by the seesyde and ther was gret tokens of loue and good chere made on bothe parties ThanÌ„e the kynge of Englande rodde forth withall his rowt and in his company the constable of Fraunce And he rodde so long that they came to the cytie of Amyas wher as kyng Phylippe and the kynge of Behaygne The kynge of Mayllorgues and the kynge of Nauarre were redy aparelled to receyue the kynge of Englande with many other dukes erles and great barownes For there was all the .xii. peres of Fraunce redy to feast and make chere to the kynge of Englande and to be there peasably to bere wytnesse of the kynge of Englandes homage Ther was the kyng of Englande nobly receyued and thus these kynges and other princes taryed at Amyas the space of .xv. dayes and in the meane tyme there were many wordes and ordynaunces deuysed but as farr as I coude knowe kyng Edwarde of EnglaÌ„d made his homage to the kynge of Fraunce all onely by worde and nat puttyng his haÌ„des bytwene the kynge of Fraunce handes nor none other prince nor prelate lymitted for hym Nor the kynge of Englande wolde
Peron in UarmaÌ„doys the kyng of England counselled with sir Robert Dartoys in whome he had great affyance demauÌ„dyng 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 CaÌ„bray tyll he had won it biforce The lordê of England and such other of his couÌ„sell sawe well how the cyte was stroÌ„g 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 certeÌ„tie and also they sawe well how that wynter aproched nere as yet had done no maner of entprise but lay at gret erpeÌ„ce 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 mnuÌ„t saynt Martyn the which was at thentre of FrauÌ„ce Thus they rode in good oroce euery lorde amoÌ„g his owne men marshals of thenglysshe hoost were therle of NorthaÌ„pton 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 acoÌ„panyed the kyng vnto the deptyng out of th eÌ„pyre 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 coÌ„panyes 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 FlaÌ„ders who was as thaÌ„ a yong squier and there he made hym knyght And gaue hym yerely CC. 〈◊〉 sterlyng sufficiently assigned hym in England Than the kyng went and lodged in thabbey of mouÌ„t saint Martyn and ther taryed two dayes his people abrode in the contrey the duke of BrabaÌ„t was lodged in thabbey of Uancellez Whan the french kyng beyng at CoÌ„piengne harde these tydynges than he enformed his somones sent the erle of Ewe and of Gynes his coÌ„stable to saynt Quyntines to kepe the towne and froÌ„ters 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 mouÌ„t saynt Martyn his men ran abrode in the contrey to Bapauâ—me and nere to Peron to saynt Quyntines they founde the contrey pieÌ„tyfull 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 FaulquemoÌ„t the lorde of Bergues the lorde of Uaudresen the lorde of Lens and dyuers other to the noÌ„bre of .v. C. And they auysed a towne therby called HoÌ„necourt wher in moch peple wer gadered on trust of the fortresses And therin they had coÌ„ueyed all their goodê and ther had ben ser Arnolde of Baquehen syr WyllmÌ„ of Dunor and their coÌ„pany but they at tayned nothyng ther. Ther was at this HoÌ„nycourt 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 valyaÌ„tly defended theÌ„selfe 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 FlaÌ„ders 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 HoÌ„nycourt was sore assaylled the which indured tyll it was nyght dyuerse wer slayne and sore hurt Syr JohaÌ„n 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 coÌ„mauÌ„dynge that no person shulde do any hurt to the abbey the which coÌ„maundemeÌ„t was kept And so than they entred into Hermandoys and toke yâ— day their lodgyng be tymes on yâ— mount saynt â—ui tyne in good order of batayle And they of saynt â—uyntines 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— mouÌ„t 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 â—hy 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
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 defeÌ„ded 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 â—â—emmynges 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 coÌ„pany and came to â—â—ouÌ„t sayâ—it 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 coÌ„pany 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 coÌ„questes 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 coÌ„maundement came to Parys duke Odes of Burgoyne his sonne and therle of Arthoys and of Colayne they caÌ„e to the kynge with a thousande speares ThanÌ„e 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 coÌ„stable of Fraunce with a great coÌ„pany 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 â–ª 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 fouÌ„de 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 MomoreÌ„cy 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
of Coâ—â—y the â—arone of Roy Peter of Bare dyuers other desyring to 〈◊〉 their bodyes to get them honour WHan the feast of Alsayntes began to aproche thaÌ„ there came agayn to Bruges to entreate for peace fro the frenche kynge the duke of Burgoyn the erle of Salâ—bruce the bysshoppe of myâ—ns and the duke of Anâ—â—we but he lay 〈◊〉 atsaynt Omers And â—ro the kynge of Englande thyder came the duke of Lancastre the duke of Bretayne the erle of Salâ—sbury yâ— bysshop of London The towne of Bruges was well garnysshed with dyuers astates specially the duke of Burgoyn kept there a noble astate And with the duke of Lanâ—astre ther was ser Robert of Namur and kept him good company as longe as the duke was in Flaunders ther were the ambassadours the archebysshop of Rohan and the bysshoppe of CarpeÌ„tras who went styll and laboured bytwene bothe â—ties and layd forthe many good reasons but none came to any effecte These lordes were farre a sondre in their treaties for the frenche kynge demaunded to haue agayne 〈◊〉 hundred thousande frankes the whiche were payed for the redempcion of kyng JohnÌ„ and to haue Calaâ—s raysed beaten downe to the whiche the kyng of Englande wolde neuer consent so yâ— trewce was contynued to the feest of saynt Johan Baptyst next after the yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .lxxvi. and so these lordes â—aryed styll at Bruges all that wynter and in somer they returned euery part to their owne couÌ„treis except the duke of Bretayne who taryed styll in Flaunders with the erle Loys his cosyn who made him gode cher ¶ The same season on Trynite sonday there past out of this worlde the â—â—oure of chiâ—alry of Englande Edwarde prince of Wales of Aâ—tayne at the kynges palaâ—s of Westmynster besyde London And so he was enbawmed and put in leed and kept tyll the feast of saynt Michaell next after to be entred with the greatter soleÌ„â—ytie whan the parliament shulde be ther. Kyng Charles of Fraunce bycause of lynage dyd his obsequy reuerently in the holy chapell of the paleys in Parys And there were many of the prelates nobles of the realme of FrauÌ„ce and so than the truce was proloÌ„ged to the first day of Aprill next after Now let vs somwhat speke of the lorde Coucy of the almayns WHan they of Austriche the almayns vnderstode that the lorde of Coucy was coÌ„e with such a strength to make warre They caused to be brent and distroyed thre dayes â—ourney in to the countre along by the ryuer And than they went in to the mountayns and places inhabytable and so whaÌ„ the lorde of Couâ—y had wende to haue founde vytayle for his hoost he coude get none Wherby he suffred that wynter moche trouble and dysease for they wyst nat whyder to go to forage nor to gette vitayle for theyâ— nor their horses so that some dyed for huÌ„ger colde sicknesse And therfore whan the springyng tyme began they returned agayne in to Fraunce and went in to dyuers places to refresshe them selfe And the frenche kyng sent the moost parte of the coÌ„panyons in to Bretayne and in to base Normandy to aâ—yde and rest there for he thought well he shulde haue soÌ„what to do in short tyme after And at the retournyng of the lorde Couâ—y in to Fraunce he began to be good frenche bicause he â—ounde the kyng so amyable to condiscende to his desyre And also his counsayle sayd he neâ—â— nat to a voide out of his heritage vnder the shadowe of the kyng of Englandes warr for they sayd he was frenche of name of blode of armes extraction He sent his wyfe into Englande and kept styll with him his eldest doughter and left the yonger styll in Englande wher as she had been brought vp and norisshed â–ª Than yâ— frenche kyng sent the lorde Coucy to Bruges to them that were ther to entreate for the peace how beâ—t as than the great lordes were nat there but all onely the duke of Bretayne who was styll with his cosyn therle of Flaunders but he busyed him selfe but lytle in the treatie for the peace And after the feest of saynt Mychaell whan the obsequy of the prince was done and fynisshed than the kyng of Englande made to be knowen to his 〈◊〉 â–ª The duke of LaÌ„castre the erle of Cambridge and to the lorde ThomÌ„s the yongest and to all the barons erles prelatê and knightes of Englande howe that the yonge Richarde shulde be kyng after his discease And so caused them all to swere solemly to maynteyne him and on Christmas day the kyng made hym to sytte at his table aboue all his owne chyldren in great estate representyng that he shulde be kyâ—â—â— alter his discease And there was sent to Bruges for the kyng of Englandes parte JohnÌ„ lorde Cobham the bysshoppe of Herforde and the mayre of London And for the frenche partie thyder came the erle of Salebruche the lorde of Chastellon and maister Phylbert Les 〈…〉 and the two bysshoppes embassadrâ— alwayes went bytwene the parties treatynge for peace and spake of a mariage to be had bytwene the yong prince of Englande and my lady Maâ—y doughter to the frenche kyng And so they departed aswell they of FrauÌ„ce as of Englande and so made report to bothe kynges and than about lent there was a secrete treatie 〈◊〉 to be bytwene the two kyngesat Moutrell by the see And so were sent by the kynge of Englande to Calais sir Rycharde Dangle Rycharde Stan Geâ—â—ray Chaâ—â—er â–ª And fro the frenche kyng was sent the lorde of Couâ—y and of Riuyer sir Nycholas Braques and Nycholas Brasier and they along season treated on the sayd mariage And the frenchmen offered as I was enfourmed dyuers thyngâ—s and they wolde haue agayne otherthynges suche as they named or els nothyng Than these entreatours went and made report to their lordê and so the trewce was agayne relonged to the fyrst day of Maye and so came agayne to Calais the erle of Salisbury yâ— bysshop of saynt Dauyd chauÌ„cellour of Englande and the bysshoppe of Herforde And for the frenche kynge at Muttrell there was the lorde of Coucy sir Wylliam of Dormans chauÌ„cellour of FrauÌ„ce but they durst neuer trust to mete toguy â—er in any place bytwene Mutterell and Calâ—â—â— nor bytwene Mutterell Boleyn nor in the fronters for any thyng that the two bysshoppes embassadours coude do orshewe Thus these entreatours abode in this astate tyll the 〈◊〉 was expyred ANd whan the warr was open than sir Hughe Caurell was sent to be kepar of Calais Whan pope Gregoriebeynge 〈…〉 â—non vnderstod that no peace coude be had byâ—wene FrauÌ„ce England he was right sorousull and ordred his busynesse shortly went to Rome And whan the duke of Breten who had â—eâ— more than a yere with the erle of FlauÌ„ders his cosyn sawe that the warr was open he toke leaue of therle and weÌ„t to Grauelyng
this yonge erle of saynt Poule abode longe prisoner in Englande or he was delyuered It was of trouthe the kyng offred hym oft tymes in exchaÌ„ge for the captall of Buâ—z whyle he lyued but the frenche kyng nor the couÌ„sell of FrauÌ„ce wolde in no wyse here therof wherof yâ— kyng of Englande had great disdayne Thus the â—ater coÌ„tynued 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 EnglaÌ„de 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 rauÌ„some to pay sixscore M. fraÌ„kes 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 FrauÌ„ce bycause the kyng loued him nat And so he and the couÌ„tesse his wyfe went and lay at the castell of Han on the ryuer of Ewre The whiche castell the lorde of Morâ—ane 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 couÌ„tesse of Ponthyeute mother to the chyldren of Bretayne But sir Bertram of Clesqui constable of FrauÌ„ce 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 FrauÌ„ce 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 couÌ„tre 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 withstaÌ„dyng 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 NormaÌ„dy and howe Geffray Tetenoyre and Amergot Marcell their coÌ„panyes 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 LauÌ„celot 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 â—ode 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 encouÌ„tred eche other But thenglysshe knight gaue sir LauÌ„celot suche a stroke on his shelde that the speare pearsed throughout his body and so was wouÌ„ded 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 haÌ„de 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
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 FlauÌ„ders beyng at Lâ—â—e 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 coÌ„panies 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 GauÌ„t 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 gauÌ„toyse 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 gauÌ„toise 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 â—ay 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 FlauÌ„ders for makyng of any warre or layeng of any siege in that season And for th eÌ„tent that the erle shulde haue no helpe nor ayde of the freÌ„che 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 FlaÌ„ders 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 frauÌ„chesse 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 FlauÌ„ders that rodde and punysshment bycause he was his enemy helde with pope Urbane agaynst him THe same season the good knight and coÌ„stable of Fraunce sir Bertram of Clesquy was in Auuerne with a great noÌ„bre 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 coÌ„stable 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 â—hens he was caryed to saynt Denyse in FrauÌ„ce 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 coÌ„stables 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
HEre begynneth the first volum of sir Johan Froyssart of the cronycles of Englande Fraunce Spayne Portyngale Scotlande Bretayne FlauÌ„ders and other places adioynynge TraÌ„slated out of frenche into our maternall englysshe tonge by Johan Bourchier knight lorde Berners At the coÌ„maundement of oure moost highe redouted souerayne lorde kyng Henry the .viii. kyng of Englande and of Fraunce highe defender if the christen faythe c. Hec rosa virtutis de celo missa sereno Eternum floreÌ„s regia sceptra feret ¶ The preface of Johan Bourchier knyght lorde Berners translatour of this present cronycle WHat condygne graces and thankes ought men to gyue to the writers of historyes Who with their great labours haue done so moche profyte to the humayne lyfe They shewe open manifest and declare to the reder by example of olde antyquite what we shulde enquere desyre and folowe And also what we shulde eschewe auoyde and vtterly flye For whan we beynge vnexpert of chauÌ„ces se beholde and rede the auncyent actes gestes and dedes Home and with what labours dauÌ„gers and paryls they were gested and done They right greatly admonest ensigne and teche vs howe we maye lede forthe our lyues And farther he that hath the perfyte knowledge of others ioye welthe and higher prosperite and also trouble sorowe and great aduersyte hath the xpert doctryne of all parylles And albeit that mortall folke are marueylously separated bothe by lande water and right woÌ„derously sytuate yet are they and their actes done ê‘aduenture by the space of a thousande yere coÌ„pact togyder by thistographier as it were the dedes of one selfe cyte and in one maÌ„nes lyfe Wherfore I say that historie may well be called a diuyne prouydence For as the celestyall bodyes aboue complecte all and at euery tyme the vniuersall worlde the creatures therin coÌ„teyned and all their dedes semblably so dothe history Is it nat a right noble thynge for vs by the fautes and errours of other to amede and erect our lyfe in to better We shuld nat seke and acquyre that other dyd but what thyng was most best most laudable and worthely done we shulde putte before our eyes to folowe Be nat the sage counsayles of two or thre olde fathers in a cyte towne or couÌ„tre whom long age hath made wyse dyscrete and prudent farre more praysed lauded and derely loued than of the yongemenne Howe moche more than ought stories to be coÌ„mended praysed and loued In whom is encluded so many sage counsayls great reasons hygh wisedoms of so innumerable ê‘sons of sondry nacyons and of euery age and that in so long space as four or fyue hundred yere The most profytable thyng in this worlde for the instytucion of the humayne lyfe is hystorie Dues the contynuall redyng therof maketh yonge men equall in prudence to olde men and to olde fathers stryken in age it mynystreth experyence of thynges More it yeldeth priuate persons worthy of dignyte rule and gouernaunce It compelleth themperours hygh rulers and gouernours to do noble dedê to th ende they may optayne immortall glory It exciteth moueth and stereth the strong hardy warriours for the great laude that they haue after they ben deed promptly to go in hande with great and harde parels in defence of their countre And it prohibyteth reprouable persons to do mischeuous dedes for feare of infamy shame So thus through the monumentes of writynge whiche is the testymony vnto vertue many men haue ben moued Some to byldecytes some to deuyse and establisshe lawes tight profitable necessarie and behouefull for the humayne lyfe Some other to fynde newe artes craftes and sciences very requisyte to the vse of maÌ„kynde But aboue all thynges wherby mans welthe ryseth speciall laude and cause ought to be gyuen to historie It is the keper of suche thinges as haue ben vertuously done and the wytnesse of yuell dedes And by the benefite of hystorie all noble highe and vertuous actes be immortall What moued the strong and ferse Hercules to enterprise in his lyfe so many great incoÌ„perable labours and pyls Certaynly noughtels but yâ— for his merytê immortalyte mought be gyuen to hym of all folke In seÌ„blable wyse dyd his imytator noble duke These us many other innumerable worthy prices and famouse men whose vertues ben redemed sro oblyuion shyne by historie And where as other monumentes in processe of tyme by varyable chaunces are confused and lost The vertue of history dyffused and spredde throughe the vuyuersall worlde hathe to her custos kepat it that is to say tyme whiche coÌ„sumeth the other writynges And albeit that those menne are right worthy of great laude and prayse who by their writynges shewe and lede vs the waye to vertue yet neuerthelesse the poems lawes and other artes that they fouÌ„de deuysed and writ ben mixed with some domage And soÌ„tyme for the trueth they ensigne a man to lye But onelye hystorie truely with wordes representyng the actes gestes and dedes done complecteth all profyte It moueth stereth and compelleth to honestie detesteth erketh aborteth vices It extolleth enhaunceth and lyfteth vp suche as ben noble and vertuous depresseth poystereth and thrusteth downe such as ben wicked yuell and reprouable What knowlege shulde we haue of auncyent thynges past and historie were nat Whiche is the testymony therof the lyght of trouthe the maystres of the lyfe humayne the presydent of remembrauÌ„ce and the messanger of antiquyte Why moued and stered Phaleryus the kynge Ptholome oft and dilygently to rede bokes Forsothe for none other cause but that those thynges are founde writen in bokes that the freÌ„des dare nat shewe to the price Moche more I wolde fayne write of the incomparable profyte of hystorie but I feare me that I shulde to sore tourment the reder of this my preface And also I doute nat but that the great vtilyte therof is better knowen than I coulde declare wherfore I shall breuely come to apoynt Thus whan I aduertysed and remembred the many folde comodyties of hystorie howe benefyciall it is to mortall folke and eke howe laudable and merytoryous a dede it is to write hystories fixed my mynde to do some thyng therin And euer whaÌ„ this ymaginacyon came to me I volued tourned and redde many volumes and bokes conteyning famouse histories And amonge all other I redde dilygently the four volumes or bokes of sir Johan Froyssart of the countrey of Heynaulte written in the Frenche tonge whiche I iudged comodyous necessarie and profytable to be hadde in Englysshe sithe they treat of the fomous actes done in our parties That is to say in Englande FrauÌ„ce Spaygne Portyngale ScotlaÌ„de Bretayne FlauÌ„ders and other places adioyning and specially they redounde to the honoure of Englysshemen What pleasure shall it be to the noble geÌ„tylmen of Englande to se beholde rede the highe enterprises famous actes and glorious dedes done and atchyued by their valyant auÌ„ceytours Forsothe and god this hath moued me at the highe coÌ„maundement of my moost redouted
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 senteÌ„ce 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 couÌ„treis 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 FrauÌ„ce a leage is two myles and in some place thre And in other couÌ„treis 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 traÌ„slatour 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 huÌ„dred 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 ê“loge 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 FrauÌ„ce 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 coÌ„playned her to the kyng of FrauÌ„ce 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 deê‘ted out of Fraunce and entred in to the empyre Cap. ix ¶ Howe quene Isabell areyued in Englande with sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt in her coÌ„pany Ca. x. ¶ Howe the quene of Englande besieged kynge Edwarde the seconde her housbande in the towne of Bristowe Cap. xi ¶ Howe sir Hewe SpeÌ„sar 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 ScotlaÌ„de defyed kyng Edwarde of Englande Cap. xv ¶ Of the disceÌ„cion 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 scotlaÌ„de dyed ca. xx ¶ Howe Philyppe of Ualloyes was crowned kynge in Fraunce Cap. xxi Of the batayle of Cassell in FlaÌ„ders 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 FlauÌ„ders kept the yle of CagaÌ„t agaynst theÌ„glysshmen 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 alyauÌ„ce with kyng Philyp of FraÌ„ce Ca. xxxiii ¶ Howe kyng Edwarde was made vycar generall of th eÌ„pyre 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 freÌ„che 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 â—â—me 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 NormaÌ„dy 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 couÌ„sayle 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
ê‘te of Scotlande whyle the siege was before Tourney Cap. lv ¶ Of the great assemble that the frenche kyng made to reyse the siege before Turney ca. lvi ¶ Howe they of the garyson of Bouhayne distrussed certayne soudyers of Mortaygne before the towne of Conde Cap. lvii ¶ Of the iourney that sir Wylliam Baylleule and sir Walflart de la Croyse made at the bridge of Cresyn Cap. lviii ¶ Howe the erle of Heynault assayled the fortreile of Mortayne in Picardy by dyuers maners Cap. lix ¶ Howe the erle of Heynalte toke the towne of saynt Amande duryng the siege before Tourney Cap. lr ¶ Of the takyng of sir Charles of Momorency and of dyuers other frenchmen at the brige of Cresyn Cap. lxi ¶ Howe the flemynges were before saynt Omers duryng the siege of Turney Cap. lxii ¶ Howe the siege before Turney was broken vp by reason of a truse Cap. lxiii ¶ Of the warres of Bretaygne and howe the duke ther dyed without heyre wherby the discencyon fell Cap. lxiiii ¶ Howe the erle of Mountfort toke the towne and castell of Brest Cap. lxv ¶ Howe the erle of Mountfort toke the cyte of Reynes Cap. lxvi ¶ Howe the erle of Mountfort toke the towne and castell of Hanybout Cap. lxvii ¶ Howe therle MouÌ„tfort dyde homage to the king of EnglaÌ„d for the duchy of breten ca. lxviii ¶ Howe therle MouÌ„tfort was somoned to the ê‘lyament of Parys at the request of the lorde Charles of Bloyes Cap. lxix ¶ Howe the duchy of Bretaygne was iudged to sir Charles of Bloyes Cap. lxx ¶ Of the lordes of FrauÌ„ce that entred in to Bretayne with sir Charles of Bloyes Cap. lxxi ¶ Howe therle MouÌ„tfort was taken at NauÌ„tes and howe he dyed Cap. lxxii ¶ Howe the kyng of EnglaÌ„de the thirde tyme made warre on the scottes Cap. lxxiii ¶ Howe king Dauyd of Scotlande caÌ„e with a great host to Newcastell vpoÌ„tyne ca. lxxiiii ¶ Howe the scottes distroyed the cyte of Dyrham Cap. lxxv ¶ Howe the scottes besieged a castell of therle of Salysburies Cap. lxxvi ¶ Howe the kyng of EnglaÌ„de was in amours of the countesse of Salisbury Cap. lxxvii ¶ Howe therle of Salisbury therle Moret were delyuered out of prison cap. lxxviii ¶ Howe sir Charles of Bloyes with dyuers lordes of Fraunce toke the cytie of Reynes in Bretayne Cap. lxxix ¶ Howe sir Charles of Bloyes besieged the couÌ„tesse of Mountfort in Hanybout ca. lxxx ¶ Howe sir Gaultier of Manny brought the englysshmen in to Bretayne Cap. lxxxi ¶ Howe the tastell of Conquest was wonne two tymes Cap. lxxxii ¶ Howe sir Loyes of Spaygne toke the townes of Dynant and of Gerande cap. lxxxiii ¶ Howe sir Gaultier of Manny discoÌ„fyted sir Loyes of Spayne Cap. lxxxiiii ¶ Howe sir Gaultier of Manny tooke the castell of Gony in the forest Cap. lxxxv ¶ Howe sir Charles of Bloies toke the towne of Carahes cap. lxxxvi ¶ Howe sir JohnÌ„ Butler sir Hubert of Fresnoy were rescued fro dethe Cap. lxxxvii ¶ Howe sir Charles of Bloys toke the towne of Jugon with the castell Cap. lxxxviii ¶ Of the feest and iustes that the kyng of Englande made at London for the loue of the couÌ„tesse of Salisbury Cap. lxxxix ¶ Howe the kyng of England sent sir Robert of Artoyse in to Bretayue Cap. lxxxx ¶ Of the batayle of Gernsay by twenesir Robert of Arthois and sir Loyes of Spaygne on the see Cap. lxxxxi ¶ Howe sir Robert of Arthois toke the cite of Uannes in Bretayne Cap. lxxxxii ¶ Howe sir Robert of Arthoise dyed where he was buryed Cap. lxxxxiii ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande caÌ„e in to Bretayne to make warre there Cap. lxxxxiiii ¶ Howe the lorde Clisson sir Henry of Leon were taken prisoners before UaÌ„nes ca. lxxxxv ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande toke the towne of Dynant Cap. lxxxxvi ¶ What lordes of frauÌ„ce the duke of Norman by brought into Bretayne against the kyng of Englande Cap. lxxxxvii ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande and the duke of Normandy were hoost agaynst hoost loged before Uannes Cap. lxxxxviii ¶ Howe the frenche kynge beheeded the lorde Clysson and dyuers other lordes of Bretayne and of Normandy Cap. lxxxxix ¶ Of the order of saynt George that king Edwarde stablysshed in the castell of Wyndsore Cap. c. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande delyuered out of prison sir Henry of Leon. Cap. c .i. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande sent the erle of Derby to make warre in Gascoyne Cap. c .ii. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby conquered the forteresse of Bergerath Cap. c .iii. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby conquered dyuers townes and forteresses in hye Gascoyne Cap. c .iiii. ¶ Howe therle of Quenfort was taken in Gascoyne and delyuered agayne by exchaunge Cap. c .v. ¶ Howe the erle of Layle lieutenant to the frenche kyng in Gascoyne layde siege before Auberoche Cap. c .vi. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby toke before Auberoche the erle of Layle and dyuers other erles and vycountes to the nombre of .ix. Ca. c .vii. ¶ Of the townes that therle of Derby wan in Gascoyne goynge towarde the Ryoll Cap. c .viii. ¶ Howe therle of Derby layde siege to the Ryoll and howe the towne was yelded to hym Cap. c .ix. ¶ Howe sir Gaultier of Manny founde in the Ryoll his fathers sepulture Cap. c .x. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby wanne the castell of the Ryoll Cap. c .xi. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby tooke the towne of Mauleon and after the towne of Franche in Gascoyne Cap. c .xii. ¶ Howe the erle of Derby wanne the cytie of Angolesme Cap. c .xiii. ¶ Howe sir Godfrey of Harcourt was banysshed out of Fraunce Cap. c .xiiii. ¶ Of the dethe of Jaques Dartuell of Gaunt Cap. c .xv. ¶ Of the dethe of WillmÌ„ erle of Heynalt who dyed in Frise and many with him Cap. c .xvi. ¶ Howe sir Johan of Heynault became frenche Cap. c .xvii. ¶ Of the great hoost that the duke of NormaÌ„dy brought into Gascoyne agaynst the erle of Derby Cap. c .xviii. ¶ Howe JohnÌ„ Norwich scaped fro Angolem whan the towne was yelden freÌ„che Cap. c .xix. ¶ Howe the duke of Normandy layd siege to Aguyllon with a hundred M. men Cap. c .xx. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande went ouer the see agayne to rescue them in Aguyllon Cap. c .xxi. ¶ Howe the kyng of EnglaÌ„de rode in thre batayls thorowe Normandy Cap. c .xxii. ¶ Of the great assemble that the frenche king made to resyst the kynge of Englande Cap. c .xxiii. ¶ Of the batayle of Cane and howe the Englysshmen toke the towne Cap. c .xxiiii. ¶ Howe sir Godfray of Harcort fought with them of Ampens before Parys Cap. c .xxv. ¶ Howe the frenche kyng folowed the kyng of Englande in Beauuonoyse Cap. c .xxvi. ¶ Howe the bataile of Blanche take was foughten bytwene the kyng of Englande and sir Godmar du Fay. Cap. c .xxvii. ¶ Of the order of the englysshmen at Cressey
and howe they made thre batayls a fote Cap. c .xxviii. ¶ Of thorder of the frēchmen 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 frēche 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 cāe 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 Englāde 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 Frāce 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 Fraūce 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 coūtie 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 cōpanyons 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 solēpnelye 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 y◠realme of Fraunce Cap. c lrxxx ¶ Of the naueroise that were beseged in saynt Ualery by the pycardes and
howe the realme of FrauÌ„ce was full of naueroyse cap. c lxxxxi ¶ Of the naueroyse that the Chanone Robersart disconfyted in Beauoyse nere to the towne of Craule Cap. c lxxxxii ¶ Of the naueroyse that yelded vp saynt Ualerys to the frenchmen after they had ben long besieged Cap. c lxxxxiii ¶ Howe sir Philyp of Nauer reysed vp a thre thousande naueroyse to haue reysed the siege before saynt Ualerys Cap. c lxxxxiiii ¶ Of the Naueroyse that sir Peter Audeley brought on a night to haue takenne the cytie of Chalons cap. c lxxxxv ¶ Howe the Erle of Roucy was taken prisoner the seconde tyme. Cap. c lxxxxvi ¶ Of the thre quenes the naueryse that were besieged by the duke of NormaÌ„dy in Melune Cap. c. lxxxxâ—ii ¶ Howe the lorde Broquart of Fenestrages other frenchemen ordayned their bataylles agaynst the lorde Eustace Dambreticourt the englysshmen in ChaÌ„payne Cap. c lxxxxviii ¶ Of the batayle of Nogent bytwene the lorde Broquart of Fenestrages of the nacyon of Lorayne on the freÌ„che partie and sir Eustace Dabretycourt of the nacyon of Heynalt on the Englysshe partie Cap. c lxxxxix ¶ Howe the robbers and pyllers that kept fortresses in Fraunce began to declyne by myracle Cap. cc. ¶ Howe the frenchemen refused the peace that the kyng had made in Englande Cap. cc .i. ¶ Howe sir Eustace DaÌ„bretycourt was delyuered out of prison by great raunsome cap. cc .ii. ¶ Howe sir Broquart of Fenestrages made hymselfe to be payed of his wages of the duke of Normandy regent of Fraunce Cap. cc .iii. ¶ Of the iourney that sir RobrÌ„t Canoll made in Berry and Auuergne and of the lordes and gentylmen of the countre that pursewed after hym Cap. cc .iiii. ¶ Of the almayns that abode the kyng of Englande at Calys to ryde with hym in to the realme of Fraunce kyng Johan beyng styll prisoner in Englande Cap. cc .v. ¶ Of the great host that the kyng of EnglaÌ„de brought in to FrauÌ„ce to make warr there kynge Johan beyng prisoner in Englande and of the order of the Englysshe hoost Cap. cc .viii. ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande departed fro Calys and of the order of his hoost in ridynge thorowe Picardy and so to the cytie of Reynes Cap. cc .vii. ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande besieged the cytie of Reynes and of the castell of Charigny taken by the Englysshemen And of the warre that began agayne bytwene the duke of Normandy and the kyng of Nauer Cap. cc .viii. ¶ Howe the lorde of Roy disconfyted the lorde of Gomegynes and howe the castell of Comercy was taken by the englysshmen Cap. cc. ix ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande as he wente wasted and distroyed the countrey and howe he came to Aguyllon and there taryed and of the great prouisyon that came after his hoost Cap. cc .x. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande put the realme of Fraunce in to great trybulacion and of the prophecyes of the frere of Auygnon and of the ¶ Howe sir Robert Canoll sir Johan Chandos departed fro DoÌ„me without wynnyng of it and wâ—â— and toke Gauaches and Rochemador and dyuers other townes that were tourned frenche Cap. cc .lviii. ¶ Howe the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke toke by great aduyse the gaiyson of Bourdell Cap. cc .lix. ¶ Howe sir Robert Canoll sir Johan Chandos and sir Thomas Phelton ordered their people and retourned to the prince Ca. cc .lx. ¶ Howe the englysshe companyons tooke the castell of Bell perche therin the duke of Burbons mother and also they toke the stronge castell of saynt Seuere in Berry Cap. cc .lxi. ¶ Howe the castell of Roche sur yone was yelden vp to the englisshmen and howe the capyteyne therof was beheeded by the commaundement of the duke of Aniou Cap. cc. lxii ¶ Howe the duke of Burgoyne deê‘ted fro the cyye of Roen to th entent to fight with the duke of Lancastre howe they lodged eche agaynst other at Tournehen Cap. cc .lxiii. ¶ Howe sir JohnÌ„ Chandos brought the countre of Aniou in great trybulacion and howe he wasted distroyed the landes of the vycouÌ„t of Roch choart except the fortresses Ca. cc .lxiiii. ¶ Howe sir Loys of Sanxere came on therle of Penbroke and slewe dyuers of his men and besieged the erle in an howse Cap. ii C .lxv. ¶ Howe sir JohnÌ„ Chandos caÌ„e to the socoure and rescue of therle of Penbroke Cap. cc .lxvi. ¶ Howe quene Philyppe of Englande passed out of this mortall lyfe and of the thre requestes that she desyred of the kyng her husband or she departed Cap. cc .lxvii. ¶ Howe the duke of Burgoyne deê‘ted fro the duke of Lancastre without batayle howe the duke of LaÌ„castre went to Calys Ca. cc .lviii. ¶ Howe the countrey of Uermandoyse and the couÌ„tie of saynt Poule were wasted sir Hugh of Chastellone taken Cap. cc .lxix. ¶ Howe sir Johan Chandos was slayne in a batayle and finally the frenchmen discomfyted in the same batayle Cap. cc .lxx. ¶ Howe the lorde of Coucy the lorde of Pomyers wolde nat entre in to the warre nother on the one parte nor on the other and howe the lorde of Maleuale and the lorde of Marnayle tourned frenche Cap. cc .lxxi. ¶ The copy of the letters sent fro the kynge of England in to Acquitayne and howe Chastelerant was taken and Bell perche besieged by the frenchmen Cap. cc .lxxii. ¶ Howe the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke ledde a way fro the garyson of Bell perche the duke of Burbons mother all tho that were within Cap. cc .lxxiii. ¶ Howe the duke of Burbon gaue leaue to all his men to departe when he knewe that the lady his mother was ledde a way Cap. cc .lxxiiii. ¶ Howe the duke of Aniou came fro Tholouse to Parys and howe kynge Charles sent hym with the duke of Berry his brother in to Aquitayne agaynst the englisshmen Cap. cc .lxxv. ¶ Howe sir Bertram of Clesquy deê‘ted out of Spayne weÌ„t to Tholous where as the duke of Aniou receyued hym ioyously Ca. cc .lxxvi. ¶ Howe they of Monsac and of MouÌ„tpellyer yelded them to the duke of Aniowe and of the duke of Berry who layde siege before the cytie of Lymoges Cap. cc .lxxvii. ¶ Howe trewse was made bytwene England and Scotlande and howe sir Robert Canoll brent and eryled the countrey of Picardy and Uermandoyse Cap. cc .lxxviii. ¶ Howe they of Noyon toke the englysshmen that had set fyre in the bysshops bridge howe the frenche kyng sent for sir Bertram of Clesquy Cap. cc .lxxix. ¶ Howe they of Lymoges yelded them to the duke of Berrey and howe he brake vp his army Cap. cc .lxxx. ¶ Howe sir Robert Canoll entred in to the realme of FrauÌ„ce with a great nombre of men of armes and came nere to the cytie of Parys Cap. cc .lxxxi. ¶ Howe sir Bertram of Clesquy made great warre in the countie of Lymoges and
howe he toke the castell of saynt yriell Cap. iiC .lxxxii. ¶ Howe the prince of Walles toke the cytie of Lymoges and howe foure companyons dyd marueyls in armes Cap. cc .lxxxiii. ¶ Howe the cytie of Lymoges was brent and distroyed and the bysshop deliuered fro dethe and howe sir Bertram of Clesquy was made constable of Fraunce Cap. cc .lxxxiiii. ¶ Howe sir Bertram of Clesquy and the lorde of Clysson discoÌ„syted at the bridge of Bolayne certayne of sir Robert Canols company Cap. cc .lxxxv. ¶ Howe pope Urbane dyed and howe Gregory was chosen howe sir Raymon of Marnell was taken of theÌ„glysshmen Ca. cc .lxxxvi. ¶ Howe the Prince lefte the duchy of Acquitayne in the kepynge of the duke of Lancaster and howe four breton knightes toke the castell of Mount Paon Cap. cc .lxxxvii. ¶ Howe the sayd foure knyghtes bretons defended them selfe valiauntly agaynst the duke of Lancastre and howe fynally the duke toke them all four to rauÌ„some Cap. cc .lxxxviii. ¶ Howe the duke of LaÌ„castre gaue lycence to all his people to deê‘te and returned hym selfe to Burdeux And howe therle of Pons turned frenche and howe the seneshall of Poytou asseÌ„bled togyder a company Cap. cc .lxxxix. ¶ Howe the seneshall of Poictou toke MouÌ„tcontour and howe ser Bertram of Clesquy toke dyuers townes and castels in Rouuergue and howe he besieged the cite of Duses Cap. cc .xc. ¶ Howe they of Duses yelded them vp to sir Bertram and howe sir Robert Canoll was in the kyng of Englandes displeasure and howe at the request of the lordes his peace was made agayne Cap. cc lxxxxi ¶ Howe therle of Herforde dyuers englysshmen discomfyted in Bretayne on the see dyuers slemynges the assayled them Ca. ii C lxxxxii ¶ How the kyng of EnglaÌ„d sent a great nauy to the see agaynst the slemynges and howe the peace was made bytwene theÌ„ Cap. cc lxxxxiii ¶ Howe the kyng of Mayllorgues was in displeasure with kyng Henry of Spayne and after went and made warre to the kyng of Arragon Cap. ii C lxxxxiiii ¶ Howe the duke of Lancastre wedded the eldest doughter of kyng Dampeter of Spayne And howe the confederacions were made bytwene the french kyng the kyng of Spayne Cap. ii C lxxxxv ¶ Howe the duke of Lancastre ordayned gouernours in Guyen and ledde his wyfe with hym in to EnglaÌ„de and howe the kyng of Englande ordayned the erle of Penbroke to be gouernour of Poictou Cap. cc lxxxxvi ¶ Howe the erle of Penbroke departed out of Englande to go in to Poyctou and howe the spaynierdes fought with hym in the hauen of Rochell Cap. cc lxxxxvii ¶ Howe they of Rochell towne wolde nat rescue therle of Penbroke and howe the seneshall of Rochell and the lorde of Tanyboton other came to socour the erle Cap. cc lxxxxviii ¶ Howe therle of Penbroke was taken prisoner by the spanierdes and howe they departed fro the hauen of Rochell withall their prisoners and the same day the Captall of Beufz came in to Rochell Cap. cc lxxxxix ¶ Howe sir yuan of Wales discoÌ„fyted the Englysshmen in the yle of Gerusay and howe the frenche kynge sent in to Spaygne for men of warre to ley siege to Rochell Cap. ccc ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande was sore displeased for the takyng of the erle of Penbroke and howe sir Bertram of Clesquy toke the castell of Mountmorillan Cap. ccc .i. ¶ Howe the coÌ„stable of FrauÌ„ce besieged mouÌ„t counter and howe he departed thens to go to the duke of Berrey in to Lymosyn to besiege saynt Seuere Cap. ccc .ii. ¶ Howe they of saynt Seuere endurynge a great assaut yelded theym vp to sir Bertram and howe the cyte of Potters tourned frenche Cap. ccc .iii. ¶ Howe the frenche men tooke the Captall of Beufz before Subyse in batayle howe they of Rochell tourned frenche Cap. ccc .iiii. ¶ Howe sir Bertram of Clesquy constable of FrauÌ„ce toke dyuers castels in Rochell howe the kynge of Englande toke the see to come to reyse the siege at Thouars Cap. ccc .v. ¶ Howe sir Bertram of Clesquy leyde siege to the castell of Syreth and howe thenglysshemen were disconfyted and howe the countreis of Poictou Xaynton and Rochell were clene delyuered out of the englysshmens handes Cap. ccc .vi. ¶ Of the siege of Bercerell of the dethe of the kyng of Scottes and of the peace bytwene the frenche kyng and the kynge of Nauer howe the duke of Bretayne sledde in to Englande howe the constable of Fraunce conquered his duchy Cap. ccc .vii. ¶ Howe ther were a certayne ordayned in englande to kepe the countre and howe therle of Salisbury sir WyllmÌ„ Neuell and Philyppe Courtney with dyuers other men of armes entred in to the see and landed in Bretaygne howe the constable of FrauÌ„ce went thyder and the duke of Bretaygne wente in to Englande Cap. ccc .viii. ¶ Howe the frenche men lay at siege at foure sondrie places atones and howe that Roche-sur yone yelded them selfe and became frenche and howe the englysshmen came before Brest Cap. ccc .ix. ¶ Howe dyuers englisshmen were slayne and disconfyted by the lorde of Subyse before RybamoÌ„t and howe the garysons of Soissonois disconfyted thenglysshmen Cap. ccc .x. ¶ Howe the hostages that were layd by them of Dyriuall were beheeded and howe sir Robert Canoll beheeded agayne all suche prisoners as he had and also of the duke of Lancasters iourney Cap. ccc .xi. ¶ Howe the lorde of Brime we his chyldren were taken by the englysshmen all their company and howe they of the garyson of Peron were chased in to their towne hastely Cap. ccc .lxii. ¶ Howe the englisshmen brint and wasted the countre of Champayne and of then countrynges that they had in their way and of the prisoners that they toke Cap. ccc .lxiii. ¶ Howe the englisshmen came before Croyes and of the bastydes that the duke of Burgoyne made without Troyes to resyst the englysshe men Cap. ccc .lxiiii. ¶ Howe the englysshmen to de and pylled the countrey of Gastenoyse of Beause and howe a frenche squier right valyant requyred an englysshe squier to iust with him Cap. ccc .lxv. ¶ Of the Justes bytwene Gawen Mychaell fraucoys and Joachyn Cathore angloys and of the wordes that kynge Charles of Fraunce sayd on his dethe bedde Cap. ccc .lxvi. ¶ Of the lorde of Mauuoysen who was taken prisoner by the englisshmen and of the lorde of Hangest who scaped and of the dethe of kyng Charles of Fraunce the fifte of that name Cap. ccc .lxvii. ¶ Howe the englysshmen arryued in Breten and howe the duke excused himselfe of his longe taryenge fro them Cap. ccc .lxviii. ¶ Howe the duke of Bretayne the englysshmen besieged Nauntes and of the coronacyon of kyng Charles the sixt of that name and of the sery 〈…〉 st he done before Nauntes Ca. ccc .lxix. ¶ Of the lettes that the duke of Bretayne had so that he might nat come to the sege
before Nautes and of the scrimysshe made there Cap. ccc .lxx. ¶ Of the scrumysshe that the Barroys of Barres and Almery of Clysson made on christmas cuyu agaynst thenglisshmen beyng at Nauntes Cap. ccc .lxxi. ¶ Howe the englysshmen departed fro the siege before Nauntes and of the fayre excuses that the duke of Bretayne made to the erle of Buckyngham Cap. ccc .lxxii. ¶ Of the dedes of armes done before therle of Buckyngham bytwene the englysshmen and frenchmen and the auswere made to the heraudes on their saueconductes Cap. ccc .lxxiii. ¶ Howe the duke of Bretayne made his peace with the frenche kyng and howe the englysshmen returned to their countreys and of a dede of armes bytwene a frenche squier and an englysshe Cap. ccc .lxxiiii. ¶ Howe the warre began agayne bytwene the erle of FlauÌ„ders and the flemynges and howe they of Ipre were discomfyted by abusshemeÌ„t Cap. ccc .lxxv. ¶ Howe they of Ipre and Courtrey turned to the erle of FlauÌ„ders parte and howe the towne of Gaunt was besieged Cap. ccc lxxvt ¶ Howe the erle of Flaunders reysed vp his siege fro the towne of GauÌ„t and of the batayle bytwene him the gauntoyse Cap. ccc .lxxvii. ¶ Howe the gauntoyse were brent in the churche of Nieule and howe the white hodes slewe dyuers noble men of the erle of FlauÌ„ders parte Cap. ccc .lxxviii. ¶ Howe the whyte hodes and their capitayne was slayne and howe Philyp Dartuell was chosen capitayne of Gaunt Cap. ccc .lxxix. ¶ Of the ordynaunce of Gaunt of the warre of Spayne and of Portyngale Cap. ccc .lxxx. ¶ Howe the erle of Cambridge departed out of Englande to go into Portyngale and how the comons of Englande rebelled agaynst the noble men Cap. ccc .lxxxi. ¶ Of the yuell dedes that these comons of Englande dyd to the kynges offycers and howe they sent a knyght to speke with the kyng Cap. ccc .lxxxii. ¶ Howe the comons of Englande entred in to London and of the great yuell that they dyd and of the dethe of the bysshop of Caunterbury and dyuers other Cap. ccc .lxxxiii. ¶ Howe the nobles of EnglaÌ„de were in great parell to haue bene distroyed and howe these rebels were punysshed and sent home to their owne houses Cap. ccc .lxxxiiii. ¶ Howe the duke of Lancastre kept hymselfe styll in Scotlande for feare of this rebellyon and howe the kyng punysshed of these treatours the chiefe maysters Cap. ccc .lxxxv. ¶ The yuell wyll that the duke of Lancastre conceyued in his courage for the refuse that was made him at Berwyke howe there of Cambridge arryued in Portyngale Ca. ccc .lxxxvi. ¶ Howe two valyaÌ„t men of GauÌ„t were slayne by Peter de boyse and by Philyppe Dartuell and of the rebellyon at Parys against the french kyng Cap. ccc .lxxxvii. ¶ Howe the lorde of Coucy apeased the discencyon and rebellyon of theÌ„ of Parys and of the preparacyon that the duke of Aniou made to make him selfe kynge of Naples Cap. ccc .lxxxviii. ¶ Howe thenglysshmen rode without any coÌ„maundement of the kyng of Porsyngale and howe the castel of Sigheyre in Portingale was taken Cap. ccc lxxxix ¶ Howe the chanoyne Robersarde his company returned to their garyson and of the maryage of the kyng of England to the doughter of the kyng of Bomayns Cap. ccc lxxxx ¶ Howe the frenche kyng coulde haue no money of the receyuoure of Paryg and howe the duke of Aniowe passed in to Italy and of his noble chyualry Cap. ccc .xci. ¶ Howe therle of Sauoy caused the enchaunters heed to be stryken of and howe the Chanoyne Robersarde and his company toke dyuers castels in Spayne Cap. ccc .xcii. ¶ Of the great pyllage and proies done by the Chanoyue Robersart his company agaynst the kyng of Castyle and of the discencyon that was amonge them Cap. ccc .xciii. ¶ Howe the kynges of Castyle and of Portingale assembled their puyssaunâ—es and howe the peace was made bstwene them agaynst the wyll of the englysshmen Cap. ccc .xciiii. ¶ Howe the kyng of Spaygne was maryed agayne to the kynge of Portyngales doughter Cap. ccc xch ¶ Of the great necessyte of vitaylles that they of Gaunt endured and howe they were socoured by them of Liege Cap. ccc .xcvi. ¶ The harde answere that the erle of Flaunders made to them of Gaunt and of the nombre of men of armes that were than at Parys in Fraunce Cap. ccc xchii ¶ Howe that fyue thousande gauÌ„toyse yssued out of Gaunt to fyght with the Erle and with them of Bruges after the answere that Phylyppe Dartuell hadde shewed them Cap. ccc .xcviii. ¶ Of the order of the Gauntoyse and howe they disconfyted the erle and them of Bruges and by what meanes Cap. ccc .xcix. ¶ Howe the towne of Bruges was taken by the gauntoyse and howe the erle of FlauÌ„ders saued hym selfe in apoore womans howse in the towne of Bruges Cap. cccc ¶ Howe they of Gaunt spared the marchauntestraungers and howe the erle departed fro Bruges and wente to Lysse and howe he was receyued there ioyoussy Cap. cccc .i. ¶ Of the great rychesse that the Gauntoyse fouÌ„de in Bruges and howe all the townes in Flaunders yelded them to Gaunt except Andwarpe Cap. cccc .ii. ¶ Howe the erle of Flaunders was at Lyste and howe And warpe was besieged by yâ— gauntoyse and slemynges Cap. cccc .iii. ¶ Howe the gauntoyse assayled the towne of Andewarpe dyuers tymes and howe they ran before Lysse and in the countre aboute on the realme of Fraunce Cap. cccc .iiii. ¶ Of the request that the duke of Burgoyne made to the frenche kynge and why the kynge toke on hym to beare the fleyng Hart. Cap. cccc .v. ¶ Of a Dreme that fortuned to the kynge the same season whyle he lay at Lysse by occasyon of whiche dreme he ordayned the deuyse of the styeng Hart. Cap. cccc .vi. ¶ Of the messangers that Philyppe Dartuell sent in to Englande and also in to FrauÌ„ce and of the dethe of sir Perducas Dalbreth Cap. cccc .vii. ¶ Howe the kynge of Englandes counsayle mocked yâ— slemynges and of the prisoners that were exchaunged Cap. cccc .viii. ¶ Letters sende to Philyppe Dartuell fro the commyssaries of the frenche kynge and howe the messaÌ„gers that bare the letters were taken and set in prison Cap. cccc .ix. ¶ Of the letters sent to Iourney fro Philyp Dartuell and howe the frenche kynge and his counsayle were enformed of the answers that the slemynges had made to the commyssaries Cap. cccc .x. ¶ Howe Philyppe Dartuell made the passages in Flaunders to be kept and howe dyuers frenche knyghtes were lost in Flaunders with out remedy Cap. cccc xi ¶ ThordynaÌ„ce that the frenche king made for to entre in to FlauÌ„ders after that the passages were stopped and broken Cap. cccc .xii. ¶ Howe the frenchmen coude nat passe by the bridge of Comynes howe they passed without knowlege of the slemyngê Cap. cccc .xiii. ¶ Howe the freÌ„chmen
that were passed the ryuer of Lyse put them selfe in batayle before the flemynges Cap. cccc .xiiii. ¶ Howe the freÌ„chmen that were passed the ryuer of Lyse disconfyted the slemynges slewe many of them and wan the passage of Comynes Cap. cccc .xv. ¶ Howe the frenche kynge passed the ryuer of Lyse and howe Philyppe Dartuell made his ordynaunce to resyst the kynge and his puyssaunce Cap. cccc .xvi. ¶ Howe the towne of Ipre and dyuers other put them selfe vnder the obeysaunce of the frenche kyng and of the order of the kynges hoost Cap. cccc .xvii. ¶ Howe the Frenche kynge departed fro the mount of Ipre and howe Philyppe Dartuell and the flemynges apparelled thâ—selfe to fight Cap. cccc .xviii. ¶ Of a marueyle that came to the flemynges in the night and howe they ordayned their batayle all in one coÌ„pany Cap. cccc .xix. ¶ Howe the constable and admyrall of FrauÌ„ce and the bastarde of Langres wente to se the flemynges and howe they fortifyed themselfe Cap. cccc .xx. ¶ The maner of the batayle of Rosebeque howe the flemynges were discomfyted of the threfore sayde knyghtes who had auewed all their behauyng Cap. cccc .xxi. ¶ Howe the flemynges were discoÌ„fyted at the batayle of Rosebeque Cap cccc .xxii. ¶ Howe the body of Philyppe Dartuell was brought before the kyng and fo haÌ„ged vp and howe the towne of Courtrey was brent Cap. cccc .xxiii. ¶ Howe they of Bruges yelded themselfe vnder the obeysaunce of the frenche kynge and howe they of Gaunt were recoÌ„forted by Peter de Boyse Cap. cccc .xxiiii. ¶ Howe the treatie of alyauÌ„ce bytwene the englyssh men and yâ— flemynges was broken and howe the frenche kyng departed out of Flaunders Cap. cccc .xxv. ¶ Howe the frenche kynge came to Parys howe he caused to be putte downe the chenesse and harnesse in the towne and howe the parisyens were â—aunsomed at his pleasure Cap. cccc .xxvi. ¶ Howe dyuers notable men of Parys were beheeded with maister JohnÌ„ Marettes at Parys and dyuers other townes in FrauÌ„ce and of the warre of the gauÌ„toyse that was newe begon agayne Cap. cccc .xxvii. ¶ Of yâ— alyaunce that was purchased bytwene the Englysshmen and flemynges and of the Bulles that pope Urbane sent in to Englande to distroy the clementyns Cap. cccc .xxviii. ¶ Howe the bysshoppe of Norwiche and the englysshmen yssued out of Englande to ronne and make warre agaynste all those that helde with pope Element Cap. cccc .xxix. ¶ Howe the englysshmen toke the towne and mynster of Grauelyng howe therle of FlauÌ„ders sent to speke with theÌ„ Cap. cccc .xxx. ¶ The answere that the bysshop of Norwiche made to the knightes of Flaunders and of the assemble that they of Cassell the couÌ„tre about made agaynst theÌ„glysshmen Cap. cccc .xxxi. ¶ Howe the fleminges of the countre they of the lande of Cassell were discoÌ„fyted by the Englysshmen and DoÌ„kyrke taken with dyuers other castels in the couÌ„tre Cap. cccc .xxxii. ¶ Howe theÌ„glysshmen coÌ„quered all the couÌ„tre of FlauÌ„ders fro Donkyrke to Scluse howe they besieged the towne of Iyre Cap. cccc .xxxiii. ¶ Howe thenglysshmen sent for theÌ„ of Gaunt and howe they came to the siege of Ipre and of the lorde saynt Leger his coÌ„pany who were discoÌ„fyted by theÌ„glysshmen and howe the bysshop of Liege came to the siege of Ipre Cap. cccc .xxxiiii. ¶ Of the great coÌ„maundemeÌ„t of assemble that the frenche kyng made to th entent to reyse the siege before Ipre and of theÌ„ that were discoÌ„fyted by thenglysshmen Cap. cccc .xxxv. ¶ Howe the Englysshmen and they of Gaunt made dyuers assautes before Ipre howe the frenche kyng depted fro Compayne and went towarde Ipre to reyse the siege there Cap. cccc .xxxvi. ¶ Howe the duke Frederyke of Bauyere aryued in the frenche kynges hoost and howe the eâ—le of Bloyse and his men came to Arras and howe the kynges vowarde toke Cassell Cap. cccc .xxxvii. ¶ Howe the englisshmen after the siege of Ipre were withdrawen in to the towne of Bergues and howe they departed thens went to Burboucke whan they sawe the kynges puyssauÌ„ce Cap. cccc .xxxviii. ¶ Howe the french kyng with all his hoost came to Burbourke and of the ordre of the englisshemen within the towne and howe Fraunces 〈◊〉 freman wan â—ndewarpe Cap. cccc .xxxix. ¶ Howe they of Andwarpe were put out of the towne none abode there but gauntoyse And howe Amergot Marcell toke yâ— castell of Marquell in Auuerne and how it was gyuen vp by composicyon for fyue thousande frankes to the erle Dolphyn of Auuergne Cap. cccc .xl. ¶ Howe the frenche kyng assayled Burburke and how he ordayned that whosoeuer brought thyder a fagotte shulde haue a blanke Cap. cccc .xli. ¶ Of the myracles that were done in the towne of Burburke and howe sir Thomas Tryuet and sir wyllâ— Helman englisshmen were put in prisone for the domage of Fraunce Cap. cccc .xlii. ¶ Howe the lordes of Englande and Fraunce assembled togyder to make a peace whiche by theÌ„ coude nat be done And howe Loyes erle of Flaunders dyed and of his obsâ—quy Cap. cccc .xliii. ¶ Howe therle of NorthuÌ„berlande the erle of Notyngham and theÌ„glysshmen made a iourney in to ScotlaÌ„de and of the ambassadours of Fraunce that were sent in to Scotlande to notifye the truse that was taken bytwene Englande and Fraunce Cap. cccc .xliiii. ¶ Howe the barons knightes of Scotlande and they of FrauÌ„ce made apoyntment to entre in to the realme of EnglaÌ„de without the knowledge of the kyng of scottes who was at Edenborowe Cap. cccc .xlv. ¶ Howe the trewse taken bytwene Englande and FrauÌ„ce was publysshed in Englande and Scotlande Cap. cccc .xlvi. ¶ Howe the lorde of Destoruay made his assemble to wynne againe Andwarpe and howe by his policy he wanne it Cap. cccc .xlvii. ¶ Howe the duke of Aniou dyed in a castell besyde Naples howe the quene of Cycile was couÌ„sayled to go to the pope Cap. cccc .xlviii. ¶ Howe the lady of Brabant caused to be called a counsayle wherat there was the duke of Burgoyne the duke Aubert she in the cytie of Cambray to treate for the maryage of their chyldren Cap. cccc .xlix. ¶ Howe the french kyng the lordes of FrauÌ„ce and of Heynault made their prouysion to be at Cambray and of the message of the duke of Lancastre sent to the erle of Heynalt and of the maryage of the chyldren of Heynalt and Burgoyne Cap. cccc .l. ¶ Howe the duke of Berry ensured his doughter to the sonne of the erle of Bloys and howe the erle of Marche and the duke of Burbone made their somons to entre in to Lymosyn Cap. cccc .li. ¶ Finis ¶ here begymeth the prologe of syr JohnÌ„ Froissart of the cronicles of fraÌ„ce Inglande and other places abioynynge ¶ he first chaptre TO th entent that the honorable and noble auâ—tures offeatis of armes done
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 FrauÌ„ce 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 couÌ„sell 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 FrauÌ„ce 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 coÌ„mynge 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 FrauÌ„ce 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 FrauÌ„ce 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 FrauÌ„ce 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 FrauÌ„ce my lorde here present as erle of Poyters and Muttrell And to hym ê“myse to bere fayth trouth say ye And the kyng erle of Poyters sayth ye Than the kyng of FrauÌ„ce 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 FrauÌ„ce requyre it and besyde that we promyse in good faythe to holde and to kepe effectuously the peace and coÌ„corde made bytwene the kynges of FrauÌ„ce 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 â—ubert 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 mâ—â—ed before hym Wherof the Erle of Artoyse was cause For he wolde haue wonne his entent by the vertue of
the scottis and the fronters therof Than the kyng and his people returned to London and euery man in to they re owne countres and the kyng went to Wyndesore and ser Robert of Artoys with hym who neuer ceassed daye nor nyght in shewyng the kyng what ryght he had to the crowne of Fraunce the kyng harkened gladly to his wordis Thus in this season the kyng of Ingland wanne the most parte of the realme of Scotland who had many expert knyghtê about hym among other was sir Wylliam MoÌ„tague and syr walter of Manny They were hardy knyghtis and dyd many dedis of armes ageynst the scottis And the better to haue their entre into Scotland they fortified the basfyde of Rosebourge and made it a strong castel and ser Wylliam Montague dyd so well in all his entreprises that the kyng made hymerle erle of Sa Surely sayd therle I cannat deuyse a more puissant prince to ayde hym than the duke of Brabant who is his cosyn germayne And also the byss hoppe of Liege the duke of Guerles who hath his suster to his wyfe The archbysshop of Colayne the marques of Jullers syr Arnolde de Baquehen and the lorde of Faulquemount These lordes be thei that may make moost men of warr inshort space of any that I knowe they arre good men of warre they may well make â—X thousande men of warâ— so they haue wages therafter They arre people that wolde gladly wynne aduauntage yf it were so that the kyng my sonne your maister might gette these lordes to be on his part And so to come into these parties he might well go ouer the water of Dysse and seke out kyng Phylippe to fyght with hym with this answere these embassadours retourned into England to the kyng and reported all that they had done Wherof the kyng had great ioy and was well coÌ„forted These tidyngê came into Fraunce and multiplyed lytle and lytle so that kyng Phylippes enterprise of the sayd croysey beganne to asswage and ware colde and he couÌ„termauÌ„ded his offycers to sease of makyng of any farther puision tyll he knewe more what kyng Edward wolde do Than kyng Edward ordayned .x. banerettes and .xl. other knyghtes and sent them ouer the see to UalenceÌ„nes And the bysshoppe of Lyncolne with theym to th entent to treat with the lordes of th empyre suche as therle of Heynalt had named Whanne they were come to Ualencennes eche of them kept a great estate and port and spared nothynge no more than yf the kynge of Englande had bene there in proper persone wherby they dyd gette great reuo wine and prayse They had with theÌ„ yonge bachelars who had eche of them one of their eyen closedâ— with a peace of sylke it was sayd how they had made a vowe among the ladyes of their contrey that they wolde natse but with one eye tyll they had done some dedes of armes in FrauÌ„ce How beit they woldnat be knowen therof And whan thei had ben well feested at UalenceÌ„nes than the bysshoppe of Lyncolne and part of his coÌ„pany went to the duke of Brabant who feasted them greatly and agreed and promysed to susayne the kyng of Englande and all his coÌ„pany in his contrey So that he might go and come armed and vnarmed at his pleasure and to gyue him the best counsell he coude And also yf the kynge of Englande wolde defy the frenche kyng that he wolde do the same and entre into the countrey of Fraunce with men of warre so that their wages might be borne to the nombre of a thousande meÌ„ of armes Thus than the lordes retourned agayne to Ualencennes and dyd somoch by messangers and by ê“myse of golde and syluer that the duke of Guerles who was the kynges brother in lawe and the marques of Jullers the archebysshoppe of Colayne and Waleran his brother And the lorde of Faulquemount came to UalenceÌ„nes to speke with these lordes of Englande byfore the erle of Haynalt and the lorde John his brother And by the meanes of a great somme of FloreÌ„s that eche of them shulde haue for themselfe and for their men They made pmyse to defy that frenche kyng and to go with the kyng of England whaÌ„ it pleased hym with a certayne men of warre Promysing also to gette other lordes to take their part for wages such as be beyonde the ryuer of Ryne and be able to bringe good nombres of men of warre Than the lordes of Almayne toke their leaue and retourned into ther owne contreis and thenglysshmen taryed styll with therle of Heynalt and sent certayne messangers to the bysshoppe of Lyege and wolde gladly haue hadde hym on their partie But he wolde neuer be agaynst the french kyng for he was become his man and entred into his feaultie Kyng Charles of Behaygne was nat desyred for they knewe well he was so fermely ioyned with the frenche kyng by reason of the maryage of JohnÌ„ duke of Normandy who had to wyfe the kyngê doughter Wherby they knewe well he wold do nothyng agaynst yâ— freÌ„ch kyng ¶ How that Jaques Dartuell gouerned all Flaunders Cap. xxix IN this season there was great dyscorde bytwene the erle of FlauÌ„ders and the fleÌ„mynges for they wolde nat obey him nor he durst nat a byde in Flaunders but in gret parell And in yâ— towne of Gaunt there was a man a maker of hony called Jaques Dartuell He was entred into such fortune and grace of the people that all thynge was done that he dydde he might commaunde what he wolde through all Flaunders for ther was non though he were neuer so great that durst disobey his commaundement He had alwayes goyng with hym vp and downe in Gaunt .lx. or â—ours kore varlettes armed and amonge them there were thre or foure that knewe the secretues of his mynde So that if he mette a ê‘sone that he hated or had hym in suspectyon incontynent he was slayne For he had commaunded his secret varlettes that whanne soeuer he mette any persone and made suche asygae to theym that incoÌ„tynent they shulde slee hym whatsoeuer he were without any wordes or resouynge And by that meanes he made many to be slayne wherby he was so doughted that none durst speke agaynst any thynge that he wolde haue done so that euery man was gladde to make hym good chere And these varletê whan thei had brought hym home to his house than they shulde go to dyner where they lyst and after dyner returne agayne into the strete before his lodgyng and there abyde tyll he come out 〈◊〉 wayt on hym tyll souper tyme. These souldyours had eche of them foure grotes flemmysshe by the day and were truely payd wekely Thus he had in euery towne souldyers and seruauntess at his wages redy to do his commaundement and to espy if ther were any person that wolde rebell agaynst his mynde and to enfourme hym therof And assone as he knewe any suche he wolde neuer cease tyll they were banysshed or slayne
without respyte All such great men as knyghtes squires or burgeses of good townes as he thought fauourable to therle in any maner he banysshed them out of Flaunders And wolde leuey the moyte of their landes to his owne vse and thother halfe to their wyuess and chyldren such as were banysshed of whome there were a great noÌ„bre abode atsaynt Diners To speke properly there was neuer in Flaunders nor in none other contrey prince duke nor other that ruled a countrey so pesably so long as this Jaques Dartuell dyd rule Flaunderss He leuyed the rentes wynages and rightes that pertayned to therle through out all Flanderss and speÌ„ded all at his pleasure without any acompt makyng And whaÌ„he wold say the he lacked money they byleued hym and so it behoued them to do for none durst say agaynst hym Whan he wold borowe any thynge of any burgesse there was none durst say hym nay These englyssh embassadours kept an honourable estate at the towne of Ualencennes They thought it shulde be agreat comforte to the kynge their lorde yf they might gette the flymmynges to take their part Than they toke counsell of therle in that mater and he answered that truely it shulde be one of the grettest aydes that they coude haue But he sayd he thought their labour in that behalfe coude nat preuayle without they gette first the goodwyll of Jaques Dartuell Than they said they wolde assay what they coude do so thervpon they departed fro Ualenceunes and went into Flaunders and departed into thre or foure coÌ„panies Some went to Bruges some to Ipre and some to GauÌ„t And they all kept such port made so large dyspeÌ„ce that it semed that syluer and golde fell out of their haÌ„des and made many great promyses and offers to them that they spake to for that mater And the bysshoppÌ„ with a certayne with hym weÌ„t to Gaunt and he dyd somuch what with fayre wordê and otherwyse that he gate thacorde of Jaques Dartuell And dyd gette great grace in the towne and specially of an olde knyght that dwelt in Gauut who was ther right well beloued called the lorde of Courcisyen a knight baneret and was reputed for a hardy knight had alwayes serued truely his lordes This knyght dyd moche honour to thenglysshemen as a valyant knyght ought to do to all straÌ„gers Of this he was accused to the french kyng who incontynent sent a strayt commaundement to therle of Flaunders that he shulde send for this sayd knyght and assone as he had hym to strike of his hed Th erle who durst nat breke the kynges coÌ„manndemeÌ„t dyd somoch that this knyght came to hym at his sendyng as he that thought non yuell and incontyneÌ„t he was taken his heed stryken of Wherof many folkes were sorie and were sore dysplesed with therle for he was welbeloued with the lordes of the contrey These englysshe lordes dyd somoche that Jaques Dartuell dyuerse tymes had togyder the counselles of the good townes to speke of the besynes that these lordes of Englande desyred and of the frauÌ„chyses and amyties that they offred them in the kyng of EnglaÌ„des byhalfe So often they spake of this mater that fynally they agreed that the kynge of Englande myght come and go into Flaunders at his pleasure Howe beit they sayd they were so sore bouude to the french kyng that they myght nat entre into the realme of Fraunce to make any warre without they shulde forfayt a great somme of florens and so they desyred that they wold be coÌ„tent with this answere as at that tyme. Thenglysshe lordes retourned agayne to Ualencennes with great ioy often tymes they sent worde to the kyng of Englande how they spedde and euer he sent theym golde and syluer to berâ— their charges and to gyue to the lordes of Almaygne who desyred nothyng els In this season the noble erle of Heynalt dyed the .vi. day of June the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xxxvii. and was buryed at the friers in Ualencennes The bysshoppe of CaÌ„braysang the masse ther were many dukes erles and barownes for he was welbeloued and honoured of all people in his lyfe dayes After his dyscease the lorde Wyllyam his sonne entred into the counteis of Heynalt Hollande and zelande Who had to wyfe the dougther of duke JohnÌ„ of BrabaÌ„t and had to name Jahane She was endowed with the lande of Bynche the which was a right fayre heritage and a profitable And the lady Jahan her mother went to Fontnels on Lescault and ther vsed the resydue of her lyfe in great deuotion in thabbey ther and dyd many good dedes ¶ How certayne nobles of FlauÌ„ders kept the yle of Cagaunt agaynst thenglysshemen Cap. xxx OF all these ordynaunces and confortes that the kyng of England had get on that syde the see Kyng PhylippÌ„ of Fraunce was well enformed of all the mater wolde gladly haue had the flemmyngê on his part But Jaques Dartuell had so surmounted all maner of people in FlauÌ„ders that none durst say agaynst his opynion nor the erle hym selfe durst nat well abyde in the countrey For he had sent the countesse his wyfe and Loys his sonne into Fraunce for dout of the fleÌ„mynges In this season ther were in the yle of Cagant certayne knyghtes and squyers of FlaÌ„ders in garyson As sir Dutres de Haluyn syr JohnÌ„ de Radays and the sonnes of Lestriefe They kept that passage agaynst theÌ„glysshmen and made couert warre wherof thenglysshe lordes beyng in Heynalt were well enformed and how that if they went that way homewarde into England they shulde be met withall to their dyspleasure Wherfore they were nat well assured howbeit they rode and went about the countrey at their pleasure All was by the confort of Jaques Dartuell for he supported and honoured them as moche as he might And after these lordes went to Doudrech in Holande and ther they toke shypping to eschue the passage of Cagaunt Wher as the garison was layd for them by the commaundement of the frenche kyng so these englisshe lordes caÌ„e agayne into England as priuely as they coude And came to the kyng who was right ioyouse of their commyng and whan he harde of the garyson of Cagaunt He sayd he wolde prouyde for them shortly and anone after he ordayned therie of Derby ser Water Manny and dyuerse other knyghtes squiers with fyue hundred men of armes and two thousande archers and they toke shippyng at London in the ryuer of Tames The first tyde they went to Grauesende the next day to Margate and at the thyrde tyde they toke the see sayled into FlauÌ„ders So they aparelled them selfe and came nere to Cagaunt ¶ Of the batell of CagauÌ„t bytwene thenglysshmen and the frenchmen Cap. xxxi WHan thenglysshmen sawe the towne of Cagaunt before theÌ„ they made theÌ„ redy and had wynd and tyde to serue them And so in the name of god and saint George they approched and blewe vp their trumpettes
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 WhanÌ„e 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 FrauÌ„ce ought to take any thyng parteyning to th eÌ„pyre 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 coÌ„pany fouÌ„de 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 FrauÌ„ce 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 theÌ„glysshmend 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 agremeÌ„t 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 substaÌ„ce to mayntayne withall their estates And the french king sent certayne messangers into ScotlaÌ„de to the lordes ther such as kept warr agaynst theÌ„glissh men offryng them great ayde and confort so yâ— they wolde take no peace nor truâ—e 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 couÌ„selled 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 theÌ„glysshmen shulde nat come ouer the see to anoy hym ¶ How kyng Edwarde of England was made bycare generall of th eÌ„pyre 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 weÌ„t 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 coÌ„pany 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 BrabaÌ„t 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 〈◊〉 fote hygher than any other and there opâ—nly was redde the letters of theÌ„perour 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 accoÌ„panyed 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 â—rauehen 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 acoÌ„plyssh their enterprise and the frenche kyng wrought asmoch as he coude to the coÌ„trary 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 incoÌ„tynent after the feest of saynt JohnÌ„ and so they dyde Than the kynge went to Uyllenort and there made his coÌ„pany 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 coÌ„mynge 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 â—â—e 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 BrabaÌ„t 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 coÌ„duct 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 FraÌ„ce 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 enteÌ„t was to ryde to Mortaigne and to gete it if he might the which partayned thanÌ„e 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 sodeÌ„ly 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 MaÌ„ny who afterwarde dyd moche trouble to the cytie of CaÌ„bray 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 â—a 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 FrauÌ„ce 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 seÌ„t 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
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 couÌ„trey nor his confort bycause he helde part of his countrey of thempour and assone as sir Herâ—e 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 demauÌ„ded of the duke of BrabaÌ„t 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 CaÌ„bray 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 â—ayed truly and some nat And whan the kyng had taryed two dayes at Mons in Heynalt thanÌ„e 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 eÌ„pyre of RoÌ„e 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 preseÌ„t sayd with a right good wyll I am redy So thus they entred into the hall therle ledde the kyng into his chaÌ„bre and anon the supê‘ was redy And the next day the king deê‘ted and went to Aspre and ther taryed .ii. dayes and suffred all his men to passe forth And so than went to CaÌ„bray and loged at Wys and besieged the cyte of Cambray rouÌ„de 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 FalquemoÌ„t 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 caÌ„e 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 FrauÌ„ce 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 coÌ„quered 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 caÌ„e 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 eÌ„pyre 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 coÌ„maunded all his men on payne of dethe that none of them shulde do any thyng within the realme of FrauÌ„ce 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
Beamond Thus passed that day and â—one other thynge done that ought to be remembred ¶ how these kynges ordayned their batayls at â—yronfosse Cap. xâ—â— WHan the friday came in the mornyng both hoostes aparelled theÌ„ selfe redy and euery lorde harde masse among their owne coÌ„paâ—yes and dyuers wer shrâ—uen First we woll speke of thorder of thenglysshmen who drewe theÌ„ forwarde into the feldâ— and made iii â–ª batels a fote and dyd put all their horses and bagages into a lytell wood behynde them and for tefyed it The first batell ledde the duke of Guerles the marques of Nusse the marques of Blaquebourâ— sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt therle of â—oÌ„s therle of Sauynes the lorde of Faulquemont sit Guyllam du Fort sir Arnolde of Baqucheâ— and the almayns and amonge them â–ª was â–ª xxii â–ª banners and .lx. penons in the hale and .viii. Mâ—men The seconde batayle had the duke of Brabant and the lordes and knyghtes of his countrey First the lorde of â—uâ—se the lorde Bergues the lorde of Bredangh the lorde of 〈◊〉 the lorde of â—aucelare the lorde of Borguynall the lorde of StoÌ„neuort the lorde of wyten the lorde of Elka the lorde of Cassebegne yâ— lorde of Duffle ser Thyrre of â—alcourt ser Rasse of the Grez ser JohnÌ„ of Cassebegne ser JohnÌ„ Filyfe ser Gyles of Coterebe ser water of â—otebergue the thre bretherne of Harlebecque ser Henry of FlaiuÌ„ders and dyuerse other barownes knyghtê of flanders who were all vnder yâ— duke of 〈◊〉 baner as yâ— lorde of Hallayne yâ— lorde of 〈◊〉 sir Hector â—yllains sit JohnÌ„ of Rodes ser 〈◊〉 start of Gupstell ser wyllinÌ„ of Stratâ— ser 〈◊〉 de la mule many other The duke of BrabaÌ„t had a .xxiiii. baners and .lxxx. penons in all a vii M. men The .iii. bataile the grettest haâ— the kyng of Englande and with hym his cosyn therle of Derby the bysshoppÌ„ of Lyncolne the bysshoppÌ„ of Durame therle of Salysbury the erle of Northamton and of Glocetter therle of Suffolke sir Robert Dartoyse as than called erle of Rychmont the lorde Raynolde CobhmÌ„ the lorde Persy the lorde Roose the lord Montbray sir Lewes and sir JohnÌ„ Beauchampe the lorde Dalawarr the lorde of Laucome the lorde Basset the lorde fitz water sir Water Manny sir Newe Hastyngs sir JohnÌ„ Lyle and dyuers other that I can nat name among other was ser JohnÌ„ Chandos of whom moche honour is spoken in this boke The kyng had with hym .xxviii. baners and lxxxx penons and in his batayle a vi M. men of armes and .vi. M. archers And he had set an other batell as in a wyng wherof therle of Warwyke therle of Penbroke the lorde Barkley the lorde Multon and dyuerse other were as cheyfe they wer on horsbacke Thus whanÌ„e euery lorde was vnder his banner as it was coÌ„maunded by the marshals the kynge of England mounted on a palfray acoÌ„panyed all onely with sir Robert Dartoyse sir Raynolde Cobham and ser Water of Manny and rode a long before all his batels and right swetely desyred all his lordes and other That they wolde that day ayde to defende his honoure they all ê“mysed hym so to do Than he returned to his owne batell set euery thing in good order and coÌ„mauÌ„ded that non shuld go before the marshals banerê ¶ Nowe let vs speke of the lordes of Fraunce what they dyd They were .xi. score baners .iiii. kynges .vi. dukes .xxvi. erles and mo than .iiii. M. knyghtes and of the coÌ„mons of Fraunce mo than .lx. M. The kyngs that were ther with kyng Philyppe of Ualoys was the kyng of Behayne the kyng of Nauerr king Dauyd of Scotland the duke of Normandy the duke of Bretayne the duke of Burbon the duke of Lorrayne and the duke of Athenes Of erles therle of Alanson brother to the kyng the erle of Flaunders therle of Heynalt the erle of Bloys therle of Bare therle of Forestes therle of Foyz therle of Armynacke the erle Dophyn of Auuergne therle of LoÌ„guyle therle of StaÌ„pes therle of Uandosme therle of Harrecourt therle of saynt Pol therle of Guynes therle of Bowlougne therle of Roussy therle of Dampmartyn therle of Ualentynois therle of Aucer therle of Sancerre therle of Genue the erle of Dreux and of Gascongne and of Languedoc So many erles and vycuntes that it were long to reherse it was a great beauty to beholde the baners and standerdes wauyng in the wynde and horses barded and knyghtes and squyers richely armed The frechemen ordayned thre great batayls in eche of them fyftene thousand men of armes and .xx. M. men a fote ¶ Howe these two kynges departed fro Uironfosse without batayle Cap. xlii IT might well be marueyledde howe so goodly a sight of men of warr so nere togyder shulde depart without batayle But the french men were nat all of one acorde they were of dyuers opynyons Some sayed it were a great shame and they fought nat seyng their ennemys so nere theÌ„ in their owne countre raynged in the felde and also had promysed to fyght with theÌ„ and some other sayd it shulde be a great folly to fyght for it was harde to knowe euery mannes mynde ieoê‘dy of treason For they sayd if fortune were coÌ„trary to their kyng as to lese the selde he than shuld put all his hole realme in a ieopardy to be lost And though he dyd dysconfet his ennemes yet for all that he shuld be neuer the nerer of the realme of Englande nor of such landes parteynyng to any of those lordes that be with hym alyed Thus in striuyng of dyuers opynions the day past tyll it was past noone and than sodenly ther started an Hare among the frenchmen and suche as sawe her cryed and made gret bruÌ„t wherby suche as were behynde thought they before had ben fightynge And so put on their helmes and toke their speres in their handes and so ther were made dyuers newe knyghtes and specially therle of Heynalt made .xiiii. who wer euer after called knyghts of the hare Thus that batell stode styll all that friday and besyde this stryfe bytwene the counsellours of France ther was brought in letters to the hoost of recoÌ„mendacion to the frenche kyng and to his counsell Fro kyng Robert of Cicyle the which kyng as it was sayd was a great astronomyer and full of great science He had often tymes sought his bokê on thestate of the kyngs of England and of fraÌ„ce he founde by his astrology by theÌ„fluens of the heueÌ„s that if the french kyng euer fought with kyng Edwarde of england he shuld be discoÌ„fited wherfore he lyke a king of gret wysdoÌ„e and as he that douted the peryll of the frenche kyng his cosyn sent often tymes letters to king Philyppe and to his counsayle that in no wyse he shulde make any batayle agaynst thenglyss men where as kyng Edwarde was personally present So that what for dout and for such writyng fro the kyng of Cecyle dyuers
of the great lordes of Fraunce were sore a basshed and also kynge Philyppe was enfourmed therof He we beit yet he had great wyll to gyue batayle but he was so counselled to the coÌ„trary that the day passed without batell and euery man withdrue to their lodgynges And whan the erle of Heynalt same that they shulde nat fight he departed withall his hole company and went backe the same nyght to Quesnoy And the kyng of Englande the duke of Brabant and all the other lordes retourned and trussed all their bagagis and went the same nyght to Dauesnes in Heynalt And the next day they toke leaue eche of other and the Almayns and brabances departed and the kynge went into Brabant with the duke his cosyn The same friday that the batell shulde haue ben the french kynge whan he came to his lodgyng he was sore dyspleased bycause he departed without batayle But they of his counsayle sayd howe right nobly he had borne hymselfe for he had halyantly pursued his ennemies and had done somoche that he had put theÌ„ out of his realme and how that the kyng of Englande shuld make many such vyages or he conquered the realme of FrauÌ„ce The next day kyng PhilyppÌ„ gaue lyceÌ„ce to all maner of men to dept and he thanked right courtesly the gret lordes of their ayde socour Thus ended this great iourney and euery maÌ„ went to their owne The frenche kynge went to saynt Omers and sent men of warre to his garysons and specially to Tourney to Lysse and to Doway and to the other townes marchyng on th eÌ„pyre He sent to Tourney syr Godmart Dufay and made hym captayne there and regent of that couÌ„trey ther about And he sent syr Edwarde of Beaugewe to Mortayne and whan he had ordred ê‘t of his besynes than he drewe towarde Parys ¶ How kyng Edwarde toke on hym to bere the armes of Fraunce and the name to be called kyng therof Ca. xliii WHan that kynge Edwards was departed fro the flamengery and came into BrabaÌ„t and went streight to Brussels The duke of Guerles the duke of Jullers the marques of Blanqueboure the erle of Mons syr JohnÌ„ of Haynalt the lorde of FaulquemoÌ„t and all the lordes of th empyre suche as had ben at that iournay brought hym thyder to take aduyce counsell what shulde be done more in the mater that they had be gone And to haue expedycion in the cause they ordayned a parlyameÌ„t to beholden at the towne of Brussels and thyder to come was desyred Jaques Dartuell of GauÌ„t who came thyder with a great company and al the counsels of the good townes of Flaunders Ther the king of England was sore desyred of all his alyes of th empyre that he shulde requyre theÌ„ of Flanders to ayde to mentayne his warr and to defy the french kyng and to go with him wher as he wolde haue them And in their so doyng he to promyse theÌ„ to recouer the Isle Doway Bethayne This request was well hard of the slemynges and therupon they desyred to take counsell among themselfe and so they toke couÌ„sell at good leaser and than they sayd to the kyng Syr or this tyme ye haue made to vs request in this behalfe syr if we myght well doo this sauyng your honour and to saue ourselfe we wolde gladly do this But syr we be bounde by faith and othe and on the somme of two my lyons of floreyns in the Popes chaumbre that we may make nor moue no warre agaynst the kynge of Fraunce Who soeuer it be on payne to lese the sayd somme and besyde that to ryn in the senteÌ„ce of cursyng But syr if ye wyll take on you the armes of FrauÌ„ce quarter them with the armes of Englande call yourselfe kyng of Fraunce as ye ought to be of ryght Than we woll take you for rightfull kyng of FrauÌ„ce de mauÌ„de of you quytaÌ„ce of out bondes so ye to gyue vs ê‘don therof as king of FraÌ„ce By this meanes we shal be assured dyspeÌ„sed with all so thaÌ„ we wyll go with you whyder soeuer ye wyll haue vs. Than the kyng toke couÌ„sell for he thought it was a sore mat to take on hym the armes of France the name and as thaÌ„ had coÌ„quered nothing therof nor coud nat tell what shuld fall therof nor whyder he shuld coÌ„quere it or nat on thother syde loth he was to refuse the confort and ayde of the stemynges who myght do hym more ayde thaÌ„ any other So the kyng toke counsell of the lords of th eÌ„pyre of the lorde Robert Dartoyse with other of his specyall frendes so that finally the good and the yuell wayed He answered to the flemmynges that if they wolde swere seale to this accorde and to promyse to mentayne his warre howe he wolde do all this with a good wyll and promysed to gette them agayne Lyle Do way Bethayn and all they answered howe they were content Than there was a day assigned to mete at Gaunt at which day the kynge was there and the moost part of the sayd lordes and all the counsayls generally in FlauÌ„ders And so than all this sayd maters were rehersed sworne and sealed and the king quartred the armes of FrauÌ„ce with Englande And from thens forthe toke on hym the name of the kynge of Fraunce and so contynued tyll he lefte it agayne by composicyoâ— as ye shall here after in this boke And so at this counsayle they determyned that the next somer after they wold make great warre into Fraunce promysing to besiege the cytie of Tourney Wherof the flemmyngê were ioyfull for thei thought to be stroÌ„g ynough to gete it and that ones goten they be leued shortly after to wynne agayne Lysse Do way and Bethayne with thappurtenauÌ„ces 〈◊〉 tayning or holden of therle of FlauÌ„ders Thus euery man departed and went home the kynge of Englande went to And warpe and the quene abode styll at Gaunt and was often tymes vysited by Jaques Dartuell and by other lordes ladyes and damosels of Gaunt The kyng left in Flaunders therle of Salysbury and therle of Suffolke They went to Ipre and ther kept a great garyson and made sore warre agaynst them of Lysse and there about And whan the kynges shyppes were redy he toke the see and so sayled into Englande and came to London about the feest of saynt Andrewe where he was honourably receyued And ther he had coÌ„playn tes made hym of the dystruction of Hampton and he sayd that he trusted or a yere lenger that it shulde be well reuenged ¶ How the frenchmen brent in the laÌ„des of syr JohnÌ„ of Heynault Cap. xliiii NOwe lette vs speke of kyng Philyppe who greatly fortifyed his nauy that he hadde on the see Wherof syr Kiry Bahuchet and Barbe Noyre were captayns And thei had vnder them a great retynuâ— of Genowayes normayns bretons pycardes they dyd that wynter great damage to the realme of
of England to be the more stroÌ„ger in his warre agaynst the freÌ„chmen But first he made his vncle sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt chefe maister and gouernour of Holande zelande and sir JohnÌ„ lay styll at Mons and prouyded for the contrey and sent to UalenceÌ„nes to confort and ayde theÌ„ the lorde Autoyng the lorde of Uerguy yâ— lord of Gomegynes and sir Henry of Huspharyce and the stewarde of Heynault with a hundred speares to the towne of Landrechyes And to Bouhayne thre brethern almayns called Courtars and to â—scaudymeâ— sir Gararde Sasses gynes and into the towne of Dauesnes the lord of Faulquemount And thus he dyde into euery fortresse on the fronters of Fraunce ¶ Howe they of Tourney made a Courney into Flaunders Cap. xlvi WHan the frenche kyng knewe howe the heynowes had brent the contrey of Thyerache taken and stayne his knyghtes and distroyed the good towne of Aubenton Than he commaunded the duke of Normandy his sonne that he shulde make a iourney into Heynalt and bring the countrey into that case that it shuld neuer bere couerd agayne Also the kyng ordayned therle of Layll Gastone who was as than with the kyng at Parys that he shulde make a voyage into Gascoyne as his lyeutenant and to make warre to Burdeux and to Bordeloys and to all the fortresses that helde of the kyng of Englande And also the frenche kynge enforced his great nauy that he had on the see and commaunded them to kepe the bondes of Flanders and nat to suffre the kyng of Englande to passe ouer the see into Flanders on payne of their lyues And whan the frenche kyng vnderstode that the flemynges had made homage to the kynge of Englande he sent vnto them a prelate vnder the colour of the pope Shewyng them that ys they wolde retourne and knowledge themselfe to holde of hym and of the crowne of Fraunce and to forsake the kyng of Englande who had enchaunted them Than he sayd he wolde ê‘don them of all their trespaces and wolde quyte theÌ„ of the gret soÌ„me of money that they wer bound vnto hym by oblygacion of olde tyme and also to gyue theÌ„ many fayre franchyses And the slemmynges answered howe they thought theÌ„selfe right well assoyled and quyted in any thynge that they were bouÌ„de to the kyng of Fraunce Than the frenche kyng complayned to pope Clement the .vi. whervpon the pope dyd cast suche a sentence of cursyng that no preest durst syng or say ther any diuyne seruyce Wherof the slemmynges sent a great coÌ„playnt vnto the kyng of Englande who to apease them sent them worde that whan he came ouer the see he wolde bring preestes out of his contrey to syng masses whyther the pope wolde or nat for he sayd he had priuylege so to do And so by that meanes the fleÌ„mynges were somwhat apeased And whan the frenche kyng sawe that he coude nat tourne the sleÌ„mynges fro their opynion than he coÌ„maunded them of the garysons of Tourney Lysle and 〈◊〉 â–ª and other to make warre on the flem 〈…〉 and to ouer ronne the contrey And so 〈◊〉 â—ohnÌ„ du Roy and ser Mathue de Trye marshall of Fraunce and sir Godmar du Fay and dyuers other lordes made an army of M. men of armes and. CCC crosbowes what of Turney Lylle and Doway And so in an euenyng ther departed fro Turney and by yâ— it was day in the mornyng â–ª they were before Courtray by 〈◊〉 â—â—yme the son was vp they had gathered togyther all the catall ther about and some of theÌ„ ran to the gatê and slewe and hurt dyuers that they founde without And thanÌ„e they retourned without any domage and droue before them al their prayes so that whaÌ„ they came to Turney they had mo thaÌ„ .x. M. shepe as many swyne beates and kyen wherof the flemynges were sore troubled Than Jaques Dartuell sware yâ— it shulde be derely reuenged and incoÌ„tynent he coÌ„maunded the good townes of Flanders that their men a warr shulde be with hym before Turney at a day assigned and he wrote to therle of Salysbury and to therle of Suffolke who wer at Ipre that they shulde be ther at yâ— same And so agaynst the day lymitted he weÌ„t out of GauÌ„t and came to a place bytwene And warpe Turney called le Pount de Sere and there he lodged and taryed for therles of England and for them of Franke of Bruges The sayd two erles thought for their honour that the enterprise shulde nat be delayed by them and so sent to Jaques Dartuell promysing hym nat to fayle to be at the day apoynted And so on a day they departed from Ipre with a .l. speares and a fortie crosbowes â–ª and went towarde the place where as Jaques Dartuell abode for theÌ„ and as they passed by the towne of Lyle they were ê‘ceyued And they of the towne yssued out with a .xv. C. men a fote and a horsbacke and went in .iii. partes to th entent that therles shuld nat scape theÌ„ So these two erles rode forth by the gyding of sir U 〈…〉 art de la Crox â–ª who had kept loÌ„g warrÌ„ agaynst them of Lyle and he knewe all yâ— wayes of the contrey as than was at Ipre And so he came forthe with these erles to be their gyde and he had well gyded them they of Lyle had nuely made a great dyke wher as there was neuer none before and whan sir Uauflart hadde brought them thyder sawe howe the way was nuely stopped he sayd to therles of Englande sirs I se well we can nat passe without the danger of them of Lysle wherfore I counsell let vs turne agayne and take some other way Than the lordes sayde nay sir Uauflart it shall neuer be sayd that we woll go out of our way for feare of them of Lysle Therfore ryde on byfore we haue promysed Jaques Dartuell to be with hym this day and so thenglysshmen rode forth with out feare Than sir Uauflart sayd sirs ye haue taken me in this vyage to be your gyde and I haue ben with you all this wynter iÌ„ Ipre wherof I am moch bouÌ„de to you But if they of Lyle yssue out vpon vs haue no trust that I wyll abyde them for I wyll saue my selfe assone as I can for if I wer taken it shulde cost me my lyfe the which I loue better thaÌ„ your coÌ„pany Than the lordes dyd laugh at hym and sayd well and yf it be so we holde you well excused and as he ymagined so it be fell â–ª for or they wer ware they were in danger of the frenche busshement who cryed stoppe sirs for ye shall nat passe this way without our lycence and so began to shote and to ronne on the englysshmen And assone as syr Uauflart sawe the maner he had no lyst to ryde any farther but retourned assone as he myght and gate hymselfe out of the preace And the. iâ— erles fell in the handes of their ennemies lyke
leaue to all the souldyours to depart And toke with hym to Ualencennes all the great lordes and ther feasted them honourably and specially the duke of Brabant and Jaques Dartuell And ther Jaques Dartuell openly in the market place in the presence of all the lordes and of all such as wold here hym declared what right the kyng of Englande had to the crowne of FraÌ„ce and also what puyssaunce the thre countreis were of Flaunders Heynault and Brabant surely ioyned in one alyance And he dyde so by his great wysdome and plesaunt wordes that all people that harde hym praysed hym moche and sayd howe he had nobly spoken by great experyeÌ„ee And thus he was greatly praysed it was sayd that he was well worthy to gouerne yâ— countie of Flaunders Than the lordes departed and promysed to mete agayne within .viii. dayes at Gaunt to se the kyng of England and so they dyd And the kyng feasted them honorably and so dyd the quene who was as than nuly purifyed of a sonne called JohnÌ„ who was after duke of Lancastre by his wyfe doughter to duke Henry of LaÌ„castre Than ther was a couÌ„sell set to be at Uyllenort and a day lymitted ¶ Howe kynge Robert of Cicyll dyd all that he might to pacyfie the kyngê of Fraunce and Englande Cap. â—i WHan the french king harde howe his army on the see was dyscoufyted he dylloged and drewe to Arras gaue leaue to his men to depart tyll he harde other tidynges And sent sir Godmar du Fay to Tourney to se that there lacked nothyng he feared more the itemynges than any other And sent the lord of Beautewe to Mortayn to kepe the fronters agaynst Heynalt and he sent many meÌ„ of warr to saynt Omers to Ayre and to saynt â—enaunt and purueyed suffyciently for all the forteresses frontyng on Flanders In this season ther raygned a kyng in Cicyll called Robert who was reputed to be a great astronomyer and alwayes he warned the frenche kyng and his counsell that in no wyse he shulde fight agaynst the king of Englande for he sayd it was gyuen the king of Englande to be right fortunate in all his dedes This kyng Robert wold gladly haue sene these two kynges at a good acorde for he loued somoch the crowne of Fraunce yâ— he was right sorte to se the desolacyon cherof This kynge of Cicyll was at Auygnone with pope Clement with the colledge ther and declared to them the peryls yâ— were likely to fall in the realme of FraÌ„ce by the warr byt wene the sayd two kyngê de syring them that they wold helpe to fynde some meanes to apease them Wher vnto yâ— pope and the cardynals answered howe they wolde gladly intende therto so that the two kynges wolde heâ—e them ¶ Of the counsayle that the kynge of Englande and his alyes helde at Uyllenort Cap. lii AT this counsayle holden at Uyllenort were these lordes as foloweth The kyng of England yâ— duke of Brabant therle of Henalt ser John his vncle yâ— duke of Guerles therle of Jullers the marques of Faulquehoure the marques of Musse therle of Mons sir Robert Dartoys the lorde of Falquemont sir Wyllyam of Dunort therle of Namur Jaques Dartuell and many other great lordes of euery good towne of Flanders a thre or .iiii. personages in maner of a counsayle Ther was a grement made bytwene the thre contreis FlaÌ„ders BrabaÌ„t and Heynalt that fro thens forth eche of them shulde ayde and confort other in all cases And ther they made assuraÌ„ce ech to other that if any of them had to do with any countrey thother two shulde gyue ayde And her after if any of them shulde be at dyscorde one with an other the thyrde shulde set agremeÌ„t bytwene theÌ„ And if he were nat able so to do than the mater shulde be put vnto the kynge of Englande in whose handes this mater was sworne and promysed and he to agre them And inconfyrmacion of loue and amyte they ordayned a lawe to ryn throughout those .iii. contres the which was called the lawe of the companyons or alyes and ther it was determyned that the kyng of EnglaÌ„de shulde remoue about Maudelentyde after and ley siege to Turney and ther to mete all yâ— sayd lordes and thers with the powers of all yâ— good to wnes And than euery man departed to their owne houses to aparell them in that behalfe ¶ Howe the kyng of England hesieged the cyte of Tourney with great puysance Cap. liii THe frenche kyng after the departure of these lordes fro the counsell of Uyllenort he knewe yâ— most part of their determynacion Than he seÌ„t to Tourney the chefe men of warr of all FrauÌ„ce as therle of Ewe the yong erle of Guynes his sonne constable of Fraunce therle of Foytz and his bretherne therle Amery of Narbon sir Aymer of Poyters sir Geffray of Charney sir Gararde of Mountfaucon the two marshals sir Robert Bertrand and sir Mathue de Troy the lorde of Caieur the senesshall of Poyctou the lord of Chastelayn and sir JohnÌ„ of Landas and these had with them valyant knyghtes and squyers They came to Tourney and founde there sir Godmar du Fay who was ther before Than they toke regarde to the prouisyon of the towne as well to the vytels as to thartyllerie and forti ficatyon and they causen to be brought out of the contrey there about where otes and other prouysion ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to yâ— kyng of Englande whan the tyme aproched that he and his alyes shuld mete before Tourney and that the corne beganne to rype he departed fro Gaunt with .vii. erles of his contrey .viii. prelates xxviii baronettes ii C. knyghtesê foure thousande men of armes and. 〈◊〉 M. archers besyde fotemen All his hoost passed through yâ— towne of Andwarpe and so passed the â—â—uer of â—escalt and lodged before Tourney at the gate called saynt Martyne the way to â—arde Lysle and Doway Than anone after came the duke of Brabant with mo than xâ— M. men knyghtes squyers and coÌ„mons and he lodged at the brige of Aryes by the ryuer of Lescalt bytwene thabbey of saynt Nycholas and the gate UaleÌ„ tenoys Next to hym came therle of Heynaultê with a gooly company of his contrey with many of Holande and zelande and he was loged bytwene the kyuge and the duke of Brabaunt Than came Jaques Dartuell with mo thaÌ„ lâ— thousande slemmynges besyde them of â—pre Dropingne Cassell Bergues and they were sent on the other syde as ye shall here after Jaques Dartuell lodged at the gate saynt Fountayne yâ— duke of Guerles therse of Jullers the marques of BlaÌ„queboure yâ— marques of musse therle of Mons therle of Sauynes the lord of Falquemount sir Arnolde of Baquechew and all the Almayns were lodged on the other syde towarde Heynalt Thus the cytie of Tourney was cnuyroned rounbe about and euery hoost myght resort eche to other so that none coulde yssue out without spyeug ¶ Howe
Henry de Leon so that by sir Henris meanes the bysshoppe agreed with therle and toke hym as his lorde vnto suche season as somme other shulde come and shewe more ryght to the duchy of Bretaygne ¶ Howe the eele Mountfort dyd homage to the kyng of England for the duchy of Bretayne Cap. lxviii THus therle MouÌ„tfort conquered the countrey and made hymselfe to be called duke of Bretayne Than he went to a port on the see syde called Gâ—eâ—o thasie he sent his people abrode to kepe yâ— townes and fortresses that he had won Than he toke the see with a certayne with him and so arryued in Cornwall in Englande at a port called Chepse than he enquered where the kynge was and it was shewed hym howe the he was at wyndsore Than he rode thyderwarde came to Wyndsore wher he was receyued with gret ioye and feest bothe of the kyng of the quene and of all the lordes than he shewed the kynge and his counsayle howe he was in possession of the duchy of Bretayne fallen to hym by succession by yâ— deth of his brother last duke of Breten But he feared lest that sir Charles of Bloyes the frenche kynge wolde put hym out therof by puyssance wherfore he sayd he was come thyder to relyue and to holde the duchy of the kyng of Englande by fealtie and homage for euer so that he wolde defende hym agaynst the frenche kynge and all other that shulâ—e put hym to any trouble for the mater The kynge of Englande ymagined that his warre agaynste the frenche kyng shulde be well fortifyed by that meanes howe that he coude nat haue no more profitable way for hym to entre into France than by Bretayne remembring howe the almayns and brabances had done lytell or nothyng for hym but caused hym to spende moche money Wherfore â—â—yously he condyscending to therle Mountfortes desyre and there toke homage by the handê of therle callyng hym selfe duke of Bretaygne And ther the kyng of Englande in the presence of suche lordes as were ther bothe of Bretayne and of Englande promysed that he wold ayde defende and kepe hym as his liege man agaynst euery man frenche kyng and other This homage and promyses were writen and sealed and euery â—tie had his part belyuerd besyde yâ— the kynge and yâ— quene gaue to therle and to his company many great gyftes in such wyse that they reputed hym for a noble kyng and worthy to raygne in gret prosperyte Than therle toke his leaue and departed and toke agayne thesee and arryued at yâ— forsayd port of Gredo in base Bretayne and so came to Nauntes to his wyfe who sayde howe he had wrought by good and byscrete counsayle ¶ Howe therle MouÌ„tfort was somoned to be at the plyament of Parys at the request of the lorde Charles of Bloyes Cap. lxix WHan sir Charles of Bloys who helde hymselfe rightfull inherytour to Bretaygne by reason of his wyfe harde howe the erle of Mountfort conquered beforce the countrey the whiche by reason ought to be his Than he came to Parys to complayne to kyng Philyppe his vncle whervpon the kyng counselled with the nobles of the realme what he might do in that matter and it was counsaylled hym yâ— therle MouÌ„tfort shuld be by sufficyent messaÌ„gers somoned to apere at Parys ther to here what answere he wolde make So these messaÌ„gers were sent forthe and they founde therle at Nauntes makyng good chere and he made to them great feest and finally he answered howe he wolde obey the kynges coÌ„maundement And than made hym redy and departed fro Nantes and so came to Paris with a .iiii. C. horse with hym and the next day he and all his mounted on their horses and rode to the kynges palayse Ther the kynge and his .xii. peres with other great lordes of Fraunce taryed his commyng and the lorde Charles of Blois with thâ— Than therle entred into the kynges chambre he was well regarded and saluted of euery person thaÌ„ he enclyned hymselfe to the kyng and sayd sir I am come hyther at your coÌ„maundement and pleasure Than the kyng sayd erle of Mountfort for your so doyng I can you good thanke howbeit I haue marueyle howe that ye durste vndertake on you the duchy of Bretayne wherin ye haue no right for there is another neâ—eâ— than ye be and ye wolde dysinheryt hym and to mentayne your quarell ye haue ben with myne aduersary the kynge of Englande and as it is shewed me ye haue done hym homage for the saine Than therâ—e sayd sir byleue it nat for surely ye at but yuell enformed in that behalf but ser as for the right that ye speke of sauyng your dyspleasur ye do me ther 〈…〉 wrong for ser I knowe none so nere to my brother that is departed as I â–ª if it were iuged or playnly declared by right that theâ— were a nother nerer than I I wolde â—at be rebell nor a shamed to leaue it Well sir ê™ the kyng ye say well but I coÌ„maund you in all that ye holde of me that ye deê‘t nat out of this cytie of Parys this .xv. dayes by the which tyme the .xii. peres and lordes of my realme shall iudge this mater and thaÌ„ye shall knowe what right ye haue and if ye do otherwyse ye shall displease me Than therle sayd ser all shal be at yoâ— pleasure thanÌ„e he went fro the court to his lodgyng to dyner whan he came to his lodgynge he entred into his chambre and theâ— satte and ymagined many doutes finally with a small company he mounted on his horse and retourned agayne into Bretayne or the kynge or any other wyst wher he was becoÌ„e Some thought he had ben but a lytell sicke in his lodgyng and whan he came to Nauntes he shewed the countesse what he had done and than by her counsel herode to all the townes and forteresses that he had wonne and stablysshed in them good captayns and soudyers a horsbacke and a fote and dyd gyue them good wages ¶ Howe the duchy of Bretayne was iuged to sir Charles of Bloyes Can. lxx IT is to be thought that the frenche kynge was sore dyspleased whan he knewe that the erle of Mountforte was so departed How beit he taryed tyll the .xv. day that the lordes shulde gyue their iudgemeÌ„t on the duchy of Bretayne whan the day came they iudged it clerely to ser Charles of Bloys wyfe who was doughter to the brother germayne of the duke last deed by yâ— father syde whom they iudged to haue more right than the erle Mountforte who came by another father who was neuer duke of Bretayne In other reason theâ— was they sayde though that therle of MouÌ„tfort had any right he had forfeted it two wayes The one bycause he had relyued the duchy of a nother lorde than of the frenche kynge of whom he ought to holde it The other reason was bycause he had broken the kynges coÌ„maundement and disobeyed
Leon who had ben before one of the erles chiefe counsaylours Thus as it was deuysed so it was done in a mornyng the frenche lordes entred and went streyght to yâ— castell and brake opyn the gates and ther toke therle MouÌ„tfort prisoner and ledde hym clene out of the cytie into their felde without doyng of any more hurt in the cyte This was the yere of our lorde god M. C C C .xli. about the feest of all sayntâ— ThaÌ„ the lordes of Fraunce entred into the cytie with great ioye and all the burgesses and other dyd fealtie and homage to the lorde Charles of Bloys as to their ryght souerayne lorde and there they taryed a thre dayes in gret feest Than sir Charles of Bloys was couÌ„selled to abyde ther about the cytie of Nauntes tyll the next somer and so he dyd and set captayns in suche garysons as he had won than the other lordes went to Parys to the kyng and delyuerd hym therle of Mountfort as prisoner The kynge set hym in the castell of Loure wher as he was longe I at last as I harde reported ther he dyed ¶ Nowe let vs speke of the countesse his wyfe who had the courage of a man and the hert of a lyon She was in the cytie of Renes whanne her lorde was taken and howe beit that she had great sorowe at her hert yet she valyantly recoÌ„forted her frendes and soudyers and shewed them a lytell son that she had called JohnÌ„ and sayd a sirs be nat to sore a basshed of the erle my lorde whom we haue lost he was but a man se here my lytell chylde who shal be by the grace of god his restorer and he shall do for you all I haue riches ynough ye shall nat lacke I trust I shall purchase for suche a capitayne that ye shal be all reconforted Whan she had thus conforted her frendes and soudyers in Renes than she weÌ„t to all her other fortresses and good townes and ledde euer with her JohnÌ„ her yonge sonne and dyd to theÌ„ as she dyde at Renes and fortifyed all her garisons of euery thyng yâ— they wanted and payed largely gaue frely where as she thought it well enployed Than she weÌ„t to Hanybout and ther she and her sonne taryed all that wynter often tymes she sent to byset her garysons and payed euery man full well and truely their wages ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande the thyrde tyme made warre on the scotes Cap. lxxiii YE haue harde here before that the siege beynge before Tourney howe the lordes of Scotland had taken agayne dyuers townes and fortresses fro thenglysshmen such as they helde in Scotlande Ther were no mo remayning in theÌ„glysshmens handes but onely the castell of Esturmelyne the cytie of Berwyke and Rousburge And the scottes lay styll at siege with certayne frenchmen with them suche as kyng Philyppe had sent thyder to helpe theÌ„ before Esturmelyne and they within were so sore constrayned yâ— they sawe well they coude nat long endure And whan the kynge of Englande was retourned fro the siege of Tourney and came into his owne realme he was couÌ„selled to ryde towarde scotlande and so he dyd he rode thyderwarde bytwene mighelmas and al sayntes coÌ„maundyng euery maÌ„ to folowe hym to Berwyke than euery man began to styrre and to drawe thyder as they were coÌ„maunded The kyng at last came to yorke and ther taryed for his people the lordes of Scotlande wer enfourmed of the coÌ„myng of the kyng of Englande wherfore they made sorer assautes to the castell of Esturmelyne and coÌ„strayned so them within with engyns and canons that they wer fayne to yelde vp the castell sauyng their lyues and membres but nothyng they shulde cary away These tidynges came to the kyng of Englande where as he was thanÌ„e he departed and drewe toward Esturmelyne and came to Newcastell vpon Tyne and ther lodged and taryed more than a moneth abydinge prouysion for his host the which was put on the see bytwene saynt Andrewes tyde and All sayntes but dyuerse of their shyppes were perysshed for they had suche tempest on the see that small prouysion came thyder Some were driuen into Hollande and into Fryse wherby theÌ„glysshe hoost had great defaute of vytayls and euery thynge was dere and wynter at hande So that they wyst nat wher to haue forage and in scotlande the scottes had put all their goodes into fortresses and the kyng of England had ther mo thaÌ„ vi M. horsmen and .xl. M. fotemen The lordes of Scotland after their wynning of Estur melyne they â—rue into the forestes of Gedeours and they vnderstode well howe the kyng of Englande lay at Newecastell with a great nombre to brenne and to exyle the realme of Scotlande Than they toke counsell what they shulde do they thought themselfe to small a company to mentayne the warr seyng howe they had coÌ„tynued the warres more than .vii. yere without heed or captayne And yet as thaÌ„ they coude parceyue no socoure fro their owne kyng than they determyned to sende to the kyng of Englande a bysshop and an abbot to desyre a truse the which messangers departed fro Scotland and came to Newecastell wher they founde the kynge These messangers shewed to the kynge and to his counsayle the cause of their coÌ„myng so than it was agreed a trewse to endure foure monethes on the condycion that they of Scotlande shulde sende sufficyent embassadours into France to kyng Dauyd that without he wolde come within the moneth of May next folowing so puyssantly as to resyst and defeÌ„de his realme els they clerely to yelde themselfe englysshe and neuer to take hym more for their kyng So thê° these two prelates retourned agayne into Scotlande and incontynent they ordayned to sende into Fraunce sir Robert â—ersay and sir Symon Fresyll and two other knyghtes to shewe to their kynge their apoyntment The kynge of Englande agreed the soneâ— to this truse bycause his hoost lacked vytayll so he came backe agayne sent euery man home The scottysshe messangers went towarde Fraunce and toke shypping at Douer ¶ Nowe kynge Dauyd who had ben a seuyne yere in France and knewe well that his realme was sore distroyed ThauÌ„e he toke leaue of the frenche kyng to go home into his owne contre to confort his people so he toke shypping with his wyfe and suche coÌ„pany as he had at a port and dyde put hymselfe vnder the guyding of a maryner Rychard Flamont and so he aryued at a port of Moroyse or euer that any in Scotlande knewe therof Nor he knewe nothyng of the messangers that were gone into France to speke with hym nor they knewe nat of his retournyng home ¶ Howe kyng Dauyd of Scotlande came with a great hoost to Newcastell vpon Tyne Ca. lxxiiii WHan that yong kyng Dauyd of Scotlande was come into his countrey his men came about hym with great ioye and solem puyte and brought hym to the towne of saynt JohnÌ„s thyder
dyd moche trouble with assautes howbeit they within defended themselfe so valiantly that their ennemyes loste more than they wanne Whan the countesse of Mountfort knewe that the lordes of Fraunce were come in to Bretaygne with suche a puyssance she sende sir Amery of Clysson into Englande desyring socourse of the kyng on the coÌ„dycion that therle of Mountfortê son and heyre shuld take to wyf one of the kynges doughters and shulde be called duches of Bretayne The king of England was as than at London makyng chere to therle of Salisbury who was newe come out of prison whan this sir Amery of Clysson was come to the kyng and had made relacyon of his message The kyng graunted his request and coÌ„maunded sir Water of Manny to take with hym as many men of warr as sir Amery desyred shortly to make them redy to go into Bretayne to ayde the countesse of Mountfort and to take with him a .iii. M. archers of the best Thus ser Water and sir Amery toke the see and with theÌ„ went the two bretherne of Lyned all sir Loys sir JohnÌ„ the Haz of Brabant ser Hubert of Fresnoy ser Aleyn Syrefound and dyuers other a .vi. M. archers But a great tempest toke theÌ„ on the see and a contrary wynde wherfore they abode on the see .xl. dayes all this season the lordes of France with sir Charles de Bloys kepte styll the sege before Renes and sore coÌ„strayned them within so that the burgesses of the towne wold gladly haue takeÌ„ apoyntmeÌ„t but their captayne sir WyllmÌ„ of Cadudall wold in no wyse agree therto Whan the burgesses and the commons of the towne had endured moche payne sawe no socours coÌ„myng fro no ê‘tie they wold haue yelded vp the towne but the captayne wold nat whan they sawe that finally they toke hym and put hym in prison And made couenaunt with sir Charles du Bloys to yelde vp the towne the next day on the condycion that all such as were of the countes part myght go their wayes whyther they lyst without danger or trouble the lord Charles de Bloys dyd grauÌ„t their desyre Thê° the cytie of Renes was gyuen vp the yere of our lord M .iii. C .xlii. in the begynning of May. Sir WyllmÌ„ of Nuadudall wolde nat tary ther but went streyght to Hanybout to the countesse of MouÌ„tfort who as than had hard no tidyngs of sir Amery of Clysson nor of his company ¶ Howe sir Charles du Bloys besieged the countesse of Mountfort in Hanybout Cap. lxxx WHan the cytie of Renes was gyuen vp the burgesses made their homage fealtie to the lord Charles of Bloys Than he was counselled to go and lay siege to Hany boute wher as the countesse was sayeng that therle beyng in prison yf they myght gette the countesse and her sonne it shulde make an ende of all their warre Than they went all to Hany bout and layed siege therto and to the castell also as ferr as they might by lande with the couÌ„tesse in Hanybout ther was the bysshop of Leon in Bretayne also ther was sir yues of Tribiquedy the lorde of Landreman sir WyllmÌ„ of Nuadudall and the Chatelayne of Guyngnape the two bretherne of Nuyreth sir Henry and 〈◊〉 Olyuer of PeÌ„nefort and dyuers other Whan the countesse and her company vnderstode that the frenchmen were commyng to lay siege to the towne of Hanybout than it was commauÌ„ded to sounde the watche bell a laâ— and euery man to be armed and drawe to their defence Whan sir Charles and the frenchmen came nere to the towne they commaunded to lodge ther that nyght some of the yong lusty companyons caÌ„e skirmysshyng to the barrers and some of them within yssued out to theym so that ther was a great affray but the genowayes and freÌ„chmen loste more than they wanne Whan night came on euery man drewe to their lodgynge yâ— next day the lordes toke counsayle to assayle the batrers to se the maner of them within and so the thyrde day they made a great assaute to the batrers fro mornyng tyll it was noone Than the assaylantes drewe a backe sore beaten and dyuerse slayne whan the lordes of Fraunce sawe their men drawe a backe they were sore dyspleased and caused the assaut to begynne agayne more ferser than it was before and they within defended theÌ„selfe valyantly The countesse her selfe ware harnesse on her body and rode on a great courser fro strete to strete desyringe her peple to make good defence and she caused damoselles and other women to cutte shorte their kyrtels and to cary stones pottes full of chalk to the walles to be cast downe to their ennemyes This lady dyd ther an hardy enterprise she mouÌ„ted vp to the heyght of a towre to se how the frenchmen were ordred Wtout She sawe howe that all the lordes and all other people of thoost were all gone out of ther felde to thassaut than she toke agayne her courser armed as she was and caused thre hundred men a horsbacke to be redy and she went with theym to another gate wher as there was non assaut She yssued out and her company and dasshed into the frenche lodgynges and cutte downe tentes and set fyre in their lodgynges she founde no defence ther but a certayne of varlettes and boyes who ran away Whan the lordes of France loked behynde them sawe their lodgynges a fyre and harde the cry and noyse ther they retourned to the felde cryeng treason treason so that all thassaut was left Whan the countesse sawe that she drewe to gyder her coÌ„pany and whan she sawe she coud nat entre agayne into the towne without great damage she toke an other way and went to the castell of Brest the whiche was nat ferr thens Whan sir Loys of Spayne who was marshal of the host was come to the felde and sawe their lodgynges brennyng and sawe the countesse her coÌ„pany goynge away he folowed after her with a great nombre he chased her so nere that he slewe and hurte dyuerse of theym that were behynde yuell horsed But the countesse and the moost parte of her company rode so well that they came to Breste and there they were receyued with great ioye The next day the lordes of Fraunce who hadde lost their tentes and their prouisyons thanne tooke counsayle to lodge in bowers of trees more nerer to the towne and they had great marueyle whan they knewe that the countesse herselfe had done that enterprise They of the towne wyst nat wher the countesse was become wherof they were in great trouble for it was fyue dayes or they harde any tidynges The countesse dyd somoche at Brest that she gate togyder a .v. hundred speres and than about mydnight she departed fro Brest and by the sonne rysing she came along by the one syde of the hoost and came to one of the gates of Hanybout the which was opyned for her and ther in she entred and allher coÌ„pany with gret noyse
made there a great assemble of men of warre ThanÌ„e the kynge departed fro Renes and left them â—â—yll ther that were ther before to contynue their siege Than the kyng caÌ„e before Nauntes and besieged it as farre as he might but he coude nat lay rounde about the cite was so great the marshall of the hoost rode abrode and distroyed great part of the countrey The kyng ordayned his batellon a lytell mouÌ„tayne without the towne and thereâ—â—ryed fro the mornyng tyll is was noone wenyng that sir Charles of Bloys wolde haue yssued out to haue gyuen hym batayle and whan they sawe it wolde nat be they brewe to their lodgyngs the fore ryders ranne to the baryers and skirmysshed and brent the subbarbes Thus the kyng lay before Nauntes and sir Charles within who wrote to the frenche kyng the state of thenglysshmen The frenche kyng had commaunded his sonne the duke of Normandy to gyue ayde to ser Charles of Bloyes the which duke was as than coÌ„e to Angyers and there made his asseÌ„ble of men of warr The kyng of Englande made dyuers assautes to Nantes but euer he lost of his men and wanne nothyng and whan he sawe that by assautes he coude do nothyng and that 〈◊〉 Charles wolde nat yssue out into the felde to fyght with hym than he ordayned therle of â—uenforte sir Henry vycont of BeaumoÌ„t the lorde â—erâ—y the lorde Rose the lorde Mombray the lorde Dalawarre the lorde Raynolde Cobham and the lorde sir JohnÌ„ Lysse with sixe hundred men of armes and two hundred archers to kepe styll the siege ther and to ryde and distroy the countrey all about And than the kynge went and layed sege to the towne of Dynant wherof sir Peter Portbeuâ—e was captayne the kyng made there fierse assautes and they within defended themselfe valyantly Thus the kyng of England all at one season had sieges lyeng to thre cites and a good towne in Bretaygne ¶ Howe sir Henry of Leon the lorde Clysson were taken prisoners before Uannes Cap. lxxxxv WHyle the kyng of England was thus in Bretayne wastynge and distroyeng the contrey suche as he hadlyeng at sege before UaÌ„nes gaue dyuers 〈◊〉 and specially at one of the gats And on a day ther was a great assaut and many feates of armes done on bothe parties they within set opyn the gate and came to the baryers bycause they sawe the erle of Warwykes baner and therle of ArnÌ„dels the lorde Staffordes and sir Water of Mannes aduenturyng themself teopdously as they thought Wherfore the lorde Clysson sir Henry of Leon and other aduentured themselfe couragyously ther was a sore skirmysshe finally the englysshmen were put backe than the knyghts of Bretayne openyd the barryes and aduentured themselfe and left sir knyghtes with a gode nombre to kepe the towne and they yssued out after thenglysshmen and thenglysshmen reculed wysely and euer fought as they sawe their auantage Thenglysshmen multiplyed in suche wyse that at last the freÌ„chmen and bretons wer fayne to recule backe agayne to their towne nat in so good order as they came forthe than thenglysshmen folowed theÌ„ agayne and many were slayne and hurt They of the towne sawe their men recule agayne and chased than they closed their barryers in so yuell a tyme that the lorde Clysson and sir HeÌ„ry of Leon were closed with out and ther they were bothe taken prisoners And on the other syde the lorde Stafforde was gone in so farre that he was closed in bytwene the gate and the baryes and ther he was taken prisoner and dyuerse that were with hym taken and slayne Thus thenglysshmen drewe to their lodgynges and the bretons into the cytie of Uannes ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande toke the towne of Dynant Cap. lxxxxvi THus as ye haue harde these knyghtes were taken on bothe parties there was no mo suche assautes after Nowe let vs speke of the king of Englande who lay at sege before Dynant whan he had layne ther a four dayes he gate a great noÌ„bre of bottes and barges and made his archers to entre into theym and to rowe to the pales wherewith the towne was closedde it had none other walles The archers shot so feersly that non durst shewe at their defence than was ther certayne other with ares so that whyle the archers dyd shote they hewed downe the pales and so entred byforce ThaÌ„ they of the towne fledde to the market place but they kept but a small order for they that entred by the pales came to that gate and dyd opyn it than euery man entred and the capitayne sir Pyers Portbeufe taken and the towne ouer ron and robbed theÌ„glysshmen wan moche richesse in that towne for it was a great towne of marchandyse Whan the kyng had taken his pleasure ther as long as it had pleased hym he left the towne voyde and went to Uannes and lodged there ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to sir Loys of Spayne and to sir Charles Germaur and ser Othes Dornes who was as than admyrall on the see with .viii. galeys xiii barkes and .xxx. other shyppes with genowayes spanyardes They kept the coost bytwene England and Bretayne and dyd moche damage to them that came to refresshe the hoost before Uannes and at a tyme they set on the kynge of Englandes nauy lyeng at Aucerre in a lytell hauyn besyde Uannes so that they slewe a great part of them that kepte the shyppes and had done moch more damage yf thenglysshmen lyeng at the siege had nat ron thyder in all hast and yet asmoche hast as they made sir Loys of Spayne toke away iiii shippes laded with prouisyon drowned thre and all that was in them Than the kyng was counselled to drawe part of his nauy to Brest hauen and the other part to Hanybout the which was done and styll endured the siege before Uannes and Renes ¶ what lordes of France the duke of Normandy brought into Bretayne agaynst the kyng of Englande Cap. lxxxxvii HOwe let vs retourne to the iourney that the duke of Normandy made the same season in Bretayne to ayde and confort his cosyn syt Charles de Bloyes The duke knewe well howe the kyng of Englande had sore damaged the contrey of Bretayn and had besieged thre cytes and taken the towne of Dynant Than the duke departed fro the cytie of Angyers with mo than .iiii. M. men of armes and. rxx M. of other he toke they heygh way to Nauntes by the gyding of the two marshals of Fraunce the lorde of Momorency and the lorde of saynt Uenant And after them rode the duke and therle of Alanson his vncle therle of Bloys his cosyn the duke of Burbone was ther therle of Ponthyeu therle of Bolayne the erle of Uandome therle of DaÌ„martyne the lorde of Craon the lorde of Coucy the lorde of Suly the lorde of Frenes the lorde of Roy so many lordes knightes squyers of NormaÌ„dy Dauuergne Berry Lymosen Dumayn Poicton and
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 IncoÌ„tynent 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 UaÌ„nes 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 coÌ„trey 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 NormaÌ„dy 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 ê‘elled 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 coÌ„panyes 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 EnglaÌ„de 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 thanÌ„e 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 〈◊〉 exchang rather than sir Henry of Leon who was styll in prison bycause the kyng shewed hym yâ— auantage his enemyes suspected in hym ê‘auen 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 noÌ„bre 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 NormaÌ„dy 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
he was rescued and remounted agayne and in the meane season some of the frenchemen chased their beestes quyckely into the hoost or els they had lost them for they that yssued out of Aguyllon set so feersly on the frenchmen that they putte theym to the slyght and delyuerd their company that were takenne and tooke many frenchemen prisoners And sir Charles of MomoreÌ„cy had moche warke to scape than thenglysshmen retourned into Aguyllon Thus euery day almoost there were suche rencounters besyde yâ— assautes on a day all the hole hoost armed them and the duke commaunded that they of Tholouz of Carcassone of Beaucayre shulde make assaut fro the mornynge tyll noone and they of Remergue Caours Agenoys fro noone tyll night And yâ— duke promysed who soeuer coude wynne the brige of the gate shulde haue in rewarde a hundred crownê also the duke the better to mentayne this assaut he caused to come on the ryuer dyuerse shyppes and baâ—ges some entred into them to passe the ryuer and some went by the bridge At the last some of theym toke a lytell vessell and went vnder the brige and dyde cast great hokes of yron to the drawe bridge and than drewe it to them so sore that they brake the chenes of yron yâ— helde the bridge and so pulled downe the bridge parforce Than the frenchmen lept on the bridge so hastely that one ouerthrewe an other for euery man desyred to wyn the hundred crownes they within cast downe barres of yron peces of tymbre pottes of lyme and hote water so that many were ouerthrowen fro the bridge into the water and into the dykes and many slayne sore hurt Howbeit the bridge was wonne perforce but it cost more than it was worthe for they coude nat for all that wyn the gate than they drewe a backe to their lodgynges for it was late thanÌ„e they within yssued out â–ª and newe made agayne their drawe bridge stronger thanÌ„e euer it was before The next day ther came to the duke two connyng men maisters in carpentre and sayde sir if ye woll let vs haue tymbre and workemen we shall make foure scaffoldes as hygh or hyer thanÌ„e the walles The duke coÌ„maunded that it shulde be done and to get carpenters in the coÌ„trey and to gyue them good wagê so these four scafoldes wer made in four shyppes but it was long first and cost moch or they were finysshed than such a shulde assayle the castell in theÌ„ were apoynted and entred And whan they were passed halfe the ryuer they within the castell let go four martynetes that they had newely made to resyst agaynst these scafoldes these four martynettes dyd cast out so great stones and so often fell on the scafoldes yâ— in a short space they were all to broken so that they that were within them coulde nat be pauysshed by theym so that they were fayne to drawe backe agayne and or they were agayne at lande one of the scafoldê drowned in yâ— water the moost part of theÌ„ that were Win it the which was great damage for therin were good knyghtes desyringe their bodyes to auauÌ„ce Whan the duke sawe that he coude nat come to his entent by that meanes he caused the other thre scafoldes to rest Than he coudese no way howe he might gette the castell and he had promysed nat to departe thense tyll he had it at his wyll without the kyng his father dyd sende for hym Than he sende the constable of France and the erle of Tankernyll to Parys to the kyng and there they shewed hym the state of the siege of Aguyllone the kynges mynde was that the duke shulde lye there styll tyll he had won them by famyn syth he coude nat haue theÌ„ by assaut ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande came ouer the see agayne to rescue them in Aguyllone Cap. C .xxi. THe kyng of Englande who had harde howe his meÌ„ 〈◊〉 constrayned in the castell of Aguyllon than he thought to go ouer the see 〈◊〉 to Gascoyne with a great 〈…〉 my ther he made his 〈◊〉 syon and sent for men all about his real 〈…〉 in other places wher he thought to spe 〈…〉 money In the same season the lord◠〈◊〉 of Harecourt came into Englande who was banysshed out of FrauÌ„ce he was well receyued with the kynge and retayned to be about hym and had fayre landê assigned hym in Englande to mentayne his degree Than the kynge caused a great nauy of shyppes to be redy in the hauyn of Hampton and caused all maner of men of warr to drawe thyder about the feest of saynt John Baptyst the yere of our lorde god M. C C C .xiv. the kynge deê‘ted fro the quene and lefte her in the gydinge of therle of Cane his cosyn And he stablysshed the lorde Persy and the lorde Neuyll to be wardyns of his realme with the archebysshoppe of yorke the bysshoppe of Lyncolne and the bysshoppÌ„ of Durham for he neuer voyded his realme but that he lefte euer ynough at home to kepe and defende the realme yf nede were Than the kyng rode to Hampton and there taryed for wynde than he entred into his shyppe and the prince of wales with hym and the lorde Godfray of Harecourt and all other lordes erles barownes and knyghtê with all their coÌ„panyes they were in nombre a foure thousande men of armes and ten thousande archers besyde Irysshmen and walsshmen that folowed the host a fote ¶ Nowe I shall name you certayne of the lordes that went ouer with kyng Edwarde in that iourney First Edward his eldest sonne prince of wales who as thanÌ„e was of the age of .xiii. yeres or there about the erles of Herforde Northamptone Arundell Cornewall warwyke HuÌ„tyngdon Suffolke and Oxenforth And of barons the lorde Mortymer who was after erle of Marche the lordes JohnÌ„ Loyes and Roger of BeauchaÌ„pe and the lorde Reynold Cobham Of lordes the lorde of Mombray Rose Lucy Felton Brastone Myllon Labey Maule Basset Barlett and wylloughby with dyuers other lordê And of bachelars there was JohnÌ„ Chandoys Fytzwaren Peter and James Audelay Roger of Uertuall Bartylmewe of Bries Rycharde of Penbruges with dyuers other that I can nat name fewe ther were of staÌ„gers ther was the erle Hauyou sir Olphas of Guystels and .v. or .vi. other knyghtes of Almayne and many other that I can nat name Thê° they say 〈◊〉 â—â—rth that day in the name of god they were 〈◊〉 〈…〉 warde on their way towarde Gascone 〈◊〉 on the thirde day ther rose a coÌ„trary wynde 〈…〉 them on the marches of Cornewall 〈…〉 lay at ancre .vi. dayes In that space 〈…〉 had other counsell by the meanes of 〈◊〉 Godfray Harcourt he counselled the kyng nat to go into Gascoyne but rather to set a lande in Normandy and sayde to the kyng sir the couÌ„tre of Normandy is one of the plentyous countreis of the worlde Sir on ieoê‘dy 〈◊〉 my heed if ye woll lande ther ther is none thaâ— shall
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 coÌ„pany 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 theÌ„glysshmen 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 caÌ„e 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 coÌ„pany â–ª 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 ê“uisy 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 〈◊〉 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 â–ª 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 caÌ„e also all his nauy of shyppes with therle of Huntyngdone who was gouernour of them The coÌ„stable 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 coÌ„llable 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 WhauÌ„e they of the towne who were redy in the felde sawe these thre batayls commyng in good order with their baners and staÌ„deâ—des 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 TaÌ„kernyll sawe that they toke a gate at the entry and saued theÌ„selfe and certayne with
theÌ„ for the englysshmen were entred into the towne some of the knyghtes and squyers of Fraunce suche as knewe the way to the castell went thyder and the captayne ther receyued them all for the castell was large TheÌ„glysshmen in yâ— chaselle we many for they toke non to mercy than the constable and the erle of Tankernyll beynge in the lytell towre at the bridge fote loked a longe the strete sawe their men â—â—ayne without mercy they douted to fall in their hand At last they sawe an englysshe knyght with one eye called 〈◊〉 ThomÌ„s Holand and afyue or sixe other knyghtes with hym they knewe theÌ„ for they had sene them before in Pruce in Grenade and in other vyages than they called to sir Thomas sayd howe they wold yelde theÌ„selfe prisoners Than sir Thomas came thyder with his coÌ„pany and mounted vp into the gate and there founde the sayd lordes with .xxv. knyghts with them who yelded theym to sir Thomas and he toke theÌ„for his prisoners and left company to kepe theym and than mouÌ„ted agayne on his horse and rode into the streates and saued many lyues of lavyes damosels and cloysterers fro defoylyng for the soudyers were without mercy It fell so well the same season for thenglysshmen that the â—â—â—er whiche was able to bere shyppes at that 〈…〉 e was so lowe that men went in and out besyde the bridge they of the towne were entred into their houses and cast downe into the strete stones tymbre and â—ron and slewe and hurte mo than fyue hundred englysshmen wherwith the kyâ—ge was sore dyspleased At night whan he hard therof he coÌ„maunded that the next day all shulde be putte to the swerde and the towne brent but than sir Godfray of Harecourt sayd dere sir for goddessake ass wage somwhat your courage and let it suâ—fice you that ye haue done ye haue yet a great voyage to do orye come before Calys whyderye purpose to go and sir in this towne there is moche people who wyll defende their houses and it woll cost many of yor men their lyues or ye haue all at yor wyll wherby paraueÌ„ture ye shall nat kepe your purpose to Calys the which shulde redowne to your rech Sir saue your people for ye shall haue nede of them or this moneth passe for I thynke verely your aduersary kyng PhilyppÌ„ woll mete with you to fight and ye shall fynde many strayt passages and rencouÌ„ters Wherfore your men and ye had mo shall stande you in gode stede and sir without any further sleynge ye shall be lorde of this towne men and women woll putte all that they haue to your pleasur Than the kyng sayd sir Godfray you ar our marshall â–ª ordayne euery thyng as ye woll than sir Godfray with his baner rode fro strete to strete and coÌ„mauÌ„ded in the kynges name non to be so hardy to put fyre in any house to slee any persone nor to vyolate any woman Whan they of the towne hard that crye they receyued the englysshmen into their houses and made theym good chere and some opyned their coffers and badde them take what them lyst so they might be assured of ther lyues howe be it ther were done in the towne many yuell dedes murdrers and roberyes Thus the englysshmen were lordes of the towne thre dayes ano wanne great richesse the which they sent by baâ—kesse and barges to saynt Sauyoure by the ryuer of Austrâ—hen a two leagê theus wher as all their nauy lay than the kyng sende therle of â—untyâ—gdon with two hundred men of armes and foure hundred archers with his nauy and prisoners and richesse that they had gotte backe agayne into Englande And the kynge bought of sir Thomas Hallande â–ª the constable of Fraunce and therle of Tankernyll and payed for them twentie thousande nobles ¶ Howe sir Godfray of Harecourte fought with theÌ„ of Amyens before Parys Cap. C .xxv. THus the kyng of England ordred his besynesse beynge in the towne of Cane and sende into England his nauy of shyppes charged 〈◊〉 clothes iewelles vessels of golde syluer and of other rychesse and of prisoners mo than .lx. knightes and thre hundred burgesses Than he departed fro the towne of Cane and rode in the same order as he dyde before brennynge and exilynge the countrey and toke the way to Ewreus and so past by it And fro thens they rode to a great towne called Louyets it was the chiefe towne of all Normandy of drapery riches and full of marchandyse theÌ„glysshmen soone entred therin for as than it was nat closed it was ouer ron spoyled and robbed without mercy there was won great richesse ThauÌ„e they entred into the countrey of Ewreus and brent and pylled all the countrey except the good townes closed and castels â–ª to the which the kynge made none assaut bycause of the sparyng of his people and his artillery On the ryuer of Sane nere to Rone there was the exle of Harecourt brother to sir Godfray of Harecourt but he was on the frenche partie and therle of Drâ—ux with hym with a good nombre of men of warre but thenglysshmen left Roon and went to Gysors where was a strong castell they brent the towne and than they brent Uernon and all the countrey about Roon and Pont de Lache and came to NauÌ„tes and to Meulence and wasted all the countrey about and passed by the stronge castell of Robeboyes and in euery place a long the ryuer of Sane they founde the briges broken At last they came to Poyssey and founde the brige broken but the arches and â—oystes lay in the ryuer the kyng lay there a .v. dayes In the mean season the brige was made to passe the hoost Wtout paryll thenglysshe marshals ranne a brode iust to Parys and brent saynt Germayne in Lay and Mountioy and saynt Clowde and pety Bolayne by Parys and the quenes Bourge they of Parys were nat well assured of theym selfe for it was nat as than closed Than kyng Philyppe remoued to saynt Denyse and or he went caused all yâ— pentessys in Parys to be pulled downe and at saynt Deuyse were redy câ—â— the kynge of Behayne the lorde JohnÌ„ of Heynalt â–ª the duke of Lorayne therle of Flaunderâ—â— therle of Bloyes and many other great lordes and knyghtes redy to serue the frenche kynge Whan the people of Parys sawe their kyng â—epart they came to hym and knâ—lyd downe and sayd a sir and noble kyng what woll ye do leue thus this noble cytie of Parys the kynge sayâ— my good people doute ye nat the englysshmen woll aproche you no nerer than they be why so sir ê™ they they be within these two leages and assone as they knowe of your departynge they woll come and assayle vs and we bâ—â—at able to defende them sir tary here styll and helpe to defende your gode cite of Parys Speke no more ê™ the kynge for I woll go to saynt Denyse to my men of warre for I woll encountre the
frenchemen fledde and kept none array their were slayne in the wayes and in hedges and busshes mo thanÌ„e seuyn thousande And if the day had ben clere there had neuer a onescaped anone after a nother coÌ„pany of frenchmen were mette by the englysshmen The archebysshoppÌ„ of Rone and the great priour of Fraunce who also knewe nothynge of the dysconfiture the day before for they harde that the frenche kynge shulde a fought the same sonday and they were goynge thyderwarde WhanÌ„e they mette with the englysshmen there was a great batayle for they were a great nombre but they coude nat endure agaynst the englysshmen for they were nyghe all slayne fewe scaped the two lordes were slayne This mornyng thenglysshmen mette with dyuerse french men that had loste their way on the saturday and had layen all nyght in the feldes and wyst nat where the kyng was nor the captayns they were all slayne as many as were met with and it was shewed me that of the coÌ„mons and men a fote of the cyties and good townes of France ther was slayne foure tymes as many as were slayne the saturday in the great batayle ¶ How the next day after the batayle of Cressey they that were deed were noÌ„bred by theÌ„glysshmen Ca. Cxxxii. THe same sonday as the kyng of Englande came fro masse suche as had ben sente forthe retourned and shewed the kyng what they had sene and done and sayde sir we thinke surely ther is now no more aparence of any of our ennemyes than the kyng sende to serche howe many were slayne what they were Sir Reynolde Cobham sir Richard Stafforde with thre haraldes went to serche the felde and contrey they visyted all theÌ„ that were slayne and rode all day in the feldes and retourned agayne to the hoost as the kyng was goynge to supper They made iust report of that they had sene and sayde howe ther were xi great princes deed fourscore baners .xii. C. knyghtes and mo than .xxx. thousande other TheÌ„glysshmen kept styll their felde all that nyght on the monday in the mornyng the kyng prepared to depart the kyng caused the deed bodyes of the great lordes to be taken vp and conueyed to Mutterell and there buryed in holy grouÌ„de and made a crye in the countrey to graunt truse for thre dayes to thyntent that they of the countrey might serche the felde of Cressy to bury the deed bodyes Than the kynge went forthe and came before the towne of Muttrell by the see his marshals ranne to warde Hedyn and brent UaÌ„bam and Seram but they dyd nothyng to the castell it was so strong and so well kept they lodged that night on the ryuer of Hedyn towardes Blangy The next day they rode towarde Bolayne and came to the towne of Unysame there the kyng and the prince lodged and taryed there a day to refresshe his men and on the Wednysday the kyng came before the stronge towne of Calys £ Howe the kyng of Englande layd siege to Calys and howe all the poore people were put out of the towne Cap. C .xxxiii. IN the towne of Calys ther was captayne a knyght of Burgone called sir JohnÌ„ de Uieu and with hym was sir Andrewe Dandrehen sir JohnÌ„ de Sury sir Barbon de Belborne sir Godfray de lament sir Pepyn de Urmue and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers Whan the kyng of England was come before Calys he layd his siege and ordayned bastides bytwene the towne and the ryuer he made carpenters to make houses and lodgynges of great tymbre and set the houses lyke stretes and couerd them with rede and brome So that it was lyke a lytell towne and there was euery thynge tosell and a markette place to be kept euery tuesday and saturday â–ª for flesshe and fyssh mercery ware houses for cloth for bredde wyne and all other thyngê necessarie such as caÌ„e out of England â–ª or out of Flanders ther they might bye what they lyst TheÌ„glysshmen ran often tymes into the countrey of Guynes and into Triuynois to the gates of saynt Omers and somtyme to Boleyn they brought into their hoost great prayes The kyng wolde nat assayle the towne of Calys for he thought it but a lost labour he spared his peple his artillery and sayd howe he wolde famyssh theÌ„ in the towne with long siege without the french kyng coÌ„e and reyse his siege ê‘force Whan the capten of Calys sawe the maner thorder of theÌ„glysshmen than he constrayned all poore meane peple to yssue out of the towne And on a wednysday ther yssued out of men women chyldren mo than .xvii. C. and as they passed through yâ— hoost they were demaunded why they deê‘ted they answered and sayde bycause they had nothyng to lyue on Than the kyng dyd them that grace that he suffred them to passe through his host without danger and gaue them mete and drinke to dyner and euery pson .ii. 〈◊〉 slerlyng in almes for the which dyners many of them prayed for the kynges prosperyte ¶ Howe the duke of NormaÌ„dy brake vp his siege before Aguyllou Cap. C .xxxiiii. THe duke of Normandy beyng at sege before the strong castell of Aguyllou so it was that about the myddes of Auguste he made a great assaut to the castell so that the most part of his host were at the assaut thyder was come newely the lorde Philyp of Burgone erle of Arthoys and of Bolone cosyn germayn to the duke of NormaÌ„dy he was as than a yoÌ„g lusty knyght And assone as the skirmyssh was begon he toke his horse with the spurres came on the skirmysshe warde the horse toke the bytte in his teth and bare away his maister and stumbled in a dyke and fell horse man the knyght was so brosed with the fall that he had neuer helthe after but dyed of the same hurt Than anone after the frenche kyng sent for his sonne the duke of NormaÌ„dy coÌ„maundynge hym in any wyse to breke vp his siege before Aguyllou and to retourne into Fraunce to defende his herytage fro theÌ„glysshmen And thervpon the duke toke counsayle of the lordes that were there with hym what was best to do for he hadde promysed nat to depart thens tyll he had wone the castell but the lordes counsayled hym sythe the kynge his father had sende for hym to depart Than the next day be tymes the frenchemen trussed bagge and baggage in great hast and departed towarde France than they that were within the fortresse yssued out with the penon of the lorde Gaultiers of Manny before them they dasshed in amonge the hynder company of the frenchemen and flewe and toke dyuerse of theym to the nombre of threscore and brought them into their fortres and by those prisoners they knewe of the iourney that the kynge of Englande had made that season into Fraunce and howe that he lay at siege before Calys Or the french kyng departed fro Amyense to Parys warde after the batayle
they lost the cuÌ„tre was expled and distroyed by reason of these men of warre On a day these englysshmen weÌ„t and layde siege to a good towne called Rochedaren and often tymes they made aâ—â—autes but the towne was so well defended that thenglysshmen wanne nothyng captayne within the towne was Tassartde Guynes they within yâ— towne were thre partes ratherenglysshe than frenche And so they tooke the capytayne and sayde they wolde stee hym without he wolde yelos hymselfe englysshe to them thanne hesayde he wolde do as they wolde haue hym and so thervpon they let hym go and than he tâ—ryed with the englysshmen and tourned to the countes of Mountfordes parte And so he was styll capytayne of the towne and left certayne soudyers to kepe the towne and castell whan sir Charles du Bloyes herde therof he sware that the mater shulde natte longe beso Thatic he sende for menne all aboute Bretaygne and Normandy â–ª and assembled in the cytie of Nauntes sixtene hundred menne of armes and twelfe thousande a fote ther were with hym a four hundred knyghtes and .xxiiii. baners So he caÌ„e and layde siege to Rochdaren lately before wonne by the englysshmen and had great engyns that caste day and nyght the which sore coÌ„strayned them within Than they of the towne sende messangers to the countesse of Mountforde that acordynge to her promyse to sende theym some ayde and conforte than the countesse sende all about to assemble men toguyder â–ª and shortely she had a thousande menne of armes and eyght thousande a fote â–ª and she made capytayns of theym the forsayd thre knyghtes who sayd they wolde neuer retourne tyll they had reysed the seige before Rochdaren or els to dye in yâ— quarell And so they sette forthe and came nere to the hoost of sir Charles of Bloyes and lodged by a ryuer syde that night to thyntent to fight the next day and whan euery man was at rest sir Thomas Dangorne and sir Johan Artwell caused halfe their coÌ„pany to be armed and depted fro them hoost about mydnight and sodenly entred into the lorde Charles hoost on yâ— one syde â–ª and beate downe and slewe moche people and they taryed so longe that all the hoost was moued and euery man redy so that they coulde nat retourne agayne without batayle There they were enclosed and fought withall sharpely so that they might nat bere the frenchmens dedes but ther they were taken and sir Thomas Dangorne sore hurt but sir Johan Artwell saued hymselfe aswell as he might by the ryuer and retourned to his company and shewed them his adueÌ„ture thanne they were determyned to haue retourned agayne to Hanybout ¶ Of the batayle of Rochedaren and howe sir Charles de Bloys was there taken by thenglysshmen Cap. C .xliii. THe same seson that the englysshemen were thus in counsayle and had determyned to haue departed there came to them a knyght from the countesse of Mountforte called Garnyer lorde of Cadudall with a huÌ„dred men of armes And assone as he was come and knewe all their demenour hâ— sayde nay sirs lette vs nat thus tourne agayne leape on your horses and suche as haue non lette them come a fote Lette vs nowe go loke on our ennemyes for nowe they thynke them selfe sure I warant we shall dysconfet theÌ„ Than the horsemen rode forthe and the fotemen folowed and aboute the sonne rysinge they dasshed into the lorde Charles hoâ—st and euery manne ther was a slepe and aâ— rest for they thought to haue no more a do at that tyme. Thenglysshmen and bretous bete downe tentes and pauilyons and slewe people downe right for they were sodenly taken ther was moch people slayne and sir Charles of Bloyes and all the lordes of Bretayne and NormaÌ„dy that were there with hym were taken prisoners Thus the siege of Rochdaren was reysed and the lorde Charles was brought to Hanyboute â–ª but suche fortresses as were of his partie helde styll for his wyfe who called her selfe duchesse of Bretaygne toke the warre in hande ¶ Howe the frenche kyng assembled a great hoost to rayse the kyng of England fro the siege be fore Calys Ca. C .xliiii. KInge Philyppe who knewe well howe his men were sore constrayned in Calays â–ª commaunded euery manne to be with hym at the feest of Pentecost in the cyte of Amyense or ther about ther was non durst say nay The kyng kept there a great feest thyder came duke Odes of Burgoyne and the duke of Normandy his eldyst sonne the duke of Orlyaâ—se his yongest sonne the duke of Burbon therle of Foâ—tz the lorde Loyes of Sauâ—y sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt the erle of Armynake the erle of Forestes therle of Ualentenoys and dyuers other erles barons and knyghtes Whan they were all at Amyense they toke counsayle yâ— frenche kyng wolde gladly that the passages of Flaunders myght haue ben opyned to hym for than he thought he might sende part of his men to Grauelyng and by that way to refresshe the towne of Calys and on that syde to fyght easely with thenglysshmen He sende great messangers into Flanders to treat for that mater but the kynge of Englande had there suche frendes that they wolde neuer acorde to that curtesy than the frenche kyng said howe he wolde go thyder on the syde towarde Burgoyne The kynge of Englande sawe well howe he coude nat gâ—t Calays bâ—t by famyne than he made a stronge castell and a hygh to close vp the passage by the see and this castell was set bytwene the towne and the see and was well fortyfied with springalles bombardes bowes and other artillary And in this castell were threscore men of armes and two hundred archers they kept the hauyn in suche wyse that nothyng coude come in nor out it was thought that therby they within shulde the soner be famysshed In that season the kynge of Englande so exhorted them of Flaunders that there yssued out of Flaunders a hundred thousande and went and layde â—iege to the towne of Ayre â–ª and brent the conâ—rey all about as Mâ—nyuell la gorge Estelles le Uentre and a marche called la Loe and to the gates of saynt Omer and Turwyne Than the kyng went to the towne of Arras and sette many men of warr to the garysons of Arthoys and specially he sent his constable sir Charles of Sâ—aygne to saynt Omers for the erle of Ewe and of Guynes who was constable of Fraunce was prisoner in Englande as it hath ben shewed before The flemmynges dyd the freÌ„chmen great trouble or they departed and whan the fleÌ„mynges were returned than the french kyng and his company deê‘ted fro Arras and went to Hedyn his host with the caryage held well in length a thre lâ—agê of that contrey and ther he taryed a day the next day to Blangy Ther he rested to take aduyse what way to go forthe than he was counsayled to go through the contrey called la Belme and that way he toke and with hym a. CC.
stryken of than euery man requyred the kyng for mercy but he wolde here no maÌ„in that behalfe than sir Gaultier of MaÌ„ny said a noble kyng for goddessake refrayne your courage ye haue the name of souerayn nobles therfore nowe do nat a thyng that shulde blemysshe your renome nor to gyue cause to some to speke of you villany euery man woll say it is a great cruelty to put to deth suche honest persons who by their owne wylles putte themselfe into your grace to saue their coÌ„pany Than the kyng wryed away fro hym and coÌ„maunded to sende for yâ— hangman and sayd they of Calys hath caused many of my meÌ„ to be slayne wherfore these shalt dye in likewyse Than the quene beynge great with chylde kneled downe sore wepyng sayd a geÌ„tyll sir syth I passed the see in great parell I haue despred nothyng of you therfore nowe I huÌ„bly requyre you in yâ— honour of the son of the virgyn Mary and for the loue of me that ye woll take mercy of these sixe burgesses The kyng be helde yâ— quene stode styll in a study a space and thaÌ„ sayd a dame I wold ye had ben as nowe in soÌ„e other place ye make suche request to me yâ— I can nat â—eny you wherfore I gyue them to you to do your pleasure with theym than the quene caused theÌ„ to be brought into her chambre and made the halters to be taken fro their neckes and caused them to be newe clothed and gaue them their dyner at their leser And than she gaue ech of them sire nobles and made theÌ„ to be brought out of thoost in sauegard set at their lyberte ¶ Howe the kyng of England repeopled the towne of Calys with englysshmen Cap. C .xlvii. THus the strong towne of Calays was gyuen vp to kyng Edwarde of England the yere of our lorde god M CCC .xlvi. in the moneth of august the kyng of EnglaÌ„d called to hym sir Gaultier of Manny and his two marshals therle of Warwyke and therle of Stafforde and sayd to theÌ„ Sirs take here the kayes of the towne and castell of Calys go and take possessyon there and putte in prison all the knyghtes that be there all other soudyours that came thyder symply to wynne their lyueng cause theym to auoyde the towne And also all other men women and chyldren for I wolde repeople agayne the towne with pure englysshmen So these thre lordes with a hundred with them went and toke possessyon of Calys and dyd put in prison sir JohnÌ„ de Uien sir JohnÌ„ of Surrey sir JohnÌ„ of Belborne and other than they made all the soudyers to bring all their harnesse into a place apoynted layed it all on a hepe in the hall of Calys thanne they made all maner of people to voyde kept there no mo persons but a preest and two other auncyent personages suche as knewe the customes lawes and ordynaunces of the towne and to signe out the herytagê howe they were deuyded than they prepared the castell to lodge the kyng and quene and prepared other houses for the kynges company Than the kyng mounted on his horse and entred into the towne with trumpets tabours nakquayres and hormyes and there the kyng lay tyll the quene was brought a bedd of a fayre lady named Margarete The kynge gaue to sir Gaultier of MaÌ„ny dyuers fayre houses within the towne and to therle Stafforde to the lorde of Bethene to sit Bartylmewe of Bomes and to other lordes to repeople agayn the towne the kynges mynde was whan he caÌ„e into Englande to sende out of London a .xxxvi. good burgesses to Calys to dwell there and to do somoche that the towne myght be peopled with pure englysshmen the which entent the kynge fulfylled Than the newe towne and bastyd that was made without the towne was pulled downe and the castell that stode on the hauyn rasshed downe and the great tymbre and stones brought into the towne than the kynge ordayned men to kepe the gates walles and barryers and ameÌ„ded all thynges within the towne and sir JohnÌ„ de Uien and his coÌ„pany were sent into Englande and were halfe a yere at London than they were putte to raunsome me thynke it was great pyte of the burgesses and other men of the towne of Calys women and chyldren whasie they were fayne to forsake their houses herytages and goodes and to bere away nothyng and they had no restorement of the frenche kyng for whose sake they lost all the moost part of them went to saynt Omers The cardynall Guy de Boloyne who was come into FraÌ„ce in legacyon and was with the frenche kynge his cosyn in the cytie of Amyense he purchased somoche that a truse was taken bytwene the kynges of Englande and of Fraunce their contres herytages to endure two yeres To this truse all ê‘ties were agreed but Bretayne was clerely excepte for the two ladyes made styll warre one agaynst the other Than the kyng of Englande and the quene retourned into Englande and the kyng made captayne of Calys sir Amery of Pauy a lumbarde borne whom the kyng had greatly auaunced than the kynge sende fro LoÌ„don .xxxvi. burgesses to Calays who were ryche and sage and their wyues and chyldren and dayly encreased the nombre for the kynge graunted there suche lyberties and franchysses that men were gladde to go and dwell there the same tyme was brought to LoÌ„don sir Charles de Bloyes who called hymselfe duke of Breten he was putte in Cortoyse prison in the towre of London with the kyng of Scottes and the erle Morette but he had nat ben there longe but at the request of the quene of Englande sir Charles her cosyn germayne was receyuedde on his fayth and trouth and rode all about London at his pleasure but he might natly past one night out of London without it were with the kynge or with the quene Also the same tyme ther was prisoner in Englande therle of Ewe and Guynes a right gentyll knyght and his dealynge was suche that he was welcome wher soeuer he came and with the kyng and quene lordes ladyes and damosels ¶ Of the dealynge of a brâ—gant of Languedocke called Bacon Cap. C .xlviii. ALl this yere these two kynges helde well the trewse taken bytwene them but sir WyllmÌ„ Duglas and the scottes beyng in the forest of Gedeours made warre dayly on the englysshmen Also suche as were in Gascoyne Poyctou and Xayntone aswell frenche as englysshe kept nothyng the trewse taken bytwene the two kynges but conquered often tymes townes and castels one vpon the other byforce by purchase or by stelth nyght day and often tymes ther fell bytwene theÌ„ many fayre aueÌ„tures somtyme to the frenchmen and somtyme to thenglysshmen alwayes the poore brigantes wanne in robyng of townes and castels And some therby came riche so that they were made capitayns of other brigantes there were some well worthe .xl. thousande crownes often tymes they wold spy
was bare heeded sauyng a chapelet of fyne perles yâ— he ware on his â—eed Than the kynge went fro one to another of the frenchmen and whan he came to sir Geffray of Charney a lytell he changed his countenance loked on hym and sayd sir Geffray by reason I shulde loue you butte a lytell whaâ— ye wolde steale by night fro me that thynge which I haue so derâ—ly bought and hath cost me somoch gode I am right â—oyouse and gladde that I haue taken you with the proffe ye wolde haue a better markette than I haue had whan ye thought to haue Calys for .xx. thousande crownes but god hath holpen me and ye haue fayled of your purpose and therwith the kyng went fro hym and he gaue neuer a worde to answere Than yâ— kynge caÌ„e to sir Eustace of Rybamont and ioyously to hym he sayd sir Eustace ye are the knyght in the worlde that I haue sene moost valyant assayle his ennemyes and defende hymself nor I neuer founde knyght yâ— euer gaue me somoche a do body to body as ye haue done this day wherfore I gyue you the price aboue all the knightes of my court by right senteÌ„ce than the kyng toke the chapelet that was vpon his heed beyng bothe fayre goodly and tyche and sayd sir Eustace I gyue you this chapelet for the best doar in atâ—es in this journey past of eyther party and I desyre you to bere it this yere for the loue of me I knowe well ye be fresshe and amorouse and often tymes be among ladyes and damoselles say wher soeuer ye come that I dyd gyue it you and I quyte you your prison and ransome and ye shall depart tomorowe if it please you The same yere a thousande thre hundred .xlix. kynge Philyppe of Fraunce wedded his seconde â—â—yfe the wednisday the .xxix. day of January dame Blanche doughter to kynge Philyppe of Nauerre who dyed in Spayne she was of the age of eyghtene yere or there about Also the nynetene day of February next after in yâ— begynning of lent the duke of Normandy the kyngê eldest sonne wedded his seconde wyfe at saynt Geneuese nere to saynt Germayne in Lay Jane couÌ„tesse of Bolayne somtyme wyfe to the lorde Phylyppe sonne to the duke Eudos of Burgoyne yâ— which lorde Philyppe dyed before Aguyllone a thre yere before that She was doughter of the erle Wyllyam of Bolayne and of the doughter of Lâ—yes erle of Eureur this lady helde in her handes the duchy of Burgoyne and the countesse of Arthoyes Bolayne Auuergne and dyuerse other landes ¶ Of the dethe of kynge Philyppe of France and of the coronacyon of his sonne JohnÌ„ Cap. C .liii. IN the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .l. at the beginyng of August sir Raoll of Caours dyuerse other knyghtê and squyers to the nombre of sixscore men of armes fought before a castell called Auleon within a capitayne of the kynge of Englandes in Bretayne called sir Thomas DaÌ„gorne And the same sir ThomÌ„s ther â—â—ayn and to the nombre of a. C. men of armes with hym the same yere the .xxii. day of August king PhilyppÌ„ dyed at Nogeunt and was caryed to our ladyes church in Parys And the thursday after he was buryed at saynt Denyse on the lyft hande of the hygh auter and his bowelles were buryed at the Jacopyns in Parys and his hert at Bourfontayne in Ualoys The .xxvi. day of Septembre next ensuynge on a sonday was sacred and crowned at Reyns kynge JohnÌ„ eldest son to kyng Philyp and the same day the quene also was crowned and ther the king made certayne knyghtes his eldest son dolphyn of Uyen Loys his seconde son erle of Alanson the erle of StaÌ„pes the lorde Johâ— of Arthoys yâ— duke PhilyppÌ„ of Orlyaunce brother to the kyng the duke of Burgoyne son to the quene by her 〈◊〉 husbande the lorde Philyp of Burgoyn therle DaÌ„martyn and dyuers other And the â—oÌ„day after the kyng departed and went to Parys by Laon Soyssons and Seâ—lys and the kynge and quene entred into Parys in great tryuÌ„phe the .xvii. day of Octobre and there kept a great feest the hole weke and the kyng â—aryed thet at Neele and at his palys tyll it was saynt Martyns tyde and there made ordynaunce for his ê‘lyament The tuesday the .xvi. day of NoueÌ„bre Raffe erle of Ewe and of Guynes constable of France who was newly come out of prison in England was taken in yâ— kyngê house at Neele in Parys wher the kyng was by the prouost of Parys at the kynges coÌ„maundemeÌ„t and in the saÌ„e house he was put in prison tyll the thursday after about the hour of matyns the same day he was beheeded in prison in the presence of the duke of Burbon the erle Armynake the erle of Monford the lorde JohnÌ„ of Bolayne therle of Renell and dyuers other knyghtes who were there present by the coÌ„maundement of the kyng who was at his palays This coÌ„stable was beheeded for high treasons the which he coÌ„fessed to the duke of Athenes and to dyuers other he was buryed in the augustyâ—s in Parys without the walles of the church by the apoyntment of yâ— kyng for honour of the frendes of the sayd constable In the moneth of January â—olowynge Charles of Spayne to whom the kyng had gyuen the countie of Angolen was than made coÌ„stable of France The first day of Aprill next after the lorde Guy of Neell marshall of Fraunce fought in â—ayntou with dyuers englysshmen 〈◊〉 gascoyns and the sayde marshall and his men were there dysconfited the marshall taken prisoner and the lorde Wy 〈…〉 his brother yâ— lorde Arnolde Dandrehen dyuers other On good friday the .x. day of Aprill the yere of our lorde M. CCC .li. was presented a reed hatte to Gyles Rygalt of Roussy who was abbot of saynt Denyce and was made cardynall in the palais of Parys in the presence of the kyng by the bysshoppe of Laon Parys by authorite of a bull fro the pope the which hadde naâ— be acustomed ther before In sepreÌ„bre after the frenchmen recouered the towne of saynt JohnÌ„ Dangle the which theÌ„glysshmen had kept â—yue yere it was delyuerd vp by theÌ„glysshmen bycause they had nothyng to lyue by wout any maâ—eâ— of batayle in the moneth of Octobre was publyâ—â—hed yâ— fraternyte of the noble house of saynt Ouenâ—eâ— to Paris all suche as were bretherne ther bare a starre on his bonet and on his mantell before This yere was the grettest darth that any man than lyueng coude remeÌ„bre throughout all france for a ceptyer of whete was worthe at Parys viii .li. parisieâ— â–ª and a septier of otes at .lx. s. of parys for a busshell of pees .viii. s. other grenes there after In the same moneth of Octobre the same day that the fraternyte of saynt Owen was celebrate thenglysshmen toke the towne of Guynes for all the truse the same yer ther was a maryage made bytwene the constable
of france â–ª and the doughter of sir Charles â—e Bloys ¶ Howe the kyng of Nauer made sir Charles of Spaygne constable of France to be slayne Ca. C .liiii. IN the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lii. in the vygill of our lady in the myddes of august the lord Guy of Neell lorde of Oâ—femoÌ„t as than marshall of France in Bretayne was slayne in bataile the lorde of Briquebeke the Cathelayne of Beau wayes dyuers other nobles aswell of Bretayne as of other marches of France The .iiii. day of SepteÌ„bre shulde a fought in Parys the duke of Boâ—sme agayne the duke of Lancastre for certayne wordes that he shulde say of the duke of Boesme the which duke apealed hym in the court of FraÌ„ce These two dukes came into the felde all armed in a lystes made for yâ— sayd duke of Almayne chalenger and for the duke of Englande defender And though theÌ„glysshmen wer enemys to the french kyng and that thenglyssh duke came thyder vnder saue coÌ„duct to fight 〈◊〉 the defence of his honour yet the frenche kynge wold nat suffre them to fight for assone as they had made their othes in such case requysite and were on their horses redy with their speares in their handes Than the kyng toke on hym yâ— mater and dyd set them in acorde and gremeÌ„t the vi day of DeceÌ„bre folowyng pope Clement the vi dyed at Auygnon the .xi. yere of his poÌ„tiâ—icâ—te and the .xi. day of the same moneth about the hour of thre was chosen pope a cardynall of Lymosyn called by his tytle yâ— cardynall of Ostre but bycause he was bysshoppe of Cleremont he was called most coÌ„monly yâ— cardynall of Cleremont and whan he was chosen pope he was nâ— med InnoceÌ„t his owne proper name was Stephyn â—ubert yâ— yere of our lorde M .iii. C .liii. the .viii. day of January anone after yâ— brekynge of the day in the mornyng the kyng Charles of Nauer erle of Eureur caused to be slayne in the towne of the Egle in NormaÌ„dy in an hostre the lorde Charles of Spayne constable of FraÌ„ce in his bedde by certayne men of armes that he sent to do that dede and hymselfe abode with out the towne tyll they had done and retourned agayne to hym And as it was sayde with hym was the lorde PhilyppÌ„ of Nauer his brother the lorde Lovs of Harcourt the lorde Godfray of Hat court his vncle and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers aswell of Normandy as of Nauer Than the kynge of Nauer and his coÌ„pany went to the cyte of Deureur wherof he was erle and fortifyed the towne and with hym also ther was the lorde of Maule JohnÌ„ Maler lorde of Grauyll the lorde of â—â—morie of Mulent and dyuers other nobles of Normandy And thanÌ„e the kyng of Nauer went to the towne of Mant and he had sent dyuers letters into diuers gode townes of France howe that he had put to deth the constable for dyuers great trespaces by him coÌ„mytted and he sent the erle of Namure to the french kyng to Parys to excuse hym Than the kynge sende to Mant the cardynall of Bolayne the bysshoppe of Laon the duke of Burbon the erle of Uaudone other to treat with the kyng of Nauerr for though he had caused to dye the coÌ„stable of France yet he thought he shulde nat clene lese the fauour of the frenche kyng whose doughter he had maryed therfore he made request of pardon to the kyng It was thought in the realme of Fraunce that great warre shulde ense we bytwene these two kynges for the kyng of Nauer had made great assembles of men of warre in dyuers regions and fortifyed his townes castles finally there was agrement made bytwene these two kynges vpon certayne coÌ„dycions wherof part solo weth herafter That is to say the french kyng shall delyuer to the kyng of Nauer .xxxviii. M. â—i tornois of lande aswell for certeyn rent that the kyng of Nauer had out yerely of the tresur in Pares as vpon other laÌ„des that the frenche kyng ought to assigne hym by certeyne treatâ— grauÌ„ted long before bytwene their predecesso's bycause of the countie of ChaÌ„payne And also for the maryage of the kynge of Nauer for maryeng of the kyngâ— doughter at which maryage he was promysed great landes that is to say .xii. M. â—i of land also the kyng of Nauer wolde haue the couÌ„tie of BeamoÌ„t le Roger the land of Bretuell in NormaÌ„dy Conches and Dorbec the vycouÌ„t of PoÌ„theu by the see the bayllage of CoÌ„stantyne the which thynges were agreed vnto by the french kyng Howbeit the couÌ„tie of Beamont the landes of Conches Bertuell Dorbec parteyned to the lorde Philyp duke of OrleaÌ„ce brother to the french kyng who gaue hym other laÌ„des in recoÌ„pence therof Also it was agreed that the lordes of Harcourt and all his other alyes shuld holde of him for all their landes whersoeuer they were in France if they lyst orels nat also it was agreed yâ— he shuld holde styll all the sayd landes besyde theÌ„ that he helde before in parie and if he lyst to kepe his es cheker two tymes in the yere as nobly as euer dyd any duke of NormaÌ„dy also the french kynge to ê‘don the deth of the coÌ„stable and all suche as were coÌ„sentyng therto and to ê“myse by his oth neuer to do any hurt or daÌ„mage to any ê‘son for that occasion And also the kyng of Nauerr to haue a great somÌ„e of money of yâ— french kyng and ar the kyng of Nauer wolde coÌ„e to Parys he wolde haue in hostage the erle of Aniowe seconde son to the kyng Than he came to Pares with a great noÌ„bre of men of armes and the. iiii day of march he came into the ê‘lyament chaÌ„bre wher the kyng satte dyuers of the peres of the realme with him and his counsell ther was the cardynall of Bolayne ther the kyng of Nauer desyred the french kyng to ê‘don hym the deth of the coÌ„stable of France sayeng how he had gode cause so to do the which he offred ther to proue or els to be at the kynges pleasure And also he sayd and sware that he dyd it nat for no grudge to the kyng nor in dispyte of his offyce sayeng also howe ther was nothyng so greuous to him as to be in the dyspleasur with the kyng Than the lorde Jaques of Burbone as than constable by the kynges coÌ„maundement sette his handes on the kynge of Nauer and caused hym to go a backe out of the kyngâ— presâ—ns thaÌ„ quene Jane and quene Blanche suster to the kynge of Nauer the which Jane had ben wyfe to kyng Philyppe last deed came to the frenche kyng kneled downe and the lorde Reynold Detrey with them and he sayd my right redouted soueraygne lorde beholde here these two ladyes quenes Jane and Blanche Sir they vnderstande howe the kyng of Nauer is in your dyspleasur whereof they be sorie and requyre you
to forgyue hym your yuell wyll and by the grace of god he shall so bere hymselfe frohens forwarde that you and all the people of France shal be pleased with hym than the constable and the marshalles went agayne for the king of Nauer and so brought hym into the kynges presence and ther he stode bytwene the two quenes Than the cardynall sayd sir kyng of Nauer the kyng my maister is nat well coÌ„tent with you for the dede that ye haue done it nede nat to be rehersed for ye haue publysshed it yourselfe by youre owne writyng so that euery man doth knowe it ye ar so bounde to the kyng that ye ought nat thus to haue done ye be of his blode so nere as euery man knoweth that ye ought to holde of hym also ye haue wedded his doughter where fore your trespasse is the greatter Howe beit at the instaunce and loue of these ladyes the quenes who hath effectuously requyred for you and also the kyng thynketh that ye dyde it wtout great aduysement and by small counsayle therfore the kyng pardoneth you with good hert and wyll Than the two quenes and the kynge of Nauer kneled downe and thanked the kynge than the cardynall sayd agayne let euery man fro hensforthe beware though he be of the kynges lynage to do any suche lyke dede for surely though he be the kynges sonne if he do any suche to the leest offycer parteyning to the kyng he shall abyde the iustyce of the realme in that case than the court brake vp and so euery man departed The .xxi. day of Marche a knyght baneret of the lowe marchesse called sir Reynolde of Presigny lorde of Maraunt besyde Rochell was drawen and hanged on the gybette by iudgement of the parlyament and by the kynges couÌ„sayle the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .liiii. in the moneth of August The erle of Harcourt and sir Loyes his brother counsayled with the frenche kyng â–ª and as it was sayde they shewed the kyng all the mater of the dethe of the constable and in SepteÌ„bre the cardynall of Bolayne went to Auygnon some sayd the kyng was dyspleased with hym Howe be it the space of a yere that he had ben in France he was as preuy with the kynge as any other The same season there went out of the realme of France the lorde Robert de Lorris chaÌ„berlayne with the kyng and if the kyng had takyn hym in his yre some thought it shulde haue cost hym his lyfe bycause it was noysed that he had shewed to the kynge of Nauerre certayne secretes of the frenche kyng in like wyse as the lordes of Harecourt had shewed the kyng of Nauers secretes to the frenche kyng In the moneth of Nouembre the kyng of Nauer went out of Normandy without knowledge of the french kyng and sported hym in dyuers places tyll he came to Auygnon â–ª and in the same moneth the archebysshop of Rowan chanceler of Fraunce the duke of Burbone and dyuers other englysshe lordes wente to Auygnon to the pope to treat for a peace bytwene the kynges of England and of France And also the same moneth the frenche kyng went into Normandy to Cane and toke in his handes all the landes of the kynge of Nauers and set in his offycers in euery towne and castell except sixe that is to say Eareur Pontheu Chirburge Gaurey Auranges and Mortaygne these wolde nat yelde vp for ther were naueroys within theym that answered and sayd they wolde nat delyuer vp their townes castels but all onely to the kyng of Nauer their lorde who had sette them there In the moneth of January by saue conduct caÌ„e the lorde Robert de Lorris to the frenche kyng and was a .xv. dayes at Parys or he coude speke with the kyng and whan he had spoken with hym yet he was nat reconsyled at the full but returned agayne into Auygnon by the ordynance of the kynges counsell to be as one of them that were ther for the treaty bytwene Englande and France In the ende of February tidynges caÌ„e howe trewse was taken bytwene the sayde two kynges to endure to the feest â–ª of saynt JohnÌ„ Baptyst and in the mean tyme the pope to do what he myght to make a further peace And therfore he sende messangers to bothe kynges that they shulde sende further authorite by their embassadours to conclude on an other maner of peace The same moneth the frenche kyng made newe money of fyne golde called florence of the lambe for in the pyell there was grauyn a lambe .lii. of theym went to a marke weyght and after they were made the kynge made .xlviii. to goo for a marke weyght and the course of all other floreÌ„s was prohibyted The same moneth sir GraÌ„chet be Lore came to Parys to speke with the kynge as messanger fro the kyng of Nauer and he retourned agayne in February bare with hym a letter of saue coÌ„duct to the kyng of Nauer the same yere about lent came dyuers englysshmen nere to the towne of Nauntê in Bretayne and entred into the castell by scalyng a .lii. but sir Guy of Rochfort who was captayn was as than in the towne he dyd somoche with assaut that the same nyght he wanne the castell agayne and all thenglysshmen taken and slayne At Easter the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lv. kyng Johan of France sent into NormaÌ„dy his eldest son Charles dolphyn of Uienoys to be his lieutenaÌ„t ther and there he taryed all that somer and the men of the contre grauÌ„ted hym .iii. M. meÌ„ of armes tor thre mouethes Also in the moneth of august the kyng of Nauer came out of Nauer to the castell of Chierburge in Constantyne and with hym a .x. M. men of warr one and other Ther were dyuers treates coÌ„muned of bytwene the kyng of Nauer and the frenche kyng but suche as were in the castell of Eurur and Pontheau robbed pylled the countre all about And some of them came to the castell of Couches the whiche was as than in the french handes and wan it and newe fortifyed it many thynges dyde the nauereys agaynst the frenchmen finally the .ii. kynges were agreed Than the kyng of Nauer went to the castell of Uernell to the dolphyne he brought the kyng of Nauer to Parys and yâ— xxiiii day of SepteÌ„bre the kyng of Nauer and the dolphyn came to the frenche kyng to the castell of Lour Than the kyng of Nauerr made his reuerence and excused hymselfe honorably in that he departed out of the realme of France and also he sayd it was shewed hym how yâ— kynge shulde nat be well content with hym Than yâ— frenche kynge desyred hym to shewe what they were that had made that report than he answered that syth the deth of the coÌ„stable he had don nothyng agaynst the french kyng but as a true man ought to haue done Howe beit he desyred the french kyng to pardon euery thyng promysynge to be true
as he ought to be to his father chiefe lorde thanÌ„e the duke of Athenes sayde in kynges behalfe the kynge doth pardon hym all thynges with a good hert ¶ Of an inposycion and gabell ordayned in Fraunce by the thre estates for the feates of the warres Cap. C .lv. ALso in the yere of oure lorde M. CCC .lv. in yâ— moneth of Octobre the prince of Wales eldest son to the kyng of England went into Gascoyne and went nere to Tholouz and so paste the ryuer of Garon went into Cracassone and brent the borowe but the cytie was well defended And fro thens he went to Narbon breÌ„nyng and exilynge the contrey and in the moneth of Nouembre he retourned to Burdeur with great pyllage and many prisoners for no man resysted hym And yet in the contrey was therle of Armynake lieutenant to the french kyng in Langnedocke and also the lorde of Foitz the lorde Janques of Burbon the lorde of Pontheu the coÌ„stable of France and the lorde JohnÌ„ of Cleremont marshall of Fraunce and a farre gretter company than the prince had the same yere in the ende of Octobre the kyng of England caÌ„e to Calys and he rode with a great hoost to Hedyn brake the parke ther and brent the house within about the ê‘ke but he entred nat into the town nor castell And the frenche kyng who had made his assemble at the cytie of Amyens heryng of the kyng of Englande rode towarde hym but the kyng of England was returnyng to Calys and the french kyng folowed hym tyll he came to saynt Omers And than he send his marshall Dauthayne dyuers other to the kyng of England offeryng to fight body to body or power to pouer what day soeuer he wold apoynt but yâ— kyng of England refused that batayle so retourned agayn into England and the frenche kyng to Parys The same yere about the feest of saynt Andrue there was assembled at Pares by the kynges coÌ„mauÌ„ment the prelates of France the barownes and the counsayls of the good townes And ther the chanceler of France in the ê‘lyament chambre resyted the state of the warres of France desyring them thervpon to take aduyce what ayd might be gyuen to the kyng to mentayne defende the sayd warres and also he sayde it is come to the kynges knowledge howe that his subgettes ar sore greued by reason of the mutacyon of yâ— moneys Therfore the kyng offereth to make gode money durable so yâ— they wolde graunt hym sufficient ayde to meÌ„tayne his warres they answered that is to say the clergy by the mouth of the archbysshop of Reyns the nobles by yâ— duke of Athenes and the good townes by the mouth of Stephyn Martell prouost of the marchantê of Parys All they sayde they were redy to lyue and dye with the kynge put their bodyes and goodes into his seruyce requyring to haue deliberacyon to speke togyder the which was grauÌ„ted theÌ„ The same yere the vigyll of the coÌ„cepcion of our lady the kyng gaue the duchy of Normandy to Charles dolphyn of Uienoys his eldest son and the next day he made his homage After the delyberacyon taken by the thre estates they answered to the kyng in the ê‘lyament chaÌ„bre by the mouthes of the sayde thre ê‘sons howe they wolde fynde hym for one yer xxx M. men at their costê charge the finaÌ„ce to pay the wagê of so many men of warre was estemed to .l. M. 〈◊〉 parisienÌ„ the thre estatê ordenid this somÌ„e to be leuyed of euery ê‘son of euery estate meÌ„ of yâ— nobles and other euery man .viii. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of euery pounde and that the gabell of salt shulde ron through the realme but bycause they were nat in certayne of this inposicyon â–ª â—abell shuld suffyce Therfore it was ordayned that the thre states shulde retourne agayne to Parys to se knowe if this inposicyon wâ—lde serue or no the first day of March at the which day thyder agayne they came all except certayne of yâ— great townes of Picardy and Normandy and some nobles of the same such as were at the inposicion makyng came thyder they founde that the first graunt wolde nat suffyce to reysâ— the sayde some Wherfore they ordayned a newe subseâ—y that is to say that euery person of the blode royall or otherwyse clerke lay relygious or relygions except and nat except householders curates of churches hauyng rentes or reuenewes offices or admnystracyon women wydowes chyldren maryed or natte maryed hauyng any thynge of their owne or in any others kepynge none age or admynistracion And all other of euery estate authorite or priuylege that they aâ—â— thaÌ„ vsed or haue vsed in tyme past if it be C. 〈◊〉 of reuenues or vnder if it befor terme of lyse in herytage in plege or by meanes of office or peÌ„cion duryng lyfe or at wyll shall pay to hiss ayde subsidy of euery .iiii. 〈◊〉 .xl. souces And of .x. 〈◊〉 of reuenues or aboue .xx. souces labourers and workemen lyueng by their labour shall pay .x. souces seruantes prentyses lyueng by their seruyces takyng C. s. by yere or more shall in likewyse pay .x. s. taking these moneys after yâ— rate of Parys money in that countre and at Courney for the money currant in that partes And if seruantes haue nat by yere but. C. ss 〈◊〉 they shall pay nothing wourthey haue goodê after the rate than shall they pay as other do and also beggers monkes and cloystereus without offyce or admynistracyon nor chyldren beynge in warde vnder the age of .xv. yere hauyng nothyng in their handes nor noones hauynge no reuenewes aboue .x. 〈◊〉 shall pay nothynge nor also women maryed because their husbandes payeth for the value of their husbandess shal be rekened aswell for that they haue by their wife 's as of their owne And as for clerkess and men of the church prelatâ— abbottes prâ—ours chanons curates and other as is beforesayde if they be worthe aboue C. 〈◊〉 in reuenewes by yere in beneficâ— of the church or patrimony or yâ— one with the other to the somÌ„e of .v. M. 〈◊〉 they shall pay iiii 〈◊〉 for the first C. 〈◊〉 and for euery C. 〈◊〉 after tyll ye come to the somÌ„e of .v. M. 〈◊〉 .xl. ss nor they shall pay nothyng for that they may speâ—â—e aboue .v. M. 〈◊〉 nor for their mouaâ—lâ—◠〈◊〉 〈◊〉 value of their benefyces shal be estemed after the rate of their dymes whan that is pay 〈…〉 〈◊〉 out any excepcion or priuyledge And as for noble men men of yâ— good townes that may spâ—â—de aboue the somÌ„e of C. 〈◊〉 in reuenewes 〈…〉 pay tyll they come to the somÌ„e of .v. M. 〈◊〉 for euery C .xl. s. besyde .iiii. 〈◊〉 of yâ— first C. 〈◊〉 Aâ—d the men of the gode townes insemblable maner tyll they come to M. 〈◊〉 of reuenues and as for the mouables of the noble men that haue naâ— C. 〈◊〉 of reuenewes their mouables shal be estemed and rekenyd
it was ordayned that the bataylles of alwayns shulde abyde styll on horsebacke to confort the marshalles if nede were wherof the erle of Salesbruce the erle of Neydo and the erle of Nosco were capitayns kynge Johan of France was there armed and .xx. other in his apayrell and he dyd put the gyding of his eldest sonne to the lorde of saynt Uenant the lorde of Landas and the lorde Thybault of Bodenay and the lorde Reynolde of Quenoll called the archepreest was armed in the armoure of the yongerle of Alanson ¶ Howe the cardynall of Dyergourt treated to make agremeÌ„t bytwene the frenche kyng and the prince before the batell of Poycters Cap. C .lxi. WHan the frenche kyngê batayls was ordred and euery lorde vnder his banner among their owne men than it was coÌ„maunded that euery man shulde cutte their speres to a fyue fote long and euery man to put of their spurres Thus as they were redy to aproche the cardinall of Piergort came in great hast to the king he came the same mornynge from Poycters he kneled downe to the kyng and helde vp his handes and desyred hym for goddessake a lytell to absteyne settynge forwarde tyll he had spoken with hym than he sayde sir ye haue here all the floure of your realme agaynst a handfull of englysshmen as to regarde your company and sir if ye may haue them acorded to you without batayle it shal be more profitable and honourable to haue theym by that maner rather than to adueÌ„ture so noble chiualry as ye haue here present sir I requyre you in the name of god and humylyte yâ— I may ryde to the prince and shewe hym what danger ye haue hym in The kynge sayd it pleaseth me well but retourne agayne shortely the cardynall deê‘ted and dilygently he rode to the prince who was among his men a fote than the cardynall a lyghted and came to the prince who receyued hym curtessy Than the cardynall after his salutacyon made he sayde certaynly fayre son if you and your counsayle aduyse iustely the puyssaunce of the frenche kynge ye woll suffre me to treat to make a peace bytwene you I may the prince who was yong and lusty sayd sir the honour of me and of my people saued I wolde gladly fall to any reasonable way than the cardynall sayd sir ye say well and I shall acorde you and I can for it shulde be great pytie yf so many noble men and other as be here on bothe parties shulde come togyder by batayle Than the cardynall rode agayne to the kyng sayd sir ye nede nat to make any great haste to fyght with your ennemyes for they canne nat slye fro you though they wolde they be in suche a grouÌ„d wherfore sir I requyre you forbere for this day tyll to morowe the son rysinge The kynge was lothe to agree therto forsome of his counsayle wolde nat coÌ„sent to it but finally the cardynall the wed such reasons that the kyng acorded that respyt and in the same place there was pyght vp a 〈…〉 yon of reed sylke fresshe and rych and gaue leaue for that day euery man to drawe to their lodgynges except the constables and marshalleâ— batayls That sonday all the day the car 〈◊〉 〈…〉 yled in ridynge fro the one hoost to the other gladly to agree them but the frenche kynge wolde nat agree without he myght haue foure of the princy â—â—llest of the englysshmen at his pleasure and the prince and all the other to yelde themselfe simply howe beit ther were many great offers made The prince offred to rendre into the kynges handes all that euer he had wonne in that voyage townes and castels and to quyte all prisoners that he or any of his men had taken in that season And also to swere nat to be armed agaynst the frenche kyng in seuyn yere after but the kyng and his counsayle wold none therof the vttermast that he wold do was that the prince and a. C. of his knyghtes shulde yelde theym selfe into the kynges prison otherwyse he wolde nat the whiche the prince wolde 〈◊〉 wyse agre vnto In the meane season that the cardynall rode thus bytwene the hoostes in trust to do some good certayne knightê of FraÌ„ce and of Englande bothe rode forthe the same sonday bycause it was truse for that day to cost the hoostes and to beholde the dealyng of their enemyes so it fortuned that the lorde JohnÌ„ CaÌ„dos rode the same day coostyng the french host and in like maner the lorde of Cleremont one of the trenche marshalles had ryden for the and auiewed the state of the englysshe hoost and as these two knyghtes retourned towardes their hoostes they mette togyder eche of theym bare ouâ— maner of deuyee a blewe lady enbraudred 〈◊〉 a 〈◊〉 beame aboue on their apayrell Than the lorde Cleremont sayd Chandos howe long haue ye taken on yo u to bere my deuyce nay ye bere myâ—â— sayd Chandos for it is aswell myne as pours I deny that sayd Cleremont but and 〈◊〉 were nat for the truse this day bytwene vs I shulde make it good on you incontynent that ye haue no right to bere my deuyce I sir sayd CaÌ„dos ye shall fynde me to morowe redy to defend you and to proue by feate of armes that it is as well myne as yours than Cleremont sayd CaÌ„dos these be well the wordê of you englysshmen forye can deuyce nothyng of newe but all that yese is good and fayre So they departed with out any more doyng and eche of them returned to their hoost the cardynall of Pyergort coude in no wyse that sonday make any agrement bytwene the parties and whan it was nere nyght he returned to Poicters That night the frenchmen toke their ease they had prouision ynough and the englysshmen had great defaut they coude get no forage nor they coude nat depart these without danger of their ennemyes That sonday thenglysshmen made great dykes and hedges about their archers to be the more stronger and on the monday in the mornynge the prince and his company were redy apayrelled as they were before and about the sonne rysing in lyke maner were the frenchmen The same morning be tymes the cardynall came agayne to the frenche hoost and thought by his preachyng to pacify the parties but than the frenchmen sayd to hym retourne whyderye woll bringe hyder no mo wordes of treaty nor peace and ye loue yor selfe depart shortely Whan the cardynall sawe that he traueyled in vayne he toke leaue of the kyng and than he went to the prince and sayd sir do what ye canne their is no remedy but to a byde the batayle for I can fynde none acorde in the frenche kyng Than the prince sayd the same is our entent and all our people god helpe the right so the cardynall retourned to Poycters In his company there were certayne knyghtes and squyers men of armes who were more fauourable to the frenche kyng than to
feldes of Beaumont and Malpertnes was right great and peryllous and many dedes of armes there was done the which all came nat to knowlege The fyghters on bothe parties endured moche payne kyng JohnÌ„ with his owne handes hyd that day maruels in armes he had an axe in his haÌ„des wherwith he defended hymselfe fought in the brekynge of the prease nere to the kynge ther was taken the erle of Tankernyll sir Jaques of Burbon erle of Ponthieu and the lorde Johan of Arthoyes erle of Ewe And a lytell aboue that vnder the baner of the Captall of buâ— was taken sir Charles of Arthoys and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers the chase endured to the gates of Poiters ther were many slayne and beaten downe horse man for they of Poyters closed their gates and wolde sussre noue to entre wherfore in the stretebefore the gate was horrible murdre men hurt beaten downe the frenchemen yelded themselfe as farre of as they might know an englysshmaÌ„ ther were byuers â—glysshe archers yâ— had .iiii. v. or vi prisoners yâ— lorde of Pous a gret baron of Poiton was ther slayne and many other knyghtes and squyers And ther was taken therle of Rochuart yâ— lorde of DaÌ„nauemeÌ„t the lorde of Pertney of Xaynton the lorde of Montendre the lorde JohnÌ„ of Sayntre but he was so sore hurt that he had neuer helth after he was repured for one of yâ— best knightê in France And ther was left for deed among other deed men the lorde Rychard Dangle who fought that day by the kyng right valyaÌ„t ly so dyd the lorde of Charny on whom was great prease bycause he bare yâ— souerayne baner of the kyngê his owne bauer was also in yâ— felde the which was of goules thre scochyns syluer So many englysshmen gascons came to that part yâ— perforce they opyned the kynges batell so that the frenchmen were so mengled amonge their ennemyes that somtyme there was fyue men vpon one geÌ„tylman ther was taken yâ— lord of PoÌ„padour the lorde Bartylmewe de Brunes and ther was slayne sir Gestray of Charny with the kynges baner in his handes Also yâ— lorde Reynold CobhmÌ„ slewe therle of DaÌ„martyn than ther was a great prease to take yâ— kynge such as knewe hym cryed ser yelde you or els ye ar but deed Ther was a knyght of saynt Omers retayned in wages with the kyng of England called ser Denyce Morbecke who had serued the englysshmen .v. yere before bycause in his youth he had forfayted the realme of France for a murdre that he dyd at saynt Omers It happenyd so well for hym yâ— he was next to the kynge whan they were about to take hym he stepte forthe into the prease and by strength of his body and armes he came to the frenche kyng and sayd in gode frenche sir yelde you the kyng be helde the knyght sayde to whom shall I yelde me Where is my cosyn the prince of Wales yf I myght se hym I wolde speke with hym Denyce auswered and sayd sir he is nat here but yelde you to me and I shall bringe you to hym who be you ê™ the kynge sir ê™he I am Denyce of Morbecke a knyght of Arthops but I serue the kyng of Englande bycause I am banysshed the realme of Fraunce and I haue forfaytedde all that I had there Than the kynge gaue hym his ryght gauntlet sayeng I yelde me to you there was a great prease about the kynge foreuery man entorsed hym to say I haue taken him so that the kyng coude nat go forward with his yonge sonne the lorde Philyppe with hym bycause of yâ— prease The price of Wales who was coragious cruell as a lyon toke that day great pleasure to fight and to chase his ennemyes the lorde JohnÌ„ Chandos who was with hym of all that day neuer left hym nor neuer toke hede of takynge of any prisoner Than at the ende of the batayle he sayde to the prince sir it were good that you rested her and sette your baner a high in this busshe that your people may drawe hyder for they be sore spredde a brode nor I canse no mo baners nor penons of the frenche partie wherfore sir rest and refresshe you for ye be sore chafed Than the princes baner was sette vppÌ„ a hygh ou a busshe and trumpettes and clarions began to sowne than the prince dyd of his basenet and the knyghtes for his body and they of his chambre were redy aboute hym and a reed pauilyou pyght vppÌ„ and than drinke was brought forthe to the prince and for suche lordes as were aboute hym the which styll encreased as they came fro the chase ther they taryed their prisoners with theym And whan the two marshalles were come to the prince he demaunded of them if they knewe any tidynges of the frenche kyng they answered and sayde sir we here none of certenty but we thike verily he is other deed or taken for he is nat gone out of yâ— batels Than the prince sayd to therle of warwyke to sir Reynolde Cobham sirs I requyre you god forthe and se what ye can knowe that at your retourne ye may shewe me the trauth These two lordes toke their horses and departed fro yâ— prince and rode vp a lytell hyll to loke about them than they parceyued a flocke of men of armes coÌ„mynge togyder right werely There was the frenche kyng a fote in great parell for englysshmen and gascoyns were his maisters they had taken hym fro ser Denyce Morbecke ê‘fore and suche as were moost of force sayd I haue taken hym nay ê™ another I haue taken hym so they straue which shulde haue him Than the french kyng to eschue that peryll sayd sirs stryue nat lede me courtesly and my sonne to my cosyn the prince and stryue nat for my takynge for I am so great a lorde to make you all riche the kyngê wordes somwhat a peased them howe beit euer as they went they made ryot and brauled for the takyng of the kyng Whan the two foresayd lordes sawe and herde that noyse and stryfe amoÌ„g them they came to them and sayd sirs what is the mater that ye stryue for sirs sayd one of theÌ„ it is for the frenche kyng who is here taken prisoner and there be mo than .x. knyghtes squyers that chalengeth the takynge of hym and of his sonne thanÌ„e the two lordes entred into the prease and caused euery man to drawe a backe and commaunded them in the princes name on peyne of their heedes to make no more noise nor to aproche the kyng no nerer without they were coÌ„maunded ThanÌ„e euery man gaue rowme to the lordes and they a lyghted and dyd their reuereÌ„te to the kyng and so brought hym and his son in peace and rest to the prince of Wales ¶ Of the gyft that the prince gaue to the lorde Audeley after the batell of Poycters Ca. C .lxv. ASsone as therle of War wyke
and sayd howe he wolde ryde and loke oâ— the frenchmen And so departed 〈◊〉 saynt Sauyour le 〈◊〉 he had about a seuyn huÌ„dred men onâ— and other the same day the frenchmen 〈◊〉 forth and 〈◊〉 before them their curr 〈…〉 who brought them worde agayne that they had sene the naueroyse Also sir Godfray had sende 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 who had also well a viewed the frenchmen and sawe their baners and penons and what nombre they were And 〈◊〉 and she 〈◊〉 it to sir Godfray who sayd syth we sâ— ou 〈…〉 we woll fight with theym Than he sette his archers before and sette his company in good order And whan sir Loys of Rauenalt◠〈◊〉 th 〈…〉 demeanour he caused his company in a lyght a fote and to â—aues 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 freÌ„chmen 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 〈◊〉 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 baâ—er before them Than the frenche archers began to 〈◊〉 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 foâ—e fyght Whan they mette hande to hande and sir Godfrayes fotemen kept none aray but were soone discoÌ„fyteo Than sir Godfray sagely withâ—rue hymselfe downe into a wyng closed with 〈◊〉 whan the freÌ„chmen sawe that they all a lyghted a fote and deuysed which way they might 〈◊〉 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 〈◊〉 de entre at their pleasure finally they entred than there was a sore fyght and many a man ouerthrowen And sir Godfrayes men kepte 〈◊〉 good aray nor dyd nat as they had promysed moost part of theym â—â—eâ—de whan sir Godfray sawe that he sayd to himself howe he had ratheâ— there 〈…〉 than to he â—aken by the freÌ„chmen than he toke his are in his handes and set 〈◊〉 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 〈…〉 than two frenchmen mounted on their horses 〈◊〉 ranne bothe with their speares a tones at hym and so bare hym to the yerth than other yâ— were a fote â—ame with their swâ—rdes 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 〈◊〉 ped retourned to saynt Sauyour the Uycount This was about the feest of saynt Martyne 〈◊〉 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 freÌ„chmen retourned to CoÌ„stances 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 〈…〉 and all the lordes pertayning to sir Godfray of Harcourt for he had solde it to the kyng of England after his dyscease and disheryâ—ed yâ— lorde Loys of Harcort his nephue by cause he wolde nat take his parâ— Issone as the kyng of EnglaÌ„de herde tidynges of the dethe of the lorde Godfray of Harcort he was sorie therof ThaÌ„ he sent incoÌ„tynent men of armes knyghtes sâ—uyers archers mo than CCC by see to go and take possessyon for hym of saynt Sauyour le UycoÌ„t 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 coÌ„mauÌ„ded the lorde â—albert the lorde of Musydent the lorde de 〈◊〉 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 huÌ„dred 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 coÌ„mynge 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 coÌ„panyes 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 ê“cured 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
the duchy of Bretayne Anone after the french kyng was remoued fro the Sauoy to the castell of wyndsore and all his house holde and went a huntyng and a haukyng ther about it his pleasur and the lorde Philypp his son with hym and all the other prisoners abode styll at London and went to se the kyng at their pleasure and were receyued all onely on their faythes ¶ Howe the kyng of Scottes was delyuered out of prison Cap. C .lxxiiii. YE haue herde here before howe kyng Dauyd of Scotlande was taken was prisoner in Englande more than .ix. yere And anone after the truse was concluded bytwene Englande and Fraunce the two foresayd cardynals with the bysshoppe of saynt Andrewes in Scotlande fell in treaty for the delyuerance of the kyng of Scottê The treaty was in suche maner that the kyng of Scotes shulde neuer after arme hymselfe agaynst the kyng of Englande in his realme nor counsayle nor consent to any of his subgetes to arme them nor to greue nor make warre agaynst England And also the kyng of Scottes after his retourne into his realme shulde put to all his payne and dilygence that his men shulde agre that the realme of Scotland shuld holde in fee and do homage to the kyng of England And if the realme wolde nat agree thereto yet the kynge of Scottes to swere solemply to kepe good peace with the kyng of Englande and to bynde hymselfe and his realme to pay within .x. yere after fyue hundred thousande nobuls and at the somonyng of the kyng of England to sende gode pleges and hostages as the erle of Duglas therle of Morette the erle of Mare the erle of Surlant the erle of Fye the baron of Uersey and sir Wyllyam of Caumoyse And all these to abyde in Englande as prisoners and hostagers for the kyng their lorde vnto the tyme that the sayd paymeÌ„t of money be full content and payed Of this ordynaunce and bondes there were made instrumentes publykes and letters patentes sayled by bothe kynges And than the kyng of Scottê deê‘ted and went into his realme and his wyfe quene Isabell suster to the kynge of Englande with hym and he was honourably receyued in his realme and he went and lay at saynt Johsis towne on the ryuer of Try tyll his castell of Edenborough was newe prepared ¶ Howe the duke of Lancaster layed siege to Reynes Cap. C .lxxv. ABoute the myddes of May in the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .lvii. the duke of Lacastre made in Breten a great army of englysshmen of bretons in the ayde of the countesse of Moutfort and or ner yonge sonne they were in nombre a thousande men of armes well aparelled and .v. hundred of other with archers And they departed on a day fro Hanybout and went forthe breÌ„nyng and exilyng the contrey of Bretayne and so came before the good cyte of Reynes and layed siege therto and made many assautes and lytell good dyde for within was the Uycount of Rowan the lorde dela wall sir Charles of Dignen and dyuers other And also there was a yong bachelar called Bertraude of â—lesquyne who duryng the siege fought with an englyssh man called sir Nycholas Dagorne and that batayle was takenÌ„e thre courses with a speare thre strokes with an are and thre with a dagger And eche of these knyghtes bare themselfe so valyantly that they departed fro the felde wtout any damage and they were well regarded bothe of theym within and they without The same season the lorde Charles de Bloyes was in the countrey and pursewed sore the regent of Fraunce desyring hym to sende men of warr to reyse the siege at Reynes but the regent had suche busynes with the maters of the realme that he dydde nothynge in that cause So the siege lay styll before Reynes ¶ How a knyght of the county of Eureuse called sir wyllyam of Granuyll wan the cytie and castell of Eureux the which as than was french for the frenche kyng had won it fro the Naaeroys as ye haue herde before Capitulo C. lxxvi A knight named the lorde of Granuyll ê‘tayning to the kyng of Nauer bothe by fayth and othe gretly it displeased hym the preseÌ„tmeÌ„t of the kyng of Nauerre and also it was right dysplesant to some of the burgesses of Eureur but they coude nat amende it bycause the castell was their enemy This lorde dwelt a two leages fro the cyte and osten tymes he resorted to the cite to a burges house that in tyme before euer loued well the kyng of Nauer WhaÌ„ this lorde came to this burgesse house he wolde eate drinke with hym and speke and coÌ„men of many maters specially of the kyng of Nauer and of his takyng wherwith they wer nothing coÌ„tent And on a tyme this lorde sayd to the burges if ye woll agre with me Ishal on a day wyn agayne this cyte bourge castell to the behofe of the kyng of Nauer howe may that be sayd yâ— burges for the captayn of the castell is so gode a freÌ„chman that he woll neuer agre therto with out the castell ye can do nothynge for the castell ouer maistreth the cytie Well ê™ the lorde Wyllyam Ishall she we you first it behoueth that ye gette of your acorde thre or foure other burgesses and prouyde redy in your houses certayne men well armed and Ishall warraÌ„t you on my peryll that ye shall entre into the castell without â—anger by asubtyltie that I wyll coÌ„pase This burgesse dyde somoche in a briefe tyme that he dyd gette a hundred burgesses of his opinyon This lorde of Granuyll came in and out into yâ— cyte at his pleasure without any suspectyon for he was neuer in harnes with sir Philyp of Nauerre in no iourney that he made bycause his lande lay nere to the cytie of Eureur And also the frenche kyng whan he wan the cytie he caused all the landes there aboute to be bounde to hym els he wolde haue taken them to his owne vse So the freuche kyng had the countrey but the hertes of the people were styll naueroyse also if kyng JohnÌ„ had ben in Fraunce as he was in Englande he durst nat haue done as he dyd but he thought yâ— maters of France were insore trouble and also ê‘ceyued howe the thre estates wer well mynded to the delyueraÌ„ce of the kyng of Nauer And whan he saw all his mater redy 〈◊〉 well forward that the burgesses of his opynyon were well aduysed what they shulde do he armed hymselfe with secrete armour dyd on a â—â—opp aboue a cloke aboue that and vnder his arme he bare a short batell axe with hym went a varlet who was â—riuy to his mynd And so he came walkyng before the castell gate as he had often tymes done before he walked vp downe so often that at last the capitayne came downe and opyned the wycket as he was wont to do and stode and loked about hym 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 WhanÌ„e 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 thanÌ„e the lorde Wyllyam went to the first gate and opyned hit WhanÌ„e the watche man of the castell herde the horne he had great marueyle for ther was a coÌ„mauÌ„dement 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 incoÌ„tynent 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 coÌ„panions 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 comoÌ„ly 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 freÌ„che 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 coÌ„pany 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 coÌ„panyons 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 Isyâ—â—es 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 crâ—wnes 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 ordynaÌ„ce of the thre estates and so gaue vp their rule and suffred the prouost of the marchantes to me dyll with some of the burgesses of Parys bycause they medled farther thanÌ„e they were pleased withall So on a day the regent of Fraunce was in the palays of Parys with many noblemen and prelates with hym The prouost than assembled a great nombre of commons of Parys suche as were of his opynion and all they ware hattes of one colour to thnetent to be knowen The prouost came to the palays with his men about hym and entred into the dukes chaÌ„bre and ther egerly he desyred hym that he wolde take on hym the medlyng of the busynesse of the realme of France that the realme the which pertayned to hym by enherytance might be better kept and that suche companyons as goeth about the realme wastyng robbyng and pyllinge the same myght be subdued The duke answered howe he wolde gladly entende therto yf he had wherwith and said they that receyue the profet and the rightes pertayning to the realme ought to do it yf it be done or nat I report me So they multiplyed suche wordes bytwene theÌ„ that thre of the greattest of the dukes counsayle were ther slayne so nere hym that his clothes were all blody with their blode and he himselfe in great peryll but there was sette one of their hattes on his heed and he was fayne there to ê‘don the deth of his thre knyghtes two of armes and the thyrd of the lawe the one called yâ— lorde Robert of Cleremont a ryght noble man another the lorde of CoÌ„flans and the knyght of the lawe the lorde Symonde of Bucy ¶ Howe the kyng of Nauer came out of prison Cap. C .lxxx. AFter this forsayd auen ture certayne knyghtes as yâ— lorde JohnÌ„ of Pequigny other vnder the comfort of yâ— prouost of Parys and of other counsaylours of yâ— good townes caÌ„e to the stronge castell of Alleres in Paylleull in Picardy where the kyng of Nauer was in prison vnder the kepynge of the lorde Trystram du Boyse They brought to theym that kept the castell suche tokens that they had the king of Nauer delyuerd into their haÌ„des for the captayn was nat as thaÌ„ there And they brought hym with great ioye into the cytie of Amyense where he was well receyued and lyghted at a chanons house who loued hym entierly called Guy Kyrrecke And yâ— kyng taryed there a fyftene dayes tyll he had so prouyded for hymselfe yâ— he was assured of the duke of Normandy than regent of France for the prouost of the marchantes of Parys hadde gette hym his peace of the duke and of them of Parys And than the kyng of Nauer was brought to Parys by the lorde JohnÌ„ of Pequigny and by other burgesses of Amyense wher as euery man was gladde to se hym and the duke made hym great feest and chere for it behaued hym so to do For the prouost and his sect exhorted hym therto therfore the duke dissembled for the pleasur of the prouost and other of Parys ¶ Howe the kyng of Nauerre preched solemply in Parys Cap. C .lxxxi. WHan the kynge of Nauer had bene a certayne tyme in Parys on a day he assembled togyder prelates knightes and clerkes of the vnyuersite And ther he shewed openly among them in latyn in yâ— presence of the duke of NormaÌ„dy his coÌ„playnt and greffes and vyolence done to hym wrongfully without right or reason And sayde howe there was none that ought to dout in hym but that he wolde lyue and dye in the defence of the realme of Fraunce and the crowne therof as he was bounde to do for he was extraught of father and mother of the right lygne of Fraunce And sayde if he wolde chalenge the realme and crowne of Fraunce he coulde shewe by ryght howe he was more nerer therto than the kynge of Englande His sermon and langage was so pleasant that he was greatly praysed and so lytell and lytell he entred into the fauour of them of Parys so that he was better beloued there than the regent the duke of NormaÌ„dy and also with dyuers other cites in the realme of France But what soeuer semblant the prouost they of Parys made to the kyng of Nauer for all that the lorde Philyppe of Nauer wolde neuer trust theÌ„ nor wolde nat come to Parys for he alwayes sayd that in a comynalte ther was neuer no certentie but finally shame rebuke dyshonour ¶ Of the beginnyng of the rysing of the commons called Jaquere in Beauuosyn Cap. C .lxxxii. ANone after the delyueraunce of the kyng of Nauer ther began a meruelouse trybulacion in the realme of FraÌ„ce as in Beauuosyn in Bry on the ryuer of Marne in Leamoys and about Seossons for certayne people of the common vyllages without any heed or ruler assembled togyder in Beauuosyn In the beginnyng they past nat a hundred in nombre they sayd howe the noble men of the realme of Fraunce knyghtes and squyers shamed the realme and that it shulde be a great welth to dystroy them all and eche of them sayd it was true and said all with one voyce shame haue he that dothe nat his power to distroy all the geÌ„tylmen of the realme Thus they gathered togyder wtout any other counsayle without any armureâ— sauyng with staues and knyues and so went to the house of a knyght dwellyng therby brake vp his house and slewe the knyght and the lady and all his chyldren great and small and brent his house And than they went to another castel and toke the knight therof and bounde hym fall to a stake and than vyolated his wyfe and his doughter before his face and than slewe the 〈…〉 dy and his doughter and all his other chyldren And than slewe the knyght by great tourment and brent beate downe the castell and so they dyd to dyuers other castelles and good houses and they multiplyed so that they were a six thousand and euer as they went forwarde they encreased for suche lyke as they were fell euer to theÌ„ So that euery gentylman fledde fro them and tooke their wyues and chyldren with them and fledde .x. or .xx. leages of to be in suretie and left their houses voyde and their goodes therin These myscheuous peple thus assembled without capitayne or armoure robbed brent and slewe all gentylmen that they coude lay handes on and forced and rauysshed ladyes and damosels and dyd suche shamefull dedes that no humayne creature ought to thynke on any suche And he that dyd moost
hymselfe so on a day he caused to be armed a .xii. hundred and so yssued out than they herde howe the englysshmen that made theÌ„ warre were about saynt Clude Than they departed them into two companyes to the entent that their ennemyes shulde nat scape them and poynted to mete togyder at a certayne place besyde saynt Clude So they went by two wayes the one partie went all day about Mount Marter and coude nat fynde their enemyes and the prouost who had the lesse part about noone returned and entred into Parys at the gate saynt Martyne and had done nothynge The other company who knewe nat of the prouostes returnyng taryed styll in the feldes tyll it was to wardes night ThanÌ„e they retourned homewarde without array or good order for they thought than to haue no trouble and so they went weryly by heapes some bare his salette in his hande some on his backe some drewe their swerdes after them naked and some in the shethes They toke their way to entre into Parys by the gate saynt Honoure and sodenly as they went they founde thenglysshmen in a lowe way they were a foure hundred well apoynted Whan they saw the frenchmen they sette on them and at the first metyng they beate downe mo than two huÌ„dred than the freÌ„chmen fledde and were beate downe lyke beestes Ther were slayne in that chase mo than sixe hundred and they were pursued to the barryers of Parys of this aduenture the prouost was greatly blamed of the commons they sayd howe he had betrayed them The next day in the mornynge the frendes of them that were slayne yssued out of Parys to seke the deed bodyes to bury them and the englysshmen hadde made abusshment and there agayne they slewe hurt mo than sixscore Thus in this myschiefe and trouble were they of Parys they wyst nat of whom to beware they were night and day in great feare also the kyng of Nauerre began to waxe colde in aydinge of theÌ„ bycause of yâ— peace that he had sworne to the duke of Normandy And also for the outrage that they of Paris had done to thenglysshe soudyers wherfore he well consented that they shulde be chastysed also the duke of Normandy dyd suffre it bycause the ê“ uost of the marchantes had yâ— gouernyng of the cytie The prouost and his sect were natte all in suretie for the coÌ„mons spake shamefully of theÌ„ as they were enfourmed ¶ Of the dethe of the prouost of the marchauntes of Parys Cap. C .lxxxvii. THe prouost and his sect had among themself dyuers counsaylles secretly to know howe they shulde mayntene theÌ„selfe for they coude fynde by no meanes any mercy in the duke of Normandy for he sende worde generally to all the commens of Parys that he wolde kepe with them no lenger peace without he had delyuerd into his handes twelfe of Parys suche as he wolde chose to do with them his pleasure The which thyng gretly abasshed the prouost and his company finally they sawe well that it were better for them to saue their lyues goodes and frendes ratherr than to be distroyed And that it were better for theym to slee thanÌ„e to be slayne than secreatly they treated with thenglysshmen such as made warre agaynst Parys And they agreed bytwene theym that the prouost and his sect shulde be at the gate saynt Honoure and at the gate saynt Anthoyne at the houre of mydnight and to lette in the englysshmen and naueroyse prouyded redy to ouerr ronne the cytie and to dystroy and robbe it clene Ercept suche houses as hadde certayne signes lymyted among theym and in all other houses without suche tokens to slee menne womenne and chyldren The same nyght that this shulde haue been done god enspyred certayne burgesses of the cytie suche as alwayes were of the dukes partie as Johanne Mayllart and Symonde his brother and dyuers other Who by dyuyne inspyracion as hit ought to be supposedde were enfourmed that Parys shulde be that nyght distroyed They incontynent armed theym and shewed the mater in other places to haue more ayde and a lytell before mydnight they came to the gate saint Anthoyne and there they founde the prouost of the marchauntes with the kayes of the gates in his handes Thanne JohnÌ„ Mayllart sayde to the prouoste callynge hym by his name Stephyne what do you here at this houre the prouost answered and sayd JohaÌ„ne what wolde ye I am here to take hede to the towne wherof I haue the gouernynge by god sayde JohnÌ„ ye shall natte go so ye are nat here at this houre for any good and that may be sene by the kayes of the gates that ye haue in your handes I thynke it be to betray the towne Quod the prouost Johanne ye lye falsely Nay sayd JohaÌ„n Stephyn thou lyest falsely lyke a treatour and therwith strake at hym and sayd to his company slee the treatours ThanÌ„e euery man strake at theym the prouost wolde a fledde but JohnÌ„ Mayllart gaue him with an are on yâ— heed that he fyll downe to the yerthe and yet he was his gossyppe and lefte nat tyll he was slayne and sixe of theym that were there with hym and the other taken and putte in prison ThanÌ„e people began to styre in the stretes and JohnÌ„ Mayllart and they of his acorde went to yâ— gate saynt Honoure and there they founde certayne of the prouostes secte and there they layde treason to theÌ„ but their excuses auayled nothyng There were dyuers taken and send into dyuers places to prison and suche as wolde nat be taken were slayn without mercy The same night they weÌ„t and toke dyuers in their beddes suche as were culpable of the treason by the confessyon of suche as were taken The next day JohnÌ„ Mayllart assembled the moost parte of the commons in the markette hall and there he mounted on a stage and shewedd generally the cause why he hadde slayne the prouoste of the marchauntes And ther by the couÌ„sayle of all the wysmen all suche as were of the sect of the prouost were â—â—ged to the dethe and so they were executed by dyuers tourmentes of dethe Thus done JohnÌ„ Mayllart who was thanÌ„e greatly in the grace of the commons of Parys and other of his adherentes sende Symonde Mayllart and two maisters of the parlyament sir JohaÌ„n Alphons and maister JohnÌ„ Pastorell to the duke of Normandy beyng at Charenton They shewed the duke all the mater and desyred hym to come to Parys to ayde and to counsayle them of the cytie fro thens forthe sayeng that all his aduersaryes were deed The duke sayde with ryght 〈◊〉 good wyll and so he came to Parys and with hym sir Arnolde Dandrehen the lorde of Roy and other knyghtes and he lodged at Lour ¶ How the kyng of Nauer defied the realme of France the kyng beyng prisoner in England Cap. C .lxxxviii. WHan the kynge of Nauerr knewe the trauth of the dethe of the prouost his great freÌ„de and of other
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 MoÌ„tegny 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 rauÌ„somyng of men in Uendages in to w 〈…〉 〈◊〉 les and sauccoâ—â—cles He helde vnder hym 〈◊〉 twelfe fortresses he was as than a lully louer â—abper amours and after he maryed the lady Isabell of Jullyers somtyme boughter to therle of Jullyers This lady also loued the lorde 〈…〉 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 harâ—y in all his dedes of armes so that euery man â—an 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 â—alery 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 soÌ„tyme 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 thâ—râ—e 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 FyeÌ„nes constable of Fraunce the erle of saynt Poule the lorde Arnold DaÌ„drehen 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 〈…〉 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 hoâ—â—e But the captayns the lorde JohnÌ„ Pypes and yâ— lorde JohaÌ„n Carbenauxe sayd to them sayre ladyes bismay you nat for one of these dayesyeâ—hall 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 coÌ„prised 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 enchauÌ„ted 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 NormaÌ„dy and the yong erle of Harcourt a great part by the meanes of the lorde Loyes of Harecourt who was of the dukes couÌ„sayle 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 freÌ„che 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 coÌ„panyons 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 â–ª haue for hym and his men Than there assembled togyder men of warr of ChaÌ„paigne of Burgoyne the bysshoppe of Troy therle of Uadumont the erle of Jouy the lorde JohaÌ„n Chalon and the lorde Broquart of Fenestrages they were a two thousande speares and .xv. C. of other And so they caÌ„e to the stroÌ„g 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 coÌ„pany of syr Peter Audeleys rode forth and entred into a towne called Ronay and robbed it clene and as the curate was at masse there entred into the churche an englisshe squier and toke the Chalays fro the aulter wherin the prest shulde haue consecrated and dyd caste out the wyne and bycause the preest spake to hym he strake hym with his gauntlet that the bludde felle vpon the aulter Than they departed and went into the feldes and this squier had with hym the patent and corporal and sodaynly his horse beganne to tourne and so to take on that none durste approche nere hym and horse and man fell to the erthe and eche of them strangled other and sodaynly were tourned into pouder Than the other companions made a vowe neuer after to violate any churche In the same season they of the garison of Mauconsell wanted prouysion and so solde theyr fortresse to them of Noyon and to them of the countrey there about for .xii. M. motons of golde and so to departe with all theyr goodes And so they went into other fortresses as to Craell Cleremount Hereell Uelly Pierpount Roussey and to Sissome The whiche fortresses had ben long in the handes of Naueroys and after the peace bitwene the duke of Normandy and the kyng of Nauer they were englysse And whan they of Noyon had MaucoÌ„sel they rasshed it to the erthe Also JohnÌ„ Segure solde the fortresse of Nogent to the bysshop of Troyes for a certayne some of florens wherof he had wrytynge vnder the bysshops seale and so he came into the cite of Troye and alyghted at the bysshop lodgynge who sayd to hym ser JohnÌ„ ye shall abyde here with me a thre or foure dayes and than ye shall haue your money and he who was come thether vnder the assuraunce of the bysshop agreed therto Than the comons of the cite beganne to saye Howe dothe our bysshop tryfle and mocke vs sythe he kepeth aboute hym the greattest brybour and robber in all Fraunce and wolde that we shulde gyue hym oure money Than there rose a great noÌ„bre of the same opynyon and sente to kepe theyr gates that he shulde nat skape theym and there came in harneys a syxe thousande of one sorte to slee hym in the bysshops lodgynge Whan the bysshop sawe that he sayde to them Fayre frendes he is come hyther vnder my saue conducte and ye knowe the treatye and bargayne betwene hym and me by your accorde hit were great shame and vntrueth vnder this assurance to do hym any villanye But what so euer he sayd they entred into his halle by force and so into his chaÌ„bre and sought so naro welye that at laste they founde hym and there slewe hym and hewed hym all to peces ¶ Howe the frenchemen refused the peace that theyr kyng made in Englande Cap. CC .i. IT is longe sythe I spake of the kynge of Englande but I had nonÌ„ occasion to speke of hym tyll nowe for as long as the treuce endured there was no warâ— made bitwene them but assoone as yâ— truce was exspired the fyrste day of May the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lix. after that daye all the garysons englisshe and naueroyse made warr in the title of the kynge of Englande Anone after the peace made betwene the kyng of Nauer and the duke of Normandy The lorde Arnolde Dandrehen retourned into Englande for he was nat quytte prisoner of his takyng at the batayle of Poieters In the same season the kyng of Englande and the prince his sonne The Frenche â—ynge and the lorde Jaques of Bourbon mette at London and so they foure allonely to guether in counsayle agreed vpon a peace vpon certayne articles wrytten in a lettre to be sent into Fraunce to the duke of Normandy The Erle and syr Arnolde passed the see and arryued at Boloyn and so went to Parys And there they founde the Duke and the kynge of Nauer and ther shewed them the letters Than the duke demaunded counsaile of the kynge of Nauer who dyd counsayle hym that the prelattes and nobles of Fraunce and counsayles of the good townes shulde be assembled the whiche thynge was done And than it semed to the kyng of Nauer and to the Duke and to his bretherne and to all the counsayle of the Realme that the sayde treatye was to greuous to be borne Wherfore they answered all with one voyce to the sayde two fordes that the letter that they had brought and theâ—â—ect therin was so preiudyciall to them am â–ª to the realme that they yet wolde endure greatter myschiefe than they had done rather than to mynisshe in such wyse the realme of France They wolde also rather suffre their kyng to lye styll in EnglaÌ„de And whan the french kyng vnderstode how the realme of Fraunce wolde nat agre to his apoyntmeÌ„t he sayd a sonne Charles ye be couÌ„sayled by the kyng of Nauerre who deceyueth you woll deceyue suche .xl. as ye be And whaÌ„ the kyng of EnglaÌ„d knewe their report he sayd well or wynter be past I shall entre into the realme of France so puysantly 〈◊〉 shall abyde there so long tyll I haue an ende of this warre or els peace at my pleasure and to myne honour and than he made the grettest aparayle that euer he made The same season aboute the myddes of August the lorde JohaÌ„n of Craon archbysshop of Reynes and they of the cytie of Parys and of the couÌ„tre ther about with a certayne knightes and squiers of the countie of â—ethell and Laon went and layed siege to the castell of â—oucy and ther lay a fyue wekes And than they with in yelded vp their lyues and goodes saued and to go whyder they lyst And of this they had letters patentes sealed by the archebysshop by the erle Porcyen and the erle of Brayne but for all that whan they departed the coÌ„mons that were there rose agaynst them and slewe the most part for all the lordes who had moche payne to saue the captayne Hanekyn Francoyse Thus therle of Roucy had agayne his towne and castell ¶ Howe sir Eustace Danbretycourâ— was delyuerd out of prison by great raunsome Cap. CC .ii. THus after the wynninge of the castell of Roucy sir Peter Awdeley dyed in his bedde within yâ— castell of Beauforde wherof suche companyons as wer vnder him were right sorowfull Than the englysshmen and almaygnes there thought they coude do no better syth they made warr for the kyng of Englande as to make to their capitayne sir Eustace Dambreticourt who was as thanÌ„e hole of his hurtes but styll as prisonere Than they sende Faucon the haraulde to therle of Uandumant and to sir Henry â—ueâ—ellart for to putte to raunsome the lorde sir Eustace so than he was put to his fynanse to pay .xxii. thousande frankes of France And the companyons of the englysshe garysons in Champaigne payed the sayd raunsome and so he was delyuered and had agayne his
away as they named and howe that they were goynge to Lymoges in Lymosyn Whan the lordes of France herde that they brake vppÌ„ their iourney and deê‘ted euery man to his owne And anone after was the mariage made of the lorde Berault Daulphyne of Auuergne and the doughter of the erle of Forestes that he had by the duke of Burbons suster ¶ Of the almaygnes that abode the kyng of Englande at Calays to ryde with hym into the realme of France kynge JohaÌ„n beynge styll prisoner in Englande Cap. CC .v. ALl this season the kynge of Englande made great prouisyon to come into FraÌ„ce suche as had nat been sene the lyke before Certayne lordes and knyghtes of the empyre suche as had serued the kyng before prouyded the same yer greatly for horse and harneys and other thynges necessary for their degrees And assoone as they might they came by Flaunders to Calays and ther a bode for the kynges coÌ„myng so it was that the kyng of Englande came nat so soone to Calays as it was sayde he shulde haue done wherfore moche people resorted thyder so that they wyst nat wher to lodge nor to haue stablyng for their horses Also bredde wyne hay and otes and other ê“uisyons were very dere and scant so that ther was none to gette for golde nor syluer and euer it was said the kyng coÌ„meth the next weke Thus taryed there the lordes of Almaygne of Behayne of Brabant of Flanders and of Heynault fro the begynnyng of August to the feest of saynt Luke so that ther were many that wer fayne to sell the beste part of their iewelles And if the kyng had been there than lodgyng wolde haue ben strayter the towne was so full And also it was dout of these lordes who had spende all that they had that they wolde nat depart fro Calays tyll they were contented agayne of all their expeÌ„ses The kyng sende nat for the fourth part of them many of them were come of their owne good wylles trustynge to haue some aduauntage and some thought to robbe and pyll in the realme of France Than the kyng of Englande sende ouer before the duke of Lancastre with foure hundred speares and two thousand archers And whanÌ„e the duke came to Calays these lordes straungers made great ioye of hym and demauÌ„ded tidynges of the kyng and of his commynge The duke excused the kynge of his taryeng so longe and sayde howe that all his prouisyon was natte fully redy and sayd fayre lordâ— the taryeng here is no profyte I woll go ryde for the into Fraunce and to se what I can fynde ther wherfore sirs I requyre you to ryde for the with me and Ishall delyuer you a certayne somme of money to pay withall your costes in your lodgynges that ye haue spent here in this towne of Calays and ye shall haue prouision of vitayle to cary on your somers These lordes thought great shame to refuse the dukes offre so graunted hym than euery man newe shodde their horses and trussed and deê‘ted nobly fro Calays with the duke and went to saynt Omers they were a two thousande speares he syde the archers and other fotemen They passed for by saynt Omers without any assaut and so rode to Bethwyne and passed by and came to Mount saynt Eloy a good abbey and a riche a two leages fro Arras and ther taryed a four dayes to refresshe theym and their horses for they founde in that abbey well wherwith And whan they had robbed and wasted the countrey there about they rode to Cambrey ther made a great assaut And there was slayne a baneret of Englande and dyuers other for they within defended themselfe valyantly by the ayde conforte of the erle of saynt Poule and the lorde of Lamenall and other who with a two hundred speares came into the towne at a backe gate And whan thenglysshmen sawe that they coude gette nothyng there they departed and folowed the ryuer of SoÌ„e with great scarsnes of bred and wyne And so came to a towne called Cheresy where they founde plentie of bredde and wyne and there they passed the ryuer for that bridge was nat broken and ther they taryed Alhalowen day and all nyght The same day tydynges came to the duke howe the kyng was aryued at Calays commaundynge hym incontynent to drawe towardes hym and all his company Than he retourned towarde Calays with hym was also sir Henry of Flaunders with two hundred speares and of Brabant there was sir Henry of Beautresen lorde of Bergues and the lorde Gerarde de la Herde the lorde FraÌ„que de Halle Oâ— Heynault the lorde Gaultyer of MaÌ„ny and the lorde JohnÌ„ of Gomegynes And of Behayne sir Gaultyer de la Haultpon sir Reynolde de Boulaunt the lorde Godfray of Hardnamont and the lord JohnÌ„ his sonne the lorde of Duras Thyrey of Ferram the lorde Ruse of Junepe the lorde Gyles Sorles the lorde JohnÌ„ of Bermont the lorde Reynolde of Bergâ—hes and dyuers other The Almaygnes and mercenaryes of strange countreis I canne nat name at this present tyme. ¶ Of the great host that the kynge of England brought into France to make warre there kyng JohnÌ„ beyng prisoner in England and of the order of the englysshe hoost Cap. CC .vi. AS the duke of LaÌ„castre and these lordes retourned towardes Calys they mette in their way a foure leages fro Calays so gret multytude of people that all the countrey was couered therwith so rychely armed and besene that it was great ioye to beholde the fresshe shinyng armours baners wâ—â—ynge in the wynde their coÌ„panyes in good order ridyng a soft pase Whan the duke these lordes mette the kyng he feested them and thanked them of their seruyce than these almayns mercenaryes brabances behannoyes all togyder shewed vnto the kyng howe they had spent all their goodes horses and harnes solde So that lytell or nothyng was left theym to do hym seruyce for the which entent they were coÌ„e nor how they had nat wherwith to go home agayn vnto their countreis if they shuld depart wherfore they desyred his noblenes to take some regarde to them The kyng answered and sayd howe he was nat as than redy to gyue theym a playne aunswere but sayde sirs I thynke ye before traueyled wherfore go your wayes and refresshe you a two or thre dayes in Calays and this nyght and to morowe I shall take counsell and sende vnto you suche an answere that of reason ye shal be content Than these strangers departed fro the kynge and fro the duke and rode towarde Calays and they had nat ryden halfe a leage farther but they met a great multytude of caryages And after that the prince of Wales nobly and richely besene and all his company wherof ther was suche a nombre that all the couÌ„trey was couered with them and he rode a soft pase redy raynged in batayle as though they shulde incontynent haue fought Thus he rode euer a leage or two after
otes and whete had nat come to them out of Heynault and Cambresis the people in Arthoyes UermaÌ„doys and in the bysshoprike of Laone and Reynes had dyed for huÌ„ger 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 adueÌ„ture 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 SoÌ„e 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 fraÌ„kes 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 ê“chynge 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 froÌ„ter 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 adueÌ„tur 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 LaÌ„casters 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 ThanÌ„e 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 demauÌ„ded what they were in the language of Almaygne Bridoll answered who coude well speke that laÌ„gage and sayd sir we be ê‘tayning to sir Bartylmewe de Bonnes Why wher is sir Bartylmewe sayd sir Renolde sir sayd they he is in yaÌ„der 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 adueÌ„ture Sir sayd the squyer who be you that wolde haue hym in your coÌ„pany 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
Roy wherof they with 〈◊〉 the towne wer sore abasshed whan they saw theyr ennemyes so nere them The most parte 〈◊〉 them were vnarmed and spred abrode in the village so that they â—oude nat drawe together But there the frenchemen toke theym in theyr 〈◊〉 The chaâ—oâ—ne Robersart had ma 〈…〉 prisonners bycause he was knowen by his baner Some there were that fledde into a littell stronge howse enuyroned with water standynge at the townes ende And some of theym sayd howe it was best for them to kepe it affirmynge howe the house was strenge ynough to kepe tyl they might send worde what case they wer in to the kynge of Englande beyng at the siege of Reinnes nat doubtynge but that he woll than incontinent sende them some ayde Than some other sayd that so doynge was no suerte for theym seynge howe theyr ennemyes were rounde about them Thus they were in stryfe among them selfe what they myght do In the mean space theder came the lorde of roy and sayd to them sâ—rs yelde vp your selfe for and we assaile you ye are all but deed for incoÌ„â—ynent we shall take you per force So that by those workes and other the moost hardyest of them were abasshed and so they yelded theymselfe prysoners theyr lyues saued allouly they were all sent as prisoners to the castell of Coucy and to other frenche garysons This aduenture fell in the yere of our lorde M. CCC lix Wherof the kyng of Englande whan he knew it was sore displeased but he coude nat amend it as at that tyme. Nowe let vs returne to the siege of Reâ—nnes and speke of an aduenture yâ— fell to syr Bertilmewe of Brennes who had besieged the towne and castell of Comercy within was Capitayne a knyght of Champaygne called syr Henry Denoyr THe siege durynge before Reyns the lordes of the ost were lodged abrode in the couÌ„trey to lie the more at theyr ease and to kepe the wayes that no prouysion shulde entre into the citie And amonge other syr Bertilmewe de Bonnes with his Company of speares and archers were lodged nere to Comercy a strong castell parteynynge to the arâ—hebysshoppe of Reynes The whiche bysshop had made there a stronge garyson so that this castell doubted none assaute for therâ— was a square touâ—e thick walled and fensably fournisshed for the warre Syr Bartilmewe de Bonnes layde siege therto and sawe well howe he coulde nat wynne it by assaute he set a warke a certayne numbre of miners gaue them good wages they begaÌ„ to werk night day dyd so moche that they myned farre vnder the great towre and as they went they sette vp proppes so that they within knewe nothyng therof And whan the myners had made an ende so that the towre was 〈◊〉 to fall whaÌ„ they â—yst â–ª they came to ser Bar 〈…〉 and sayd Syr we haue so 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that the great towte shall fall whan it pleaseth you Well quoâ— the knyght ye haue well done â—o no more tyll I commaunâ—e you Than he toke Johsi de Guyltell with hym and went to castell and madesigne that he wold speke with some of them within Than syr Henry Denoyr capitayne there cameto the batâ—â—mentes of the yâ— walles demaunded what he wolde haue I woll sayd syr Bartilmewe that ye yeâ—â— york and all yours orels ye are all deed without remedy Howe so quod syr Henry and began to smyle we are prouyded of all thynges and ye wolde haue vs to yelde symply the whiche We woll nat do Well quod for Bartilmewe and ye knewe what case ye stande in ye wolde â—â—continent yelde vp withoute any 〈◊〉 wordes Why quod syr Henry what case be we in 〈◊〉 out quod the englysshe knyght and I shall shewe you and ye shall haue assurance to entre agayn if ye lyste Than syr Henry and .iiii. with hyâ—â— issued out and came to syr Bar 〈…〉 and to Johsi â—e Guyltelles and they brought hym to the myne and there shewed hym how the great toure stode but on stages of tymbre Whan the knyght sawe the parell that he was in and hys company he sayd Syr it is 〈◊〉 and this that ye haue done to me is of your great 〈◊〉 We yelde vs to your pleasure There syr Bartilme we toke them as his prisoners and made euery maÌ„ to come out of the castell and al theyr goodes and than he set â—yer into the myne and brent the stages and than the toure claue a souder and fell to the erthe Lo◠〈◊〉 syr 〈…〉 mewe to ser Henry beholde nowe yf I 〈◊〉 truth or nat Syr it is truesayd ser Hery we are your prisoners at your pleasure and thanke you of your courtesye for 〈◊〉 other than vs in this case we shulde nat haue been so delte with all Thus they of the garison of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 taken prisoners and the caâ—tell 〈◊〉 THe kynge of Englande laâ—e at the siege of Reinnes more than .vii. weekes but he made none assaute for he knew well he shuld but haue lost his payne And whan he ha◠〈◊〉 there so longe that he was werâ— and that hys men coulde fynde no more forage abrode and lost their horses and beganne to laâ—ke 〈◊〉 They on a bay departed in good 〈◊〉 and tâ—â—e the waye to Chaloâ—s in Champaygne and 〈◊〉 by Chalons 〈◊〉 so went to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—â—nged at Mery on the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 all his 〈…〉 the whiche is called .viii. leages And while the kynge laye at Mery his Counstable with the â—awarde went to saynt Florentyne Where syâ— Edwarde of Rency was capitayne Ther was a great assaute but no good they dyd Than the kynge came thither and lodged ther about the â—yuer of Mouson And than they departed and came to Tonnerre and toke the towne by assaute but nat yâ— castell In the whiche towne the englysshemen founde beyonde in M. 〈◊〉 of myne the whiche was necessary for the 〈◊〉 And within the Castell was the lorde Fyennes Constable of Fraunce with a great nombre of men of warre ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande as he went wasted and distroyed the countrey and howe he came to Aguilloâ— and there taried And of the great prouysyon that came after his â—ost The CC. 〈◊〉 Chapitre THe kynge of Englande and his oost â—ested at 〈◊〉 the space of .v. dayes 〈◊〉 of that good wynes they fouÌ„de there and ofteÌ„ tymes assayled the castell but therin were goode men of armes as syr Baudwyn â—â—neken maisteâ— of the crosbowes whan the kynge had well refresshed his oost in Tonuer he departed passed the ryuer of Armencon and lefte the waye to Aussetre on the ryght hande and toke the waye to Noyers to the entent to entre into Borgoyn and to be theâ— all the lente tyme. So they passed by Noyers without any assaute for he had the lorde therof prisoneâ— euer syth the bataâ—le of Poicters And so the kynge went to a towne called Moâ—t royall and so from thense to Aguillon on
realme of Fraunce was sore wasted and exyled and specially in yâ— terme that the sayd frere haâ— sette The whiche was in the yeres of our lorde M. CCC 〈◊〉 .lvii. lviii and .lix. He sayde in those yeres the pryncis and gentylmen of the realme 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for feare shewe them selfe agaynst the people 〈◊〉 lowe estate assembled of all cou 〈…〉 without heed or Capitayne and they shulde 〈◊〉 as they lyste in the realme of Fraunce the whiche 〈◊〉 after as ye haue herde howe the companyons assembled theym to guether and 〈◊〉 〈…〉 son of theyr robbery and pyllage waâ—â—d riche and became great capitaynes NOWe lette vs retourne to the kynge of Englande Who laye at Bourge the Royne a two lyttell leages â—ro Parys and all his ooste towardes Mou 〈…〉 hery the kynge sente his herauldes to Paris to the duke of Normandy who laye there with great companye of men of warre to demaunde batayle but the duke wolde nat agree therto The messangers returned without any thynge 〈◊〉 And whan the kynge sawe that he shulde hauâ— no batayle he was sore â—ispleaseâ— Than 〈◊〉 Gaulter of Manny desyred the kynge that he myght make a sâ—rymyshe at the Bayles of Parys the kynge agreed therto and named suche as shulde go with hym and the kyng made certayne newe knyghtes as the lorde Fitz Waâ—er the lorde of Siluacier syr Balastre yâ— William Torceaux syr Thomas Spencer syr Johan Neuell syr Richarde Dostenay and other Also the kynge wolde haue made knyght Collaâ—â— Dambreticourte sonne to syr Nicholas Who was squier for the kynges body but the squâ—eâ— excused hym selfe he sayde he coulde nat fynde his Bassenette The lorde of Manny dyd his enterprise â–ª and brought these new knyghtes to skrymyshe at the Barriers of Parys There was a sore skrymyshe for within the cite there were mane good knyghtes and squiers Who wolde gladly haue issued out if the duke of Normandy wold agreed therto howe be it they defended theyr gate and barryers in suche Wyseâ— that they toke litell â—ammage This skrymyâ—â— endured from the mornynge tyll noone diuers were hurte on both partyes Than the lorde of Manny withdrewe to his lodgynge and there taryed all that daye and the nexte nyght folowynge And the next daye after the kyng 〈…〉 ged and toke the waye towarde Moutleheâ—y â–ª Certayne knyghtes of Englande and of Gaâ—coyne at theyr dislodgyng determined to lyâ— in a busshment for they thought ther were so many gentylmeÌ„ in Parys that some of them wold aduenture to issue oute And so a two hundred of chosen men of armes gascoyns and englisshe layed them selfe in a busshemeÌ„t in a voyd house a .iii. leages fro Parys There was the captall of Buz â–ª ser Edmonde of Pomiers and yâ— lorde of Courton gascoyns And ther were englisshe the lorde Neuell the lorde Mombray and syr Richarde of Pounchardon these .vi. knyghtes were chieâ— capitaynes of this imbuâ—shement Whan the frenchemen in Parys sawe the dyslodgynge of the englysshe oost certayne yonge knyghtes drewe to guether and sayd It Were good that we issued out of this cite secretly and folowe the englisshe oost perauenture we may happe somwhat to wynne Anone there agreed to yâ— purpose syr Raâ—â— of Coucy sir Rauâ— of Remenall the lorde of Montsault the lorde of Helay the chatelayne of Beauuoys the Begue of Uillaines the lorde of Beausiers the lorde of Ulbariâ— â–ª sir Gauwen of Ualouell sir Flaâ—ant of Roy syr â—elles of Cauilly syr Peter of â—armoises Peter of Sauoise and about 〈◊〉 â—peares in theyr coÌ„pany They issued out well horsed and well wylled to do some dede of armes they rode the way to Bourge le Royne and passed by and rode so forwarde that they passed by yâ— englisse busshemeÌ„t And whan they were passed the englysshe men and gascoynes brake out and sette on them cryeng theyr cryes The trenchemen returned and had great meruaile what it was and incontinent they knewe howe it was theyr ennemies Than they stode styll and set them selfe in ordre of batayle and couched their speares agaynst the englisshmen and gascoyns at the first metynge there was a sore iustê and diuerse cast to the erthe on bothe parties for they wer all well horsed ThaÌ„ they drew out theyr swerdes and entred eche amoÌ„g other gyuyng great strokes There was done many a propre feat of armes This fight endured a great space so that none coulde tell Who shulde haue the victory Ther yâ— captall of Buz proued hym selfe a good knyght and dyd with his handes noble dedes of armes Finally the englisshemen and gascoyns bare them selfe so well that the victorie abode on theyr part they were as many and half as many agayne as the frenche men were On the frenche ê‘tie the lord of CaÌ„premy was a good knyght for he fought valiauntly vnder his baner and he that bare it was slayne and the lorde taken prisoner The other freÌ„che knyghtes and squiers seing theyr euyll aduenture retourned towarde Parys and fought euer as they fled for they were sore poursewed The chace endured tyll they paste Bourg le Royne there were taken a .ix. knyghtes and squiers And if the englysshemeÌ„ and gascoyns who pursewed them had nat doubted the issuynge out of them of Paris all the other had ben takeÌ„ or slayne but whan they had done theyr feat they retourned to MouÌ„tlehery where the kyng of England was and brought thither with them theyr prisoners and raunsomed them courtesly the same nyght and suffred them to go whither they lyste and trusted them on theyr faithes THe entencion of the kynge of Englande was to entre into the good countrey of Bâ—auâ—se and so to drawe alonge the Ryuere of Loyre and so all that somer to abyde in Britayne tyll after August And than at the vyntage to retourne agayne into France and to lay siege to Parys for he wolde nat retourne agayne into Englande bicause he sayd or he departed out of Englande that he wolde nat retourne agayne tyll he had Fraunce at his pleasure and he lefte his men in garisons to make warre in France in Champayn in poicton in Ponthieu in Uimeu in Uulgesyn and in Normandy and in al the realme of Fraunce and in the good townes cites suche as toke his parte with theyr owne good wylles All this season the duke of Normandye was at Parys and his two bretherne and the duke of orle aunse theyr vncle and their counsailes They ymagined well the courage of the kyng of Englande and howe that he and his meÌ„brought the realme of FraÌ„ce into great pouerte and sawe well howe the realme coulde nat longe endure in that case for the rentes of yâ— lordes and of the churches were nygh lost in euery parte As than there was a sage and a discrete persone Chauncellour of Fraunce called syr William of Montague bysshop of Tyrwin by whose couÌ„saile moche of FraÌ„ce was ruled good cause why Forâ—euer his counsayle was good and true and with hym there were
.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 LaÌ„castre 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 ê“cesse 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 FraÌ„ce 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 coÌ„uerted 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 huâ—â—led the kyngess courage for whyle these ambassadours were treatynge for this peace and had none agreable answere there fell sodaynly suche a tempest of thoÌ„der 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 discencioÌ„s 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 couÌ„trey of Lymosyn the cite and castell of Caours the castell and countrey of Tarbe the laâ—des couÌ„trey and countie of Bigore The countie countrey and laâ—de of Gowre the citie and castell of Angolesme and all the countrey therto perteynynge the citie towne and castell of Rodaix â–ª the couÌ„tie and couÌ„trey 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 â–ª the Uicount of Lymoges or other holdynge any laâ—des within the foresayde bondes they shall do homage to vs and all other seruicis due and accustomed for their landes and places in
maner and fourme as they haue done in tyme past as we or any other kynges of Englande aunciently haue had and also the Uicount of Muttrel on the see as he dyd in tyme past and as we or other kynges of Englande haue had and in the landes of Muttrell if there haue ben any debate for partage of landes our brother of FraÌ„ce promyseth to make a declaracion theroâ— to vs as shortly as he canne after his comynge into Fraunce And also the countie of Poictow â—nterly saue and excepted if any thynge be aliened awaye by the kynges of EnglaÌ„de in tyme past wherby the sayde countie and purtenaunces haue ben holden by other persones than by the frenche kynges our said brother nor his successours shall nat be bouÌ„de to rendre them to vs But if the sayde alienacions haue ben done by the frenche kynges for the tyme beynge without any meane â–ª and our sayd brother nowe hauynge them agayne iâ— his possession he shall leaue them entierly to vs excepte that if yâ— FreÌ„che kynges had theym by exchaunge for other landes But if the kynges of Englande for the tyme beynge haue alyened or transported any thynge to any other personnes than to the frenche kynges and perauenture yet nowe become to the handes of our sayde brother he shall nat be bounde to rendâ—â— them to vs. And also to rendre to vs all suche thynges as ought to do any homage to vs to our successours and if they ought to do none to vs nor our successours â–ª thaÌ„ he shall delyuer to vs a tenour of that he ought to do within a yere after yâ— he shall be departed from Calais Also the castell and towne of Calais the castell towne and seignorie of Merle The townes castelles and seignories of Sangates Coulougne Baynes Wales and Oye With the landes Woddes maresthes ryuers rentes reueÌ„nues seignories auousons of churches and all other appurtenaunces and places lyenge bitwene the boundes and bournes folowynge that is to say from Calais to the ryuer before grauelyng also fro yâ— riuer that falleth into the great lake of Guiens vnto Fretin and fro thense alonge the valey about the mouÌ„tayn of Karlenly enclosynge the mountayne and so to the see with Sangatis and all the apurtenauncis the castell and the towne with yâ— hole countie of Guynes With all the townes â–ª castels fortresses laÌ„des places homages men seignories woddes forestes and all rightâ— to them belongynge as entierly as the towne of Calais or Merle and of other places before named as well to vs as they haue obeyed to our sayd brother or to the erle of Guynes for the tyme beyng and all other thynges coÌ„prised in this present article of Merle and of Calais we to hold them in demayn excepte the Heritages perteynynge to the churches the whiche shall styll remayne hooly to the same churches Whereso euer they be and also excepte the heritages of other people of Merle and of Calais vnder the value of C .li. of lande by yere of the money there curraÌ„t And vnder that heritage to haue it styll but the habitacioÌ„s and heritages beynge in the towne of Calais and their apurtenaunces shal abide styll to the inhabitantes In the laÌ„des townes or countie of Guynes all theyr demaynes shall styll remayne to them except that hath ben said before of the foresayd boundes and bormes In the article of Calais and all Iles addressynge to the laâ—des couÌ„ties and places before named with all other Iles the whiche We helde in the tyme of the sayd treatye And it hath beÌ„ agreed that oursayd brother and his eldest son shulde renounce all maner of soueraynte resorte and rightes â–ª that he shulde haue of any of theym or for them and that we shall holde them as hys neyghbour without any resorte or soueraynte to our sayd brother or to the realme of France and all the right that oure sayde brother hath in the foresayde thynges he yeldeth and transporteth them to vs perpetually And also hit is agreed that semblably we and our sayde son expressely renounce all thynges that oughte nat to be delyuered to vs by this sayde treatye and specially of the name right to the crowne of Fraunce and to the realme and homage and seueraynte and demayne of the duchye of Normandy of the countie of Thouraine and of thâ— couÌ„ties of Aniou and of Mayn the souer 〈…〉 and homage of the duchie of Britaigne except the right of the erle of MouÌ„tfort that he ought or myght haue in the duchye and countrey of Britaygne the whiche we reserue and by expresse wordes putte clene out of this our treaty Sauynge that we and our sayd brother whan we come to Calais shal ordre that mater by the aduyse of our counsaylles there to be deputed that we shal sette a peace and concorde bitwene the erle Mountforte and our Cousyn the lorde Charles of Bloys who challengeth demaundeth the right of the heritage of Britaigne and we renounce all other demauÌ„des that we make or may make what so euer they be except suche forsayd thynges as ought to abyde to vs and ought to be delyuered to vs and to our heires by this treatie And that we transport and sese all the right that we myght haue in any of these thynges that oughte nat to be delyuered to vs by this treatie On the whiche thynges after viuerse altercacions had on the same and specially bicause that the sayde renounciacion traÌ„sportes sessynge and leauynge of all the sayde thynges shulde be accomplysshed as soone as our said brother hath delyuered to vs or to our deputies the cite and castell of Poicters and al the lande and countrey of Poictou with the fee of Thouars and the fayre towne citie castell of Agene and all the lande and countrey of Agenoyse the citie and castell of Piergourt and all the lande and countrey of Pierrigins The cite and castell of Caours and all the lande of Coursin the citie castell of Rodais and all yâ— lande and countrey of Rouergne the citie and castell of xaintes and all the lande therto beloÌ„gynge the citie and castell of Lymoges and that we or any other kynges of England aunciently helde in the towne of Monterell vpon the see with thappurtenauÌ„ces Also the couÌ„tie of Pontheu hole entierly saue and excepte the tenoure of the article coÌ„teyned in the sayd treatie where it maketh mencion of the sayde countie Item the castell and towne of Calais and the castell towne and seignorie of Sangates Colougue Baines Wales and Oye With the landes ryuers maresshes Woddes rentes seignories and other thynges conteyned in the article ther of makyng mencion Also the castell and towne and hole entierly the countie of Guynes With all the landes Castelles townes forteresses places menne homages seignories woddes forestes and other ryghtes accordynge to the tenour of the article theroâ— makynge mencyon more playnly in the sayde treatye and with the Iles that We holde all redy that is to saye in the tyme of
thys sayd treatye and peace we and our brother the frenche kynge haue promysed by faythe and oothe eche to other the same treatye and peace to holde kepe and accomplisshe and nat to do the contrarye and are bound both we and our sayde brother and our eldeste sonnes by obligacion and promyse by faythe and othe the one parte to the other except certayne renounciacyons the one to the other accordynge to the tenour and fourme of the sayd article and peace Wheroâ— the tenour and forme foloweth ALso hit is agreed that the frenche kynge and his eldest sonne the regent for them and for theyr heires for euer and as soone as they may without any male engin or at the leest by the fest of saynt Michaell next comyng shall rendre and delyuer to the sayde kynge of Englande his heyres and successours and to transport to them the honours regalities obeisaunce homages liegeaunces men fees seruices reconisauÌ„ces othes rightes feaulties and imperiall iurisdictions hyghe or lowe resortes saue gardes seignories and souerainties that apperteyneth or maye apperteyne in any maner of wise to the kynges and to the crowne of Fraunce or to any other persone bicause of yâ— kynge or of the crowne of Fraunce Where so euer it be in cities townes castels landes Iles countreys and places before named or in any of them or theyr appurtenaunces and appendaunces what so euer they be other duke erle vicount archebysshop or other prelates of holy churche baronnes nobles and other or kynges or successours to the crowne of Fraunce nothynge to them reserued so that they nor none of theyr heyres nor successours or any frenche kynges or other by reason of the kynge or of the crowne of Fraunce make any challenge or demauÌ„de in tyme to come of the kyng of EnglaÌ„de his heires or successours or of any of his men or subiectes before sayd bicause of the sayd contreys or places so that all the forenamed ê‘sons theyr heires and successours and all other persones cities counties landes countreys Iles castelles and places before named and altheyr appurtenaunces and appendauÌ„ces shall holde of the kynge of England perpetually peasably and frely and to haue ouer them seignorie souerainte obeysaunce liegeaunce and subiects as the predecessours of the frenche kynge haue had in tyme paste and that the kynges of Eâ—glâ—â—â— theyr heires and successours shall haue and holde peasably all the fore named couÌ„treys in theyr fraunchese and lyberties perpetuall as lorde and soueraygne liege and as neighbour to the frenche kyng and to the realme of FraÌ„ce Without any knowledgynge of any soueraynâ—â—â—â—bâ—yâ—aunce homage resorte or subiection and without doynge in tyme to come any maner of seruice or reconisaunce to the kynge or to the Crowne of Fraunce for any of these cities counties castelles countres landes Iles places and personnes before named or for any of them Also it is accorded that the frenche kyng and his eldeste sonne shall renounce expressely the sayd resortes and soueraynties and all the â—yght that they haue or myght haue in all these â—hynges suche as by this present treatye ought to apperteyne and be delyuered to the kynge of Englande And semblably the kynge of Englande and his eldest sonne renouÌ„seth all thynges suche as by this present treatie ought nat to be delyuered to hym and renounseth al other demaundes of the realme of Fraunce and specially to the name right and armes and challenge to the crowne and realme of France and 〈◊〉 the homage souerainte and demayne of the duchie of Normandy of the duchie of Thourayne and of the counties of Aniou â–ª and Mayn and of the soueraynte and homage of the couÌ„tie and countrey of Flanders and of all other demaundes that the kynge of Englande made at the tyme of the sayde chalenge or may make in tyme to come to the sayd realme of Fraunce by any maner of cause what soeuer it be except all that by thys treatye shulde be delyuered to the kynge of Englande and to his heires and they to transport cesse and leaue eche kyng to other perpetually al the right that they ought to haue in all these sayd thynges the whiche by this pre 〈◊〉 treatie ought to be deliuered to eche of them the tyme place and whan the said renounciaâ—oâ—s shulde be done and bicause that our sayd brother of France and his eldest son to holde to accomplysshe the articles of the sayde peace haue expressely renounsed the resortes and soâ—â—â—â—â—â—ties comprised in the sayd articles and all the right that they ought to haue or myght haue in all the sayd thynges that our sayd brother hath delyuered and left to vs and all other thynges that from hensforth shall abyde and ê‘â—eyne to vs by reason of the sayde treatye and peace Also we in lyke wyse expressely renouÌ„ce all suche thynges as ought nat to be delyuered â—o vs by the sayde treatye or to our heires And also all demaundes that we make or may make of our sayde brother of Fraunce and specially to the name and ryght of the crowne of FrauÌ„ce and of the realme and to the homage soueraintie and demayne of the duchie of Normandy and to the couÌ„ties of Aniou and Main and of Thourayn and of the homage and souerainte of the countie of Flanders and all other demauÌ„des that we make or may make of our sayd brother for what so euer cause it be alwayes except all that by this present treatie ought to abyde to vs and to our heyres And we shall transporte sesse and leaue to hym and he to vs and so eche to other in the best maner and as shortly as We canne all suche ryght that eche of vs oughte or maye haue in euery thynge the whiche by thys treatie and peace ought to abyde and remayne and to be delyuered to eche of vs. Reserued to the churches and to the menne of the churche all that to them perteyneth or may apperteine and all that is occupied and witholde from them by the occasion of the Warres shall be agayne to them recompensed restored rendred and delyuered And also all the townes forteresses and all habitacions with the dwellers in them shall remayne and abyde in theyr liberties and francheses as they dyd before or they came into our handes and seignory and that to be confermed to them by our sayde brother of Fraunce yf he be required so to do and that we do nat the coÌ„trarye in any of the foresayde thynges or subiections And as to vs and to all thynges to vs and to our heyres and successours to be at the Jurysdiction and cohâ—rcyon of the Churche of Rome And We wyll and consent that our holy father the pope shall conferme all these sayde thynges in gyuynge monycions and generall commaundementes on the accomplysshement of theym agaynste vs our heyres and successours And agaynste our subiectes comons colleges vniuersities or syngular personnes What someuer they be And to gyue generall sentences of cursynge and suspencion of enterdytynge
to renne vpon vs or vpon theym that doth the contrarye And that it renâ—e 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 â–ª And more ouer we woll and coÌ„sent that our holy father the pope to the entent that thys sayde peace shulde be the fyrmelier kepte and holdeâ—â— perpetually that if any pactionâ— conâ—eâ—eracyons aliaunces and couenauntes howe so euer they be named if they be any thyng preiuâ—icyall 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 â—ispleasaÌ„t 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 bâ—â—â—de to holde or kepe any suche promyses or othes aliauÌ„ces or couenauÌ„tes to th entent that in tyme to come suche semblable cases shulde nat be done And if any attempt to do the coÌ„trary 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 coÌ„trary 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 â—â—ght 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 â—one other in no maner of case and to the entent that these sayd bondes shulde be fulfylled We â—ynde 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 〈◊〉 terme and in maner as before is made mencion present to vs his letters coÌ„prâ—sed therin to theâ—â—â—rt 〈◊〉 strength of our sayd letters that we haue proâ—ysed and delyuered as is sayd before Alwayes saued reserued by vs our heires and successours that the sayd letters before eâ—corpored 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 â—elyuered the foresayde renonciaâ—ions accordynge to the maner before â—euised and tyll that be â—one 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 â—â—ttâ— 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 accoÌ„plisshe and nat to broke any of the forsayd thynges And yet farther by the aduise and regarde of the frenche kyng and of his counsaâ—â—e and at the ende of their parliameÌ„t the kyng of Englande was requyred that he wolde gyue and sende a generall commissâ—â— 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 â–ª requeste for it semed but reason â–ª 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 coâ—sayle of bothe kynges drâ—we theym to guether and there was wrytten and engrosed by the aduyse of bothe counsayles a certayn commission wherof the tenor â–ª 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 â–ª beynge in the parties of Fraunce aswell in â—â—cardy Borgoyn Aniou Berrey Normandy BritaiguÌ„ Auuerne ChaÌ„paiguÌ„ Mayn Thourayne as in all the bondes and lymitacionâ— of the demayne and tenure of Fraunce We 〈◊〉 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 â–ª our counsaile that none of our subiectes whatsomeuer estate or coÌ„dicion 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 â–ª and nat leaue or ceace so to do and wyll nat rendre agayne the damages by them done within a moneth after that they be requyred so to do by any of our officers sergeauntes or publike persones that than by that dede allonlye without any other processe or condempnacion that they be all reputed for banysshed meÌ„ out of our realme and our power and also oute of the realme and landes of oure sayde brother and all theyr gooddes forfaited to vs and into our demayn if they may be founde within our realme we woll and coÌ„maund expressely that on them We be made as of traytours and rebels agaynst vs accordynge to the custome done in cryme of high treason withoute gyuynge in that case any grace or remyssion sufferance or pardon And in like wyse to be done of our subiectê in whatsoeuer estate they be that in our realme 〈…〉 syde the lee or on the other side take occupye or holde fortresse whatsoeuer it be ayenst the wyll of them that they shuld perteyne vnto or brenneth or raunsometh townes or persones or do any pyllage or robbery in mouyng warrÌ„ within our power or on our subiectes Than we commaunde and expressely enioyne all our seneschals bailiffes prouostes chatelaynes or other our officers in eschewynge of our hygh displeasure and on peyne of losynge of their offices that they publysshe or cause to be publisshed these presentes in certayne notable places within theyr rules and that this commaundement ones sen harde none after to be so hardy to abyde in any fortresse ê‘teynyng to the realm of France beyng out of the ordinance of treatie of the sayd peace on peyne to be taken as an ennemie to vs to our sayd brother the FreÌ„che kynge and that they see all these sayd thynges to be kept and to do entierly fro poynt to poynt we woll that euery man knowe that if they be negligent and fayle thus to do beside the foresayde payne we shall cause them to rendre the damages to all them that by theyr defautes or negligence shal be greued or damaged and beside that we shal punysshe them in suche maner that it shal be ensamble to all other In wytnes of the whiche thynges we haue made these our letters pateÌ„tes yeuyn at Calais the .xxiiii. day of Octobre the yere of our lorde M .iii. C .lx. ¶ How after the peas made the king of England the frenche kyng called eche other bretherne And of the warres of Britayne And of the hostages that were delyuered to the englysshemen or the frenche kyng was deliuered out of theyr handes Ca. CC .xiii. AFter all these letters and coÌ„myssyons were made deuysed deliuered and well ordeined by the aduyce of the couÌ„sayle of both parties so that bothe kynges were content Than they fell in communycacion of the lord Charles of Bloys and of the lord JohnÌ„ of Mountford for the claymes that they made for the duchie of Britayn for eche of them clamed great right to haue in that heritage but for all theyr coiÌ„cacioÌ„ how they might bring them to peace coÌ„corde yet finally ther was nothyng done iÌ„ that mater for as I was infurmed aff the kyng of England nor his 〈◊〉 had no great affectyon to make that peace For they supposed the in tyme to come the men of warr the were on theyr parte and shulde auoyde out of suche fortressess and garisons as they hewe at the tyme had helde in the realme of France muste depart into some other place therfore the kyng of England and his counsaile thaught it more erpedient profitable that these men of warre that thus had lyued by pillage shuld drawe into the duchie of Britayn the whiche was a good plentifull countrey rather than they shulde retourne agayne into Englande and robbe and pille there So this imaginacion made shortly the englysshemen to breke of fro the coÌ„municacion of the article of Britayne the whiche was euill done and a great synne that they dyd nomore in that mater than they dyd For if both kynges had ben well wyllyng therto by the aduice of both their counsailles peace might haue ben made bitwene the parties and eche of them to haue ben content with that hadde ben gyuen them by reason of that treatye and therby the lord Charles of Bloys myght haue had agayn his children who lay as prisoners in England And also perauenture had lyued longer than he dyd And bycause the nothyng was done than in that mater the warres were neuer so great in the duchie of NormaÌ„dy before the peace made bitwene both kyngê as it was after as ye shall here recorded in this historye by suche barous and knyghtes of the couÌ„trey of Britayne who vphelde and susteyned some the our parte and some the other And than duke Henry of Lancastre who was a right valiant a sage ymagined knyght greatly loued the erle of MouÌ„â—ford and his aduauÌ„cement sayd to kyng JohnÌ„ of France in the presens of the kyng of EnglaÌ„d and before the moost parte of both theyr counsailes Syr as yet the truce that was taken before Raines bitwene the lord Charles of Bloys and the Erle Mountforde is nat expired But hath day to endure vnto the first day of Maye next comyng by the whiche season the kyng of England here present by the aduice of his couÌ„saile and consent of the prince his sonne shall sende the yonge duke the lorde JohnÌ„ of MouÌ„tforde with other certayne of his counsayle into Fraunce to you and they shall haue full aurtorite and power to comyn and to determyne all suche ryght as the sayde lorde JohnÌ„ ought to haue by the successioÌ„ of his father in the duchie of Britayne So thus by you and your counsaile by ours to guether some good way shal be taken bytwene them and for the more 〈◊〉 I thynke it were good that the trewâ—e were relonged vnto the fest of saynt JohnÌ„ Baptist nere folowynge And as the duke of Lancastre had deuysed so was it done and concludedde And than the lordes spake of other maters Rynge JohnÌ„ of France who had great desyre to retourne into Fraunce as it was reason shewed to the kynge of Englande with good corage all the signes of loue that he might do and also to his nephewe the prince of wales And in lyke wyse so dyd the kynge of England to hym for the confirmacion of more loue These two kynges who by the ordinaunce of the peace called eche other brother gaue to .iiii. knyghtes of eche of theyr partes the somme of .viii. M. frankes of yerely reuenues that is to say eche of them to haue .ii. M. frankes And also bicause that the lande of saynt Sauiour the UicouÌ„t in Constantyne the profite of the whiche came yerely into Englande by the gyft and sale of
the lorde Godfrey of Harcourt made to the kynge of Englande as it hath ben shewed here before The whiche lande was nat comprised in the ordinaunce of the sayd treatye and peace Therfore who so euer shulde holde that lande shulde become subiecte and do homage therfore to the freÌ„che kyng Therfore the kyng of Englande gaue that lande to syr JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos who had done often tymes acceptable seruyce to hym and to his children and at the request of the kyng of EnglaÌ„de the frenche kyng by good delyberacion with good courage and loue coÌ„fyrmed and sealed to the gyfte of ser JohnÌ„ Chandos he to possede and to haue the same landes as his true heritage for euer the whiche was a fayre lande and a profytable for ones a yere it was well worthe .xvi. hundred frankes And besyde all this yet were there diuerse other letters of alyaunces made of the whiche I cannat make mencion of all for the space of fyftene dayes orthere aboute whyle these two kynges theyr sonnes and counsailours were at Calais there was dayly commonynge and newe ordinaunces deuysed and confermed to ratifye the peace nat hyndrynge nor brekynge the fyrst letters for they were euer made berynge one date to be of the more surete of the whiche I haue sen the copy of the regestres in the Chaunceryes of both kynges ¶ And whan these thynges were so well made deuised and ordeyned that they coude nat be amended nor corrected so that it was thought by reason of the great alyaunces and boundes wherin the said kynges and theyr childreÌ„ were bode and had so sworne to kepe the peace that it was nat likely to haue ben broken howe be it the peace helde nat longe as ye shall here after in this boke So that whan the hostages for the redemption of the frenche kynge were comen to Calys and that the kynge of Englande had â—wornÌ„ to kepe them peasably in his realme and that the .vi. M. frankes were payd to the kyng of Englandes deputies Than the kyng of Englande made a supper to the frenche kynge in the castell of Calais right wel ordered and the kynges children and the duke of Lancastre in the moost greattest lordes and barons of Englande serued the kynges bare heeded and after supper fynally these two kynges toke leaue eche of other ryght gracyously and amyably â—o the frenche kynge returned to his lodgyng And yâ— next mornyng the whiche was in the vigill of saynt Symonde and Jude the Frenche kynge departed out of Calais and all suche as thulde departe with hym And the kynge went 〈◊〉 fote a pilgrimage to our lady of Boloyn and the prince of Walys and his two bretherne in his company the lorde Lyonelle and the lorde AymoÌ„ And so they went a fote to dyner to Boloyn where they were resceyued with great ioy And there was the duke of Normandy redy taryenge for them and so all these lordes went on fote into the churche of our lady and dyd their offerynges right deuoutly and than returned into the abbay there the whiche was apparelled for the kynge and to receyue the lordes of Englande And so there they were all that day and the nexte nyght after retourned agayne to Calats to the kynge theyr father and so fynally they all to guether passed thesee and the hostages of Fraunce with them the whiche was in the vigill of all Sayntes In the yere of our lorde M. C C C .lx. IT is reason that I name to you the noblemen of the realme of FrauÌ„ce that entred into Englande in hostage for the frenche kyng First the lorde Philip duke of Orliaunce sometyme sonne to kynge Philip of France and also his two nephewes the duke of Aniou and the duke of Berry also the duke of Bourbon the Erle of Alanson the lorde JohnÌ„ of Stampes Guy of Bloys for that countie Loys of Bloys his brother the erle of saynt Poule the erle of Harecourt the erle Daulphyn of Auuergne ser Ingram lorde of Coucy ser JohnÌ„ of Ligny erle of Porccen the erle of Bresme the lord of MoÌ„morency the lorde of Roy the lorde of Preault the lorde of Stouteuill the lorde of Clerettes the lorde of saynt Wenant the lorde of the toure of Aunergne and diuers other the whiche I cannat name Also of the good cite of Parys of Roen of Reinnes of Burges in Berry and of Towrs in Tourayn of Lyons on the riuer of Roan of Seins in Bourgoyn of Orleance of Troye in Champaigne of Amiens of Beauuoys of Arras of Tournay of Caen in Normandy of saint Omers of Lysle of Dowaye of euery cite .ii. or the burgesses and so thus fynally they passed all the see and came to the good cite of London And the kyng of EnglaÌ„de commaunded and enioyned all his officers on great paynes that they shuld be to these lordes and to theyr company curtoyse and fauorable and to kepe and defende theym and theyr company from all euill rule the whiche commaundement was well kept and vpholde in al poyntes And so these lordes and other hostagers sported them withoute perill or daunger all about in the cite at their pleasure and the great lordes went a huntynge and haukyng at theyr pleasure and rode about the countrey and dysited the ladies and damusels without any coÌ„trollynge they founde the kyng of England so curtoyse and amiable Nowe let vs somwhat speke of the Frenche kynge Who was come to to Boloyn and departed fro Calais as ye haue harde here before ¶ Of the commyssyoners that were ordeyned on bothe parties to auoyde the garisoÌ„s in the realme of France of the companions that assembled together in the realme and of the great euils that they dyd Cap. C C .xiiii. THe frenche kynge taried nat longe at Boloyn but departed after the feest of all saintê and went to Montrell and to Hedyn and so to the good cite of Amiens and there taryed tyll it was nere Christmas than he departed and went to Parys and there he was solemnly and reuerently receyued of all the clergye of Parys and so conueyed to his palys and there he alyghted and his so 〈…〉 Philip and al other lordes that were ther with hym and there was for them a noble dyner apparelled I can neuer shewe or deuise howe 〈◊〉 the frenche kynge wass receyued at his retourne into his realme of all maner of people For his presence was greatly desyred amonge them and they gaue hym many fayre and riche gyftes and to visite hym thither came prelates and baroness of all his realme and they felted and made great chere to hym asshit wass theyr duite to do and the kynge receyued them right swetely ANone ofter that kyng JohnÌ„ wass returned into Fraunce ther passed the see suche persones as were commytted by the kynge of Englande to take possessyon of the landes countreys counties baâ—â—wykes cites to 〈◊〉 caâ—telles and forteressess that shulde be delyuered by reason of the teeatie peace before made howe be it the
was nat so soone done for diuerse lordes in Languedor wolde nat at the â—yrâ—â—e obeye to yelde them selfe to holde of the kynge of Englande for all that the frenche kynge hadde quyted them of theyr faith homage that they shulde haue done to hym for it semed right coÌ„n trarte to them to obey to the englâ—â—hemen and specially they of farre macches as â—he 〈◊〉 of Marche the erle of Piergourt the erle of Gomegines the vicount of Chaltellon the 〈…〉 ount of Carmaing the lorde of Pyncorneâ— and dyuerse other and they maruailed greatly of the resort and alligeance that the frenche kyng had quyted them of wold haue them to do it to the englisshemen And soâ—â—e of them sayd that the kyng ought nat so to acquite them nor by right myght so do for they sayd ther were iÌ„ Gascoyâ— olde auncient charters and priuileges graunted by great Charlemayne who was kynge of Fraunce that he myght nat put their resort aliegeaunce into any other court but allonely in his And therfore these lordes at the first â—â—lde nat obey to that pointmeÌ„t but the frenche kyng who wolde hold and accomply â—â—he that he had sworne and sealed vnto sent thither to them the lorde James of Bourbon his dere â—osyn Who apeased the moost parte of the sayd lordes and so they became liege menne to the kynge of England as the erle of Arminacke the lorde Dalbret and many other Who at the desyre of the frenche kynge and of the lorde of Bourbon hiss cosyn obeyed to the Englysshemen full sore agaynste theyr Wylless And also on the see syde in Poictou and Rochelss and in â—aynton thyss composicion was right displea 〈…〉 to the lordes and knyghtê and good towness of that conÌ„trey Whan they sawe that it 〈◊〉 theym to become englisshe and specially they of yâ— towne of Rochell wolde nat agree therto and so excused them selfe often tymes and so contynued a hole yere that they wolde nat suffre the englisshemen to entre into the towne And it is meruaile to reherse the amiable and swete wordâ—â— that they wrote to the frenche kynge In desyrynge hym for goddess sake that he wolde nat acquyte them of the faith that they owe to hym nor to put them out of his demayne into the hades of straungers sayeng how they had rather to be taxed yerely to the halfe of theyr substancâ— than to be vnder the handes of the englisshmen The frenche kynge Who sawe well their good wyls and trouth that they bare to hym by theyr often excusacionss had of them great pâ—e â—owâ— be it he sent and wrote affectuously to theym to the entent that they shulde fulfyll his desire shewynge them that elles the peace shulde be broken iÌ„ their defaute the whiche shulde be a great preiudice to the realme of France so that whaâ— they of Rochell sawe no other remedye and 〈◊〉 sydered the distresse that they were in and 〈◊〉 theyr 〈…〉 usacionss nor desire coude nat be accepted Than they obeyed full sore againsâ—â— theyr wylles And the honest men of the towne sayde We shall obeye the Englysshemen from hense forth but our hartes shall nat remoue from the frenche parte Thus the kyng of England had the possession and sesâ—nynge of the duchie of Aquitayne of the countie of Ponthieu of Guynes and of all the landes that he ought to hauâ— on that syde of the see that is to say in the realme of Fraunce gyuen hym by the ordinance of the sayd treatye And so the same yere ser JohnÌ„ Chandos passed the see as reget and lieutenaÌ„t to the kynge of Englande and toke possession of all the sayd lades with the faithess homagess of all the Erles vicountess baroness knyghtess and squyers towness and forteresses and â—et 〈◊〉 euery place constabless capitayness 〈◊〉 and officers by hiss ordinaunce and laye hym selfe at Nyort and there he helde a great estate and noble for he had well wherwith for the kyng of Englande Who entierly loued hym Wolde that he shulde so do for he was well worthy for he was a good knyght curtesse and benynge amyable liberall preuâ— sage and trewe in all causes and valiauntly had mayntayned hym selfe among all lordes ladies and dammuselless Nor there was neuer knyght in his tyme better beloued nor praysed of euery creature ANd in the meane season that the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the kynge of Englande were takynge of the possessions of the forsaid landes accordyng to the treatye and peace There were certayne other deputies stablysshed by the kynge of Englande in the bondes and limitations of FraÌ„ce With certayne persones commytted by the freÌ„che kynge to cause all maner of men of warre to auoyde and departe oute of the holdes and 〈…〉 soâ—s that they helde by the coÌ„maundement oâ— the kyng of Englande and they were straitly 〈◊〉 on peyne of theyr lyues and gooddes and to be reputed as ennemies to the kyng of Englande that they shulde leaue and delyuer vp all suche forteresses as they helde that shulde perteyue to the frenche kynge So there were some knyghtes and squâ—ers suche as owed a 〈…〉 geaunce to the kynge of Englande obâ—â—ed the kynges commaundement and rendâ—ed â—rcaused to be rendred the fortresses that they helde But there were some that wolde nat obeye sayeng howe they made warre in the title of the kynge of Nauarre Also there were many strangers that were great capitaynes and great pyllers that Wolde nat departe as Almayns Brabances Flemmynges â—aynows 〈◊〉 mansoâ—s fraÌ„coâ—s who were but pore by reason of the warres wherfore they thought to recouer them selfe with makynge of Warre in the realme of Fraunce The whiche people perseuered styll in theyr euyll doynge and so they dyd after moche euyll in the Realme agaynste all them that they were in displeasure with And Whan the capitaynes were thus departed in courtesse maner out of these fortresses that they helde and that they were in the felde than they gaue leaue to theyr men of warre to departe Who had lerned so to pylle and robbe that they thought to retourne into theyr owne countreys was nat to them profitable and perauenture they durste nat bicause of suche vyllayne dedes that they were accused of there So that they gathered them selfe to guyther and made amonge them selâ—e newe capitaynes and toke by election the worste and moost vnhappy personne of theym all and so rode forthe one fro an other and mette to guether agayne fyrste in Champaygne and in Bourgoyn and there assembled by great companyes the Whiche were called the late commers bicause they hadde as than but lyttell pylled in the Realme of France And sodainly they went and toke by strengthe the forteresse of Genuille and great gooddes therin the whiche were brought thyther by theym of the countrey on truste of the stronge place And whan these coÌ„panions had thus found in this place suche great riches the whiche was estymed to be to the value of a huÌ„dred thousande frankes They deuyded hit amonge them
these companyons who parseuered styll in their yuell deds as people reioysed and coÌ„forted of their dedes as well for wynnynge of that iourney as for the raunsomyng of many good prisoners So thus these coÌ„panyons ledde their tyme at theâ—â— pleasure in that countrey for there were none that came agaynst theym for incontynent after the discoÌ„fyture of Brunay they entred and spredde abrode in the countie of Forestes and pylled and wasted all the countreâ— except the foressess and bycause they were so great a company almoost nothynge helde agaynst theym And so they deuyded theÌ„ into two partes and sir Seguyn of Batefoyle had the lesse parteâ— howe beit he had in his company a thre thousaÌ„de fightyng men and he went and lay at 〈◊〉 a myle fro Lyons and fortefyed the place maruelously and so his company were ther about in the marchesse the whiche was one of the plentyfull countrees of the worlde the whiche they ouer ranne and raunsomed the people at their pleasure that is to say all the countres on this syde and beyond the ryuer of Some the couÌ„tie of Mascon the archebysshoprike of Lyons and the lande of the lorde of Beauieu all the countrey to Marcylly to Nonnes and to the countie of Neuers The other parte of the same company as Nandos of Beaugeraunt Espyot Carnell Robert Briquet Ortyngo Bernarde of the Salle Lamyt the Bourge Camas the Bourge of Bretuell the Bourge of Lespare and dyuers other of one sorte and affinyte drewe them towarde Auygnone and sayd howe they wolde se the pope and cardynalles and to haue some of their money orels to hare and to pyll the countre And so they taryed here and there abydynge for the rauÌ„some of suche prisoners as they had taken and also to se if the truce helde bytwene FrauÌ„ce and Englande And as they went towarde Auygnon they toke by the way townes and fortresses so that none helde agaynst them for all the countre was afrayed And also in that countre they had vsed no warre so yâ— suche as were in these small holdes wyst nat howe to defende theÌ„selfe fro suche men of warr and these companyons herde howe there was at the bridge saynt Esperyte a seuyn leages fro Auygnon great treasure and richesse of the countre assembled ther togyder on trust of the stronge fortresse and so the companyons aduysed among them that if they might wynne that holde it shuld be gretly to their aduauntage and profyte for thanne they thought to be maysters of Roane and of theym in Auygnon And on this purpose they stubyed tyll at last they had caste their aduyce as I haue herd reported in this maner Gâ—yot dâ— Pyn and the lytell Methyn rode with their company in one nyght a fyftene leages and in the mornynge at the brekynge of the day they came to the towne of the bridge saynt Spyryt and sodenly toke it and all that were within the whiche was great pyte for ther they slewe many an honest person and defoyled many a da 〈…〉 and wan suche tychesse that it coude 〈…〉 and great puruyaunces to lyue 〈…〉 And so by that meanes they might râ—nne at their â—ase without dauÌ„ger one â—â—â—son in to the realme of FrauÌ„ce and another tyme into the empyre So there assembled togyder all the companyons and euery day ran to the â—aâ—es of Auygnon wher of the pope and 〈…〉 were in great affray and drede to these companyons made there a soueraygne 〈◊〉 amonge them who was euer moost â—omonly enemy to god and to the worlde BEsyde these there were in FrauÌ„ce great nombre of pyliers and robbers what of englysshmen gascoyns and almaygnes who sayd they must nedes lyue And they helde styll certayne garysons and fortresses for all that the kyng of Englandes deputies had coÌ„mauÌ„ded them to auoyde and to departe How be it they wolde nat all obey wherwith the frenche kynge was sore displeased and all his counsell but whan these companyons in dyuers places herde howe these other companyons had ouer throwen the lorde of Bourbon and a two thousande knyghtes and squyers and taken many a good prisoner And also had taken in the towne saynt Eâ—pyrite so great rychesse that it was a thyuge mcomparable and thynkynge howe they were lykely to wynne Auygnon or els to putte to mercy the pope and cardynalles and all the coutre of Prouynce ThaÌ„ they thought all to departe and to go thyder for couetyse to 〈◊〉 more and to do more yuell dedes So that was the cause that dyuers of them left vp their fortresses and wente to their coÌ„panyous in hope to gette more â—yllage And whan that pâ—pe 〈…〉 and the colledge of Ro 〈…〉 were â—ered by these cursed pâ—oplâ— theâ— were greatly abasshed And than 〈…〉 agaynst these 〈◊〉 christen people who dyde their payne to distroy chrâ—sâ—â—ndomâ— as other bandes had done before wtout tytell of any reason for they wasâ—ed all the countrey without any cause and robbed without spaâ—yng all that euer they coude gette and 〈◊〉 and deâ—oyled women olde and yong without pytie and slewe men women chyldren without mercy doyng to them no trespace And suche as dyde moost shamefullyst dedê were reputed with them moost valyaunt So than the pope and the cardynalles preached openly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and assoyled a pena â—t cul 〈◊〉 all those that wolde take on them this croy 〈◊〉 And that wolde abandon their bodyes wil lyngly to distroy these yuell peple and their coÌ„panyons and ther was chosen among the cardynals sir Peter of Monstier cardynall of Arras called Dste to be chefe capitayne of yâ— croysey And mcontynent he departed out of Auygnon and wente and taryed at Carpentrase a sâ—uyn myle fro Auygnon and ther he retayned all maner of soudyers suche as wold saue their soules matteynyng to these sayd perdous but they shulde haue none other wages wherfore that tourney brake for euery man deê‘ted â–ª some into Lombardy some to their owne couÌ„trees and some went to the sayd yuell company so yâ— dayly they encreased So thus they haryed the pope the cardynals the marchauntes about Auygnon and dyd moche yuell tyll it was ferr into the somer season In the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hudred threscore and one THan the pope and the cardynals aduysed them of a noble gentyll knyght and a good warryoure the marques of Mounferrant who kept warr and had done a long space agaynst the lordes of Myllayne yâ— pope sent forhym And so he came to Auygnon and was honorably receyued of the pope and cardynals and so atreaty was made with hym by reason of a somme of money that he shuld haue to the entent that he shulde get out of that ceuntre the sayd yuell coÌ„panyons and to retayne theÌ„ with him in his warres of Lombardy So than the marques treated with the captayns of the companyons and by reason of threscore thousand florens that they shulde haue among them and great wages that the marques shulde gyue
the kyng and of the quene and of their bretherne and departed out of England and aryued at Rochell In the same season departed out of this world the kyng of Englandes mother Isabell of frauÌ„re doughter to kynge Philyp le Beau soÌ„tyme frenche kyng And she was buryed at the freâ—r mynors in London right nobly and reuereÌ„tly ther beyng all the prelates and barones of Englande the lordes of Fraunce suche as were their in hostage and this was or the prince and princes deê‘ted out of England And after this obsequy done they departed and aryued at Rochell wher they were receyued with great ioy and there tayed the space of four dayes ¶ Howe the kynges of Fraunce and of Cypre toke on them the croysey agaynst the mfydeles and of the gret purchace for that entent that the kynge of Cypre made with many kyngê and princes in dyuers places of christendome Cap. CC .xvii. AS soone as sir Johan Chandos who had alonge season gouerned the duchye of Acquitayne herde howe the prince was comyng thyder Than he departed fro Nyort came with a goodly company of knyghtes and squyers to yâ— towne of Rochell wher he was well receyued with the prince and princes And so the prince with great honoure and ioye was brought into the cytie of Poycters and thyder came to se hym with great ioye the barownes and knyghtes of Poyâ—tou of Xaynton and there they dyde to hym feaultie and homage as they ought to do And than he wente to Burdeaux and there taryed a long season and the princes with him and thyder came to se hym the erles vycouÌ„tes barownes and knyghtes of Gascoyne there they were receyued right ioyously And the prince acquyted hym selfe so nobly amonge theym that euery man was well content And the erle of Foyz came thyder to se the prince who had great chere and feast And there was a peace made bytwene hym and the erle of Armynake the whiche a long space before made werr eche on other And than anone after sir JohnÌ„ Chandos was made constable of all the countrey of Guyene and sir Guychart Dangle was made marshall So thus the prince made suche knightes of his house as he loued best great offycers throughout the duchy of Acquitayne â–ª and tylled all constableshyppes baylâ—wykes with englysshe knyghtes who kept after great and puyssaunt astates parauenture greatter than they of the countrey wolde they had done but the matters wente nat at their ordynaunces ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of the prince of wales and Acquitayne and of the princes and speke of kynge Johan of Fraunce who was as than at the newe towne without Auygnon ABout the tyme of candelmasse the yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred 〈◊〉 Kyng Peter of Cypre came to Auygnon of whose comynge the hole courte was greatly reioysed and dyuers cardynalles went to mete hym and brought hym to the paleys to the pope Urbayne who ryght ioyously receyued hym And also so dyde the frenche kynge who was there present And whan they haâ—â—e 〈◊〉 â—o gâ—ther a certayne tyme and taken wyne and spices the two kynges departed fro the pope and eche of them went to theyr owne lodgyng And the same season there was a wage of â—atell before the frenche kyng bitwene two noble and expert knyghtes syr Aymon of Pommters and syr Fouques of Archiac and whaÌ„ they had fought sufficiently than the frenche kynge treated for a peace and accorded them to gether And so all the lente season these two kynges â—aryed there about Auignon and often tymes they visited the pope who receyued them right â—â—yâ—usly ANd often tymes whan the kynge of Ciper was with the pope the freche kyng beyng present and the cardinalles he declared to them howe that for all Christedome it shuld be a noble and a worthy thyng to open the passage ouer the see and to go agaynst yâ— enemyes of the Christen fayth The whiche wordes the frenche kynge gladly herde and pourposed in hym selfe if he myght lyue .iii. yere to go thither for two causes that moued hym therto the fyrste bicause his father kynge Philyp had auowed so to do and secondly to the entent therby to drawe out of his realme all maner of men of warre called companyous who â—ylled and robbed his countrey withoute any title and to saue theyr soules This pourpose and entente the frenche kyng reserued to hym selfe without any worde spekyng therof vntyll good fryday that pope Urban hym selfe preched in his chapell at Auignon beynge present both kynges and the hole College of cardinalles After that holy predicacion the whiche was right humble and moche deuoute The freÌ„che kynge by great deuocion toke on hym the Croysey and swetâ—hâ— requyred of the pope to accord and to consyrme his voyage and the pope lyghâ—ly agreed therto and so the kynge toke it and â—oith hym syr Calleran cardinall of Pierregourt the erle of Artoise the erle of Ewe the erle Dampmartyn the erle of Tankeruille syr Arnolde Dandrehen the great priour of France syr BoucequaÌ„t dyuerse other knyghtes there present And of this enterprise the kynge oâ— Cyper was ryght ioyouse and thanked ryght hartely our lorde therof and reputed hit for a great syngular meryte THus as ye maye se and here the frenche kynge and the sayd lordes toke on them â—o weare aboue all theyr garmentes the 〈◊〉 â—rosse and our holy father the pope 〈…〉 this voyage and caused it to be preched in dyuerse places I shall she we you howe the kyng of Cyper who was come thither to 〈◊〉 and moue this voyage had great 〈◊〉 to go and se the Emperour and all the hyghe baroues of the Empyre so into Englande to se the kyng there and so to all the other great lordes of â—â—â—â—â—enâ—ome And thus as he purposed so he dyd as ye shall here after in this history Our holifather the pope and the frenche kynge offered and promysed hym theyr bodyes goodes and substances to furnysshe this voyage and gaue hym full power to publysshe the grace and pardon of this holy voyage therby to cause all lordes and prynces the rather to enclyne to thys holy voyage And so this kynge was so well beloued for the reasons that he shewed and for the fayre language that he vttered to the lordes of this voyage that they had rather haue herd hym than any other predicacion and so on this poynt they reâ—â—ed Anone after easter the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lxiii. the kynge of Cyper departed fro Auignon and sayd he wolde go and se the emperour and lordes of the Empyre and promysed to returne agayne by Brabant Flaunders and Haynault and so he toke leaue of the pope and of the frenche kynge who in all cases acquyted them ryght well to ward hym and gaue hym many fayre gyâ—tê and â—â—â— wels and pardons that the pope gaue to hym to all his men And anone after the departynâ— of the kynge of Cyper the frenche
kynge toke leaue of the pope went to the towne of Moâ—â— pellâ—â—er to visite Languedor where he had 〈◊〉 been of a longe space before NO we let vs speke of the kynge of Cyâ— and of the voiage 〈◊〉 he made He rode so longe by his â—ourneâ—â— that he came into almayn into the cite of Pragne and there he fouÌ„de the emperour of Almayne syr Charles of Behaigne who receyued hym graciously and all the lordes of the Empyre that were there present And the kynge of Cyper taryed there a thre wykes and exhorted greatly theym of the Empyre to this holy voyage and in euery place where he passed through Almayne the Emperour payde for hys Costes Than the kynge of Cyper wente into the duchye of Jullyers where the Duke made hym ryght great feast and â—here and thaâ— from thense he went in to 〈…〉 ante where also the Duke and duchessâ— receyued hym with great honour in the towne of Bruzels with diuers suppers Justis tournays other pastymes of honor as they coude ryght well do hit and at his departynge they gaue hym great gyftes and ieowels And than he went into Flanders to se the erle Loys who in like wyse dyd greatly feast and honour hym and specially at Brugê and dyd so moche that the kynge Was Well contente with hym And there he taryed that somer alwayes exhortyng euery man to this holy voyage Wherof dyuerse lordes had great ioy and desire to do it ¶ Of the frenche hostages that were in Englande and of the purchas that the kynge of Ciper made for this croisey Cap. CC .xviii. IN this season the kynge of Englande dyd grace to the iiii frenche dukes that were there ihostage that is to say the Duke of Orleaunce the duke of Aniou the duke of Berrey the duke of Bourbon These lordes were at Calais and that kyng was content that they shulde ryde aboute Calais by the space of .iiii. dayes where they lyste So that euer at yâ— .iiii. dayes ende they to come agayne to Calais by sonne settynge And thys the kynge of Englande dyd for a good entente bicause they shulde the rather in France purchase for theyr delyueraunce These .iiii. lordes thus beyng in Calais sent messangers dyuers tymes to the frenche kynge and to the duke of Normandy his eldest sonne desyrynge them to entende to theyr delyueraunce accordynge as they had promysed and sworne whan they entred into Englande sayeng els they wold take hede therto them selfe for they thought theymself as no prisoners though that these lordes were right nere of lignage to the kynge yet for all that theyr messangers were nat herde nor delyuered to theyr pleasure Wherwith these lordes were right sore displeased and specially the duke of Aniou who sayd he wold right wel prouyde for a remedy The frenche kynge and his counsaile and the duke of Normandy wer sore besied what for the voyage of the Croysey that he had taken vpon hym and for the warres that the kynge of Nauarre made in the realme who had sent into Lombardy for certayn of the companyons to helpe hym in his warre These were yâ— causes that they toke no regard to the lordes that laye in hostage that is to say to the foresayde .iiii. dukes nor to delyuer their messangers Whan they came into Fraunce And whan the kyng of Ciper had visited these lordes and these sayd countreys he rode so by his iourneys that he came to Calais where he founde .iii. of these sayd dukes the duke of Orleaunce the duke of Berrey the duke of Bourbon the duke of Aniou was gone into FrauÌ„ce I can nat tell in what estate These .iii. dukes as prisoners receyued the kynge of Ciper into Calais right ioyously and the kynge acquyted hym to them right swetely and so they wer there to guether .ii. dayes Than the kynge of Cyper passed the see and arryued at Douer there taried two dayes and refresshed hym tyll all his cariage was vnshypped Than he rode by smalle iourneys at his ease tyll he came to London and there he was honorably receyued and feasted of the lordes of Fraunce that were there and also by them of England who were sent to mete with hym by the kynge of EnglaÌ„d as the erle of Herforde syr Gaulter of Manny the lorde Spenser syr Rawoll Feryes ser Guyshart of PeÌ„nebruges and ser Richard of Stury who accompanied and brought hym to his lodgyng in the cite of London I can nat recouÌ„t to you in a hole day the noble diners and suppers chere and feastes that was made to hym by the kynge of Englande and the presentes gyftes and ieowels that was gyuen hym and to sayâ— trouthe he was well worthy to hauehit for he was come thither fro farre with great expense to exhorte the kynge to take on hym the redde crosse and to helpe to open the passage against goddes ennemies but the kynge of Englande excused hym selfe graciously and right sagely SO than agayne the kynge of Cyper repassed the see and arryued at Boloyn herde in his waye howe that the frenche kynge and the duke of Normandy the lorde Philyp his yongest sonne and great parte of his counsayle shulde be at the good towne of Amyense thither rode the kynge of Cyper and there he founde the kynge who was newly come thider and part of his counsaile and there he was nobly receyued and there recounted to them how he had spedde in all his voiage the whiche they were glad to here And whan the kynge of Cyper had ben there a certayn space of tyme than he sayde he tought he hadde nat yet no thynge done tyll he hadde seen the Prynce of Wales say enge that by the grace of god he Wolde go and sehym and the lordes of Poictom and of Acquitayne The frenche kynge accorded wel that he shulde so do but he desired hym at his retourne that he wolde come through FrauÌ„ce And the kyng of Ciper promysed so â—o to And thus he departed from Amience and went towarde Beaunoyse passed the riuer of Seyn and at last came to Poicters At that tyme the prince was at Angolesme where as he shulde kepe a great feast Justis and tournay of .xl. knyghtes and as many squiers for the loue of the princesse Who was brought to bedde of a faire sonne called Edwarde And as soone as the prince knewe of the coÌ„mynge of the kyng of Ciper he sent to mete with hym ser JohnÌ„ Chaudos and a great nombre of other knyghtes squiers of his house Who brought hym With great ioye and reuerence to the prince who receyued hym right honorably in all 〈◊〉 NOwe let vs leaue a while to 〈◊〉 of the kynge of Ciper and returne to the freÌ„che kynge and recount to what entencion he his counsatle were come to amience I was as than enfourmed and true hit was that kynge Johst of Fraunce was inpourposâ— to go into Englande to se kynge Edwarde his brother the quene his
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 counsaâ—â—ed 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 fouÌ„de 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 FraÌ„ce 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 InnoceÌ„tis 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 â—all 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 〈◊〉 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 marâ—ners 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 〈◊〉 offred to the Shâ—yâ—â— a ryche 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â–ª And 〈…〉 e the kynge tarâ—ed t 〈…〉 And on the 〈…〉 de dare he departed and â—oodâ— towarde 〈…〉 dou and at lastâ— came to 〈…〉 ame Where 〈…〉 kynge oâ— Englandâ— was with a great nom 〈…〉 hym Who recey 〈…〉 His comynge thy 〈…〉 after dyner and bitwene 〈…〉 ther was great dauÌ„syng 〈…〉 There was the yonge lorde of 〈…〉 ed hym selfe to daunce and 〈…〉 t bothe frenche and englysshe 〈…〉 olde hym â–ª â—t became hym so 〈…〉 all that 〈◊〉 he dyd I canne nat she we all 〈…〉 honorably the kynge of Enâ—â—ande and the quene receyued the freÌ„che kyng 〈…〉 day they departed from Elthame 〈…〉 to London So all maner of people 〈…〉 of the â—itie mette and receyued hym 〈◊〉 great reâ—erâ—ce and he was brought with â—reat 〈…〉 through London to his lodgyng to Saâ—â—y the whiche was ordeined for 〈◊〉 And in the same castell were lodged suche 〈◊〉 his blodde as laye there in hostage First the 〈◊〉 of Orleaunce his brother and his sonne 〈◊〉 duke of Berrey his â—osyâ— the duke of Bout 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of Alenson Guy of Bloys the erle 〈…〉 Powle and dyuers other So thus y◠〈…〉 kynge taried there parte of that wynter â—mong the lordes of his owne blodde right ioy 〈◊〉 and often tymes the kynge of Englande 〈◊〉 his children visited hym and the duke of â—larence the duke of Lancastre and the lorde â—â—mon one of the kynges soÌ„nes and so diuers â—â—mes they made great feastes to guether in dyâ—ers â—uppers and in diuers other pastymes at his lodgynge of Sauoy And whan it pleased â—he frenche kyng he went to the kynges palaice of WestmÌ„ secretâ—y by the ryuer of Temes and often tymes these two kâ—nges whan they met â—â—wayled the lorde James of Bourbon sayeng that it was great damage of hym and a great mysse of hym out of theyr coÌ„pany 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 coâ—syn who receyued hym right ioyously and in like wyse so dyd all yâ— barones knyghtes and 〈…〉 ers of Poictou and of â—ainton suche 〈◊〉 were about the prince as the vicouÌ„t of Thoâ—â—â— the yong lorde of Pouns the lorde of Perâ—â—â—ey syr Loys of â—arcourt 〈◊〉 Guyssharde â—â—â—ngle and of Englande sâ—r JohnÌ„â—handos 〈◊〉 Thomas Felton sir Nowell Lorwiche syr Richarde of Pountchardon sir Symon Bassell sir Baâ—d wyn of Franuill sir Daugorises and diuers other aswell of the same couÌ„tâ—ey as of Englande The kyng of Ciper was well honored and feasted of the prince and of the prinâ—esse 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 â—east 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 â—edde crosse that he baâ—e 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„
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 EnglaÌ„de 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 phisiâ—iens sayde he was in great paâ—ell 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 â—yng 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 NormaÌ„dy to hym sayeng howe he wolde make hym souerayne captâ—ayne 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 warâ—e 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 â—â—o 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 bytweâ—e them ThaÌ„ the duke of OrleauÌ„ce his brother and the duke of Berry his sonne who were ryght sorowfull for his dethe sent incoÌ„tynent in great hast worde therof ouer the see to the duke of NormaÌ„dy wherof the duke was right sory aâ—â— 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 〈◊〉 that behalfe All the same seasonne there was a knyght in Bretayne that toke euer the frenche partie called syr Bertram â—e Guesclyâ— the renowme of hym was nat greatly knowen as 〈◊〉 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 conÌ„tre this syr Bertram was reputed for a valyaÌ„t knyght and welbeloued with all men of warr was as than greatly in yâ— duke of NormaÌ„des grace for the greaâ— vertues yâ— hâ— herd reported of hym So that whanthe duke had herde of the dethe of his father doutâ—d 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 Guescâ—yue 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 mâ—che â—â—yll throughout the worlde ROlebosse was a stronge castell on the â—yuer of Sâ—yne a leage fro Ma 〈…〉 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 capyâ—â—â— whome they obeyed and he retayned them by certayne wages that he gaue them he was called UaÌ„tayre Austarde an expert man of armâ—s and a bolde and borne in the towne of Brusels And he and his coÌ„pany 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 â—ore them of MauÌ„t Whan sir Boâ—â—equant parted fro Parys he fayned to take the way to Roleâ—osse howbeit he taryed at a certayne place for sir Bertram of Guâ—sclyâ—e his company who was ryden before to the castell of Deurâ—uâ— anâ— had spoken with them within but they wold◠〈◊〉 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 huÌ„dred 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 MauÌ„t 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 â–ª and so thus sir Boucequant dâ—â—â—ed with this sayd company and rode towarde Maunte â–ª and syr Bertram rode thyderwarde by another way and put theÌ„selfe in a busshment nere to MauÌ„t And whan sir Bouceqâ—uant aproched nere to Maunt â–ª than they sparâ—led a brode lyke men 〈◊〉 were discoÌ„fyted and chased And so the knyght sir Boucequant came to Maunt but. 〈◊〉 with him the resydue came one after another Than he called at yâ—â—arryers and sayd a ye good people of Maunt open your gate and let vs entre 〈…〉 r fold weth the yuell murdrâ—rs the 〈…〉 Roâ—eboyse who chaseth vs hath vtterly discâ—tâ—ted vs. They within sayd sir what be you 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he I am ser BoucequaÌ„t marshall to the duke of Normady sent by hym to haue fought with theÌ„ of Rolâ—boyse but the theues wtin haue 〈◊〉 me so that it behoued me to 〈◊〉 whyder I wolde or nat and here
they wyll â—ake me all myne without ye wyll open your gate and let vs come in forsocour And they with in answered wenynge to them that his wordes â—ad ben true sayd sir we knowe well that they 〈◊〉 Roleboyse be our enemyes yours also for they care nat with whem they haue warr but also on thother part the duke of NormaÌ„dy ha 〈…〉 of the kyng of Nauer our lor 〈…〉 therfore we be in great dout lest we shulde 〈…〉 d by you who is marshall of FraÌ„ce Sâ—s 〈◊〉 he by my saytheye shall haue no hurt â—y me 〈◊〉 am nat come into this countre but to 〈◊〉 them of Roleboys And so by these worâ—â—â— they opened the gate suffred sir Boucequant to 〈◊〉 alwayes lytell and lytell his 〈…〉 wed so that bytwene the hyndermast 〈…〉 quantê men and the formast of sir 〈…〉 mes men they of Maunt had no leaser 〈…〉 ne their gates for sir Boucequant 〈…〉 n to a logyng and vnarmed him ther 〈◊〉 to apease theÌ„ of the towne that they shuld naâ— mystrust but than sir Bertram and his coÌ„pany came galoppyng and entred in to the tow 〈…〉 d saynt Jues Clesquy to the dethe 〈…〉 eroyse And so enterd into the logynâ—â—â— and pylled robbed all that euer they foun 〈◊〉 and coke prisoners slewe whom they lyst â—â—d the same season that they thus entred into 〈…〉 another company of bretons came to 〈…〉 ke but a leage thens and entred therm 〈…〉 lly for they sayd they were men of 〈…〉 nt thyder by sir Wyllyam of GraÌ„uyll 〈◊〉 was at Maunt with as many mo as they 〈◊〉 They of Meulâ—â— thought their wordes 〈◊〉 bycause they came the way fro Maunt 〈…〉 we well they coulde come none other way 〈…〉 se the ryuer of Seyn but at the brige of 〈…〉 therfore they beleued them and opened 〈…〉 ryers And than these bretons entred 〈…〉 the gate and cryed saynt yues Eles 〈…〉 people downe right who fledde 〈…〉 themselfe aswell as they myght 〈…〉 sawe them selfe so disceyued and be 〈…〉 hus was Maunt and Meulecke ta 〈…〉 t the duke of Normandy was right 〈…〉 and the kyng of Nauer right sore displeased whan he knewe therof ThaÌ„ the kyng of Nauerr set good capitayns in all his townes and castels and toke it for a great domage the losse of MauÌ„t and Meulec for by them he had a fayre entre into Fraunce and the same weke the captall of Beusz arryued at Chyerbourge with a foure hundred men of armes and the kyng of Nauerr made hym great fest and there and shewed hym in maner of a coÌ„playnt howe the duke of Normandy had caused the townes of Maunt and Meuleck to be stollen fro hym Than the Captall answered and sayd sir and it please god we shall go forwarde and I trust shall spede so well that we shall haue theym agayne and many mo It is sayd howe the duke of Normandy is goynge to Reynes to be crowned we shall go and do hym some noyaunce and domage Thus of yâ— comynge of the Captall of Beusz was that kynge of Nauer ryght ioyouse and sayd that incoÌ„tynent he wolde make a iourney in to Fraunce than he sende for men of warre in to all partes wher he coudymagen to haue any The same season there was in Normandy the Marne a knyght of EnglaÌ„de who or that tyme had ben with the kynge of Nauerr in his warres He was a ryght well expertman of armes was called sir JohnÌ„ Jonell he had in his coÌ„pany a thre huÌ„dred men of armes The kyng of Nauer sent to hym desyringe that he wolde come and serue hym with suche nombre as he had This knyght condyscended to the kynges desyre and came to him and put hym into his seruyce The duke of Normandy knewe ryght well howe the kyng of Nauerr assembled an army and howe the Captall shulde be chiefe capitayne Than he wrote to sir Bertram of Clesquy desyring hym and his bretoÌ„s to kepe fronter warr with the kyng of Nauer promysyng to send hym people ynowe to fight agaynst the power of the kyng of Nauer And he ordayned that sir BoucequaÌ„t shulde tary and kepe MauÌ„t and Meulec And so sir Bertran his company of bretons went towarde Uernon In a shorte space after the duke of Normandy send to hym a great nombre of men of warre as therle of Aucer the vycount Beaumount the lorde Beauiewe and dyuers other knyghtes squyers In the same season there was come in to FrauÌ„ce to serue yâ— duke of Normandy out of Gascone the lorde Dalbret sir Aymon of Punyers sir Peteton of Corton yâ— Soldyche of Lestrad dyuers other wherof the duke of NormaÌ„dy coude theÌ„ great thankâ— desyring theÌ„ to ryde into Normandy agaynst his ennemyes These lordes obeyed the duke and rode all into Normandy excepte the lorde Dalbret who taryed styll with the duke but his men rode forthe in that iourney Also in the same season on the fronters of Bretayne there was a breton knyght of the frenche partie called Beamont of the Uale and had in his company a .xl. speres all bretons and they came before Eureur and within the towne ther was a knyght called sir Guy of Granuyll Alsone as he herde the fray he armed him and all his soudyers and mounted ontheir horses rode out into the felde and by that tyme sir Beamont had done his enterprice and was departynge than sir Guy of Grauyll asctyed him and sayd Beaumount ye shall nat thus departe Firste ye must speke with them of Eureux they shall teche you to knowe them Whan sir Beamont herd that he tourned his horse and layed his speare in the rest and came agaynst sir Guye the two knyghtes mette rudely toguyder son that their speares sheuered all to peaces but they satte so surely that none of them fell And so they passed forthe in their course at theyr retournynge they drewe out their swerdê and therwith their coÌ„panyes mette at which tyme there were many borne to the yerthe on bothe partyes There the brâ—tons acquyted theym selfe valiantly howbe it finally they coude nat obtayne the place but were fayne ther to abyde for people came styll out of the towne on theÌ„ so that they were all slayne and taken none scaped And there was taken sir Beaumont dela Uale by sir Guy of Granuyll who ledde hym as his prisoner into the castell of Eureur 〈◊〉 so were all the resydewe suche as were taken Thus it happed of this aduenture wherof sir Guy was greatly praysed and beloued of the kyng of Nauer and of them of Eureux ¶ Here begynneth the featê of warre done 〈◊〉 the tyme of kyng Charles the 〈◊〉 wherof the beginnyng speketh of the obsequy of kyng JohnÌ„ and how the yong kyng Charles was honorably crowned at Reynes of the gret expeÌ„ses that was done there of the beginyng of the batell of Cocherell THus asye haue herde before the kyng of Cypre
retorned into FraÌ„ce came to Parys to the duke of NormaÌ„dy ther was the dukes bretherne the duke of Aniâ—ou the lorde Philyp who was after duke of Burgone And all they taryed for the body of the 〈◊〉 ge their father the whiche was comyng out of Englande the kyng of Cypreholpe them to coÌ„playne the dethe of the kyng was maruey lously displeased therwith bycause of the hyndringe of his vyage of the croyse and so he clâ—thed hym selfe with the vesture of doloure So the day came thar the body of the frenche kyng aproched to Parys the which body was broght thyder by therle of Artoyse therle DaÌ„marten the great priour of FrauÌ„ce the duke of NormaÌ„dy his bretherne The kyng of Cypre the moost part of all the clergy of Parys went a fote met with the body beyonde saynt Denyce in FrauÌ„ce and ther he was solemply buryed and tharchbysshop of Sencesang the masse And after the seruyce done the dyner the whiche was right noble the lordes prelates returned to Parys there they helde a parlyament generall counsell to determyne how the realme shuld be ordred for the realme might nat longe be without a kyng And than it was counselled by thaduyce of the prelatis nobles of the realme that they shulde drawe to the cite of Reyns ther to crowne the duke of NormaÌ„dy who as yet was called none other wise also he wrote to his vncle Uyncelant duke of Brabant of LuzeÌ„burge and also to therle of FlaÌ„ders desyring them to be at his coronacyon on Trinyte sonday next comyng In the same sca son whyle the lordes made theyr puruey aunce for the kynges coronacyon The frenchemen and naueroyse aproched nere togyder in NormaÌ„dy for into the cite of Eureux was come the Captall of Beuz who made ther his assemble of men of warr of companyons suche as he coude get ¶ Nowe let vs speke of hym and of sir Bertram of Clesquy of a iourney of batayle bytwene them The tuesday before Tâ—â—nyte sonday that the duke of NormaÌ„ndy shulde be crowned kynge as he was in the cathedrall churche of Reyns Whan the captall of Beusz had made his assemble in the cite of Eureux of archers brigans and left in the cytie a capyten called sir Mychell Dorgery sent to Couches the lorde Guy of Grauyll to kepe fronter warr Than he departed fro Eureur with all his men of armes archers for he herde say â—ow the freÌ„chmen wer abrode but he wyst nat where they were â–ª than he toke the feldes had great desyre to â—ynd th◠〈…〉 red his coÌ„pany â—â—â—de that he was to the some of vâ—â— C. spetes iii C. archers 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 C. of other men of warr And with hâ—â— were dyuers good knightê squiers and specially a baneret of the realme of Nauer called yâ— lorde of Salâ— an expert maÌ„ of armes but he yâ— helde yâ— grâ—â—tâ—st some of men of armes 〈…〉 ers in all the coÌ„pany was a knight of England called sir JohnÌ„ Joâ—ell ther was also the lorde Peter of Sauyle 〈◊〉 Willâ— of Grauyll the lorde BertraÌ„ of FraÌ„ke yâ— Blassoll of marenell 〈◊〉 â—â—uers other all in wyll to encouÌ„ter ser BertraÌ„ of Clesquy to fight with hâ—â— ThaÌ„ they drue to Passy to the bâ—â—ge of tharch for they thoght 〈◊〉 the freÌ„chmen shulde passe the ryuer of Seyne ther if they ware nat passed all redy ¶ So it happed yâ— the friday in the whytson wâ—ke yâ— captall his coÌ„pany rode out of a wode by aueÌ„ture they met a haraude of armes called kynge Faucon the same mornynge he was deê‘ted fro yâ— freÌ„che hoost assone as the captall se hym he knewe hym well made him great â—her for he was â—â—eâ—â—yng to yâ— kyng of England ThaÌ„ he â—â—mauÌ„ded of hym fro whens he â—ame if he kâ—â—we any tidyngê of the freÌ„chmen â–ª sir ê™ he in the name of god I knowe well wher they be I depted fro them to day they seke you aswell as ye do them where be they ê™ the captall beyond the bâ—â—ge of tharche or a this syde Sir ê™ Fauâ—on they be passed yâ— bridge at Uernon as I beleue they aâ— nowe about Passy What noÌ„bre â—e they ê™ the captall what capâ—tens haue theâ— I pray you shewe me ser ê™ Fauâ—on they ar well a. 〈◊〉 C. fightyng men there is sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy who hath yâ— grettest coÌ„pany of bretoÌ„s also ther is therle of Aucer yâ— vycount of Beamont yâ— lorde Loys of Chalon yâ— lorde of Bea 〈…〉 yâ— maister of the cros bowes tharchpreest the lorde Edward of Remy of Gasâ—one ther is the coÌ„pany of the lorde Dalbret the lorde Aâ—mon of Punyers yâ— lorde of Suldyche of Lâ—strad whan yâ— captall herd those gascons named he marueyled gretly blussed for dyspleasure sayd Faucon is this true ye say that these lordes of Gascone ar ther the lorde dal brâ—tâ—s câ—pany sir ê™ the harald ye â—out fayle wher is yâ— lorde Dalbret hiselfe ê™ the captall ser ê™ Faucon he is at Parys with yâ— regeÌ„t duke of Nâ—rmâ—dy who aparelleth hiselfe to go to Reynes for it is sayd yâ— on sonday next comyng he shulde be crowned kyng Than yâ— captall layd his hand on his ownâ— heed sayd in great displeasur by saynt Antones cap gascon agaynst gascone sir ê™ Faucon here by taryeth for me a harald of thaâ—chprest sent to speke with you fro hym and as I vnderstand by yâ— harald tharch preest wolde speke with you Than the captall sayd a Faucon say to yâ— frenche haralde he nede nat to go any farther let hym shewe to tharchprest yâ— I wyll nat speke with hym Than ser Johan Jonell stept forthe sayd sir why wyllye nat speke with him ê‘auentur it is for our proâ—yte than yâ— captall sayd nay I warrant you it is nat for our ê“fyte for tharchprest is so great a brauler yâ— if he come to vs he wyll but â—angle and in the meane tyme ymagen our strengthe auewe our noÌ„bre the whiche paraueÌ„ture shall torne more to our preâ—â—dyce than aduauntage therfore I haue no hast to speke with him thaÌ„ Faucon yâ— harauâ— weÌ„t to thother haraud wher as he taryed vnder a hedge excused yâ— captall so wysely that he was well content and than he went to tharchprest shewed hym all as Faucon had sayd ¶ Thus the freÌ„chmen and naue royse had knolege eche of other by yâ— report of the two haraldê aparelled theÌ„self echeto mete other and whan 〈◊〉 captall had herd by Faucon what noÌ„bre the freÌ„chmen were than incoÌ„tyneÌ„t he sent certayne messaÌ„gers to yâ— cyte of Euâ—euâ— to the capten ther desyringe hym to sende out of the cite all maner of coÌ„panyons other that were able for the warr and that they shulde mete with hym about Cocherell for there he thought to fynde the frenchmen for
one day And than rode so longe that 〈◊〉 to Champaigâ— and than he toke the way to Langers and as he wente he gadered men of warre togyder Thus yâ— burgonyons made froÌ„ter warr agaynst their enemyes and there was the archpreest the lorde of the castell Uylayne the lorde of Uergy yâ— lorde of Grancy the lorde of Sobournon the lorde of Rougemont and a ryche man named JohnÌ„ of Boloyn the lorde of Prises sir He◠〈◊〉 Uyen the lorde of the castell the bysshoppe of Langers and other who were right ioyous of the comynge of the duke their lorde Than they rode towarde their enemyes who were a xv hundred speares and they were drawen beyond the ryne and the burgonyons were entred beyond the countie of MouÌ„tbelyart and brent as they went IN the meane tyme the frenche kyng sent sir Morean of Fennes his coÌ„stable his two marshals sir Boucequant and sir MoÌ„toâ— of BraÌ„uyll and a great nombre of knyghtes squiers to go ley siege before Charite on the ryuer of Loyre and so they dyde nigh euery day they skirmysshed with theÌ„ within After yâ— the duke of Burgon the moost part of his coÌ„pany yâ— had ben with him in yâ— county of mouÌ„tbelyart were come to Parys The kynge se 〈…〉 the duke with mo than M. speres to the siege before Charite and than ther were at the sege a thre M. knyghtê and squyers who skirmysshed often tymes with theÌ„ of the garyson so that ther were hurt on bothe ê‘ties ther were made newe knightê and reysed baners at an yssuâ— that they of Charite made First sir Robert of Alenson son to the erle of AleÌ„son who dyed at Cressy sir Loys of Aucer son to therle of auâ—â—r deed brother to therle ther present Thus they of Charytie were sore oppressed gladly wolde haue reÌ„dred vp the fortresses by coÌ„posicion but the duke of Burgon wolde haue had theÌ„ at his pleasure he had taken fro theÌ„ the ryuer so that no purueyauÌ„ce coude come at theÌ„ IN the same season sir Loys of Nauer exyled all before hym in the marches of auuergne for he assembled people on euery syde to the entent to reyse the siege before Charytie and he had a two thousande fightynge men had sente in to Bretayne to sir Robert Canoll and to sir Gaultier Hewet sir Mathewe Gornay and other knightê and squyers there that they shulde come to serue hym in that iourney 〈◊〉 whervnto they were sore desyrous but they were all redy at yâ— sege before Alroy with therlâ— Mountfort whan sir Loys sawe yâ— he coudâ— â—at get them than he drewe to Chorbourge by the ordynaunce of yâ— kyng his brother And the same season to th entent yâ— sir Charles of Bloâ—s shulde haue mo men of warr with hym yâ— frenche kyng sent to the duke of But goyn that he shulâ—e reâ—eyue theÌ„ of Charytie their lyues saued coÌ„dyâ—â—onally that they shulde swere that in thre yeres after they shulde nat be armed on the kyng of Nauers parte So thus they of Charytie yelded themselfe vp their lyues saued but they â—aryed away no goodesse And so they departed all a foote â–ª and passed throughe the realme of Fraunce on the dukes saue conducte And so they yâ— were wont of olde tyme to dwell in Charyâ—e came thyder agayne to abyde there and the duke retourned to Parys THe frenche kynge acorded to his cosyn sir Charles of Bloys that he shulde haue out of his realme to the nombre of a thousande speares wrote to sir Bertram of Clesquy who was in Normandy that he shulde go into Bretayne to ayd his cosyn ser Charles of Blois agaynst sir JohnÌ„ Mountfort And of that tydynges sir Bertram was right â—oyouse for alwayes he toke the lorde Charles for his naturall lorde and so he departed out of NormaÌ„dy with suche people as he coude gette to go in to Bretayne sir Boucequant kept styll yâ— siege in Normandy in his stede and so long rode sir Bertram and his coÌ„pany that he came to NauÌ„tes in Bretayne and there he founde the lorde Charles of Bloys and the good lady his wyfe who receyued hym ryght swetely conde hym great thanke in that he was come thyder to socour and ayde hym And than they counselled togyder howe they shulde maynteyn forthe the warr for also there was the moost parte of all Bretayne in entensyon to ayde sir Charles of Bloyes whome they all reputed for the duke of Bretayne thinkynge to reyse the syege before Alroy and to fight with the lorde Mountfort Thyder came great baroney and knyghtes of Fraunce and of Normandy as the erle of Auâ—erre the erle of Joye the lorde of FraÌ„uyll the lorde of Prie yâ— begue of Uyllers and dyuers good knyghtes squyers and good men of armes Tâ—dynges came to the lorde Mountforte who lay at siege before Aulroy howe the lorde Charles of Bloys made a great assâ—ble of men of warr and howe that dyuers lordes of FrauÌ„ce were come to hym and dayly came newe besyde the conforte that he had of the lordes knyghtes and squyers of Bretayne Assone as the lorde Mountfort knewe these tidynges he sent worde therof in to the duchy of Acquitayne to the knyghtê and squyers that were ther of Englande and specially to sir JohnÌ„ Chandos desyring them hertely that in his great nede they wolde confort hym In trust that in Bretayne they shulde do many a dede of armes to yâ— whiche all knyghtes and squyers to auaunce theyr honours shulde entende And whan sir Johan Chandos sawe that the erle Mountforte desyred hym so effectuously than he asked lycence of the prince of Wales his lorde maister who answered and sayd he was content that he shulde go Sayeng it was no breche of the peace bytwene Englande and Fraunce for the frenchemen in lykewise toke parte with sir Charles of Bloys agaynst the erle of Mountforte and so to do they had good leaue of the frenche kyng Than sir Johan Chandos was ryght ioyouse and made his prouisyon and desyred dyuers knyghtes and squyers of Acquitayne to haue gone with hym howbeit ther were but a fewe that wold go with hym sauyng suche englysshemen as were there yet he had with hym a. CC. speares and as many archers and rode so longe through Poyctou and Xaynton that he entred in to Bretayne and came to the syege before Alroy and ther he founde the erle of MouÌ„forte who receyued hym right ioyously was gladde of his comynge and so was sir Olyuer of Clysson sir Robert Canoll other And thaÌ„ it semed generally to them that none yuell coude than come to them sythe they had sir Johan Chandos in theyr company and also dyuers knyghtes and squyers of Englande passed the see desyringe to auaunce their bodyes and to fyght with the freÌ„chmen and came to the siege before Alroy in the ayde of the erle of Mountforte who receyued them with great ioye And so they were what
therle mouÌ„tfort answered howe he wolde take counsell and aduyce in the mater and gaue them day of answere And in the meane season these thre lordê went and lay at the cytie of Reyns Than the erle Mountforte sent into Englande the lorde Latymer to shewe to the kyng of England the treaty of the frenchmen desyringe hym to haue his couÌ„sell in that behalfe And the kyng of Englande whan he was enfourmed of the mater sayd howe that he wolde counsell therle MouÌ„tfort to haue peace so that alwayes he might be duke of Bretayne and somwhat to recoÌ„pence the lady callynge her selfe duchesse with some honest thynge assignynge her some certayne rent yerely to be payd out of some place wher she myght be sure to haue it without daunger Than the lorde Latimer brought worde agayne to therle of the kynges answere and so after his letters reed and his answere herde the erle of Mountfort and his counsell sent for the frenche messangers to come to his hoost and theyr answere was made them right courtesly And it was sayd to theym howe the erle Mountfort wolde in no wyse departe nor forsake his chalenge of the duchy of Bretayne but that he wolde abyde duke of Bretayne and so to be called But wher as the freÌ„che kyng wolde haue hym to opyn peasably his cyties townes castels and to make faithe and homage to him and all other ryghtes as the dukes of Bretayne haue done in tyme paste He is content so to do and gladly to knowlege the frenche kyng for his naturall lorde and to do to hym homage and seruyce in the presens of the peres of FrauÌ„ce And also to gyue ayde and helpe and to reconforte his cosyn the wyfe of therle Charles trepassed and to helpe to delyuer his cosyns her sonnes out of prison in Englande This answere pleased right well these lordes of FrauÌ„ce than they toke day and tyme this mater to coÌ„clude or nat Than incontynent they sent to the duke of Aniou who was as than at Angiers to whome the frenche kyng had gyuen full power and auctoryte to conclude this treaty or els to leaue it at his pleasur And whan the duke of Aniousaw the effect of this mater he toke counsell a longe space but finally he was counsayled to accepte the treaty and the two knightes that were sent to him retorued agayne with his answere writen and sealed And than these lordes of Fraunce departed fro Reyns and went to the siege before Campacorentyne and ther finally the peace was made agreed and sealed by therle MouÌ„tfort and he abode as duke of Bretayne condycionally that if he had no chyldren of his body laufully begoten than the duchy to retourne to the chyldren of the lorde Charles of Blois and the lady wyfe to the lorde Charles of Bloys disceassed shulde be countesse of Poynteure the whiche lande was of yerely rent about .xx. M. frankes And also the lorde Mountfort shulde come in to Fraunce whan soeuer the kyng sent for hym to do his homage and to holde the duchy of Bretayne of hym And for the confyrmacion herof there were charters and instrumentes publyke made and sealed on bothe parties Thus therle of Mountfort entred into the duchy of Bretayne and abode as duke therof a certayne space of tyme tyll other tidynges of warr came as ye shall herafter in this history ANd also by the ordynaunce of the same peace the frenche kyng restored agayn 〈◊〉 the lorde of Chsson his lande yâ— whiche was taken fro hym by kyng Philyp somtyme kyng So thus the lorde of Clysson aquaynted hym so with the frenche kynge that he dyde what he wolde and wtout him nothyng was done So thus the couÌ„tte of Bretayne was right ioyous whan they sawe that they were in rest peace and the duke toke faythe and homage of the cy â–ª ties good to wnes and castels and of all prelates and other gentylmen And within a space after the duke maryed the doughter of the princes of Wales â–ª the whiche she had before by the lorde Thomas Hollande and this maryage was made in the good rytie of Nauntes right nobly Also it fortuned yâ— same wynter yâ— queue Jane aunt to the kyng of Nauer quene BlaÌ„che her sustre dyd somoch yâ— a peace was made bytwene yâ— french kyng the king of Nauer by yâ— ayde wysoome of the lorde captall of Beufz who dyde all that he might to conclude yâ— peace and therby he was aquyted out of prison And the frenche kyng shewed hym in dede great sygne of loue and gaue hym yâ— fayre castell of De nemoux with all the appurtenaunces the whiche was well worthe of yerely reuenewes thre thousande frankes and so the Captall became liegeman to the frenche kyng of whose homage yâ— kyng was right toyouse for he loued well the seruyce of suche a knyght as yâ— captall was in his tyme. But yâ— seruyce endured no longe season for whan he came into the principalyte to the prince who was enformed of the case as it stode Greatly he blamed hym and sayd how that he coude nat acquyte hym selfe trewely to serue two lordes and that he was to couetous to take lande in Fraunce wher he was nother be loued nor honoured And whan the Captall sawe hymselfe in that case and home he was taken and reputed by the prince his naturall lorde he was sore a shamed and excused hymselfe sayeng sir I am nat so sore bounde to the frenche kyng but that I may soone for do agayne all that I haue done or ê“mysed And so he sent a seruaunt of his to the kyng and renounced al that the kynge had gyuen hym and he taryed styll hym selfe with the prince for he was aquyted of his prison by the composycion of yâ— peace taken bytwene the frenche kyng and the kyng of Nauer And the frenche kyng had by coÌ„posicyon the townes of Maunt and Meulecke the kyng rendred hym therfore other castels in Normandy In this season deê‘ted out of frauÌ„ce the lorde Loys of Nauer and went into LoÌ„bar dy to mary the quene of Naples but at his departyng he had of the frenche kynge for certayne castels that he delyuered vp in Normandy the somme of threscore thousande frankes And the same lorde Loys after he had wedded the quene of Naples lyued no longe tyme god forgyue hym all his fautes for he was a right good knight and a courtesse IN this season yet was ther styll in FrauÌ„ce great nombre of the companyons the whiche as than wyst nat what to do seyng the warres of Bretayne were ended These coÌ„panyons pursued euer after dedes of armes and takynge of pyllages at their aduauntages fro the whiche they coude nat nor wolde absteyne and all their chefe recours was in Fraunce for they called the realme of Fraunce their chambre They durst do no hurte in Acquitayne for the lande wold nat suffre them and also to say trouthe moost parte of the capitayns were
gascons and englysshmen vnder the obeysaunce of the kyng of Englande and of yâ— prince some ther were of Bretayne but nat many wherfore dyuers of the realme of Fraunce murmured agaynst the kynge of Englande and the prince and sayd couertly howe that they aquyted nat themselfe well agaynst the frenche kyng seyng they do nat their good wylles to put out of the realme those yuell disposed people So yâ— wyse and sage men of Fraunce consydred that without they dyde put some remedy to driue theym out of the realme eyther by batayle or by meanes of some money Els at length they were lykely to distroy the noble realme of FrauÌ„ce and holy christendome ¶ The same season there was in Hongry a kyng that wolde gladly haue had them with hym for he had great warre agaynst the turke who dyde hym great domage Than he wrote to pope Urbane the .v. who was as than at Auignon certifyeng hym how he wolde gladly yâ— the realme of Fraunce were delyuered of the nombre of companyons and yâ— they were all with hym in his warres agaynst the turke And in lyke wise he wrote letters to yâ— frenche kynge and to the prince of Wales and so they entreated the sayd companyons and offred them golde and syluer and passage but they answered that they wolde nat that waye sayeng they wold nat go so ferr to make warr for it was shewed among themselfe by some of their owne company that had ben before in HoÌ„gry howe that ther were suche straytes that yf they were fought with there they coulde neuer escape but to dye shamefully the whiche so affrayed them that they had no lust to go thyder And whan the pope and the frenche kyng sawe that they wolde nat agre acordyng to their desyers and also that they wolde nat auoyde out of the realme of FrauÌ„ce but dayly multiplyed Than they be thought theym of another waye and meanes to cause them to auoyde THe same season ther was a kyng in Castell called Dame Peter who was full of marueylous opinyoÌ„s and he was rude and rebell agaynst the coÌ„mauÌ„dementê of holy churche And in mynde to subdue all his cristen neyghbours kinges and princes and specially the king of Aragon called Peter who was a gode true cristen prince had as than taken fro him parte of his realme thynking to haue all the remenant Also this kynge Dampeter of Castell had thre basterd bretherne the whiche kyng Allphons his fader had by a lady called the Ryche Drue Theldest was called Henry the seconde Dancylle and the thyrde Sauses This king Dampeter hated them so that he wolde nat suffre them to come in his syght and often tymes if he might haue gotten theÌ„ he wolde haue stryken of their heedes Ho wbeit they were welbeloued with the kynge their father in his lyfe he gaue to Henry theldest the countie Desconges But this kyng Dampeter his brother had taken it fro hym and therfore they kepte dayly warre toguyder This bastarde Henry was a right hardy and a valyant knight and had ben long in Fraunce and pursued the warre there and serued the frenche kynge who loued hym right entierly Kyng Dampeter as the comon brute ranne had put to dethe the mother of the chyldren wherwith they were right sore displesed and good cause why Also besyde yâ— he had put to dethe and exyled dyuers great lordes of the realme of Castell he was so cruell so without shame that all his menfeared douted and hated hym as ferr as they durst â–ª also he caused to dye a right good and a holy lady the which he had to wyfe called the lady Blanche doughter to duke Peter of Burbone suster germayn to the frenche quene and to the countesse of Sauoy whose dethe was ryght displesaunt to all her lynage the whiche was one of the noblest lynages of the worlde And besyde all this ther ran a brute of hym among his owne men howe that he was amyably alyed with the kynge of Granade and with the kyng of Tresbell Maryne and the kyng of Tresmesaries who wer all goddes ennemyes and infydeles Wherefore some of his owne men feared that he wolde do some hurt to his owne countre as in violatyng of goddes churches for he began all redy to take fro theym their rentes and reuenewes and helde some of the prelates in prison and coÌ„streyned them by tyranny wherof great complayntes came dayly to our holy father the pope requyring him to fynde some remedy To whose complayntes the pope condyscended and sende incontynent messangers into Castell to yâ— kynge Dampeter coÌ„maundyng hym that incontynent without any delay ê‘sonally to come to the court of Rome to wass he clens purge hym of suche vyllayne dedes as he was gyltye in Ho wbeit this kyng DaÌ„peter full of pride and presumtuousnesse wolde nat obey nor coÌ„e ther but delt shamefully with the popes messaÌ„gers wherby he ran greatly in the indignacyon of yâ— churche and specially of the heed of the church as of our holy father the pope Thus this yuell kyng Dampeter perseuered styll in his obstynatesynne Than aduyse and counsell was taken by the pope and by the coledge what waye they might correct hym and ther it was determyned that he was nat worthy to bere yâ— name of a kynge nor to holde any realme And therein playne consistory in Auygnon in the chaÌ„bre of excoÌ„munycacion he was openly declared to be reputed as in infidell ThaÌ„ it was thought that he shulde be constrayned and corrected by helpe of the companyons that were as than in the realme of Fraunce Than the kyng of Aragon who hated the king of Castell was sent for and also Henry the bastarde of Spayne to coÌ„e to Auygnon to the pope And whan they were come the pope made Henry the bastarde legytyue and laufull to obtayne the realme of Castell and Dampeter cursed and condemned by sentence of the pope And ther the kyng of Aragon sayd howe he wolde open the passage thorough his countre and prouyde vitayls purueyaunces for all maner of people and men of warre that wolde pursue to go into Castell to coÌ„founde kyng Dampeter and to put him out of his realme Of this ordynaunce was yâ— frenche kynge right ioyous and dyde his payne to helpe to get out of prison sir Bettram of Clesquy who was prisoner with sir Johan Chandos and payed for his rauÌ„some a huÌ„dred M. frankes parte therof payed the frenche kynge and the pope and Henry the bastard payed the resydu And after his delyueraunce they fell in treaty with the coÌ„panyons and promysed theÌ„ great profyte yf they wolde go into the realme oâ— Castell Wherto they lightly agreed for a certayne somme of money that they had to depart among them And so this iourney was shewed to the prince of Wales and to the knightes and squyers about hym and specially to sir Johan Chandos who was desyredde to be one of the these capitayns with sir Bertram of Clesquy Howbeit
gascoyns fought valyantly the erle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret the lorde of Pomyers and his brethern the lorde of MusedeÌ„t the lorde of Rosen therle of Pyergourt therle of Gomegynes therle of Carmayne the lorde of Condons the lorde Parr the lorde of Chamont sir Bertylmewe of Cande the lorde of Pyncornet sir Bertram Dalbreth the lorde of Garonde sir Aymery of Tast the Souldiche of Strade sir Peteton of Corton and dyuers other knightes and squyers aquyted themselfe right nobly in armes to their powers And vnder the penon of saynt George and the baner of sir Johan Chandos were all the companyons to the nombre of .xii. hundred pensels and they were right hardy and valyant knightes as sir Robert Ceney sir Perducas Dalbreth RobrÌ„t Briquet sir Garses of the Castell sir Gaillard Uiger Johan Cresnell Nandon of BergeraÌ„t Aymon Dortyng Perrot of Sauoy the bourg Camus the bourge Lespyne the bourge Bertuell Esperry and dyuers other On the freÌ„che partie sir Bertram of Clesquy sir Arnold DaÌ„drehen Xances sir Gomes Garybz and other knightes of Fraunce and of Arragone fought right nobly to their powers howbeit they had none aduauntage for these companyons were hardy and strong knightes and well vsed and expert in armes And also ther were great plenty of knightes and squiers of Englande vnder the baner of the duke of LaÌ„castre and of sir Johan Chandos Ther was the lorde Wyllyam Beauchamp sonne to the erle of Warwyke sir Rafe Camoys sir Water Ursewyke sir Thomas Emery sir JohnÌ„ Grandon sir JohnÌ„ Dyper sir Johan du Pre sir Amery of Rochechoart sir Gayllarde de la Motte and mo than .ii. hundred knightes the whiche I can nat name And to speke truely the sayd sir Bertram Clesquy and the marshall Dandrechen the Begue of Uillaynes the lorde Dantuell the lorde of Brisuell sir Gawen of Baylleull sir Johan of bergeretes the begue of Uillers the almayne of saynt Uenant and the good knightes and squiers of Fraunce that were ther acquyted themselfe nobly For of trouthe if the spanyardê had done their parte as well as the frenchmen dyde thenglysshmen and gascoyns shulde haue had moche more to do and haue suffred more payn than they dyde The faute was nat in kyng HeÌ„ry that they dyde no better for he had well admonysshed and desyred theÌ„ to haue done their deuoyre valiantly and so they had promysed him to haue done The kynge bare hym selfe ryght valiantly and dyde marueyls in armes and with good courage coÌ„forted his people as whan they were flyenge and openyng he came in among theym and sayd Lordes I am your kyng ye haue made me kyng of Castell haue sworne and promysed that to dye ye wyll nat fayle me For goddessake kepe your promyse that ye haue sworne acquyte you agaynst me and I shall acquyte me agaynst you for I shall nat flye one fote as longe as I may se you do your deuoyre By these wordes and suche other full of confort kyng Henry brought his men togyder agayne thre tymes the same day and with his owne haÌ„des he fought valiantly so that he ought greatly to be honoured and renowmed This was a marueylous dangerous batayle and many a man slayne and sore hurte the comons of Spayne acordyng to the vsage of their countre with their slynges they dyd cast stones with great vyolence and dyde moche hurt the whiche at the beginnynge troubled greatly the englysshmen But whan their cast was past that they felt the sharpe arrowes lyght amonge theÌ„ they coude no lengar kepe their aray with kynge Henry in his batayle were many noble meÌ„ of armes as well of Spayne as of Lysbone of Aragon and of Portyngale who acquyted them right nobly And gaue it nat vp so lyghtly for valiantly they fought with speares iauelyns archegayes and swerdes And on the wyng of kynge Henries batayle ther were certayne well mouÌ„ted who always kept the batell in good order for if the bataile opened or brake array in any syde than they were euer redy to helpe to bringe them agayne in to good order So these englisshmen and gascons or they had the aduauntage they bought it derely wan it by noble chiualry and great prowes of armes And for to say trouthe the prince hym selfe was the chefe flour of chiualry of all the worlde and had with him as than right noble and valyant kâ—â—ghtes and squyers And a lytell besyde the princes batayle was the kynge of Mallorques and his company fightynge and acquitynge them selfe right valiantly And also there was the lorde Martyn de la karr representyng the kynge of Nauer who dyde right well his deâ—oyre I can nat speke of all them that dyd that day right nobly But aboute the prince in his â—â—tayle there were dyuers good knyghtes as well of Englande as of Gascoyne as sir Rycharde Pount Chardon sir Thomas Spenser sir Thomas Hollande sir Nowell Lornyche sir Hugh and sir Philyppe Courtnay sir Johan Comette sir Nycholas Bonde sir Thomas Comette and dyuers other as the seâ—â—shall of â—ayntonge sir Baudwyn of Franâ—yil the seneshall of Burdeaux of Rochell of Poictou of Angoleme of Rouerne of Lymâ—â—yâ— and of Pyergourt and sir Loyes Marnell sir Raymon Danduell and dyuers other Ther was none that fayned to fight valiantly and also they hadde good cause why for there were of spaygniardes and of Castyle mo than a hundred thousande men in harnesse so that by reason of their great nombre it was longe or they coude be ouercom Kyng DaÌ„peter was greatly chafed and moche desyred to mete with the bastarde his brother and sayd where is that horeson that calleth hymselfe kynge of Castell And the same kynge Henry fought ryght valyantly where as he was helde his people togyder right marueylously and sayde Aye good people ye haue crowned me kyng therfore helpe and ayde me to kepe the herytage that you haue gyue me So that by these wordes suche other as he spake that day he caused many to be right hardy and valyaunt wherby they abode on the felde so that bycause of their hono r they wolde nat flye fro the place ¶ Howe sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy was disconfyted he taken and kyng Henry saued hym selfe and of the spanyardes that fledde and of the nombre of the deed And of the cyties that yelded them vp to kyng Dampeter and of the aunswere that he made to the prince Cap. CC .xxxviii. THe batayle that was best fought and lengest helde togyder was the company of sir Bertram of Clesquy for there were many noble meÌ„ of armes who fought and helde toguyder to their powers and ther was done many a noble feat of armes And on the englysshe parte specially there was sir Johan Chandos who that day dyde lyke a noble knight and gouerned couÌ„sayled that day the duke of Lancastre in lyke maner as he dyde before the prince at the batell of Poycters wherin he was greatly renomed and praysed the whiche was good
get it Than the kynge answered and sayd cosyn we wyll holde kepe and accomplysshe to our power that we haue sworne and sealed vnto But sir as for this present tyme we haue no money wherfore we wyll drawe vs to the marchesse of Ciuyle and ther we wyll so procure for money that we wyll satisfy euery party and sir ye shall abyde styll here in the vale of Olyfes the whiche is a plentyfull countre and sir we shall returne agayne to you in as short tyme as we coÌ„uenyeÌ„tly can or may and at the farthest by whitsontyd This answere was right pleasant to the prince and to his couÌ„sayle and shortly after the kynge Dampeter departed fro the prince and rode towarde Ciuyle to th entent to get money to pay his men of warr as he had promysed the prince went and loged in the vale of Olyfe and all his lordes and people spred abrode in the countre to get vitayls more plentyfull for theÌ„ and for their horses Ther thus they soiourned to a small profyte to the countre for the companyons coude nat absteyne them selfe fro robbyng and pillynge of the countre ¶ Of the honour that was gyuen to the prince for the vyctorie of Spayne and howe kyng Henry came into fraÌ„ce to make warre on the princes land and of the answere that kyng DaÌ„peter sent to the prince howe the prince departed out of Spayne and came into Fraunce Cap. CC .xxxix. TIdinges spred abrode through France Englande Almayne other countre is howe yâ— prince of Wales and his puyssance had in batell disconfyted kynge Henry taken slayne and drowned of his men the day of the batayle mo than C. thousande men wherby the prince was gretly renomed And his chiualry and highe entprice moche praysed in all places that herde therof specially in th empyre of Almayne and in the realme of Englande For the almayns flemynges and englysshmen sayde that the prince of Wales was chefe floure of all chiualry howe that suche a prince was well worthy to gouern all the worlde sythe by his prowes he had achyued suche thre highe entprices as he had done First the batayle of Cressy in Poictou the setonde ten yere after at Poycters and the .iii. nowe in Spayne before Nauaret So in Englande in the cytie of London the bourgesses there made great solemnyte and tryumphe for that vyctorie as they aunciently were wont to do for kynges whan they had ouercome their enemyes And in the realme of Fraunce there were made lamentable sorowes for the losse of the good knightes of the realme of Fraunce the whiche were slayne at that iourney And specially there was made sorowe for sir Bertram of Clesquy and for sir Arnolde Dandrehenne who were taken prisoners And dyuers other who were kept right courtesly and some of theÌ„ put to fynance and raunsome but nat sir Bertram of Clesquy so soone For sir Johan ChaÌ„dos who hadde the rule of hym wolde nat delyuer him And also sir BertraÌ„ made no great sute therfore ¶ Nowe let vs somwhat speke of kyng Henry what he dyde whan he departed fro the batayle And than let vs retourne agayne to the prince and to kyng Dampeter of Castell KInge Henry as it is sayd here after saued hym selfe as well as he myght and withdrewe fro his ennemyes And ledde his wyfe and his chyldren as soone as he might in to the cytie of Ualence in Aragon where as the kyng of Aragon was who was his godfather and frende and to hym recounted all his aduenture And anone after the sayd kyng HeÌ„ry was counsayled to passe further and to god to the duke of Aniou who as than was at MoÌ„tpellyer and to shewe vnto hym all his aduenture This aduyce was pleasaunt to the kynge of Arragon and consented well that he shulde go thyder bycause he was ennemy to the prince who was his nere neighbour So thus kinge Henry departed fro the kynge of Arragon and lefte in the cytie of Ualence his wyfe his chyldren and rode so longe that he paste Narbone the whiche was the firste cytie of the realme of Fraunce on that syde and after that Beseers and all that countrey And so came to Mountpellyer and there founde the duke of Aniowe who loued hym entierly and greatly hated the englysshmen though he made them as than no warre And the duke whan he was well enfourmed of kynge Henryes busynesse receyued hym ryght ioyously and recounforted hym as well as he might and so the kynge taryed there with hym a certayne space And than went to Auygnone to se pope Urbayne who was as than departynge to go to Rome And thanÌ„e kynge Henry retourned agayne to Mountpellyer to the duke of Aniou and had longe treaty toguyder And it was shewed me by them that thought theÌ„ selfe to knowe many thynges after it was right well sene appareÌ„t Howe that this kynge Henry dyde gette of the duke of Aniowe a castell nere to Tholous on the marchesse of the principalyte called Rockemor And there he assembled toguyder companyons and men of warr as bretons and such other as were nat passed ouer into Spaygne with the prince so that in the begynnyng there was a thre huÌ„dred men of warre These tidynges were anone brought to my lady princesse who as than was at Burdeux Howe that kynge Henry purchased hym ayde and socoure on all sydes to th entent to make warr to the principalyte and to the duchy of Guyen wher with she was greatly abasshed And bycause that he helde hymselfe in the realme of Fraunce She wrote letters and sent messangers to the frenche kynge desyringe hym nat to consente that the bastarde of Spaygne shulde make her any maner of warre seyng that her resorte was to the court of Fraunce Certifyeng him that moche yuell might ensue and many inconuenyentes fall therby Than the kynge condyscended lightly to the princesse request and hastely sent messangers to the bastard Henry who was in the castell of Rockemore on the fronters of MouÌ„taubon and was begynnynge to make warre to the countre of Acquitayne and to the princes lande Commaundynge hym incontynent to auoyde oute of his realme and to make no warre in the lande of his dere nephue the prince of Wales and of Acquitayne And bycause to gyue ensample to his subgettê that they shulde nat be so hardy to take any part with the bastarde Henry he caused the yonge erle of Auser to be putte in prison in the castell of Loure in Parys bycause he was soo great and conuersaunt with this kynge Henry the bastarde And as it was sayd he hadde promysed him to ayde him with a great nombre of men of armes but thus the frenche kynge caused him to breke his voyage and purpose So thus at the commaundement of the frenche kynge kyng Henry obeyed the whiche was good reasone but for all that yet he lefte nat his enterprice but so he departed fro Rockemore with a foure hundred bretons and to hym
to great dyspleasure and therfore sir if we go hastely on him or he beware parauenture we shall fynde hym and his company in that case and so dispurâ—eyed that we shal haue hym at aduauntage and so we shall discoÌ„fyte hym I dout nat The counsayle of ser Bertram of Clesquy was well herd and taken and so kyng Henry in an euenyng departed fro the hoost with a certayne of the best knyghtes and fightyng men that he coude chose out in all his hoost And left the resydue of his company in the kepyng and gouernyng of his brother therle of Anxell And so rode forthe he had seuynspyes euer comynge and goynge who euer brought hym worde what his brother Dampeter dyde and all his hoost And kyng Dampeter knewe nothynge howe his brother came so hastely towarde hym wherfore he and his coÌ„pany rode the more at large wtout any good order And so in a mornyng kyng Henry and his people met and encountred his brother kyng Dampeter who had lyen that night in a castell therby called Nantueyle and was there well receyued had good â—here And was departed thens the same mornyng wenyng full lytell to haue ben fought with all as that day and so sodenly on hym with baners displayed there came his brother kyng HeÌ„ry and his brother Sanxes and sir Bertram of Clesquy by whome the kynge and all his host was greatly ruled And also with them ther was the begue of Uillaynes the lorde of Roquebertyn the vycouÌ„t of Rodaix and their coÌ„panyes they were a sixe thousand fightyng men and they rode all close togyder and so ran and encountred their enemyes cryenge Castell for kynge Henry and our lady of Clesquy and so they discoÌ„fyted and put a backe the first brunt Ther were many slayne and cast to the erthe ther were none taken to raunsome yâ— whiche was apoynted so to be by sir Bertram of Clesquy bycause of the great noÌ„bre of sarazyns that was ther. And whan kyng DaÌ„peter who was in the myddes of yâ— prease among his owne people herde howe his men were assayled put abacke by his brother the bastard HeÌ„ry and by the frenchmen he had great maruell therof sawe well howe he was betrayed visceyued and in aduentur to lese all for his men were soresparcled abrode Howbeit like a gode hardy knight and of good coÌ„forte rested on the felde and caused his banerr to be vnrolled to drawe togyder his people And sente worde to them that were behyâ—de to hast them forwarde bycause he was fightynge with his enemyes wherby euery man auauÌ„ced forward to the baner So ther was a maueylous great a ferse batayle and many a man slayne of kyng DaÌ„peters parte for kyng Henry and sir Bertram of Clesquy sought their enemyes with so coragyous and ferse wyll that none coulde endure agaynst them Howe beit that was nat lightly done for kyng Dampeterand his coÌ„pany wer sixe agaynst one but they were taken so sodenly that they were discoÌ„fyted in suche wyse that it was marueyle to beholde TThis batayle of the spanyardes one agaynst another and of these two kynges and their alyes was nere to Nantueyle the whiche was that day right ferse cruell Ther were many good knightes of kynge Henryes parte as sir Bertram of Clesquy sir Geffray Rycons sir Arnolde Lymosyn sir Gawen of Baylleule the begue of Uillaynes Alayne of saynt Poule Alyot of Calays and dyuers other And also of the realme of Aragon ther was the vycount of Roquebertyn the vycouÌ„t of Rodaix and dyuers other good knightê and squiers whome I can nat all name And there they dyde many noble dedes of armes the whiche was nedefull to theym so to do for they founde ferse and stronge people agaynst them As sarazyus iewes portyngales the iewes fledde and turned their backes and fought no stroke but they of Granade and of Belmaryn fought fersely with their bowes and archegayes and dyd that day many a noble dede of armes And kyng Dampeter was a hardy knight fought valyantly with a great axe and gaue therwith many a great stroke so that none durst aproch nere to hym And the baner of kyng Henry his brother mette and recouÌ„tred agaynst his eche of them cryenge their cryes Than the batayle of kyng Dampeter began to opyn than Domferant of Castres who was chefe counsay lour about kynge Dampeter sawe and perceyued well howe his people began to lese and to be disconfyted sayd to the kyng Sir saue yor selfe and withdrawe you in to the castell of Nauntueyle sir if ye be ther ye be in sauegarde â–ª for if ye be taken with your enemyes ye are but deed without mercy The kyng Dampeter beleued his counsayle and deê‘ted assoone as he might and went to warde Nantueyle and so came thider in suche tyme that he founde the gatê opyn and so he entred all onely with .xii. ê‘sons And in the meane season the other of his company fought styll in the feldes as they were sparcled abrode here and ther. The sarazyns defended them selfe as well as they might for they knewe nat the countrey therfore to flye they thought was for them none auayle Than tidyngê cam to kyng Henry and to sir Bertram of Clesquy howe that kyng Dampeter was fledde withdrawen into the castell of Nantueyle and how that the begue of Uillaynes had pursued hym thyder and in to his castell there was but one passage before the whiche passage the Begue of Uiyllaynes had pyght his standerd Of the whiche tidynges king Henry and sir Bertram of Clesquy was right ioyouse and so drewe to that parte in sleyng and beatyng downe their ennemyes lyke beestes so that they were wery of kyllyng This chase endured more than .iii. houres so that day ther was moo than .xiiii. thousand slayne and sore hurt Ther were but fewe that were saued except suche as knewe yâ— palsages of the countre This batayle was besyde Nantueyle in Spayne the .xiii. day of yâ— moneth of August The yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred threscore and eight ¶ Howe kyng Dampeter was taken and put to dethe and so kyng Henry was agayne kyng of Castell and of the tenour of certayne letters touchiÌ„ge the frenche kyng and the kynge of Englande and of the counsayle that was gyuen to kyng Charles of FraÌ„ce to make warre to the kyng of Englande Cap. CC .xlii. AFter this disconfyture and that kynge Henry had obteyned the victory than they layed sege rounde about the castell of NaÌ„tueyle wher in was kyng DaÌ„peter Than kynge HeÌ„ry sent for the resydue of his company to Tollet wher as they lay at siege Of the which tidynges therle of Auxell and therle of SaÌ„res were right ioyfull This castell of Nantueyle was right stronge able to haue hold agaynst them all a long space if it had ben purueyed of vitayle and other thynges necessary but ther was nat in the castell scant to serue four dayes wherof kyng DaÌ„peter
this fowage to ryn in their couÌ„tre Sayeng howe theyr resort hath ben alwayes in the chaÌ„bre of the freÌ„che 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 reÌ„dred the landê of the kyng of England his as it is well apareÌ„t in the tenour of the charters of the peace Wherin it maketh playne meÌ„cion so that ther is no article reserued for the freÌ„ch 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 FrauÌ„ce 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 ê‘lyament before the peres of FrauÌ„ce 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 coÌ„discended 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 coÌ„panyons 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 FrauÌ„ce 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 freÌ„ch kynge shulde coÌ„discend to the request of the gascons for he knewe well if the prince were apeled to the court of ê‘lyament 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 FraÌ„ce 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 coÌ„fermed at Calays For they sayd thenglysshmen hath hated the realme of FrauÌ„ce 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 chaÌ„bre of counsell all the charters of the peace made them to be reed ouer often tymes the better to examyne the poyntes artycles coÌ„prised 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 coÌ„prisyng the forme folowing The first is wher it is sayde that the foresayd kynges are bounde to cause to be coÌ„fermed all the sayd artycles coÌ„prised in the peace by the ho la father the pope and so to be delyuerd by sentence fro the court of Rome touchyng the ê‘fection accoÌ„plysshment of this present treaty so to be delyuerd to the ê‘ties 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 noÌ„bre of .xx. that they shulde kepe and ayde to be kept asmoche as in theÌ„ lyeth all the sayd artycles acorded agreed and to acoÌ„plysshe the same without fraude or male engin And also that bothe kynges shuld do the best of their powers all their freÌ„des to bring all the rebels into obeysance acordyng to the forme of the truce and also that bothe kyngê shulde submyt theÌ„selfe their realmes to the correction of the pope to th eÌ„tent that he shulde coÌ„streyne 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 renouÌ„ce 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 FraÌ„ce but both kynges togyder shulde enforce theÌ„selfe 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 acoÌ„plysshe 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 ê‘fyte 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 ê‘petuall peace loue bytwene vs and our brother
of France We renounce by these presentes do renounce all graces other processe of dede agaynst our sayd brother his heyres successours of the realme of France subgettê therof And promyse swere haue sworne by the body of Jesu cryst for vs our successours the we shulde nat do nor suffre to be done by dede or worde any thyng ayenst this renuÌ„ciacioÌ„ nor agaynst any thyng coÌ„teyned in the forsayd artycles And if we do or suffre to be done to the coÌ„trary by any maner of way the whiche god for beve We wyll than that we be reputed for false forsworne and to ryn into suche blame disfainy as a kinge sacred ought to do in suche case And clerely we renouÌ„ce all dispeÌ„sacions absolucions of the pope if any be obteyned we wyll they stande for nought to be of no valure and that they ayd vs nat in no maner of case And the more fermlyer to vpholde all the sayd artycles we put vs our heyres successours to the iurisdyction correction of the church of Rome and wyll consent that our holy father the pope conferme all the sayd treaty to ordayne monycions generall coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tes agaynst vs our heyres successours agaynst our subgettê comoÌ„s vniuersiteis collegê or any other singuler ê‘sons what soeuer they be in gyueng of senteÌ„ce generall of cursyng suspeÌ„dyng interdityng to ryn on vs or on any of theÌ„ asson as we or they do or ateÌ„pt to the coÌ„trary of the said trety or ocupyeÌ„g to waê castels or fortresses or any other thing doyng ratifyeng or gyueng couÌ„sell coÌ„fort fauour or ayde priuely or openly agaynst any of the sayd artycles And also we haue caused our dere eldest sonne Edwarde prince of Wales to swere the same And also our yonger soÌ„nes Lyonell erle of Ulster JohnÌ„ erle of Richmont and Edmond of Langley our right dere cosyn Phylyp of Nauar and the dukes of LaÌ„castre and of Bretayne and therles of Stafford Salisbury And the lorde of MaÌ„ny the caprall of befz the lorde MoÌ„tford James Audley Roger Beauchampt JohnÌ„ Chandos Rafe Ferres Edward Spens ThomÌ„s WyllmÌ„ Phelton Eu state DaÌ„bretycourt FraÌ„ke de Hall JohnÌ„ MoÌ„bray Bartylmewe Bromes Henry Percy dyuers other And also we shall cause to swere assone as we can coÌ„ueniently all our other chyldren and the moost ê‘te of the great prelatê erles barons other nobles of our realme of England In witnesse herof we haue put our seale to these presentê gyuen at our towne of Calais the yere of our lorde M. CCC and threscore The .xxiiii. day of Octobre ¶ Among other writynges that had ben grauÌ„ted aswell at Bertigny besyde Charters as at Calays whan kynge Johan was ther. This sayd charter was one of theÌ„ and was well reed and examyned by kyng Charles in the preseÌ„ce of the chefe of his couÌ„sell Than the prelates and barons of France sayd to the kyng Sir the kynge of England the prince his son haue nat fulfylled the sayd peace but haue taken townes castels and do kepe theÌ„ to the great domage of this your realme and rauÌ„someth pylleth the people so that the paymeÌ„t of the redeÌ„cion is yet in ê‘tie vnpayed Therfore sir you your subgettes haue good ryght iust cause to brek the peace to make warr agaynst theÌ„glyshmen to take fro theÌ„ Bretayn the which they haue on this syde the water Also some of his counsayle shewed him secretly by great delyberacion sayeng sir hardely take on you this warre forye haue cause so to do For sir assone as ye ones begyn the warr ye shall se fynde that they of the duchy of Acqquitayn shall turne to you aswell prelates barons erles knightê squiers as the burgesses of good townes ye may se sir howe the prince wolde ê“cede in reysing of this fowage but he can nat bring it to his purpose so ther by he is in hatred withall ê‘sons for they of Poictou Xaynton Querry Lymosyn Rouerne and of Rochell are of suche nature that they can in no wyse loue theÌ„glyshmen nor theÌ„glyshmen theÌ„ they are so proude presuÌ„tuous nor neuer dyd And also besyde that the officers of the price dothe suche extorcioÌ„s on the people of XaintoÌ„ Poitou Rochell for they take all in abaÌ„don and reyseth somoch of theÌ„ in the tytell of the price so that ther is none that is sure to haue any thing of his owne And also the geÌ„tylmen of the countre can attayne to no offyce nor prefermeÌ„t for the englyshmen and seruantê to the prince hath all Thus the french kyng was moued couÌ„sayled to moue warr and naÌ„ely by the duke of Aniou who lay at Tholous desyred gretly the warr as he that leued nothing theÌ„glishmen bycause of suche displeasures as they had done hym in tyme past And also the gascons sayd often tymes to the kyng Dere sir we are bounde to haue our resorte to your court therfore we huÌ„bly requyre you that ye wyll do right lawe And as ye are the most rightfull price of the worlde do vs right on the great grefes extorcions that the price of Wales his people doth wolde do to vs. sir if ye refuce to do vs ryght we shall thaÌ„ purchace for our selfe some remedy in some other place and shall yelde put our selfe vnder the iurisdyction of suche a lorde as shall cause vs to haue reason and so therby than shall you lese your seignory ouer vs. And the french kynge who was â—othe to lese theÌ„ â–ª thinkyng it might be a great hurt and preiudice to him to his realme answered theÌ„ right curtesly sayd Sirs for faute of lawe nor of good counsayle â–ª ye shall nat nede to resorte to any court but all onely to mynde Howbeit in all suche besynesse it behoueth to worke and folowe good couÌ„sell aduyce Thus the kyng draue them of nigh the space of a yere and kept them styll with hym at Parys and payed for all their eâ—pences and gaue them great gyftes and iowelles And alwayes raused to besecretly enquered amonge them if the peace were broken bytwene hym Englande whyder they wolde maynteyne his quarell or nat and they answered that if the warr were ones open the frenche kyng shulde nat nede to care for that part for they sayd they were stronge ynough to kepe warr with the price and all his puyssance Also the kynge sent to theÌ„ of Abuyle to knowe yf they wolde tourne take his parte and become frenche And they answered that they desyred nothynge in all the worlde so moche as to be french they hated so deedly the â—â—glysshmen Thus the french kyng gate hym â—râ—des on all ê‘tes or els he durst nat haue done yâ— he dyde In the same season was borne Charies the kynges eldest son in the yere of our lord 〈◊〉 CCC lâ—viii wherof the realme of France was ioyfull a lytell before was borne
and the seneshall of Rouergne sir Thomas of Pountchardone sir Thomas Percy and his chauncellour the bysshoppe of Bale Than the prince demaunded of them yf the frenche messangers had any saue conducte of hym or nat and they answered they knewe of none that they had No hath sayd the prince and shoke his heed and sayd It is nat coÌ„uenyent that they shulde thus lightly deê‘te out of our couÌ„tre to make their taÌ„gelingê to the duke of an â—ou who loueth vs but a lytellâ— he wyll be glad that they haue thus somoned vs iÌ„ our owne hous I trowe all thingê coÌ„sydred they be rather messaÌ„gers of myne owne subgettê as therle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret therle of Pyergort therles of Comynges Carmayne than of yâ— freÌ„ch kyngê Therfore bycause of the great dispite that they haue done to vs we wold they were ouer taken put in prison Of the which all the princes couÌ„sell was right ioyouse sayd ser we fereye haue taryed to long fro this purpose in coÌ„tyneÌ„t the seneshall of Dagenois was coÌ„mauÌ„ded to take with him ser wyllmÌ„ the moÌ„ke a right good knight of England that they shulde ryde after to stoppe the messaÌ„gers so they deê‘ted folowed so long after theÌ„ that at last they ouertok theÌ„ in the lande of Dagenois they arested theÌ„ and made an other occasyon than the prices coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t for in their arestyng they spake no worde of the prince but sayd howe their host wher as they lay last compleyned on theÌ„ for a horse that he sayd they had changed The knight and the clerke had great marueyle of that tidynges and excused theÌ„selfe but their excuse coude nat auayle But so they were brought in to the cytie of Dagen and putte in prison And they let some of their pages departe and they went by the cytie of Tholous and recorded to yâ— duke of Aniou all the hole mater wherof he was nothyng displeased for he thought well yâ— therby shuld begyn warr hatred and so he prepared couertly therfore These tidyngê came to yâ— french king â–ª for the pagê went recouÌ„ted all the hole mater to hym as they had herde sene Of the whiche the kyng was sore displeased toke it in great dispyte â–ª and toke couÌ„sayle aduyse theron And specially of the wordes yâ— was shewed him that the price shulde say â–ª whan he said that he wolde come ê‘sonally to his vncle to answere to the apell made agaynst him with his bassenet on his heed .lx. M. men of warre in his coÌ„pany â–ª agaynst the which the french kyng made prouysion ryght subtelly wisely for he thought well it was a weighty mater to make warr agaynst the kyng of England his puyssance Seyng howe they had put his predecessours in tyme past to somoche labour trauell Whefore he thought it a harde mater to begyn warr but he was so sore requyred of the great lordes of Gascon Guyen and also it was shewed him what great extorcions domagê thenglysshmen dyde dayly and were likely to do in tyme to come He grauÌ„ted to the warr with an yuell wyll coÌ„sydring the distruction of yâ— poore people that he thought shulde ensue therby ¶ Howe the duke of Berry dyuers other that were in hostage in EnglaÌ„de returned into FraÌ„ce Ca. C Cxliiii SO agaynst this ferse aÌ„swere of the prince the freÌ„ch kynge and his counsell ê“uyded therfore priuely And in yâ— same season returned into France out of England duke JohnÌ„ of Berry The kyng of Englande gaue him leaue for a hole yere â–ª but he bare himselfe so wisely that he neuer retourned agayne for he made suche excusacious other meanes that the warr was opyn as ye shall herafter â–ª also lorde JohnÌ„ Harcort was retourned into his owne couÌ„tre The kyng of England gaue him leaue to deê‘te at the instance of sir Loys Harcort his vncle who was of Poyctou as than ê‘teyning to the price who fell sicke the whiche was happy for hym For his sickenes endured tyll the warr was newly begon so therby he neuer returned agayne into Englande Guy of Bloys who was as than but a yong squyer and brother to therle of Bloys was fraÌ„ke and fre delyuerd out of England for whan he ê‘ceyued that the french kyng for whoÌ„e he lay in hostage dyd nothyng for his delyuerance Than he fell in a treaty with the lorde of Coucy who had wedded the doughter of the king of EnglaÌ„de he had yerely a great reuenewe out of the kyng of Englandê cofers bycause of his wyfe And so ther was such a treaty bytwene yâ— kyng of Englande his sonÌ„e in lawe and sit Guy of Bloys yâ— by the couÌ„sell of bothe bretherne lord JohnÌ„ of Blois sir Guy by the agrement of the frenche kyng they clerely resigned into the kyng of Englandê handes therldome of Soyssons the which land the kyng of EnglaÌ„d gaue to his son in lawe the lord Coucy for the which he dyd quyte hym of .iiii. M. â—i of yerely reuenewes Thus this couenaÌ„t was made engrosed sir Guy of Bloys delyuered Also therle Peter of Alanson had leue of the kyng of Eng. to returne into FraÌ„ce for a space wher he abod so long founde so many excusacions that he neuer returned after i hostage howbeit I beleue that finally he payed .xxx. M. fraÌ„kes for his aquytall Also duke Loys of Burbone was happy who lay also in hostage in England for by suche grace as the kynge of Engl. shewed him he was returned into France whyle he was at Parys with the french kyng the bysshop of Wynchestre discessed who was as than chauÌ„cellour of England Than ther was a preest about yâ— kyng of England called sir WyllmÌ„ Wycan who was so great with the kynge â–ª that all thyng was done by him without him nothinge done and so whan the bysshoprike of Wynchestre was voyd Than the kyng of EnglaÌ„de by the desyre of the sayd preest wrote to yâ— duke of Burbone that he wolde for his sake make suche sute to the holy father pope Urbane yâ— his chapelayne might haue yâ— bysshoprike of Wynchestre promysing the duke in his so doyng to entreat hym right curtesly for his prisoumeÌ„t of hostage Whan the duke of Burbone sawe the kyng of Englandê messaÌ„gers and his letter â–ª he was therof right ioyouse shewed all the mater to the french kyng Than the kyng couÌ„sayled him to go to the pope for the same and so he dyde And departed went to Auygnon to the pope who was nat as than gone to Rome so the duke made his request to yâ— pope he grauÌ„ted him and gaue him the bysshoprike of Wynchestre at his pleasure was content so that yâ— kyng of EnglaÌ„d wold be fauorable to him in yâ— coÌ„posycion for his delyuerance that yâ— foresayd Wy can shulde haue the sayd bysshoprike And than the duke of Burbone returned into
FraÌ„ce and so into Englande there treated with the kyng his couÌ„sell for his delyueraÌ„ce or he wolde shewe his bulles fro the pope The kyng loued so well this preest that yâ— duke of Burbone was delyuered quyte payed .xx. M. frankes And so sir WyllmÌ„ Wy can was bisshop of Wyn chester chancellour of Englande Thus the lordes were delvuered that were hostagê in England ¶ Now let vs returne to the warres of Gascoyne the whiche began bycause of the appell that ye haue herde before ¶ Howe therle of Piergourt vycoÌ„t of Carmane and the other barons of Gascoyne discoÌ„fyted the seneshall of Rouergne Cap. C C .xlv. VE haue herde how the price of Wales toke in great dispyte his somonyng that was made to him to appere at Parys was in full inteÌ„syon acordyng as he had sayd to yâ— messangers to apere ê‘sonally in France with a great army the next somer And sent incontynent to theÌ„glysshe capitayns gascons yâ— were of his acorde suche as were about the ryuer of Loyre desyring theÌ„ nat to deê‘te farr thens for he sayd he trusted shortly to set theÌ„ a warke Of the which tidyngê the moost part of the coÌ„panyons were right ioyouse but so it was the prince dayly impered of a sickenesse yâ— he had taken in Spayne wherof his men were greatly dismayd for he was in that case he might nat ryde Of the which the frenche kyng was well enformed had perfyte knowlege of all his disease so that the phicysions surgions of France iuged his malady to be a dropsy â–ª vncurable so after that sir CaÌ„ponell of CaÌ„ponall the clerke was taken a rested by sir WyllmÌ„ the monke put in prison in yâ— castell of Dagen as ye haue herde before The erle of Comynges therle of Piergort the vycont of Carman sir Bertrm of Taude the lorde de la Barde the lorde of Pyncornet who were in ther owne countreis toke in great dispyte the takyng of the said messangers for in the name of theÌ„ for their cause they went on this message wherfore they thought to counterueng it to opyn the warre sayd so great dispyte is nat to be suffred Than they vnderstode that sir ThomÌ„s Wake was ridyng to Roddes to fortefy his fortresse shuld departe fro Dagenois with a .lx. speares And whan these sayd lordes knewe therof they were right ioyouse layd in a busshment a. C C C. speares to encouÌ„tre sir ThomÌ„s Wake and his coÌ„pany Thus the sayd seneshall rode with his lx speares C C. archers and sodenly on theÌ„ brake out this great enbusshment of gascoyns wherof thenglysshmen were sore abasshed for they thought lytell of this bushment How be it they defeÌ„ded theÌ„selfe as well as they might but the freÌ„chmen fersely assayled theÌ„ And so at the first metyng there were many cast to the erthe but finally theÌ„glyshmen coude endure no leger but were discoÌ„fyted stedde and than were many taken slayne and sir ThomÌ„s stedde or els he had ben taken And so saued hymselfe by the ayde of his horse and entred into the castell of MoÌ„taubon and the gascons other returned into their couÌ„treis ledde with theÌ„ their prisoners coÌ„questes Tidyngê anone was brought to the prince who was at yâ— tyme in Angoleme howe yâ— his seneshall of Rouerne was disconfyted by therle of Pyergort suche other as had apeled hym to yâ— court of Parys of yâ— which he was right sore displeased sayd that it shulde be derely reueÌ„ged on theÌ„ on their landes that had done him this outrage Than incontynent the prince wrote to sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos who was in CoÌ„stantyne at s Sauyour le vycont coÌ„mauÌ„dyng hym incoÌ„tynent after the sight of his letters to coÌ„e to hym wtout any delay And sir Johan ChaÌ„dos who wolde nat disobey the prince hasted as moch as he might to come to him so came to Angoleme to the prince who receyued him with great ioye Than the prince sent hym with certayne men of armes archers to yâ— garyson of MoÌ„tabon to make warr agaynst the gascons freÌ„chmen who dayly encreased and ouer ran the princes lande Than sir Thomas Wake assone as he myght went to Roddes refresshed and fortifyed newly the cytie And also the towne and castell of Myllan in the marchesse of â–ª Mountpellyer and in euery place he set archers and men of warr Sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos beyng at MoÌ„taubon to kepe the marches froÌ„ters ther agaynst the freÌ„chmen with such other barons knyghtê as yâ— price had sent thyder with hym as the lorde captall of Beutz the two bretherne of Pomyers sir JohnÌ„ and sir Hely the Soldyche of Lestrade the lorde of Partney the lorde of Pons sir Loys of Harcourt â–ª yâ— lord of Pyname the lorde of Tanyboton sir Rich. of Pountchardon These lordes and knightes made often yssues on therle of Armynakes coÌ„pany and on the lorde Dalbretê men who kept the fronter ther agaynst them with the ayde of therle of Pyergourt therle Comynges the vycouÌ„t of Carmane the vycont of Tharyde the lorde de la Barde and dyuers other all of alyance one affinyte Thus somtyme the one ê‘te wanne and somtyme thother as aduentur falleth in feates of armes All this season the duke of Anioy lay styll and styred nat for any thinge that he herde for his brother the frenche kynge coÌ„maunded hym in no wyse to make any warr agaynst the prince tyll he were commaunded otherwyse by hym ¶ How in this season the freÌ„ch kyng drewe to hym certayne capitayns of the coÌ„panyons and howe he sent his defyance to the kynde of Englande Cap. CC .xlvi. THe frenche kyng all this season secretly and subtelly had get to hym dyuers capitayns of the companyons and other and he sent theÌ„ into the marches of Berry Auergne The kyng coÌ„sented that they shulde lyue there vpon that couÌ„tre coÌ„maundyng theÌ„ to make no warr tyll they were otherwyse coÌ„maunded for the frenche kynge wolde nat be knowen of the warr for therby he thought he shulde lese the enterprice that he trusted to haue in therldome of Poictou For if the kyng of Englande had perfetly knowen that the french kyng wolde haue made hym warr he wolde right well haue wtstande the domage that he had after in Poitou for he wolde so well a prouyded for the good towne of Abuyle with englysshmen and so well haue furnysshed all other garysons in the said couÌ„tre that he wolde haue ben styll souerayne ouer theÌ„ And the seneshall of the same countie was an englysshman called sir Nycolas Louayng who was in good fauour with the kyng of Englande as he was worthy For he was so true that to be drawen with wylde horses he wolde neuer coÌ„sent to any shame cowardnesse or villany In the same season was sent into EnglaÌ„de therle of Salebruee and sir WyllmÌ„ of Dorman fro the frenche kyng to speke with the kyng of England
his counsayle she wyng to them howe on their partie the peace dayly was but yuell kept aswell by reason of the warr that the coÌ„panyons had made all this sixe yere coÌ„tynually in the realm of France as by dyuers other accydentes wherof the frenche kyng was enformed and nat well coÌ„tent therwith The kyng of Englande caused these ambassadours to tary styll in England the space of two monethes and in the same space they declared dyuers artycles often tymes to the kyng wherof the kyng was sore displeased howbeit they set lytell ther by for they were charged by the french kyng his counsayle to shewe it And whan the french kyng had secrete and certayne knowlege howe they within Abuyle wolde become french and that the warres were opyn in Gascone howe all his people were redy aparelled and in gode wyll to make warr agaynst the prince to entre in to the principalyte Howbeit he thought as than to haue no reproche nor in tyme to coÌ„e to be sayd of hym that he shuld send his people into the kyng of Englande or princes lande or to take townes cyties castels or fortresses wtout defyaÌ„ce wherfore he was couÌ„selled to send to defy the kyng of England And so he dyd by his letters closed and a breton varlet bare theÌ„ And whan he came to Douer ther he founde the erle of Salebruce sir WyllmÌ„ of Dorman returnyng into FraÌ„ce and had acoÌ„plysshed their message to whome this varlet declared ê‘te of his message so he was coÌ„mauÌ„ded to do And whan they herde that they deê‘ted out of Englande as fast as they might passed the see were right ioyfull whan they were aryued at Bolen In the same season the prince had sent to Rome to pope Urbane sir Guysshard DaÌ„gle for dyuers maters touchyng Aquitayne And he fouÌ„de the pope right fauorable in all his sutes so returned agayne and by the way he herde howe the gascoyns frenchmen made warr agaynst the prince howe they ouerran the pricipalyte wherof he was sore abasshed in feare how he might returne without daÌ„ger Howbeit he caÌ„e to the geÌ„tyll erle of Sauoy whom he founde in PyemoÌ„t in the towne of Pyneroll for he made warr agaynst the marques of Saluces The erle of Sauoy receyued him ioyously all his company kept him two dayes gaue to them great gyftes specially to sir Guysshard Dangle for therle greatly honoured him bycause of his noble chinalry And so whaÌ„ he was deê‘ted aproched nerer to the bondes of Fraunce of Bolone he herde euer tidyngê worse worse to his purpose So that he saw well in that case that he was in he coude nat returne into Guyen he was to well knowen Therfore he gaue the gouernaÌ„ce of his coÌ„pany to a knight called ser iohnÌ„ I sore who had wedded his dought he was a good freÌ„chman borne in the marches of breten So he toke on him the charge to conduct home his father in lawes company and he went into the lande of the lorde of Beauieu ther he passed the ryuer of Some And there he acquyted hym selfe so with the lorde of Beauieu that he brought hym and all his company to Ryon in Auuerne to the duke of Berry and ther he offerd to be good freÌ„che as it was sayd so that he myght be brought peasably to his owne house into Bretayne And his father in lawe ser Guys shard Dangle disgysed hym selfe lyke a poore preest yuell horsed and arrayed and so passed by Fraunce the marchesse of Burgoyne and of Auuerne And dyde somoche with great payne that he entred into the pricipalyte and came to Angoleme to the price wher he was right welcome and another knight that went with him to Rome called sir WyllmÌ„ of Cens for feare As he came homwarde he came to the abbey of Cluny in Burgone and ther taryed more than fyue yeres after and durst neuer go oute of the house And yet at last he yelded hymsefe french Nowe let vs retourne to the breton yâ— brought the freÌ„che kyngê defyaÌ„ce to the kyng of EnglaÌ„d ¶ How the defyance was delyuered to the kyng of Englande and howe the erle of saynt Poule and the lorde of Chastellon conquered therldome of Poictou Cap. CC .xlvii. THis foresayd varlet dyde so moche that he came to London and vnderstode how the kyng and his couÌ„sayle was at WestmÌ„ holdynge there a great counsayle for the princes warres bytwene hym the barons and knightes of Gascone to se how it shulde be maynteyned and what men shulde be sent out of England to ayde hym And than ther came to them other newe tidynges the whiche made theÌ„ to haue other busynesse than they had before For this frenche varlet dyd somoch that he entred into the chambre wher the kyng and his counsayle was and sayd howe he was a varlet sent by the french kyng had brought letters to the kyng of Englande And so kneled downe to the kyng and offred hym the letters And the kynge who greatly desyred to knowe what they ment caused them to be receyued opyned and reed ¶ Than the kyng and all his conÌ„sayle had great maruell therof whan they vnderstode the defyance and behelde well the seale and sigue and sawe clerely howe it was of authorite Than they caused the varlet to departe sayeng to hym howe he hadde right well done his message Wherfore he might departe whan he wolde he shulde haue no let and so he returned assone as he might The same season ther were styll in England hostagers the erle Dolphyn of Auuergne therle of Porseen the lorde of Mallurer and dyuers other who wer in great heuynes of hert whan they herde those tidynges for they knewe nat what the kyng wolde do with them The kyng and his counsayle had great dispyte that a varlet shulde thus bringe his defyaÌ„ce and sayd howe it was nothyng aê‘tenant that the warr bytwene two such gret princes as the kyng of Englande and the frenche king shulde be publysshed by a varlet they thought it had ben more metely yâ— it shulde haue ben done by a prelat or by some valyaÌ„t man baron or knyght how beit they sawe there was no remedy Than they couÌ„sayled the kyng that incontynent he shulde sende a great army in to Poyctou to kepe the fronters ther and specially to the towne of Abuyle the whiche was in great danger of lesyng The kyng was content so to do and so ther was apoynted to go thyder the lorde Percy the lorde Neuyll the lorde of Carbeston and sir WyllmÌ„ of Wynsore with CCC men and. M. archers And in the mean season whyle these lordes made them redy and were coÌ„e to Douer to passe the see ther came other tidynges out of Poictou the which were nothyng ioyfull For assone as therle Guy of s Poule and sir Guy of Chastellon who were as than maisters of the crosbowes of France thought by all likelyhod yâ— the
kyng of Englande was defyed Than they drue toward Poictou and had sent secretly their coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t to the knightes squiers of Artoyse Heynalt Cambresis UermaÌ„dose Uyen and Picardy that they shuldê incoÌ„tynent come to theÌ„ and so they dyde to the nombre of sixscore speares came to Abuyle And they set vpon the gates for it was so determyned before and so the men of warre entred without doyng of any hurt to any of theÌ„ of the towne ThaÌ„ sir Hewe of Chastelon who was chefe leder of these men of warr went streyght wher as he thought to fynde the seneshall of Poictou ser Nicolas Louayng dyd somoche yâ— he fouÌ„de him toke him prisoner Also they toke a riche clerke a valyaÌ„t man tresourer of Poitou So that day the freÌ„chmen toke many a riche prisoner thenglisshmen lost all that they had in the towne of Abuyle And the same day the freÌ„chemen ran to saynt Ualery and entred therin and toke it and Crotay and also the towne of Derne on the see syde And anone after came the erle of saynt Poule to the bridge of saynt Remey on the ryuer of Somme whervnto ther were certayne englysshmen withdrawen The erle assayled them and there was a great scrymysshe and many noble dedes of armes done and atcheued And therle made knight ther Galetan his eldest sonne who dyde that day right nobly but thenglysshmen were ther so sore assayled that finally they were discoÌ„fyted slayne and takefie and the bridge and forteresse also And brefely to speke all the countre and couÌ„tie of Poictou was clene delyuered fro thenglysshmen so that none abode ther to do any hurte to the countre The tidynges came to the kyng of Englande to London howe they of Poyctou had forsaken hym and were become frenche Wherwith he was ryght sore displeased had many a harde ymaginacyon agaynst the hostagers of France that were styll with him at LoÌ„don Howe beit he thought it shulde be a great crueltie if he shulde bewreke his displeasur on them yet he sent the burgesses of cyties good townes of Fraunce whome he had in hostage into dyuers townes and fortresses in Englande and kept theÌ„ more strayter and harder than they were kepte before And therle dolphyne of Auuergne was raunsomed at .xxx. thousande frankes and therle Porseen at .x. thousand fraÌ„kes and the lorde of Roy was kept styll in prison in great daunger for he was nat well beloued with the kyng of Englande nor with none of his courte Wherfore it behoued hym to endure moche sorowe trouble vntyll suche season as he was delyuered by great fortune aduenture as ye shall here after in this hystorie ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande sent great nombre of men of armes in to the fronters of Scotlande and how the duke of Berry the duke of Aniou made their somoÌ„s to go agaynst the prince of wales Cap. CC .xlviii. WHan the kyng of Englande sawe that he was thus defyed by the frenche kyng and the couÌ„tie of Poictou lost the which had cost hym so moche the repayring of townes castels and houses for he had spent theron a hundred thousande frankes ouer and aboue the reuenewes therof sawe well howe he was lykely to haue warr on all parties Also it was shewed hym that the scottes were newly alyed with the freÌ„che kyng and were in purpose to make hym warre Wherof he was sore displeased for he douted more the warr of the scottes than of the freÌ„chmen for he knewe well the scottes loued hym nat bycause of the domages that he had done to theÌ„ in tyme past Than the kynge sentemen of warr to the fronters of Scotlande as to Berwyke Rokesborowe to Newcastell and into other places about the froÌ„ters Also he sent a great nauy to the see aboute Hampton Gernsey and the yle of Wyght for it was shewed hym howe the frenche kyng had apparelled a great nauy to go to the see and to come and lande in Englande so that he wyst nat on whiche part to take hede Thus thenglysshmen were than sore abasshed bycause of this sodayne warre ANd assoone as the duke of Aniou and the duke of Berry knewe that the defyance was made the warr opyn they thought nat than to slepe but made their speciall somoÌ„s the one into Auuerne and the other into Tholous to assemble and to make warr into the principalyte The duke of Berry had redy at his coÌ„maundement all the barownes of Auuergne of the bysshoprike of Lyon and of the bysshop ryke of Mascon Also he had the lorde of Beauteu the lorde of Uyllers the lorde of Tornon sir Godfray of Boloyne sir Johan of Armynacke sir Johan of Uyllemure the lorde MoÌ„tague the lorde of Talenson sir Hugh Dolphyn the lorde of Rochfort and dyuers other And incoÌ„tynent all these drewe into Towrayn and into the marchesse of Berry and began to make sore warr in the good countrey of Poyctou but they founde it well garnysshed with men of warre bothe knightes and squyers so that they had ther no great aduauntage And in the marchesse of Towrayne in the french garysons and forteresses there was sir Loyes of saynt Julyan sir Wyllyam of Bordes Carnet breton These thre were companyons and great capitayns of men of warr and they dyd feates of armes agaynst thenglysshmen as ye shall here after ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande sent the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke to the prince his soÌ„ne and howe they passed by Bretayne Capitulo CC .xlix. THe duke of Lancastre had by his enheritauÌ„ce in Champayn a castel betwene Troy and Chalons called Beauforte Wherof an englysshe squyer called Purceuaunt Damors was capitayne And whan this squier sawe that the warr was open bitwene the frenche kynge and the kyng of Englande Than he tourned hymselfe and became frenche sware from thens forth fayth and alligeance to the frenche kyng who greatly rewarded hym and left hym styll capitayne of the same castell accompanyed with another squier of Champayne called yuan So they .ii. were great companyons to gether and dyd after many feates to gether agaynst the englisshemen And also the chanoyn of Robersart who had always ben before a good frencheman al the renewyng of this warr he became englissh and dyd fayth and homage to the kyng of Englande who was ryght gladde of his seruice Thus the knyghtes and squiers turned theyr copies on both partes And the duke of Anion had so procured the companyoÌ„s of Gascoyn 〈◊〉 ser Perducas Dalbreth the lyttell Mechin the Bourg of Bertueil Aymon Dortingue Peter of Sauoy Raff Bray and Nandon of Pans that they became all freÌ„che wherof the englisshmen were sore displeased for theyr streÌ„gth dayly lassed And NaÌ„don of Bagerant the Bourg of Lespare the Burg Camus ser Robert Briquet Robert Thin JohnÌ„ Trenelle Gailard dela mote and Aymery of Rochecho art abode styll good Englysshe And these companyons englisshe and gascoyns and other of theyr accorde and
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 sufficieÌ„tly 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 â—ormans 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 EnglaÌ„d in his realme There was a bysshop that tyme at London who made many prechynges and declaracions shewyng the people that the freÌ„che 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 couÌ„trey 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 EnglaÌ„d his vncle and at the desyre of the quene his auÌ„te 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 bouÌ„de to the kyng of EnglaÌ„de 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 freÌ„che 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 freÌ„che in hart he was so well beloued with the duke duchesse that he brake the purpose of the englisshe messaÌ„gers for by the helpe of therle of Bloys and of ser JohnÌ„ of Bloys his brother the lorde Ligny and of the lorde BarbaÌ„son 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 FraÌ„ce 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 couÌ„sailours 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 substanÌ„ce 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 renuÌ„ciacions resityng suche coÌ„myssions 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 EnglaÌ„de 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 freÌ„che kynge and the kynge of Englande ought to be publysshed and defied by notable ê‘sones 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 freÌ„che kyng notably and so they dyd and dyuerse other knyghtes of Almayne with them and their enteÌ„tê was shortly to entre into Fraunce and there to do suche dedes of armes that the remembrauÌ„ce 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 FlaÌ„ders 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 yoÌ„ge 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
Poictou And his obsequy was solemply done in the cytie of Poicters the prince beyng ther personally And anone after at the request of yâ— barons and knightes of Poicton sir JohnÌ„ Chandos who was as than constable of Aquitayne was made seneshall of Poictou And so he weÌ„t and say in the cyte of Poiters and he made of ten yssues and iourneys agaynst the freÌ„chmen and helde theÌ„ so shorte that they durst nat ryde but in great routes and coÌ„panies In the same season was delyuered out of prison the vycont of Rochchoart whome the prince had kepte in prisone bycause he was had in suspect to haue tourned frenche So that at the request of his frendes in Poictou suche as were than aboute the prince the prince delyuered him and gaue him agayne all his landes And assoone as the same vycount was delyuered out of prisone he went priuely to Parys to the frenche kynge tourned and became frenche and than retourned into his owne lande without any knolege that he had been at Parys Than he set Thybault du pont a breton in his forteresse and in contynent sent and defyed the prince of Wales and made him great warre ¶ Nowe lette vs somwhat speke of the duke of LaÌ„castre ¶ Howe the duke of Burgoyne deê‘ted fro the cyte of Roane to th entent to fight with the duke of Lancastre and howe they lodged eche agaynst other at Tornehen Cap. CC .lxiii. WHan the duke of Lancastre was come to Calays as ye haue herde before and had well refresshed him his people ther. Than he thought nat to lye ther in ydelnesse but rather to do some dedes of armes in France And for that intent he departed fro Calays on a day with thre huÌ„dred speares and as many archers so passed besyde Guynes and rode so long tyll he passed the ryuer of Ostre ther spred abrode in the countre and toke their way towarde the abbey of Lynques and ther toke a great pray and ledde it to Calys And another day they toke another way and went towardes Boloyne dyde great domage to the playne countre and the same tyme therle Guy of saynt Poule and sir Galeran his sofie with a certayne noÌ„bre of men of warr lay in the cytie of Turwyn but they yssued nat out for all they herde that theÌ„glisshmen rode abrode in the couÌ„tre for they thought them selfe nat able to fight with them nor to kepe the felde agaynst theÌ„ A none tidynges came to the frenche kyng where as he lay at Roane and had made a great asseÌ„ble as ye haue herde before Howe the duke of Lancastre was come to Calais and howe dayly he and his men made rodes and yssues in to France Whan the frenche kyng herde that bothe he and his counsayle had newe ymaginacions and the same weke it was determyned that the duke of Burgoyne shulde haue taken the see to haue gone into England Than the kyng and his couÌ„sayle debated what was best to do in that case other to go and fight with thenglysshmen that were on that syde the see or els to kepe forthe their iorney into England And so ther it was fermely coÌ„cluded that euery man shulde dysloge and to make them redy to go towarde Calays with the duke of Burgoyne And so their first purpose was broken for they were determyned to go and fight with thenglysshemen on that syde the see wherof euery man was glad and aparelled theÌ„selfe And the duke of Burgone deê‘ted and all his coÌ„pany and toke his way to passe yâ— ryuer of Some at Abuyle dyde so moche by his iourneys that he came to Muttrell at Hedyn and at saynt Poule ther about the freÌ„ch men abode eche other Than it was shewed the duke of Lancastre how the freÌ„chmen aproched nere to him to fight wherof he was glad was yssued out of Calais for that intent toke his felde in the valey of Tornehen And he had nat ben ther long but that the gentyll knight ser Robert of Namur came thyder to serue him with a hundred speares well furnysshed of whose comyng the duke of Lancastre was right ioyfull and sayd to him A my fayre and dere vncle ye be right hartely welcome Sir it is shewed vs howe the duke of Burgoyne aprocheth sore to fight with vs. Sir ê™ he in goddes name so be it we wolde gladly se him Thus theÌ„glysshmeÌ„ were loged in the vale of Tornehen and fortefyed their campe with strong hedges and dayly ther came prouisyon to theÌ„ from Calais and their currors ran ouer the countie of Guyens for forage and other vitayls but lytell they gat there for all the playne countre was distroyed and lost before and euery thynge had in to fortresses Than came the duke of Burgoyne and his company and lodged on the hyll of Tornehen agaynst the englysshmen The frenchmen lodged them in good order toke a great space of grounde for as I herde say the duke of burgoyne had ther with him mo than foure thousande knightes Consydre than if the resydue were nat a great nombre Thus they were ech agaynst other a long space without any thyng doynge for though the duke of Burgoyne had that great noÌ„bre and sawe that ther was with hym of good men of warr seuyn agaynst one of the englisshmen yet for all that he wolde nat fight without leaue of the kyng his brother who was nat in mynde that he shuld fight And yet of trouthe yf the frenchmen had set forwarde to haue fought the englysshmen wolde nat haue refused them for they were redy euery daye to receyue them in good order Euery man fully determyned what they shulde do if they dyd yssue out but bycause they were so fewe in noÌ„bre and that they were in so stroÌ„g a place they thought nat to departe nysely oute of their aduantage And sundrie tymes dyuers on bothe parties wolde yssue and scrimysshe and somtyme wanne and somtyme lost as chaunce often falleth in suche aduentures In the same tyme Loyes the erle of Flaunders was greatly inclyned to the honoure and profyte of his sonne the duke of Burgoyne who lay the same season in a fayre house that he had newly buylded besyde Gaunt And often harde tidynges from the duke and he from hym by messaÌ„gers comynge and goynge and alwayes he counsayled the duke that he shulde in no wyse breke nor passe the ordynaunce of the kynge his brother nor of his counsayle ¶ Nowe let vs leue them thus and retourne to the busynesse of farther couÌ„treis where as knightes and squyers hadde ynough to do bycause the warres were more habundant there than in other places ¶ Howe sir Johan ChaÌ„dos brought the countre of Aniou in great trybulacion and howe he wasted and dystroyed the landes of the bycount of Rochchoart excepte the forteresses Cap. CC .lxiiii. IN the meane seasone while this iorney was thus made about TorneheÌ„ ther fell dyuers adueÌ„tures in poictou the whiche ought nat
he was nat lightly enclyned to make any great hast but sayde it wyll be harde for vs to com thyder tyme ynough and to here out this masse And anone after masse yâ— tables were couered redy to dyner and the seruauntê demauÌ„ded of him if he wolde go to dyuer And he sayde yes sythe it is redy Than he wente in to his hall and knightes and squyers brought hym water And as he was a wasshynge there came in to the hall the seconde squyer fro the erle of Penbroke and kneled downe and toke the rynge out of his purse and sayde Ryght dere sir the erle of Penbroke recommaundeth him to you by this token and desyreth you her tely to come and conforte hym and bring hym out of the daunger that he and his be in at Puyrenon Than sir Johan Chandos tooke the rynge and knewe it well and sayd to coÌ„ethyder be tymes it were harde if they be in that case as ye shewe me Lette vs go to dyner and so sat downe and all his coÌ„pany and eate the first course And as he was seruedde of the seconde course and was eatynge therof sodenly sir Johan Chandos who greatly had ymagined of that mater And at last cast vp his heed sayd to his company Sirs the erle of Penbroke is a noble man and of great lynage He is sonne to my naturall lorde the kynge of Englande for he hath wedded his doughter and in euery thyng he is companyon to therle of CaÌ„bridge He hath requyred me to come to hym in his besynesse and Jought to consente to his desyre and to socour and confort him if we may come be tymes Ther with he put the table fro him sayde Sirs I wyll ryde towarde Puyrenon wherof his people hadde great ioye and incoÌ„tynent apparelled theym and the trumpettes sowned And euery man mounted on their horses they that best might as soone as they herde that sir Johan Chandos wolde rydeto Puyre non to conforte the erle of Penbroke and his company who were besiege there Than euery knight squyer and man of armes went out in to the felde So they were mo than two hundred speares and alway they encreased Thus as they rode forthe toguyder tidynges came to the frenchemen who hadde contynually assawted the forteresse from the mornynge tyll it was highe noone by their spyes who sayd to theym Sirs aduyse you well for sir Johan Chandos is deê‘ted fro Poicters with mo thaÌ„ CC. speares and is comynge hyderwarde in great hast hath gret desyre to fynde you here And whan sir Loyes of SaÌ„xere and sir JohnÌ„ of Uyen sir JohnÌ„ of Bulle and the other capitayns herd those tidyngê the wisest among theÌ„ said Sirs our people 〈◊〉 sore wery and traueyled with assautyng of thenglysshmen bothe yâ—ster day this day Therfore I thynke it were better that fayre and easely we returned in saue garde with such wynninges and prisoners as we haue gote rather than to abyde the aduenture of the comyng of sir Johan Chandos and his company who are all fresshe and lusty for I feare we may lose more than we shall wyn the whiche counsayle was well beleued for it behoued nat them long to tary Than their truÌ„pettes so wned the retrayt than all their company drewe fro the assaut assembled togyder and trussed vp their harnesse and cariage and so retourned and toke the way to Poizay The erle of Penbroke and his company knewe anone therby howe the frenchmen had knowledge of the comyng of sir Johan Chandos Than the erle sayde Sirs lette vs all yssue out and ryde toward Poicters to mete with my dere frende sir Johan Chandos Than they lepte a horsebacke suche as had any horses and some a fote and two and two on a horse and so they yssued out of the castell and rode towarde Poycters And they had nat rydden aleage but that they encountred sir Johan Chandos and his company and there was a ioyfull metynge and sir JohnÌ„ Chandos sayde that he was sore displeased that he came nat or the frenchmen were departed And so they rode togyder talkynge the space of thre leages and thanÌ„e they toke leaue eche of other Sir Johan Chandos retourned to Poitters and the erle of Penbroke to mortaygne fro whens he firste departed And the marshalles of Fraunce and their company returned to Potzay and there departed their â—otie And than euery maÌ„ went to their owne garison and ledde with them their prisonerss and raunsomed theym courtesly in lyke maner as was acustomed bytwene the englysshmen and frenchmen ¶ Nowe lette vs retourne to the assemble before Tornehen and speke of the deth of the moost gentyll quene moostly detail and moost courtesse that euer was quene in her vdayes the whiche was the fayre lady Philyp of Heynault quene of Englande and Irelande ¶ Howe quene Philyp of Englande trepassed out of this mortall lyfe and of the thre gyftes that she desyred of the kynge her husbande or she dyed Cap. CC .lxvii. IN the meane seasone whyle the noble men of FraÌ„ce were thus assembled before Tornehen of whome yâ— duke of Burgon was chefe and souerayne and yâ— duke of Lancastre with theÌ„glisshmen on the other parte There fell in England a heuy case and a comon howbeit it was right pyteouse for the kyng his chyldren all his realme For the good quene of Englande that so many good dedes had done in her tyme and so many knightê socoured and ladyes and damosels coÌ„forted and had so largely depted of her goodes to her people and naturally loued alwayes the nacyon of Heynaulte the countrey wher as she was borne She fell sicke in the castell of Wyndsore the whiche sickenesse contynewed on her so longe that there was no remedye but dethe And the good lady whanne she knewe and parceyued that there was with her no remedy but dethe she desyred to speke with the kynge her husbande And whan he was before her she put out of her bedde her right hanâ—e and toke the kynge by his right hande who was right sorowfull at his hert Than she said Sir we haue in peace ioye and great prosperyte vsed all oure tyme toguyer Sir nowe I pray you at our departyng that ye wyll grauÌ„t me thre desyres The kynge tyght sorowfully wepyng sayd Madame desyre what ye wyll I graunt it SIr sayde she I requyre you firste of all that all maner of people suche as I haue dault with all in their marchaundyse on this syde thesee or beyond that it may please you to pay euery thynge that I owe to theym or to any other And secondly sir all suche ordynauÌ„ce and promyses as I haue made to the churches as well of this countrey as beyonde the see wher as I haue hadde my deuocyon that it maye please you to accomplysshe and to full fyll the same Thirdely sir I requyre you that it may please you to take none other sepulture whan soeuer it shall please god to call you out of this
theym behynde vs. Thus as they were in this case and wyst nat what to do and had sent two bretons vnarmed in to the feldes to se yf they might fynde any of their pages with their horses Ther came on them sir Guyssharde Dangle sir Loyes Harcourt the lorde Parteney the lorde Tanyboton the lorde Dargenton the lorde of Pynan sir Jaques of Surgyers and dyuers other englysshmen to the noÌ„bre of two huÌ„dred speares who rode about to seke for the frenchmen for it was shewed them howe they were abrode And so they fell in the trake of the horses and caÌ„e in great hast with baners and penons wauyng in the wynde And assoone as the bretons and frenchmen sawe them comyng they knewe well they were their enemies ThaÌ„ they sayd to the englysshmen whome they had taken as prisoners before Sirs beholde yonder cometh a bande of your company to socour you and we perceyue well that we can nat endure agaynst theÌ„ and yebe out prisoners We wyll quyte you so that ye wyll kepe vs wyll become your prisoners for we had rather yeld vs to you thaÌ„ to them that cometh yonder and they aunswered as ye wyll so are 〈…〉 e content Thus the englysshmen were losed out of their prisons Than the poictenyns gascoyns englysshmen came on them their speares in their restes cryeng their cryes Than the freÌ„chmen and bretons drewe a syde and sayde to theÌ„ sirs leaue do vs no hurt we be all prisoners a redy The englysshmen affirmed the same and said they be our prisoners Carlonet was prisoner with sir Bertram of Case sir Loyes of saynt Julyan with sir Johan Cambo so that there was none but that he had a maister UHe barowns and knightes of Poictoâ—â— were sore disconforted whan they sawe their seneschall sir Johan Chandos lye on the erthe and coude nat speke than they lamentably complayned and sayd A sir Johan Chandos the floure of all chiualry vnhappely was that glayue forged that thus hath wouÌ„ded you and brought you in parell of dethe They wept piteously that were about hym he herde and vnderstode theym well but he coulde speke no worde They wronge their handes tare their heere 's and made many a pytefull complaynt and specially suche as were of his owne house Than his seruauntes vnarmed him and layde him on pauesses so bare him softely to Mortymer the next forteresse to them And the other barons and knyghtes retourned to Poycters and ledde with them their prisoners And as I vnderstode the same Jaques Martyn that thus hurte sir Johan Chandos was so lytell taken hede to of his hurtes that he dyed at Poiters And this noble knight sir Johan Chandos lyued nat after his hurte past a day and a nyght but so dyed god haue mercy on his soule for in a hundred yere after ther was nat a more curtesse nor more fuller of noble vertues good condycions amonge the englysshmen than he was And whan the prince and pricesse the erle of Cambridge the erle of PeÌ„broke and other barowns and knightes of Englande suche as were in Guyen herd of his dethe they were all 〈…〉 orted and sayd they had lost all on that syde of the see For his dethe his frendes and also some of his enemyes were right soroufull The englysshmen loued him bycause all noble nesse was founde in hym The frenchmen hated him bycause they douted hym yet I herde his dethe greatly complayned among right noble and valyant knightes of France Sayeng that it was a great dommage of his dethe for they sayd better it had ben that he had ben taken a lyue For if he had ben taken a lyue they sayd he was so sage and so ymaginatyue that he wolde haue fouÌ„de some maner of good meanes wherby the peace might haue ensued bytwene the realmes of Englande and Fraunce for he was so welbeloued with the kyng of Englande that the kyng wolde beleue him rather than any other in the worlde Thus bothefrenche and englysshe spake of his dethe and specially the englysshmen for by hym Guyen was kept and recouered ¶ Howe the lorde of Coucy and the lorde of Pomyers wolde nat entre in to the warre nother on the one part nor on the other And howe the lorde of Maleuall the lorde of Marneyle tourned frenche Cap. CC .lxxi. AFter the dethe of sir Johan Chandos sir Thomas Percy was made seneschall of Poictou and so it fell that the lande of saynt Sauiour the vycount fell in the kynge of Englandes â—andes to gyue wher it shuld please him Than he gâ—â—e it to a knyght of his called sir Alayne Bourchier an experte man of armes Of all that sit Johan Chandos had whiche was in yerely to uenewes to the somme of four hundred thousande frankes The prince was his successessour and heyre for he was neuer maryed nor had none heyres And within a certayne space after suche as hadde ben taken at the bridge of Lusac were put to their fynance and rauÌ„some and payed it by the ayde and helpe of the frenche kynge And so retourned agayne into their garysons sir Loyes of saynt Julyan Carlonet the breton and sir Wyllyam of Bourdes The same season ther were some knyghtes of France that were fore troubled in their mynd bycause they sawe thus nightly and dayly the warre multiply bytwene these two kynges of France and Englande And specially the lorde of Concy for it touched him gretly for he had fayre enherytance in Englande aswell by hym selfe as by his wyfe who was doughter to the kynge of Englande Whiche lande he must renounce if he wolde serue the frenche kynge of whose blode he was and of the same nacyon So he determyned him selfe to dissemble with bothe kyngê so to forget the tyme he thought to departe out of the realme of France for a season and go and sporte him in some otherplace And so ordered his departure sagely and toke leaue of the frenche kyng and with a small coÌ„pany departed and rode in to Sauoy where he was honorably receyued of the erle barons and knightes of the countre And whan he had 〈◊〉 ther as long as it pleased hym than he departed and passed forthe in to Lombardy and came to the lordes of Myllayne the lorde Galeas and the lorde Barnabo where he was at the begynning to them right welcome In lyke maner departed out of the duchy of Acà tayne sir Aymon of Pomyers a knight of the prices sayeng howe that as long as the warr dyde endure he wolde nat beare armes nother on the one parte nor on the other And so this knyght went in to Cypre and to the holy sepulcre and dyuers other pylgrimages And also the same season there was newly come to Parys sir Johan of Burbone who helde parte of his lande of the prince The frenche kynge wolde gladly haue had hym to renounce his homage to the prince and to become frenche but the erle in no wyse wolde so do In
lyke maner no more wolde the lorde of Pyerbuffier another baneret of Lymosyn who also was at Parys But there were other two great barons of Lymosyn sir Loyes of Maleuall and sir Raymon of Marneyle his nephue who also the same season were at Parys they forsoke the prince and became freÌ„che And after by their garysons made gret warre to the prince wherof the kynge of Englande and his counsayle were sore displeased And also in that dyuers barones of Guyen became frenche without any constraynt but by their owne wylles Than the kyng of Englande was counsayled that he shulde write couert letters sealed with his seale and to be borne by two or thre of his knightes in to Poictou and in to Acquitayne and ther to publysshe theym In cyties castels and good townes The same season was delyuered out of prison in Dagen sir Camponell of Camponall in exchaâ—ge for another knight of the princes who had ben taken at a scrimysshe before Pyergourt called ser Thomas Balaster but the clerke that was with the said knight remayned styll in prison in Dagen and sir Camponell returned in to FraÌ„ce ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of the letters sent in to Acquitayne by the kyng of Englande the tenour wherof herafter foloweth ¶ The copy of the letters sent by the kyng of Englande into Acquitayne And howe Chasteleraut was taken and Bell perche besieged by the frenchemen Cap. CC .lxxii. EDwarde by the grace of god kynge of England and lorde of Irelande and Acquitayne To all theÌ„ that this present writynge shall se or here reed knowe you that we consyderyng and regardyng the busynesses of our sayd marches and lymitacions of our seignorie of Acquitayne stretchynge fro heed to heed We haue ben enformed yâ— for certayn troubles greffes vexacyons done or thought to bedone by our right dere son the prince of Wales in the say de countreis The whiche we are bounde to withstande and remedy in all thynges touchynge the hates and yuell wylles bytwene vs and our true frendes and subgettes Therfore by these presentes here we anouÌ„ce pronouÌ„ce certify ratify that we by our good wyll and by great delyberacyon of counsayle therto called Woll that our dere sonne the prince of Wales forbere and leaue all maner of accyons done or to bedone And to restore agayne to all suche as hath ben greued or oppressed by hym or by any of his subgettes or offycers in Acqtayne All their costes spences domagê leuyed or to be leuyed in the name of the sayd aydes or fo wages And if any of our true subgettes frendes aswell prelates as men of holy church vnyuersiteis collages bysshops erles vycontes barons knightes comynalties and men of cyties and good townes Be tourned to kepe holde by false informacion and symple aduyse the opinyon of our aduersary the french kyng We pardon them their trespas so that after the sight of these our letters they retourne agayne to vs or within a moneth after And we desyre all our true frendes to kepe theÌ„ selfe styll in the state that they be nowe in to saue their faythes and homagê so that they be nat reproched the whiche thyng shulde greatly displease vs and lothe we wolde be to se it And if vpon our dere sonÌ„e the prince or of any of his men they make any laufull coÌ„playnt that they be in any thyng greued or oppressed or haue ben in tyme past We shall cause them to haue amendes in suche wyse that by reason shall suffice And to the entent to norisshe peace loue concorde and vnite bytwene vs and all those of the marches and ly mytacions aforesayd And bycause that euery man shulde repute this our mynde and wyll to be of trouthe we wyll that euery man take and haue the copy of these presentes the whiche we haue solemply sworne to kepe and maynteyne and nat to breke them on the precyous body of Jesu Christ Present our right dere sonne Johan duke of Lancastre WyllmÌ„ erle of Salysbury the erle of Warwyke therle of Hertforde Gaultier of Manny the lorde Percy the lorde Neuyll the lorde Bourchier the lorde Stafforde Richard of PeÌ„broke Roger BeauchaÌ„p Guy Brian the lorde of Meâ—â—e the lorde Dalawar Alayne Boncquesell Richard Stry knightê Gyuen at our palys at WestmÌ„ the yere of our reigne .xliiii. the .v. day of Nouembre THese letters were brought fro the kyng of Englande into the principalyte duchy of Acqtayne and notifyed and publysshed all about And the copyes sent secretly into Parys to the vycont of Rochchoart the lorde Ma leuall the lorde of Marneyle to other suche as were turned frenche Nowbeit for all yâ— these letters were thus sent and publysshed in all the countrey of Acqtayne I herde nat that any for all that left to do as they lyst So that nat with standyng dayly they turned to the frenche ê‘te And so it was that assone as sir Loys of saynt Julyan was retourned in to the Roche of Poy say and sir WyllmÌ„ of Bordes in to the garison of the Hay in Tourayn and Carlon et to saynt Saluyn Than secretly they made forthe a iorney of meÌ„ of armes and hardy coÌ„panyons well mounted and in a mornyng they came to Chasteleraut scaled the towne and had nerehand taken sir Loys of Harcourt who lay in his bed a slepe in his logyng in the towne And so with the sâ—ry he was fayne to flye in his sherte barefote and barelegged fro house to house fro garden to garden in great dout feare of takyng by the frenchmen who had scaled and won the fortresse And so ferr he sledde that he caÌ„e and put him selfe vnder the bridge of Chasteleraut the whiche his men had fortifyed before and so ther he saued him selfe and kept him selfe there a long space But thus the bretons and frenchmen were maisters of the towne and ther made a good garison and made Carlonet capitayn And dayly the bretons and frenchmen went to the bridge and fought and scrimysshed with them that kepte it DUke Loyes of Burbon who sawe well that the englysshmen and companyons were in his countre of Burbonoise And howe that Drtygo Bernard de Wyst and Bernard de la Sale helde his castell at Bell perche and the good lady his mother wtin wherof he had great displeasur Than he aduysed hi to make a iourney and to go and lay siege to Bell percly and nat to deê‘te thens tyll he had wonne it Of the whiche enterprice he desyred the freÌ„che kynge to gyue him leaue whiche the kynge lightly agreed vnto sayeng howe he wolde helpe him to maynteyne his siege Thus he departed fro Parys and made his assemble at Molyns in Auuerne and at saynt Porcyns so that he had a great nombre of men of warre The lorde of Beauieu came to serue hym with thre hundred speares and the lorde Uyllers Rosellon with a hundred speares and dyuers other barowns and knightes of Auuergne and Forestes wher of
to Thounyns on the ryuer of Garon And so the frenchmen rode at their ease folowynge the ryuer and so came to the porte saynt Mary the which incoÌ„tynent tourned frenche And in euery place the frenchmen put in people and made garisons bothe the towne and castell of Thounyns yelded theÌ„ vp and became french and ther they set a newe capitayne and .xx. speares with hym Than after they toke they way to MouÌ„tpellyer and to Iguyllon brennyng and distroyeng the countre And whan they were come to the good towne of Mountpellyer they within were sore afrayed of the duke of Aniou and so yelded theÌ„ selfe vp to the frenche kyng Than they went to the stronge castell of Aguyllon and there they were four dayes for within was sir Gaultyer of Manny and his coÌ„pany and so yelded hym selfe and the castell to the duke of Aniou wherof they of Bergerath had great marueyle that they yelded theÌ„ selfe so soone Capitayne within Bergerath was the captall of Beufz and sir Thomas Phelton with a hundred speares englysshe and gascoyns And in lyke maner as yâ— duke of Aniowe and his company were entred in to the princes lande in the countre of Agen and Tholousen Lyke wise the duke of Berry the same tyme and his company rode in Lymosyn with a .xii. hundred speares a horsebacke and a thre thousande a fote conquerynge townes and castels brennyng and exilyng the couÌ„trey And with hym was the duke of Burbon the erle of Alenson sir Guy of Bloyes sir Robert of Alenson erle of Perche sir JohnÌ„ Darmynake sir Hugh Dolphyn sir JohnÌ„ of Uyllemore the lorde of Beauieu the lorde of Uyllers the lorde of Senar sir Geffray MoÌ„tagu sir Loyes of Malleuall sir Rayman of Marnell sir JohnÌ„ of Boloyne sir Godfray his vncle the vycont Duzes the lorde of Sully the lorde of Talenton the lorde of CoÌ„fant yâ— lorde Dappecher the lorde Dacon sir JohnÌ„ Damenue ymbault of Peschyn dyuers other good barons knightes and squyers These men of armes entred in to Lymosyn dyd ther great 〈…〉 uries and so came and layed siege to Lymoges Within yâ— towne ther were a fewe englyshmenê the whiche sir Hugh Caurell had left therin garison for he was seneshalll in the countre THe prince of Wales who was in yâ— towne of Angoleme was well enformed of those two great armyes aswell of the duke of Aniou as of the duke of Berry and howe they were entred with great strength into his countre in two ê‘ties And also it was shewed hym how by all likelyhod they wolde drawe towarde Angoleme and to besiege him and the princesse within the towne The prince who was a valyant man and ymaginatyfe answered and sayd howe his enemyes shulde nat fynde hym closed nother within towne nor yet castell but said howe he wolde mete theÌ„ in the playne felde Than he caused letters to be written and sente forthe to all his true frendes and subgettes in Poictou in Xaynton in Rochell in Rouergue in Quercy in Gore in Bygore in Agenoise Desyring and commaundyng them to come to hym in all hast with as moche power of men of warre as they coude make to mete with hym at the towne of Cougnac for ther he hadde stablysshed his assemble And so anone after he departed fro the good lady pricesse his wyfe and had with hym Richarde his yonge sonne And in the meane season that the prince made thus his assemble the frenchmen rode on forthe wastyng and distroyeng the couÌ„tre before them so came to Lynde a good towne standyng on the Ryuer of Dordone a leage fro Bergerath And capitayne therof was sir Thomas of Batefoyle a knight of Gascoyne who was within the towne set ther to defende it And so the duke of Aniowe the erle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret the erle of Pyergourt the vy count of Carmayn and all the other barons and knyghtes came thyder and so layed siege to the forte resse Sayeng howe they wolde neuer depart thens tyll they had the forteresse at their commaundement The towne was good strong and well furnysshed with artillary for the captall of Beufz and sir ThomÌ„s Phelton had ben ther nat past a .xv. dayes before and had so refresshed yâ— garyson that they thought well that they within might kepe well yâ— fortresse yf they lyst Consydering the ayde and helpe that they might haue shortely fro Bergerath if nede requyred Howbe it the people of the towne were sore enclyned to become frenche and had great desyre to harken on the promysses that the duke of Aniou made vnto theÌ„ So that finally the capitayn sir ThomÌ„s of Batefoyle was fayne to agre to them And also by a certayne somme of money that he shulde haue and great ê“fyte yerely of the duke of Aniowe and ther vpon to become good frenche and so it was ordayned that in a mornynge he shulde let the frenchmen entre into the towne This treaty and couenaÌ„t was nat so close kepte but that it was knowen in Bergerath the nyght before that the towne shulde be delyuered in the mornynge And the same tyme in to the towne of Bergerath there was come the erle of CaÌ„bridge with two hundred speares and he was present whan reporte was made of those tidynges The Captall of Beufz and sir Thomas Phelton hadde great marueyle therof and sayd how he wolde be at the delyuere of the towne And so after mydnight they departed fro Bergerath and rode towarde Lynde and at the brekyng of the day they came thyder and caused the gate to be op â–ª ned so rode through the towne tyll they came to the other gate where as the freÌ„chmen shulde entre At whiche tyme they were a entrynge sir Thomas Batefole redy to make them way to entre Than the Captall of Befz stept forthe his swerde in his hande and lighted a fote nere to the gate and sayd A sir Thomas Batefole false traytour thou shalt dye first thou shalte neuer do trayson more and therwith stroke at hym with his swerde in suche wyse that he fell downe deed to the erthe Whan the frenchmen parceyued the Captall and his baner and sir ThomÌ„s Phelton they knewe well they fayled of their entent wherfore they reculed togyder and turned their backes and fledde away So the towne abode styll englysshe was in gret parell to haue ben robbed and brent by the englysshmen and all the men within slayne bycause they consented to the trayson Howe be it they excused them selfe sayd howe they dyde nothyng nor consented to do nothynge but for very feare and priÌ„cipally for feare of their capitayne So this passed ouer and these two lordes abode styll ther a long season tyll the duke of Aniou and his coÌ„pany departed thens and toke another way ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of the state and ordynaunce of Englande and of the army that sir Robert Canoll made in the realme of Fraunce ¶ How trewse was made bytwene Englande and Scotlande and
Uallant Where he and the lorde Clysson had ouerthrowen the englysshmen as ye haue herd before and he had well herde howe the englysshmen in Poictou in Guyen kept the feldes So that as soone as candelmasse was past and that the springyng tyme began Sir Bertram thought to reyse gather an army and to asseble lordes knightes and to ryde to some other parte in lyke maner as theÌ„glysshmen ryd in Poytou in Quercy and Rouuergue For in these couÌ„trees ther were englysshmen that dyde ryght honorably and had so maynteyned them selfe euersyth the rene wyng of the warre And also the company of sir Johan Deureur were newly come in to the countre of Limosyn and had taken in Auuergne a castell cytie and towne all toguyder named Duses the whiche sir Bertram of Clesquy thought ought nat to be suffred Than he sayd he wolde drawe to that part and so by the kynges lycence he assembled to guider a great nombre of men of armes and so departed fro Parys and alwayes his noÌ„bre encreased And so long this constable rode that he caÌ„e into Auuergne and ther was with him the duke of Berrey the duke of Burbone the erle of Alenson the erle of Perche his brother the erle of saynt Poule the Dolphyn of Auuergne the erle of Uandon the erle of Porceen the lorde of Sully the lorde Montague sir Hughe Dolphyne the lorde Beauieu the lorde Rochforte the lorde of Talenson and a great nombre of barownes knightes and squyers of the marchesse of Fraunce So long they rode that they came to the cytie of Duses and there they lodged and besieged the cytie lay there a .xv. dayes ther were gyuen many great and ferse assautê how be it they coude nat gette the forteresse for win ther were englysshmen that valyantly defeÌ„ded their holde So than the frenchmen departed and rode farther with the constable in to the pties of Rouuergue and some of the chefe lordê went to Auygnon to se pope Gregory and the duke of Aniou who was with him And anone after this visytacion and that these lordes had spoken with the duke of Aniou they departed fro Auygnon and drewe agayne to the constable who was in Rouergue and conquered townes and castels on thenglysshmen And so they came before the towne of Lamulae and layed siege therto the whiche sir Thomas of UeulqÌ„ fare helde and hadde kept it long and also the Roche Uauclere But the sayd englysshe knightes by composycion yelded theÌ„ to sir Bertram and so dyd dyuers other castels on the fronter of Limosyn And whan sir Bertram hadde refresshed hym he toke his way and his retourne towarde the cytie of Duses in Auuergne and so came thyder and layd siege therto And thyder they brought great engyns fro Ryon and Cleremont and dressed them vp before the fortresse and also apparelled all maner of instrumentes for assautes ¶ Howe they of Duses yelded them vp to sir Bertram and howe sir Robert Canoll was in the displeasure of the kyng of Englande and howe at the request of the lordê his peace was made agayne Cap. CC lxxxxi WHan the englysshmen that were within the cytie of Duses sawe the order maner of the constable of France and also had perfyte knoledge howe that sir ThomÌ„s of Ueulquefare was departed and hadde forsaken the forteresse in Rouergue And also sawe well howe there was no coÌ„forte comyng to them fro no parte Than they drewe to counsayle and determyned to yelde them vp by treaty and none otherwyse And so they made with the coÌ„stable so wyse poyntmentes that they deê‘ted without danger or blame and hadde with them all that they wolde cary and also were conueyed in sauegarde to saynte Symere in Lymosyn Thus sir BertraÌ„ wan in this voyage dyuers places and countrees that the englysshmen helde before and than he retourned in to Fraunce yE haue herde here before of the iourney that sir Robert Canoll made in FraÌ„ce and howe he retourned to his owne castell of Deruall in Bretayne And it was of trouthe that certayne englysshmen at their retournyng in to Englande enformed so the kynge agaynst hym that the kynge and his counsayle was nat well coÌ„tent with him But whan sir Robert Canoll knewe therof he sende to excuse hym two of his esquyers And they dyde so well their deuoyre that the kyng and his couÌ„sayle parceyued well how they were yuell and falsely enformed of hym And so were well content agayne with hym through the helpe of sir Alayne of Bouquesell and of other knightes about the kyng who helped to excuse hym Sir Johan Ourde bought it derely for he was taken and putte to execusyon openly at London The execusyon of hym was the excuse of all yuell wordes And so sir Robert Canoll abode styll in the kynges grace and in the princes ¶ Howe the erle of Herford dyuers englysshmen discoÌ„fyted in Bretayne on the lee dyuers flemynges that assayled them Cap. CC lxxxxii THe kyng of Englande seyng howe the frenchemen made him warr he gat him frendes wher he coude and so hadde to his accorde the duke of Guerles his nephue and the duke of Jullyers were agreed to assemble toguyder certayne noÌ„bre of men of warr and so to entre into FraÌ„ce And the same season the kynge of Englande sent the erle of Herford and the knightes of his housholde in to Bretayne to speke with the duke for certayne maters bytwene them and the same season the flemyngê and englysshmen were no frendes And so they mette togyder on the see but ther the flemyngê lost so that they were nothynge content for by aduenture they met eche other before a hauyn in Breten called la Bay And of the â—â—emysshe nauy was patron Johan Peterson and of the englysshemen sir Guy of Brian And assoone as they mette they set eche vpon other so that ther was a great batayle a sore And with the erle of Herforde ther was sir Richard Stury sir Thomas Wysque and other And so they fought togyder right valyantly how be it that the flemynges were more in noÌ„bre and better purueyed for the mater for they had taryed there a long space for the same purpose yet for all that they had but lytell aduantage This batayle thus on the see endured the space of thre houres and ther was done many a noble feate of armes and many a man wounded and hurt with shotte for they hadde graped their shyppes to guyder with hokes of yron so yâ— one coude nat flye fro another How be it finally the vyctorie abode with thenglysshmen the flemynges disconfyted and sir Johan Peterson their patron taken and all the other taken or slayne so that none escaped And the englysshmen turned backe agayne into Englande with their conquest and prisoners and so brake vp their vyage for that tyme and than shewed these tidynges to the kyng of England who was right ioyouse of that adueture whan he knewe that the flemynges gaue the
the kyng of Englande sayd to the erle of PeÌ„broke before all his barons and knyghtes that were ther assembled in counsayle JohnÌ„ fayre sofie I ordayne you to go in to Poictou in the company of sir Guyssharde Dangle And ther ye shall be souerayne and gouernour of all the men of warre that ye fynde there wherof there be great pleÌ„tie as I am surely enformed and also of all theym that gothe with you The erle kneled downe before the kyng and sayd Sir I thanke your grace of the highe honoure that ye putte me to sir I shall gladly be there to do you seruice as one of your leest marshals So thus brake vp the counsayle and the kynge retourned to wyndsore and had sir Guyssharde Dangle with hym and spake to hym often tymes of the besynesse of Poicton and of Guyen and sir Guyssharde sayd to him Sir assoone as my lorde the erle of Penbroke be ones arryued there we shall make good warre for we shall be to the nombre of foure or fyue hundred speares all obeyng to you so they may be well payed their wages Than the kyng answered Sir Guysshard care you nothyng for hanyng of golde or syluer whan ye come there to make warr withall for I haue ynoughe And I am well content to enploy it on that marchandyse sythe it toucheth me and my realme ¶ Howe the erle of Penbroke departed out of Englande to go into Poyctou and howe the spanyerdes fought with him in the hauyn of Rochell Cap. C C lxxxxvii THus with suche wordes the kynge past the tyme often with sir Guysshard DaÌ„gle whoÌ„ he loued and trusted as reason was So the season caÌ„e that therle of PeÌ„broke shulde departe and so tooke his leaue of the kyng and all his company And ser Others of Grauntson was ordayned to go with hym he had no great company with hym but certayne knyghtes by the enformacyon of sir Guissharde Dangle But he had with him suche certayne somme of money to pay the wagê of thre thousande men of warre And soo they made spede tyll they came to Hampton there taryed .xv. dayes abydinge wynde than had they wynde at wyll and so entred ito their shippes and deê‘ted fxo the hauyn in the name of god and saynt George toke their course towarde Poitou Kyng Charles of Frauce who knewe the most ê‘te of all the couÌ„sell in England I caÌ„ nat tell howe nor by whoÌ„e But he knewe well how sir Guysshard DaÌ„gle was gone into England to th eÌ„tent to get of the kyng a good capitayne for the couÌ„tre of Poytou also he knew howe therle of Penbroke shulde go thyder and all his charge The frenche kyng was well aduysed therof and secretly sent an army of men of warre by the see of spanyerdes at his desyre bycause his owne men were gone to kyng HeÌ„ry of Castell bycause of the confederacyon and alyaunce that was bytwene them The spanyerves were fourtie gret shyppes and .xiii. barkes well purueyed and decked as these spaynysshe shyppes be And soueraynes and patrones of that flete were four valyaut capitayns Ambrose de Boucquenegre Cabesse de Uacadent Ferrant de Pyon and Radygo de la Rochell These spanyerdes had lyen a great space at ancre in thesce abydinge the retournyng of the poicteuyns and comyng of therle of PeÌ„broke For they knewe well howe their enteÌ„tes were to come to Poitou therfore they lay at ancre before the towne of Rochell And so it happed that the day before the vigyll of saynt Johan Baptyst the yere of our lorde god M .iii. hundred .lxxii. The erle of Penbroke and his coÌ„pany shulde arryue in the hauyn of Rochell but there they founde the foresayde spaignyerdes to lette them of their arryuyng who were gladde of theyr comynge And whanne the englysshemen and poicteuyns sawe the spaignyerdes ther and parceyued howe they must nedes fight with them they conforted themselfe howbeit they were nat agally matched nother of men nor of shyppes Howe be it they armed them and putte them selfe in good order their archers before them redy to fight And thaÌ„ the spaynisshe shyppes who were well prouyded with a great nombre of men of warre and brigantes with arbalasters and goÌ„nes and with great barres of yron and plomettes of leed to cast downe Anone they began to aproche makyng great noyse the great shyppes of Spaygne toke the wynd to fetche their tourne on the englysshe shyppes Whome they but lytell feaced and so came with a full sayle on them So thus at the beginnyng ther was great cry and noyse of the one and other and the englisshmen bare them selfe right well And there the erle of Pebroke made certayne of his squyers knightes to honour Ther was a great batayle and a harve the englysshmen hadde ynough to do for the spanyerdes that were in the great shyppes hadde great barres of yron and great stones and dyde cast them downe to perse the englysshe shyppes hurte therwith many a man right yuell And amonge the knyghtes of Englande Poictou great noblenesse of knight hode and prowes was shewed The erle of PeÌ„broke fought and receyued his enemyes ryght fersly dyde that day many a noble feat of armes with his owne handes and in lyke maner so dyde sir Othes GrauÌ„tson sir Guissharde daÌ„gle the lorde of Pynan and all other knightê ¶ Howe they of Rochell towne wolde nat socour the erle of Penbroke howe the seueschall of Rochell the lorde of Tanyboton and other came to socour hym Cap. CC lxxxxviii ANd as I haue herde reported by theym that were there at the same batayle that the englysshmen and poyctenyns that were there desyred greatly to coÌ„quer laude prayse in armes For there were neuer men that dyde more valyantly for they 〈◊〉 but a fewe people in regarde to the 〈…〉 des and also farr lasse nombre of shyppes and lesse of quantyte Therfore it myght well be marueyled howe they endured so long but the noble knightode that was in them reconforted them and helde theÌ„ in their strength For if they hadde ben lyke in shyppes the spanyerdes hadde taken but lytell aduauntage of them They helde them selfe so close toguyder that none durst abyde their strokes withoute they were well armed and pauessed but the castyng downe of plommes of leed great stones and barres of yron hurte and troubled theym marueylously sore And hurt and wounded dyuers knightes and squyers The people of the towne of Rochell sawe well this batayle but they neuer auaunsed them to come to helpe the erle of Penbroke and his company who so valyantly there fought with their ennemyes but dyde lette theÌ„ alone Thus in this batayle and stryfe they endured tyll it was night and than they departed eche fro other and cast their ancres but this first day the englysshmen lost .ii. barges laded with their ê“uisyon and all that were within putte to dethe The same night sir Johan of Hardan who as
ther was the Captall of Beufz ser Beras de la Launde sir Peter of Landuras sir Soudyc and sir Bertram de Franke. And of englysshmen ther was sir Thomas Percy sir Richarde of Pontchardon sir WyllmÌ„ Ferryton sir Dangoses sir Baudwyn of FraÌ„uyll sir Water Hewet sir Johan Deureur Whan these lordes and their coÌ„pany who were to the nombre of sire hundred men of armes were coÌ„e to Rochell they of the towne made them good chere outwarde bycause they durst do none otherwyse Than they were enformed by sir Jaques Surgeres of the batayle of the spanyerdes on the see and shewed theym howe he was him selfe at the same batayle taken and raunsomed Of these tidynges were the barones and knightes ryght sorie and displeased and reputed theym selfe right vnfortunat that they had nat ben ther and complayned greatly the losse of the erle of PeÌ„broke and of sir Richard DaÌ„gle So thus they taryed at Rochell I can nat say howe longe to take counsayle and aduyse howe they shulde do and maynteyne forthe the warr ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue a lytell whyle to speke of them and lette vs speke of sir yuan of Wales howe he dyde the same season ¶ Howe â—ir yuan of wales discoÌ„fited thenglisshmen in the yle of Gernsay and howe the frenche kyng sent into Spayne for men of warrÌ„ to lay sege to Rochell Cap. CCC THis yuaÌ„ of Wales was son to a prince of Wales whom kynge Edwarde had put to dethe I caÌ„ nat say for what cause And so gaue the principalyte to his sonÌ„e made hym prince of Wales So this yuan came into Fraunce complayned to kyng Charles of Fraunce of the iniuryes that the kynge of Englande had done to hym as in slayeng of his father takyng away of his he rytage So the frenche kyng retayned him aduaunsed him greatly and made him gouernour of certayn men of warr And so the same somer the kyng delyuered him four thousande fightyng men and sent him to the see and toke shippyng at Harflewe and so sayled forthe towarde Englande so came to they le of Gern â–ª say agaynst NormaÌ„dy wherof Aymon Rosse a squyer of honour with the kyng of England was capitayne And whan he knewe yâ— the frenchmen were aryued in the yle and yuan of Wales with them he was nothynge content And so made his somons through the yle the which is nat great in quantyte and so he assembled what of his owne and of them of the yle to the nombre of .viii. hundred And so came to a certayne place and ther fought with the sayd yuan where there was a sore batayle and endured along space Howe beit finally the englysshmen were disconfyted and flayne in the same place mo than four huÌ„dred And so this Aymon fled away or els he had ben deed or taken so he saued him selfe with moche payne and entred into a lytell castell a two leages thens called Cornette the whiche the same Aymon had well fortifyed before Than after this disconfytur the sayd yuan drewe togyder his men and hadde knowledge howe that Aymon was entred into the castell of Cornette Than he drewe thyder and layd siege therto and made dyuers assautes but the castell was strong well purueyed with good artyllary so that it was nat easy to be wonne Duryng this siege before Cornette the aduentur fell on the see of the takyng of the erle of Penbroke and sir Guyssharde Dangle and their company before Rochell as ye haue herde before Of the whiche tidynges whan the french kyng herde therof he was right ioy ouse and entended thereby the rather to pursue the warre in Poictou For than he thought that yf the englysshmen began ones a lytell to declyne that lightly the cyties townes wolde gyue vp and rendre theÌ„selfe to him Than the frenche kynge desermyned that in to Poyctou Xaynton and Rochelloyse he wolde sende for that season his constable thyder with certayne men of armes and to make hote warr in those countrees bothe by lande and by see sayenge that the englysshmen ther as than had no capttayne nor chefe ruler Than the frenche kynge sent his letters to the sayd yuaÌ„ who lay at sege before the castell of Cornet in the yle of Gernsay Of the whiche siege the kyng was well enformed and howe the castellby lykelyhod was in preignable Therfore the kyng commauÌ„ded hym after the sight of his letters to deê‘te and breke vp his siege And to entre into a shyppe the whiche the kyng sent hym for the same purpose and so to sayle into Spayne to kyng Henry to gette of hym barkes and galeys and his admyrall and men of warre to come and to lay siege by the see to the towne of Rochell Whan the sayd yuan sawe the kynges message and coÌ„mauÌ„dement he obeyed therto and so brake vp the siege and gaue leaue to his company to departe and delyuered them shyppes to bring theÌ„ to Harflewe And himselfe entred into a great shyppe and toke his course towarde Spayne Thus befell of the siege before Cornette in the yle of Gernsay ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande was sore displeased of the takyng of therle of Penbroke and how sir Bertram of Clesquy toke the castell of Mount morillon Cap. CCC .i. THe kyng of England was sore displeased whaÌ„ he herde how the army that he had sent in to Poictou was ouerthrowen by the spanyerdes on the see and so wer all suche as loued hym how be it they coude nat amâ—de it for that tyme. thaÌ„ the sages of therealme thought surely that the countre of Poictou and of Xaynton was likely to be lost by reason of the sayd mysse happe this they shewed to the kyng and to the duke of Lancastre So they were long in counsayle on the mater and so determyned as than that the erle of Salysbury with fyue hundred men of armes shulde go thyder But what sâ—â—uer 〈◊〉 sâ—yle or aduyse was taken ther was nothyng done for there came other busynesses in hande out of Bretayne that letted that iourney wher of the kyng repented him after whan he coude nat remedy it So it was that the spanyerdes who had taken the erle of Penbroke as ye haue herd before they taryed a certayne space on the see bycause the wynde was contrary to theÌ„ Howbeit at last they arryued at the porte saynt Andrewe in Galyce and so entred into the towne about noone And so brought all their prisoners in to the Castell all bounde in cheanes of yron acordyng to their custome for other courtesy they can nat shewe They are like vnto the almaynes THe same day yuan of Wales was arryued with his shyppe in the same porte so toke lande and entred in to the same house wher as Domferant of Pyon and Cabesse of Wakadent had brought the erle of Penbroke and his knightes And so it was shewed yuan as he was in his chambre howe the englysshemen were in the same
sayd that if it wolde please the duke of Berrey the other lordes there to send theÌ„ a saue coÌ„duct to coÌ„e to Poiters wtinsixe dayes than they wolde bring their hole myndê in that behalfe The frenche messangers retourned to these lordes and shewed them the mynde of theÌ„ of the town of Rochell Than the coÌ„duct was grauÌ„ted theÌ„ and to Poycters went certayne of the burgesses of Rochell and sayd to these lordes of FraÌ„ce how they were well content to be vnder the frenche kynge so that they myght caste downe their castell to the erthe and that ther beneuet castell made there more And on that condicy on the towne of Rochell all rochellois shulde be for euer vnder the resort and demayne of the frenche kyng and neuer to be put away by maryage or any maner of peace that may happe to come to the realme of France or by what so euer coÌ„dycion it be And also they of the towne to haue a mynt to forge money bothe whyte blacke of the same forme and alay as is in Parys But the lordes of FrauÌ„ce wolde nat agre to all this tyll they knewe the frenche kynges pleasure in that behalfe And so the lordê gaue saue conduct to theÌ„ of Rochell to go the the kynge to knowe his pleasur And so .xii. of the burgesses of the towne went to Parys to the kyng who accorded to their desyre and feested them greatly and gaue theÌ„ great gyftes And whan they were retourned to Rochell they shewed their charters sealed by the kynge and confyrmed in the chaÌ„bre of the kyng of the peeres of FrauÌ„ce And so incoÌ„tynent was beaten rased downe to the erthe the great castell of Rochell And than they sent to the great lordes of FrauÌ„ce at Poicters that they shulde come to Rochell and that they wolde set open the gates to them And so thyder came the constable of Fraunce and two hundred men of armes with hym and there they were receyued with great ioye to hym they dyde feaultie homage as to the frenche kynge for he had good procuracion fro the frenche kyng to receyue it for the kynge hadde stablysshed hym in those parties of Pâ—â—ardye representyng his owne body ¶ Howe sir Bertram of Clesquy coÌ„stable of FrauÌ„ce toke dyuers castels in Rochelloys And howe the kynge of England toke the see to come and reise the sege at Thouars Cap. ccc .v. WHan the constable of Fraunce sir Bertram of Clesquy had be four dayes in the towne of Rochell and had shewed theÌ„ of the towne how they shuld ordre theÌ„selfe for thens forwarde Than he departed went to Poycters to the foresayd dukes and lordes And so with theÌ„ he went into the felde to conquere certayne fortresses on the marches of Rochell and he was to the nombre of thre thousand speares And so they departed fro Poyctres and went and besteged the castell of Benon whiche was a fayre castell and a stronge and so they sayde they wolde nat departe thens tyll they had it at their pleasure And in this castell there was a capitayn vnder the captall of Benon a squier of the countie of Foiz called WyllmÌ„ of Pons and with hym a knyght of Napless named sir James There the frenche lordes made dyuers assautes they within defended theÌ„selfe right valyauntly and nat farre thers there was the fortresse of Surgeres wherin there were certayne englysshmen yâ— kept it vnderthe captall so in an euennyng they sayd how they wolde go and a wake the frenche hoost And soo ther rode forthe a .xl. speares with some the they had sent for fro Marant and so they came sovenly into the constables lodgynge and dyde hurte dyuers of his men and specially they ssewe a squier of his Than the hoost began to styrre to arme them as soone as they myght and the englysshmen who hadde done their enterpryse without danger retourned agayne to their for tresse without any domage Wherof the constable was so sore displeased that he sware neuer to departe thens tyll he had taken the castell of Benon slayne all those within it And so the same mornyng he caused all maner of men to arme theÌ„ and to drawe for the all maner of a bylementes of assaut and gaue suche an assaut yâ— long before was nat sene suche another for thaÌ„men of armes and bretons entred into dykes nat sparynge them selfe And so came to the fote of the walles with pauesses on their heedâ— and myned the walles with pikes that it was marueyle to beholde them And they dyde somoche that they beate downe a great pane of the wall wherby they entred without danger so the castell was taken and all they within slayne as many as coulde be founde Than after the sayd constable caused the same castell to be agayn repayred and set therin a newe garyson of frenchmen Than he drewe to the castell of Morant and they within yelded them vp sauynge their lyues and goodes And than they went to Surgeres which also yelded vp to the obeysance of the frenche kyng but the englyshmen were deê‘ted for they durst nat abyde the comyng of the constable And so than after the constable went to the castell of Fountnay the countie whiche the wyfe of sir John Harpen dan kept and so they beseged the towne and castell and gaue therto dyuers assautes Finally they within by composicyon departed with the lady as many as wolde and so were by the constable coÌ„ueyed to Thouars So the freÌ„chmen had the possessyon of the towne castell of FouÌ„tuey and refresshed it with newe people THan the constable and lordes of FraÌ„ce went and layd sege to Thouars wher as the moost parte of the knightes of Poictou were As the vycont of Thouars the lordes of Pertney Pousanges Corse and Crupenac and sir Loyes of Harcourt Geffray Dargenton James of Surgeres and Percyuall of Coloyne And these frenche lordes had made at Poicters at Rochell dyuers engyns wher with they assayled and traueyled greatly the poicteuyns within Thouars And so all thynges consydred they entreated with the frenchmen to haue a peace for theÌ„selfe for their laÌ„dê syll the feest of saynt Michaell next folowyng whiche shulde be in the yere of our lorde M .iii. C .lxii. And in the meaue tyme they to sende to the kyng of England their lorde to certifye hym of their estate and coÌ„dycion so that if they were nat ayded by him or by one of his sonnes within the sayd terme than they to yelde them and their landes to the obeysance of the french 〈◊〉 This treaty was agreed vnto and than the knightes of France retourned to Parys thyder was brought the Captall of Beufz and put in prison vnder sure kepyng in a towre in the temple And the kyng who was right glad of his takyng caused to be delyuered to yâ— squyer that toke hym .xii. thousande frankes And so the messangers that went fro the poicteuyns came into Englande and
shewed to the kyng to the prince and to their couÌ„sayls the state of Poictou and of Xaynton And whan the kyng sawe howe he lost with so lytell warre the couÌ„treis 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 â—â—imyned by the king and his couÌ„sayle 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 coÌ„maundyng euery man to coÌ„e in harnes to HaÌ„pton ther about at a day assigned and ther to take the see So ther was none that durst nor wold disobey his coÌ„maundement 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 maâ—ay fayre iourneys that he had acheued as well in Englande as beyond thesee that they all a 〈…〉 therto ioyously The kynge first than all his sonnes and after all the lordes of Englande â—o 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 LaÌ„castre therles of CaÌ„bridge 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 HaÌ„pton 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 NormaÌ„dy 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 ArcheÌ„balt of Grayly vncle to the Captall of Beufz at the desyre of ser ThomÌ„is Felton seneshall of Burdeux caÌ„e with thre C. speres And in the same coÌ„pany ther was the lordes of Duras of Corton of Musydent of Rossen of LaÌ„goren of Landuras ser Peter Corton sir WyllmÌ„ Fereton englysshemen All these deê‘ted fro Burdeux came to Nyorth and ther they founde sir Water Huet sir JohnÌ„ Ubrues sir ThomÌ„s Percy Johan Cresuell dyuers other so that whan they were all togyder they were a .xii. C. fightyng men and sir Richarde of Pontchardon caÌ„e 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 coÌ„trary 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 couÌ„sell sawe well how they coude nat coÌ„e tyme ynow to kepe the day of rescuyng of Thouars wher of the kyng was sore displeased so gaue lyceÌ„ce to all his people to deê‘te 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 caÌ„e 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 theÌ„selfe they sent certayne messangers to Tho wars to the barons of Poictou suche as were ther which messaÌ„gers 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 coÌ„tent 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 thaÌ„ke 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 coÌ„trary 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 freÌ„che 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 messaÌ„gers that they thaÌ„ked 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 â–ª 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
for my selfe and all myne that we shall make you no warr so that ye wyll make no warre to vs. And sir whaÌ„ my husbande is come out of prison I beleue well he wyll drawe in to EnglaÌ„de than I shall send hym worde of this coÌ„posicion than sir I am sure he wyll sende me his mynde and than I shall answere you The duke answered sayd dame I agre me well to your desyre on this condicion that you nor none of your fortresses prouyde for no men of warre vitayls nor artyllary otherwise than they be at this present tyme and so thus they were agreed Than the lady retourned to her castell caused the siege to be reysed for she shewed letters fro the duke of Berrey coÌ„tayning the same purpose Than they deê‘ted the constable went before Mortymer the lady wherof yelded herselfe and put her and her landes vnder the obeysance of the frenche kynge and also yelded vp the castell of Dyenne whiche partayned to her Thus was all Poictou Xainton and Rochell quyte delyuered fro the englysshmen And whan the constable had set garysons and good sure kepyng in euery place and sawe no rebellyon in those marches vnto the ryuer of Gyronde than he returned in to Fraunce also so dyde the dukes of Berrey of Burgoyn and of Burbone and the moost parte of the barons of FrauÌ„ce suche as had ben in these sayd coÌ„questes The kyng greatly feested them at their retournynge but all was but iapes whan sir Bertram came to Parys to the kyng for the kyng coude nat hono r him to moche So thus the coÌ„stable abode with the kyng at Parys in ioye and myrthe ¶ Of the seige of Bercerell of the dethe of the kyng of scottes of the peace bitwene the freÌ„ch king and the kyng of Nauar. And howe the duke of Bretayne fledde in to Englande and howe the coÌ„stable of FrauÌ„ce conquered his duchy Cap. CCC .vii. THe same season the lordes of Clisson of Lauall of Uangour of Tournemen of Rieux and of Rochfort the vicount of Rohane sir Charles of Dignen bannerette of Bretayne the marshall of Blarouille the lordes of Hambeâ— of Ruille of FouÌ„teuyll of Granuyll of Farnyll of Denneuall of Cleres banerettes of NormaÌ„dy And of other people great plenty of bretayne and of NormaÌ„dy and so they went and layde siege to the stronge castell of Bercerell and greatly they constrayned it by assautes within ther were two capitayns englysshmen sir Johan Aparte sir Johan Cornwall and with them certayne companyons that valiantly defended theym selfe At this siege there was done many a noble feate of armes many issues many sautes and many a scrymysshe And a lytell ther beside ther were at sege before saint Sauyour the vicount sir Thomas Trybles sir Johan de Bourge sir Philippe Pecharde and the thre bretherne of Maluriers So that or the seige were layde before them those two garysons ouerran all the countre of base Normandy so that no thyng was abrode but all in the forteresses Also they raunsomed and toke prisoners in the bysshopriche of Bayeux and Deureux and the kyng of Nauer was consenâ—yng therto for he conforted theÌ„ dyuers tymes bothe with meÌ„ and vitayle suche as wer in his garisons in the countie of Deureux for he was nat acorded with the frenche kyng so that the garysons of Chierbourg of Gouerell of Couches of Bretuell of Deureux and diuers other vnder the obeysanuce of the kyng of Nauerr had greatly enpouered and wasted the couÌ„tre of NormaÌ„dy But in the sametyme there was so good meanes made bytwene the two kynges and specially by the labour of the erle of Sale bruses who had taken moche payne bytwene theÌ„ and also the bysshop of Deureux and they dyde so moche that they brought theÌ„ to acorde And so the two kynges mette togyder right amyable at the castell of Uernon on the ryuer of Sayne And there were sworne dyuers great lordes of FrauÌ„ce to kepe peace loue vnite and coÌ„federacyon togyder for euer And so the kyng of Nauer went with the frenche kyng in to the realme of Fraunce and there the kynge dyde hym moche honour and reuerence and all his And than ther the kyng of Nauer put all his landes of Normandy into the handes and gouernynge of the frenche kyng and lest his two sonnes Charles and Peter with the kyng their vncle Than he departed went backe agayne in to Nauerre Thus this peace endured foue yeres howbeit after ther fell agayne bytwene them great discorde as ye shall herafter in the hystorie if ye wyll loke therfore Howe beit I thynke ther wyll none ende be made therof in this present boke ¶ The .viii. day of May the yere of our lorde a. M. thre C .lxxiii. there passed out of this lyfe in the towne of Edenborowe kyng Dauyd of Scotlande and was buryed in the abbay of DoÌ„freâ—â—lyn besyde kyng Robert de Bruse his father He dyed without sonne or doughter laufully begoten of his body But ther was kyng after him by right successyon a nephue of his named Roberts who was seneshall of Scotlande a goodly knyght and he had a sonne ¶ Howe there were a certayn ordeyned in Englande to kepe the countre and howe the erle of Salisbury william Neuyll and Phillyp Courtnay with dyuers other men of armes enterd in to the see and landed in Bretayne howe the coÌ„stable of FrauÌ„ce went thyder the duke of Bretayne went in to Englande Cap. ccc .viii. THe same seson it was ordeyned in Englande to the entent to kepe the couÌ„tre that the erle of Salisbury Willyam Neuyll and sir Phylippe Courtnay shuld take the see with a certayne nombre of men of warr For it was sayd howe that yuan of Wales was comynge by the see with sixe thousande men to lande and brenne in the countrey The lordes of Englande hadde .xl. great shyppes besyde barges and two thousande menne of armes besyde archers Thus they departed fro Cornewayle and there toke the see and toke their way towarde Bretayne And so came to saynt Malo the Isle and there brent in the hauen before the towne a seuen great spaynisshe shyppes wherof all the countre had maruayle and sayd howe they thought surelye that the duke of Bretayne hadde caused them so to do So in all townes castelles and cyties they had the duke in great suspect and than kepte more strayter their forteresses than they dyde before The secretnesse of the dukes mynde was dyscouered for certayne knightes of Bretayne shewed dyuers wordes yâ— shulde be spoken by the duke In so moche that the frâ— the kyng ordeyned his coÌ„stable to make a iourney into Bretayne coÌ„mauÌ„dyng hym to take in to his possession townes cytes castels and for tresses to sease all rebelles bothe their goodê and bodyes The constable deê‘ted fro Parys and went to Angiers there made his somoÌ„s And thyder came the duke of Burbon the erle of Alenson the erle of Perche therle
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 coÌ„pany 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 welcoÌ„e 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 coÌ„e agayne to you fro my lordes and maisters to whome I haue shewed euery thynge as ye coÌ„maunded me to say whan I was with you last How be it sir nowe they say howe they be men of the see lately coÌ„e 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 demanÌ„de good hostages and sufficient to answere vs of our horses agayne Sir ê™ the haraud I haue no suche commauÌ„dement 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 coÌ„stable 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 caÌ„e 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 ê‘te whan the constable sawe that the englysshmen caÌ„e nat forwarde to fyght with hym than he deê‘ted 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 deê‘ted 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 coÌ„stable 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 ê‘sonally to the sege of Duriuall ¶ Howe dyuers englysshmen were slayne and disconfited by the lorde of Soubyse before Ribamont howe the garysons of Soissons discoÌ„fyted 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 BeauchaÌ„pe Chanoyne Robersart Water Hewet Hughe Carleton Stephyn Gosenton Rychard PoÌ„t chardon and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers of England whoÌ„e I can nat all name The french kyng who knewe right well the passage of these englysshmen prouyded sufficyeÌ„tly 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 coÌ„pany And the thyrde batayle led the constable the lorde SpeÌ„ser and all thre batayls marched forwarde kepyng themselfe close togyder alwayes in harnesse redy to fight if they founde with whome And euery
bothe knightes and squyers prisoners though I myght haue for them a hundred M. frankes I wyll saue neuer a one of theÌ„ And whan the haraude was departed and hadde made his reporte The duke of Aniou called forthe the hangman and made to be brought forthe the hostagê two knightes and asquier and caused their heedes to be stryken of nere to the castell so that they within might se it and knowe it Incontynent sir Robert Canoll made a borde to be put out of a wyndowe of the hall and brought thyder four prisoners that he had thre knightes and a squyer for whome he might haue hadde great rauÌ„some But he made their four heedes to be stryken of and dyde cast them downe into the dykes the bodyes one way and their heedes a nother way Than they brake vp their siege all maner of men went into FrauÌ„ce and namely the duke of Aniou went to Parys to the kyng his brother The constable the lorde Clysson and other rode toward the cyte of Troyes for the englysshmen were in that marches were passed the ryuer of Marne and toke their waye towarde Anxere The same tyme pope Gregory the .xi. had sent into FrauÌ„ce in legacyon the archbysshoppe of Rohan and the bysshoppe of Carpentras for to treat for a peace yf it might be bytwene the frenche kyng and the kynge of Englande These prelates had moche laboure to ryde in and out bytwene the frenche kynge and his bretherne and the duke of Lancastre but alwayes the englysshmen rode forthe thorough the countreis of Forestes of Auuergne of Limosyn and the ryuer of Loyre to Dordone and to Lothe Thenglysshmen were nat all at their ease in that iourney nor in lykewise were nat the frenchmen that folowed and costed them In the which pursute ther dyed thre knightes of Heynault sir Fateres of Berlaumount Bridoll of Montague and the begue of Uerlan and also of the englysshe part there dyed some Solonge the dukes of Lancastre and of Bretayne rode forwarde that they cam to Bergerath a four leages fro Burdeux And alwayes the frenchmen had pursued them the duke of Aniou and the coÌ„stable rode aboue towarde Rouuergue Roddes and Tholouse were come to Pyergourt And ther the two for sayd prelates rested and rode euer prechynge bytwene the parties and layed many reasons to bring them to acorde but both parties were so harde that they wolde nat condiscende to no peace without a great aduaÌ„tage and so about christmas the duke of Lancastre came to Burdeux and ther bothe dukes lay all that wynter and the lent folowynge and some of his company departed Whan the iourney was paste there retourned in to Englande the lorde Basset and his company wherwith the kyng was nat content but reproued hym bycause he retourned and nat the duke his sonne THan anone after the feest of Easter the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred and .xiii. The duke of Aniou beynge at Pyergourt assembled a great army with hym was the constable of Fraunce and the most parte of all the barones and knyghtes of Bretayne of Poictou of Aniou and of Tourayne Also there was of Gascoyne sir Johan of Armynake the lordes Dalbret and Pyergourt The erles of Comynges and of Narbone the vycountes of Carmayne Uyllemure and of Thalare the erle Dolphyn of Auuergne and the moost parte of the lordes of Auuergne and of Limosyn the vycount of Myndone the lordes de la Barde and Pyergourt and sir Robert de Charde They were a .xv. thousande menne a foote and also they had a great nombre of geneways cros bowes and tooke their way towardes highe Gascoyne and came before saynt Syluere wherof an abbot was lorde Howe beit that there was a stronge towne yet the abbot douted yâ— he shulde lose it by force Therfore he fell in a treaty with the duke of Aniou for he thought nother hym selfe nor his laÌ„de shulde abyde the warre nor be in the dukes indygnacion Sayeng to him how his town nor fortresse was but a small thynge as in regard of the townes castels in hygh Gascone whyder he supposed the duke was goyng Therfore he desyred hym to leue him in rest peace by certayne composycion yâ— he nor none of his men shulde make any warre so that non were made to him and also to do in lyke maner as herytours and lordes of Gascoyne dyde The duke accorded to hym and hadde hostages in that behalfe and sent them to be kepte in Pyergourt Than all the hoole hoost wherof the duke of Anio we was chiefe drewe towardes Mount Marsen and to the towne of Lourde in highe Gascone wherof sir Arnold de Uyre was capitayne Than the freÌ„chmen layd siege therto and demaunded if they wolde yelde theÌ„ vp to the duke of Aniowe They of the towne were soone agreed therto but the knyght that kept it sayde howe the erle of Foiz delyuered hym the place wherfore he sayde he wolde delyuer it to none other person Whan the constable herde that he caused euery man to assaute the Castell in suche wyse that it was wonne by force and the capitayne slayne and dyuers other bo the men and women and the towne ouerron and robbed and so left it and at their deê‘tyng they left men therin Than the frenchmen entred in to the lande of the castell Bone and ouerran it And thaÌ„ passed by the lande of the castell Neufe whiche they assayled and so went for the towarde Byenre and came to the entre of the lande of the lorde of Lescute rode so forwarde that they came to a good towne and to a good castell called Sault which held of the countie of Foiz and all his landes arere fees in Gascoyne The prince of Wales before he went in to Spayne was in mynde to haue made warr agaynst the countie of Foiz bycause they wolde nat holde of hym And also the duke of Aniou who had coÌ„quered the moost part of all Acquitayne shewed hymselfe as lorde ther wolde haue had it in possessyon So he layd siege before the towne of Sault in Gascoyne whiche was nat easy to wyn and within there was capitayn sir WyllimÌ„ of Pans And whan the erle of Foiz sawe howe the frenchmen conquered his landes and arerefees the which by reason he shuld other holde of the french kyng orels of the kyng of Englande He sent for the vicount of the castell Bone and for the lordes of Mersalte of castell Neufz of Lescute for the abbot of saynt Syluere And whanne they were come to him than he sent for a saue coÌ„duct to go and speke with the duke of Aniowe who lay styll at siege before Saulte the duke accorded therto Than he and the other lordes went to the hoost to the duke and there agreed that they and their landes shulde abyde in a respite of peace tyll the myddes of August at the which tyme ther shulde apere before the towne of MoÌ„sac
shall haue a fayre iourney So than they disloged and rode towarde the newe forteresse whiche the lordes of Bretayne made to be assayled in such wyse that they were at the fote of the wall and feared nothynge that was caste downe on theÌ„ for they were well pauesshed and also they within had but lytell stuffe to cast downe and therwith in all hast there came one to theÌ„ and sayd sirs get you hens for yonder cometh the duke of Bretayne with the englysshmen they be nat past two leages hens Than the truÌ„pet sowned the retrayte than they drewe abacke and toke their horses and so departed went into Campelly whiche was nat far thens and closed their gates and lyfte vp their brydges And by that tyme the duke of Bretayne was come thyder with the barones of Englande in his company and they had past by the newe fortresse and hadde spoken with sir Johan Deureux who thaÌ„ked them of their comyng for els he had ben soone taken And so the duke layde siege to the towne of Campelly and set forthe their archers and brigaÌ„tes well pauessed and there they made a great assaut The englysshemen fayned nat no more dyd they within ther were dyuers hurte on bothe partes and euery day there was an assaute or elles skrymysshe They within sawe well howe they coulde nat long endur nor they sawe no socours comyng also they sawe well that they coulde nat yssue out to departe their fortresse was so closed on euery syde And also they knewe well if they were taken byforce they shulde haue no mercy and specially the lorde Clysson thenglysshmen hated hym so sore thaÌ„ the lordes of Bretayn that were within began to entreat with the duke to yelde them selfe vp vpon a courtes raunsome but the duke wolde haue them symply so with moche payne at last they gat arespyte for .viii. dayes and duryng the same respyte it fell well for them within the forteresse for two knyghtes of England one sir Nicholas Carsuell and sir Water Durswyke were sent to the duke of Bretayne fro the duke of Lancastre coÌ„maundyng that by vertue of treatie of peace as was made at Brugê bitwene the kyng of England and the frenche kyng wherof they brought charters sealed of the trewce that without delay on the sight of them to leaue and make warre no more So incontynent the truce was reed and publysshed through the hoost and also shewed to them that were within CaÌ„pelly wherof they were right ioyfull that is to say the lorde Clisson the vicont of Rohan the lorde of Beaumanoyre and the other for the trewce came well for them and thus brake vp the siege of CaÌ„pelly And the duke of Bretayn gaue leaue to all them that were with him to departe except suche as were dayly in his house and so went to Alroy where his wyfe was And than the erles of CaÌ„bridge and of Marche sir Thomas Holande erle of Irelande the lorde Spenser and the other englysshmen retourned agayne in to Englande Whan the duke of Bretayn had ordred all his besynesse by great leaser he refresshed the towne and castell of Breest and Alroy and than he retourned agayne in to Englande and his wyfe with hym THe same day that the trewce was made at Bruges to endur for a hole yere bytwene the kynges of Englande and Fraunce and all their alies And the duke of Burgoyne for the one parte and the duke of Lancastre for the other parte sware to come thyder agayn at the feest of Alsayntê and that eche parte shulde holde and enioye euery thyng that they had as than in possession during the said terme The englysshmen thought that saynt Sauiour the vicount shulde be saued by reason of that treatie but the frenchmen sayd that the fyrst couynant shulde passe the last ordynance So that whan the day aproched that they ofsaynt Sauyoure shulde other yelde vp or els be rescued by their frendes The french kyng sent thyder a great nombre of men of warre as a .vi. thousande speares knightes and squiers besyde other people but none came thyder to reyse the siege and whaÌ„ the day was expyred ther with in yelded them vp to the frenchlordes full sore agaynst their wylles for that forteresse was well sittyng for the englysshmen and the capitayne sir Thomas Tynet and Johan de Bourc and the thre bretherne of Malurier and the other englisshmen went to Carentyn so toke shyppynge and retourned into Englande Than the constable of Fraunce newe refresshed the forteresse of saynt Saluyour the vicount and sette a breton knight capitayne therin and vnderstode so as than that the frenche kynge had gyuen him that seignorie Of the iorney that the lorde of Coucy made in Austrych and of the deth of the prince of wales howe there coulde be founde no maner of treatie of peace bitwene the two kyngê and also of the dethe of the kynge of Englande Edwarde the thyrde Cap. CCC .xiiii. THe same season there was come in to FrauÌ„ce the lord of Coucy who had ben longe in LuÌ„bardy with the erle of Uertue sonne to sir Galeas makyng warre against sir Barnabo and his alies bycause of pope Gregory the .xi. and for the holy colledge of Rome The lorde of Coucy by succession of his mother who was suster to the duke of Austryche last disseased wherby he ought to be enheryter to the duchy for the duke was deed without issue by waye of maryage and they of Austrich had gyuen the duchy and lande to another farther of by lynage than the lorde Coucy wherof the lorde of Coucy hadde often tymes complayned to the emperour the lorde Charles of Behayne TheÌ„perour knewe well that the lorde Coucy had right therto howe be it he might nat with his ease constrayne theÌ„ of Austryche for they were strong in his countre and many good men of warre The lorde of Coucy had made warre there before by the conforte of his aunt suster to the duke but lytell it auayled him and whan he was thus coÌ„e in to Fraunce the kyng made him great chere Than he aduysed and sawe well howe there was in Fraunce as than many men of warre satte as ydell Wherfore he thought they coude nat be better ocupyed than to helpe him to his right durynge the trewce bytwene Fraunce and England Than the lorde of Couey desyâ—â—d the kyng to let him haue of the bretons such as ouer ronne the realme to make warre with hym in Austryche the kyng who wolde gladly that the companyons were out of hys realme accorded to his desyre So the kynge lende or gaue him I can nat tell wheder a .lx. thousaÌ„de frankes to departe among the sayd companyons So they rode forthe to warde Austryche about the feest ofsaynt Michell they dyd moche yuell all the wayes as they wâ—t Also ther were dyuers barons knyghtes squiers of FrauÌ„ce of Arthoys of Uermandoys of Haynaulte and of 〈…〉 rdy as the vicountes of Meaulâ— and Daunoy sir Raâ—e
and thyder he came to therle of Salisbury and sir Rycharde Dangle and so went with them to Calais and ther taryed the space of a moneth and so went in to Englande and came to Shene 〈◊〉 foure leages fro London a long by the Temmes syde where the kynge of Englande laye sore syâ—ke And past out of this worlde the 〈◊〉 gyll ofsaynt JohnÌ„ Baptyst yâ— yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .lxxvii. THan was there great sorowe made in Englande and incontynent all the passages of the realme were stoppedde that none shulde yssue out of the realme For they wolde nat that the dethe of the kyng shuld be so soone knowen in Fraunce tyll they haddeset the realme in some ordre The same tyme ther came in to Englande the erle of Salisbury and sir Rycharde Dangle So the body of kyng Edwarde the thirde with great processyons weâ—ynges lamentacyons his sonnes behynde hym with all the nobles and prelates of Englande was brought a long the cytie of London with open visage to Westmynster there he was buried besyde the quene his wyfe And anon after the yong kyng Richard was crowned at the palays of Westmynster with great solemâ—ytie and by him stode the dukes of LaÌ„â—â—llre and of Bretayne the .xi. yere of his age in the moneth of July The whiche day there was made four erles and nyne knightes First the lorde Nycholas his vncle was made â—rle of â—olengy the lorde Percy erle of Northumberlande sir Thomas Dangle erle of Huntyngdon the lorde Mombray erle of Notyngham And the yonge kyng was putte vnto the rule of the gentyll knyght sir Rycharde Dangle by the accorde of all the lande to be instruâ—ted in noble vertues and the realme of Englande to be gouerned by the duke of Lancastre And as soone as the frenche kynge knewe of the dethe of kynge Edwarde he sayd howe â—yghtâ—obly and valiantly he hadde reygâ—ed and well he ought to be putte newly in rememâ—raunce amonge the nombre of the worthyes Than he assembled a great nombre of the nobles and prelatê of his realme and dyd his obsâ—quy in the holy chapell in his palys at Paris And anone after dyed the eldest doughter of the frenche kyng who was ensured to haue been maryed to Wylliam of Heynault eldest sonne of duke Aubert ¶ Howe the freÌ„che kyng sent a great nauy to the see howe dyuers townes were brent in Englande howe the duke of Burgoyne tooke dyuers castels about Calys Cap. CCC .xv. IN the meane seasone whyle this sayd trewce endured the frenche kyng ê“uyded greatly for shyppes andgaleys And the kynge of Spayne had sent to him his admyrall sir Ferraunt Sause Who with sir Johan de Uien admyrall of Fraunce whan the tre wee was expired went and brent the towne of Rye a four dayes after the dethe of kyng Edwarde in the vigill of saynt Peter in July there slewe men and women and all they founde These tidynges came to London than therles of Cambridge and Bouligney went to Douer with a great nombre of men of warre And the erle of Salisbury the lorde Montagu went to the marches towarde HaÌ„pton Than after the french army toke laude in the I le of UbyqÌ„ and brent therm dyuers to wnes as LameÌ„d Dartmouth Plomouthe Plesume and dyuers other and whan they had brente and pylled the towne of Ubique they went agayne to the see and costed forewarde came to a porte called Poc. there was redy the erle of Salisbury and the lorde Montague who defended the passage howebeit they brente parte of the towne of Poc. and than toke the see agayne and costed towardes HaÌ„pton and wolde dayly haue taken lande in Englande but the englysshmen in the company of the erle of Salisbury rode so dayly alonge the see cost that they kept them euer fro takyng of any lande Than the frenchmen came before HaÌ„pton and there was redy sir Johan AruÌ„dell with a great nombre of men of warre and archers who defended the towne or elles it had ben taken than the frenchmen departed and went towarde Douer and toke lande on a day 〈◊〉 a lytle abbay called Lians Ther were many men of the countre assembled and they hadde made the priour of the place and sir Thomas Cheyny Johan Fuselle their chefe capitayns who set them selfe in good array to defende the passage so that the freÌ„chmen had but small aduauntage for it coste them moche people or they coulde take lande how be it fynally by force of good fightyng they toke lande Ther was a sore scrimysshe howe beit the englysshmen were dryuen backe and putte to flyght and two hundred slayne and the two knightes and the priour taken prisoners than the frenche men entred agayne in to their shippes and lay styll all that night at ancre before the abbey There the frenche men knewe first of the dethe of kynge Edwarde of Englande by their prisonners and of the coronacyon of kyng Richarde and a great parte of the ordre made in Englande for rulynge of the realme Than sir Johan of Uyenne caused a barke to departe and sent therin a knight who aryued at Harflewe And than the knight rode to Parys and there he founde the kynge and there shewed hym the certayne tidynges of the deth of kyng Edwarde To whiche sayeng the kynge gaue credence Than the frenchmen spanyardes departed and sayled forthe and had wynde at wyll and came with the same tyde about threof the clocke to Douer There was sir Edmonde erle of Cambridge and sir Thomas his brother erle of Buckynghame who were redy with a hundred thousande with baners displayed abydinge the frenchmen who were a sixscore shippes and galyes The frenchemen came foreby the porte and taryed nat but passed by and toke the depe see for the see began to ebbe Howe beit the englysshmen taryed there styll all that day and the nextnight and the frenche men by the nexte tyde came before the hauen of Calays and there entred yE haue herde here before how sir Johan captall of Beufz was taken prisoner before Soubise and kept in the towre of the teÌ„ple of Parys The kyng of England and the prince whyle they lyued wolde gladly haue had hym delyuered ther was also moche entreatie made for him at the couÌ„sell at Bruges and ther was offred for him in exchange the yong erle of saynt Poule thre or four other knyghtes but the frenche kyng nor his couÌ„sayle wolde nat coÌ„sent therto Howbeit the french kyng made to be shewed him by the priour who had hym in kepyng yâ— if he wolde swere neuer to beare armes agaynst the crowne of Fraunce that than he wolde condiscende to his delyuerance The Captall answered that he wold neuer make that othe to dye in prison so he abode in prison in sure kepynge a .v. yere with lytell ioye for he toke his prisonment but with lytell pacyence and so long he was there that at last he dyed in prison
The french kyng caused hym to be entered ryght solemply and therat were dyuers barownes knightes and prelates of FrauÌ„ce Thus feblyssed thenglissh capitaynes for yâ— same yere there dyed also the lorde Spensar a great baron in Englande a good knight And of hym of his wyfe who was doughter to sir Bartylmewe of Brunes there abode a sonne and four doughters And anone after the dethe of the sayde Captall the frenche quene was delyuered of a fayre doughter named Mary Of the whiche byrthe the quene toke suche a sicknesse the she dyed This quene who was full of noble vtues was doughter to the gentyll duke of Burbone the lorde Peter who dyed at the batayle of Poycters Her obsequy was done in the abbay of saynte Denyse where she was buryed with great solempnyte wherat ther was nighe all the nobles and prelates of Fraunce and namely they about the marchesse of Parys ALl this season sir Hughe Caurell capitayne of Calais sir JohnÌ„ Harlston capitayn of Guynes the lorde of Gomegines capitayne of Arde. Made many iourneys in to Picardy euery weke thre or four and often tymes ran before saynt Omers and Arkes Moton FyeÌ„nes and therabout to Boloyne somtyme to Tyrwyn And specially the garyson of Arde dyde moche hurt in the countre wherof the complayntes came oftentymes to the herynge of the frenche kyng Whervpon he toke couÌ„sayle to knowe how he might best restrayn them and it was shewed hym howe that the garyson of Arde was nat so stronge but that it might easely begoten Than the kyng sayd to haue it we wyll spare for no cost Than within a lytell space after he made a somoÌ„s of men of warre secretely no man wyst whider he wolde sende them The chefe of them was the duke of Burgoyne his brother he had a .xv. hundred speares well furnysshed and sodenly they caÌ„e to the bastyde of Arde and besieged it rounde about And with the duke of Burgoyne there was the erle of Guynes the marshall of Blanuyle the lordes of Clysson of Lauall of Rougemont of the ryuer of Bregyde of Frannyll of Danuyll of Dautoyng of Raueuall and of Angest sir James of Burbone the seneshall of Heynalte and dyuers other knightes and barones And they had engyns that cast nyght day stones of two hundred weight and assayled it right feirsly The lorde Gomegynes lorde of the forteresse whan he sawe hym selfe enclosed with so many noble men of warre and they promysed him that if he were wonne with assaut that he all those with hym shulde dye And also he was nat well prouyded of artillary longe to endure and so by the procurement of the lorde of Raneuall his cosyn germayn he entred in to a treaty to yelde vp the garyson their lyues and goodê saued This treaty was long a makyng howe beit at last the forteresse was gyuen vp and suche as wolde departed were brought to Calais by sir Gawen of bayllule and sir Wylliam of Bourdes was made capitayne of Ardâ— And after him was kepar there a long tyme the vicount of Meaulx and thirdly after him was capitayne ther the lord of Sampy The same day that Arde was delyuered the duke went and layd siege to the castell of Arduyche wherin were capitayns the thre bretherne of Mauluryer There the duke lay thre dayes and made dyuers assautes at last they within yelded vp the castell and they were brought to Calys by the marshall of FraÌ„ce Than the duke went and besieged Uauclinen Whiche also yelded vp as the other dyde And whan the duke had newe refresshed these places with vitayls and men than he gaue lycence to euery man to departe and so weÌ„t himselfe in to Fraunce to the kynge and the other lordes bretons went into Bretayne For tidynges was brought them that the duke of Bretayne was aryued at Brest with a great army and the lordes of Burgoyne and other places retourned euery man to their owne ¶ Howe the warre began agayn bytwene the freÌ„che kyng and the kyng of Nauerre and howe the kynge of Nauer lost the couÌ„tie of Deureux except Chierbourge whiche was beseged by the frenchmen And of the iorney that the duke of Lancastre made in to Bretayne Cap. CCC .xvi. VE haue herde here before of yâ— peace made at Uernon bytwene the frenche kyng and the kyng of Nauar and howe the kynge of Nauar left his two sonnes with their vncle the frenche kyng After ther was a great suspect layde on a squyer beyng in the frenche kynges court attendyng on the two sonnes of the kyng of Nauarr. This squyer was called James of Rue And also on a clerke a great maister of the kyng of Nauars couÌ„sayle and a great gouernour in the countie of Deuxeux called maister Peter of Tartre They were iuged to dethe and so cruelly they were executed at Parys and ther shewed before all the people howe they were in mynde to haue enpoysoned the frenche kynge Than the kyng reared vp a great army of men of warr and made the coÌ„stable chefe leader of them and with him the lorde de la Ryuer and dyuers barons knightes And so they all went into NormaÌ„dy to the fortresses and castels of the kyng of Nauarre whiche were fayre and noble and well garnysshed And so they layd siege to a forteresse called Ponteau de mere they had dyuers goÌ„nes engyns and ablemeÌ„tes for the saut whet with they troubled sore the forteresse and them that were within howbeit they dyde defende them selfe valiantly Ther were dyuers sautes and scrimysshes a longe space durynge this siege The castell was sore brused and they wtin sore oppressed and desyred oftentymes by the constable to gyue vp the forteresse or elles yf they were taken by force he promysed theÌ„ that they shulde all dye customably suche was the coÌ„stables promyse The naueroyse sawe how their vitayls began to mynisshe knewe well howe the kyng of Nauer was farr fro them so they yelded vp the fortresse and they were coÌ„ueyed to Chierbourge and had their goodê with theÌ„ The fortresse was rased and beaten downe to the erthe whiche had cost moche the makynge therof also the walles of PoÌ„teau de mere was beaten downe Than the frenchmen went and besieged the fortresse of Mortayne and there lay a great season but they within saw no maner of ayde nor confort comyng fro the kynge of Nauarr nor also the other forteresses were nat able to make resystence agaynst the frenchmen and so they gaue vp as other dyd before The same season the coÌ„stable brought into the frenche kynges obeysaunce all the townes castelles and fortresses in all the countie of Deureur And all the forteresses beaten downe to the erthe and the townes vnclosed to th entent that there shulde neuer after ryse any warre vnto the realme of Fraunce by the meanes of any castell or towne yâ— the kyng of Nauer shulde haue in the countie of Deureux Also the freÌ„che kynge made the gabelles
Uers sir Baudwyn Cremoux Thybalte of Pount Helyot of Calay and dyuers other good men of warre Ther they made their lodgynges alonge the fayre medowes by the ryuer syde of Dordon which was great pleasur to beholde nere to the dukes lodgyng was the constable of Fraunce lodged often tymes these companyons desired to auaunce their bodyes and went and scrimysshed at the barryers and soo some were hurte and wounded as aduenture falleth often tymes in suche dedes of armes The sâ—â—iday after the siege was layd before Bergerath there came in to the dukes hoost well acompanyed with men of armes and brigaÌ„tes the lord Dalbret and sir Bertram his cosyn they were receyued with great ioye for yâ— hoost was gretlye enforsed by theÌ„ The .viii. day the duke anâ— the capitayns of the hoost were in counsayle to se howe they myght greue them of Bergerath there were dyuers wordes and deuyses they were long at one poynt whiche was to assayle the towne than it was thought agayne that by their assautes their people myght be sore hurt and to lytell effect and so for that day the counsayle brake vp and determyned on no full conclusyon sauyng to contynewe styll their siege for they loked dayly for mo men of warre commynge out of Fraunce and specially the lorde of Coucy Of the scrymisshes done before Bergerath howe the englisshmen freÌ„chemen gascoyns and other feirlly recouÌ„tred eche other Ca. CCC .xix. IT was so that sir Thomas Felton beyng at Burdeaulx and knowynge that his enemyes were wtin .xii. myle of him with such a puyssaunce that he was nat able to resyst agaynst them wherof he was nothyng ioyouse And all that season he knewe well howe the duke of Aniou had made his somons and had sente for all the states of Fraunce Than he sent worde therof into England to the kyng and to his couÌ„sayle but they that he sent thyder dyde lytell good or nothyng in the matter For the realme of Englande was as than in great bariauÌ„ce among them selfe one agaynst an other and specially the duke of Lancastre was nat in the fauoure of the comen people wherby dyuers incydent parels fell after in England the whiche season there deê‘ted no men of warr out of England nother to go in to Gascoyne nor yet in to Bretayne Wherof they that kepte those fronters vnder the yonge kynge of Englande were nothyng ioyouse Than sir ThomÌ„s Felton desired the lorde Lespare to go in to Englande the better to enfourme the kyng and his vncles of the state of Gascoyn and therby to prouyde couÌ„sayle for them And so at the desyre of sir Thomas Felton the lorde Lespare entred in to thesee but there rose suche a tempest agaynst him that he was driuen in to Spayne there was encountred by shippes of Spayne and hadde ther a great bataile and suche was his fortune that there he was taken prisoner ledde in to Spayne and there remayned more thaÌ„ a yere and a halfe for he was styll behated with them of the lynage of the lorde Pomers sir ThomÌ„s Felton who was a right valyauÌ„te man wrote and sent specially for the lord of Musident the lorde Duras the lorde Rosen and for the lorde Langurant who were foure of the chefe barones and moost puyssauÌ„te in all Gascoyn of the englisshe party desiryng them that for the honour and herytage of the kynge of Englande they wolde come and helpe to defende the countre and to coÌ„e with all their puyssance to Burdeaulx So than all knyghtes suche as wolde truely acquyte theÌ„ to their kyng and lorde and to his officers were redy come to Burdeaulx And whan they were all togyder they were to the noÌ„bre of .v. hundred speares and thus they were at Burdeaux and in Burdeloys the season whyle the duke of Aniou lay at siege before Bergerath than sir Thomas Phelton those foure barones of Gascone toke their counsayle aduyse determyned to ryde forthe agaynst the frenchmen and to entre in to some place to se if they myght spye any aduauntage to conquere any thyng agaynst their enemyes And so they departed out of Burdeaux in one company mo than thre hundred speares and toke the way to Ryoll and so came to a towne called yuret there lodged Of this busshmeÌ„t knewe nothyng the frenchmen wherby they had great domage Thus helde styll the siege before Bergerath wher many a scrimishe was made and many a seate of armes acheued bothe by them within and theÌ„ without how beit lytell wanne therby the frenchmen for sir Parducas Dalbret who was capitayne defended valiauntly the towne Than they of the hoost without to th entent to greue the sorer their enemyes they sent to Rioll for a great engyn called the truye This engyn was so made that it wolde cast great stones and a huÌ„dred men of armes myght well be within it to aproche to assayle the towne sir Peter de Bulle was ordeyned to fetche this engyn and with him sir JohnÌ„ of Uers sir Baudwen Cremoux sir Alayn Beaumont the lordâ— oâ— Mount calay and the lorde of Gaures And so they departed fro the hoost about a thre hundred speares and passed by a gyde the ryuer of Dordon and rode towarde Ryoll And so they came forby a place bitwene Bergerath and Rioll called yuret wher as the englisshmen were mo than four hundred speares and knewe nothyng of the comyng of the frenchmen Tidynges 〈◊〉 to the hoost to the constable that the englysshmen were ridynge abrode but no man coude tell where they were Than incontynent the constable for doute of his men sent out another company of men of armes to be a countergarde to the foragers that were gone before for the engyn Of the whiche newe company there were capitayns sir Peter of Mornay yuan of Wales Thybault of Pount and Alyotte of Calay In that company ther was a two hundred men of armes well apoynted sir Peter of Bulle and his company who were gone for the engyn dyde so moche that they came to Ryoll and ther charged many chares with the engyn and so returned agayne towardes the hoost by another waye than as they came and a more broder passage bicause of their cariage and so are they came to yuret or nere thervnto within a leage they had a fayre adueÌ„ture for ther they mette with the other company of their owne felowshyâ— and whan they were all togyder they were a .vi. hundred speares than they rode at more leyser thynking themselfe more insuerty than they were before than tydinges caÌ„e to sir ThomÌ„s Phelton and to the barons of Gascoyn bryng at yuret how the freÌ„chmen were abrode and were comynge fro Ryoll to passe that way towardes Bergerath with a great engyn Of the whiche tydinges they were ryght ioyouse and sayd how it was the thynge the they moost desired Than they armed them and mounted on their horses and made them selfe redy and whan they were abrode in the felde it
forwarde to be good and trewe to the englysshe parte and to putte in to their handes all suche forteresses as he helde in Normandy And to do this message he coÌ„maunded a clerke to go in whom â—he had great trust called mayster â—aschall And sayde to hym maister Paschall go your wayes in to Englande and do so moche that ye may bring me good tidynges for fro heâ—s forthe I wyll be alyed with the englysshemen This clerke dyde as he was commanded and made hym redy and toke shyppyng and sayled so long that he arryued in Cornwall and than rode for the tyll he caÌ„e to Shene besyde London where the kyng of Englande was and so he spake with the kynge and recoÌ„maunded the kynge of Nauerr his mayster to hym And so there the kynge made hym good there and there was present the erle of Salisbury and sir Symond Burle who toke on him to speke and to gyue him his aunswere for that tyme and sayd Sir on suche a day the kyng wyll be at LoÌ„don and than send for all his couÌ„sayle at whiche tyme ye shall be herde And so at the day assigned mayster Paschall shewed to the kyng and to his counsayle theffect of his message and spake so sagely that he was well herde And he was answered by the counsayle that the kynge of Nauers offre ought nat to be refused howe be it to make so great alyance as the kynge of Nauer desyreth it behoueth than that he come hyder into Englande in his owne proper person to th entent that he may be herde speke hym selfe wherby the mater shulde take the better effect And so with that answere mayster Paschall departed and returned in to Nauer and shewed the kyng all that he had done and how it behoued hym to go in to Englande him selfe and to se the yong kyng of Englande and to speke him selfe with hym his couÌ„saile than the kyng of Nauer answered and sayd I am coÌ„tent to go theder Than he made redy for him a shyp called the Lyne the whiche wolde go on the see withall maner of wyndes without parell and so the kyng of Nauer toke this ship and entred in to the see with a preuy company how be it he had with hym sir Marten Carr mayster Paschall and sayled so longe that he arryued in Englande ¶ Of the alyences that the kynge of Nauer made with the kynge of Englande and howe the frenche kynge had men of warre in dyuers places Cap. CCC .xxix. ALytell before his deê‘tyng the frenche kynge had the kyng of Nauer in great hate and knewe couertly by some of the king of Nauers house all the secremesse bytwene hym and the kyng of Englande and howe that kyng Henry of Castell had defyed him and made warre agaynst him The kyng of Nauer left at his deê‘tynge behynde him the vycont of Chastellon the lorde of Lestrade father to Uyen and the Bascle great nombre of men of warr aswell of his couÌ„tre as of the countie of Foiz to kepe the froÌ„ters agaynst the spanyerdes ¶ And whan he was in the see he hadde wynde at wyll and arryued in Cornwall and so rode to Wynsore Where as kynge Richarde and his counsayle were who receyued hym with great ioye for they thought the better to spede of his lande in Normandy specially of the castell of Chierbourâ— wherof thenglysshmen desyred greatly to be lordes The kyng of Nauer shewed sagelye to the kyng of Englande the cause of his coÌ„mynge and he was well herde and so well conforted that he was content I shall shewe you howe this treatie went bytwene these two kynges One thyng there was the kynge of Nauer shulde fro thens for the alwayes be true englysshe and shulde neuer make peace with the realme of Fraunce nor with the kynge of Castell without the knowledge and consent of the kyng of Englande And if the kyng of Englande or any of his men by their puyssance coude gette any townes or castelles that the kynge of Nauer ought to haue in Normandy agaynst the frenchmen that the same townes or castels shulde abyde for euer to be englysshe the souerayntie euer reserued to the kynge of Nauerr The whiche thynge the englysshmen praysed moche bycause they thought by that meanes they shulde haue asayre entre into FrauÌ„ce thorough Normandy And the kyng of England shulde sende the same tyme a thousand speares and two thousande archers by the ryuer of Gyronde to Burdeur or to Bayone and the men of armes to entre in to Nauerr and to make warre agaynst the kyng of Castell And nat to departe fro the kyng of Nauer or out of his realme tyll he hadde made an ende of his warre with the spanyerdes And the men of warre so ones entred in to Nauer the kynge of Nauer than to pay them their wages and to stuffe theÌ„ sufficiently acordyng after the same rate that the kynge of Englande was wonte to paye his men of warre Dyuers treaties and alyaâ—nces were there made and ordayned and also written sealed and sworne to be kept on bothe partes And there were named suche as shulde go in to Normandy and suche as shulde go in to Nauer And bycause that the duke of LaÌ„castre and the erle of CaÌ„bridge were nat at this treatie it was ordayned that this treatie shulde be sent to them sealed to then tent that they shulde make hast to entre into Normandy The duke of Bretayne was present at this treatie RIng Charles of FraÌ„ce who was right sage and subtell and soo he well shewed hymselfe as longe as he lyued He was well enfourmed of the armye of Englande yet he knewe no certeÌ„tie but by suspecte whyder they wolde drawe in to Normandy or els into Bretayne And for dout therof he helde many men of armes in Bretayne wherof the lorde Clysson the lorde de Lauall the vycount of Rohan the lorde of Beaumanoyre the lorde of Rochfort were capitayns And had besieged Breest by bastydes and none otherwyse wherefore they might vitayle Brest whan they lyst And in the rowne was capitayne a valyant squyeâ— of Englande called James Clerke And bycause the frenche kyng knewe well that the kynge of Nauerr was alyed with Englande and thought surely that or his returne he wolde entre in to some treatie with his aduersary yâ— kyn of Englande And douted of this armye thus on the see lest they shuld take lande in NormaÌ„dy and entre into the castelles parteyninge to the kyng of Nauer Therfore he sent hastely to the lorde Coucy and to the lorde de la Ryuerr that they shulde as shortely as they coulde get by fayrnesse or by foulnesse suche castelles as were belongynge to the kynge of Nauer and specially suche as were nere to the seesyde Ne knewe well that Chyerbourge wolde nat caselye be wonne how be it by lande they coude nat â—euitayle it nor refresshe it with men out of the basse marches of Bretayne and of Normandy And so for the
bretons sir Olyuer Clysson was capitayne and for the normayns sir Diuoye and sir Percyuall ¶ Of the siege that the lorde Coucy and the lorde de la Ryuer layd to Carentyne and of the castelles and townes that the kynge of Nauerre lost in Normandy Cap. CCC .xxx. THe 〈◊〉 and the lorde de la â—yuer besieged Carentyne with great puyssaunce and they of Caâ—â—tyne hadde as than no capitayne of name nor had nat sithe the deth of sir Eustace Dambreticourt who dyed ther. He had been capitayne ther foure yere So they hadde no conforte nor counsayle but of them selfe they sawe well agaynst them a great nombre and also the admyrall of Fraunce sir Johan of Uyen and the admyrall of Spaygne and with them a great nombre of menne of warre before Chyâ—rbourge They knewe nothynge of the treatie of the kyng of Nauerr nor howe he hadde spedde in Englande And they were dayly assayled two wayes the one by armyes and the other way by wordes for the lorde Coucy and the lorde de la Ryuer wolde gladly haue had the towne of Carentyne And at last they dyde so moche that they had it by treatie so it was gyuen vp to the obeysance of the frenche kyng the right reserued of the true enhery toure who was the kyng of Nauers sonÌ„e In all treaties the lordes of Fraunce acorded to reserue yâ— chyldes right for they cared nat so they might haue the townes and castels in their possessyon Thus they had Carentyne put therin newe men of warre and than departed and went to the castell of Molmeur and within thre dayes they had it by treatie And than they wente to Couches and lay by the fayre ryuer of Dorne whiche rynneth to Cane and ther they taryed tyll they knewe the myndes of theÌ„ of Couches and so they yelded vp by treatie The lorde of Coucy and the lorde de la ryuer had alwayes with them the chylde of Nauer whiche helped moch their mater euer whan any yelded vp to the french kyng or to his coÌ„myssioners it was euer in the treatie by condycion yâ— they might depart whan they lyst and whyder they wolde Suche as departed went no farther but to Eureur wherof Done Ferant naueroyse was capitayne ¶ After the conquest of Couches they departed and weÌ„t to Past and ther made assaut and dyuers hurt on bothe parties but the same day it was yelded vp and so yâ— castell became frenche And finally all that euer yâ— kynge of Nauer had in Normandy excepte Eureux and Chyerbourge was yelded vp and become french And whan they had wonne all castels and small holdes and that all the countre was vnder their obeysaunce Than they went and layed siege to Eureux and ther be were wente to be of olde vsage the moost strongest naueroyse in all Normany and they of Deureur neuer loued perfitely none other lorde but the kyng of Nauer So Eureux was besieged right puissantly and endured a long season for within was Feraudo capitayne who dyde many a feate of armes with his owne handes THe same season the kynge of Nauerre was retourned in to his owne countre and trusted some what to haue been ayded by the englysshmen howe be it they dyde hym no profyte as apered For the duke of Lancastre and the erle of Cambridge hadde the wynde agaynst them to come in to Normandy And alsoo the armye that was made in Englande of the foure thousande men of armes and eyght thousande archers Assoone as they were come to Hampton they entred in to their shyppes before the feest of saynt Johan the Baptyst and so departed and they founde at Plommouthe the erle of Salisbury and sir Johan of Arundell who shulde haue gone in to Bretayne to haue refresshed theÌ„ of Brest and of Hanybout but they coulde haue no wynde before And so they entred in to the duke of Lancasters army and toke lande in the yle of Wight where they taryed a longe space to here tidynges outher out of Bretayne or oute of Normandy Than they herde tidynges howe the army of Fraunce was one the see wherfore they sent sir JohnÌ„ of Arundell with two hundred men of armes and foure hundred archers to Hampton to eschewe all the parels that might fall by the see ¶ Of the men of warrÌ„ that the duke of Aniou retayned agaynst theÌ„glisshmen and of the siege that the spanyerdes helde before Bayone Cap. CCC .xxxi. BIcause of this the freÌ„che kyng thought to ê“uyde for remedy to resyst his enemies for it was shewed him by the normayns that the englysshmen were on the se with a great puyssance but he coude nat tell whyder they wolde go Than be sent a specyall commauÌ„dement through out his realme that euery man knightes and squyers shulde be redy apparelled for the warre to go and to come where he commaunded them In lykewise the duke of Aniou had all that season retayned men of warre on all sydes to the entent to haue layde siege to Burdeux And in his company was his brother the duke of Berrey and the Constable of Fraunce and all the flour of chiualry of Gascone Auuergne Poictou and Limosyn And the better to come to his entent and to haue yâ— more nombre of men of warre by the consent of the kyng his brother he had gathered in Languedoc to the somme of two huÌ„dred M. frankes Howbeit he coude nat do his enterprice in that season for yâ— kyng sent for the duke of Berrey his brother and for the constable of FrauÌ„ce and for all other barones suche as he thought shulde do hym seruyce For well he knewe that the englysshmen were on the see but he wyst nat whyder they wolde drawe And though this enterprice in Laquen doc were broken yet the poore men that hadde payed great sommes of money for that entent had nat their money agayne THe same season yâ— kyng of Castell with xx thousaÌ„de spanyerdes and catelayns helde siege before Bayone and ther lay all the wynter And many a feate of armes was there done bothe by lande and by water for Radigâ— de Rour and Dampe Ferrant of Castell Ambrose Bouchenoyr and Peter Bascle lay at ancre before Bayone with two hundred vessels 〈◊〉 dyde moche trouble to them of Bayone Of the whiche towne there was capitayne a valyant knight of Englande called sir Mathewe Gorney His wytte and prowes conforted them of the towne greatly how be it some sayd of them that were within that the spanyerdes had had their entent at length yf a dethe had nat fallen among them For ther fell suche a mortalyte in the hoost that of fyue ther dyed thre and kyng Henry of Castell had there with hym a â—ygrâ— maÌ„cer of Tollet who sayd yâ— the ayre ther was so enuenomed corrupted that ther was no remedy but that they were all in great danger parell of dethe And bycause of that doubt the kynge dyslodged and brake vp yâ— siege but the spanyerdes
couÌ„tres 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 freÌ„che kyng who kept him styll about him as loÌ„g 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 theÌ„selfe 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 〈◊〉 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 〈◊〉 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 〈◊〉 James and howe so 〈◊〉 the Soudic thus 〈◊〉 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 â—routhe 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 FrauÌ„ce 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 stroÌ„g 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
the busynes of FrauÌ„ce KIng Charles of FrauÌ„ce who as than reygned was ryght sage and subtell that was well shewed as longe as he lyued For tho that he kept hym selfe preuy in his chambre takyng his pleasure and sporte yet he conquered agayne that his predecessours had lost in the felde armed with their swerdes in their haÌ„des wherfore he was greatly to be coÌ„mended And bicause he knewe well that kyng Robert of Scotlande and all the realme ther had made warr and had mortall hate to theÌ„glysshmen for those two realmes coude neuer loue togyder Therfore to the entent to norisshe more loue bytwene Fraunce and Scotlande The frenche kynge thought to send a knight and a secretary of his counsayle to kynge Robert of Scotlande and to yâ— scottes to speke with theÌ„ and to aduyse the countrey And to knowe if he might make any good warre to Englande by Scotlande For yuan of Wales in his lyfe tyme had enfourmed hym that Scotland was the place in the worlde wherby EnglaÌ„de might be moost anoyed And of this purpose the freÌ„che kyng had many ymaginacioâ—s so that at last he ordayned a knight a sage man called sir Peter lorde of Bournesell and said to him Sir ye shall go do this message in to Scotlande and recoÌ„mende me to the kyng there and to his barons And shewe hâ—â— howe that we and our realme are redy to do theÌ„ pleasur and to haue a treatie with them as our frendes So that therby in the season to come we may sende people thyder wherby we maye haue entre in to England that way in lyke maner as our predecessors haue had in tyme past and in your goyng thyder and comyng homewarde I wyll ye kepe suche estatâ— as a messager and coÌ„missary of 〈…〉 ng shulde do on our cost and charge sir ê™ the knyght all shall be as it pleaseth you and so he taryed nat long after but whaÌ„ he was redy departed fro Parys and dyde so moche by his iourneys that he came to Scluse in FlauÌ„ders and there taryed abode for wynde and passage a .xv. dayes for yâ— wynde was coÌ„trary for him And in the meane season he held a great estate and well stuffed with vessell of golde and syluer through out his hall as largely as though he had bene a lytell duke or better His mynstrels played before his seruyce dayly and bare as werde garnisshed with golde and syluer and his men payed well for euery thynge Of the great estate that this knight kepte in his house and in the stretes dyâ—ers of the towne had great marueyle The bayly of yâ— towne behelde it well who was officer ther vnder the erle of Flaunders and coude kepe it no lenger secret wherin he dyde yuell For he sent worde therof to the erle who lay at Bruges the duke of Bretayne his cosyn with him And whan therle of Flaunders had studyed a lytell on the mater and by yâ— helpe of the duke of Bretayne ordayned that the knight shulde â—e brought to hym The baylye retourned agayne to Sluse came vncurtesly to the french knyght for he set his hande on hym and rested hym in the erle of FlauÌ„ders name Wherof the knight had gret marueyle and sayd to the bayly What meaneth this I am a messanger and comyssary of the frenche kyng sir ê™ the bayly I beleue well howbeit ye must nedes go and speke with therle of Flaunders for he hath coÌ„maunded me to bring you to hym so the knight coude make no scuse but that he and his company were brought to Bruges to therle And whan he was in the erles chambre therle and the duke stode togyder leanyng out of a wyndâ—we into the garden warde Than the knyght kneled downe sayd sir beholde here is your prisoner Of the whiche worde the erle was sore displeased and sayd in dispyte and yre what sayest yâ— rybaude that thou art my prisoner bycause I haue sent to speke with the. Thy maisters seruantê may ryght well come and speke with me But thou hast nat well acquyted thy selfe sythe thou hast ben so long at Scluse and knowynge me here so nere to the and yet nat to come ones to se or to speke with me Thou haddest disdayne so to do sir ê™ the knight sauynge your displeasure Than the duke of Bretayne toke the wordes sayd Among you bourders and iaÌ„glers in the palys of Paris and in the kynges chambre ye â—ette by the realme as ye lyst and play with the kynge at your pleasure and do well oryuell as ye wyll yourselfe for ther is no price of the blode ryall if ye among you haue ones brought hym in to any hate or displeasur with the kyng that can be herde after But ones I trust there wyll be so many of suche people taken that the gybettes wyll be full of them The knight who saâ—styll on his knees was ryght sore abasshed of those wordes for the hearyng of suche wordes was right harde to him Howbeit he sawe well it was better for hym to kepe his tonge than to speke and so gaue no answere to those wordes And whan he sawe his tyme he toke his leaue of therle and of the lordes and departed out of their presence and some noble men that were about the erle made hym way and made hym to drinke and than he returned agayne to Sluse to his logyng And I shall shewe you what fâ—ll after Though all his purueyance were redy aparelled and that he had wynd at wyll to haue sayled into ScotlaÌ„de yet he durst nat put himselfe into the dangers of the see For it was shewed him how he was spyed by theÌ„glysshmen yâ— he lay at Scluse howe that if he kept on his voiage he was likely to be taken caryed into England and bicause of those doutes he brake his vyage and returned to Parys to the kyng ye may well knowe that the lorde of Burnesell tolde no lesse to the frenche kyng than was done to him by the erle of Flaunders And also it was nedefull for him to tell all for his excuse for the kyng had marueyle of his retonrnyng The same season there were dyuers knyghtê in the kynges chambre and specially sir JohnÌ„ of Guystels of Heynalt cosyn to therle of Flaâ—nbers who had great displeasure at the wordes of this knight that he had of therle of FlaÌ„ders so yâ— finally he coude kepe his toÌ„ge no leÌ„ger but sayd I can nat suffre these wordê thus to be spoken of my dere lorde And sir knight if ye wyll say that he dyde as ye say to let you of your vyage in that quarell I appele you to the felde here is my gage The lorde of Bournesell was nothyng abasshed to answere but sayd sir Johan I say thus howe I was thus taken by the bayly of Sluse and brought before the erle of FlauÌ„ders and as ye haue herde he sayd to me and in lykewise so dyde the duke of Bretayne
and I my doughter and her husbande And so it happed that my sonne and doughter dyed there and after by treatie I and my husbande were delyuered so that Puylle and Calabre might come to hym And also he entēdeth to come to the heryrage of Naples of Cecyll of Prouence for he seketh all about for alyance and so wyll take a way the ryght of the churche as sone as I am deed if he may Therfore holy father I wyll acquyte me agaynst god and you acquyte the soules of my predecessours and put in to your handes all y◠herytages that I ought to haue of Cecyll of Naples Punyll Calabre and Prouence I gyue them to you to do with them your pleasure to gyue them to whome soeuer it pleaseth you suche as may obteygne them agaynst our aduersary sir Charles de la Paix Pope Clement receyued ioyfully her wordes and toke her gyft in great reuerence and sayde A my fayre doughter of Naples we shall so ordeyn that yor herytage shall haue such an heryter of your owne blode noble and puyssant to resyst agaynst them that wyll do or offer you or thē any wronge Of all these wordes and gyftes there were publyke instrumentes and autentyke made to the entent that the mater shulde abyde ferme stable in tyme to come and to be of more playne knowledge to all them that shulde here therof after ¶ Howe pope Clement wente to Auygnon of the gyftes that he gaue to the duke of Aniowe and howe sir Siluester Budde and his company were beheded and of the countre of Flaunders and of their aduersyte Cap. CCC .xlvii. WHan the quene of Naples and sir Othe of Brouswiche had done all thynges wherfore they were come to Foundes to the pope than they toke their leaue and departed and went to Naples Than it was nat longe after but that pope Clement imagyned in hym self that to abyde long about the parties of Rome was nothyng protytable for him sawe well howe the romayns and pope Urbayne trauayled greatly to gette the loue of the neapolitans and of sir Charles de la Paix therfore he douted lest the passages and wayes shuld be closed agaynst him so that he shulde nat get to Auygnon whan he wolde and the princypall and specyall cause that inclyned hym to go to Auignon was to th entent to gyue to the duke of Aniou the ryghtes that the quene of Naples had gyuen vnto hym of all the forsayd seignoris wherof he had instrumentes past and sealed So he ordayned secretely and sagely his besynesse and toke thesee and his cardynals with him in galies and vessels that were come out of Arragone They hadde wynde and wether at wyll and arryued withoute domage at Merseyll wherof all the countre was ryght gladde for thens he went to Auignon and sent worde of his comynge to the french kyng and to his brethern who were ryght gladde of his comyng And the duke of Aniou who lay at the cytie of Tholouse went to se y◠pope and at his comynge the pope gaue hym all the gyftes y◠the wene of Naples had gyuen hym The duke of Aniou who alweys desyred high seignories and great honours receyued the gyftes in great magnyficence And so had them to hym and to his heyres for euer and sayd to the pope that in as shorte tyme as he might he wolde go so strong in to those marches that he wolde be able to resyst them that wolde do any wronge to the quene of Naples The duke taryed with y◠pope a .xv. dayes and than returned to Tholouse to the duchesse his wyfe and pope Clement delyuered his men of warre to sir Bernard de la Sale to Flouremont to make warre agaynst his enemyes THe same season there was in the marches of Thuskayne in Italy a valyant knight englyssh called sir John̄ Haconde who dyde had done many a noble feate of armes he issued out of the realme of Fraūce whan the peace was made bitwene y◠two kynges at Bretigny besyde Charters and in y◠tyme he was but a poore knyght and than he thought to retourne agayne in to Englande in to his owne countre he thought he coude wynne nothynge there And whan he sawe that all men of warre shulde auoyde the realme of Fraunce by the ordynaūce and treaty of peace he made him selfe capitayne of a certayne nombre of cōpanyons called the late comers and so went in to Burgoyne and there he assembled a great nombre of suche rutters englisshe gascons bretons almayns and companyons of dyuers nacyons And this Haconde was one of the cheyfe with Briquet and Carnell by whome the batayle of Brumauxe was made and helped to gette the Pount le Spiryte with Bernard of Forges and whan they had warred and haryed the coūtrey agaynst the pope and the cardynals than ther were entreated and went to the marques of Moūtferrant who as than kept warre with the lordes of Myllayne and so this Marques brought them all beyonde the mountaynes after he had delyuered to thē .lx. thousande frankes wherof Hacond had for his parte .x. thousande for him and his company and whan they had acheued the warr with the Marques dyuers than returned in to Fraunce for sir Bertram of Clesquy the lorde de la Marche and the lorde Beauiewe the marshall of Fraunce and sir Andrewe Dandrehen brought them into Spayne agaynst kyng Dampeter on kyng Henries parte and sir Johan Hacond his cōpany abode styll in Italy and pope Urbayne the fyfte as longe as he lyued had hym in his warres of Myllayne and in lyke wyse so had pepe Gregorie who raygned after him this same sir Johan Hacond had for the lorde Coucy a fayre iourney agaynst therle of Uertues for it was sayd for trouth that the lorde Coucy had ben ouerthrowen by y◠erle of Uertues and the lombardes if this Haconde hadde nat ben for he came to his ayde with fyue hundred bycawse the lorde Coucy had wedded the kynge of Englandes doughter for none other cause This sir Johan Haconde was a knyght right hardy and of great experyence and well renomed in the marches of Italy and dyd there many great feates of armes Than the romayns and Urbayne who called him selfe pope aduysed in them selfe whan Clement was departed fro the marches of Rome to sende for him and to make him mayster gouernour of all their warre So they sent for him and retayned him and all his company and he acquyted him selfe right valiantly for on a daye with the helpe of the romayns he disconfyted Syluester Bude and a great company of bretons so y◠they were all slayn or taken Syluester Bude brought prisoner to Rome and was in great daunger to lese his heed And to say the trouth it had ben better for hym to haue been beheeded the same day he was brought to Rome than otherwyse for the honoure of him and of his frendes For afterwarde pope Clement
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 couÌ„tre 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 couÌ„tre and so they deê‘ted and toke shyppinge and had wynde and wether at their pleasur and arryued at HaÌ„pton 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 PeÌ„thecost 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 LoÌ„don sir Rychard Dangle erle of HuÌ„tyngdon 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 coÌ„cluded 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 LoÌ„don Howe that without faute sir Thomas of Wodstocke erle of Buckingham yongest sonÌ„e 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 coÌ„tynent 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 coÌ„maundement as it was reason than he made a somoÌ„s 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 FrauÌ„ce 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 voâ—age 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
Buckyngham hymselfe therle Stafforde who had wedded his nece doughter to the lorde Couey and therle of Dymestre These lordes rode with baners displayed the lorde Spensar constable of the hoost the lorde Fytz water marshall the lorde Bassette the lorde Bourgthyer the lorde Ferres the lorde Morlay the lorde Parsy sir Wyllyam Wynsore sir Hughe aurell sir Hugh Hastyngê and sir Hughes all these by one assent rode with their standerdes and penons sir Thomas Percy sir Thomas Tryuet sir Wyllyam Clynton sir yuon 〈◊〉 sir Hugh Torell the lorde of Uar 〈◊〉 Eustare and sir Johan Harbeston ser Wyllyam Feruytone the lorde of Briame sir Wyllyam Fabre sir Johan and sir Nycholas 〈◊〉 court sir Johan Mase sir ThomÌ„s Camoyse sir Rafe sonne to the lorde Neuell ser Henry bastarde Ferres sir Hughe Broe sir 〈◊〉 Orsell sir Thomas West the lorde of 〈◊〉 More Dauyd Holograue Hugh Lyn 〈◊〉 bastarde Bernarde of Coderers and dyuers other These me of warre rode in good 〈◊〉 and great array The first day they deê‘ ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ Calais went no farther than to Marquegues And there rested and toke counsayle what way were best for theÌ„ to take to furnysshe there voyage for there were dyuers in that cuÌ„ 〈◊〉 that had neuer ben in Fraunce before as the eâ—â—e hymselfe and dyuers other great barones and knightes Therfore it was resonable that suche persons as hadde ben in Fraunce before and knewe the countre shulde haue suche rule and gouernynge that it myght be to their honour Threwe it was that whan the englysshmen in tyme past had ben in Fraunce they had euer suche ordynaunce amonge them that the 〈◊〉 sware euer to the kyng of Englande and to his counsayle two shynges The one was that they shulde neuer disclose their secre 〈◊〉 person lyueng but among themselfe 〈◊〉 der they entended to go The seconde thyng was they sware and promysed to make no maner of treatie with their enemyes without the knowledge of the kyng or his cousayle wHan chese barons knightes and squyers and their company had rested theÌ„ at Marquegnes thre dayes and that euery man of their company was come to them out of Calais and that the capitayns were determyned what way to take They deê‘ted and went for the tyll they came before Arde there rested them before the bastyde of Arde to th entent to shewe themselfe before the meÌ„ of armes that were within the forteresse And there was made newe knightes by the erle of Buckyngehanm as therle of Dymestre and also the lorde Morlay and than those two knightê put for the their baners and moreouer therle made knightes all suche as foloweth First the lorde Fytzwaters sonne sir Roger Strange sir JohnÌ„ I pre sir JohnÌ„ Coll sir James Tytiell sir Thomas Ramston sir Johan Neuell and sir Thomas Roste and than all the host went and lodged at Hosque All these forsayd newe knyghtê were made bycause of the vowarde the which went the same day to a stronge house stadynge on the ryuer syde called Folant Within was a squyer owner of the house called Robert he was a good man of armes and hadde well furnysshed his house with good men of armes the whiche he had gote therabout to the nombre of xl And they made good semblant to defeÌ„de theÌ„selfe and their house These barons and knyghtes in their newe knyghthod enuyroned about the towre of FolaÌ„t and began fiersly to assayle them within and they within valiantly defended themselfe There was done many feates of armes and they within shorte so holly and quickely togyder that they hurt dyuers assaylantes suche as adueÌ„tured themselfe to moche forwarde for they had within dyuers good crosbowes sent thyder by the capitayne of saynt Omers at the request of the squyer for he feared before that the englisshmen wolde passe by his house wherfore he thought to kepe it to the best of his power and so he dyde for he bare hymselfe ryght valiantly Than the erle of Dymestre spake a highe worde as he stode on the dykes his baner before hym the whiche worde greatly encouraged his people Sayeng sirs howe is it thus in oure newe knyghthode that this peuysshe douchouse holdeth agaynst vs so longe The stronge places and fortresses that be in the realme of Fraunce shall holde longe agaynst vs sythe this small house endureth so longe Sirs on a fore lette vs shewe our newe chiualry They that herde these wordes noted it ryght well and aduentured them selfe more largely than they dyde before and entred in to the dykes and so came harde to the walles and there theÌ„glissh archers shotte so holly togyder that scant non durst apere at their defence ther were dyuers slayne and hurt and the base court wonne and brent and so finallye they were all wonne Howe be it first they defended theÌ„selfe tight valiantly and neuer a man within that was wounded to dethe Thus the house of Folant was taken and Robert Folant within taken prisoner by therle of Dymestre and all the temnant taken prisoners by his men And all the hoost lodged on the ryuer of Houske abydynge for sir Wyllyam Wyndsore who ledde the rerewarde and was nat as than come but he came the same night and the nexte day they disloged and rode to Esperleque and there lodged The capitayne of saynt Omers seynge the englysshmen so nere to them encreased the watche of the towne for that nyght they watched â—o than two thousande men to the entent that saynt Omers shulde nat be sodayuly wonby the englysshmen THe next mornyng about sire of the clocke the englisshmen dislodged and rode before saint Omers and whan they of the towne sawe thenglisshmen come they armed them and ordayned them selfe in the market place to go to the gates and walles by good dely 〈…〉 cyon for it was shewedde theym howe the englysshmen wolde assayle them but it was nat in their thoughtê For they knewe well the towne was to strong and thought they shulde lose there more than wynne Howe be it she erle of Buckyngham who had neuer ben in Fraunce before thonght he wolde sesaynt Omers bycause it semed so fayre a farre of in walles gates towres and steples So he rested all his hoost on a mountayne halfe a leage fro the towne araynged in good order more than thre houres And than ther were some yonge knightes and squyers thought to proue theymselfe and rode to the barryers of the towne and hesyred to iust with some of the knighted or squyers in the towne but they coulde haue none answere and so they retourned agayne to the half The same day that the erle caÌ„e before saynt Omers he made agayne newe knightes First sir Rafe Neuell sir Bartylmewe Bourgehter sir Thomas Camoyse sir Fouke Corbette sir Thomas Danglure sir Rafe Perypars sir Aoyes of saynt Albyne and sir Johan Paule These newe knyghtes in their first churalry to proue themselfe rode to the barryers of the towne 〈…〉 desyred iustes but they wered so
the space of two houres and than returned to their lodgyng and yâ— next day they went to Maylleroys the Uycount nere to Sence in Burgoyne and there the hoost taryed two dayes to refresshe them and to get vitayles in the countre for they had no great plenty THus ye haue harde well howe the englisshmen rode throughe the realme of FrauÌ„ce to go in to Bretayne and it was sayd and they also mayntayned howe the duke of Bretayne and the countrey had sent for them and made no warre in the name of their lorde the kyng of Englande but named them selfe to be sowdyers of the duke of Bretaynes Kyng Charles of Fraunce was well in fourmed of all these maters and sagely and wysely he abuysed the parels and insydeÌ„tes that might growe by this warre and sawe well howe the countre of Bretayne with the ayde of the englysshmen were coÌ„trary to hym and therby he feared leest the fortune of the warr shulde be to him yâ— more harder And specially by reason of the duke of Bretayne for by him the good townes of Bretayne shulde be his enemyes and be opyned to his enemyes wherby he shulde haue great preiudyce Wherfore he sent swete letters and gracyous to them of Nauntes the whiche was the key and chefe towne of all Bretayne shewynge theÌ„ howe theÌ„glysshmen as they rydde through the realme do make their auaunt and afferme howe they be soudyers and sent for by theÌ„ and by the other comons of Bretayne And also she wyng them howe that if it be so that they wyll so contynue they do yuell and ronne in the maledyction sentence of the holy father the pope And in the forfeyture of two huÌ„dred thousande florens the whiche he maye than laufully take of them and whervnto they are bouÌ„de by their writyngê sealed and by the treaties made here tofore wherof they haue yâ— copy wherfore they ought nat to forget it And also he shewed them howe he hath ben alwayes their frende and louer and hath conforted and ayded theÌ„ always in their busynesses and counsaylinge theÌ„ that they shulde nat do so farre wherby they might take wronge Sayeng howe they had no suche tytell as to complayne of hym or to entre in to suche a warre as to receyue his ennemyes Wherfore he counsayled them to be well aduysed and if they haue ben yuell exorted and couÌ„sayled by feble counsayle yet he wolde pardon it so that they opyn nat their towne to the englysshmen his enemyes And in their so doyng he promysed theÌ„ to menteyne and kepe vp their fraunchysses and lyberties and to renewe it yf nede requyred WhaÌ„ these offers thus made by the frenche kyng was presented to theÌ„ of NauÌ„tes and well debated amonge them Than the most notable of the towne sayd howe the kynge had cause and right to say as he dyd for surelye they sayde howe they had sworne and writynges sealed howe they shulde neuer do none anoyaunce to the realme of Fraunce nor ayde nor assyst none enemy to the kynge or to the realme Wherfore they toke hede to yâ— mater and sent secretly to the kynge desyring hym to take no thought for that mater for they sayd thenglyshmen shulde nat be sustayned by them nor entre in to their towne to renne or to make any warre to the realme of Fraunce Howbeit they desyred the kynge that if nede requyred to be ayded and coÌ„forted by some of his men to whoÌ„ they sayde they wolde open their towne and to none other Whan the frenche kynge herde this treatie he was right gladde therof and beleued well their wordes for Nauntes had ben alwayes good frenche And of all this knewe no thynge the duke of Bretayne who was at Uennes he beleued surely that they of Nauntes wolde haue ben trewe and stedfast to hym and to haue opened their towne to the englysshmen whan they came thyder ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to the englysshmen who were lodged nere to Sence in Burgoyne in the whiche cytie was the duke of Bare the lorde Coucy the lorde of saynt Puye the lorde of Fresures and their companyes ¶ Howe the englysshmen rode and pylled the countre of gastenoyse and of Beause And howe a french squyer right valyaunt requyredde an englisshe squier to iust with hym Cap. CCC .lxv. WHan the erle of Buckyngham and his hoost had well rested them at Maylleroyes the vicount Than they toke counsayle to drawe in to Gastenoyes Than they passed the ryuer of Dyone theyr â—oreryders went to the faubories of SeÌ„ce and the next day they lodged at saynt JohnÌ„s of Nemour and therabout and than at Beause in gastenoyes And ther the hoost taryed thre dayes bycause of the good pleÌ„tyfull countre that they founde there Than they toke counsayle whyder they shulde holde and kepe the playne way of Beause or els by the ryuer of Loyre Than they determyned to take the way of Beause to go towardes Tourey in Beause In the castell of Tourey was the lorde of saynt Pye sir Olyuer of Manny sir Guy of Baueux and a great nombre of men of warre And at yenuyll in Beause was the lorde of Uylames the Barroyse of barres and dyuers other about .iii. C. speares So thus in all the castels and fortresses 〈◊〉 Beause there were men of warr set to re syst agaynst thenglisshmen The englysshe vowarde came and scrimysshed with theÌ„ of Tourey and dyuers hurt on bothe partes There the erle of Buckyngham and all his hoost was lodged about and founde ther great plenty oâ— vitayls At the scrimysshe before Tourey ther was a squyer of Beause auaunsed him selfe wtout any settyng on by any other person came to the barryers scrimysshynge and sayd to the englysshmen Sirs is there any gentylman among you that for the loue of his lady wyll do any dede of armes If there be any here I am redy to issue out armed at all peces a hors backe to ren thre courses with a speare to stryke thre strokes with an axe thre strokes with a dagger Nowe let vs se if there be any amorous amonge you This squyer was called Gawen Mychaell This worde and request was anon spredde among the englysshmen Than an englysshe squyer called Joachym Cathore stept forthe and sayd I am here redy to delyuer his request let hym come out of the castell Than the lorde Fitz water marshall of the hoost came to the barryers and sayd to sir Guy le Baueux Cause your squyer to coÌ„e forthe he shall fynde one wyll be gladd to delyuer him and we shall assure hym in all thynges Gawen Mychaell was right ioyouse of those wordes and armed hym incontynent and the lordes dyde helpe to arme hym and sette hym a hors backe So he yssued out of the castell and thre with him and the varlettes bare thre speares thre axes and thre daggers He was greatly regarded by the englysshmen for they beleued afore that there was no frenche man that wolde fyght body
ye thynke that your squyer be to lytell to deale with me sende another to me at your pleasure to the entent I may performe myne enterprise or els it shulde be to my villany And also I shulde haue wronge if I shulde departe withoute doynge of any dedes of armes Than the Constable and the marshall of the hoost sayde ye say right well and so it was done Than it was sayd to all the knightê there about Sirs is there any of you that wyll delyuer this knight to the whiche aunswered sir Wylliam of Fermyton and sayd shewe vnto the knyght howe he shall nat deê‘thens without doyng of dedes of armes If it please him a lytell to rest hym he shall anone be delyuered for I shall arme me agaynst hym This answere pleased moche JohnÌ„ of Castell Morant and so went and satte downe to rest hym Anon the Englysshe knyght was redy and came in to the place SO the two knightê caÌ„e a fote eche agaynst other rudely with their speares lowe couched to stryke eche other within the foure quarters Johan of Castell Moraunt strake the englysshe knight on the brest in suche wyse that ser Wylliam Fermyton stombled and bowed for his fote a lytell fayled hym He held his speare lowe with bothe his handes coude nat amende it And strake sir Johan of the Castell Moraunt in the thighe so that the speare wente clene throughe that the heed was sene a handfull on the othersyde And sir Johan with the stroke reled but he fell nat ThanÌ„e the Englysshe knightes and squyers were ryght sore displeased and sayd How it was a foule stroke Sir Wylliam Fermyntone excused hym selfe and sayde howe he was sorie of that adueÌ„ture and howe that if he had knowen that it shulde haue ben so he wolde neuer haue begon it sayenge howe he coulde nat amende it bycause of glauÌ„synge of his fote by constraynt of the great stroke that sir JohnÌ„ of the castell Morant had gyuen hym So thus the frenchmen departed and toke leaue of the erle and of the other lord and toke with them in a lytter sir JohnÌ„ of Castell Moraunt and brought him to the Castell Josselyne and he was after in great paryll of dethe by reason of his hurt Thus ended these dedes of armes and euery man drewe to their owne parte The englisshmen to Uannes and the frenchmen to castell Josselyn ¶ Howe the duke of Bretaine made his peace with the frenche kyng and howe the englysshmen retourned in to their countrey and of a dede of ardone bytwene a frenche squyer and an englisshe Cap. CCC .lxxiiii. AFter these dedes of armes done whyle the erle of Buckyngham lay at Uannes ther was nothyng don that ought to be remembred and as it hath ben sayd here before the englisshmen laye at Uannes at Hanyboute at Camperle and at Quynpercorentyne And so they passed the wynter as well as they might Dyuers of theÌ„ had great dommage and were in ryght great daungers and lacked vitayle for theym selfe and for their horses for they coude fynde no forage in the countre And in that tyme of the yere the graunges and barnes were all voyde and the â—odder spente The frenchemen theym selfe had sore wasted and distroyed it bycause their ennemyes shulde haue no ease therby In this daunger the Englysshemen were longe for the frenchemen were in their garisons on the fronters wherfore the englysshmen durst nat ryde Some vitayle came to the englysshmen by the see frome Corne wall frome Gernesay and fro the ysle of Wight the whiche somwhat conforted theym â–ª or elles they and their horses hadde dyed for famyne and hunger And all this season there was at Parys with the kyng fro the duke of Bretaygne the Uycount of Rohane the lorde de Laualle sir Charles of Dynaunt and sir Guy of Rocheforde and they dyde purchase the dukes peace to the whiche he agreed For he sawe well he coude nat kepe his promise to the Englysshe men without he wolde lese all his countrey The entent of the Erle of Buckyngham and his company was to passe ouer the wynter in the marchesse of Uannes aswell as they might And in the begynnynge of Somer to retourne in to FrauÌ„ce and make warr And they hadde sende worde of their state and condycion to the kyng of Englande and to the duke of Lancastre And the kyng of Englande and his counsayle thought the erle of Buckynghams enteÌ„cy on right good and wrote to hym that they wolde he shulde so do And sende hym worde howe the same season they wolde sende ouer another armye of men of warre to lande at Chyerbourge to th enteÌ„t that bothe armyes shulde mete toguyder Wherby it was thought they shulde do a great feate of warr in FrauÌ„ce The Frenche kynge his vncles and his counsayle ymagined well all those poyntes And also they were somwhat enfourmed therof And it was say de also among theym in secrete counsayle that if the duke of Bretaynge and some of his townes toke parte with the Englysshemen the realme of Fraunce shulde thanÌ„e haue moche to do And these foure barownes of Bretaygne representynge the duke conceyued well all this busynesse and layde forthe all these doutes and specially shewed it to the duke of Antowe Who hadde the souerayne gouernynge of the realme of Fraunce at that tyme. And also the duke of Aniowe was entending to make a voyage within two yere or shorter tyme In to Poule Calabre And was lothe that his vyage shulde haue ben broken or lette Therfore he enclyned lightely to the duke of Bretaignes peace so that he wolde become faythfull true and do homage to the frenche kynge And so he was agreed and his peace made And it was also agreed that he shulde helpe the englisshmen with shyppes to returne into their couÌ„treis Also it was agreed that all they of the garison of Chierbourge that hadde ben in that viage to serue the erle of Buckyngham that if they wolde retourne by lande to their garison they shulde haue good saueconducte of the kyng so to do And to go throughe the realme of Fraunce without harnesse and certayne knyghtes and squyers of Englande in their company if they lyst so to do And after the departynge of the Englysshemen out of Bretaynge Than the duke to come in to Fraunce to the kyng to his vncles and to do faythe and homage to the Kynge as the duke of Bretayne ought to do to his naturall lorde the frenche kynge All these maters were written and sealed and suffyciently brought to the duke of Bretaygne who as than was in the marchesse of Uannes And he accorded to that his men hadde done with right an yuell wyll for he knewe well he coude nat do it without the yuell wyll of the englysshmen WHan the knowledge of this treatie raÌ„e to the erle of Buckyngham and to the Englysshe men howe that the duke of Bretaygne was agreed with the freÌ„che kyng they were therwith greatly displeased
.xv. dayes In the meane season whyle this treate was ther fell in England great myschife and rebellion of mouyng of the comon people by which dede England was at a poynt to haue ben lost without recouery Ther was neuer realme nor countrey in so great aduentur as it was in that tyme. all bycause of the ease and ryches that the comon people were of whiche moued them to this rebellion as somtyme they dyd in Fraunce the which dyd moche hurt for by suche incidentes the realme of Fraunce hath ben greatly greued IT was a marueylous thing and of poore foundacion that this myschife began in Englande And to gyue ensample to all maner of people I wyll speke therof as it was don as I was enfourmed and of the incideÌ„tes therof Ther was an vsage in England yet is in diuerse countreys that the noble men hath great frauÌ„ches ouer the comons and kepeth them in seruage that is to say their tenauÌ„tes ought by custome to laboure the lordes landes to gather and bring home theyr cornes some to threshe and to fanne and by suage to make theyr hey and to heaw their wood and bring it home all these thyngê they ought to do by seruage And ther be mo of these people in Englande than in any other realme thus the noble men and prelates arre serued by them and specially in the countie of BreÌ„dpest Sussetter and Bedford These vnhappy people of these sayd countreys began to styrre bycause they sayde they were kept in great seruage And in the begynning of the worlde they sayd ther were no bonde men Wherfore they maynteyned that none ought to be bonde without he dyd treason to his lorde as Lucifer dyde to god But they sayd they coude haue no such batayle for they were nother angelles nor spirittes but men fourmed to the similytude of their lordes sayng why shuld they than be kept so vndre lyke bestê the which they sayd they wold no lengar suffre for they wolde be all one and if they labored or dyd any thyng for theyr lordes they wold haue wages therfor aswell as other And of this imaginacion was a folisshe preest in the couÌ„tie of Rent called Johan Wall for the which folysshe wordes he had ben thre tymes in the bysshop of Canterburies prison For this preest vsed often tymes on the sondayes after masse whanne the people were goynge out of the mynster to go in to the cloyster preche and made the people to assemble a dout hym and wolde say thus Aye good people the maters gothe nat well to passe in Englande nor shall nat do tyll euery thyng be coÌ„mon and that there be no villayns nor gentylmen but that we may be all vnyed toguyder that the lordes be no greatter maisters than we be What haue we deserued or why shulde we be kept thus in seruage We be all come fro one father and one mother Adam and Eue. Wherby can they say or shewe that they be gretter lordes than we be sauynge by that they cause vs to wyn and labour for that they dispende they are clothed in Ueluet and chamlet furred with grise and we be vestured with poreclothe they haue their wynes spyces and good breed and we haue the drawyngout of the chaffe drinke water They dwell in sayre houses and we haue the payne and traueyle rayne and wynde in the feldes And by that that cometh of our labours they kepe and maynteyne their estates We be called their bondmen and without we do redilye them seruyce we be beaten And we haue no seuerayne to whom we may coÌ„playne nor that wyll here vs nor do vs right Lette vs go to the kyng he is yonge shewe hym what seruage we be in and shewe him howe we wyll haue it otherwyse or els we wyll prouyde vs of some remedy And if we go togyder all maner of people that be nowe in any bondage wyll folowe vs to th entent to be made fre And whan the kyng seyth vs we shall haue some remedy outher by fayrnesse or otherwyse Thus JohnÌ„ Wall sayd on sondayes â–ª whan the people issued out of the churches in the vyllages Wherfore many of the meane people loued him suche as entended to no goodnesse sayde howe he sayd trouth and so they wolde murmure one with another in the feldes and in the wayes as they went togyder Affermyng howe Johan Wall sayd trouthe The archebysshoppe of Canterbury who was enformed of the sayeng of this JohnÌ„ Wall caused hym to be taken and put in prison a two or thre monethes to chastice hym Howbeit it had ben moche better at the begynnyng that he had ben coÌ„dempned to perpetuall prison or els to haue dyed rather than to haue suffred hym to haue ben agayne delyuered out of prisone but the bysshop had conscience to let hym dye And whan this Johan Wall was out of prison he retourned agayn to his errour as he dyde before Of his wordes and dedes there were moche people in London enformed suche as had great enuy at them that were riche and suche as were noble And than they beganne to speke among them sayd Howe the realme of Englande was right euyll gouerned and how that golde syluer was taken fro theÌ„ by theym that were named noble men So thus these vnhappy men of London began to rebell and asseÌ„bled theÌ„ togyder and sent worde to the forsayd countreys that they shulde come to London and bring theyr people with them Promisyng them howe they shulde fynde London open to receyue them and the comons of the cytie to be of the same acorde sayeng how they wolde do so moche to the kynge that there shulde nat be one bondman in all Englande THis promise moued so them of Kent of Essex of Sussex of Bedforde and of of the countreis about that they rose and came towardes London to the nombre of lâ— thousande And they had a capitayne called Water Tyler and with him in company was Jaques Strawe and Johan Balle These thre were chefe soueraygne capitayns but the heed of all was Water Tyler and he was in dede a tyler of houses an vngracious patron Whan these vnhappy men began thus to styre they of London except suche as were of theyr bande were greatly afrayed Than the mayre of London and the riche men of the cytie toke counsayle togyder And whan they sawe the people thus comynge on euery syde they caused the gates of the cite to be closed and wolde suffre no man to entre in to the cytie But whan they hadde well imagyned they aduysed nat so to do For they thought they shulde therby put their subbarbes in great parell to be brent And so they opened agayne the cytie and there entred in at the gates In some place a hundred two hundred bytwentie and by .xxx. And so whan they came to London they entred and lodged And yet of trouthe the thirde parte of these people coude nat tell what
eche vpon other rudely without any other hurt and than they ran their seconde course And at yâ— thirde course they strake eche other so rudely in the myddes of their sheldes that the speare heedes entred throughe the plates of their harnes to the bare flesshe but they had no hurt and their speares brake the tron â—hyons flewe ouer their heedes in to the ayre This course was praysed of all them that sawe it And than they toke leaue eche of other right honorablye and retourned euery manne to his owne partie And after there was no more war vsed for ther was peace bytwene bothe realms And so eycher partie departed and went home THus this army brake vp In the same tyme tidynges came in to the kynge of Spaynes hoost Howe the kynge of Granade made great warre agaynst the kynge of Barbary and the kyng of Trayne samayns Wherfore all suche knightê as wolde go thider shuld be receyued in to wages And that the kynge of Granade wolde sende sure saue conduct for theÌ„ and that assone as they become in to Granade they shulde haue prest wages for a quarter of a yere before hande Wherby certayne knyghtes of Fraunce as sir Trystram de Roy sir Geffray Carney sir Peter CleremoÌ„t and dyuers other toke leaue of the kyng of Castyle went thyder to seke aduentures And in lykewise so dyde some of the englysshe men but nat many For therle of Cambridge brought them home agayne into Englande and his son also wher by it shewed well that he was nat content with the kynge of Portyngale to take a way his son from hym for all that he had maryed the kynges doughter He sayde howe that his sonne coulde nat endure the ayre of the countrey For all that euer the kynge coulde say or do the erle wolde nat leaue him behynde him But sayd to the kyng that his sonne was to yong to abyde in Portingale wherfore it fell after as ye shall here ¶ About a yere after that this peace was thus made bytwene Spayn and Portyngale and that the erle of Cambridge was retourned in to Englande The quene of Castyle dyed who was doughter to the kyng of Aragon and so than the kyng of Spayne was a wydower Than it was debated by the prelates and lordê of bothe countreis Spayne and Portyngale that the lady Beatryce of Portigale coude nat be more higher maryed thanne to the kynge of Spayne And to bring these two realmes in a full accorde and peace the kyng of Portyngale agreed to the maryage and deuorsed his doughter fro the erle of Cambridge sonne by the popes dispensacion who coÌ„fyrmed this newe maryage Thus the kyng of Portyngales doughter was made quene of Spaygne of Castyle and of Galyce And the first yere of the kyng of Spaynes maryage he had by his wife a fayre sonne wherof they gad great ioye Than after dyed Ferrande kyng of Portyngale howbeit for all that they of Portingale wolde nat suffre the realme to come to the kynge of Spayne as in the right of his wyfe But they made kyng a bastarde brother of the Kynges dysceassed who was called before maister Denys bastard of Portyngale This Denys was a ryght valyant man in armes and alwayes before bare the armes of Portigale So thus he was crouned kynge wherby after grewe moche warre bytwene Spayne and Portyngale as ye shall here after in this boke WHau therle of Cambridge and his coÌ„pany were retourned in to the realme of Englande The kyng and the duke of Lancastre made them great chere as it was reason and demauÌ„ded of them tidynges And there they shewed all the manere of the warre The duke of Lancastre to whome the matere moost touched bycause of the chalenge that he made to the realme of Castyle For he named hym selfe as heyre therof by the right and tytell of his wyfe the lady Custaunce somtyme doughter to Dompeter kyng of Castell Therfore he demauÌ„ded of his brother the erle of CaÌ„bridge howe they had demeaned them selfe in Portyngale Th erle shewed hym howe the two kynges had layen in hoost more than fyftene dayes the one before the other And fayre brother bycause the kynge of Portyngale coulde here no worde fro you he lightly accorded to the peace And we coulde neuer se the euer he wolde coÌ„discende to batayle Wherof we that were on his partie were sore dyspleased for we wolde gladly haue put it at adueÌ„ture And sir bycause I canne se no sure a state nor trust in them therfore I haue brought agayne with me my sonne for all that he hath maryed the kyngê doughter Sir 〈◊〉 the duke I thynke ye had good cause sauyng for feare of breakyng of that maryage For paraduenture if the kynge may fynde any aduauÌ„tage in another place he wyll than gyue his doughter at his pleasure By my faythe sir quod therle happe what wyll I thinke I haue done nothyng wherof I shulde repent me and so than they entred in to other communycation of other maters ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of them and of the warres of Spayne and Portyngale And retourne to the warres of Gaunte and of the Erle and countrey of Flaunders whiche were right feirse and cruell ¶ Of the great necessyte of vytales that they of GauÌ„t endured and how they were socoured by theÌ„ of Liege Cap. CCC xCvi. ALl the season after the distruction and brinnyng of the towne of Grauntmont and of the reysyng of the siege of Gaunt by cause of the displeasure the the erle of Flaunders had for the dethe of his cosyn the yonge lorde of Dangheyn slayne by the enbusshment of the gauntoyse as ye haue herde here before The knyghtes and squiers nor good townes made no warre to theÌ„ GauÌ„t but by garisons so the all the countre helde with the erle agaynst Gaunt except the four mestiers and so by theym some vytayle came in to Gaunte And some vitayle caÌ„e in to Gaunt out of the countie of Alos but the erle of FlauÌ„ders as sone as he knewe that he fouÌ„de remedy For incoÌ„tynent he sent to the garyson of TeremoÌ„t coÌ„mauÌ„dyng them to ouerryn and to brenne all the playne countrey of the countie of Alos whiche was done at his coÌ„maundment so that the poore folkes with their beastes were fayne to flye a way in to Brabant and in to Haynalte and the moste parte to go a beggyng yet there was a countrey parteynyng to the foure mestiers fro whom ther came euer some ayde or vitayle into Gaunt Thus all this wynter the erle and they of FlauÌ„ders constrayned so sore them of Gaunt that they coulde haue nothyng come to them nother by land nor by water The erle had so wonne his cosyns the duke of Brabant and duke Aubert that their couÌ„treis were kept close agaynst them of Gaunt so that nothynge came to theÌ„ fro thens without it were by stelth and by great aduenture and parell for theÌ„ that dyd it The sage men sayd howe
land and by water for they were lordes of all the countrey of FlauÌ„ders for alwayes for wynning of money the countreys of Flaunders Holande zelande and Brabant and also parte of Haynault by stelthe brought euer vitayles to their hoost This Philyp dartuell had euer his courage more englisshe than french and wolde gladly that he had ben alyed with yâ— kyng of Englande Wherby he thought that if the frenche kynge or duke of Burgoyne came on him with an army that he shulde be ayded by the englysshmen He had all redy in his hoost a. CC. archers of Englande the whiche were stolen out of yâ— garyson of Calys so toke wages ther of him and were wekely payed ¶ Of the messangers that Philyppe Dartuell sent in to Englande and also in to Fraunce and of the deth of sir Parducas Dalbret Cap. iiii C .vii. PHilyp Dartuell to the entent to coloure his dedes to knowe what was sayde of hym in FrauÌ„ce He determyned to write in the name of the hole countre of Flaunders to the freÌ„che kyng submytting them selfe requyring yâ— kyng to takâ— some busynes for theÌ„ as to bring theÌ„ agayne iâ— to parfyte loue with their lorde the erle of FlauÌ„ders So thus he wrote certayne letters to the kyage and to his counsayle and delyuered theÌ„ to a messanger Commaundyng hym to go to the kynge with the letters and so he dyde And rode so long that he came to saynt Lyse where he founde the kynge and his vncles to whome he delyuered his letters The kyng toke reed his letter in the presens of his vncles and of his counsayle Assoone as they were reed and well vnderstande they dyde nothynge but laughed therat And thanÌ„e it was ordayned to take the messanger and to set hym in prison bycause he was come to the presens of the kyng wtout any saue conduct so ther he remayned more than thre wekes Whan Philyppe Dartuell knewe it he had great indygnacion therat and caused to come before hym all the capitayns of the hoost and than he sayd to them Sirs ye may se what honour the frenche kynge dothe to vs sythe we haue written to hym so amyably and ther vpon he hath recayned our messenger and kepeth hym in prison Certainly this constrey neth vs sore to be alyed with the englisshmen for thynke nat the contrary but that the duke of Burgoyne who is all in Fraunce and leadeth the kyng there as he lyst hym selfe for the kyng is but a chylde thynke you that he wyll leaue this mater as it is nay surly â–ª ensample by our messanger whome he kepeth in prisone Wherfore we haue good cause to sende in to England as wel for the comon weale of FlauÌ„ders as for our suretye and to gyue dout and feare to our enemyes Therfore I wolde we shulde sende a ten or .xii. of the most notablest of our men wherby the knowledge therof might come in to FrauÌ„ce so that the kyng ther and his counsayle shulde thynke how we wyll alye our selfe with yâ— kyng of Englande their aduersary how beit I wyll nat that the same alyance be shortly made without we haue more nede thanne we haue as yet but I wolde our men shulde entre in to a communicacyon and so to doo we haue iust cause and to demaunde of the kyng of Englande the soÌ„me of two huÌ„dred thousande crownes which somme Jaques Dartuell my father and the countrey of FlauÌ„ders lent somtyme to the kyng of Englande whyle he was before Tourney at the siege to pay therwith his sowdyers and so I wolde our men shulde say to the kyng of Englande and to his vncles and to his counsayle howe that generally all the countye of Flaunders and the good townes therof suche as lent the sayd soÌ„me desyreth to haue agayn the sayd soÌ„me And so that done than to offre the kynge of England to enter into Flaunders and so into FrauÌ„ce if he lyst For surely I thynke it were bett for vs to ayde ourselfe with our owne than to haue helpe of straungers And I thynke we shall neuer attayne to it soner than nowe for yâ— kynge and realme of Englande I thynke wyll nat forsake the alyauÌ„ce of suche a couÌ„tre as flaÌ„ders is nowe For as nowe theÌ„glysshmen haue nat on yâ— see cost bytwene Burdeux Scluse Except Calys Chierburge and Brest where for to lande and entre in to Fraunce Therfore the countre of Flaunders shulde serue theÌ„ well at the poynt For Bretayne except Brest is closed agaynst them And the duke of Bretaygne hath sworne to be good french And if he be nat he wyll coÌ„e therto bycause of the loue of his cosyn germayne therle of Flaunders Than all they that herde Philyp speke answered sayd Philyp ye haue full well spoken we all wyll that it be thus done For whosoeuer wyll the coÌ„trary loueth nat the comon ê“fyte of FauÌ„ders Philyp Dartuell taryed nat long but that he wrote to Peter de Boyse to Peter de myrt who were capitayns of Brugê And also to theÌ„ of Ipre and Courtrey shewyng them his said purpose And all they thought it good so to be done So ther were chosen of the good townes of Flaunders one or two burgesses of euery towne and out of the towne of GauÌ„tsixe First there was chosen FrauÌ„ces Atreman Rase de Uerdell Loys de vaux sir JohnÌ„ stotler Martyn bondrell water iacob berner and a clerke who was chosen to be bysshop of GauÌ„t by pope Urbane For mayster JohnÌ„ dalbrest who had ben deane of our lady church in Turney he aduysed in his tyme that ther shulde be a bisshop in Gaunt And to posses haue the profytes yâ— the bysshop of Turney shulde haue had and so whan these .xii. burgesses were redy aparelled they toke their leaue and departed fro the siege before And warpe about the begynning of the moneth of July And dyde so moche that they came to Calais and the capitayne ther called sir Johan Dalbrenes receyued theÌ„ And whan he knewe that they wolde go into EnglaÌ„de he purueyed them of shyppes And so they taryed there but thre dayes toke their passage aryued at Douer and so went to LoÌ„don at which tyme the kyng ê‘te of his couÌ„sayle as ser JohhÌ„ moÌ„tagu ser Symon burle sir WillmÌ„ beachaÌ„p were at WestmÌ„ To enheryte ser Perducas dalbret of all the barony of Chaumont in gascone the which was as than in the kynges handê I shall shewe you by what maner king Edward of olde tyme had gyuen it to sir Johan Chandos and he helde it as long as he lyuâ—â— after his dethe it was gyuen to sc Thomas Felton And he was as than newly deed and so therby the landes fell agayne into the kynges handes the whiche lande might nat long be without a gouernour to kepe it For it ioyned to yâ— landes of the lorde Dalbret who as thanÌ„e was good frenche Than it was abuysed by the kyng of
Englandes counsayle that sir Perducas Dalbret who had well serued yâ— kynges of EnglaÌ„d bothe Edwarde Richarde and the prince and all the countre of Burdeloyse more than .xxx. yer wherfore it was thought he was well worthy to haue that lande and was well able to defende kepe it fro all men Sir Perducas dalbret whan he receyued this laÌ„des He sayd vnto the kyng in the presens of his couÌ„sayle and other noble men sir I take and receyue this herytage to me and to myne heyres on the condycion to serue you agaynst all men except the house of Dalbret fro whens I am come For agaynst them shall I neuer make warre if they suffre myne heritage to be in rest and peace the kyng answered and sayd he was content And so put hym in possessyon of the lande Nowe shall I shewe you what fell of this Parducas Dalbret Whan he was come in to Gascoyne and had taken possessyon of the landes and the seneshall of Burdeloyse had gyuen hym possessyon Than the lorde Dalbret had great ioy therof for he thought well than that his cosyn wolde make hym no warr And so yâ— landes of Dalbret and Chaumont abode in good loue rest And the lorde Dalbret held in great loue his cosyn for he hoped euer after his dyssease he wolde put hym in possessyon of the sayde landes of Chaumounte But this sir Parducas was nat so mynded for at last whan he lay on his deth bed and that he sawe he must nedes dye he called before him all his men and dyd seÌ„de for a yong squier of his a proper man of armes called Parduche and sayd to him I gyue the here in the presence of all my men all the landê of ChaumoÌ„t so thou be euer good englysshe and true faythfull to the kyng of Englande but I wyll that the house of Dalbert out of the whiche we become that thou make there agaynst no warre wtout they do some outrage to the. The squier answered sayd sir your coÌ„mauÌ„dement shal be done this Perduche of Albert was lorde of ChaumoÌ„t in gascone thus dyed sir ê‘ducas I can shewe no more of hym ¶ Howe the kyng of Englandes couÌ„sayle mocked the flemynges and of the prisoners that were exchaunged Cap. CCCC .viii. WHan these gauntoyse were come to London the kynge his counsayle was certifyed therof so he sent to them to knowe what they wold haue and so they came all in a company to the palays of Westmynster and there they founde redy the duke of Lancastre the erle of Buckyngham therle of Salisbury and the moost parte of the kynges counsayle Howe be it the kynge was nat present at their first comynge These men of Flaunders and of Gaunte enclyned them to the lordes of Englande and than the clerke that was chosen bysshop of GauÌ„t spake for them all and sayde My lordes we become hyder and sent fro the towne of Gaunt fro the hole countre of flaunders To haue counsayle confort and ayde of the kyng of EnglaÌ„de Upon certayne artycles and good reasons of the auÌ„cyent alyauÌ„ces bytwene Englande and FlauÌ„ders They desyre nowe to renewe yâ— same for it is nowe nedefull to the couÌ„tre of FlauÌ„ders the which is as now without a lorde The good townes and the couÌ„tre hath as nowe but a gouernour the whiche is a man called Philyp Dartuell who recommaundeth hym principally to the kyng and to you all yâ— be of his counsayle he desyreth you to take in gre this offre that we shall make to you And that is whan soeuer it shall please yâ— kynge of Englande to arryue in Flaunders he shall fynde the countre opyn to receyue him And there to rest and refresshe hym as longe as it shall please hym And also he shall haue at his commaundement of the countre of flauÌ„ders a hundred thousande men armed redy to do hym seruyce Moreouer my lordes the couÌ„tre of Flaunders maketh one request and that is this To haue agayne two hundred thousande crownes that somtyme Jakes Dartuell and the good townes of FlauÌ„ders lent to king Edwarde of good memorie At the sege of turney and at the siege of Calais For it is the entencyon of the good townes of FlauÌ„ders that or this alyauÌ„ce passe any farther to be first repayed of this sayd som And that done than yâ— king of England all his may well say yâ— they the flemyngê are frendes togyder and yâ— they haue fre entre into Flaunders to go where as it shall please them And whan the lordes of Englande herde those wordes and request they began eche of theÌ„ to regarde other and some smyled Than the duke of LaÌ„castre sayd Fayre lordes of FlauÌ„ders your wordes and demaunde requyreth to haue couÌ„sayle Go your wayes to London to your logynges and the kyng shall take aduyse on your requestes and shall so answere you that ye ought to be contente The gauntoyse answered and sayd God graunt it and so they departed fro the counsayle and the lordes abode styll to guyder began to laughe amonge them selfe and sayd Haue ye nat sene these fleminges and herde their requestes that they make They demande to be conforted say howe they haue nede therof and yet for all that they demaunde to haue our money It is no resonable request that we shulde both ayde and pay So thus they reputed the flemynges right proude and presumptuous â–ª to demauÌ„de to haue agayne two hundred thousande crownes of so olde dette as they sayd of a .xl. yere paste There was neuer a better poynt for the frenche kyng if he wyll than to come into flauÌ„ders For if the flemynges had nat as than demaunded the foresayd somme of crownes but haue desyred the kyng of his confort and ayde The kyng wolde haue gone or sent into FlauÌ„ders so puissauntlye to haue bydden batayle with the ayde of the flemynges to any prince of the worlde But it wente otherwyse as ye shall herafter in the storie UIdynges came into Fraunce to the couÌ„sayle there Nowe that Philyp Dartwell whose courage was all englysshe and yâ— countre of Flaunders had sent in to Englande certayne of their men to make aly auÌ„ces with thenglysshmen And the voyce ran and the comon renome that the kyng of Englande with a great puissauÌ„ce shulde come in that season aryue in FlauÌ„ders â–ª and to lye in Gaunt these tidinges were lightly to be beleued howe that the flemynges wolde fortify them selfe â–ª in some maner awyse Than it was deuysed yâ— the messanger that was come fro Philyppe Dartuell whoÌ„e they helde in prison â–ª shulde be delyuered And to say the trouthe ther was no cause why to retayne hym so he was delyuered sent to thost before And warpe The same season they of Bruge â–ª had taken certayn burgesses of turney and kept theÌ„ in prison The flemynges she wed well howe they had as lyue haue warre with FrauÌ„ce as peace And whan they of Tourney sawe that
chiefe gouernours of the arere garde one of the kynges counsayle And anone whan he knewe that the bretons and burgonyons desyred nothyng but pyllage howe they maâ—asshed the good countre of Heynalte Than to fynde remedy therfore he aduaunced forthe and sayd Howe it was nat a thyng to be consented vnto that the good countre of Heynalt shulde be ouer ronne And so called to hym his cosyns the erle of Marche the erle of saynt Poule the lorde of Coucy the lorde Dangeen and dyuers other hauyng landes â—n the couÌ„tie of Heynault And heshewed them howe in no wyse they ought to consent that the good countre of Heynalt shulde be ouer ronne fro whens they be dyscended and haue therin fayre herytage Also he sayd sirs ye knowe well that the countre of Heynalt hath done no maner of trespasse For in all the warre bytwene the erle of Flaunders and his countre alwayes Heynalt bare no faute But hath serued the kyng in this voyage well and truely with the barones and knyghtes therof And also or the kyng came in to FlauÌ„ders the knightes and squyers of Heynalt serued truely the erle of Flaunders so that some of them were closed and beseged in Tere monde and Andwarpe and there aduentured bothe body and goodes So moche the erle of Bloys dyde and went fro one to another gat suche frendes that all the mater was broken so abode styll in peace Also the same erle dyd another thyng Ther was as than in FlauÌ„ders a knyght called the lorde of Esquymyn who for the loue of a kynsman of his called sir Danyell Buse who throughe his owne faute was slayne in the towne of Ualencennes And so to reuenge his quarell the sayde lorde sayde he wolde make warr and harry the towne of Ualencennes And he had goten suche frendes toguyder to do yuell as drewe to the nombre of â—yue hundred speares redy to go in to Heynalt to harry the towne of UaleÌ„cennes Affirmyng howe he had a good quarell so to do but whan the erle of Bloyes was enformed therof he defended the sayd knightê that he shulde nat be so hardy to entre in to Heynalt nor in to the countrey of his cosyn duke Aubert for if he dyde it shulde be derely bought So moche dyde the gentyll erle of Bloys that he stopped the sayde knightes enterprise and the mater put clerely in to his handes and to the lorde of Coucy and so thus the towne was in peace Suche seruice dyde the erle of Bloys in this army to them of Heynalt and to them of Ualencennes wherby he gatte greatloue and specially of the towne of Ualencennes ALl this season the lordes men of warr lay styll at Courtray and there about For they knewe nat what the kynge wolde do whyder he wolde go to Gaunte ornat For the frenchmen beleued that whan they of Bruges were yelded vp that they of Gaunte wolde do so in lykewise Seyng they had lost their capitayne and had receyued great domage losse of their men at the batayle of Rosebeque And of trouthâ— ones they of Gaunt were in mynde so to haue done For they were thre dayes they wyst nat what to do outher to departe leaue the towne or els to sende the kayes therof to the kynge and to yelde â–ª them to his mercy They were so abasshed that they wyst nat what to do Nor the lorde of Harsels who was there wyst nat howe to reconforte theym Whan Peter de Boyse entred in to the towne he founde the gates wyde opyn without any kepyng or defence wherof he had great marueyle And demaunded what it ment that they kept no better their towne And suche as were come to se hym answered and sayd A sir what shulde we do ye knowe well we haue lost oure good capitayne and men of our towne besyde strauÌ„gers to the nombre of nyne thousande This domage toucheth vs so nyghe that we haue no recouery A folysshe people quod Peter de Boyse ye are abasshed and wot nat well why for the warr as yet is nat at the ende For the towne of Gaunt was neuer so renomed as it shal be yet herafter if Philyp dartuell be deed it was by his owne outrage Close vp your gates and entende to your defences ye nede nat feare that the kynge wyll come hyder in this wynter tyme. And in the meane tyme or the newe season coÌ„e we shall be newe releued with our men out of Holande zelande Guerles Brabant and other places We shall haue men ynowe for our money FraÌ„coys Atreman who is in Englande shall retourne and he and I shall be your capitayns the warre was neuer so sore as we shall make it We are better nowe alone thaÌ„ whan we had all the helpe of FlauÌ„ders and we are nowe better expert than we were before Therfore lette vs entende nowe to prouyde for the warre and we shall do more thaÌ„ euer we dyde before thus with suche wordes Peter de boyse reconforted theÌ„ that were sore abasshed at his returnyng to Gaunt For and he had nat bene they had yelded themselfe symply to the frenche kynge Lo thus ye may se what counsayle and confort ther is in one man in tyme of nede And whan they of Gaunt sawe that fyue or sixe dayes were passed and that no man caÌ„e towardes their towne nor no lykelyhod of any siege Than they were greatly reconforted and more prouder than euer they were before ¶ Howe the treatie of alyaunce bytwene the englysshe men and the flemynges was broken And howe the french kyng deê‘ted out of FlauÌ„ders Cap. CCCC .xxv. YE haue herde before howe sir Willyam Fermeton was at Calys sent thyder by the kyng of Englande and by his counsayle and brought letters with hym to haue bene sealed by the good townes of Flaunders Makynge menâ—yon of great alyaunces to be taken bytwene thenglysshmen and the flemynges And at Calais with hym was styll Fraunces Atreman and sixe burgesses of Gaunt and whan tidynges came to them of the discoÌ„fyture at Rosebeque they were sore abasshed and the englisshe knight sawe well that he had no more to do to entre any farther in to Flaunders For he sawe well that the treatie was broken So he toke the letters vnsealed and retourne in to Englande agayne assoone as he might and so shewed the mater howe it was fallen Wherof the gentylmen of the countre were nat greatly displeased For they sayd and also say yet that if the comons of Flaunders had wonne the vyctorie and that the noble men of Fraunce had ben slayne The pride of the comons in euery countre wolde haue ben so great that all noble men shulde haue repented it The whiche was well sene but a lytell before in Englande wherfore of the losse of the flemynges there was but lytell thought taken And whan they of Flaunders suche as had ben in Englande with FrauÌ„ces Atreman knewe these tidyngê it was right greuous to theÌ„ And so departed
Phylyppe his great graunt father kynge Johan and kynge Charles his father well and truelye These thre neuer layed any thynge to my charge nor no more the kyng yâ— nowe is wolde haue done and he had bene at his full age and of maÌ„nes knowledge I beleue in the iudgyng of me he is nothyng culpable I haue nothyng to do to crye hym mercy but I crye god mercy and none other I requyre hym humbly to forgyue me my misdedê And so than he toke leaue of the people so that many wept for hym After this maner dyed mayster Johan Marettes iN lykewise in the towne of Rohan to mayster the towne ther were dyuers putte to dethe and raunsomed Also at Reynes at Chaalons at Troyes at Sence and at Orlyaunce These townes were taxed at great sommes of florens bycause at the begynninge they disobeyed the kyng Ther was gadered in the realme of Fraunce suche a soÌ„me of florens that it was marueyle to speke therof And all went to the profyte of the duke of Berrey and of the duke of Burgoyne for the yong kynge was in their gouernaunce And to saye the trouthe the Constable of Fraunce and the marshalles had a great parte to paye the men of armes that had serued the kynge in his vyage in to Flaunders And the erle of Bloys the erle of Marche the erle of Ewe therle of saynt Poule the erle of Harcourt the erle Dolphyn of Auuergne The lorde of Coucy and the gret barons of Fraunce were assigned to be payed on suche tares as shulde be payed in their countreis for suche seruyce as they had done to the kyng in Flaunders and they to pay their company Of these assignacyons I canne nat tell howe the lordes were payed for incontynent after newe taylles were ceassed in their countreis for the kynge And so before all other the kynges taxe shulde be payed and executed and the lordes dueties putte abacke yE haue herde before howe whanÌ„e the kyng deê‘ted fro Courtrey the towne of Gaunte abode styll in warre as it was before And capitayns of Gaunte at that tyme were Peter de Boyse Peter de Myrt Fraunces Atreman And so they renewed the towne with newe soudyers that came to them fro dyuerscountreis and they were nothynge abasshed to make warre but as fresshe and as quycke as euer they were And the capitaynes of Gaunt vnderstode that ther were certayne bretons and burgonyoÌ„s in the towne of Dardenbourge They determyned to go thyder to loke on them And so Fraunces Atreman deê‘ted fro Gaunt with thre thousande men and so came to DardeÌ„bourge and ther made a great scrimysshe And finally the gauntoyse wan the towne but the cost many of their lyues for there were a two hundred of his men slayne and the towne was robbed and pylled and the moost parte therof brent And so than they retourned to Gaunt with their boty and conquest were receyued with great ioye And anon after they went to the cytie of Dabes and to Teremonde iuste to And warpe and pylled and robbed all the countrey ¶ Of the alyaunce that was purchased bytwene thenglysshmen and the flemynges of the bulles that pope Urbayne sent in to Englande to dystroy the clemeÌ„tyns Ca. iiii C .xxviii. THe erle of Flaunders who lay at Lile vnderstode howe the gauntoyse auaunsed them selfe to ryde and to ouer ron the countre and to distroy that they might He was ryght sore displeased He thought they had nat had the wytte nor puyssaunce so to do sythe that Philyppe dartuell was deed Howbeit his counsayle sayd to him Sir ye knowe well and ye haue alwayes herd say howe the gauntoyse are right subtyll people the whiche they haue well shewed and wyll shewe And also agayne they haue ben in Englande and are retourned agayne And specially Fraunces Atreman who was companion to Philyppe Dartuell in all his faytes as long as he lyueth ye shall haue warre with theÌ„ Also sir we knowe well he hath made great alyauÌ„ce with the kynge of Englande for the towne of Gaunt And hath a certayne pensyon out of Englande secretely by Johan Saplemon who is pure englysshe and dwelleth vnder you in the towne of Bruges and hathe done the space of this .xxiiii. yere And to verify that this is true Rase of Ueyrte Loyes de Uos Johan Ser colacke of Gaunt and the clerke that procureth to be bysshoppe of Gauut All these are styll behynde in Englande to performe this alyauÌ„ce And sir ye shall here more trewer tidyngê than we can tell you or the myddes of May be past The Erle of Flaunders beleued well all these sayenges to be trewe and so they were in dede Than he began to ymagin agaynst this JohnÌ„ Saplemon and on thenglysshmen dwellynge in Bruges Than he caused them to be somoned to be at a certayne day assigned before the erle at Lysle And so the erles seruauntes came and somoned Johan Saplemon and dyuers other riche englysshmeÌ„ or they were ware ther of commaundynge them the fyftene day after to be with the erle at his castell of Lysle Whan the englysshmen herde therof they were sore abasshed and toke counsayle toguyder hauyng great marueyle why the Erle shulde sende for them All thynges consydred they douted gretlye for they knewe well the erle was fierse and fell in his hast Than they sayd amonge themselfe He that kepeth natte his body kepeth nothyng We dout lest the erle be enfourmed sore agaynst vs. For with Fraunces Atreman who hath a pensyon of the kyng of Englande whan he was in Englande there was with hym two burgesses of this towne of Bruges And parauenture they haue made some enformacyon agaynst vs to therle for as nowe they be on his parte So on this purpose rested the englysshemen that they durst nat abyde the erles iudgement nor to go to Lyle at the day before lymyted So they departed fro Bruges and wente to Scluse and dyde so moche that they founde a shyppe redy aparelled And so they bought it with their money and so departed and sayled tyll they arryued at London And whan therle of Flaunders was enfourmed of this mater sawe that the englysshmen apered nat at theyr day he was sore displeased and sende incontyneÌ„t to Bruges and caused to be ceased all that euer coude be founde parteyninge to the Englysshmen and all their herytages gyuen and solde And Johan Saplemon clene banysshed out of Flaunders for a hundred yere one day and his coÌ„panyons such as were taken were put in prisone where as some dyed And some recouered agayne all that euer they had lost THere is a comune prouerbe the whiche is true that is howe enuy neuer byeth I say it bycause englysshmen are right en uyouse of the welthe of other and alwayes hath ben It was so that the kyng of Englande and his vncles and the nobles of Englande were right sore displeased of the welthe and honour that was fallen to the frenche kynge and to the
nobles of Fraunce at the bataile of Rosebeque And the knightes of Englandespake and sayd to eche other Ah saynt Mary howe the frenchmen are nowe mouÌ„ted in pride by the ouerthro wyng of a sort of rude villayns Wolde to god Philyp Dartuell had had of our men a .ii. M. speares sixe M. archers Ther had nat than scaped one frenchmen but outher slayne or taken but and god wyll this glorie shall nat long endure theÌ„ Nowe we haue a fayre aduauÌ„tage to entre in to FlauÌ„ders for the countre is nowe coÌ„quered for the french kyng we trust to conquere it agayne for the kynge of Englande It sheweth well at this tyme that the erle of FlauÌ„ders is greatly subget to the frenche kyng and that he wyll please hym in all poyntê whan our marchantes dwellyng in Bruges haue dwelt ther beyonde this .xxx. yere be nowe banysshed chased out of FlauÌ„ders the tyme hath be sene they durst nat haue done it but nowe they dare do none otherwyse for feare of the frenchemen We trust it shall nat abyde longe in this poynt This was the langage among thenglysshmen through the realme of EnglaÌ„de therfore it was to be supposed the this was done but by enuy iN this season he that wrote hym selfe pope Urbane the sixt came by the see fro Rome to GeÌ„nes where as he was well receyued and reuerently of the genoways and there he kept his resydens ye knowe well howe all England was obeysaÌ„t to hym aswell the churche as the people bycause the french king was Clementyne and all Fraunce This Urbane on whome the englysshemen and dyuers other countreis beleued He beyng at Gennes aduysed howe he might anoy the french kyng and so he thought to sende in to Englande for socoure I shall shewe you by what maner He sent his Bulles to the archebysshoppes and bysshoppes of Englande makyng mencyon how he assoyled from payne from synne all suche as wolde ayde to distroy the Clementyns For he knewe well howe Clement his aduersarye had done in lykewise in the realme of Fraunce and dothe dayly And they called the vrbanystê in their faythe and beleue to be but dogges so this Urbane sawe well that the Clementynes wolde condeÌ„pne and distroy hym if they might And he sawe well he coude nat more greue the frenchmen than by the englysshmen But first he sawe well he must fynde the meanes to gather toguyder great ryches For he knewe well the nobles of Englande for all his absolucyons wolde nat ryde forthe in warre without money For menne of warre lyue nat by pardons nor they set nat moche therby but in the artycle of dethe ThanÌ„e he determyned besyde these Bulles to sende in to Englande to the prelates that they shulde ordayne a full Dysme on the churches The noble men and men of warre therof to be payed their wages without greuynge of any parte of the kynges treasur or of the comontie of the realme The whiche thynge the Pope thought the barons and knightes of England gladly wolde herken vnto Than he caused to be writen and engrossed Bulles as well to the kynge and his vncles as to the prelates of Englande of playne absolucyon from payne â–ª and synne And besyde that he graunted to the kyng and to his vncles a playne Dysme to be taken and leuyed throughe out all Englande so that sir Henry Spensar bysshoppe of Norwyche shulde be chiefe capitayne of all the men of warr bycause the goodes came fro the churche therfore the pope wolde that one of the churche shulde be chefe gouernoure And to the entent that the churches and comons of the realme shulde the better beleue the mater And besyde that bycause he knewe the realme of Spaygne contrarie to his opinyon and som what alyed with the freÌ„che kyng He aduysed that with parte of the same golde and syluer that shulde be gadered in the realme of Englande That the duke of Lancastre who reputed hym selfe kyng of Castell by the right of his wyfe that he in lykewise shulde make another army in to Castell And also yf the duke of Lancastre take on hym the sayd viage than the pope said he wolde graunt to the kynge of Portyngale who made newe warre with kyng Johan of Castell for kyng Fraunces was deed a playne dysme throughe out all Portingale Thus pope Urbane ordeyned all his busynesse and sent a .xxx. Bulles in to Englande the whiche were receyued with great ioye Than the prelates in their iurysdictions began to preche this voiage in maner of a crosey wherby the people of Englande who light lye beleued gaue therto great faythe beleued verilye that they coulde nat go to paradyse yf they dyed that yere without they gaue soÌ„ what in pure almes towarde this warre At LoÌ„don and in the dyoses there was gathered a tonne full of golde and syluer And accordynge to the popes Bulles he that moost gaue moost pardon obteyned And whosoeuer dyed in that season and gaue his goodes to these ê‘dones was clene assoyled from payne and from synne and accordynge to the tenour of the Bulles happy was he that dyed in that seasone for to haue so noble absolucyon Thus they gathered money all the wynter and lent season what by the pardons and by the dysmes That as it was sayd it drewe to the somme of .xxv. hundred thousande frankes ¶ Howe the bysshop of Norwiche the englysshe men yssued out of Englande to ron and to make warre agaynst all those that helde with pope Clement Cap. CCCC .xxix. WHan the kynge of Englande his vncles and couÌ„sayle vnderstode what money was gadered they were right ioyouse sayd Howe they had money ynoughe to make warre agaynst two realmes that was to saye agaynst Fraunce and Spayne To go into Spayne in the name of the pope and of the prelates of Englande with the duke of Lancastre was ordayned the bysshoppe of London called Thomas brother to therle of Deuonshyre to be chefe capitayn and with him two M. speares and four thousande archers they to haue halfe of the money thus gadered But it was ordayned that they shuld nat so soone departe out of Englande as the bysshop of Norwiche bycause that army shulde aryue at Calys and so to entre in to Fraunce they wyst nat what shulde fall therby nor whider the frenche kyng wolde reyse any puyssaÌ„ce to fyght with theÌ„ or nat Also ther was another poynt contrary to the duke of Lancastre yet he had great ioye of that vyage For generally all the comontie of Englande more enclyned to be with the bysshop of Norwiche than to go with the duke of LaÌ„castre for a long season the duke was nat in the grace of the people And also they thought the realme of Fraunce to be nerer iourney than into Spayne And also some sayd that the duke of LaÌ„castre for couytousnes of thesyluer and golde that was gadered of the churche and of the pardons wherof he shulde haue his parte
fro Gaunt on a saturday in the mornynge next after the vias of saynt Peter and s Poule to the nombre of twentie thousande and with great caryage and ordynaunce and so wente through the countre besyde Courtrey to Ipre And of their comynge the Englysshmen were greatly ioyfull and made them good chere and sayd Sirs surely we shall nowe shortely conquere Ipre and than we wyll wynne Bruges Dan and Sluse Thus they made no dout that or the ende of Septembre they shulde coÌ„quere all FlauÌ„ders Thus they glorifyed in their for tunes The same season there was a capitayne in Ipre a right sage and a valyant knight called Peter de la Syeple He ordered all the busynesse of the towne Ther were men of armes with hym sette there by the duke of Burgoyne and therle of Flaunders As sir Johan of Bougrayne chatelayne of Ipre sir Baudwyn Del beden his sonne the lorde Dyssegien the lorde of Stades sir Johan Blancharde sir Johan Meselede sir Hamell sir Nycholas Belle the lorde of HarleqÌ„becke the lorde of Rollechen sir JohnÌ„ Ahoutre JohnÌ„ la Sieple squier nephue to the capitayne FrauÌ„ces Bell sir George bell and dyuers other expert menne of armes who had dayly great payne and wo to defend their towne And also they were in great feare leest the comons of the towne shulde make any treatie with them of Gaunt wherby they shulde be in daunger and be betrayed by them of Ipre THe same season there was in the towne of Courtrey a valyant knyght of Heynalte called sir Johan of Jumont He was set there at the request of the duke of Burgoyne of therle of Flaunders Whan he toke it on him there was neuer a knyght in Flaunders durst enterprise to kepe it it was so perylous to kepe For whan the frenche kynge went oute of that countrey it was vnrepayred And fewe folkes abode therin for all was brent beaten downe so that it was moche payne to lodge therin any horse So this sir JohnÌ„ Jumont toke on hym to kepe it and incontynent dyde repayre it and dyde so thanked by god that he attaygned nothyng therby but honour and prayse The duke of Burgoyne to whom the busynesse of flauÌ„ders touched right nere toke great study to brige well all thing to passe And so he sende a thre score speares bretons to Courtrey to th entent to refresshe the towne and so first these speares came to the duke to Lisle And on a friday they departed thens and toke the way to Comynes and the lorde of saynt Leger and yuonet of CaÌ„temat were capitayns of the sayd speares And in to the towne of Comynes the same morning at the breakynge of the day there was coÌ„e two hundred Englysshe speares to fetche forage abrode in the couÌ„tre to bringe it to their hoost before Ipre The said bretons or they were ware fell in their handes and dauÌ„ger So ther was a harde and a sore encountre at the foote of the bridge of Comynes and valiantly the bretoÌ„s dyde beare them selfe If they had bene rescued with as many mo as they were by lykelyhode they had scaped withoute domage Howe be it they were fayne to flye for they were to fewe meÌ„ to endure long The moost parte of them were slayne and taken in the felde retournynge towardes Lysle The lorde of saynt Leger was sore wouÌ„ded and lefte for deed in the place they were happy that scaped The chase endured within halfe a myle of Lyle to the whiche towne the lorde of saynt Leger was caryed wounded as he was and a fyue dayes after he dyed and so dyde fyue of his squyers thus fortuned of this aduenture THus styll the siege lay at Ipre The englisshmen and gauÌ„toys made many assautê they of the towne trymvled for feare the erle of Flaunders beyng at Lysle feared greatlye the takyng of Ipre for he knewe well the englisshmen were right subtell and coÌ„fort might dayly come to theÌ„ fro Calys by reason of the garysons that they had won in their way And indede they might haue had great socoure out of Englande and they had lyst but at the begynnyng they set nothyng by the erle nor by all the power of FrauÌ„ce Ther were dyuers great lordes of Englande about the marches of Douer and Sandwiche redy apparelled to passe the see to Calys and to haue ayded their company if they had ben requyred Ther were redy M. speares and two thousande archers Sir Wyllyam Beauchampe and sir WyllmÌ„ Wyndsore marshals of Englande were soueraygne capitayns set there by the kyng and by his couÌ„sell And for that cause the duke of LaÌ„castre lost his vyage that season into Portyngale For all the realme of EnglaÌ„de was rather enclyned to the bysshop of Norwiches army thaÌ„ to the duke of LaÌ„castres Th erle of Flaunders knewe ryght well all this besynesse insydentes as they fell in EnglaÌ„de and euery thyng that was done at the siege of Ipre thynkyng to fynde remedy to his power He thought well that the duke of Burgoyne wolde moue the frenche kyng and the lordes of the Realme to reyse and to assemble to driue the englysshemen out of Flaunders the whiche they had wonne the same yere And bycause he knewe that the assemblynge of the lordes of Fraunce wolde belonge and specially of theÌ„ that shulde serue the kyng out of farre countries and that many thinges might fall or they came toguyder Therfore he aduysed to sende to the bysshoppe of Liege sir Arnolde Desorge who was good Urbanyst To the entent that he shulde come to Ipre to treate with the Englysshmen to depart fro thens and to drawe to some other parte bycause he hadde great marueyle that they shulde make hym warre Seynge that he was good Urbanyst and all the countre of Flaunders as all the worlde knewe So moche dyde the erle of Flaunders that the bysshoppe of Liege came in to Heynaulte and passed Ualencennes so came to Doway and than to Lysle and spake with the erle And ther determyned what he shulde say to thenglysshemeÌ„ And so thus the bysshop of Liege caÌ„e to the siege before Ipre to speke with the bysshoppe of Norwiche and thenglysshmen and with theÌ„ of Gaunte and they receyued hym right well and were gladde to here hym speke ¶ Of the great coÌ„maundement of assemble that the frenche kynge made to the entent to reyse the siege before Ipre and of them that were dysconfyted by the Englysshemen Cap. CCCC .xxxv. ANd as I was than enfourmed the erle of Flaunders by the wordes of the bysshop of Liege offred to the bisshoppe of Norwiche and to the englysshmen That if they wolde leaue their siege before Ipre and to go to some other parte and to make warre agaynst the Clementyns howe he wolde fynde fyue hundred speares to serue them thre monethes at his cost and charge the bysshop of Norwiche and his company answered howe they wolde take aduyse And so they went to counsayle and there were many
opinyons They of GauÌ„t sayd howe it was no trust on the promyse of the erle For surely they sayd howe he wolde begyle them if he might So all thynges consydred the englysshmen answered to the bysshop of Liege howe that he myght departe whan it pleased hym for as to his requestes they wolde in no wyse agre therto sayeng howe they wolde neuer departe fro the siege tyll they had the towne of Ipre at their coÌ„mauÌ„dement So whan the bysshop of Liege sawe that the coulde do no more in the mater he toke his leaue and retourned to Lysle and shewed the erle his answere Whan the erle sawe that it wolde be none other wyse he was more peÌ„syue than he was before parceyued clerely that with out the puyssaunce of Fraunce reysed the siege he was lykely to lese the good towne of Ipre Than he wrote all the matter and answeres to his sonne in lawe the duke of Burgoyne who lay at Compayne And the bysshoppe of Liege departed fro the Erle and went to Doway to Ualencennes and so to his countre tHe duke of Burgoyne sawe well how the maâ—â—ers of Flaunders dyde ryght yuell and were lykely to do without the kynge putte to his hande and purueyed for some remedy He dyde so moche that a great counsayle was somoned to be holden at Compayne with the great princes and lordes of the Realme of Fraunce So thyder came euery man that was sende for and thyder came personally the duke of Bretayne And ther it was agreed by the kynges counsayle the Duke of Berrey the duke of Burbone and the duke of Burgoyne Howe the kynge shulde go agayne in to FlauÌ„ders as puissantly as whan he went to Rosebeque to the entent to reyse the siege at 〈◊〉 â–ª and to fight with thenglysshmen if they wolde abyde hym All these thyngê agreed and accorded the frenche kynge sende his coÌ„maundement throughe out all his realme that euery man shuld be redy in their best apparell for the warre and to be the fyftene daye of August at Arras â–ª and there about The kynge sende also to them of farre countreis as to the erle of Armynake and of Sauoy and to the duke Frederyke of Bauyers This duke was of hyghe Almaygne and was sonne to one of the dukes bretherne and greatly he desyred ones to bere armes â—or them of Fraunce and to se the estate of FrauÌ„ce for he loued all honour Also he was enfourmed that all the honoures of the worlde was in Fraunce And bycause this duke was farre of therfore he was sende for first He prepared hym selfe redy and sayde howe he wolde passe throughe Heynalt to se his vncle his cosyn the erle of Bloys other In the meane season that these lordes aparelled themselfe yâ— sege endured styll before â—pre and dyuers sautes scrimysshes made and dyuers hurt of bothe ê‘â—ies But the capitayne of Ipre sir Peter de la sieple toke so good hede yâ— he had no domage THis siege thus endurynge the Erle of Flaunders beynge at Lysle was enformed howe the mynster of the towne of Emenyn was sore in decay And howe that if thenglysshmen came thyder they shulde lightly wynne it for it was nat kept Wherfore the erle was couÌ„sayled to sende and to repayre it Than the erle called sir Johan de Moulyne and sayd Sir Johan take men out of this towne and cros bowes and go to Emenyn and repayre agayne the mynster And kepe and defende it fro the englysshmen for if they shulde haue it they wold yuell trouble the countrey all about â–ª the knight answered he was content and so prepared himselfe And the next day departed and with hym a yonge knyght a bastarde sonne of the Erles called sir Johan Sansterre and they were in nombre about a threscore speares and threscore archers Thus they departed fro the towne of Lysle and rode towarde the towne of Emenyn and so came thyder and founde no body there but suche as were there at their pleasur Than they caused the mynster to be newly repayred and sette men a warke theron The same daye there rode forthe fro the siege of Ipre a two huÌ„dred speares Englysshe and Gascoyns who knewe by the forangers yâ— they mette that ther were men of armes and cros bowes in the towne of Emenyn and repayringe and fortifyeng the churche Than the Englysshmen rode thyder and as soone as they came before the mynster they a lyghted a fote and beganne to crye their cryes WhanÌ„e sir Johan of Moulyn and the bastarde of Flaunders sawe their maner that it behoued them to fight they putte theym selfe in order and caused their Crosbowes to shote wherwith dyuers englysshmeÌ„ were hurt howe be it incoÌ„tynent the Englysshmen entred in amonge them There was of so fewe men a sore scrimysshe many slayne and hurt howe be it finally the englysshmen were so many that the flemynges coulde nat endure theym but so they were disconfyted and the two knyghtes taken yet right valyantly they had defended theÌ„ selfe There were but a fewe that retourned to Lysle for nigh they were all taken and slayne Thus it fortuned of the aduenture of Emenyn wherwith the erle of Flaunders was right sore displeased but he coude nat amende it The englysshmen brought their prisoners to the siege of Ipre and within a whyle after they put theÌ„ to their raunsome ¶ Howe thenglysshmen and flemynges of Gaunt made dyuers assautes before Ipre howe the freÌ„che kyng departed fro Compayne and wente towarde Ipre to reise the siege there Cap. CCCC .xxxvi. THus often tymes falleth the adueÌ„tures of dedes of armes somtyme to wyn somtyme to lese the aduentures therof are ryght marueylous as they knowe rightwell that folowe it This styll coÌ„tynued the siege before Ipre and it was thenteÌ„cyon of the bysshop of Norwiche of the englysshmen of Peter de Boyse and of the gauÌ„toyse to wyn Ipre by assaut or otherwyse And accordyng to their enteÌ„tes often tymes they assauted and scrimysshed with them of the towne And amonge all their assautes there was one speciall great assaute whiche endured all a day tyll it was nere night And there was done many a proper dede of armes â–ª as well by them without as by theÌ„ within There was made the same day foure knightes within the towne as sir Johan de la syeple cosyn to the capitayne sir Fraunces Bell sir George Bell and sir Johan Bell was the fourth They were good knyghtes and dyde acquyte them selfe right well the same day There was slayne with a gon a proper squyer of EnglaÌ„de called Lewes Lynne This was a sore assaute and many hurt on bothe ê‘ties as suche as aduentured them selfe to sore The archers of Englande who stoode on the one syde of the dyke shotte vp arowes so thicke that almoost there was none within the towne durst loke out ouer the walles nor scant stande at their defeÌ„ce they of Ipre gadered bp the same day two tonne full of artyllary
to be marueyled howe prouisyon myght be had to suffyce suche an hoost Howe be it somtyme they lacked and somtyme they had great habundaunce tHe erle Guy of Bloyse beynge at Beaumont in Heynault though it were so that he was nat in good helthe for the longe malady that he was in ymagyned in him self that it shulde nat be honorable for him to lye styll and so many great lordes beynge in the felde and also he was sent for he was one of the chiefe apoynted to the reregarde Therfore he thought it were better for hym to go forthe putte hym selfe at the pleasure of god than to abyde behynde and that men shulde suppose in him any cowardnes This geÌ„tyll knight went forthe but he coude in no wyse endure to ryde therfore he was caryed in a horselytter and so toke leaue of the lady his wyfe and of Loys his sonne Dyuers of his couÌ„sell were agaynst his voyage bycause the season was very hote for a sicke man But euery man that herde spekyng therof reputed in hym a great valyantnesse with hym departed out of Heynault the lorde of Sanzest the lorde of Hauselles sir Gerard of Warryers sir Thomas of Dystre the lorde of Doustrenent sir Johan of Guysenell who was made knight the same vyage and dyuers other So thus this erle passed by Chambrey and so caÌ„e to Arras And the more he rode and traueyled the better he had his helthâ— his owne men were before with the kyng And whaÌ„ they herde howe their lorde was comynge they caÌ„e and mette hym And so than he was to the nombre of foure hundred speares and prouisyon euer folowed after hym out of Heynaulte great plentie ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of the kynge tHe frenche kyng so spedde in his iourney that he came to saynt Omers and there rested and refresshed hym his vowarde The coÌ„stable and the marshals went towarde Mount Cassell that the Englyssmen kepte They assayled the towne and wanne it with assaute and all that were within slayne Suche as scaped wente to Bergues where as sir Hughe Caurell was with hym thre thousande englysshmen but the bysshoppe of Norwiche was gone to Grauelynge the soner to be at Calays if nede were All the countrey about Cassell was brent and pylled by theÌ„glysshmen and the frenche kyng deê‘ted fro saynt Omers and lay at an abbey called Raynombergues ther rested all that friday The saturday in the mornyng the vowarde the constable the marshals the lorde of Coucy and a great nombre of good men of armes went to the castell of Trughen where ther were a thre huÌ„dred men of armes that kepte it all that season And there the frenchmen made a great and a sharpe assaut the englysshmen that were within defended theÌ„ selfe marueylously How be it by pure dedes of armes the Castell was conquered and all that were within slayne for the coÌ„stable wolde take none to mercy And in the base court ther was fouÌ„de the fayrest white horse that might be sene the whiche was presented to the constable and he sende him incoÌ„tynent to the kyng The horse pleased so the kyng in suche wyse that he rode theron the sonday all day Than came therle of Bloys in to the hoost he was of the reregarde as he was the yere before at the batayle of Rosebeque Th erle of Ewe therle of Harcourt the lorde of Chatellon and the lorde Fere all these in his coÌ„pany And styll aproched men of warr on all sydes The season was clere and fayre or els there wolde haue ben moche a do ther was suche a nombre of men and horses ¶ Howe theÌ„glisshmen after the sege of Ipre were withdrawen in to the towne of Bergues and howe they departed thens went to Burborke whan they sawe the kyngê puissaÌ„ce Cap. CCCC .xxxviii. IN the towne of Bergues whiche was closed with nothing but with pales and small dikes TheÌ„glisshmen were gone thider saue the bysshop of Norwich who was at Graueling sore abasshed and repeÌ„ted hym that he had made that vyage for he sawe well he was likely to forsake his coÌ„questes with great blame And also in that he had beforesayd and vaunted howe the kynge came to reyse the siege before Ipre he wolde abyde fight with hym all his puissaÌ„ce which wordê were spred abrode thrughout all the real me of FraÌ„ce and than he saw well how he was fayne sodenly to deê‘te fro the sege for his puissance was nat able to resyst agaynst the frenche kyngê puyssaÌ„ce which he thought shulde turne to his great blame And also theÌ„glysshmen beynge in Calys sayd howe they had right yuell enployed the popes money to say the trouthe the duke of LaÌ„castre beyng in Englande who had by the bysshopes iourney lost his vyage in to Portyngale was nothyng sorie that the mater went as it dyde For whan sir WyllmÌ„ Wynsore sent to theÌ„ as they lay at the sege offred theÌ„ newe ayde and coÌ„fort the bysshop sir ThomÌ„s Tryuet sir WyllmÌ„ helmon answered said howe they had men ynowe wold haue no mo to fight with the freÌ„che kyng all the might of FrauÌ„ce But sir Hugh Caurell who had sene more of suche maters than all thother spake alwayes to the coÌ„trarie For he sayd to the bysshop and to thother whan thoffre was made theÌ„ out of Englande for more ayde What wyll ye do sirs ye wyll trust to moche in your owne puyssaunce Why shulde we refuce the confort of our coÌ„pany whan it is offred to vs and the realme of Englande wolde we had it paraduenture a day maye fall that we shall repent it But his wordes coulde nat be herde but euer they sayd they had men ynowe So thus the mater went so that at length they lost more than they wan wHan sir Hughe Caurell was withdrawen to Bergues he founde ther with the Englysshe archers mo than foure thousande Than sir Hughe sayd Let vs kepe this towne it is stroÌ„g ynough and we are people ynowe to kepe it I thynke within fyue or sixe dayes we shall haue confort out of EnglaÌ„de for they of Englande knowe by this tyme what case we be in And euery man sayde they were coÌ„tent Than they ordred the towne and their company and sette euery man to his defence to kepe the walles and the gates they caused all the women and chyldren to drawe in to a churche and nat to dparte thens The french kynge beyng at Raynombergues vnderstode howe the englysshemen were withdrawen in to the towne of Bergues Than he toke couÌ„sayle and it was determyned to go thyder and that the constable and marshall shulde go first and lye in a wynge on the farthersyde of the towne And than the kyng the duke of Berrey the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Burbone their companyes shulde folowe And than the erle of Bloyes and the erle of Ewe and the reregarde shulde go on another wynge of the towne and so close
WyllmÌ„ Helman were moost blamed As for sir Hughe Caurell there was no faute layde to his charge nother by the kyng nor his couÌ„sayle nor by the comons For it was well knowen yâ— if his counsayle might haue bene beleued they had spedde better than they dyde to their honores And so it was layde to the two other knightes howe they had solde Burborke and Grauelynge to the frenche kyng so that all the realme was sore moued agaynst theÌ„ so that they were in parell of their lyues And they were coÌ„maunded by the kyng in to prison to the towre of LoÌ„don And while they were in prison the comons apeased and whan they were delyuered out of prison they were bouÌ„de to the kyng to be at his wyll and pleasure Than ther was put forthe a treatie to be had bytwene the englysshmen and frenchmen And they of GauÌ„t were coÌ„prised in the treatie wherwith therle of Flaunders was sore displeased how be it he coude nat ameÌ„de it At the deê‘tynge out of Burborke the duke of Bretayne abode styll at saynt Omers with the erle of FlauÌ„ders his cosyn And wolde gladlye haue sene that a good peace or a longe truse might haue ben had bytwene the frenche kyng his naturall lorde and the kyng of Englande And to set forwarde the mater the moÌ„day whaÌ„ the englisshmen were with the kyng in his tent he moued the mater to some of them And they promysed hym that assoone as they caÌ„e in Englande to the kyng they wolde speke to hym to his vncles and to his counsayle of that mater so after to shewe that he was wyllyng to bring the mater to a good ende He sent in to EnglaÌ„d two knightes of his owne good assuraunce as the lorde of Housey and the lorde of Maylly And they dyde so moche that the duke of LaÌ„castre and the erle of Buckyngham his brother the bysshoppe of Suffolke sir Johan of Hollande brother to the kyng sir Thomas Percy and other of the kynges counsayle shulde come to Calays hauyng full puyssaunce and authoryte of the kyng and of the realme to make peace or to ordayne a treuse at their pleasure And on the other parte there shulde come to Boloyne the duke of Berry the duke of Burgoyne the bysshoppe of Laon and the chauÌ„celer of FraÌ„ce Hauyng also full authorite fro the frenche king his couÌ„sayle and realme to take peace with the englysshmen or to take truse suche as they coude agre vpon and so whan all these ê‘ties were coÌ„e to Calys to Boloyne they taryed a lytell or they met for the counsayle of Spaygne that shulde come thyder for the frenchemen wolde make no treatie without the spanyerdes were enclosed therin Finally there caÌ„e fro the kynge of Spayne a bysshop a dyacre and two knightes Than it was aduysed by all the parties bycause they thought it no suretie for the frenchemen to come to Calais nor the englysshmen to come to Boloyne Therfore it was ordayned that ther comunyng shulde be in the mydway bytwene the sayde townes in a lytell vyllage where ther was a churche called Abolyng thyder came all these parties dyuers dayes ther they met And there was the duke of Bretayne and theerle of Flaunders And there in yâ— felde was pyght vp the great tent of Bruges the erle of FlauÌ„des made a dyner in the same tent to the duke of Lancastre to therle of Buckyng ham and to the other lordes of Englande ther was great estate holden on bothe parties but all thynges coÌ„sydred they coude fynde no meanes to haue a peace for the freÌ„chmen wolde haue had agayne Guynes Calays and all the fortresses that thenglysshmen helde on that syde of the see to the ryuer of Garon aswell in normaÌ„dy Bretayne Poictou Xaynton as in Rochell to the whiche thenglysshmen wolde in no wyse agre specially Guynes Calys Chierburge nor Brest in Bretayne They were comunyng on this treaty more than thre wekes euery day the lordes or els some of their counsayle The same season there dyed in the duchy of Lusenburgh and in the towne of Lusenburgh the gentyll and ioly duke Uincelyns of Boem duke of Lusenburgh and of BrabaÌ„t Who had ben in his tyme fresshe sage amorous hardy And whan he dyed it was sayd that the most highe prince and grettest lynage and moost noble of blode was deed god haue his soule And he was buryed in yâ— abbey of Uauclere besyde LuzeÌ„burgh And my lady Jane duches of Brabant was as than wydowe neuer after was maryed Of the dethe of this noble duke suche as knewe hym were right sorie ¶ Howe the lordes of Englande and Fraunce were assembled togyder to make a peace whiche by them coude nat be done And howe Loyes erle of Flaunders dyed and of his obsequy Cap. CCCC .xliii. NO we let vs retourne to their assemble that was bytwene thenglisshe lordes and the freÌ„che bytwene Calays and Boloyne Whiche treaty coude neuer come to none effect of peace nor profyte for the one partie nor other Some sayd the erle of FlauÌ„ders was in a great defaut therof for he wolde in no wyse haue theÌ„ of Gaunt comprised in any treatie wherwith thenglysshmen were displeased wherfor the treatie spedde the worse For ther was great promyse made that no peace shulde be made without the gauÌ„toyse were coÌ„prised therin This they had sworne at Calays therfore this brake the treatie finally ther coude be made no peace that shulde seme good to any of the ê‘ties than they fell to treat for a truse and thervpon their treatie ê“ceded Th erle of FlauÌ„ders wolde gladly that they of Gaunt shulde haue ben out of the truse but the englysshmen wolde in no wyse consent therto but that Gaunt shulde be coÌ„prised in the truse And that euery partie shulde syt styll with that he hath and no partie to reÌ„dre vp any fortresse to other for all that this treatie was thus bytwene Calays and Boloyne the gauntoyse of the garyson of And warpe came and brent the subbarbes of Tourney and retourned sauely agayne to And warpe and in the feest of Christmas the gauntoyse gadered vp the rentes parteyning to the lorde of Tourney wherwith he was right sore displeased sware a great othe that whatsoeuer treatie was made bytwene flaÌ„ders end the gauntoyse he wolde neuer enteÌ„de to no peace but alwayes to make theÌ„ the grettest warre that he coude For he sayd they toke fro hym his herytage Wherfore he wyste natte howe to lyue without his frendes of Brabant and Heynalt had ayded him the gauÌ„toyse had so distroyed his herytage These treaties that were thus bytwene Boloyne Calys bytwene the lordes of EnglaÌ„de and of Fraunce was coÌ„cluded with moche a do that a truse shulde be had bytwene the frenche kyng and the kyng of Englande and all their adherentes alyes That is to say on the frenche kynges parte all Spayne Galyce Castell and all in theÌ„ enclosed as
.iiii. sir Guy de Hancourt ¶ Item the names of them that offred the helmes of warre First the lorde of Maylly The seconde sir Wyllyam de Hornes and sir Ansell de Salyns The thyrde sir Johan Doppeyn and the Chatelayn of saynt Omers The .iiii. sir Guy de Guystels and the Galoys Daunoy ¶ IteÌ„ for the helmes of CoÌ„uoy First sir Joise de Hallayn and sir Olyuer de Guffey The .ii. the lorde of Dysobeque the thyrde the lorde de Lalayne The fourthe sir Trystram de Boys and sir Johan of Jumont ¶ The names of theÌ„ that offred the baners of warre First the lorde of Lystrenayle The .ii. sir Leoncell Dareynes The thyrde sir Gyles de la Goneufe the .iiii. sir JohnÌ„ de Lysolom ¶ Item for the baners of Conuoy Firste sir Orenges of Rely the seconde sir Rafe Alayne The thyrde sir Johan Disquenyue The .iiii. sir Uyllayns de la Clycque ¶ The names of them that after the obsequy done layde the body of the erle in the erthe sir JohnÌ„ de Uyen admyrall of Fraunce the lorde of Guystell sir Ualerant of Raneuall the Chatelayne of Disquenyue the lorde of Ray and sir Ansell of Salyns ¶ The names of them that layd the countesse body in the erthe Sir Guy de la Tremoyle the lorde of Chatellon the seneshall of Burgoyn the lorde Gerarde of Guystles sir Henry Datoygne and the Chatellon of Furnes And all suche as entred in to the churche of saynt Peter in the euenyng were at the offyce in the day at masse aswell the knightê armed as those that bare the baners also the squyers yâ— led the horses ¶ Item there were that went with the bodyes of the erle and of the countesse through the towne of Lysle to the churche of saynt Peter to the noÌ„bre of four hundred men all in blacke euery man bearyng a torche and they helde the same torches the nexte day all the masse tyme they were all marchaÌ„tes of good townes or officers of his house and tharchbysshop of Rayns sang the masse acoÌ„panyed with the bysshop of Parys the bysshop of Turney the bysshop of CaÌ„brey the bysshop of Arras with them .v. abbottes ¶ IteÌ„ there was also in the churche duryng the obsequy .vii. C. candels or therabout euery taper coÌ„teyning in weyght .i. â—i of waxe And on the trayle of the herse ther were fyue baners in the myddes the baner of Flaunders on the right syde the baner of Arthoys on the lyfte syde the baner of Burgoyne the .iiii. the baner of Newers the .v. of Rethell The trayle on the one syde was poudred with the scochyns of the armes of FlauÌ„ders and on the lyft syde of the lady the scochyns of Flaunders and of Brabant and downe a long in the mynster ther were .ii. huÌ„dred and .xxvi. candels lyke vnto theÌ„ of the herse Ther was nother lady nor damosell but the gouernors wyfe of Lysle Ther was a great dyner and the costes of all the knightes squiers were borne quyte for the nyght and day of the obsequy they had all blacke gownes and whan all this was done euery man returned to their owne the duke of Burgoyne left in the garysons of Flaunders knightes and squyers for all the truse that was taken bytwene EnglaÌ„de and Faunce for all that euery man toke hede to his charge And the lady his wyfe taryed styll for a season in Arthoyse ¶ Howe the erle of NorthuÌ„berlande the erle of Notyngham and the Englysshmen made a iorney in to Scotlande And of the ambassadours of Fraunce that were sende in to Scotlande to notify the truse that was taken bytwene Englande and FrauÌ„ce Cap. CCCC .xliiii. LE haue well herde here before how the lordes of FraÌ„ce whaÌ„ they made the truse with englysshmen They were charged at their deê‘ting to signify the truse to theÌ„ of Scotlande to the entent that no hurt shulde be done bytwene theÌ„ of EnglaÌ„de nor Scotlande Howe be it to saye the trouthe thy of Fraunce dyde nat their dilygence in that mater as they ought to haue done for they shulde haue sende incontynent but they dyde nat I thynke the let therof was bycause of the great busynesse that the duke of Burgoyne had for the obsequy of his father in lawe therle of Flaunders as ye haue herde here before Also they thought full lytell that the englysshmen wolde haue done as they dyde for anone after Ester the erle of NorthuÌ„berlande the erle of Notyngham the barons of the northe couÌ„tre made an army of two thousande speares and sixe thousande archers and passed by Rosebourge and entred in to Scotlande and began to brinne the countre and the lande of therle Duglas and of the lorde of Lynsey and left nothyng vnbrent to Edenborowe The lordes and knyghtes of Scotlande was nothyng ware of this iourney and toke the mater in great dispyte sayeng howe they wolde ameÌ„de it to their powers For they said as they herde reported they shulde haue had truse with the englysshmen Howe be it they were nat warned therof wherfore they knewe well the warr was opyn ye wotte well tidynges wyll sprede anone abrode wherby it was shortely knowen in Flaunders and specially at Scluse by marchantes that caÌ„e out of the realme of ScotlaÌ„de Howe thenglysshmen were entred in to Scotlande and howe that kynge Robert of Scotlande and the lordes of the realme dyde somon their people to asseÌ„ble to fight with thenglysshmen Also it was knowen in FrauÌ„ce that the englysshmen were in the felde and the scottes also that in short tyme they were likely to mete The dukes of Berrey and of Burgoyne the couÌ„sayle of FraÌ„ce whan they vnderstode these tidynges they sayd they had folysshly done in that they had nat sende worde of the treuse in to Scotlande be tymes as they had promysed to do Than was it ordayned that sir Hamart de Marse shulde go in to Scotlande who was a sage and a discrete knight sir Peter Framell a sergiant of armes who was of the nacyon of the scottes called Janequyn ChaÌ„penoyse He went bicause he knewe the laÌ„gage the couÌ„tre In the meane season yâ— these ambassadours ordayned them selfe to go in to Scotlande the englysshmen ouer ran the couÌ„tre of ScotlaÌ„de ther was the same tyme at Scluse men of war of FrauÌ„ce that lay styll and slept and wyst nat what to do for the truse bytwene EnglaÌ„de and flaÌ„ders styll endured And they herde howe theÌ„glysshemen and scottes made warre eche with other and it was sayd at Scluse for certayne that hastely ther shulde be batayle bytwene theÌ„ There was sir Geffray of Charney sir JohnÌ„ of Plasy sir Hughe of Boloyne sir Sayng of Uyllers sir Garnere of leborne sir Garnere of GussaÌ„guyn sir Oden of Metyn sir Robert of CaÌ„pyhen Jakes of mouÌ„tfort JohnÌ„ of heluyn JohnÌ„ of Melles Michell dela bare Gyllam Gobert they were a .xxx. men of armes knightes squyers They made promyse togyder to
go and adueÌ„ture their bodyes they wyst nat wher better to enploy their season than in the realme of ScotlaÌ„de and so they deê‘ted fro scluse and toke a shyp left their horses behynde theÌ„ for danger of the see and for the long iorney the maryners knewe well they coude nat arryue at the haueÌ„ of EdeÌ„borowe at DoÌ„bare nor at non of those hauyns nere for thenglisshe army was aswell by see as by lande And the englysshmen were lordes maisters of the first portê of scotlande bycause their ê“uisyon might folowe theÌ„ by see In this season the freÌ„che ambassadours caÌ„e in to Englande to go to Scotland and the kyng his vncles made them great chere the first day somwhat dissimuled with theÌ„ to delay the tyme bicause their men were makyng war in Scotlande and whan they vnderstode that their men hadde done their enterprise and that they retourned agayne in to Englande Than they let the frenche ambassadours departe and gaue them saueconduct to passe through the realme in to Scotlande and made townes castels to be opyned agaynst their comynge So they departed and went towarde Scotlande So long these men of warre that went fro Scluse sayled by the see costyng HolaÌ„de En glande eschewyng the ê‘els of thesâ—e for encouÌ„tryng of theÌ„glysshmen that at last they aryued in ScotlaÌ„de at a lytell porte called MoÌ„stres whan the scottes that dwelt in the towne knew howe they were frenchemen that were come to exercise dedes of armes they made them good chere and dyde helpe to get them all that they neded And whan these knightes and squyers had refresshed them there two dayes and had lerned tidynges They dâ—ê‘ted rode on hakeneis and caÌ„e to Dondem so fro thens to saint Johans a good towne in Scotlande on the ryuer of Tare there is a good hauen to sayle whyder a man wyll And whan they were coÌ„e thyder they vnderstode howe the englysshmen were withdrawen and howe the kynge of scottes and his lordes were at EdeÌ„borowe at a couÌ„sayle Than they ordayned that sir Garnyer of Cuissangyn and Mychaell de la Bare shulde go to Edenborowe to speke with the kyng and his counsayle to knowe what they shulde do at leest to shewe theym the good wyll that they had to come out of FlauÌ„ders in to Scotlande And sir Geffray de Charney the other wolde abyde there tyll they had worde agayne And as they ordayned so it was done and so they departed and went to EdeÌ„borowe wher the kyng was and therle Duglas called James for his father Wyllyam was newly disceased There was also the erle of Moret therle of Orkeney the lorde of Uersey the lorde of Lynde yâ— lorde of Surlant and sixe bretherne of therle of Orkenes all knightes These lordes of ScotlaÌ„de made good cher to the knightes of FraÌ„ce than sir Garnyer shewed to the kyng and to the barons of Scotlande thentencyon of his coÌ„panions and the cause of their comynge in to the realme Than the ambassadours of Fraunce caÌ„e thyder sir Hemart de Percy ser Peter Framell and Janequyn ChaÌ„penoise and they brought the truse that was deuysed bytwene FraÌ„ce and Englande but the scotteshelde agaynst it and sayd howe they came to late and yâ— they wolde haue no truse bycause theÌ„glysshmen in that season had done them moche hurt And thus while the king and the knightes were at differeÌ„ce the erle Duglas and therle Moret the chyldren of Lindsey and dyuers other knightê squiers of Scotlande desyringe to be armed helde a secrete counsayle togyder in the churche of EdeÌ„borowe and the knightes of Fraunce were sent for to theÌ„ As sir Michaell de la bare sir Garnyer Desyring them to go to their coÌ„panyons and to shewe theÌ„ their entent and to kepe their purpose secrete So these two knightes returned to saynt Johans towne and shewed their company all that they had herde and sene ¶ Howe the barons and knightes of Scotlande and they of FrauÌ„ce made apoyntment to entre in to the realme of EnglaÌ„de without the knowlege of the kyng of Scottes who was at Edenborowe Cap. CCCC .xlv. OF these tidinges sir Geffray de Charney the other knyghtes and squiers greatly reioysed so deê‘ted thens and came to Edenborowe and made no knowlege of that they shulde do They had nat bene ther two dayes but that the erle Duglas sende for them to come to his castell of Alquest and sent to them horses and so they came to him the next day And incontynent he brought them to a certayne place wher the scottes assembled so in thre dayes they were mo than .xv. thousande a hors backe armed after yâ— vsage of their couÌ„tre Than they sayd they wolde make a iourney in to Englande and reueng their hurtes and domages that had ben done to theÌ„ So they went forthe and passed forestes and woodes of their countre and entred in to NorthuÌ„berlande into the lande of the lorde Percy and there they began to brinne to robbe and to steale And than retourned by the lande of therle of NotynghmÌ„ and the lorde Moubray and dyde there moche hurt passed by Rosebourg â–ª But they taryed nat there bycause they had great pyllage with theÌ„ as well of prisoners as of catell And so retourned without daunger in to their couÌ„tre agayne for the Englysshmen were all withdrawen and coude nat so soone agayne assemble toguyder to fyght with the scottes Therfore it behoued them to beare that brunt for they had gyuen be fore suche another to the scottes Of this iourney the kynge of scottes myght ryght well excuse hym selfe for of the assemble nor of their departyng he knewe nothyng and thoughe he had knowen therof he coulde natte haue let it whan they were ones onwarde For all these iorneys yâ— was thus made bothe in to Scotlande in to Englande there abode styll with kyng Robert sir Hamarde de marse sir Peâ— framell bycause they wolde be layde in no faut to breke the truse that was taken bytwene Englande Fraunce and Castell The kynge of Scottes and the ambassadours of Fraunce sende an heraude of armes in to EnglaÌ„de and whan he was coÌ„e before the kyng of Englande and his vncles he founde the countre sore moued to ryde agayne in to Scotlande The duke of Lancastre and the erle of CaÌ„bridge who desyred greatly in that yere to go in to Portyngale and in to Castell or els one of them with a great puyssaunce of menne of armes For they helde theÌ„ selfe heryters therof by ryght of their wyues children of Castell To renewe the war bytwene the kynge of Portyngale and yâ— kyng of Castell for as than kyng FeraÌ„do was deed And the portyngales had crowned dan Johan a bastarde brother a valyaunt man who desyred nothynge but warre with the spanyerdes so he myght haue alyaunce with the Englysshemen and their confort and ayde Therfore the duke of Lancastre dyde with his freÌ„des as moche as
he might that there shulde be none asseÌ„bly to go in to Scotlande Also it was sayde playnly howe the kynge of scottes denyed the knightes of Scotlande of Fraunce to make any rode in to Englande And in that they dyd the coÌ„trary was against his wyll or knowlege wHan the scottysshe heraude was come to the kynge of Englande and to his vncles well instructed of that he shuld say and do He kneled downe before the kynge and requyred that he might be herde as an heraude of the kyng of scottes to do his message The kyng was content ther he shewed wherfore he was sende singulerly fro the kynge and fro the ambassadours of Fraunce in excusyng them Sayeng howe the kynge of scottes mekely receyued the messangers of the freÌ„che kynkes and alwayes entended to kepe the trewse bothe he and all his Howbeit some of the marches of his realme as the elre Duglas the erle de la Mare his vncle sir ArcheÌ„bale sir Rame sir Peter sir WyllmÌ„ and sir ThomÌ„s Duglas and all the bretherne of Lyndsey they of RaÌ„sey and sir WyllimÌ„ Asweton These wolde neuer agre to the truse sayeng howe the englysshmen had done in their lande great hurt and domage whiche was ryght sore displesant to theÌ„ and to their freÌ„des and sayd howe they wolde be reuenged whan they might and whan these lordes assembled them togyder to go in to Englande as they dyde they neuer made the king nor his counsayle preuy therof For they knewe well if they had they wolde neuer haue consented therto Howbeit they say playnly in Scotlande that the firste incydent and occasyon of this warre moued firste by you For they saye howe your grace your counsayle knewe right well of the truse that was taken bothe by lande and by water Also they say howe yâ— frenche ambassadours whanÌ„e they passed this way were let by you of their comyng in to Scotlande ye draue them forthe with pleasure and solace so that they taryed ouer longe wherby this myschiefe is fallen bytwene Englande and Scotlande And so vnder the shadowe of dissymulacyon these thynges are done but my redouted souerayne lorde the kynge of Scottes and his counsayle and the ambassadours of Fraunce that are with hym excuseth them selfe and wyll do at all tymes that this last iourney that yâ— lordes and knightes of Scotlande made into Englande was vnknowen to them and that they were ignorant therof And to addresse and reforme all these thynges and to bring them in to good estate I am charged to say to you That they desyre your grace to enteÌ„de to kepe and obserue the truse taken beyonde the see by yâ— high and noble discrecyon of counsayle bothe of the frenche kynges and yours And to coÌ„fyrme the same truse to endure yâ— sayd terme with my soueraygne lorde the kyng of scottes and he and his noble counsayle to coÌ„fyrme the same on his parte to be vpholden kept And of this please it your grace to gyue me answere The kyng of Englande and his vncles well vnderstode the heraude than the duke of LaÌ„castre sayd howe he shulde be answered Than they made hym tary at London for his answere ¶ Howe the truse taken bitwene Englande and Fraunce was publisshed in Englande and in Scotlande Cap. CCCC .xlvi. AT th ende of two dayes the heraulde was answered by sir Symon Bulle chamberlayne with the king and so yâ— mater was set at a good poynt For to say the trouth all thynges consydered the lordes of Englande that had bene beyonde the see and toke â–ª the truse dyde nat honorably to coÌ„sent to sende their men to ouer ron Scotlande seyng they knewe the truse was taken the best excuse that they coulde make was howe they were nat bouÌ„de to sende worde therof to the scottes but that the frenchemen were bounde therto So than it was sayd to the heraude that in the name of god he was welcome And howe that it was thentency on of the kynge of Englande of his vncles and of their counsayle that all that they had sworne and ê“mysed to do they wolde in no wyse breke it but wolde coÌ„fyrme it to the best of their powers For in that hath ben done to the contrarie they that had moost done had moost lost Of all this the haraulde desyred to haue writyng to th entent he might be beleued There was gyuen hym great gyftes so that he was well coÌ„tent and thanked the kyng and the lordes And so departed fro London and returned in to Scotlande where the messangers of Fraunce were styll taryeng for his answere desyring to knowe howe the englysshmen wolde do And whan it was knowen what answere the king of Englande and his vncles had made by their letters sealed they were than greatly contented and reioysed Thus endured the trewse for a yere bytwene Englande and Scotlande and was publysshed throughe bothe Realmes for the more suretie And the ambassadours of Fraunce retourned in to their countre and passed throughe Englande safely without parell And shewed the frenche king and his vncles at their returnyng howe they had spedde and the lettes that they founde in their iourney And so shewed all the case as ye haue herde before wHan sir Geffray de Charney and the knightes and squiers of the realme of Fraunce suche as had bene in Scotlande sawe that there was peace bytwene Enlande and Scotlande Than they tooke leaue of the lordes of Scotlande and specially of the erle Duglas and the Erle of Moret who had kepte them ryght good company And they of Scotlande sayd vnto them at their deê‘tynge Sirs ye haue sene the maner and condycion of our cositre how be it ye haue nat sene all our puyssaunce Knowe for certayne that Scotlande is the lande in all the worlde that the Englysshmen 〈◊〉 moost For we may as ye haue sene entre in to Englande at oure ease ryde farre in to the countre without daunger of the see so that yf we were men ynowe we might do them moche more hurt than we do wherfore sirs and ye wold shewe this to suche knightes and squyers as wolde auauÌ„ce them selfe to get honoure and to come in to this countre to seke dedes of armes we thike they shulde do a gret feate For if we had but a thousande speares of knightes and squyers of FrauÌ„ce with our people that we haue in this countre we shulde do suche a dede in Englande that it shulde be spoken of .xl. yere after Sirs we desyre you remeÌ„bre this whan ye come in to Fraunce They answered and sayd they wolde nat fayle to do it for it was a mater nat to be forgoten So thus they departed and toke the see and thought to haue sayled to Scluse Howe be it the wynde was contrarie to them whanÌ„e they were on the see so that they were fayne to take lande in zelande in a towne called Uorell thaÌ„ they thoght they were in sauegarde but it was nat so For the Normayns but a
lytell before had ouer ron the countre therabout done to the zelanders great domage Wherfore these knightes squiers of Fraunce were in great daūger for while this brute was thus in the towne their shyppe was entred their cofers broken their armure taken and they all in great parell to be slayne THe same daye there was in the towne a squyer of the erle of Bloyes called Jacob Grasyns he dyde helpe to ayde the frenche men as moche as he might He spake to y◠maysters of the towne and dyde so moche by his lāgage that parte of their goodes was restored agayne to them and to bring thē out of the parell and daunger that he sawe they were in for he knewe well the people of the towne were sore moued agaynst them and were in mynde to ly in waite for them on the see and to execute that purpose they had warned other townes by the sayed squyer shewed them what daunger they were in the countre was sore moued agaynst them But he sayd for the loue of the kyng and for thonour of the realme of Fraunce he wolde ordayne some remedy for them Than he went to a maryner and hyred a shippe to go wher as pleased hym with his company sayeng howe he wolde sayle to Dondrest So the maryner made couynaunt with him and so he entred in to the shyppe and all the sayde frenchmen with hym And so first the maryner set his course to Donderst Whan̄e Jacob sawe his tyme than he sayd to the mariners Sirs take hede what I say I haue hyred this shyppe for this viage to sayle whyder as me lyst therfore tourne yo◠sayle towarde streneghen for I wyll sayle thyder The maryners wolde nat agre therto but sayd Sir ye sayd ye wolde sayle to Dondrest and thyder wyll we bringe you but to none other place than Jacob sayd marke well what I say Do as I commaunde you or els ye shal dye therfore than the maryners durst no more stryue it lay nat in their powers So they tourned the helme and sayle and sayled toward the towne of Streneghen and came thyder without any parell The towne belonged to the erle of Bloyes and there they refresshed them and so departed at their pleasure and retourned in to their countre by Brabant and by Heynault Jacob dyde thē this seruyce a squyer of Guyes the erle of Bloyes wHan̄e sir Geffray of Charney and sir Johan of Blassey and the knightes squyers that had bene in Scotlande were retourned in to Fraūce they were enquyred of the tidynges of Scotlande There they shewed all that they had herde and sene shewed the myndes of the barons and knightes of Scotlande Sir Johan of Uyen admyrall of Fraunce spake with sir Geffray of Charney he shewed him all as ye haue herde before than the Admyrall aduysed well and so dyde other barōs of Fraūce howe they might haue a fayre entre in to Englande by Scotlande also they knewe well that naturally the scottes loued nat the englysshmen Sir Amery of Marse confyrmed the same sayeng howe he was desyred of the kynge of Scottes and by his counsayle to shewe the same to the frenche kynge and to his counsayle So thus the frēchmen had an ymaginacyon that the truse ones expyred they wolde sende a great puyssaunce in to Scotlande to wast parte of Englande This purpose was cōcluded by the duke of Berry the duke of Burgoyne who had as than the gouernynge of the realme but they kept it secrete ¶ How the lorde of Destornay made his assemble to wynne agayne Andwarpe and howe by his policye he wanne it Cap. CCCC .xlvii. WE haue herde here before howe Fraunces Atremanne in the meane tyme whyle the frēche king was in his iourney in Flaunders toke by stelthe the towne of Andewarpe wherof they of Tourney and of other townes therabout were sore dismayde for the garyson there before the truse was taken dyde moche domage in the coūtre of Turnesyn and specially all the lādes of the lorde of Destornay was in their obeysaūce And at the feest of Christēmas they gadered vp the rentes as capons and other thynges in his townes wherwith he was sore displeased and his seruaūtes and frēdes He sayd that whatsoeuer truse or respyte of warre was taken bytwene Englande Fraūce and Flaunders he wolde in no wyse kepe truse with the gaūtoise For they had done him so moche hurt that he was nat able to beare it but in a maner vndone therby So thus this lorde of Destornay dyde cast his aduyce to get agayne Andwarpe and atchiued his entent by the ayde of some knightes and squyers of Frāce of Flaunders and of Heynalte who helped hym to his purpose yet whan he sende for thē there were many that knewe nothyng what he wolde do This chaunce happed the .xvii. day of May. the lorde of Destornay knewe by his spyes that Fraunces Atreman was as than in Gaunt and nat in Andwarpe For he trusted so on the truse bitwene them and Fraunce that he feared nothyng whiche was a great folly For he tooke nat so good hede to Andewarpe as he shulde haue done as ye shall herafter The lorde of Destornay made an assemble of foure hundred knyghtes and squyers good men of armes And so he came into the wode of Lart agaynst the gate towarde Grauntmount right nere to the gate of Andwarpe And with hym there was sir Johan of Molyn sir Jakes de la Tremoyle sir Gylbert sir Johan Cacq̄lon sir Roulande Despyre sir Blaynchard de Calonne and the lorde of Destripouylle who was ther made knight I shall shewe you now the maner howe they of Andwarpe were disceyued They toke two cartes laded with vitayle and four carters in gray cotes harnessed vnder neth right hardy and aduenturous felowes So they came and draue their Cartes before Andwarpe shewed the watchmen howe they had brought prouisyon out of Heynault to vitayle the towne The watchemen thought nothyng but good and so lette downe the portcolyse Than the carters priuely losed the horses fro the cart the watchmen sayd sirs why driue you nat forthe your cartes and the watchemen toke the forehorses by the heed and drewe them forthe And so they passed in the cartes abode styll in the gate and on the bridge Than̄e the watchmen sawe well they were betrayed and began to fight with the carters who defended them selfe right well for they were well armed vnder their cotes And so they slewe two of the watchmen and incontynent they were rescued for the lorde of Destornay and his cōpany pursewed fast after and entred in to the towne thā the watchmen fledde into the towne and cryed treason treason But or the towne was reysed the mē of armes were entred and slewe all that they encountred that made any defence and so cryed the towne is wonne Thus Andwarpe was taken agayne and there were of the gauntoyse slayne and drowned a thre hundred and there was founde
great richesse parteyning to Fraunces Atreman It was sayd it amouÌ„ted to a fyftene thousande frankes THese tâ—â—ynges were sone knowen in dyuers places howe Andwarpe was takeÌ„ the truse duryng by the frenchmen And specially they of GauÌ„t were sore displeased therwith as it was reason for it touched theÌ„ right nere Than they toke counsayle togyder and determyned to sende to the duke of Burgoyne shewyng hym howe in the assurauÌ„ce of peace Andwarpe had ben taken fro hym desyring him yâ— it might be restored agayne or els yâ— truse was broken So they sende to hym but the duke excused hym and sayd that he medled nothynge with that mater and so prayed god to helpe theÌ„ For he sayd he knewe nothyng of the lorde Destornayes enâ—prise but he sayd he wolde write to hym with a good wyll and so he dyde commaundynge hym to rendre agayne Andwarpe to the gauÌ„toyse Sayeng howe it was nat honourable to take any towne castell or fortresse duryng the peace The lorde of Destornay answered to the dukes letter and sayd to the messangers Sirs alwayes the garysone of Andwarpe hath made me warre bothe in the warr season and in peace tyme and hath takeÌ„ fro me myne herytage and as for me I neuer agreed to be at peace with them Thus I haue taken Andwarpe by good feate of warre and I purpose to kepe it as my proper herytage tyll FlaÌ„ders and Gaunt be all one for I haue nothyng els for all is lost by the warre So thus the mater abode the gauÌ„toyse coude get nothyng els Of the yuell kepynge of Andwarpe Fraunces Atreman was sore blamed and specially of the lorde of Harsels so that there were great heynous wordes bytwene them Fraunces sayde howe he had done better seruice to Gaunt than euer he dyde Their laÌ„gage multiplyed so farr that eche of them belyed other with foule wordes And anone after the lorde of Harsels was slayne some sayd it was by the meanes of FraÌ„ces Atreman Peter de Boyse for enuy The same season the gauÌ„toyse made a request to the kyng of Englande â–ª to haue some noble man of his blode to be gouernoure of Gaunt So the kyng and his counsayle sende to Gaunt a valyant knyght and ryght sage to haue the gouernyng of Gaunt he was called sir Johan Bourchyer he had the gouernynge of Gaunte more than a yere and an halfe ¶ Howe the duke of Aniou dyed in a castell besyde Naples and howe the quene of Cicyle was counsayled to go to the pope Cap. CCCC .xlviii. VE haue herde here before howe the Duke of Aniowe wrote hymselfe kyng of Cicyle and Hierusalem And went to Puyle and to Calabre and conquered all the countre to Naples but the neapolytaÌ„s wolde neuer tourne to his parte but they euer sustayned and helde with sir Charles de la Payx the duke of Aniou abode in this vyage thre yeres whiche was a great cost and charge Though a man be neuer so riche men of armes warre wasteth all For he that wyll haue seruyce of meÌ„ of warre they must be payed truely their wages or els they wyll do no thynge aueylable Certaynly this sayde iourney cost the duke of Aniou so moche that it canne nat be well estemed And they that wasted confouÌ„ded moost of his richesse was the erle of Sauoy and the sauosyns Howe be it the erle of Sauoy and a great parte of his company dyed in this viage whiche was great pytie so that the duke of Aniowe began to waxe feble bothe of men and of money and for those two causes he sende for so coure in to Fraunce to his two bretherne the duke of Berry and the duke of Burgoyne Desyring them nat to fayle him at his nede but to socour hym with men and money and so they sayd they wolde ThaÌ„ they aduysed what men were mete to be sende on that voyage And all thynges consydred they ymagined that they coude not sende a better nor one that knewe better all men of warre thanÌ„e the gentyll lorde of Coucy and with hym the lorde DaÌ„ghien erle of Conuersant whiche Erldome is in Puylle These two lordes were desyred by yâ— kyng and by his vncles to take on theÌ„ that iourney to the whiche they wyllingly agreed and thought it was for theÌ„ right honorable And so they made them redy went forthe as sone as they myght with their men of warre But whan they were come to Auignon and inteÌ„ded to their besynes and made their men to passe forthe Tydinges than came to them howe yâ— duke of Aniou was deed in a castell besyde Napoles Whan yâ— lorde of Coucy harde the tydinges he wente no farther forth for he sawe well than that his voyage was broken But the lorde Conuersant passed forthe farther for he had moche a do in his couÌ„trey in Puylle and in Conuersant Tydinges was knowen anon in FrauÌ„ce of the dethe of the duke of Aniou So thus the dethe of yâ— kyng of Cicyle was passed ouer as well as it might be WHan the duches of Aniowe beynge at Anger 's harde of the dethe of her lorde and husbande ye may well beleue she was sore discomforted And as sone as the erle Bloys who was his cosyn germayne knewe that the duke was deed he deparred fro Blois with all his trayne and came to his cosyn to Anger 's and helde hym with her in comfortynge and counsayling her to the best of his power Than she came in to FrauÌ„ce writyng her selfe quene of Napoles of Cicyle of Puylle of Calabre of Hierusalem to speke with the kyng the duke of Berrey the duke of Burgoyne to haue couÌ„sayle comforte of them and brought with her her two sonnes Loys and Charles The lady was counsayled of yâ— nobles of FrauÌ„ce and of her blode that she shulde go to Auignon to the pope and promyse him the possessyon of the erledome of Prouence whiche lande parteyned to the kyng of Cicyle The lady beleued their counsayle and ordeyned her selfe to go to Auignon and to leade with her her eldest sonne Loyes who was thanÌ„e called kynge by succession of his father but these maters were nat ouersone accomplysshed as I shall deuyse to you ALl this wynter the frenchmen ordeyned to sende in to Scotlande an armye to â—rowble the realme of Englande The truce bytwene Fraunce and Englande was relonged 〈…〉 d all their adherentes fro Mighelmas to the 〈…〉 st day of May. There was great prouysion 〈…〉 e by lande by see The entent of the counsayle of Fraunce was that the next somer they wold make EnglaÌ„de great warre on all sydes and the admyrall of Fraunce to go in to Scotlande with two thousande speares knyghtes and squiers and the duke of Burbone and the erle de la Marche with other two thousand to go and conquere certayne castels holden by the Englisshmen whiche ryght sore traueyled the countrey And the frenche kyng caused a great nombre of axes to be made in Picardy
Guy de la Tremoyle sir Willyma de Namure serued and so dyd dyuers other great lordes of FrauÌ„ce In fyue huÌ„dred yere before there was nat sene suche a solempnite in Cambray And after dyner knyghtes and squiers were armed to iust And so they iusted in the markette place .xl. knightes of the one syde The yonge kyng Charles iusted with a knight of Heynalt called sir Nycholas Espinot So these iustes were nobly contynued and a yonge knyght of Haynalt had the price called sir Johan of Desternne besyde Beawmont in Haynalt This knyght iusted greatly to the pleasure of the lordes ladyes He had for his prise a gyrdell set with precyous stones gyuen hym by yâ— duches of Burgoyne from her owne wast the admyrall of Fraunce sir Guy de la Tremoyle dyd preseÌ„t it to him Thus in great reuell they contynued all that weke and on yâ— friday after dyner the kyng toke leaue of the lordes ladyes and they of him and so departed fro Cambray And also the dukes duchesses deê‘ted and the duches of Burgoyn brought margaret of Haynalt her doughter to Arras and yâ— lady of Haynalt brought yâ— lady Margarete of Burgoyne to Quesnoy Thus passed forthe this besynes ¶ Howe the duke of Berrey ensured his doughter to the sonÌ„e of therle of Bloyse and howe therle of Matche and the duke of Burbon made their somons to entre in to Lymosin Cap. CCCC .li. THe saÌ„e season there was trety of maryage bytwene Loys of Bloys son to therle Guy of â—oyâ— and yâ— lady Mary dought 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Johan of Berry And so th 〈…〉 rle of Bloys well acoÌ„panyed with lordes and ad 〈…〉 s brought his doughter to Bergues in 〈◊〉 where the duke and duches were redy 〈…〉 de for them who tyght nobly receyued 〈◊〉 and all their company And there was 〈…〉 rmed the assurance of that maryage an 〈…〉 〈…〉 chebysshop of Bergues ensured them 〈…〉 der in the preseÌ„ce of many lordes and lad 〈…〉 howbeit they were natte wedded as than 〈…〉 ey were bothe very yonge So ther was great feest reuelyng and daunsyng and so at last therle and the countesse retourned to their countre their sonne with them And the lady abode styll with the duches her mother in Barrey in a fayre castell besyde Bergues called Mehune on the ryuer of yure The same season the duke of Berry went in to Auuergne and LaÌ„guedocke and so to Auignon to se pope Clement And it was ordayned that the duke of Burbone and therle of Marche with two thousande men of armes shulde go in to Lymosyn to delyuer that countre fro all the englysshmen and theues that robbed and pylled the couÌ„tre For in Poictou and in Xaynton they had as than certayne fortresses whiche dyde moche domage to the couÌ„tre wherof complayntes came to the heryng of the duke of Berrey â–ª who was in mynde to remedy it and he had desyred the duke of Burbone his cosyn that in any wyse whan he were come into Limosyn and Xaynton that he shulde coÌ„quere the garyson of Bertuell for that was the forteresse that dyde moost hurt in that countre And the duke of Burbone promysed hym so to do And he hadde made his somons at Molins in Burbonoyse to be there the first daye of June and so thyder drewe at that tyme all maner of men of warre The duke of Burbone had with hym a gentyll squyer called Johan bone lauÌ„ce He was mayster and capitayne of his men of warre Certaynly the squyer was well worthy to haue suche a charge and the erle of Marche who shulde be in coÌ„pany with the duke of Burbone made his somons at the cytie of Toures tHe same season there came to Scluse in Flaunders all suche men of warre as were apoynted to passe the see into Scotlande with sir Johan of Uyen admyrall of Fraunce he shulde haue with hym a thousande speares knightes and squiers And I beleue well they were all there for they had great desyre to go In so moche that some that were nat desyred aduaunsed them selfe to go in that voyage with the admyrall All their shyppyng was redy apparelled at Scluse and they caryed with them harnesse for .xii. hundred men of armes They had taken that harnesse out of the castell of Beauty besyde Parys The harnesse was parteyning to the parisyens the whiche they were caused to bring to the sayd castell in the tyme of their rebellion In the admyrals company there were a great nombre of good men of warr And their entensyon was to delyuer the sayd harnesse to the knyghtes men of Scotlande bycause sir Geffray de Charney had enformed the kynges counsayle howe the men in Scotlande were but easely harnessed I shall name vnto you parte of theÌ„ of Fraunce that wente in to Scotlande the same season â–ª First sir Johan of Uyen admyrall of Fraunce the erle of graunt pre the lordes of Uerdnay of saynt Crouse and of Mountbury sir Geffray of Charney sir Wyllyam of Uyen sir Jaques of Uyen the lorde despaigny sir Gerard of Burbone the lorde of Hetz sir Floromonde of Quissy the lorde of Marny sir Ualerant of Rayneuall the lorde of Beausaige the lorde of Uaynbrayne the lorde of Rynoll baron dury the lorde of Coucy sir Percyuall Daneuall yâ— lorde Ferrers the lorde of Fountaygnes sir Braquet of Braquemont the lorde of Graunt court the lorde of Landon breton sir Guy la ê‘son sir WyllmÌ„ de Couroux sir Johan de Hangyers sir Henry de Uyncelyn cosyn to yâ— great maister of Pruce diuers other good knightê whiche I can nat all name so that they were to the noÌ„bre of a thousande speares knightes and squyers besyde cros bowes and other varlettê They had gode wynde and a fayre season on yâ— see the wether was fayre it was in the moneth of May. That tyme yâ— truse bytwene EnglaÌ„de and FrauÌ„ce was expyred and bitwene the gauÌ„toyse and flemynges lykewise for as it semed than euery parte desyred warre knyghtes and squiers desyred greatly to go in the voyage to Scotlande for they thought by the ayde of the scottê to haue a fayre iourney agaynst their enemyes in EnglaÌ„de Thenglysshmen who were enfourmed of their comynge loked for theym euery day Thus endeth the first volume of sir Johan Froissart of the cronycles of EnglaÌ„de Fraunce Spayne Portyngale Scotlande Bretayne FlauÌ„ders and other places adioynyng Translated out of frenche in to our maternall englysshe tonge by Johan Bourchier knight lorde Berners At the coÌ„maundement of our moost highe redouted soueraygne lorde kyng Henry the .viii. kynge of Englande and of Fraunce and hygh defender of the christen faithe c. Imprinted at London in Fletestrete by Richarde Pynson printer to the kynges noble grace And ended the .xxviii. day of January the yere of our lorde M. D .xxiii. Cum priuilegio a rege indulto
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 coÌ„e 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 christeÌ„dome 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 exelleÌ„nt 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 CerteÌ„ly 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 dismeÌ„bred Therwith the lady deê‘ted 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 SoÌ„tyme he ymagined that honour and trouth defeÌ„ded 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 ê‘â— 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 coÌ„mende 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— coÌ„duct 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 deê‘ted 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 coÌ„pany 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 ê‘ties 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 coÌ„sent 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 freÌ„che kyng was coÌ„tent seyng it was the desyre of the kyng of scottê thaÌ„ therle of Salisbuey was sent into Englande and the kyng of England sent incoÌ„tynent 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 NormaÌ„dy the duke of Burgoyne yâ— duke of AlaÌ„son 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 MouÌ„tfort 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 fouÌ„de Charles of Bloys in NaÌ„tes than they determyned to lay sege to Kenes The countesse of Mountfort had well preueÌ„ted the mater and had set ther for captayne ser Wyllyam of Cadudall breton the lordes of France came thyder and
courser and his hackeney that he lost at the batayle of Nogent the which horses the lady Isabell of Jullyers countesse of Kent in Englande had sende hym Whan these coÌ„panyons had the lorde Eustace among them they made hym their souerayne and euery man drewe to him And than they entred into the couÌ„tie of Rethell where they had neuer been before and there by stelth they wanne the good towne of Athyen on the ryuer of Esue and there they founde mo than a hundred peces of wyne Ther they made their soueraygne garyson and ouer ranne all the countrey about Reynes and spoyled Espernoy Dampâ—ary Trayone and the good towne of Uertus wher the englysshmen had great profette And ther they made another garyson the which ouer ranne all the countrey about the ryuer of Marne to the Fertyll Myllon And they of Athyen ranne dayly to Meserees on the ryuer of Meuse to Douchery and to Chenpoulux ¶ Howe sir Broquart of Fenestrages made hymselfe to be payed by force of his wages of the duke of NormaÌ„dy regent of France Ca. C C iii. IN the same season the lorde Broquart of Fenestrages who had been in the dukes ayde agaynst theÌ„glysshemeÌ„ and naueroyse and had holpen to put them out of yâ— fortresses in Champaygne but he was but yuell payed of his wages Ther was owynge to hym and to his a thyrtie thousande frankes He sende certayne messangers to Parys to the duke who gaue none answere to his pleasure for they retournedâ— without any money or promyse Than this knyght sende his defyance to the duke and to all the realme of Fraunce and entred into a good towne called Bare on the ryuer of Sayne wherin ther wer a nyne hundred houses his men robbed yâ— towne but they coude nat gette the castell it was so well kept They toke with thyem their pyllage and prisoners and brende so the towne that all was distroyed than they went to CoÌ„stans and there made their cheife garyson and they dyde after to the countre of Champaigne more yuell and vylayne dedes than euer dyd the englysshemen or naueroyse And whanne he and his men had thus ouer ronne the countre the duke agreed with hym and he had all that he desyred and more And than he departed and went into Lorayne fro whens as he came and so lefte the realme of Fraunce and the countrey of Champaine in peace whan he had done yuels ynowe In the same season the yere of our lorde god a. M. CCC liâ— Sir Robert Canoll made a iourney with thre thousande one and other and wente out of the marchesse of Bretaygne and rode along the ryuer of Loyre and entred into Berry brennyng and exylyng the countre And it was sayd he had taken on hym to passe through Auuergne to go se the pope and cardynalles at Auygnone and to haue some of their floring aswell as the archpreest had done ¶ Of the iourney that sir Robert Canoll made in Berry and Auuergne and of the lordes and gentylmen of the countrey that pursued hym Cap. CC .iiii. SUche lordes and knightes of Auuergne with their coÌ„panyes as were in purpose to encountre sir Robert Canoell came within a dayes iourney of hym with a thre thousande speares Sir Robert had ryden in Berry brenning and exilyng the countre and as than he was entred into Auuergne and to resyst hym the lordes and knyghtes were assembled They of Auuerne and Lymosen and with them therle of Forestes who had with him a .iiii. C. speares Thus they rode after sir Robert Canoll and his men such as he had broght with hym out of Loritaygne callyng themselfe englysshmen Whan these lordâ— were thus within a dayes iourney of their ennemyes and ther lodged that nyght And the next day they came and lodged on a mountayne nere to thenglysshmen they were lodged on a nother lytell hyll so that eche of theym might se others fyers that they made Than the next mornyng the french men auaunced farther about noone they caÌ„e to a mountayne right agaynst the englysshmen so that there was no more bytwene them but a lytell medowe of a .xii. acres of lande Incontynent the englysshemen made redy their batayle to fight and sette their archers in the hangyng of the hyll before them than the frenchmen ordayned two batayles in euery batayle a .v. M. men The first ledde the dolphyne of Auuergne erle of Cleremont called Berault and there he was made knyght and rearyd his baner quartered with Auuergne Merquell And with him was the lorde Robert Daulphyn his vncle the lorde Montagu the lorde of Talencon yâ— lorde of Cochfort the lorde of Serygnacke the lorde Godfray of Boloyne and dyuers other knightê and squyers of Lymosyn of Quercy of Auuergne and of Rouergue In the seconde batayle was the erle of Forestes the lorde JohnÌ„ of Boloyn erle of Auuergne the lorde Darchyer and his sonnes the lorde Dachon the lorde Duâ—es sir Renalt of Forestâ— brother to therle and many other knyghtes and squyers hauyng great desyre to fyght with their enemyes by semyng On the other syde sir Robert Canoll and his coÌ„pany shewed howe he hadd also great desyre to haue batayle Thus bothe hostes stode styll tyll it was nere night eche before other without goynge out of their straytes saue certayne yonge knyghtes and squyers to get prise in armes discended downe on both parties by the lycence of their marshals came downe into the medowe and there iusted one with another and he that wanne his felowe had hym prisonerr Thus at night eche partie drewe to their lodgynges and made good watche than the french lordes went to counsayle they ordayned that at the hour of mydnight they shulde dyscend downe fro their mouÌ„tayne on the syde fro their enemyes ward And to go a two leages and so to come to the othersyde of the mountayne where ther enemys were on the which syde yâ— hyll was easy inough to mount and thought to coÌ„e so erly thyder that theÌ„glishmen shuld nat be redy armed this was nat so secretly spoken but yâ— thenglysshmen had knoledge therof by an englisshe prisoner yâ— stale away fro the frenche hoost and came to sir Robert Canoll and shewed him all the mater ThaÌ„ sir Robert wente to counsayle with suche as he trusted best so that they thought all thynges coÌ„sydred that it was nat best to abyde the puysance of the frenchmen than they trussed and deê‘ted by guydes of men of the countrey suche as they had there for prisoners At the hour of mydnight the frenchmen putte themin array of batayle and rode for the as they before had ordayned and by that tyme it was day they came to the mouÌ„tayne wher they thoght to haue founde the englysshmen And whan they knewe yâ— they were departed they caused certayne of their meÌ„ to mount vp to the mouÌ„tayne to se if they coude knowe any thynge of theym they retourned agayne and reported howe they had sene theym passe by suche