maner as this archebysshop went aboute prechynge and shewyng the right quarel of the frenche kyng in the bondes and lymitacions of Languedoc there were in Pycardy dyuerse other prelates and clerkes who well and sufficieÌtly dyd their deuours to shewe and to preche the sayd quarel of the frenche kynge to the comon people of cyties and good townes and specially sir WylliaÌ of âormans preched the sayd quarel fro cite to citie and fro towne to towne so wysely and so notably that all that harde hym lent them selfe to his opinion so that the busynesse of the realme was by hym and by his wordes so coloured that it was marnayle to speke therof And besyde that the frenche kyng hym selfe was so moued with deuocion that he caused to be made contynual processions by the clergie and hym selfe and the quene wolde go bare foote requyrynge and besechynge god deuoutely to assist and mainteyne the right of the realme of France the whiche hath ben a season in great tribulacion And also the kynge caused all his subiectes by the constreynte of the prelates to do the same In lyke maner dyd the kynge of EnglaÌd in his realme There was a bysshop that tyme at London who made many prechynges and declaracions shewyng the people that the freÌche kynge by great wronge hadde renewed the warre And that he dyd was agayngste ryght and good reason and that he proued by diuers artycles and poyntes openely shewed to saye trouth it was of necessite that both kyngê syth they were determyned to make warre to shewe to their people the ordre and cause of their quarelles so that they myght with the better wyls helpe and ayde theyr lordes of the whiche they were all awakened both in the one realme and other The kynge of Englande sent into Brabant and Haynault to knowe if he myght geat any ayde there and desired duke Aulbert who had in rule and gouernance the countie of Heynault at that tyme that he wolde open his couÌtrey to suffre hym to go and come and to abide there if nede were and that waye to passe into the realme of France with his army The duke Aulbert at the requeste of the kynge of EnglaÌd his vncle and at the desyre of the quene his auÌte lyghtly condyscended to theyr desyres by the ayde and good mocyon of Edwarde Duke of Guerles who was of the kynge of Englandes parte For he wedded the dukes doughter and by the duke of Julyers his cousyn germayne These two at that tyme were in faythe and homage bouÌde to the kyng of EnglaÌde by whom they were desyred that they shulde retaygne eche of them the nombre of a thousande speares at his coste and charge Wherfore these .ii. lordes aduysed well that it shulde be good for the kynge of Englande to geatte alied to hym the duke Aulbert Who was sore tempted therto by them and by great gyftes that the kynge of Englande promysed hym by suche knyghtes as he hadde sente vnto hym But Whan the lorde of Comynges who was about the freÌche kynge herde therof he returned into Heynaulte and by the counsayle of the lorde JohnÌ Werthyn sâ neschall of Heynaulte by whom all the countrey was moste gouerned and was a wyse and a valiant knyght and was good freÌche in hart he was so well beloued with the duke duchesse that he brake the purpose of the englisshe messaÌgers for by the helpe of therle of Bloys and of ser JohnÌ of Bloys his brother the lorde Ligny and of the lorde BarbaÌson the duke and all his countrey abode as neuter and held with none of both partes And this answere made Jane duchesse of Brabant Kynge Charles of FraÌce who was sage wyse and subtyle had wrought about this treatie .iii. yere before knewe well he had good frendes in Heynault Brabant specially the most parte of the couÌsailours of the great lordes and to colour to make his warr seme the fayrer he copied out diuers letters touchyng the peace confirmed at Calays and ther in he closed the substanÌce of his dede and what thynge the kynge of Englande and his childreÌ were sworne to kepe in what articles by their letters sealed they were submytted to make renuÌciacions resityng suche coÌmyssions as they ought to haue delyuered to theyr people and al other articles and poyntê that made any thyng for hym and his quarell condempnynge the englisshemens deades These letters the kynge caused to be publysshed in the courtes of great lordes to the entent they shulde be better enformed of his quarel Inlyke wyse opposit to this dede the kynge of England shewed his quarel in Almaygne and in other places where as he thought to haue any ayde The duke of Guerles nephewe to the kynge of Englande sonne to his suster and the duke of Juliers cosyn germayne to his children who were at that tyme good and true englysshe had great dispight of the defiaunce that the frenche kynge had made to the kyng of EnglaÌde done by a varlet in their myndes greately blamynge the frenche kynge and his counsaile in his so doyng for they sayd that warre bitwene so great princis as the freÌche kynge and the kynge of Englande ought to be publysshed and defied by notable êsones as prelates bysshops or abbottes sayeng howe the frenche men dyd it by great presumpcyon pryde Wherfore they sayd they wolde send and defye the freÌche kyng notably and so they dyd and dyuerse other knyghtes of Almayne with them and their enteÌtê was shortly to entre into Fraunce and there to do suche dedes of armes that the remembrauÌce therof shulde be seen and knowen .xx. yere after Howe be it they dyd nothynge for their purpose was broken by another way than they thought of as ye shall here after in this historie ¶ How the duke of Bourgoyn was maryed to the doughter of the erle of Flaunders Cap. CC .liii. VE haue harde before howe the space of .v. yere to gether the kyng of Engâ made moche purchase to haue the doughter of therle of FlaÌders to haue ben maried to his son Edmond erle of Cambridge The deuises and ordenances were to longe to reherse Wherfore I wyll passe it ouer breuely The kynge of England coude by no maner geat pope Urban to consent to gyue them a dispensacion to mary and the erle of Fraunders was sued vnto fro other partes and specially by the frenche kyng for his brother the duke of Bourgoyn WhaÌ he sawe that the maryage Wolde nat take in England and howe it was tyme for his doughter to be maryed and that he had no mo children and thought that the yoÌge duke of Bourgoyn was a mete mariage for her Than he sent certayne messangers into England to treate with the kyng for acquitaunce and the messangers dyd so well their deuour that the kynge of Englande who thought none euyl quited the erle of Flaunders of all his couenauntes as touchynge the mariage of his doughter and so these
crowned he assembled his couÌsayle at Edenborowe in ScotlaÌde where as were the moost parte of all the barones and knyghtes of Scotlande and of other suche as he thought shulde do him seruyce shewyng them howe thenglysshmen in tyme past hadde done them many great inconuenyences as in brennynge of their countreys beatynge downe their castles stayeng and raunsomyng their men sayeng also Sirs nowe is the tyme come that we may be well reuenged for no we there is but a yonge kynge in Englande for kyng Edwarde is deed who was wonte to haue so good fortune Than the barownes and yong knyghtes that were there suche as desyred to be reueÌged of the domage done to them by theÌglysshmen answered all with one voyce howe they were all redy apparelled to ryde in to Englande and it were the same daye or the next or whan it pleased hym This aunswere pleased greatly the kyng of Scotes and thanked them all and ther the kyng ordeyned four erles to be as chefe capitayns of all the men of warre And that was the erle Duglas the erle Moret therle of Maure and the erle of Surlant the constable of Scotlande sir Archambalt Duglas and the marshall of the hoost sir Robert Uersy And so they made their somons to be at a certayne day at Morlane and in the makynge of this assemble there departed fro them a valiantsquier of Scotland called Alysander Ramsey who thought to enter prise to acheue a great feate of armes toke with him fortie well mounted and rode so long by night priuely that by the day in the morning he came to Berwyke whiche was englisshe capitayn of the towne was a squyer of the erle of Northumberlandes named Johan Byset and in the castell was capitayne a valyant knight called sir Robert Abenton Whan the scotes were come to Berwyke they kept theÌ selfe priuy and sente a spye to the towne and to the castell to se in what coÌdicyon it was the spye entred downe in to the dykê where ther was no water nor none coude abyde there for it was all a quycke boylyng sande And so the spye loked and harkened all aboute but he coulde nat here nor se no creature and so he returned and shewed all that to his maister Than Alysander Ramsey auaunsed for the and brought all his company priuely into the dykes and had with them ladders and so dressed them vp to the walles Alysander was one of the first the mounted vp with his swerde in his hande and so entred in to the castell and all his company folowed hym for there was none that withstode theÌ And whan they were all within than they went to the chefe towre wher as the capitayne was a slepe and so there sodenly with great axes they brake vp the dore The capitayne sodenly awoke had slept all night and had made but small watche the which he derely bought And so opened his chambre dore wenyng to him the noyse had be made by some of his owne soudiers that wold haue robbed or murdred hym in his bedde bycause he had displeased them the weke before so lept out of a wyndowe downe into the dykes in great feare without order or good aduyse so that with the fall he brake his necke and ther he dyed The watchmen were halfe a slepe and herde the noyse and woke and parceyued well howe the castell was scaled and betrayed and so sowned in a trumpet trahey trahey Johan Byset capitayne of the towne hearyng the voice of a trumpe armed him and caused all them of the towne to be armed and so drewe all before the castell and herde well the noyse that the scottes made within but they coulde nat entre in for the gate was shytte and the bridge drawen Than the capitayne Johan Byset remembred him of a great aduyce and sayd to them of the towne that were aboute hym Lette vs breke downe the stayes of the brige on this syde and than they within can nat yssue wtout our danger IncoÌtynent with axes they beate downe the bridge stayes therof towarde the towne And than JohnÌ Byset sent a messanger to Anwyke a .xii. lytell myles thens to the lorde Percy certifyeng him of all the mater desyring him to coÌe without delay with some great puyssaunce to rescue agayne the castell of Berwyke so taken by stelthe by the scottes And moreouer Johan Bysette sayd to Thomelyn Fryant who was the messanger she we to my lorde in what case ye leaue vs howe the scottes are closed within the castell and canne nat yssue out without they leape ouer the walles and therfore desyre hym to make the more hast Alysander Ramsey and his company who had thus scaled the castell of Berwike and thought they had done a great enterprice and so they had don in dede and Johan Byset had nat prouyded asodayne remedy for els they had ben also lordes of the towne And so they slewe of theym within the rastell whome it pleased them and the resydne they toke prisoners and shytte them vp fast in a towre Than they sayd nowe let vs go downe in to the towne for it is ours and let vs take all the good therin the riche men of the towne and bringe them all in to this castell and thaââsette fyre on the towne for it is nat to be kepte by vs. And within thre or foure dayes we shall haue rescue out of Scotlande so that we shall saue all our pyllage and at our departyng let vs sette fyre in the castell and so pay our hoost To which purpose they all agreed for they desyred all to wynne some pyllage And so they toke eche of them a glayue in their haÌdes they founde ynowe in the castell and so opened the gate and let downe the bridge And whan the bridge was downe the ropes the helde it brake asondre for the restyng place of the brige was broken awaye towarde the towne And whan Johan Byset sawe the maner of them than he and all his company began to shoute and crye and sayd Asirs kepe you there ye shall nat departe thens without our leaue and whan Alysander Ramsey sawe the maner of them without Than he sawe and knewe well howe they were aduysed of his beyng in the castell and so closed agayne the gate for feare of shotte and fortifyed the castell thinkynge to haue kept it and dyd cast out in to the dykes all the deed meÌ and putte vp in to a towre all their prisoners They thought the place was stronge ynough to kepe long or at leest tyll some rescue myght come to them out of Scotland for the barons and knightes of Scotlande were assemblyng togyder at Morlane and ther about and also therle Duglas was departed fro Alquest and was come to Dombare ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of the squier sent by Johan Byset to Anwyke to the lorde Percy erle of Northumberlande signyfieng hym all this sayd aduenture ¶ Howe the erle of NorthuÌberlande wan
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 exchaÌge for the captall of Buâz whyle he lyued but the frenche kyng nor the couÌsell of FrauÌce wolde in no wyse here therof wherof yâ kyng of Englande had great disdayne Thus the âater coÌtynued a long space and the yong erle styll prisoner in Englande in the fayre castell of Wynsore and he had so curtesse a kepar that he might go and sport him a haukyng bytwene Wynsore and WestmÌ he was beleued on his faythe The same season the princesse mother to kyng Richarde lay at Wynsore and her doughter with her my lady Maude the fayrest lady in all EnglaÌde therle of saynt Poule and this yong lady were in true amours togyder eche of other somtyme they met togyder at daunsynge and carollyng tyll at last it was spyed And than the lady discouered to her mother howe she loued faithfully the yong erle of saynt Poule Than there was a mary age spoken of bytwene therle of saynt Poule the lady Maude of Holande and so therle was set to his rauÌsome to pay sixscore M. fraÌkes so that whan he had maryed the lady Maude than to be rebated threscore thousande and the other threscore thousande to pay And whan this couynant of maryage was made bitwene therle and the lady the kyng of Englande suffred the erle to repasse the see to fetche his raunsome on his onely promyse to retourne agayne within a yere after So the erle came in to Fraunce to se his frendes yâ kyng therle of Flaunders the duke of Brabant and his cosyns in Fraunce In the same yere there was made an harde informacyon agaynst the erle of saynt Poule for it was layed to his charge that he shulde delyuer to thenglysshmen the strong castell of Bohaygne and so the frenche kyng caused him to be rested and kept in suretie and so the kynge shewed howe therle of saynt Poule wolde haue made an yuell treatie for hym and for the realme and the erle in no wyse coude be excused And also for the same cause there was kepte in prison in the castell of Mons in Heynaulte the lorde Chanon of Robersarte the lorde of Uertayne sir James Dusarte and Gerarde Dabyes but at length all that mater came to none effecte for there coulde nothynge be proued agaynst them and so they were delyuered than the yong erle retourned agayne in to Englande to acquyte him of his promyse and so wedded the lady and dyde so moche that he payed his threscore thousande frankes and so passed agayne the see But he entred nat in to FrauÌce bycause the kyng loued him nat And so he and the couÌtesse his wyfe went and lay at the castell of Han on the ryuer of Ewre The whiche castell the lorde of Morâane who hadde wedded his suster lent hym to lye in And there he laye as longe as kynge Charles of Fraunce lyued for the erle coude neuer gette his loue ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of this mater and retourne to the busynesse of Fraunce THe same season all Bretayne was kept close what agaynst the frenche kynge agaynst the duke Howe beit some of the good townes of Bretayn helde them selfe close in the dukes name and many had great marueyle yâ they toke hym for their lorde And also dyuers knightes and squyers of Bretayne were of the same acorde And also ther was alyed to them the couÌtesse of Ponthyeute mother to the chyldren of Bretayne But sir Bertram of Clesqui constable of FrauÌce the lorde Clysson the lorde de Lauall the vycont of Rohan and the lorde of Rochfort They helde the countre in warre with the puyssance that came dayly to theÌ oute of FrauÌce for at Pontorson at saynt Malo they le and there about lay a great nombre of men of armes of Fraunce of Normandy of Auuergne and of Burgoyne who dyde moche hurt in the couÌtre The duke of Bretayne who was in Englande had knowledge of euery thynge and howe the duke of Aniou was at Anger 's dayly distroyed his countre Also he had knowlege howe the good townes kept theÌ selfe close in his name and certayne knyghtes and squyers of the same parte wherof he conde them good thanke yet nat that withstaÌdyng he durst nat well trust in them to ieoparde to retourne in to Bretayne on the trust of his men for alwayes he douted of treason Also the kyng of Englande nor the duke of Lancastre wolde nat counsayle him to retourne Of the rencounters that were made in NormaÌdy and howe Geffray Tetenoyre and Amergot Marcell their coÌpanyes toke dyuers castelles in Auuergne Cap. CCC .xlv. IN Normandy and in Burgoyne ther were in garyson sir Wylliam of Burdes who was chefe capiten ther and in his company the lytell seneschall of Ewe sir Wylliam Marsell sir BraqÌ of Braquemont the lorde of Torcy sir Percyuall Danyuall the begue of Dury sir LauÌcelot of Lorrys and dyuers other knyght and squiers of the frenche partie And night day they ymagined howe they myght do domage to them of Chierbourg wherof sir JohnÌ Harlston was capitayne and they of the garyson of Chierbourg issued out oft tymes whan it pleased theÌ for whan they lyst they might ryde out in couerte and no man preuy to their issuynge out bycause of the great wodes that were nere to theÌ wherin they had made suche a way that they might ryde in to Normandy at their pleasure without danger of any frenchemen And so it fortuned in the same season that the french menne rode abrode and they of Chierbourge in lykewise none of them knowynge of other and so by aduenture they mette eche other at a place called Pastoy in the âode Than like valyant knightes desyringe to fight eche with other a lighted a fote all except sir Launcelotte of Lorrys who sat styll on his horse his speare in his hande and his shelde about his necke ther demaunded a course of iustyng for his ladyes sake Ther were ther that rightwell vnderstode him for ther were knightes and squiers of the englysshe parte in amours aswell as he was And as I vnderstode sir Johan Coplande a right hardy knight went to hym and so they ran togyder and rudely encouÌtred eche other But thenglysshe knight gaue sir LauÌcelot suche a stroke on his shelde that the speare pearsed throughout his body and so was wouÌded to dethe the which was great domage for he was a hardy knight yong and ioly ryght amorous and his dethe was sore complayned bothe ther and els where Than the englisshemen and frenchemen encountred togyder and fought hande to haÌde Ther were good knightes on the frenche parte as sir Wylliam of Burdes the lytell seneshall of Ewe sir WillmÌ Marsell sir Braque of Braquemont and dyuers other who fought ryght valyantly And also the englyshmen ther fought that day valiantly sir Johan Harlston sir Philypart
her Thenglysshe cronycle sheweth dyuerse other consyderations why therle MortymÌ suffred deth the which was on saynt Andrewes euyn In the yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .xxix. The whiche I passe ouer and folowe myne authoure ¶ Of thomage that kyng Edwarde of Englande dydde to the kynge of Fraunce for the duchye of Guyen Cap. xxiiii ANd after that the king had doÌe these two execucyoÌs he toke newe counselours of the moost noblest sagest êsons of his realme And so it was about a yere after that Phylip of Ualoys was crowned kyng of France that all the barones and nobles of the realme had made their homage and fealty to him except the yong king of England who had nat done his homage for the duchy of Guyen nor also he was nat somoned therto Than the king of France by thaduise of all his counsell sent ouer into Englande the lorde Auycenis the lorde Beausalt and two no table clerkes maisters of the parlyament of Parys named maister Peter of Orlyaunce and maister Peter of Masieres These .iiii. deêted fro Paris and dyd somoch by their iourneis that they caÌe to Wysant and ther they toke see aryued at Douer And ther taryed a day to abyde the vnshypping of their horses and bagages thaÌ they rode forth so long that they caÌe to Wynsore Where as the kyng and the yong quene of England lay And than these foure caused to be knowen to the kynge the occasyon of their commyng The kyng of Englande for the honoure of the french kyng his cosyn caused them to coÌe to his presence and receyued them houourably and than they publysshed their message And the kyng answered them how that the nobles of his realme nor his counsell was nat as than about hym but desyred them to drawe to LoÌdon and ther they shulde be answered in such wyse that of reason they shulde be content And so they dyned in the kynges chambre and after departed and lay the same nyght at Colbroke and that next day at London It was nat long after but that the kynge came to his palace of Westmynster And all his counsell was coÌmaunded to be ther at a certayne day lymited and whan they were all assembled Than the frenche embassadours were sent for and there they declared thoccasyon of their coÌmynge and delyuered letters fro their maister Thanne the kynge went a parte with his counsell to take aduyse what was best for hym to do Thanne was it aduysed by his counsell that they shulde be answered by thordynaunce and style of his predecessours by the bysshoppÌ of London And so the freÌchmen wer called into the counsell chambre than the bysshop of London sayd Lordes that be here asseÌbled for the kyng of Fraunce the kyng is grace my soueraygne lorde hath harde your wordes and redde the tenour of your letters Syrs we say vnto you that we woll counsell the kyng our soueraygne lorde here present that he go into Fraunce to se the kynge your maister his dere cosyn Who right amyably hath sent for hym and as touchyng his faith anohomage he shall do his deuour in euery thynge that he ought to do of ryght And syrs ye may shewe the kyng yor maister that within short space the kyng of Englande our maister shall arryue in France and do all that reason shall requyre ThaÌ these messangers were feasted and the kynge rewarded them with many great gyftes and iuelles and they toke their leaue and dyd somoche that at last they came to Parys wher they found kyng Phylyppe to whome they recounted all their newes Wherof the king was right ioyouse and specially to se the kyng of Englande his cosyn for he hadde neuer sene hym before And whan these tidynges were spredde abrode in yâ realm of Fraunce Than dukes erles and other lordes aparelled them in their best maner and the kyng of FrauÌce wrot his letters to kyng Charles of Behaygne his cosyn and to the kynge of Nauarre Certifyeng theym the day and tyme whan the kyng of England shuld be with hym desyringe them to be with hym at the same day and so they came thyder with gret array Than was it counselled the kynge of Fraunce that he shulde receyue the kyng of Englande at the cyte of Amyas and there to make prouysion for his commyng There was chambers halles hoste ries and lodgynges made redy and apparelled to receyue them all and their company And also for the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Burbon the duke of Lurren and syr JohnÌ of Artoyes There was purueyaunce for a thousande horse and for sixe hundred horse that shulde come with the kyng of Englande The yonge kyng of Englande forgate nat the voyage that he had to do into Fraunce And so he aparelled for hym and his company well and sufficiently and there departed out of Englande in his coÌpany two bysshoppes besyde the bysshoppe of London and foure erles The lorde Henry erle of Derby his cosyngermayne sonne to ser Thomas erle of Lancastre with the wrie necke the erle of Salis bury therle of Warwyke and the erle of Hereforde and. vt barownes The lorde Raynolde Cobham the lorde Thomas Wage marshall of Englande the lorde Persy yâ lorde MaÌny and the lorde Mowbray And mo than .xl. other knyghtes so that the kyng and his coÌpany were about a thousand horse and yâ kyng was two dayes in passing bytwene Douer and Wysant Than the kyng and his company rod to Bullayne and there taryed one day This was about the myddes of August the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred .xxix. And a none the tidynges came to kyng Phylip of Fraunce howe the kynge of Englande was at Bullayne Than the kynge of Fraunce sent his constable with great plentie of knyghtes to the kynge of Englande who as thanne was at Monsternell by the seesyde and ther was gret tokens of loue and good chere made on bothe parties ThanÌe the kynge of Englande rodde forth withall his rowt and in his company the constable of Fraunce And he rodde so long that they came to the cytie of Amyas wher as kyng Phylippe and the kynge of Behaygne The kynge of Mayllorgues and the kynge of Nauarre were redy aparelled to receyue the kynge of Englande with many other dukes erles and great barownes For there was all the .xii. peres of Fraunce redy to feast and make chere to the kynge of Englande and to be there peasably to bere wytnesse of the kynge of Englandes homage Ther was the kyng of Englande nobly receyued and thus these kynges and other princes taryed at Amyas the space of .xv. dayes and in the meane tyme there were many wordes and ordynaunces deuysed but as farr as I coude knowe kyng Edwarde of EnglaÌd made his homage to the kynge of Fraunce all onely by worde and nat puttyng his haÌdes bytwene the kynge of Fraunce handes nor none other prince nor prelate lymitted for hym Nor the kynge of Englande wolde
nat procede any farther in doyng any more concernyng his homage But rather he was detmyned to returne agayne into Englande and there was redde openly the priuyleges of auncyent tyme graunted the which was declared in what maner the kynge shulde do his homage and howe and in what wyse he shulde do seruyce to the kynge of Fraunce Than the kynge of Fraunce sayd cosyn we woll nat disceyue you this that ye haue done pleaseth vs rightwell as for this present tyme. Tyll such tyme as ye be returned agayne into your realme and that ye haue sene vnder the seales of your predecessoures howe and in what wyse ye shulde do And so thus the kynge of Englande tooke his leaue and departed fro the kynge of Fraunce ryght amyably And of all other princes that was there and retourned agayne into Englande and laboured so longe that he came to Wyndesor Where his quene receyued d hym right ioyously And demaunded tidynges of kynge Phylippe her vncle and of her linage of FrauÌce The kyng shewed her all that he knewe and of the gret chere and honour that he had there and sayd in his mynde there was no realme coude be compared to the realme of Fraunce And than within a space after the kyng of Fraunce sent into Englande of his specyall counsell the bysshoppe of Chartres and the bysshoppe of Beannays the lorde Loys of Cleremont the duke of Burbon therle of Harcourt and therle of Tankermylle with dyuers other knyghtes and clerkes to the counsell of Englande the which was than holden at London for the parfourmaunce of the kyng of Englandes homage as ye haue harde before And also the kyng of England and his counsell had well ouersene the maner and fourme how his auncyent predecessours had done their homage for the duchy of Acquitayne There were many as than in Englande yâ murmured and sayd how the kyng their lorde was nerer by true succession of herytage to the crowne of Fraunce than Phylippe of Ualoys who was as than kyng of Fraunce Now be it the kyng and his couÌsell wolde nat knowe it nor speke therof as at that tyme thus was ther great assemble and moch a do how this homage shulde be parfourmed These embassadours taryed styll in England all that wynter tyll it was the moneth of May folowyng or they had aunswere dyffinatyue how be it finally the kynge of Englande by the aduyce of his counsell and on the syght of his priuyleges where vnto they gaue great fayth was determyned to write letters in the maner of patentes sealed with his great seale knowle gyng therin the homage that he ought to do to the kyng of Fraunce The tenour and report of the which letters patentes foloweth EDward by the grace of god kyng of England lorde of Ireland and duke of Acquitayne To them yâ these present letters shall se or here send gretyng We wold it be knowen that as we made homage at Amyas to the right excellent prince our right dere cosyn Phylyppe kyng of Fraunce and there it was requyred by hym that we shuld knowledge the sayd homage and to make it to hym expresly promysinge to bere hym fayth and trouth yâ which we dyd nat as than by cause we were nat enfourmed of the trouth We made hym homage by generall wordes in sayeng how we entred into his homage in lyke maner as our predecessours Dukes of Guyen in tymes past had entred into thomage of the kyng of FrauÌce for that tyme beyng And syth that tyme we haue ben well enfourmed of the trouth Therfore we knowlege by these presentes that such homage as we haue made in yâ cyte of Amyas to the kyng of Fraunce in generall wordes was and ought to be vnderstande this worde lyege man and that to hym we owe to bere faith and trouth as duke of Acquitayne and pere of Fraunce erle of Poyters of Mutterell And to th entent in tyme coÌmynge that there shulde neuer be dyscorde For this cause we promyse for vs and our successours dukâ of Acquitayne that this homage be made in this maner folowyng The kyng of Englande duke of Acquitayne holdeth his handes bytwene the handes of the kyng of FrauÌce And he that shall addresse these wordes to the kynge of Englande duke of Acquitayne shall speke for the kyng of Fraunce in this maner yeshall become lyege man to the kynge my lorde here present as duke of Guyen and pere of Fraunce And to hym promyse to bere faythe and trouthe say ye and the kyng of Englande duke of Guyen and his successours sayth ye And than the kyng of FrauÌce receyueth the kyng of Englande duke of Guyen to this sayd homage as lyege man with faythe and trouth spoken by mouth sauyng his ryght and all other And furthermore whan the sayd kyng entreth in homage to the kyng of FrauÌce for therldome of Poyters and of Muttrell he shall put his handes bytwene the handes of the kyng of Fraunce for the sayd erldome And he that shall speke for the kynge of Fraunce shall addresse his wordes to the kynge and erle and say thus ye shall become liege man to the kyng of FrauÌce my lorde here present as erle of Poyters and Muttrell And to hym êmyse to bere fayth trouth say ye And the kyng erle of Poyters sayth ye Than the kyng of FrauÌce receyueth the kyng and erle to this sayd homage by his fayth and by his mouth sauyng his ryght and all other And after this maner it shal be done and renewed as often as homage shulde be done And of that we shall delyuer and our successours dukes of Guyen after these sayd homages made letters patentes sealed with our great seale If the kynge of FrauÌce requyre it and besyde that we promyse in good faythe to holde and to kepe effectuously the peace and coÌcorde made bytwene the kynges of FrauÌce and the kynges of Englande dukes of Guyen c. These letters the lordes of Fraunce brought to the kyng their lorde and the kyng caused them to be kept in his chauncery ¶ Howe the lorde syr âubert of Artoyse was chased out of the realme of Fraunce Cap. xxv THe man in the world that most ayded kyng Philyppe to attayne to the Crowne of Fraunce was syr Robert erle of Artoyse Who was done of the most sagelt and great teste lordes in Fraunce and of hygh lynage extraughte fro the blodde royall and hadde to his wyfe suller iermayn to the sayd kyng Phylyp allwayes was his chief and speciall compaignyon and louer in all hys astatis And the space of .iii. yere all that was done in the realme of Fraunce was done by his aduyce and withoute hym nothyng was done And after it fortuned that this kyng Philyppe tooke a meruailouse great his pleasure and hatred ageynst this noble man syr Robert of Artoyse for a plee that was mââed before hym Wherof the Erle of Artoyse was cause For he wolde haue wonne his entent by the vertue of
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 noÌbre 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 speÌded all at his pleasure without any acompt makyng And whaÌhe 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 coÌpanies Some went to Bruges some to Ipre and some to GauÌt And they all kept such port made so large dyspeÌce that it semed that syluer and golde fell out of their haÌdes and made many great promyses and offers to them that they spake to for that mater And the bysshoppÌ with a certayne with hym weÌt 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 straÌgers 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 coÌmanndemeÌt dyd somoch that this knyght came to hym at his sendyng as he that thought non yuell and incontyneÌt 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 frauÌchyses and amyties that they offred them in the kyng of EnglaÌdes 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 coÌtent 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 CaÌbraysang 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 BrabaÌt 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 FlauÌders 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 FlauÌders 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 fleÌmynges In this season ther were in the yle of Cagant certayne knyghtes and squyers of FlaÌders in garyson As sir Dutres de Haluyn syr JohnÌ de Radays and the sonnes of Lestriefe They kept that passage agaynst theÌglysshmen 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 caÌe 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 FlauÌders So they aparelled them selfe and came nere to Cagaunt ¶ Of the batell of CagauÌt 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
and set their archers before them and sayled to warde the towne They of Cagaunt sawe well this great shyppÌ aproche they knewe well they were englysshmen And araynged them on the dykes and on the sandes with their baners before them and they made .xvi. newe knyghtes They were a fyue thousande meÌ of warr good knyghtes and squiers ther was sir Guy of FlaÌders a good and a sure knyght but he was a bastarde and he desyred all his coÌpany to do well their deuoyre And also ther was sir Dutres de Hauyn syr JohnÌ de Roodes sir Gyles de Lestriefe sir Symon and syr JohnÌ of BonquedeÌt who were there made knyghtes and Peter of Anglemonster with many other knyghtes and squiers expert men of armes Thenglysshmen were desyrous to assayle and the fleÌmynges to defende Thenglysshe atchers began to shout and cryed their cryes so that suche as kepte the passage were fayne perforce to recule backe At this first assaute there were dyuerse sore hurte and the englysshmen toke lande and came and fought hande to hande The fleÌmynges fought valyantly to defende the passage and theÌglysshmen assauted chyualrously The erle of Derby was that day a good knyght and at the first assaut he was so forwarde that he was stryken to the erth and than the lorde of Manny dyd hym great confort for by pur feat of armes he releued hym vp agayne and brought hym out of pyll and cryed Lancastre for the erle of Derby Than they approched on euery part and many were hurt but mo of the flemmynges than of the englysshmen for the archers shot so holly togyder that they dyd to the flemmynges moche damage Thus in the hauyn of Cagant ther was a sore batell for the fleÌmynges were good men of warre chosen out by the erle of Flaunders to defende that passage agaynst thenglysshemen And of Englande there was the erle of Derby sonne to the erle Henry of Lancastre with the wry necke therle of Suffolke syr Robert Cobham sir Lewes Byauchampe sir Wyllyam sonne to therle of Warwyke the lorde Bourcher syr Water MaÌny and dyuers other There was a sore batayle and well foughten hande to hande but finally the fleÌmynges were put to the chase and were slayne mo than thre thousande what in yâ hauyn stretes and houses Syr Guy the bastarde of FlauÌders was taken and sir Dutres de Haluyn and sir JohnÌ de Rodes wer slayne and the two bretherne of Bonquedent and syr Gyles de Lestrief and mo than .xxvi. knyghtes and squyers the towne taken and pylled and all the goodê and prisoners put into the shippes and the towne brent And so thus the englysshemen retourned into Englande without any damage the kyng caused sir Guy bastarde of FlaÌders to swere and to bynde hymselfe prisoner And in the same yere he became englysshe and dyd fayth homage to the kyng of Englande ¶ How kyng Edwarde of England made great alyaunces in the empyre Cap. xxxii AFter this dysconfeture at Cagaunt tidynges therof spredde abrode in the couÌtrey And they of Flaunders sayd that without reason and agaynst their wylles therle of flaÌders had layd there that garyson And Jaques Dartuell wolde nat at had ben otherwyse and in contynent he sent messangers to kynge Edwarde recommendyng hym to his grace withall his hert Counsellyng hym to come thyder and to passe the see certyfyenge hym how the flemmynges greatly desyred to se hym Thus the kyng of Englande made great purueyancê and whan the wynter was passed he toke the see well acompanyed with dukes erles and barownes and dyuers other knyghtes and aryued at the towne of Andewarpe as thaÌ pertayninge to the duke of Brabant Thyther came people from all partes to se hym and the great estate that he kept Than he sent to his cosyn the duke of Brabant to the duke of Guerles to yâ marques of Jullers to the lorde JohnÌ of Heynalt and to all such as he trusted to haue any conforte of Sayeng howe he wolde gladly speke with theym they came all to Andewarpe bytwene Whytsontyde and the feest of saynte JohnÌ And whan the kyng had well feasted thâ he desyred to knowe their myndes whauÌe they wolde bâgynne that they had promysed requirynge them to dyspatche the mater breuely for that inteÌt he sayd he was come thyder and had all his men redy and howe it shulde be a great damage to hym to defarre the mater long These lordes had longe counsell among them and fynally they sayd Syr our commynge hyther as nowe was more to se you than for any thynge els we be nat as nowe purueyed to gyue you a full answere By your lycence we shall retourne to our people and come agayne to you at your pleasure and thauÌe gyue you so playne an answere that the mater shall nat rest in vs. Than they toke day to come agayn a thre wekes after the feest of saynt JohnÌ The kynge shewed theÌ what charges he was at with so longe abyding thynkinge whan he came thyther that they had ben full purueyd to haue made hym a playne answere sayng howe that he wolde nat returne in to England tyll he had a full answere So thus these lordes departed and the kynge taryed in the abbay of saynt Bernarde and some of the englysshe lordes taryed styll at Andewarpe to kepe the kynge company and some of the other rode about the countrey in great dyspence The duke of Brabant went to Louane and there taryed a long tyme and often tymes he sent to the frenche kyng desyring hym to haue no suspecyous to hym nat to byleue any yuell informacion made of hym for by his wyll he sayd he wold make none alyance nor couenant agaynst hym Sayrng also that the kynge of Englande was his cosyn germayne wherfore he might nat deny hym to come into his countrey The day caÌe that the kyng of Englande loked to haue an answere of these lordê and they excused them and sayd howe they were redy and their men So that the duke of Brabant wolde be redy for his part sayeng that he was nere than they And that assone as they might knowe that he were redy they wolde nat be behynde but be at the begynnyng of the mater assone as he Than the kyng dyd so moche that he spake agayne with the duke and shewed him the answere of the other lordes desyring him by amyte and lynage that no faut were founde in hym sayeng how he parceyued well that he was but cold in the mater and that without he wer quicker and dyd otherwyse he douted he shulde lese therby the ayde of all the other lordes of Amayne through his defaulte Than the duke sayd he wolde take counsayle in the matter and whan he had longe debated the mater he sayd howe he shulde be as redy as any other but firste he sayd he wolde speke agayne with the other lordes and he dyde sende for theÌ desyring them to come to hym wher as they pleased best
Peron in UarmaÌdoys the kyng of England counselled with sir Robert Dartoys in whome he had great affyance demauÌdyng of hym whyther it were better for hym to entre into the realm of Fraunce and to encounter his aduersary or els to abyde styll byfore CaÌbray tyll he had won it biforce The lordê of England and such other of his couÌsell sawe well how the cyte was stroÌg and well furnysshed of men a warr and vytels and artylary and that it shuld be long to abyde ther tyll they had wonne the cytie Wherof they were in no certeÌtie and also they sawe well how that wynter aproched nere as yet had done no maner of entprise but lay at gret erpeÌce Than they counselled the kynge to set forwarde into yâ realme wher as they might fynde more plentie of forage This counsell was taken and all the lordes ordayned to dyslodge and trussed tentê and pauylions and all maner of harnes so departed and rode towarde mnuÌt saynt Martyn the which was at thentre of FrauÌce Thus they rode in good oroce euery lorde amoÌg his owne men marshals of thenglysshe hoost were therle of NorthaÌpton Glocetter and therle of Suffolke and constable of Englande was therle of Warwyke and so they passed ther the ryuer of Lescault at their ease And whan therle of Heynalt had acoÌpanyed the kyng vnto the deptyng out of th eÌpyre and that he shuld passe the ryuer and entre into the realme of Fraunce Than he toke leaue of the kyng and sayd howe he wolde ryde no farther with hym at that tyme for kyng PhilyppÌ his vncle had sent for hym he wolde nat haue his yuell wyll but that he wold go and serue hym in Fraunce as he had serued yâ kyng of England in th empyre So thus therle of Henalt and therle of Namure and their coÌpanyes rode backe to Quesnoy And therle of Heynalt gaue the moost part of his company leaue to be part desyringe them to be redy whan he sende for them for he sayd that shortly after he wolde go to kyng Philyppe his vncle ¶ How kyng Edward made sir Henry of Flaunders knyght Cap. xxxix ASsone as kyng Edward had passed the ryuer of Lescaute and was entred into the realme of Fraunce he called to hym sir Henry of FlaÌders who was as thaÌ a yong squier and there he made hym knyght And gaue hym yerely CC. ãâã sterlyng sufficiently assigned hym in England Than the kyng went and lodged in thabbey of mouÌt saint Martyn and ther taryed two dayes his people abrode in the contrey the duke of BrabaÌt was lodged in thabbey of Uancellez Whan the french kyng beyng at CoÌpiengne harde these tydynges than he enformed his somones sent the erle of Ewe and of Gynes his coÌstable to saynt Quyntines to kepe the towne and froÌters ther agaynst his ennemies and sent the lorde of Coucy into his owne contrey and the lorde of Hen i to his and sent many men of armes to Guyse to Rybemont to Behayne the fortresses ioynyng to thentre of the realme And so went hymselfe to wards Peron in the meane season that kyng Edward lay at thabbey of mouÌt saynt Martyn his men ran abrode in the contrey to Bapauâme and nere to Peron to saynt Quyntines they founde the contrey pieÌtyfull for ther had ben no warr of a long season and so it fortuned that ser Henry of Flauders to auance his body to eucrease his honour on a day with other knyghts Wherof sir JohnÌ of Heynalt was chefe with hym the lorde of FaulquemoÌt the lorde of Bergues the lorde of Uaudresen the lorde of Lens and dyuers other to the noÌbre of .v. C. And they auysed a towne therby called HoÌnecourt wher in moch peple wer gadered on trust of the fortresses And therin they had coÌueyed all their goodê and ther had ben ser Arnolde of Baquehen syr WyllmÌ of Dunor and their coÌpany but they at tayned nothyng ther. Ther was at this HoÌnycourt an abbot of great wysdome hardynes and he caused to be made without the towne a barrers ouerthwart the strete lyke a grate nat past half a fote wyde euery grate And he made great puisyons of stones quicke lyme men redy to defende the place And these lordê whan they came thyder they lighted a fote entred to the barrers with their gleuys in their handes ther began a sore assaut they within valyaÌtly defended theÌselfe Ther was thabbot hymselfe who receyued gaue many great strokes there was a ferse assaut they win cast downe stones peces of tymbre potts full of chalke dyd moche hurt to thassaylers and ser Henry of FlaÌders who helde his glayue in his handes gaue ther with great strokes at the last thabbot toke the gleue in his handê drewe it so to hym yâ at last he set hands on ser Henres arme drewe it so sore that he pulled out his arme at the barrers to the shulder heldehym at a great auauntage for yâ barrers had ben wyd ynough he had drawen hym through but ser Henry wolde nat let his wepen go for sauyng of his honour Than thother knyghts strake at thabbot to rescue their felowe so this wrastlyng endured a longe space but fynally the knyght was rescued but his gleaue abode with thabbot And on a day whan I wrot this boke as I past by I was shewed the gleue by the monkes ther that kept it for a treasur So this sayd day HoÌnycourt was sore assaylled the which indured tyll it was nyght dyuerse wer slayne and sore hurt Syr JohaÌn of Heynault lost there a kynght of Hollande called sir Herment Whan the flemyngê heynowes englyssh men and almaygnes same the fierse wylles of them within and sawe howe they coulde gette nothynge there withdrewe them selfe agaynst nyght And the next day on the mornyng yâ kyng depted fro mount saynt Martyn coÌmauÌdynge that no person shulde do any hurt to the abbey the which coÌmaundemeÌt was kept And so than they entred into Hermandoys and toke yâ day their lodgyng be tymes on yâ mount saynt âui tyne in good order of batayle And they of saynt âuyntines myght well se them how be it they had no desyre to yssue out of their towne The fore ryders came rynnynge to the barrers skyrmysshyng and the hoost taryed styll on yâ mouÌt iyll the next day Than the lordes toke counsell what way they shulde drawe and by thaduyce of the duke of Brabant they toke yâ way to Thyerasse for that way their prouisyon came dayly to theÌ And were determyned that if kyng âhy lyppe dyd folowe theÌ as they supposed he wolde do that than they wolde abyde hym in yâ playne felde and gyue hym batayle Thus they went forthe in thre great batayls the marshalles and the Almaygnes had the first the kynge of Englande in the myddle warde the duke of Brabant in the rerewarde Thus
Beamond Thus passed that day and âone other thynge done that ought to be remembred ¶ how these kynges ordayned their batayls at âyronfosse Cap. xââ WHan the friday came in the mornyng both hoostes aparelled theÌ selfe redy and euery lorde harde masse among their owne coÌpaâyes and dyuers wer shrâuen First we woll speke of thorder of thenglysshmen who drewe theÌ forwarde into the feldâ and made iii ⪠batels a fote and dyd put all their horses and bagages into a lytell wood behynde them and for tefyed it The first batell ledde the duke of Guerles the marques of Nusse the marques of Blaquebourâ sir JohnÌ of Heynalt therle of âoÌs therle of Sauynes the lorde of Faulquemont sit Guyllam du Fort sir Arnolde of Baqucheâ and the almayns and amonge them ⪠was ⪠xxii ⪠banners and .lx. penons in the hale and .viii. Mâmen The seconde batayle had the duke of Brabant and the lordes and knyghtes of his countrey First the lorde of âuâse the lorde Bergues the lorde of Bredangh the lorde of ãâã the lorde of âaucelare the lorde of Borguynall the lorde of StoÌneuort the lorde of wyten the lorde of Elka the lorde of Cassebegne yâ lorde of Duffle ser Thyrre of âalcourt ser Rasse of the Grez ser JohnÌ of Cassebegne ser JohnÌ Filyfe ser Gyles of Coterebe ser water of âotebergue the thre bretherne of Harlebecque ser Henry of FlaiuÌders and dyuerse other barownes knyghtê of flanders who were all vnder yâ duke of ãâã baner as yâ lorde of Hallayne yâ lorde of ãâã sir Hector âyllains sit JohnÌ of Rodes ser ãâã start of Gupstell ser wyllinÌ of Stratâ ser ãâã de la mule many other The duke of BrabaÌt had a .xxiiii. baners and .lxxx. penons in all a vii M. men The .iii. bataile the grettest haâ the kyng of Englande and with hym his cosyn therle of Derby the bysshoppÌ of Lyncolne the bysshoppÌ of Durame therle of Salysbury the erle of Northamton and of Glocetter therle of Suffolke sir Robert Dartoyse as than called erle of Rychmont the lorde Raynolde CobhmÌ the lorde Persy the lorde Roose the lord Montbray sir Lewes and sir JohnÌ Beauchampe the lorde Dalawarr the lorde of Laucome the lorde Basset the lorde fitz water sir Water Manny sir Newe Hastyngs sir JohnÌ Lyle and dyuers other that I can nat name among other was ser JohnÌ Chandos of whom moche honour is spoken in this boke The kyng had with hym .xxviii. baners and lxxxx penons and in his batayle a vi M. men of armes and .vi. M. archers And he had set an other batell as in a wyng wherof therle of Warwyke therle of Penbroke the lorde Barkley the lorde Multon and dyuerse other were as cheyfe they wer on horsbacke Thus whanÌe euery lorde was vnder his banner as it was coÌmaunded by the marshals the kynge of England mounted on a palfray acoÌpanyed all onely with sir Robert Dartoyse sir Raynolde Cobham and ser Water of Manny and rode a long before all his batels and right swetely desyred all his lordes and other That they wolde that day ayde to defende his honoure they all êmysed hym so to do Than he returned to his owne batell set euery thing in good order and coÌmauÌded that non shuld go before the marshals banerê ¶ Nowe let vs speke of the lordes of Fraunce what they dyd They were .xi. score baners .iiii. kynges .vi. dukes .xxvi. erles and mo than .iiii. M. knyghtes and of the coÌmons of Fraunce mo than .lx. M. The kyngs that were ther with kyng Philyppe of Ualoys was the kyng of Behayne the kyng of Nauerr king Dauyd of Scotland the duke of Normandy the duke of Bretayne the duke of Burbon the duke of Lorrayne and the duke of Athenes Of erles therle of Alanson brother to the kyng the erle of Flaunders therle of Heynalt the erle of Bloys therle of Bare therle of Forestes therle of Foyz therle of Armynacke the erle Dophyn of Auuergne therle of LoÌguyle therle of StaÌpes therle of Uandosme therle of Harrecourt therle of saynt Pol therle of Guynes therle of Bowlougne therle of Roussy therle of Dampmartyn therle of Ualentynois therle of Aucer therle of Sancerre therle of Genue the erle of Dreux and of Gascongne and of Languedoc So many erles and vycuntes that it were long to reherse it was a great beauty to beholde the baners and standerdes wauyng in the wynde and horses barded and knyghtes and squyers richely armed The frechemen ordayned thre great batayls in eche of them fyftene thousand men of armes and .xx. M. men a fote ¶ Howe these two kynges departed fro Uironfosse without batayle Cap. xlii IT might well be marueyledde howe so goodly a sight of men of warr so nere togyder shulde depart without batayle But the french men were nat all of one acorde they were of dyuers opynyons Some sayed it were a great shame and they fought nat seyng their ennemys so nere theÌ in their owne countre raynged in the felde and also had promysed to fyght with theÌ and some other sayd it shulde be a great folly to fyght for it was harde to knowe euery mannes mynde ieoêdy of treason For they sayd if fortune were coÌtrary to their kyng as to lese the selde he than shuld put all his hole realme in a ieopardy to be lost And though he dyd dysconfet his ennemes yet for all that he shuld be neuer the nerer of the realme of Englande nor of such landes parteynyng to any of those lordes that be with hym alyed Thus in striuyng of dyuers opynions the day past tyll it was past noone and than sodenly ther started an Hare among the frenchmen and suche as sawe her cryed and made gret bruÌt wherby suche as were behynde thought they before had ben fightynge And so put on their helmes and toke their speres in their handes and so ther were made dyuers newe knyghtes and specially therle of Heynalt made .xiiii. who wer euer after called knyghts of the hare Thus that batell stode styll all that friday and besyde this stryfe bytwene the counsellours of France ther was brought in letters to the hoost of recoÌmendacion to the frenche kyng and to his counsell Fro kyng Robert of Cicyle the which kyng as it was sayd was a great astronomyer and full of great science He had often tymes sought his bokê on thestate of the kyngs of England and of fraÌce he founde by his astrology by theÌfluens of the heueÌs that if the french kyng euer fought with kyng Edwarde of england he shuld be discoÌfited wherfore he lyke a king of gret wysdoÌe and as he that douted the peryll of the frenche kyng his cosyn sent often tymes letters to king Philyppe and to his counsayle that in no wyse he shulde make any batayle agaynst thenglyss men where as kyng Edwarde was personally present So that what for dout and for such writyng fro the kyng of Cecyle dyuers
in a ly tell chapell standyng in the feldes called Esplotyn at the day apoynted these persons mette the good lady with them Of the frenche partie ther was Charles kyng of Behayneâ Charles erle Dalanson brother to the frenche kyng and the bysshoppÌ of Liege therle of Flanders and therle of Armynack Of theÌglysshe partie there was the duke of BrabaÌt the bysshop of Licolne the duke of Guerles the duke of Jullers and ser JohnÌ of Heynalt And whan they were all met they made ech to other gret salutacyons good ther and than entred into their treaty all that day they comuned on dyuers ways of acorde alwayes the good lady of Ualoys was amoÌg theÌ desyringe effectuously all the parties that they wolde do their labour to make a peace howbeit the first day passed wtout any thing doyng and so they retourned promysed to mete agayne the next day the whiche day they came togyther agayne in the same place and so fell agayne into their treaty And so fell vnto certayne poyntes agreable but it was as thanne so late that they coude nat put it in writynge as that day and to make an ende and to make perfyght the mater if they might The thirde day they met agayne and so finally acorded on a truse to endure for a yere bytwene all parties and all ther men And also bytwene theÌ that were in Scotlande and all suche as made warr in Gascoyne Poycton and in SaÌton And this treuse to begyn the .xl. day next ensuyng and within that space euery partie to gyue knowlege to his men wtout mall engyn and if suche coÌpanyes woll nat kepe the peace let theÌ be at their chose But as for FraÌce Pycardy Burgoyne Bretayne and NormaÌdy to be bounde to this peace without any excepcyon and this peace to begyn incontynent by twene the hostes of the two kynges Also it was determyned that bothe parties in eche of their names shulde sende foure or fyue personages as their embassodours and to mete at Arras the pope in likwyse to sende thyder foure and ther to make a full confirmacyon without any meane Also by this truse euery partie to enioy and possede all and euery thyng that they were as than in possessyon of This truse incoÌtynent was cryed in bothe hoostes wherof the brabances were right gladde for they were sore wery with so long lyeng at the siege So that the nexte day assone as it was day lyght ye shulde haue sene tentes taken downe charyotes charged people remoue so thycke that a man wold haue thought to haue sene a newe worlde Thus the good towne of Tourney was safe without any great damage howe beit they within endured gret payne their vytaylsbegan to fayle for as it was sayd they had as than scant to serue theÌ a thre or foure dayes at the moost The brabances departed quickely for they had grete desyre therto the kyng of Englande departed sore agaynst his mynde if he might haue done other wyse but in manerhe was fayne to folowe the wylles of the other lordes and to byleue their counsayls And the frenche kynge coude abyde no lengar there as he lay for the yuell ayre and the wether hote So the frenchmen had the honour of that iourney bycause they had rescued Tourney and caused their ennemies to deête The kyng of Englande and the lordes on his êtie sayd how they had the honour by reason that they had taryed so long within the realme and besieged one of the good townes therof and also had wasted and burnt in the frenche contrey and that the frenche kynge had nat rescued it in tyme and hour as he ought to haue done by gyuyng of batayle and finally agreed to a truse their ennemies beyng styll at the siege and brennyng his contrey Thus these lordes departed fro the siege of Tourney and euery man drewe to his owne The kynge of Englande came to Gaunt to the quene his wyfe and shortly after passed the see and all his except suche as shulde be at the parlyament at Arras Cherle of Heynalt retourned to his contrey and helde a noble feest at Mons in Heynault and a great iustes In the which Gararde of Uerchyn seneshall of Heynault dyd iust and was so sore hurt that he dyed of the stroke he had a sonne called JohaÌn who was after a good knyght and a hardy but he was but a whyle in good helthe The french kyng gaue leaue to euery man to departe and went hymselfe to Lyle and thyder came they of Tourney And the kyng receyued them ioyously and dyd shewe them gret grace he gaue theÌ frely their franches the which they had lost longe before wherw t they were ioyouse forsir Godmer du Fay and dyuers other knyghtê had ben long gouernours ther than they made newe ê uost and iurates acordynge to their auncyent vsages than the kyng departed fro Lysle to go to Parys Nowe than came the season that the counsayle shulde be at Arras and for pope Clement thyder came in legacyon the cardynall of Napuls and the cardynall of Cleremont who came to Parys wher as the kyng made theym mochehonour and so came to Arras for the freÌche kyng ther was therle of Alanson the duke of Burbon therle of Flaunders therle of Bloys the archebysshoppe of Senes the bysshop of Beawayes and the bysshoppe of Aucerre for the kyng of England ther was the bysshop of Lyncolne the bysshoppe of Durame therle of Warwyke sir Robert Dartoyse sir JohnÌ of Heynalt and sir Henry of Flanders at the whiche treaty ther were many maters put forthe so contynued a .xv. dayes agreed of no poynt of effect for thenglysshmen demaunded and the frenchmen wolde nothyng gyue but all onely to rendre the couÌtie of Poycton the which was gyuen with quene Isabell in maryage with the kyng of Englande So this parlyament brake vp and nothyng done but the truse to be relonged two yeres lengar that was all that the cardynals coude get Than euery man departed and the two cardynals went through Heynault at the desyre of therle who feested theÌ nobly ¶ Nowe speketh the hystorie of the warres of Bretayne and howe the duke dyed without heyre wherby the dyscencion fell Cap. lxiiii WHan that this sayde trewse was agreed and sayled before the cyte of Turney euery lord and all maner of people dysloged euery man drue into his owne contrey The duke of Bretayne who had ben ther with yâ french kyng as well furnysshed as any other prince that was ther deêted hom warde and in his way a sickenes toke hym so that he dyed At whiche tyme he had no chylde nor had neuer noue by the duchies nor had no trust to haue he had a brother by the father side called erle of MouÌtfort who was as than lyueyng he had to his wyfe suster to therle Loyes of FlauÌders This sayd duke had an other brother bothe by father
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 MouÌtfort 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 couÌselled 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 recoÌforted 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 weÌt 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 weÌt 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 theÌglysshmens 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 couÌselled to ryde towarde scotlande and so he dyd he rode thyderwarde bytwene mighelmas and al sayntes coÌmaundyng euery maÌ to folowe hym to Berwyke than euery man began to styrre and to drawe thyder as they were coÌmaunded The kyng at last came to yorke and ther taryed for his people the lordes of Scotlande wer enfourmed of the coÌmyng of the kyng of Englande wherfore they made sorer assautes to the castell of Esturmelyne and coÌstrayned 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 thanÌe 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 theÌglysshe 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 ârue 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 coÌtynued 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 coÌmyng 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 defeÌde 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 âersay 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 ThauÌe 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 coÌpany 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 JohnÌs thyder
Rochfort and newely refresshed the towne and castell with meÌ of warr and âuisyon In this meane season certayne noble men of Bretayne spake for a truse for a certayn space bytwene sir Charles of Bloyes and the countesse of Mountfort the which was agreed by all their ayders and assisters also the kynge of Englande sent for the countesse to come into Englande and assone as this trewse was confirmed the couÌtesse toke see and passed into Englande ¶ Of the feest and iustynge made at London by the kyng of England for the loue of the countesse of Salisbury Cap. lxxxix LE haue well harde here before howe the kynge of Englande had great warres in dyuers countreis and had men of warre in garysons to his gret cost and charge as in Picardy NormaÌdy Gascoyne Xaynton Poycton Bretayne and Scotlande ye haue harde also before how the kyng was stryken in loue with the countesse of Salisbury loue quickened hym day and night her fresshe beautie godely demeanour was euer in his remeÌbrance though therle of Salisbury was one of the priuyest of his counsell and one of them that had done hym best seruyce So it fell that for the loue of this lady and for the great desyre that the king had to se her he caused a great feest to be cryed and a iustyng to be holden in the cyti of LoÌdon in the myddes of August the which cry was also made in Flaunders in Heynault in BrabaÌt and in Fraunce gyueng all coÌmers out of euery contrey safe coÌduct to come and go and had gyuen in coÌmaundement through his owne realme that all lordes knyghtes squyers ladyes and domosels shuld be ther without any excuse and coÌmaunded expresly the erle of Salisbury that the lady his wyfe shulde be ther to bring with her all ladyes and damosels of that countrey Th erle graunted the kyng as he that thought none yuell the gode lady durst nat say nay howbeit she came sore agaynst her wyll for she thought well ynough wherfore it was but she durst nat dyscouer the mater to her husband she thought she wolde deale so to bringe the kynge fro his opynion This was a noble feest there was the erle Wyllyam of Heynalt and ãâã JohnÌ of Heynalt his vncle and a great nombre of lordes and knyghtes of hyghe lynage there was great daunsynge and iustynge the space of .xv. dayes the lorde JohnÌ eldyst son to the vycount Beaumonde in England was slayne in the iustes All ladyes and damoselles were fresshely besene accordyng to their degrees except Alys countesse of Salisbury for she went as simply as she myght to the intent that the kyng shulde nat sette his regarde on her for she was fully determyned to do no maner of thynge that shulde tourne to her dyshonour nor to her husbandes At this feest was sir Henry with the wrye necke erle of Lancaltre and sir Henry his sonne erle of Derby sir Robert Dartoyes erle of Rychmount the erle of Northampton and of Glocetter the erle of Warwyke the erle of Salisbury the erle of Penneforde the erle of Hereford the erle of Arundell the erle of Cornewall the erle of âuenforde the erle of Suffolke the baron of Stafforde and dyuers other lordes knightes of Englande And at all these nobles departed the kyng receyued letters fro dyuers lordes of sundrie contreis as out of Goscoyne Bayon Flaunders fro Jaques Dartuell and out of Scotlande fro the lorde Rose and the lorde Persy and fro sir Edward Baylleull captayne of Berwyke who sygnifyed the kynge that the scottes helde but simply the trewse concludedd the yere before for they newely assembled togyder moch people for what entent they coude nattell Also the captayne in Poycton Xanton Rochell and Burdeloyes wrote to the kyng howe the frenchmen made great preparacions for the warre for the peace made at Arras was nere expyred wherfore it was tyme for the kyng to take counsayle and aduyse and so he aunswered the messangers fro poynt to poynt ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande sent sir Robert Dartoys into Bretayne Cap. lxxxx AMong all other thynges the kynge of Englande wolde socoure the countesse of MouÌtfort who was with the quene Thanne the kyng desyred his cosyn sir Robert Dartoyes to take a certayne nombre of men of warre and archers and to go with the couÌtesse into Bretayne And so he dyde and they departed and toke shypping at Hampton and were on the see a great season bycause of coÌtrary wyndes They departed about Ester at this great counsell at London the kyng was aduysed to sende to Scotlande for the parfour maunce of a trewse to endure for two or thre yeres Consydring that the kyng had somoche besynesse in other places the kynge of Englande was lothe therto for he wolde haue made suche warr into Scotland that they shulde haue ben fayne to haue desyred peace howbeit his counsayle shewed hym suche reasons that he agreed therto Among other thynges his counsell sayd that it was great wysdome whan a prince hath warre in dyuers placâ at one tyme to agre with one by truse another to pacify with fayre wordes and on the thyrde to make warre Thanne was there a bysshoppe sende on that legacyon and so he went forthe and in processe retourned agayne and brought relacyon howe the the king of scottes wolde agre to no trewese without the agrement of the frenche kynge Than the kyng of Englande sayde openly that he wolde neuer rest tyll he had so arayed the realme of Scotlande that it shulde neuer be recouered than he ãâã maunded that euery man shulde be with hym at Berwyke by Eester except suche as were apoynted to go into Bretayn The feest of Ester came and the kynge helde a great court at Berwyke for the chiefe of the lordes and knyghts of England were ther and there taryed the space of thre wyckes In the meane season certayne good men laboured bytwene the parties to haue a trewse and so there a truse was agreed to endure for two yere and confyrmed by the french kyng Than euery man departed and the kyng went to Wyndsore than he sende the lorde Thomas Hollande and the lorde JohnÌ ãâ¦ã Bayon with two hundred men of armes and-four hundred archers to kepe the fronters ther. ¶ Nowe let vs speke of sir Robert Dartoyes that yere fell so hye that it was nere to then ãâ¦ã g of May in the myddes of the whiche moneth the trewse bytwene the lorde Charles of Bloys and the countesse of Mountfort shulde expyre Sir Charles of Bloyes was well ãâ¦ã fyed of the purchase that the countesse of Mou ãâ¦ã had made in Englande and of the confort that the kynge had promysed her for the whiche intent the lorde Loyes of Spayne sir Charles Germaux and sir Othes Dornes were layd on the see about Gernzay with a thre thousande genowayes and a thousande men of armmes and .xxxii. great shyppes ¶ Of the batell of Gernzay bytwene sir Robert Dartoys and sir Loys of
made there a great assemble of men of warre ThanÌe the kynge departed fro Renes and left them ââyll ther that were ther before to contynue their siege Than the kyng caÌe before Nauntes and besieged it as farre as he might but he coude nat lay rounde about the cite was so great the marshall of the hoost rode abrode and distroyed great part of the countrey The kyng ordayned his batellon a lytell mouÌtayne without the towne and thereââryed fro the mornyng tyll is was noone wenyng that sir Charles of Bloys wolde haue yssued out to haue gyuen hym batayle and whan they sawe it wolde nat be they brewe to their lodgyngs the fore ryders ranne to the baryers and skirmysshed and brent the subbarbes Thus the kyng lay before Nauntes and sir Charles within who wrote to the frenche kyng the state of thenglysshmen The frenche kyng had commaunded his sonne the duke of Normandy to gyue ayde to ser Charles of Bloyes the which duke was as than coÌe to Angyers and there made his asseÌble of men of warr The kyng of Englande made dyuers assautes to Nantes but euer he lost of his men and wanne nothyng and whan he sawe that by assautes he coude do nothyng and that ãâã Charles wolde nat yssue out into the felde to fyght with hym than he ordayned therle of âuenforte sir Henry vycont of BeaumoÌt the lorde âerây the lorde Rose the lorde Mombray the lorde Dalawarre the lorde Raynolde Cobham and the lorde sir JohnÌ Lysse with sixe hundred men of armes and two hundred archers to kepe styll the siege ther and to ryde and distroy the countrey all about And than the kynge went and layed sege to the towne of Dynant wherof sir Peter Portbeuâe was captayne the kyng made there fierse assautes and they within defended themselfe valyantly Thus the kyng of England all at one season had sieges lyeng to thre cites and a good towne in Bretaygne ¶ Howe sir Henry of Leon the lorde Clysson were taken prisoners before Uannes Cap. lxxxxv WHyle the kyng of England was thus in Bretayne wastynge and distroyeng the contrey suche as he hadlyeng at sege before UaÌnes gaue dyuers ãâã and specially at one of the gats And on a day ther was a great assaut and many feates of armes done on bothe parties they within set opyn the gate and came to the baryers bycause they sawe the erle of Warwykes baner and therle of ArnÌdels the lorde Staffordes and sir Water of Mannes aduenturyng themself teopdously as they thought Wherfore the lorde Clysson sir Henry of Leon and other aduentured themselfe couragyously ther was a sore skirmysshe finally the englysshmen were put backe than the knyghts of Bretayne openyd the barryes and aduentured themselfe and left sir knyghtes with a gode nombre to kepe the towne and they yssued out after thenglysshmen and thenglysshmen reculed wysely and euer fought as they sawe their auantage Thenglysshmen multiplyed in suche wyse that at last the freÌchmen and bretons wer fayne to recule backe agayne to their towne nat in so good order as they came forthe than thenglysshmen folowed theÌ agayne and many were slayne and hurt They of the towne sawe their men recule agayne and chased than they closed their barryers in so yuell a tyme that the lorde Clysson and sir HeÌry of Leon were closed with out and ther they were bothe taken prisoners And on the other syde the lorde Stafforde was gone in so farre that he was closed in bytwene the gate and the baryes and ther he was taken prisoner and dyuerse that were with hym taken and slayne Thus thenglysshmen drewe to their lodgynges and the bretons into the cytie of Uannes ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande toke the towne of Dynant Cap. lxxxxvi THus as ye haue harde these knyghtes were taken on bothe parties there was no mo suche assautes after Nowe let vs speke of the king of Englande who lay at sege before Dynant whan he had layne ther a four dayes he gate a great noÌbre of bottes and barges and made his archers to entre into theym and to rowe to the pales wherewith the towne was closedde it had none other walles The archers shot so feersly that non durst shewe at their defence than was ther certayne other with ares so that whyle the archers dyd shote they hewed downe the pales and so entred byforce ThaÌ they of the towne fledde to the market place but they kept but a small order for they that entred by the pales came to that gate and dyd opyn it than euery man entred and the capitayne sir Pyers Portbeufe taken and the towne ouer ron and robbed theÌglysshmen wan moche richesse in that towne for it was a great towne of marchandyse Whan the kyng had taken his pleasure ther as long as it had pleased hym he left the towne voyde and went to Uannes and lodged there ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to sir Loys of Spayne and to sir Charles Germaur and ser Othes Dornes who was as than admyrall on the see with .viii. galeys xiii barkes and .xxx. other shyppes with genowayes spanyardes They kept the coost bytwene England and Bretayne and dyd moche damage to them that came to refresshe the hoost before Uannes and at a tyme they set on the kynge of Englandes nauy lyeng at Aucerre in a lytell hauyn besyde Uannes so that they slewe a great part of them that kepte the shyppes and had done moch more damage yf thenglysshmen lyeng at the siege had nat ron thyder in all hast and yet asmoche hast as they made sir Loys of Spayne toke away iiii shippes laded with prouisyon drowned thre and all that was in them Than the kyng was counselled to drawe part of his nauy to Brest hauen and the other part to Hanybout the which was done and styll endured the siege before Uannes and Renes ¶ what lordes of France the duke of Normandy brought into Bretayne agaynst the kyng of Englande Cap. lxxxxvii HOwe let vs retourne to the iourney that the duke of Normandy made the same season in Bretayne to ayde and confort his cosyn syt Charles de Bloyes The duke knewe well howe the kyng of Englande had sore damaged the contrey of Bretayn and had besieged thre cytes and taken the towne of Dynant Than the duke departed fro the cytie of Angyers with mo than .iiii. M. men of armes and. rxx M. of other he toke they heygh way to Nauntes by the gyding of the two marshals of Fraunce the lorde of Momorency and the lorde of saynt Uenant And after them rode the duke and therle of Alanson his vncle therle of Bloys his cosyn the duke of Burbone was ther therle of Ponthyeu therle of Bolayne the erle of Uandome therle of DaÌmartyne the lorde of Craon the lorde of Coucy the lorde of Suly the lorde of Frenes the lorde of Roy so many lordes knightes squyers of NormaÌdy Dauuergne Berry Lymosen Dumayn Poicton and
Xaynton that it were to long to reherse theÌ all and dayly they encreased Tidynges came to the lordes that lay at siege before Nantes that the duke of Normandy was commynge thyder with .xl. M. men of warr IncoÌtynent thei sent worde therof to the kyng of England than the kyng studyed a lytell and thought to breke vp his siege before Uannes and also his siege before Renes and all togyder to drawe to Nauntes But than his counsell sayd to hym sir ye be here in a good sure ground and nere to your nauy and sende for them that lyeth at siege before Nantes to come to you and let the siege ly styll before Renes for they be nat so ferr of but they shal be euer redy to come to you yf nede be the kynge agreed to this counsell and so sent for theÌ before Nauntes and they came to hym to UaÌnes The duke of Normandy came to Nantes wher sir Charles de Bloys was the lordes loged in the cytie and their men abrode in the coÌtrey for they coude nat all lodge in the cytie nor in the subbarbes ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande and the duke of Normandy were hoost agaynst hoost lodged before Uannes Cap. lxxxxviii WHyle yâ duke of NormaÌdy was at Nauntes the lordes of Englande that lay at siege before Renes On a day made a great and a feerse assaut for they had made many instrumentes to as saut with all this assaut enduredde a hole day but they wan nothynge but lost byuers of their men within the cytie was the lorde Dancenysi the lorde of Pont ser JohnÌ of Malatrayt yuan Charnell Bertram Grasquyne squyer they defended theÌ selfe so well with the bysshoppe of the cytie that they toke no damage howe be it thenglysshmen lay ther styll and ouer ran and wasted the contrey all about Than the duke of Normandy departed with all his host and drue towarde Uannes the soner to fynde his ennemies for he was enformed howe they of Uannes were in moost ieopardy and in peryll of lesyng than the two marshals went forthe and sir Geffray of Charney and therle of Guynes constable of Fraunce made the areregarde So thus the frenchmen came to Uannes on thother syde agaynst ther as the kyng of Englande say they lay a longe by a fayre medowe syde and made a great dyke about their host The marshals and fore ryders often tymes skirmysshed toguyder on bothe parties than the kynge of Englande sende for therle of Salisbury and therle of PeÌ broke and the other that lay ar siege at Renes to come to hym and so they dyd Thenglysshemen and the bretous of that partie were well to the nombre of .ii. M. and .v. C. men of armes vi M. archers and .iiii. M. of other meÌ a fote the frenchmen were foure tymes as many well a êelled The kyng of England had so fortifyed his hoost that the frenchmen coude take no aduauntage of hym and he made no mo assautes to the towne bycause of sparyng of his meÌ and artyllary thus these two hoostes lay one agaynst an other a longe season tyll it was well on warde in wynter Than pope Clement the sixt sende the cardynall of Penester and the cardynall of Cleremount to entreat for a peace and they rode often tymes bytwene the parties but they coude bring them to no peace In the mean season ther were many skirmysshes and men taken slayne and ouerthrowen on bothe pties thenglysshmen durst nat go a foragyng but in great coÌpanyes for they were euer in great danger by reason of busshmentes that were layd for them Also sir Loyes of Spayne kept so the see coost that with moche danger any thyng came to thenglysshe hoost the frenchmen thought to kepe the kynge ther inmaner as be sieged Also the frenchmen endured moche payne with wete and colde for day and night it rayned on them wherby they lost many of their horses and were fayne to dyslodge and lye in the playne feldes they had somoche water in their lodgynges At last these cardynals dyd somoch that there was a truse agreed for thre yere the kyng of Englande and the duke of Normandy sware to vpholde the same without brekyng as the custome is in suche lyke cases ¶ Howe the french kynge caused the heedes to be stryken of of the lorde Clysson and dyuerse other lordes of Bretayne and of Normandy Cap. lxxxxix THus this great assembly brake vppÌ and the siege raysed at Uannes the duke of Normandy went to Nantes and had with hym the two cardynals And the kyng of EnglaÌde went to Hanybout to the countesse of Mountfort ther was an exchaunge made bytwene the baron of Stafford and the lorde Clysson Whan the kyng had tary ed at Hanybout as long as it pleased him than he left ther therle of Penbroke sir Wyllyam of Caducall and other and thanÌe retourned into Englande aboute Christmas And the duke of Normandy retourned into Fraunce and gaue leaue to euery man to depart and anone after yâ lord Clysson was taken vpon suspecyous of treason and was putte into the chatelet of Parys wherof many had great marueyle lordes and knyghtes spake eche to other therof and sayde what mater is that is layd agaynst the lorde Clysson ther was none coude tell but some ymagined that it was false enuy bycause the kynge of England bare more fauour to delyuer hym ãâã exchang rather than sir Henry of Leon who was styll in prison bycause the kyng shewed hym yâ auantage his enemyes suspected in hym êauen ture that was nat true vpon the which suspect he was be heeded at Paris without mercy or excuse he was gretly be moned Anone after ther were dyuers knyghtes were accused in semblable case as the lorde of Maletrayt and his son the lorde of Uangor sir Thybault of Morilon and dyuers other lordes of Bretayne to the noÌbre of .x. knyghtes and squyers and they lost all their heedes at Parys And anone after as it was sayd ther was put to dethe by famyne .iiii. knyghtes of Normandy sir Wyllyam Baron sir Henry of Maletrayt the lorde of Rochtesson and sir Rycharde of Persy wherby after there fell moche trouble in Bretayne and in NormaÌdy The lorde of Clysson had a sonne called as his father was Olyuer he went to the countesse of Mountfort and to her sonne who was of his age and also without father for he dyed as ye haue hard before in the castell of Lour in Paris ¶ Of the order of saynt George that kyng Edwarde stablysshed in the castell of wyndsore Cap. C. IN this season the king of England toke pleasure to newe reedefy the Castell of wyndsore the whiche was begonne by kynge Arthure And ther firste beganne the table rounde wherby sprange the fame of so many noble knightes through out all the worlde Than kyng Edwarde deter myned to make an order and a brotherhode of a certayne nombre of knyghtes and to be called knyghtes of the blewe
them of the dethe of Jaques Dartuell and sware solemly yâ they knewe nothynge therof tyll it was done if they had he was the man that they wolde haue defeÌded to the best of their powers and sayde howe they were right sorie of his dethe for he had gouerned the contrey right wysely And also they sayde that though they of Gaunt hadde done that dede they shulde make a sufficyent amendes also sayenge to the kynge and his counsell that thoughe he be deed yet the kynge was neuer the farther of fro the loue and fauoure of theÌ of Flaunders in all thynges except the inherytaunce of Flaunders the which in no wyse they of Flaunders woll put a way fro the ryght heyres Sayeng also to the kynge sir ye haue fayre yssue bothe sonnes and doughters as for the prince of Wales your eldest sonne he canne nat fayle but to be a great prince without the inherytaunce of Flaunders Sir ye haue a yonge doughter and we haue a yonge lorde who is herytoure of Flaunders we haue hym in oure kepynge may it please you to make a maryage bytwene them two So euer after the county of Flaunders shall be in the yssue of your chylde these wordes and suche other apeased the kyng and finally was content with the ââemmynges and they with hym and soo lytell and lytell the dethe of Jaques Dartuell was forgoten ¶ Of the dethe of wyllmÌ erle of Heynault who dyed in Freese and many with hym Cap. C .xvi. IN the same season the erle Wyllyam of Heynalt beynge at siege before the towne of Dautryche and there hadde lyen a long season he constrayned theym so soore what by assautes and otherwyse that finally he hadde his pleasure of theÌ and anone after in the same season about yâ feest of saynt Remy The same erle made a great assemble of men of armes knyghtes and squyers of Heynault Flaunders Brabant Hollande Guerles and Jullyers the erle and his company departed fro Dordreche in Hollande with a great nauy of shyppes And so sayled to wardes Freese for the erle of Heynault claymed to be lorde there and yf the fresons had been men to haue brought to reason therle in dede hadde there great ryght but there he was slayne and a great nombre of knyghtes and squyers with hym Sir JohnÌ of Heynault aryued nat there with his nephue for he aryued at another place and whan he harde of the deth of his nephue lyke a manne out of his mynde he wolde haue tought with the fresons but his seruantes and specially sir Robert of Gluues who as thanne was his squyer dyd putte hym into his shyppe agayne agaynst his wyll And so he retourned agayne with a small coÌpany and came to ââouÌt sayâit Gertrude in Hollande wher the lady his nece was wyfe to the sayd erle named Iahane eldest doughter to the duke of Brabant than she went to the lande of Buyche the which wass her endowrie Thus yâ countie of Heynall was voyde a certayne space and sir JohnÌ of Heynalt dyd gouerne it vnto the tyme that Margaret of Heynault doughter to therle Aubertcame thyder and toke possessyon of that herytage all lordes and other dyde to her feaultie and homage This lady Margaret was maryed to yâ lorde Loyes of Bauyer emperour of Almayne and kynge of Romayns ¶ Howe sir JohnÌ Heynalt became frenche Cap. C .xvii. ANone after the french kyng entreated caused the erle of Bloys to entreat this lorde JohnÌ of Heynalt to become frenche promysing to gyue hym more reuenues in Fraunce than he had in Englande to he assigned wher he wolde hymselfe deuyce To this request he dyd nat lightly agre for he had spent all the floure of his youth in the scruyce of the kyng of Englande and was euer welbeloued with the kyng Whan therle Loyes of Bloyes who had maryed his doughter and had by her thre sonnes Loyes JohnÌ and Guy sawe that he coude nat wynne hym by that meanes he thought he wold assay an other way as to wyn the lorde of Saguynels who was chefe coÌpany on and grettest of counsell with the lorde JohnÌ of Heynault And so they bytwene theÌ deuysed to make hym byleue that they of Englande wolde nat pay hym his pencyon wherwith sir JohnÌ of Heynault was sore dyspleased so yâ he renounced his seruyce and good wyll that he bare to the kynge of Englande And whan the frenche kyng knowe therof incontynent he sent sufficyent messangers to hym and so retayned hym of his counsayle with certayne wages and recompensed hym in Fraunce with asmoche or more than he had in Englande ¶ Of the great hoost that the duke of Normandy brought into Gascone agaynst therle of Derby Cap. C .xviii. THe frenche kyng was well infourmed of the coÌquestes that the erle of Derby had made in the countrey of Gascone thanne he made a great sommons that all noble and nat noble able for the feare of warre shulde be at Orlyaunce and at Bourges and there about at a certayne day lymytted by reason of this coÌmaundement came to Parys duke Odes of Burgoyne his sonne and therle of Arthoys and of Colayne they caÌe to the kynge with a thousande speares ThanÌe came the duke of Burbone and therle of Ponthyeu his brother with a great nombre of men of armes thyder also came the erle of Ewe and of Guynes coÌstable of Fraunce with a great coÌpany also therle of Tankernyll the dolphyne of Auuerne therle of Forestes therle of Dampmartyne therle of Uandone the lorde of Coucy the lorde of Craon the lorde of Sully the bysshoppe of Bewuayes the lorde of Frennes the lorde of Beauiewe ⪠the lorde JohnÌ of Chaalon the lorde of Roy and dyuerse other they all assembled in the cytie of Orlyaunce they of that part of Loyre and they of Poycton of Xaynton of Rochell of Caoursyn and Lymosyn they met in yâ marches of Tholouz So all thes passed forthe towarde Roueryng and they fouÌde moche more company assembled in the cytie of Rodes and in the marches of Auuerne and Prouence So at last they all came to the cite of Tholouz and there about for they coude nat be all lodged in the cytie for they were in nombre mo than a hundred thousand This was in the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .xlv. anone after the feest of Christmas the duke of Normandy who was chefe of that hoost rode forth with his two marshals before hym the lorde of MomoreÌcy and the lorde saynt Uenant First they went to the castell of Myremont the which the englysshmen had wonne before and captayne wtin was one JohnÌ Bristowe there they made assaut within were a hundred englysshmeÌ And with the frenchmen was sir Loyes of Spayne with genowayes crosbowes who sparedde no shotte so that they within the castell coulde nat defende them selfe but that the castell was won and they all take and slayne with the captayne than the marshals set ther newe men than they passed forthe
frenchemen fledde and kept none array their were slayne in the wayes and in hedges and busshes mo thanÌe seuyn thousande And if the day had ben clere there had neuer a onescaped anone after a nother coÌpany 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 WhanÌe 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 coÌmons 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 noÌbred by theÌglysshmen 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 TheÌglysshmen 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 grouÌde 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 UaÌbam 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 ⪠for flesshe and fyssh mercery ware houses for cloth for bredde wyne and all other thyngê necessarie such as caÌe out of England ⪠or out of Flanders ther they might bye what they lyst TheÌglysshmen 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 coÌe and reyse his siege êforce Whan the capten of Calys sawe the maner thorder of theÌglysshmen 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 deêted 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. ãâã slerlyng in almes for the which dyners many of them prayed for the kynges prosperyte ¶ Howe the duke of NormaÌdy 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 NormaÌdy he was as than a yoÌg 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 NormaÌdy coÌmaundynge hym in any wyse to breke vp his siege before Aguyllou and to retourne into Fraunce to defende his herytage fro theÌglysshmen 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
as ye thynke best yourselfe tyue hundred pounde sterlyng of yerely rent to you to your heyres for euer and here I make you squyer for my body ThanÌe the thyrde day he departed and retourned agayne into Englande whan he came home to his owne house he assembled to guyder his frendes and kynne and so they toke the kyng of Scottes and rode with hym to the cytie of yorke and there fro the kyng his lorde he presented the kyng of Scottes to the quene and excused hym so largely that the quene and her counsell were content Than the quene made good prouisyon for the cytie of yorke the castell of Rosbourg the cyte of Dyrham the towne of Newcastell vpon Tyne and in all other garysons on the marchesse of Scotlande and left in those marchesse the lorde Percy and the lorde Neuyll as gouernoure there thanne the quene departed fro yorke towardes London Than she sette the kynge of Scottes in the strong towre of London and therle Morette and all other prisoners and sette good kepyng ouer them Than she went to Douer and there tooke the see and had so good wynde that in a shorte space she arryued before Calays thre dayes before the feest of Alsayntes for whose coÌmyng the kyng made a great feest and dyner to all the lordes ladyes that were ther the quene brought many ladyes and damoselles with her aswell to acompany her as to se their husbandes fathers bretherne and other frendes that lay at siege there before Calays and had done a longe space ¶ Howe the yonge erle of Flaunders ensured the kynges doughter of Englande Cap. C .xl. THe siege before Calais enduredde longe and many thynges fell in the meane season the whiche I canne nat write the fourthe parte The frenche kynge had sette men of warre in euery fortresse in those marchesse in the countie of Guynes of At thoyes of Boloyne and aboute Calays and had a great nombre of genowayes normayns and other on the see so that whan any of th ãâ¦ã glysshmen wolde goo a forragynge other a ãâã or horsebacke they founde many tymes harde aduentures and often there was skirmysshing about the gates and dykes of the towne and often tymes some slayne and hurte on bothe parties some day yâ one part lost and some day the other The kynge of Englande caused engyns to be made to oppresse theym within the towne but they within made other agayne to resist the so that they toke lytell hurt by them but nothynge coude come into the towne but by stelth and that was by the meanes of two maryners one called Maraunt and the other Mestryell and they dwelt in Abuyle by theym two they of Calays were often tymes reconforted and fresshed by stelth and often tymes they were in great âyll chased and nere taken but alwayes they scaped and made many englysshemen to be drowned All that wynter the kyng lay ââyll at the siege and thought and ymagined euer to kepe yâ commentie of Flaunders in frendshyppe for he thought by their meanes the soner to câe to his entent he sende often tymes to them with fayre promyses sayeng that if he myght gette Calys he wolde helpe them to recouer ãâã and Doway with all their appurtenaunces So by occasyon of sache promyses whyle the kyng was in Normandy towardes Cressey and Calays they went and layd siege to Bethwyn and ther captayne was sir Dedeart de âonty who was banysshed out of Fraunce They helde a great siege before that towne and âore constrayned them by assaut but within were âour knyghtes captayns set there by the frenche kyng to kepe the towne that is to say sir Gâssray of Charney sir Ewstace of Rybamount sir Baâdwyâ of Nekyn and sir JohnÌ of Landas they defended yâ towne in suche wyse that the flemmynges waâ nothyng ther but so departed and retourned agayne into Flaunders but whyle the kynge of Englande lay at siege before Calys he sent styll messaÌgers to them of Flanders and made them great promyses to kepe their amyte with hym and to oppresse the drift of the french kyng who dyde all that he coulde to drawe them to his opynyon The kyng of Englande wolde gladly yâ the erle Loyes of Flaunders who was as than âât fâfteâe yere of age shulde haue in marâage his doughter Isabell somoche dyd the kyng yâ the fleÌmynges agreed therto wherof the kynge was gladde for he thought by that mariage the fleÌmynges wolde the gladlyer helpe hym and the fleÌmynges thought by hauyng of the kynge of Englande on their partie they might well rââyst the frenchmen they thought it more necessary and profytable for them the loue of the kyng of Englande rather than the frenche kynge but the yong erle who had ben euer norysshed amoÌge the noble men of France wolde nat agre and sayd playnly he wolde nat haue to his wyfe the doughter of hym that sleâe his father Also duke Johan of Brabant purchased greatly that yâ erle of Flaunders shulde haue his doughter in maryage promysing hym that if he wolde take her to his wyfe that he wolde cause hym to enioy the hole erldome of Flanders other by âayre meanes or otherwyse Also the duke sayde to the frenche kyng sir if the erle of Flanders woll take my doughter I shall fynde the meanes that all the flemmynges shall take your part and for sake the kyng of Englande by the whiche promyse the frenche kyng agreed to that maryage Whan the duke of Brabant had the kyngê gode wyll than he sent certayne messaÌgers into FlaÌders to the burgesses of the good townes and shewed them so fayre reasons that the counsayles of the good townes sent to the erle their naturall lorde certifyeng hym that if he wolde come into Flanders vse their counsayle they wolde be to hym trewe and good frendes and delyuer to hym all the rightes and iurysdictyons of FlaÌders asmoche as euer any erle hadde The erle toke counsayle and went into Flaunders wher he was receyued with great âoye and gyuen to hym many great presentes Ass one as the kyng of Englande harde of this he sende into Flaunders the erle of Northampton therle of Arundell and the lorde Cobâam they dyde somoche with the offycers and commons of Flaunders that they had rather that their lorde therle shulde take to his wyfe the kyng of Englandes doughter than the doughter of the duke of Brabât And so to do they affectuously desyred their lorde shewed hym many fayre reasons to drawe hym to that way so that the burgesses that wer on the duke of Brabantes partie durste nat say the contrary but than the erle in nowyse wolde concent therto but euer he sayde he wolde natte wedde her whose father had slayne his though he myght haue halfe of the hole realme of Englande WhanÌe the flemmynges sawe that they sayd howe their lorde was to moche french and yuell counsayled and also sayd howe they wolde do no good to hym syth he wolde nat
stryken of than euery man requyred the kyng for mercy but he wolde here no maÌin that behalfe than sir Gaultier of MaÌny said a noble kyng for goddessake refrayne your courage ye haue the name of souerayn nobles therfore nowe do nat a thyng that shulde blemysshe your renome nor to gyue cause to some to speke of you villany euery man woll say it is a great cruelty to put to deth suche honest persons who by their owne wylles putte themselfe into your grace to saue their coÌpany Than the kyng wryed away fro hym and coÌmaunded to sende for yâ hangman and sayd they of Calys hath caused many of my meÌ to be slayne wherfore these shalt dye in likewyse Than the quene beynge great with chylde kneled downe sore wepyng sayd a geÌtyll sir syth I passed the see in great parell I haue despred nothyng of you therfore nowe I huÌbly requyre you in yâ honour of the son of the virgyn Mary and for the loue of me that ye woll take mercy of these sixe burgesses The kyng be helde yâ quene stode styll in a study a space and thaÌ sayd a dame I wold ye had ben as nowe in soÌe other place ye make suche request to me yâ I can nat âeny you wherfore I gyue them to you to do your pleasure with theym than the quene caused theÌ to be brought into her chambre and made the halters to be taken fro their neckes and caused them to be newe clothed and gaue them their dyner at their leser And than she gaue ech of them sire nobles and made theÌ to be brought out of thoost in sauegard set at their lyberte ¶ Howe the kyng of England repeopled the towne of Calys with englysshmen Cap. C .xlvii. THus the strong towne of Calays was gyuen vp to kyng Edwarde of England the yere of our lorde god M CCC .xlvi. in the moneth of august the kyng of EnglaÌd called to hym sir Gaultier of Manny and his two marshals therle of Warwyke and therle of Stafforde and sayd to theÌ Sirs take here the kayes of the towne and castell of Calys go and take possessyon there and putte in prison all the knyghtes that be there all other soudyours that came thyder symply to wynne their lyueng cause theym to auoyde the towne And also all other men women and chyldren for I wolde repeople agayne the towne with pure englysshmen So these thre lordes with a hundred with them went and toke possessyon of Calys and dyd put in prison sir JohnÌ de Uien sir JohnÌ of Surrey sir JohnÌ of Belborne and other than they made all the soudyers to bring all their harnesse into a place apoynted layed it all on a hepe in the hall of Calys thanne they made all maner of people to voyde kept there no mo persons but a preest and two other auncyent personages suche as knewe the customes lawes and ordynaunces of the towne and to signe out the herytagê howe they were deuyded than they prepared the castell to lodge the kyng and quene and prepared other houses for the kynges company Than the kyng mounted on his horse and entred into the towne with trumpets tabours nakquayres and hormyes and there the kyng lay tyll the quene was brought a bedd of a fayre lady named Margarete The kynge gaue to sir Gaultier of MaÌny dyuers fayre houses within the towne and to therle Stafforde to the lorde of Bethene to sit Bartylmewe of Bomes and to other lordes to repeople agayn the towne the kynges mynde was whan he caÌe into Englande to sende out of London a .xxxvi. good burgesses to Calys to dwell there and to do somoche that the towne myght be peopled with pure englysshmen the which entent the kynge fulfylled Than the newe towne and bastyd that was made without the towne was pulled downe and the castell that stode on the hauyn rasshed downe and the great tymbre and stones brought into the towne than the kynge ordayned men to kepe the gates walles and barryers and ameÌded all thynges within the towne and sir JohnÌ de Uien and his coÌpany were sent into Englande and were halfe a yere at London than they were putte to raunsome me thynke it was great pyte of the burgesses and other men of the towne of Calys women and chyldren whasie they were fayne to forsake their houses herytages and goodes and to bere away nothyng and they had no restorement of the frenche kyng for whose sake they lost all the moost part of them went to saynt Omers The cardynall Guy de Boloyne who was come into FraÌce in legacyon and was with the frenche kynge his cosyn in the cytie of Amyense he purchased somoche that a truse was taken bytwene the kynges of Englande and of Fraunce their contres herytages to endure two yeres To this truse all êties were agreed but Bretayne was clerely excepte for the two ladyes made styll warre one agaynst the other Than the kyng of Englande and the quene retourned into Englande and the kyng made captayne of Calys sir Amery of Pauy a lumbarde borne whom the kyng had greatly auaunced than the kynge sende fro LoÌdon .xxxvi. burgesses to Calays who were ryche and sage and their wyues and chyldren and dayly encreased the nombre for the kynge graunted there suche lyberties and franchysses that men were gladde to go and dwell there the same tyme was brought to LoÌdon sir Charles de Bloyes who called hymselfe duke of Breten he was putte in Cortoyse prison in the towre of London with the kyng of Scottes and the erle Morette but he had nat ben there longe but at the request of the quene of Englande sir Charles her cosyn germayne was receyuedde on his fayth and trouth and rode all about London at his pleasure but he might natly past one night out of London without it were with the kynge or with the quene Also the same tyme ther was prisoner in Englande therle of Ewe and Guynes a right gentyll knyght and his dealynge was suche that he was welcome wher soeuer he came and with the kyng and quene lordes ladyes and damosels ¶ Of the dealynge of a brâgant of Languedocke called Bacon Cap. C .xlviii. ALl this yere these two kynges helde well the trewse taken bytwene them but sir WyllmÌ Duglas and the scottes beyng in the forest of Gedeours made warre dayly on the englysshmen Also suche as were in Gascoyne Poyctou and Xayntone aswell frenche as englysshe kept nothyng the trewse taken bytwene the two kynges but conquered often tymes townes and castels one vpon the other byforce by purchase or by stelth nyght day and often tymes ther fell bytwene theÌ many fayre aueÌtures somtyme to the frenchmen and somtyme to thenglysshmen alwayes the poore brigantes wanne in robyng of townes and castels And some therby came riche so that they were made capitayns of other brigantes there were some well worthe .xl. thousande crownes often tymes they wold spy
gode a noÌbre of men with hym and dayly might haue mo whanÌe he lyst And he delyuered to the lorde Edwarde of Renây .xx. thousande crownes to pay the lumbarde and sir Geffray houed styll in the feldes priuely with his baner before hym His entent was to entre into the towne by the gate orels nat the lumbarde had lette downe the bridge of the posterne and suffred the hundred men of armes to entre peasably and sir Edwarde delyuered at the postern .xx. thousand crownes in a bagge to the lumbarde who sayde I trust here be all for I haue no leaser now to tell them for it wyll be anone day Than he cast the bagge with crownes into a coter and sayde to the frenchemen coÌe on sirs ye shall entre into the dongyon than shall you be sure to be lordes of the castell they went thyder and he drewe apart the barre and the gate opyned Within this towre was the king of England with two hundred speares who yssued out with their swerdes ares in their handes cryeng Manny MaÌny to the rescue what weneth the frenchmen with so fewe men to wyn the castell of Calays than the frenchmen sawe well that defence coude nat auayle theym than they yelded theÌselfe prisoners so that ther were but a fewe hurt than they were put into yâ same towre in prison And thengly sshmen yssued out of the castell into the towne mounted on their horses for they had all the frenche prisoners horses than tharchers rode to Bolayne gate wher sir Geffray was with his banner before hym of goules thre skuchens of syluer he had great desyre to be the first shulde entre into the towne he sayd to the knyghtes that were about him with out this lumbarde opyn the gate shortely we ar lyke to dye here for colde In the name of god ser sayd Pepy de Werre lumbardes ar malycious people and subtyll he is nowe lokynge on your crownes to se if they be all good or nat and to reken if he haue his hole somme or no. There with the kynge of Englande and the prince his sonne was redy at the gate vnder the bauer of ser Gaultier of Manny with dyuers other baners as the erle Stafforde the erle of Suffolke the lorde JohnÌ Montagu brother to therle of Salysbury the lorde Beachame the lorde Beââle and the lorde Dalawarre all these were lordes and had baners there were no mo in that iourney Than the great gate was set open and they all yssued out whanÌe the frenchmen sawe them yssue and herde them cry Manny to the rescue they knewe well they were betrayed than ser Geffray sayd to his company sirs if we slye we are clene lost yet wer we better to fight with a gode hert in truste the iourney shall be ours The englysshmen herd these wordes sayd by saynt George ye say trewely shame haue he that slyeth the frenchmen a lighted a fote and put their horses fro them and ordred themself in batayle Whan the kyng sawe that he stode styll sayd let vs order our selfe to fight for our ennemyes woll abyde vs the kyng sende part of his company to Newland bridge for he herde say ther were a great nombre of frenchmen Than thyder went a sixe baners thre hundred archers and there they founde the lorde Monau of Frenes and the lorde of Creques kepyng the bridge and bytwene the bridge and Calays ther were many crosbowes of saynt Omers and Ayre so there was a sore fray and slayne and drowned mo than sixe hundred frenchmen for they were soone discomfytted and chased into the water This was erly in the mornyng but in coÌtynent it was day the frenchmen kept their grounde a whyle and many feates of armes there done on bothe partes but the englysshmen euer encreased by commyng out of Calays and the frenchmen abated Than the freÌchmen sawe well they coulde nat longe kepe the bridge than suche as had their horses by them mounted and shewed their horses heles and thenglysshmen after theÌ in chase there was many a man ouerthrowen they that were well horsed saued themselfe as the lorde Frenes the lorde Creques the lorde of SeÌpy the lorde of Louchinleych and the lorde of Namure many were taken by their owne outrage that might haue bensaued if they had lyst WhanÌe it was fayre day that euery man myght knowe other than some of the french knyghtes and squyers asseÌbled togyder agayne and turned and fought feersly with the englysshmen so that ther were some of the frenchmen that toke good prisoners wherby they had bothe honour and profet ¶ Nowe let vs speke of the kyng who was ther vnknowen of his ennemyes vnder the banner of sir Gaultyer of Manny and was a fote among his men to seke his enemyes who stode close togyder with their speares a .v. fore long At the first meatyng there was a sore rencountre and the kyng light on the lorde Eustace of Rybemount who was a stronge and a hardy knight there was a long fyght bytwene hym and the king that it was ioy to beholde theÌ at last they were put a sondre for a great company of bothe parties came the same way fought there feersly togyder The frenchmen dyd ther right valyantly but specially the lorde Eustace of Ribamont who strake the kyng the same day two tymes on his knees but finally the kynge hymself toke him prisoner and so he yelded his swerde to the kyng and sayd sir knyght I yelde me as your prisoner he knewe nat as than that it was the kyng And so the iourney was for the kyng of England and all that were ther with ser Geffray slayne or taken ther was slayne ser HeÌry of Boys and sir Pepyn de la warre and sir Geffray taken Thê° this iourney was achyued by Calis the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lviii. the last day of DeceÌbre towarde the next mornyng Of a chapelet of perles that the kyng of Englande gaue to sir Eustace of Rybemont Cap. C .lii. WHan this batayle was done the kyng returned agayne to the castell of Calays caused all the prisoners to be brought thyder Than the freÌchmen knewe well that the kynge had ben there personally hy ãâ¦ã vnder the baner of sir Gaultier of MaÌny the kynge sayd he wolde gyue them all that ââght a supper in the castell of Calys the hour of supper caÌe and tables couerd And the kyng and his knyghtes were ther redy euery man in newe aâarell and the frenchmen also were ther and made good chere thoughe they were prisoners The kyng satte downe and the lordes and knyghââs about hym right honorably yâ prince lordes and knyghtes of Englande serued the kynge at the first messe and at the seconde they satte downe at an other table they were all well serued and at great leaser ThanÌe whan supper was done and the tables take away the kynge taryed styll in the hall with his knyghtes with the frenchmen and he
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 haÌdes 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 âglysshe 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 DaÌnauemeÌt 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 valyaÌt 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 geÌtylman ther was taken yâ lord of PoÌpadour 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 DaÌmartyn 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 êhe 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 coÌmynge 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 êfore 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 amoÌg 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 thanÌe 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 coÌmaunded ThanÌe euery man gaue rowme to the lordes and they a lyghted and dyd their reuereÌte 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 ãâã saynt Sauyour le ãâã he had about a seuyn huÌdred men onâ and other the same day the frenchmen ãâã forth and ãâã before them their curr ãâ¦ã who brought them worde agayne that they had sene the naueroyse Also sir Godfray had sende ãâã ãâã who had also well a viewed the frenchmen and sawe their baners and penons and what nombre they were And ãâã and she ãâã it to sir Godfray who sayd syth we sâ ou ãâ¦ã we woll fight with theym Than he sette his archers before and sette his company in good order And whan sir Loys of Rauenaltâ ãâã th ãâ¦ã demeanour he caused his company in a lyght a fote and to âaues them with their targes agaynst the archers and commaunded that none shulde go forwarde without he commaunded The archers began to aproch and those feersly the freÌchmen who were well armed and pauysshed suffred their shotte it dyd theym no great hurt So the frenchemen stode styll tyll the archers had spent all their arowes than they ãâã away their bowes and resorted backe to their men of armes who were a ranged a longe by a hedgâ and sir Godfray with his baâer before them Than the frenche archers began to ãâã and gathered vp the arrowes that had ben shoâ at them before and also their men of armes began feersly to aproche there was a foâe fyght Whan they mette hande to hande and sir Godfrayes fotemen kept none aray but were soone discoÌfyteo Than sir Godfray sagely withârue hymselfe downe into a wyng closed with ãâã whan the freÌchmen sawe that they all a lyghted a fote and deuysed which way they might ãâã they went all about to fynde away and sir Godfray was redy euer to defende They were many hurt and slayne of the frenchmen or they ãâã de entre at their pleasure finally they entred than there was a sore fyght and many a man ouerthrowen And sir Godfrayes men kepte ãâã good aray nor dyd nat as they had promysed moost part of theym ââeâde whan sir Godfray sawe that he sayd to himself howe he had ratheâ there ãâ¦ã than to he âaken by the freÌchmen than he toke his are in his handes and set ãâã yâ one legge before thother to stande the more surely for his one legge was a lytell croked but he was strong in the armes Ther he fought valyantly and long non burst well abyde his stro ãâ¦ã than two frenchmen mounted on their horses ãâã ranne bothe with their speares a tones at hym and so bare hym to the yerth than other yâ were a fote âame with their swârdes and strake hym into the body vnder his harneys So that ther he was slayne and all suche as were with hyaâ were nygh all slayne and taken and such as ãâã ped retourned to saynt Sauyour the Uycount This was about the feest of saynt Martyne ãâã wynter the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lvi. ¶ Howe the prince conucyed the frenche kyng fro Burdeux into Englande Cap. C .lxxiii. AFter the beth of this knight sir Godfray of Harcourt the freÌchmen retourned to CoÌstances with their prisoners and pyliage And anone after they went into France to the duke of Normandy who as than was called regent of France and to the thre estates whâ receyued them right honourably So fro thens forth saynt Sauyour le vycont was englysth ãâ¦ã and all the lordes pertayning to sir Godfray of Harcourt for he had solde it to the kyng of England after his dyscease and disheryâed yâ lorde Loys of Harcort his nephue by cause he wolde nat take his parâ Issone as the kyng of EnglaÌde herde tidynges of the dethe of the lorde Godfray of Harcort he was sorie therof ThaÌ he sent incoÌtynent men of armes knyghtes sâuyers archers mo than CCC by see to go and take possessyon for hym of saynt Sauyour le UycoÌt the which was worth xxc M. frankes by yere and made captayne of those landê the lorde Johan Lyle The thre estates all that season studyed ou the ordinance of the realme of France and it was all gouerned by them the same wynter yâ prince of Wales and suche of Englande as were with hym at Burdeux ordayned for shyppes to conuey the frenche kyng and his sonne and all other prisoners into Englande And whan the tyme of his departed aproched than he coÌmauÌded the lorde âalbert the lorde of Musydent the lorde de ãâã aspare the lorde of Punyers and the lorde of Rosen to kepe yâ contre there tyll his retourne agayne Than he toke the see and certayne lordes of Gascoyne with hym the frenche kyng was in a vessell by hym self to be the more at his ease acompanyed with two huÌdred men of armes and two thousand archers for it was shewed the prince that the thre estates by whom the realme of France was gouerned had layed in Normandy and Crotoy two great armyes to the entent to mete with hym and to gette the frenche kynge out of his handes if they myght but ther were no suche that apered And yet thei were on the see .xi. dayes on the .xii. day they aryued at Sandwych than they yssued out of their shyppe and lay there all that night and taryed there two dayes to refresshe them and on the thirde day they rode to Canterbury Whan the kyng of Englande knewe of their coÌmynge he comaunded theÌ of London to prepare theym and their cyte to receyue suche a man as the freÌ che kyng was Than they of London arrayed themselfe by coÌpanyes and the chiefe maisters clothyng dyfferent fro the other at saynt Thomas of Caunterbury the frenche kyng and the prince made their offerynges and there taryed a day and than rode to Rochester and taryed there that day and the nexte day to Dartforde and the fourth day to London wher they were honourably receyued and so they were in euery good towne as they passed The frenche kynge rode through London on a whyte courser well aparelled and the prince on a lytell blacke hobbey by hym Thus he was conueyed a long the cyte tyll he came to the Sauoy the which house pertayned to the herytage of the duke of Lancastre there the french kyng kept his house a long season and thyder came to se hym the kyng and the quene often tymes and made hym gret feest and chere Anone after by the commaundement of pope Innocent the sirt there came into Englande the lorde Taylleran cardynall of Pyergort and the lorde Nycholas cardynall of Dargell They treated for a peace bytwene the two kynges but they coude bring nothyng to effect but at last by good meanes they êcured a truse bytwene the two kynges and all their assysters to endure tyll the feest of saynt Johan the Baptyst in the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .lix. And out of this truse was excepted the lorde Philyppe of Nauerr and his alyes the countesse of Mountfort and
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 paymeÌt 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 deêted 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 breÌnyng 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 âlesquyne who duryng the siege fought with an englyssh man called sir Nycholas Dagorne and that batayle was takenÌe 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 êtayning to the kyng of Nauer bothe by fayth and othe gretly it displeased hym the preseÌtmeÌt 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 coÌmen of many maters specially of the kyng of Nauer and of his takyng wherwith they wer nothing coÌtent 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 freÌchman 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 warraÌt you on my peryll that ye shall entre into the castell without âanger by asubtyltie that I wyll coÌpase 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 êceyued howe the thre estates wer well mynded to the delyueraÌce of the kyng of Nauer And whan he saw all his mater redy ãâã well forward that the burgesses of his opynyon were well aduysed what they shulde do he armed hymselfe with secrete armour dyd on a ââopp aboue a cloke aboue that and vnder his arme he bare a short batell axe with hym went a varlet who was âriuy 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
the riuer of Selettes for a squier of his called John Aâenson who bare in his armes azute askoâhyâ syluer had wonne the towne of Flauigny nat farre theuse and had founde therin great prouysion of all maner of victaylles to serue yâ ooââ the space of a moneth the whiche came Welle to passe for the kynge laye at Aguillon fro All he Wednysday tyll after mydleÌt and alwayes his maââhals and currouâs ouerâanne the couÌtrey wastynge and eâilynge it and often tymes refresshed the oost with newe prouision The kynge of Englande and the great men of his ãâã had euer with theym in their cariages âemes paââlions mylles ouyns and forges to syeth and to bake and to forge shoos for horses and for other thynges necessary they had with them a. ãâã ãâã cartes euery carte at lest with ãâã good horses brought out of Englande Also they brought in these Cartes certayne botes made of lether subtilly wrought and sufficiently âuery one of them to receyue .iii. men to row in water or riuers and to fysshe in them at their pleasure in the whiche dyd the great lorde moche pleasure in the lent season Also the kynge had ãâ¦ã ⪠âaâkoners a horsbacke with haukes and ãâ¦ã ple of houndes and as many greyhouÌ ãâ¦ã So that âere euery daye eyther he hunted or hauked at the ryuer as it pleased hym And ãâ¦ã rs other of the great lordes had hundes ãâã as well as the kyng and euer as the ost ãâã they went in thre datailes and euery âââayle had his vawarde and euery oost lodged by themselfe eche a leage from other And thâ kynge kept the thirde bataile whiche Was most greattest That maner they kepte fro the tyme they remoued from Calais tyll they came before the good towne of Charters THe kynge of Englande who laye at Aguillon had great âuision for his oost by the meanes of JohnÌ Alenson who he found at Fâauigây Whyle the kynge lay at Aguillon thâ yonge duke of Burgoyne by the counsayle and request of al the countrey sent to the kyng of Englande certayne messangers lordes and knyghtes to treate for a respite nat to burne âhe countrey nor ouer ronne it These were the lordes that went to treate for this mater Fyrst the lorde ser Aâceaulme of Sallins great chauÌ ãâ¦ã of Burgoyn ser Jaques of UieÌne ser JohnÌâe âye ser Hugh of UieÌne ser William of Thoâââse and ser JohnÌ of Moâtmartin These lordes fouÌde the kyng of Englande so treatable yâ ther was a composicion made betwene the kyng of Englande and the countrey of Bourgoyn the kynge made them assuraunce for hym and all his nat to ouer ren that countrey the space oâ ⪠iii. yeres and he âo haue redy the somme of ii M. frankes Whan this treaty was agreed sealed the kynge dislodged and al his oost and tâke the right waye to Paris and lodged on yeâââer of Dyonne at Leon besyde Uoselay and his peple laye alonge the ryuer syde welnere to ãâ¦ã at thentre of the couÌtie of Neuers the englisshemen entred into Gastenoys The kyng sped hym so by his iourneis yâ he came be ãâã Paris lay .ii. leagê theÌs at Burgâle royne THus the kynge rode about the countrey distroyeng all before hym and also the garysons made warre for hym in Beauuoisyâ in Pycardy in France in Brye in ChaÌpaigne destroyed nere all the countrey Also the kyng of Nauer who was in the marches of NormaÌdy made also sore warre Thus the noble realme of France was sore greued on all sides And specially syr Eustace Dambreticourt who laye at Chemy on yâ riuer of Esne who had a great garison of soudiers wasted raunsommed pilled the countrey and ouer ranne the countie of Rethel to Douchery to Mesieres to Chene Pouâlleux to Sâtenay in the countie of Bay they rode and lay in the countrey where they lyst .ii. or .iii. nyghtê together without any let or trouble whan they lyst retourned agayne to their fortresse of Chemy True it was that the lordes and knyghtes of the countrey thereabout were sore displeased with that fortresse and assigned many dayes amonge them selfe to mete and to go and lay siege to Chemy howe be it they neuer dyd nothyng These companyons whoymagined nyght and day howe they might geat and steale townes fortresses ⪠on a nyght they âame to a strong towne a good castell in Laonnoyse nere to Montague this fortresse was called Pierpont standyng in a maresse the same season there were within the towne great noÌbre of men of the couÌtrey that had brought thither theyr goodes on trust of the streÌgth of the place Whan they of Chemy came thither the watche within was a ãâã they spared nat the dangeroê° maresses but went through them and came to the walles and so entred into the towne and waÌne it without defence and âobded it at their pleasure They found ther more riches than euer they founde before in any towne And whâ it was day they brent yâ towne and returned to Cheâây well furnysshed with great pyllage ¶ How the kyng of England put the realme of FraÌce into great tribulacioÌ and the êphicies of the frere of Auygnon and of thenglisshe busshement layd for them of Paris Cap. C C .xi. IN this season a frere minor full of great clergie was in the cite of AuignoÌ called frere JohnÌ of Roche tayllade the whiche frere pope Innocent the .vi. held in prison in the castell of Baignoux for shewyng of many meruailes after to come principally he shewen many thynges to fall on the prelates of the churche for the great superââuitie and pryde that Was as than vsed amonge theym And also he spake many thynges to fall of the realme of Fraunce and of the great lordes of Chri ãâ¦ã ome for the oppressions that they dyd to the pore comoÌ people This frere sayd he wolde proue all his sayynges by the auctorite of the Apâââlippis and by other bokes of holy sayntes and prophettes yâ whiche wer opened to hym by the grace of yâ holy gooste he shewed many thynges harde to beleue and many thynges fell after as he sayâ He sayd them nat as a prophette but he shewed them by auctorite of auncieÌt scriptures and by the grace of the holy goost who gaue hym vâderstaÌdynge to declare the auncient prophâcieâ and to shewe to all cristen people the yeres and tyme Whan suche thynges shulde âall he made dyuerse bookes founded on great âciences and clergie wherof one was made the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xlvi. Wherin were written suche meruailes that it were hard âo beleue them howe be it many thynges accordyng therto âell after And whan he was demauÌded of the warres of France he sayd that all that had ben seen was nat lyke that shulde be seen after For he sayde that the warres in Fraunce shulde nat be ended tyll the realme were vtterly wasted and exyled in euery parte The whiche sayeng was well seen after for the noble
.ii. other clerkes of great prudence the Abbotte of Clugny and the maister of the friers prechers called syr Symon of Langres a maister in diuinite These two clerkes at the desyre of the duke of Normandy and of the hole counsaile of Fraunce departed from Paris with certayn articles of peace and syr Hewe of Geneue lorde of Autun in their company And they went to the kynge of Englande Who rode in Beausse towarde Galardon These two clerkes and .ii. knyghtes spake with yâ kyng and began to fall in treatye for a peace to be had of hym and hys alies To the whiche treatye the prince of Wales the duke of LaÌcastre and the erle of Marche were called This treatie was nat as than concluded for it was longe a dryuynge and allwayes the kyng went forward These embassadours wold nat so leaue the kyng but stylsued and folowed on theyr pourpose For they sawe howe the frenche kynge was in so poure estate that the realme was lykely to be in a great ieopardye if the warre contynued a somer longer And on the other syde the kynge of Englande requyred so great thynges and so preiudiciall to the realme of Fraunce that the lordes wolde nat agree therto for theyr honours So that al theyr treatie the whiche endured a .xvii. dayes styll folowynge the kynge they sent euer theyr proces dayely to the duke of Normandy to the citie of Parys euer desyrynge to haue agayne answere what they shulde do farther the whyche êcesse were secretly and sufficiently examyned in the regentes chambre at Parys and answere was sent agayne by wryttynge to them what they shulde do and what they shulde offre And so these ambassadours were often tymes with the kynge as he went forewarde towarde the cite of Charters as in other placess and great offers they made to come to a conclusion of the warre and to haue a peace To the whiche offers the kynge of England was hard harted to agree vnto for his entension was to be kynge of Fraunce and to dye in that estate For if the duke of Lancastre his cosyn had nat counsayled hym to haue peace he wolde nat agreed thervnto but he sayd to the kynge Syr this Warre that ye make in the realme of FraÌce is ryght maruaylous and ryght fauourable for you your men wynne great ryches and ye lese your tyme all thyngess consyderedde or ye come to your entente ye maye happe to make Warre all the dayes of your lyfe Syr I wold counsayle you syth ye may leaue the Warre to your honoure and profytte accepte the offers that ben made vnto you for syr you myght lese more in a daye than we haue wonne in twenty yere Suche fayre and subtyle wordes that the duke of Lancastre sayde in good entencion and for welthe of the kynge and all his subiectes coÌuerted the kynge by the grace of the holy goost Who was chief warker in that case For on a daye as the kynge Was before Charterss there fell a case that greatly huââled the kyngess courage for whyle these ambassadours were treatynge for this peace and had none agreable answere there fell sodaynly suche a tempest of thoÌder lyghtnyng rayne and hayle in the kyngess oost that iâ semed that the worlde shulde haue ended there fell from heuyn suche great stoness that it slewe men and horses so that the mooste hardyest were abasshed Than the kyng of Englande behelde the churche of our lady of Charters and auowed deuoutly to our lady to agre to the peace and as it was sayd he was as than confessed and lodged in avillage nere to Charters called Bretigny and there were made certayne composicions of peace vpon certayne articles after ordeynedâ and the more syrmely to be concluded by these ambassadours and by the kynge of Englande and his counsayle ther was ordeyned by good delyberacion and aduyce a letter called the charter of the peace Wherof the effecte foweth ¶ The fourme and tenor of the letter on the peas made before Charters bitwene the kynges of Englande and Fraunce Cap. CC .xii. EDward by the grace of god kynge of Englande lord of Irelande and of Aquitaine To all to Whom these present letters shall come We sende gretyng howe by the discencioÌs debates striffess moued or hereafter to be moued bytwene vs our ryght dere brother the Frenche kynge certayne commyssyoners and procurers of ours and of our dere sonne prince of Wales hauyng sufficient power and auctorite for vs for hym and for our hole realme on the one parte And certayne other commyssyoners and procurers of our dere brother the frenche kyng and of our right dere nephewe Charles duke of Normandy and dolphyn of Uienne eldest sonne to our sayd brother of Fraunce hauynge power and auctorite for his father for his part and also for hym selfe that they be assembled at Bretigny nere to Charters at whiche place it is agreed accorded by the sayd commyssyoners and procurers of eyther party vpon all discencions debates warres and discordes The whiche treates by our procurers and our sonnes for vs and for hym and also the procurers of our sayd brother and of our sayd nephew for his father and for hym swereth by the holy euangelystê to hold kepe and accomplysshe this treatie by the whithe accorde amonge other thynges our brother of Fraunce and his sayd sonne are bounde and promyseth to delyuer to leaue to vs our heires and successours for euer the counties cites townes castels fortresses landes Iles rentes reuennues and other thynges as foloweth besyde that we haue and holde all redy in Guyen and in Sascoyne to possede perpetually by vs and by our heires and successours all that is in demayne and all that is in fee by the tyme and maner hereafter declared that is to say the castell and countie of Poicters and al the landes and countrey of Poictow with the fee of Thowars and the landes of Bellville the cite and castell of xayntis and all the landes and counte of xaynton on both sydes the ryuer of Charente with the towne and forteresse of Rochelle and theyr appurtenaunces the citie and Castell of Agene and the countrey of Agenoyse the citie towne and Castell of Pierregourte and all the countrey therto belongynge the cite and castell of Lymoges and the landes and couÌtrey of Lymosyn the cite and castell of Caours the castell and countrey of Tarbe the laâdes couÌtrey and countie of Bigore The countie countrey and laâde of Gowre the citie and castell of Angolesme and all the countrey therto perteynynge the citie towne and castell of Rodaix ⪠the couÌtie and couÌtrey of Rouergne And if there be in the duchye of Guyne any lordes as the erle of Foiz the erle of Armmake the Erle of Lisle the Uicount of Carmaine the erle of Pierregourt ⪠the Uicount of Lymoges or other holdynge any laâdes within the foresayde bondes they shall do homage to vs and all other seruicis due and accustomed for their landes and places in
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 FraÌce promyseth to make a declaracion theroâ to vs as shortly as he canne after his comynge into Fraunce And also the countie of Poictow ânterly saue and excepted if any thynge be aliened awaye by the kynges of EnglaÌde 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 bouÌde to rendre them to vs But if the sayde alienacions haue ben done by the frenche kynges for the tyme beynge without any meane ⪠and our sayd brother nowe hauynge them agayne iâ his possession he shall leaue them entierly to vs excepte that if yâ FreÌche 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 rendââ 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 ⪠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 reueÌnues 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 mouÌtayn 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 ⪠castels fortresses laÌdes 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 coÌprised 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 curraÌt And vnder that heritage to haue it styll but the habitacioÌs and heritages beynge in the towne of Calais and their apurtenaunces shal abide styll to the inhabitantes In the laÌdes 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 laâdes couÌties 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 ⪠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 couÌties of Aniou and of Mayn the souer ãâ¦ã and homage of the duchie of Britaigne except the right of the erle of MouÌtfort 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 demauÌdes 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 traÌsportes 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 beloÌgynge 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 thappurtenauÌces Also the couÌtie of Pontheu hole entierly saue and excepte the tenoure of the article coÌteyned 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 reconisauÌces 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 demauÌde in tyme to come of the kyng of EnglaÌde 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 êsons theyr heires and successours and all other persones cities counties landes countreys Iles castelles and places before named and altheyr appurtenaunces and appendauÌces 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 Eâglâââ theyr heires and successours shall haue and holde peasably all the fore named couÌtreys in theyr fraunchese and lyberties perpetuall as lorde and soueraygne liege and as neighbour to the frenche kyng and to the realme of FraÌce Without any knowledgynge of any soueraynââââbâyâaunce 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 âyght that they haue or myght haue in all these âhynges 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 renouÌseth 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 ãâã the homage souerainte and demayne of the duchie of Normandy of the duchie of Thourayne and of the counties of Aniou ⪠and Mayn and of the soueraynte and homage of the couÌtie 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 ãâã treatie ought to be deliuered to eche of them the tyme place and whan the said renounciaâoâs 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 soââââââties 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 êâeyne to vs by reason of the sayde treatye and peace Also we in lyke wyse expressely renouÌce all suche thynges as ought nat to be delyuered âo 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 FrauÌce and of the realme and to the homage soueraintie and demayne of the duchie of Normandy and to the couÌties of Aniou and Main and of Thourayn and of the homage and souerainte of the countie of Flanders and all other demauÌdes 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 coÌtrarye 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 cohârcyon 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 renâe vpon vs and on them as soone as we or any of theym do or attempte in occupyenge towne castell citie or forteresse or any thynge doynge ratyfienge or consentynge In gyuynge counsayle comfort fauour or aide priuely or openly agaynst the sayde peace And of the Whiche sentences of curse nat to be assoyledde vnto the tyme full satisfaction be made to all them that haue had or susteyne any dammage in that behalf ⪠And more ouer we woll and coÌsent that our holy father the pope to the entent that thys sayde peace shulde be the fyrmelier kepte and holdeââ perpetually that if any pactionâ conâeâeracyons aliaunces and couenauntes howe so euer they be named if they be any thyng preiuâicyall agaynst the said peace by any maner of way at this present tyme or here after to be made supposed that they be ferme and delyuered of certayne peynes or by othes confyrmed by our holy father the pope or by any other that they be cancelled stande for nought or any thynge contrary to the comon weale or vnprofitable to the peace and to all Christente and âispleasaÌt to god and all promesses and othes in suche cases shal be shewed and discussed by our holy father the pope so that none be bâââde to holde or kepe any suche promyses or othes aliauÌces or couenauÌtes to th entent that in tyme to come suche semblable cases shulde nat be done And if any attempt to do the coÌtrary that it be voyâ and of none effecte And as for vs we shall punyss he all suche as violaters and brekers of the peace by theyr bodyes and gooddes as the cas shall requyre accordynge to reason And if we procure or suffre to be done the coÌtrary as god forbyd than we wol that we be reputed for fals and vntrewe and that we ren in suche estate of blame and defame as a kynge sacred ââght to ren in suche a case and we swere on the body of our lorde Jesu Christ all the sayde thynges to holde and kepe and accomplysshe and nat to do the contrary nother by vs nor by âone other in no maner of case and to the entent that these sayd bondes shulde be fulfylled We âynde vs our heires and all the goodes of vs and of our heires to our sayd brother of France and to his heires And also we swere on the holy euangelist by vs corporally touched that we shall perfourme holde and accomplisshe in the forsayd cases all the sayd thynges by vs promysed and accorded And we woll that in like case our brother or his deputies in place ãâã terme and in maner as before is made mencion present to vs his letters coÌprâsed therin to theââârt ãâã strength of our sayd letters that we haue proâysed and delyuered as is sayd before Alwayes saued reserued by vs our heires and successours that the sayd letters before eâcorpored be of none effecte nor be to vs any maner of preiudice or damage vntyll the season that our sayde brother and nephewe haue made fente and âelyuered the foresayde renonciaâions accordynge to the maner before âeuised and tyll that be âone our letters nat to be agaynste vs our heires or successours in any maner of wyse but in the foresayd case In witnesse of whiche we haue ââttâ our scale to the present letters yeuyn at Calais the .xxiiii. day of Octobre the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lx. ANd whan this letter chartre called the letter of renunciacion as well of the one kynge as of the other was engrosed wrytten sealed than it was red openly in the counsayle chambre beyng present both kynges and theyr counsayles the whiche semed to eche of them to be ryght good and well ordeyned and there agayne both kynges sware and their eldest sonnes on the euangelist is corporally by them touched and on the body of Jesu Christ consecrated to kepe and to accoÌplisshe and nat to broke any of the forsayd thynges And yet farther by the aduise and regarde of the frenche kyng and of his counsaââe and at the ende of their parliameÌt the kyng of Englande was requyred that he wolde gyue and sende a generall commissââ to all them that for the tyme held vndershadow of the warre townes castels and fortresses in the realme of Fraunce werby they myght haue suche commaundement to auoyde and departe And the kyng of Englande wo as than wolde nothyng but welth and good peace to be norysshed bitwene hym and the frenche kyng his brother as he had sworne and promysed lyghtly agreed to this ⪠requeste for it semed but reason ⪠And than the kyng of Englande commaunded his counsaile that suche a commission shuld be made after the best maner that myght be accordynge to the entent of the frenche kynge and of his counsayle And than they of the speciall coâsayle of bothe kynges drâwe theym to guether and there was wrytten and engrosed by the aduyse of bothe counsayles a certayn commission wherof the tenor ⪠foloweth EDwarde by the grace of god kyng of Englande lorde of Ireland and of Aquitayne To all oure Capytaynes kepers of townes and of castelles adherauntes and alies ⪠beynge in the parties of Fraunce aswell in ââcardy Borgoyn Aniou Berrey Normandy BritaiguÌ Auuerne ChaÌpaiguÌ Mayn Thourayne as in all the bondes and lymitacionâ of the demayne and tenure of Fraunce We ãâã gretynge as peace and accorde hath ben made bytwene vs and our brother of Fraunce our alies and adherentes comprisynge all the debates and discordes that hath ben bitwene vs in tyme past or may be and haue sworne on the body of Jesu Christ and also our eldest sonne and our other children and other of our blodd with outers prelates barons and knyghtes the moost notable of the realme of Englande And in like wyse hath sworne our sayd brother and our sayd nephewe the duke of Normandy and our other nephewes his said children and dyuers barones knyghtes and prelates of the sayd realme of Fraunce to kepe the peace And though hit so fortune or fall hereafter that any men of warre of our realme or of our subiectes enforce them to do or to take on them any thyng contrary to the sayd peace in takynge or withholdynge fortresses townes cites or castelles or takynge of pyllage or prisoners or restynge of any persone their goodes or marchandyses or any other thynge doyng agaynst the peace the whiche to vs shulde be right displeasaunt and we may nat nor wyll suffre it to passe vnder the shadow of dissimulacion in any maner of wyse we woll with all our power in all these said thynges fynde remedy Therfore we woll desire and ordeyne by the deliberacion of ⪠our counsaile that none of our subiectes whatsomeuer estate or coÌdicion they be of do or enforce them to do any thynge contrary to the sayd peace Indoynge of any pillage takyng or withholdynge any fortresses prisoners or gooddes what so
euer they be perteynynge to the realme of Fraunce or to our sayd brother his subiectes alies and adherentes or any other what so euer they be doynge agaynst the sayd peace ⪠and nat leaue or ceace so to do and wyll nat rendre agayne the damages by them done within a moneth after that they be requyred so to do by any of our officers sergeauntes or publike persones that than by that dede allonlye without any other processe or condempnacion that they be all reputed for banysshed meÌ out of our realme and our power and also oute of the realme and landes of oure sayde brother and all theyr gooddes forfaited to vs and into our demayn if they may be founde within our realme we woll and coÌmaund expressely that on them We be made as of traytours and rebels agaynst vs accordynge to the custome done in cryme of high treason withoute gyuynge in that case any grace or remyssion sufferance or pardon And in like wyse to be done of our subiectê in whatsoeuer estate they be that in our realme ãâ¦ã syde the lee or on the other side take occupye or holde fortresse whatsoeuer it be ayenst the wyll of them that they shuld perteyne vnto or brenneth or raunsometh townes or persones or do any pyllage or robbery in mouyng warrÌ within our power or on our subiectes Than we commaunde and expressely enioyne all our seneschals bailiffes prouostes chatelaynes or other our officers in eschewynge of our hygh displeasure and on peyne of losynge of their offices that they publysshe or cause to be publisshed these presentes in certayne notable places within theyr rules and that this commaundement ones sen harde none after to be so hardy to abyde in any fortresse êteynyng to the realm of France beyng out of the ordinance of treatie of the sayd peace on peyne to be taken as an ennemie to vs to our sayd brother the FreÌche kynge and that they see all these sayd thynges to be kept and to do entierly fro poynt to poynt we woll that euery man knowe that if they be negligent and fayle thus to do beside the foresayde payne we shall cause them to rendre the damages to all them that by theyr defautes or negligence shal be greued or damaged and beside that we shal punysshe them in suche maner that it shal be ensamble to all other In wytnes of the whiche thynges we haue made these our letters pateÌtes yeuyn at Calais the .xxiiii. day of Octobre the yere of our lorde M .iii. C .lx. ¶ How after the peas made the king of England the frenche kyng called eche other bretherne And of the warres of Britayne And of the hostages that were delyuered to the englysshemen or the frenche kyng was deliuered out of theyr handes Ca. CC .xiii. AFter all these letters and coÌmyssyons were made deuysed deliuered and well ordeined by the aduyce of the couÌsayle of both parties so that bothe kynges were content Than they fell in communycacion of the lord Charles of Bloys and of the lord JohnÌ of Mountford for the claymes that they made for the duchie of Britayn for eche of them clamed great right to haue in that heritage but for all theyr coiÌcacioÌ how they might bring them to peace coÌcorde yet finally ther was nothyng done iÌ that mater for as I was infurmed aff the kyng of England nor his ãâã had no great affectyon to make that peace For they supposed the in tyme to come the men of warr the were on theyr parte and shulde auoyde out of suche fortressess and garisons as they hewe at the tyme had helde in the realme of France muste depart into some other place therfore the kyng of England and his counsaile thaught it more erpedient profitable that these men of warre that thus had lyued by pillage shuld drawe into the duchie of Britayn the whiche was a good plentifull countrey rather than they shulde retourne agayne into Englande and robbe and pille there So this imaginacion made shortly the englysshemen to breke of fro the coÌmunicacion of the article of Britayne the whiche was euill done and a great synne that they dyd nomore in that mater than they dyd For if both kynges had ben well wyllyng therto by the aduice of both their counsailles peace might haue ben made bitwene the parties and eche of them to haue ben content with that hadde ben gyuen them by reason of that treatye and therby the lord Charles of Bloys myght haue had agayn his children who lay as prisoners in England And also perauenture had lyued longer than he dyd And bycause the nothyng was done than in that mater the warres were neuer so great in the duchie of NormaÌdy before the peace made bitwene both kyngê as it was after as ye shall here recorded in this historye by suche barous and knyghtes of the couÌtrey of Britayne who vphelde and susteyned some the our parte and some the other And than duke Henry of Lancastre who was a right valiant a sage ymagined knyght greatly loued the erle of MouÌâford and his aduauÌcement sayd to kyng JohnÌ of France in the presens of the kyng of EnglaÌd and before the moost parte of both theyr counsailes Syr as yet the truce that was taken before Raines bitwene the lord Charles of Bloys and the Erle Mountforde is nat expired But hath day to endure vnto the first day of Maye next comyng by the whiche season the kyng of England here present by the aduice of his couÌsaile and consent of the prince his sonne shall sende the yonge duke the lorde JohnÌ of MouÌtforde with other certayne of his counsayle into Fraunce to you and they shall haue full aurtorite and power to comyn and to determyne all suche ryght as the sayde lorde JohnÌ ought to haue by the successioÌ of his father in the duchie of Britayne So thus by you and your counsaile by ours to guether some good way shal be taken bytwene them and for the more ãâã I thynke it were good that the trewâe were relonged vnto the fest of saynt JohnÌ Baptist nere folowynge And as the duke of Lancastre had deuysed so was it done and concludedde And than the lordes spake of other maters Rynge JohnÌ of France who had great desyre to retourne into Fraunce as it was reason shewed to the kynge of Englande with good corage all the signes of loue that he might do and also to his nephewe the prince of wales And in lyke wyse so dyd the kynge of England to hym for the confirmacion of more loue These two kynges who by the ordinaunce of the peace called eche other brother gaue to .iiii. knyghtes of eche of theyr partes the somme of .viii. M. frankes of yerely reuenues that is to say eche of them to haue .ii. M. frankes And also bicause that the lande of saynt Sauiour the UicouÌt in Constantyne the profite of the whiche came yerely into Englande by the gyft and sale of
the 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 freÌche kyng Therfore the kyng of Englande gaue that lande to syr JohnÌ ChaÌdos who had done often tymes acceptable seruyce to hym and to his children and at the request of the kyng of EnglaÌde the frenche kyng by good delyberacion with good courage and loue coÌfyrmed 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 âwornÌ 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 âo 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 ãâã 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 FrauÌce 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 MoÌmorency 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 EnglaÌde 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 coÌtrollynge 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 garisoÌs 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 ãâ¦ã 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 ãâã 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 baââwykes cites to ãâã caâtelles 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 âyrââe 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 coÌn trarte to them to obey to the englââhemen and specially they of farre macches as âhe ãâã of Marche the erle of Piergourt the erle of Gomegines the vicount of Chaltellon the ãâ¦ã 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 soââe 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 ââlde nat obey to that pointmeÌt but the frenche kyng who wolde hold and accomply ââhe that he had sworne and sealed vnto sent thither to them the lorde James of Bourbon his dere âosyn 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 âaynton thyss composicion was right displea ãâ¦ã to the lordes and knyghtê and good towness of that conÌtrey Whan they sawe that it ãâã 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 wordââ 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 pâe âowâ 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 ãâã sydered the distresse that they were in and ãâã theyr ãâ¦ã usacionss nor desire coude nat be accepted Than they obeyed full sore againsââ 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 sesânynge 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 lieutenaÌt 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 âet ãâã euery place constabless capitayness ãâã 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 ãâã ãâã 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 FraÌce With certayne persones commytted by the freÌche kynge to cause all maner of men of warre to auoyde and departe oute of the holdes and ãâ¦ã soâs that they helde by the coÌmaundement oâ the kyng of Englande and they were straitly ãâã 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 squâers suche as owed a ãâ¦ã geaunce to the kynge of Englande obââed the kynges commaundement and rendâed ârcaused 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 âaynows ãâã mansoâs fraÌcoâs 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 selâe 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 coÌpanions had thus found in this place suche great riches the whiche was estymed to be to the value of a huÌdred thousande frankes They deuyded hit amonge them
theÌ they agreed to depart go with hym into Lobardy so they might be assoyled a pena ct culpa all this was agreed acomblysshed and the floreÌs payed And than they rendred vp the towne saynt Espyrite and lefte the marche of Auygnon passed forthe with the marques wherof kyng JohnÌ of France all the realme were right toyouse whan they sawe howe they were delyuered of these yuell people howbeit there were many that retorned to Burgoyn And sir Seguyne of Batefoyle departed nat out of the garyl on of Ence for he wold nat leaue it for no maner of ãâã nor promyse but the realme of France was in ferr better rest peace than it was before So whan the moost parte of the companyous were thus passed forthe with the marques into the lande of PyemoÌt Ther the marques dyde well his deuoyre agaynst the lordes of Myllayne conquered dyuers townes castes fortresses and countrees agaynst them and had dyuers encountrynges skyrmisshes with them to his honour profyte So that ãâã in a yere by yâ helpe of these ãâã he had the better hande and in part had all his entent agaynst the two lords of Myllayne of sir Galeas sir Bernabe who after raygned in greâ prosperite SO it fortuned that sir Seguyn of Batefoyle who was all that season in the garyson of Ence on they ryuer of Soââie toke by scalyng a good cyte in Auuergne called Bâod and therin he taryed more than a yere and fortifyed it in suche wyse that he douted nothyng and ouer ran the couÌtre to Cler ãâ¦ã to Tyâlacke to Puy to Case dieu to MouÌtferant ãâã Ryon to Nonnet to Ussoyre and to âudalle and the lande of the countie Dalphyn the lorde wherof was the same tyme in hostage in Englande and in these countrees he and his company dyde moche yuell And whan he had sore enpouerysshed the countre ther about than by treaty he deêted and toke with hym great pyllage and treasure and so went to Gascoyne fro wheÌs he came first Of this sir Seguyn I can write no more but that as Iherde recouÌted he dyed maruelusly god forgyue hym all his trespaces AMEN ¶ Of the dethe of the duke of Lancastre and of the occasyon of the warre bytwene the frenche kyngâ and the kyng of Nauer and howe the prince of wales came into Acquitayne and of the ordre that was taken in Englande Cap. CC. xvâ IN this season deâted out of the worlde in Englade the gentyll duke of Lancastre called Henry wherââ the kynge and all the ãâã nes knightes and squyers were ryght sorowfull but they coude nat remedy it And behynde him he left two doughters the lady Mahaâlt and the lady Blanche and therle of Heynault ãâã wylliam sonne to the lorde Loyes of Banyer ãâã to the lady Margarete of Heynalt maryed the yonger suster and the lorde JohnÌ erle of Richmont sonne to the kynge of Englande had maryed the other suster and was duke of Lancastre by right of his wyfe The lorde James of Burbone abode styll pursuynge the treaty bytwene the lorde JohnÌ of Mountfor ãâ¦ã lorde Charles of Bloys for the right ãâ¦ã chy of Bretayne acordyng to the treaty ãâã at Calais as ye haue herd before And for ãâã of concludyng therof great warres and ãâã felt after in the countre of Bretayne as ye shall here in this hystorie THe same season the frenche kyngâ was in purpose to go to Auygnone to ãâã the pope and cardynals and to go through the ãâã âhy of Burgoyn the whiche was newly fallen to hym So the kyng made redy for that iourney and departed fro Parys about the se ãâ¦ã saynt JohnÌ the Baptyst in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lxii. And left Charles his eldest sonne duke of Normandy regent gouernour of his realme and the kyng had with hym his welbeloued cosyn the lorde JohnÌ of Artoyse the erle of Tankernyll therle Dampmartyn Boucequant marshall of Fraunce and dyuers other And so long rode by his small iourneys and with great dyspence taryeng in euery ãâã ne and cytie as he rode through Bourgoyn so that about the feest of saynt Michaell he came to the newe towne âout Auyguon And there his lodgyng was prepared for him and for his coÌpany and there he was gretly âââlled by the pope by all the hole coledge and visyted eche other often tymes So thus the kynge taryed ther all the season of wynter and about christmas pope Innocent departed out of this lyfe And than there was a great dyscorde bytwene the cardynals for chosynge of a newe pope for ãâã of them wolde haue had the dignyte spe ãâ¦ã ly the cardynall of Boulayââ and the cardynall of ãâ¦ã ourt who were two of yâ grettell of the colledge and so by their discencyon they were longe in dyscorde And all the other ãâ¦ã nalles finally dyde putte all the ãâã of the mater vnto the two foresayd cardynalles who whan they sawe that they coude nat haue theymselfe the papal ãâ¦ã ThauÌe they concluded bytwene them that none of the other shulde haue it And than they dyde choââ and electe the abbot of saynt Uyctor of Marâell to be pope who was a good deuout and a holy man and of vertuous lyueng and a gret clerke and had greatly traueyled for the churche of Lombardy and other places And anoâ after his creacion yâ frenche kyng vnderstode that the lorde Piâr of Luzenon kyng of Cypre and of Hyerusalem shulde come to ãâã tosâ the pope and howe yâ he was past the s ãâ¦ã ãâã the freÌche kyng sayd he wolde tary ther tyll his comynge for he had great desyre to se hym for the great goodnesse that he had herde reported of hym and of the warre that he had made agaynst the sarazyns For the kynge of Cypre had newly taken the strong cyte of Salate agaynst the enemyes of god and slayne all that euer were within none except IN the same season and wynter ther was a great counsell in Englande on the orderyng of the realme and specially on the kinges chyldren for it was coÌsydred howe that the prince of wales held a great and a noble estate as he might well do for he was ⪠a valyant man puissant and riche and had great herytage in Acqââtayne wher was habundaunce of all welth and prosperite Than the king was counselled that he shulde send the prince his son into those pattes for he had lande sufficyeÌt in that duchy to maynteyne withall his dignyte and estate And also all the barones and knightê of acquitayne wolde gladly haue hym among them of the whiche they had made request to the kynge for all that sir John ChaÌdos was to theÌ ryght courtelse and amyable yet they had rather haue had their owne naturall soueraygne lorde The prince lightly agreed to that ordynauÌce prepared for hym selfe for the good lady his wyfe acordyng to their estates and whan euery thyng was redy they toke leaue of
kynge toke leaue of the pope went to the towne of Moââ pellââer to visite Languedor where he had ãâã been of a longe space before NO we let vs speke of the kynge of Cyâ and of the voiage ãâã he made He rode so longe by his âourneââ that he came into almayn into the cite of Pragne and there he fouÌde the emperour of Almayne syr Charles of Behaigne who receyued hym graciously and all the lordes of the Empyre that were there present And the kynge of Cyper taryed there a thre wykes and exhorted greatly theym of the Empyre to this holy voyage and in euery place where he passed through Almayne the Emperour payde for hys Costes Than the kynge of Cyper wente into the duchye of Jullyers where the Duke made hym ryght great feast and âhere and thaâ from thense he went in to ãâ¦ã ante where also the Duke and duchessâ receyued hym with great honour in the towne of Bruzels with diuers suppers Justis tournays other pastymes of honor as they coude ryght well do hit and at his departynge they gaue hym great gyftes and ieowels And than he went into Flanders to se the erle Loys who in like wyse dyd greatly feast and honour hym and specially at Brugê and dyd so moche that the kynge Was Well contente with hym And there he taryed that somer alwayes exhortyng euery man to this holy voyage Wherof dyuerse lordes had great ioy and desire to do it ¶ Of the frenche hostages that were in Englande and of the purchas that the kynge of Ciper made for this croisey Cap. CC .xviii. IN this season the kynge of Englande dyd grace to the iiii frenche dukes that were there ihostage that is to say the Duke of Orleaunce the duke of Aniou the duke of Berrey the duke of Bourbon These lordes were at Calais and that kyng was content that they shulde ryde aboute Calais by the space of .iiii. dayes where they lyste So that euer at yâ .iiii. dayes ende they to come agayne to Calais by sonne settynge And thys the kynge of Englande dyd for a good entente bicause they shulde the rather in France purchase for theyr delyueraunce These .iiii. lordes thus beyng in Calais sent messangers dyuers tymes to the frenche kynge and to the duke of Normandy his eldest sonne desyrynge them to entende to theyr delyueraunce accordynge as they had promysed and sworne whan they entred into Englande sayeng els they wold take hede therto them selfe for they thought theymself as no prisoners though that these lordes were right nere of lignage to the kynge yet for all that theyr messangers were nat herde nor delyuered to theyr pleasure Wherwith these lordes were right sore displeased and specially the duke of Aniou who sayd he wold right wel prouyde for a remedy The frenche kynge and his counsaile and the duke of Normandy wer sore besied what for the voyage of the Croysey that he had taken vpon hym and for the warres that the kynge of Nauarre made in the realme who had sent into Lombardy for certayn of the companyons to helpe hym in his warre These were yâ causes that they toke no regard to the lordes that laye in hostage that is to say to the foresayde .iiii. dukes nor to delyuer their messangers Whan they came into Fraunce And whan the kyng of Ciper had visited these lordes and these sayd countreys he rode so by his iourneys that he came to Calais where he founde .iii. of these sayd dukes the duke of Orleaunce the duke of Berrey the duke of Bourbon the duke of Aniou was gone into FrauÌce I can nat tell in what estate These .iii. dukes as prisoners receyued the kynge of Ciper into Calais right ioyously and the kynge acquyted hym to them right swetely and so they wer there to guether .ii. dayes Than the kynge of Cyper passed the see and arryued at Douer there taried two dayes and refresshed hym tyll all his cariage was vnshypped Than he rode by smalle iourneys at his ease tyll he came to London and there he was honorably receyued and feasted of the lordes of Fraunce that were there and also by them of England who were sent to mete with hym by the kynge of EnglaÌd as the erle of Herforde syr Gaulter of Manny the lorde Spenser syr Rawoll Feryes ser Guyshart of PeÌnebruges and ser Richard of Stury who accompanied and brought hym to his lodgyng in the cite of London I can nat recouÌt to you in a hole day the noble diners and suppers chere and feastes that was made to hym by the kynge of Englande and the presentes gyftes and ieowels that was gyuen hym and to sayâ trouthe he was well worthy to hauehit for he was come thither fro farre with great expense to exhorte the kynge to take on hym the redde crosse and to helpe to open the passage against goddes ennemies but the kynge of Englande excused hym selfe graciously and right sagely SO than agayne the kynge of Cyper repassed the see and arryued at Boloyn herde in his waye howe that the frenche kynge and the duke of Normandy the lorde Philyp his yongest sonne and great parte of his counsayle shulde be at the good towne of Amyense thither rode the kynge of Cyper and there he founde the kynge who was newly come thider and part of his counsaile and there he was nobly receyued and there recounted to them how he had spedde in all his voiage the whiche they were glad to here And whan the kynge of Cyper had ben there a certayn space of tyme than he sayde he tought he hadde nat yet no thynge done tyll he hadde seen the Prynce of Wales say enge that by the grace of god he Wolde go and sehym and the lordes of Poictom and of Acquitayne The frenche kynge accorded wel that he shulde so do but he desired hym at his retourne that he wolde come through FrauÌce And the kyng of Ciper promysed so âo to And thus he departed from Amience and went towarde Beaunoyse passed the riuer of Seyn and at last came to Poicters At that tyme the prince was at Angolesme where as he shulde kepe a great feast Justis and tournay of .xl. knyghtes and as many squiers for the loue of the princesse Who was brought to bedde of a faire sonne called Edwarde And as soone as the prince knewe of the coÌmynge of the kyng of Ciper he sent to mete with hym ser JohnÌ Chaudos and a great nombre of other knyghtes squiers of his house Who brought hym With great ioye and reuerence to the prince who receyued hym right honorably in all ãâã NOwe let vs leaue a while to ãâã of the kynge of Ciper and returne to the freÌche kynge and recount to what entencion he his counsatle were come to amience I was as than enfourmed and true hit was that kynge Johst of Fraunce was inpourposâ to go into Englande to se kynge Edwarde his brother the quene his
syster And for that cause he had assembled there his counsaile as at that tyme. all they of his counsaile coude nat make hym to vary fro that pourpose and yet they counsaââed hym sore to the contrarie Diuers prelates and barones of Fraunce sayd howe he toke on hym a great foly as to put hym selfe in the daunger of the Kynge of Englande the kyng answered them and sayd Syrs I haue fouÌde in the kynge of England my brother and in yâ quene and their children so moche trouth and honour that I can nat prayse them to moche Wherfore I doubte me nothynge of them but that they wyll be to me ryght courtesse and true frende in all cases Also I wyll excuse my sonne the duke of Aniou of his returnyng into FraÌce To his wordes there were none that durst say the contrarie syth he was so determined ihym self Than the kyng ordeyned agayne his son the duke of Norman dye to be regent and gouernour of the realme of Fraunce vntyll his retourne agayne And there he promysed to the lorde Philyp his yong son that at his returne agayne he wolde make hym duke of Borgoyn and heriter of that duchie And whaÌ all his purueyaunce was redy accordynge to his entent and prouision at Bolloyn before hym than he departed from Amience and rode tyll he came to Hedyn and there kept his Christmas daye and thither came to se hym Loys erle of Flaunders there the kyng taried a .ii. or .iii. dayes And on InnoceÌtis day he departed fro Hedin ¶ Howe kynge JohnÌ of Fraunce returned into England where he dyed And how the duke of Normandy defended hym agaynst the naueroyse and how Mante and Meulent were taken And howe syr Bremont de la âall was discomfetted Ca. CC .xix. KIng JohnÌ dyd so moche by his iourneis that he came to Boloyn and lodged in the abbay and taried there tyll he had wynde at wyll and with hym was sir JohnÌ Artoyse Erle of Ewe the Erle Dampmartyn the great priour of Fraunce ãâã Boucequant Marshall of Fraunce sir Tristram of Maguelles sir Peter and syr JohnÌ Uillers ser JohnÌ of Anuil ser Nicholas Braque and diuers other knyghtes and squiers And whan theyr ships were all charged that the marâners saw they had good wind they gaue knowlege therof to the kyng so thaÌ the kyng entred into his ship aboute mydnyght and his people into other shippes and so longe they sayled yâ they arriued in Englande at Douer and that was the day before the vigill of the Epiphany Anoue tidynges came to the kyng of England and to the quene who were as than at Eltham a .vii. leages fro London that the frenche kyng was come a lande at Douer Than he sente thither diuers knyghtes of his house as ser Bartilmewe of Brunes sir Alayne of Bouquesels sir Richarde of Pennebruge and dyuers other They departed fro the kynge and rode toward Douer and founde there the frenche kynge and there they made great honoure and chere to hym and amonge other thynges they sayd howe the kynge theyrlorde was right ioyous of his comynge and the frenche kynge lyghtly beleued theym And the nexte day the kyng and all hys companie lepte on theyr horses and rode to Caunturburye and came thither to dyner and in entrynge in to the churche of saynt Thomas the kyng dyd ryght great reuerence ãâã offred to the Shâyââ a ryche ãâã ãâã ⪠And ãâ¦ã e the kynge tarâed t ãâ¦ã And on the ãâ¦ã de dare he departed and âoodâ towarde ãâ¦ã dou and at lastâ came to ãâ¦ã ame Where ãâ¦ã kynge oâ Englandâ was with a great nom ãâ¦ã hym Who recey ãâ¦ã His comynge thy ãâ¦ã after dyner and bitwene ãâ¦ã ther was great dauÌsyng ãâ¦ã There was the yonge lorde of ãâ¦ã ed hym selfe to daunce and ãâ¦ã t bothe frenche and englysshe ãâ¦ã olde hym ⪠ât became hym so ãâ¦ã all that ãâã he dyd I canne nat she we all ãâ¦ã honorably the kynge of Enââande and the quene receyued the freÌche kyng ãâ¦ã day they departed from Elthame ãâ¦ã to London So all maner of people ãâ¦ã of the âitie mette and receyued hym ãâã great reâerâce and he was brought with âreat ãâ¦ã through London to his lodgyng to Saâây the whiche was ordeined for ãâã And in the same castell were lodged suche ãâã his blodde as laye there in hostage First the ãâã of Orleaunce his brother and his sonne ãâã duke of Berrey his âosyâ the duke of Bout ãâã the ãâã of Alenson Guy of Bloys the erle ãâ¦ã Powle and dyuers other So thus yâ ãâ¦ã kynge taried there parte of that wynter âmong the lordes of his owne blodde right ioy ãâã and often tymes the kynge of Englande ãâã his children visited hym and the duke of âlarence the duke of Lancastre and the lorde ââmon one of the kynges soÌnes and so diuers ââmes they made great feastes to guether in dyâers âuppers and in diuers other pastymes at his lodgynge of Sauoy And whan it pleased âhe frenche kyng he went to the kynges palaice of WestmÌ secretây by the ryuer of Temes and often tymes these two kânges whan they met ââwayled the lorde James of Bourbon sayeng that it was great damage of hym and a great mysse of hym out of theyr coÌpany for it became hym right well to be among great lordes NOwe let vs leaue to speke of the frenche kyng and returne to the kyng of Ciper Who came to Aguillon to the prince of Wales his coâsyn who receyued hym right ioyously and in like wyse so dyd all yâ barones knyghtes and ãâ¦ã ers of Poictou and of âainton suche ãâã were about the prince as the vicouÌt of Thoâââ the yong lorde of Pouns the lorde of Perâââey syr Loys of âarcourt ãâã Guyssharde ââângle and of Englande sâr JohnÌâhandos ãâã Thomas Felton sir Nowell Lorwiche syr Richarde of Pountchardon sir Symon Bassell sir Baâd wyn of Franuill sir Daugorises and diuers other aswell of the same couÌtâey as of Englande The kyng of Ciper was well honored and feasted of the prince and of the prinâesse and of the sayde barones and knyghtes And there he taried more than a monethe and than ser JohnÌ Chandos ledde hym a sportynge aboute in xainton and Poictow and went and sawe the good towne of Rochell where he had âeast and there And whan he hadde visited the countrey than he retourned agayne to Angolesme and was at the great feast that the prince helde at that tyme where there were great plen tye of knyghtes and squiets and anone after yâ feast the kyng of Ciper toke leaue of the prince and of the knyghtes of the countrey but fyrst he shewed all theym principally wherfore he was come thither and why he had taken on hym the âedde crosse that he baâe and how the pope had confermed it and what dignite and priuilege perteyned to that voyage and howe the frenche kyng by deuocion and diuers other great lordes had enterprised and sworne the same ThaÌ
hym and helde him company tyll he came to Bruges ¶ Nowe let vs speke of therle MouÌtfort how he dyd in Bretayne Cap. CC .xxviii. THe erle of Mountfort as ye haue herde before lay styll at yâ sege before Alroy and said howe he wolde nat departe thens tyll he had it at his pleasure And they with in yâ castell were nat at their case for they had lost their capitayne Henry of FeÌtenycle for he was abydden in the felde and the chefe of their company wherfore they were but a fewe within and socour came none to theÌ fro no parte therfore they toke counsell amonge them and determyned to yelde vp the castell their lyues and good saued Than they entreted with therle and with his counsell and the erle who had many thynges to take hede of bycause he knewe nat howe all the countre wolde de demeaned Therfore he toke them to mercy and suffred them peasably to departe and toke the possessyon of the forteresse and sette men ãâã of his And than rode farther and all his ãâã the whiche dayly encreased for menne of warr and archers resorted dayly to hym and also dyuers knightes and squyers of bretayne torned to his part and specially the breton bre ãâ¦ã tes Than he taryed thre dayes before the towne of Jougowe and made two great assautes wherin dyuers were sore hurt bothe of theym within and without And whan they of Jougowe sawe howe they were assayled that no socoure was comynge to them warde ãâ¦ã han they detmyned nat to be haryed nor vndone but toke therle Mountfort for their lord and opened the gates and sware to become his men foreuer Than the erle remoued all the offuers in the towne and sette in newe and than rode before the towne of Dynan and there he layed siege the whiche endured long into wynter for the towne was well garnysshed with vitayls and with good men of warre And also the duke of Amou erhorted them to kepe it like good men of warre and promysed to conforte them the whiche caused them to abyde and suffre many a great assaut but whan they sawe yâ there purueyaunces began to mynisshe that no socoure apered to them Than they entreated for a pease with the erle Mountforte who gladly entended therto for he desyred nothing-els but that they shulde knolege hym for their lorde and so they dyde And so he entred in to the towne of Dynan with great solempnyte they all dyde to hym homage and fealtie ThaÌ he rode forthe with all his army tyll he came before the cytie of Campecorentyne and besieged it rounde about and brought thyder great engens fro UaÌnes fro Dynan and sayd he wolde nat deête thens tyll he had it at his pleasur Thenglysshmen bretons as sir JohnÌ Chandos other who had taken at the batayle of Alroy dyuers prisoners wolde put none to raunsome bycause they shulde nat asseÌble to gyder a gayne to make a newe felde agaynst theÌ Therfore they sent theÌ into Poâtoâ Xaynton Burdeaur Rochell to be kept there as prisoners And so ââthe the meane season the bretons and englysshmen in one part and other conquered all the countre of Bretayne ¶ How the peace was made that the erle of Mountfort shulde abyde duke of Bretayne and howe the frenche kynge rendred to Clysson his lande of the maryage of the duke of NormaÌdy and howe the captall of Beuâ became liege man to the frenche kynge and afterwarde renounced hym agayne Cap. CC .xxix. IN the meane seasone that the erle of Mountforte lay at siege before Campecorentyne and that it was sore beten and oppressed by his engyns and assautes His men ran ouer the countre and left nothyng vntaken without it were to hote to colde or to heuy Of these aduentures the frenche kynge was well enformed and had theron dyuers counsayls purposes ymagynacions howe he myght do with the besynesse of Bretayne for they were in a harde ête and coude nat well remedy it without styrringe of all his realme and to make warr agayne with thenglysshmen for Bretayne Wherin he had counsell in no wyse so to do for by great delyberacion of counsell it was sayd to him Sir ye haue helde the opinyon of the lord Charles of Bloyes your cosyn and in lykewise so dyde the kyng your father and kynge Philyp your graundfather who gaue hym in maryage the duchy of Bretayne wherby many great yuels and inconuenyentes hath fallen sythe in Bretayne and in the countreis about And sir so it is that the lorde Charles of Bloys your cosyn in kepynge and defendynge his ryght in Bretayne is now deed and slayne and ther is non on his syde that the right of the warre or of his chalenge can releue for his two sonnes JohnÌ and Guy who be next heyres ar in Englande in prisone And sirye here dayly howe the erle Mountfort coÌquereth and taketh townes and castels and reputeth them as his owne true herytage Sir thus ye may lese your ryght and homage that ye ought to haue of Bretayne the whiche is a ryght noble thyng to your realme Wherfore ye ought greatly to doute the losse of the same for if therle Mountfort become liege man and holde the duchy of Bretayne of your brother the kynge of Englande as his father dyde of olde tyme ye canne nat haue it agayne without great warre great hatred bytwene you and the kyng of Englande wher as good peace is no we the whiche we wyll nat counsell you to breke Therfore sir we thynke all thynges coÌsydred and ymagined that it were good for you to send certayne messangers to haue a treaty bytwene you and therle Mountforte to knowe howe he wyll maynteyne and agree to any peace bytwene hym and the countre the lady who calleth herselfe duchesse And sir as your messangers feleth hym dysposed in this mater than acordyng therto ye may take further aduyse at the vttermost it were better that he abode styll duke of Bretayne so that he wyll holde of you and do to you all rightê that a subget ought to do to his lorde rather than the mater shulde be in great parell of lesyng of all to the whiche wordes the kynge gladly enclyned vnto Than it was ordayned that the lorde Johan of Craon archbysshop the lorde of Craon his cosyn and sir Boucequant shulde go on that voyage to Campacorentyne to treat with the erle Mountfort with his counsell on the state of peace as ye haue herde So thus these thre lordes deêted well instructed of that they shulde do and so longe they rode tyll they came to the sege of the englysshmen and bretons before Campacorentyne and so they named them to be messangers fro the frenche kyng Th erle of Mountfort sir Johan Chandos and they of his couÌsell receyued them right ioyously than these lordes of FrauÌce shewed right sagely the occasyon of their comyng thider and why they weresent And at the first entreaty
and his company were sore abasshed for they were so straitly watched day and night that a byrde coud nat come out of the castell without spyeng Than kyng DaÌpeter seyng hymselfe thus be set rounde about with his enemyes and knewe no way of peace or concorde was in great ymaginacyon So all peryls consydred and for defaut of vitayle he was counsayled to depart priuely at the hour of mydnight and .xii. persons with hym and so to aduentur on the grace of god and gydes were apoynted to bring hym in sauegard And so aboute the tyme of mydnight next after the kynge Dampeter and Domferant of Casters and .xii. other persons with them departed out of the castell The night was very darke the begue of Uillayns kept watch without yâ same night and a. CCC with hym And as kynge DaÌpeter and his company yssued out of the castell and went downe a hye way as priuely as they coude deuyce the begue of Uillayns who was euer in dout lest they shulde scape the whiche caused hym to make the surerr watche He thought he herd men passe downe the hye way and sayd to them that were about hym Sirs kepe you styll all preuy for me thinke I here folkes come in the way we wyll go knowe what they be and what they seke here at this tyme of night êauenture ther be some that are comynge to reuitayle yâ castell Than the Begue stept forthe with his dagger in his hande and came to a man that was nere to kynge DaÌpeter and sayd What art thou and he russhed forth with his horse fro hym and passed by them The begue stept to kyng Dampeter who was next sayde What art yâ shewe me thy name or thou art but deed and toke hym by the bridell for he thought he shulde nat passe fro hym as yâ other dyde And whan kyng Dampeter sawe suche a route of men of warre before hym and that he coude nat scape sayd Sir begue of Uillayns I am kynge Dampeter of Castell I yelde me to you as a prisoner and put me my company the whiche ar but .xii. persons into your handê and pleasure And sir I requyre you by yâ waye of gentylnesse to bring me into some sauegard and I shall pay to you such rauÌsome as ye wyll desyre for I thanke god I haue ynough wher with so that I may scape fro the handes of the barstarde my brother Than the Begue as I was enformed answered and said Sir I shall bring you and your company in to sauegarde and your brother shall knowe nothynge of you by me So thus king Dampeter was brought to the Begues lodgyng into the proper loging of sir yone of Kaonet And he had nat ben ther the space of an hour whan that kynge Henry therle of Roquebertyn and a certayne with theÌ came to the same logyng And assoone as king Henry was entred in to the chambre he sayde wher is that horeson and iewe that calleth himselfe kyng of Castell Than kynge Dampeter who was alryght hardy and a cruell knyght auaunced himselfe and sayd Nay thou art a hores sonne and I am sonne to kyng Alphons ther with he toke kyng HeÌry his brother in his armes and wrestled so with hym that he ouer thrue hym on a benche and set his hand on his knyfe had slayne hym without remedy and the vycount of Roquebertyn had nat bene He toke kyng Dampeter by the legge and turned hym vp sedowne so that kyng HeÌry was than aboue who drue out a longe knyfe and strake kyng Dampeter into the body Ther with his men came in to helpe hym and ther was slayn also by him a knight of England called ser Rafe Helme who was somtyme called the grene squier and an other squyer called James Roulant bycause they made defence But as for Domfe rant of Casters and the other had none yuell but remayned prisoners to the Begue of Uyllayns and to sir Lyon of Kaonet THus ended kyng Dampeter of Castell who somtyme reigned in great prosperyte And after he was slayne he was lefte thre dayes aboue yâ erthe the which me thynke was great pyte Than the next day the lorde of NaÌtueyle yelded hym to kynge Henry and he toke hym to mercy and all tho that wolde tourne to him Than tidynges ran ouer all Castell how kyng DaÌpeter was slayne wherof his freÌdes were sory and his enemyes ioyfull But whan the kynge of Portyngale herde howe his cosyn kyng DaÌpeter was deed he was right sorowfull and sware sayde that his dethe shulde be reuenged And so he sentincoÌtynent his defyaÌce to kyng Henry made hym warr and kept the marchesse of Ciuyll agaynst him a certayn season but for all that kyng Henry left nat his purpose in pursuyng of his enterprise but returned to Tollet the which yelded vp streight to hym and all the countre ther about And at last the kyng of PortiÌgale thought nat to kepe any lengar warr agaynst kyng Henry so ther was a peace made bytwene theÌ by the meanes of the prelates lordes of Spayne Thus kinge Henry abode in peace kyng of Castell and with hym sir Bertram of Clesquy sir Olyuer of MaÌny and other knightes squyers of fraÌce and of Bretayne And kyng Henry dyd moche for theÌ as he was bounde to do for without their helpe he had nat obtayned his purpose so he made sir Bertram constable of Spayne and gaue hym the lande of Soyrie the whiche was yerely worthe .xx. M. trankes and to sir Olyuer his nephue he gaue the lande of Crete the which was yerely worth .x. M. fraÌkes and also he gaue fayre landê to dyuers other knightes and squiers Than the kynge went and lay at Burgus with his wife and children Of his prosperyte and good adueÌture gretly reioysed the frenche kyng the duke of Aniou also the kyng of Aragon About the same tyme dyed sir Lyon of Englande duke of Clarence who had past the see as ye haue herde before had maried the doughter of Galays lorde of Myllayne but bycause he dyed straÌgely the lorde Edwarde Spens his company on kept warr agaynst hym a certayne space but finally he was enformed of the trouthe ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to the aduentures of the duchy of Acquitayne YE haue herd here before howe the prince was determyned to reyse a fowage in his lande the which his people thought shulde be to theyr gret charge specially they of gascone for they of the lowe marches as of Poytou Xayton Rochell acorded lightly therto bycause they were nere to the princes abidyng and also they wer euer more obeysant ferme stable to the prince than tho of the further couÌtrees And to bring this mater to passe the prince and his counsell had dyuers êlyamentes at Nyort Angoleme Poyters at Burdeux at Bergerat but alwayes they of Angoleme meÌteyned styll and sayd they wolde pay nothyng and they sayd they wolde nat suffre
this fowage to ryn in their couÌtre Sayeng howe theyr resort hath ben alwayes in the chaÌbre of the freÌche kyng Of the whiche resorte the prince was sore displeased argued agaynst it and sayd they ought to haue no resorte ther affirmynge howe the french kyng had quyted all resortes iurisdyctions whan he reÌdred the landê of the kyng of England his as it is well apareÌt in the tenour of the charters of the peace Wherin it maketh playne meÌcion so that ther is no article reserued for the freÌch kyng in the peace To yâ answered agayne yâ gascons sayeng howe it was nat in the power of the frenche kyng to aquyte theÌ fro their resort for the prelates barons of cyties good townes of Gascone wolde neuer haue suffred it nor neuer wyll if it were to do agayn though the realme of FrauÌce shuld euer abyde in warr Thus yâ princes lordes of gascoyne susteyned styll their opinyon abode at Parys with the frenche kyng as therle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret therle of Pyergort the erle of Comygines and dyuers other And they dayly enformed the kyng howe the prince by his great pride presumpcion wolde trede them vnder and reyse vp newe thyngê in their countreis the whiche they sayd they wolde neuer suffre to be done consydering that their resorte was to hym Therfore they desyred yâ the prince shulde be apelled in to the chambre of êlyament before the peres of FrauÌce to answer ther to the grefes troubles that he wold do to them The french kyng who wolde entertayne these lordes of Gascone yâ this requyred him of ayde confort as their souerayne lorde And yâ they shulde drawe to none other court for lesynge of that seignory coÌdiscended to their request agaynst his wyll by cause he sawe well it shuld turne to haue opyn warr the which without a good tytell of reason he wolde be lothe to moue Also he sawe his realme sore troubled with coÌpanyons enemyes and also his brother the duke of Berry was in hostage in England therfore he toke great leyser in this case In the same season came into FrauÌce the lorde Guy of Ligny erle of s Poule without taking of any leaue of thenglysshmen by great subtylte the maner howe were to longe here to reherse therfore I wyll passe it ouer brefely This erle hated so the englysshmen that he coude say no good of them he dyd asmoche as he might that the freÌch kynge shulde coÌdiscend to the request of the gascons for he knewe well if the prince were apeled to the court of êlyament it shulde be a great occasion of mouyng of warr And to the opynion of the erle of s Poule was agreed dyuers prelates erles barons knightes of the realme of FraÌce and they sayd to the kyng howe that the kyng of England had nat well kept the peace whervnto he was sworne and had sealed to acordinge to the tenor of the treaty made at Bertiguin besyde de Charters after coÌfermed at Calays For they sayd thenglysshmen hath hated the realme of FrauÌce more syth the peace was made than they dyde before And sir this that we say ye shall fynde of trouth if ye cause the charters of the peace to be reed to the which the kyng of England his son are bounde by their faithe othe Than the kynge to be better enformed of the trouthe and to kepe the rightes of his realme caused to be brought into the chaÌbre of counsell all the charters of the peace made them to be reed ouer often tymes the better to examyne the poyntes artycles coÌprised in theÌ And amonge other ther was one submyssion wheron the kyng and his counsayle arested moost bycause it spake clerely and playnly of that they loked for the tenour wherof here after foloweth EDward by the grace of god kyng of england lorde of Irlande of Acquitayn To all them that this present letters seyth We send gretyng knowe you all that in the finall last acorde and peace made bytwene vs oure right dere brother the french kyng are conteyned two artycles coÌprisyng the forme folowing The first is wher it is sayde that the foresayd kynges are bounde to cause to be coÌfermed all the sayd artycles coÌprised in the peace by the ho la father the pope and so to be delyuerd by sentence fro the court of Rome touchyng the êfection accoÌplysshment of this present treaty so to be delyuerd to the êties at lest within thre wekes after the french kyng shulde be aryued at Calys Also to th entent that these artycles treaties passed shulde be the more ferme stable ther shulde be made certayne bondes delyuered as foloweth That is to say letters sealed with seales of bothe kynges and their eldest sonnes suche as shulde be deuysed by the counsayles of bothe kynges And also the sayd kynges their children shulde swere other of gret lynage to the noÌbre of .xx. that they shulde kepe and ayde to be kept asmoche as in theÌ lyeth all the sayd artycles acorded agreed and to acoÌplysshe the same without fraude or male engin And also that bothe kynges shuld do the best of their powers all their freÌdes to bring all the rebels into obeysance acordyng to the forme of the truce and also that bothe kyngê shulde submyt theÌselfe their realmes to the correction of the pope to th eÌtent that he shulde coÌstreyne by censuries of the churche who so euer shulde rebell to fall to concorde peace And besyde that bothe kynges their heyres by othe and assurance shulde renouÌce all graces prosses of any dede done by theÌ and though by disobeysance rebellyon or puyssance of any of the subgettê of the french kyng wherby the kyng shulde be let to accomplysshe all the sayd artycles yet the kyng of England nor his heyres for all that shuld make no warr to the realme of FraÌce but both kynges togyder shulde enforce theÌselfe to reduce the rebels to peace concorde also though the subgettê of the kyng of England wolde nat rendre the townes castels or fortresses which they helde in the realme of Fraunce the whiche ought to be delyuerd by reason of the peace or by any other iust cause wherby the kyng of englande shulde be let to acoÌplysshe that he ought to do by reason of this treaty Than both kynges togyder shuld make warr agaynst such rebels to bring theÌ to good obeysance to recouer suche townes castels fortresses to delyuer theÌ ther as they ought to be And of this shulde ther be made as êfyte as sure bandes as coude be deuysed aswell by the holy father the pope and the coledge of cardynalles as by other Also ther was another artycle in the same treaty sayeng thus In token perfyte knowlege that we desyre to haue to norisshe êpetuall peace loue bytwene vs and our brother
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 coÌuenyent that they shulde thus lightly deête out of our couÌtre to make their taÌgelingê to the duke of an âou who loueth vs but a lytellâ he wyll be glad that they haue thus somoned vs iÌ our owne hous I trowe all thingê coÌsydred they be rather messaÌgers of myne owne subgettê as therle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret therle of Pyergort therles of Comynges Carmayne than of yâ freÌch 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 couÌsell was right ioyouse sayd ser we fereye haue taryed to long fro this purpose in coÌtyneÌt the seneshall of Dagenois was coÌmauÌded to take with him ser wyllmÌ the moÌke a right good knight of England that they shulde ryde after to stoppe the messaÌgers so they deêted 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 coÌmauÌdemeÌt 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 theÌselfe 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 ⪠for the pagê went recouÌted all the hole mater to hym as they had herde sene Of the whiche the kyng was sore displeased toke it in great dispyte ⪠and toke couÌsayle aduyse theron And specially of the wordes yâ was shewed him that the price shulde say ⪠whan he said that he wolde come êsonally to his vncle to answere to the apell made agaynst him with his bassenet on his heed .lx. M. men of warre in his coÌpany ⪠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 grauÌted to the warr with an yuell wyll coÌsydring the distruction of yâ poore people that he thought shulde ensue therby ¶ Howe the duke of Berry dyuers other that were in hostage in EnglaÌde returned into FraÌce Ca. C Cxliiii SO agaynst this ferse aÌswere of the prince the freÌch kynge and his counsell êuyded 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 ⪠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 ⪠also lorde JohnÌ Harcort was retourned into his owne couÌtre The kyng of England gaue him leaue to deête at the instance of sir Loys Harcort his vncle who was of Poyctou as than êteyning 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 fraÌke and fre delyuerd out of England for whan he êceyued that the french kyng for whoÌe 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 EnglaÌde 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 sonÌe in lawe and sit Guy of Bloys yâ by the couÌsell 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 EnglaÌd gaue to his son in lawe the lord Coucy for the which he dyd quyte hym of .iiii. M. âi of yerely reuenewes Thus this couenaÌt was made engrosed sir Guy of Bloys delyuered Also therle Peter of Alanson had leue of the kyng of Eng. to returne into FraÌce 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. fraÌkes 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 chauÌcellour of England Than ther was a preest about yâ kyng of England called sir WyllmÌ Wycan who was so great with the kynge ⪠that all thyng was done by him without him nothinge done and so whan the bysshoprike of Wynchestre was voyd Than the kyng of EnglaÌde 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 prisoumeÌt of hostage Whan the duke of Burbone sawe the kyng of Englandê messaÌgers and his letter ⪠he was therof right ioyouse shewed all the mater to the french kyng Than the kyng couÌsayled 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 grauÌted him and gaue him the bysshoprike of Wynchestre at his pleasure was content so that yâ kyng of EnglaÌd wold be fauorable to him in yâ coÌposycion for his delyuerance that yâ foresayd Wy can shulde haue the sayd bysshoprike And than the duke of Burbone returned into
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 coÌpanyons had made all this sixe yere coÌtynually in the realm of France as by dyuers other accydentes wherof the frenche kyng was enformed and nat well coÌtent 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 coÌe 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 defyaÌce wherfore he was couÌselled 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 FraÌce and had acoÌplysshed their message to whome this varlet declared ête of his message so he was coÌmauÌded to do And whan they herde that they deêted 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 DaÌgle for dyuers maters touchyng Aquitayne And he fouÌde 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 daÌger Howbeit he caÌe to the geÌtyll erle of Sauoy whom he founde in PyemoÌt 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 deêted 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 gouernaÌce of his coÌpany to a knight called ser iohnÌ I sore who had wedded his dought he was a good freÌchman 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 freÌche 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 freÌche kyngê defyaÌce to the kyng of EnglaÌd ¶ 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 couÌsayle 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 conÌsayle 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 defyaÌce and sayd howe it was nothyng aêtenant 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 valyaÌt man baron or knyght how beit they sawe there was no remedy Than they couÌsayled 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 coÌe 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
him selfe greatly to go to that viage so dented out of Heynalt and wente to Parys presented hym selfe to the kyng who was glad to se him apoynted him to go with the duke of Berry with a certayne noÌbre of meÌ of armes knightes squiers And so ser Guy of Bloys deêted fro Paris rode to ward Orlyance to go into Berry In lyke maner as the freÌche kyng ordayned his armies the king of England also set forth two great armyes The duke of LaÌcastre was ordeyned with .iiii. C. men of armes as many archers to go into the duchy of Acqtayne to coÌfort ayde his bretherne for it was thought surely that in those êties grettest warr shulde be made by the freÌche king Also the kyng of England by thaduyse of his couÌsell made another army to go into Picardy of the which ser RobrÌt Canollshuld be chefe gouernour for it was thought he was a knight metely to be the leder of men of armes for he had long tyme vsed the warr sene great experieÌce ther in Therfore he was desyred thus to do by the kynge of Englande who ioyously condiscended therto And so toke on him that voyage to go to Calays and so into France to fight with the frenchmen if he might mete with theÌ in the felde of the whiche he thought to be sure And so he prouided for his iourney and all suche as went with him In the same season was delyuered out of prison the duke of Burbons mother in exchaunge for sir Symon Burle and ser Eustace Dambreticourt dyde helpe moche in that treaty wher of the duke of Burbone the frenche quene thanked him greatly All this season ther had ben great treatyes bytwene the frenche kynge and the kynge of Nauarr who lay at Chierbourge And so moche dyde they that were treaters of the peace bytwene them that they shewed the frenche kyng that it was than no tyme for hym to kepe warre with the kynge of Nauarre for they sayd he had ynough to do to kepe warre agaynste the englisshemen sayenge howe he were better to let some what go of his owne rather than any greatter euyls shuld ryse For if the kynge of Nauarre shulde suffre the englysshemen to arryue and passe through his fortresses of Cloux of Constantyne they shuld therby greatly greue the countre of Normandy whiche thynges they sayd ought greatly to be redoubted and consydered So moche they enduced the kynge that he agreed to the peace and went to the towne of Roan and ther the peace was confyrmed And to the kynge of Nauarr ther went the archebysshop of Roan the erle of Alenson the erle of Salebruche syr Wylliam of DormaÌs and ser Robert of Lorrys they fouÌd the kyng of Nauar at Uernon ther was made great feastê and thaÌ they brought the kyng of Nauarr to Roan to the frenche kyng and ther agayne was confyrmed all the aliauÌces confederacions sworne put in writyng and vnder seale as I vnderstode the kyng of Nauar in makyng of this peace shuld renouÌce all êmysses of loue that had ben bytwene hym and the kyng of England and that after his returne agayne into Nauarr he shulde defye the kyng of EnglaÌd and for the more surete of loue to be holden and kept bitwene hym the freÌche kyng the kyng of Nauarr went withâ that freÌche kyng fro Roan to Paris there were agayne new feastê and soleÌpnities And whan they had inough sported them thaÌ leaue was taken and the kynge of Nauer departed amyably fro the freÌche kyng and left behynde him his two sonnes with the kyng their vncle And than he weÌt to MouÌtpellyer so in to the countie of Foi after into his owne countre of Nauer Nowe let vs retourne to the busynesse of Acqtayne ¶ Howe sir Bertram of Clesquy deêted out of Spayne went to Tholous where as the duke of Aniou receyued him ioyously Ca. CC .lxxvi. VE shall knowe as it hath ben sayd before how the duke of Aniou had ben in France and was agreed that assone as he was returned in to laÌguedoc he shulde entre byforce in to Guyen for he coude in no wyse loue yâ prince nor thenglyssmen nor neuer dyde And before his departyng the frenche kyng sent letters with great messangers in to Castell to kyng Henry Desyring hym to sende in to Fraunce sir Bertram of Clesquy also the kyng and the duke of Aniou wrote to sir BertraÌ that he shulde fynd the meanes to come shortely into Fraunce So these messangers dyd their message and the kynge of Spayne thought nat to kepe him ayenst the frenche kynges desyre and so wolde make non excuse And so sir BertraÌ of Clesquy made him redy as shortely as he coude and toke leue of kyng Henry and dyd somoche that he came to Tholou wher the duke of Aniou was and had ther assembled a great nombre of knight squyers and men of warr and taryed for nothynge but the comynge of sir Bertram So that by his comyng the duke and all his were greatly reioysed and than they ordayned to de parte fro Tholous and to entre into the prices lande The same season was come to HaÌpton in England the duke of LaÌcastre with .iiii. C. men of armes and as many archers their shippes vessels redy withall their purueyance were in mynde to sayle to Bourdeaux so they myght haue wynde And with the duke there was the lorde Rose sir Michell de la poule sir Robert Rouxe sir Johan of saynt Lowe and sir Wyllyam Beauchampe ¶ Howe they of Monsac of MouÌtpellyer yelded theÌ to the duke of Aniou And of the duke of Berry who lay at siege before the cytie of Lymoges Cap. CC .lxxvii. THan the duke of Aniou deêted fro the cyte of Tholou in great aray in good order and with hi there was therle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret therle of Piergourt the erle of Comynges the vycont of Carmayne yâ erle of Lyle the vycont of Brune Kyell the vycont of Narbon the vycont of Talar the lorde de la barde the lorde of Pyncornet sir BertraÌ Tande the seneshalles of Tholous Carcassone of Beauchair and dyuers other They were a .ii. M. speares knightes and squyers vi M. a fote with lauÌces and pauesses And sir Bertram of Clesquy was chefe capitayne of all that company and so tooke the way to Dagenoise And by the way they founde in the feldes mo than a. M. of the coÌpanyons who all that season had ben in Quercy and as than were rydinge to warde Agen. The first forteresse that they came to was Monsacke and the countre was in suche feare by reason of the commynge of the duke of Iniou with suche a great noÌbre that dyuers townes and forteresses trymbled for feare and were nat in wyll to holde warre agaynst him And so assoone as they were come before Moysac they yelded them and became frenche and than they wente
how sir Robert Canoll brent exyled the countre of Picardy and of Uermandoise Cap. CC .lxxviii. BEfore that sir Robert Canoll and his coÌpany parted out of Englande there was a great treaty bytwene Englande and Scotlande whiche treaty was so wysely handled by sadde and discrete counsayle of bothe parties so yâ a peace was grauÌted bytwene bothe kynges their couÌtreis and liege people to endure .ix. yere So that the scottê myght at their pleasure arme theÌ and serue and take wages other of englysshe or frenche at their pleasur without brekyng of any peace wherby sir Robert Canoll had in his coÌpany a hundred speares of the realme of scot lande Whan sir Robert Canoll was redy and his coÌpany he went to Douer and so past forth to Calays and ther arryued and toke lande was well receyued of the capitayne sir Nicholas Stamborne And whan he had ben well refresshed ther the space of seayn dayes and taken there counsayle to what parte they shulde drawe And so in a mornynge they deêted and toke the felde and were to the noÌbre of .xv. hundred speares foure thousande archers And he had with hym out of Englande sir ThomÌs of Grantson sir Alayne of Bourequeselles sir Gylbert Gyfford the lorde of Saluatier ser Johan Bourchier sir Wylliam Mesucyle ser Geffray Orsell and dyuers other knightes valyant men of armes and so the first day they weÌt nere to Fiennes Sir Moreau of FieÌnes who was constable of France was the same tyme in his owne castell of Fiennes with a great nombre of knightê and squyers well purueyed and aduysed to receyue yâ englysshmen And in the mornyng the englysshmen came thyder thynkyng to assayle the castell but anone they sawe howe they coude take none aduauntage there And so passed forthe through the couÌtie of guyens and entred into the countie of FaucoÌbrige and brent all before them and so came to the cite of Turwyn But they dyde nat assayle it for it was so well prouyded for that they thought they shulde but lose their payne And so thanne they toke their way throught the couÌtre of Terrenoyse to entre into Artoise dayly they rod a four leages past nat bycause of their caryage men a fote and toke their lodgynge euer about noone and lay about great vyllagê And so at last they came to the cytie of Arras they lodged in the towne of Mount saynt Eloy ãâã to Arras And so they brente and wasted all the countre as ferr as they durst stretche abrode The frenche kyng had the same season set gret garysons in all cyties townes castels fortresses bridges and passages to defende them agaynst all assautes And whan sir Robert Canoll and his company had refresshed them two dayes in the mount saynt Eloy than they deêted and went and passed by the cytie of Arras Sir wyllmÌ Mesuell and sir Geffray Dursell marshals of the englysshe hoost thought to go and se them of Arras more nerer and toke with them a two hundred speares and a foure hundred archers and departed out of the great batayle and auauÌsed theÌ selfe to the subbarbes of the towne and so came to the barryers the whiche they fouÌde well furnisshed with cros bowes and men of armes And within the towne was sir Charles of Poicters with the lady of Artoise but he made no semblant to yssue out nor to fight with thenglysshmen And whan the englisshmen had taryed before the barryers a certayne space and sawe that non yssued agaynst them Than they drue agayne to their batayle but at their departyng they thought to make a knowledge that they had ben there for they set the subbarbes a fyre to th enteÌt to haue drawen out of the towne the men of war but they were in no mynde so to do And so the fyre dyd moch hurt domage for ther they brent a great monastery of freers prechers cloyster and all and so thenglysshmen passed forthe and toke the way to Bapalmes brennyng and wastyng the couÌtre And so at last they came into Uermandoise and caÌe to Roy and brent the towne and than passed forthe and went to Hem in UermaÌdois wherinto all the people were withdrawen and all their goodes and so they dyde in lyke wise at saynt Quintyns and at Peron so that thenglisshmen founde nothyng abrode saue the graÌges full of corne for it was after August So they rode forth fayre easely a two or thre leagê a day And whan they came wher as any plentie of vitayle was than they taryed ther a two or thre dayes to refresshe theÌ and their horses And so on a day they came before a towne the whiche was chefe of all that countre ther about and the marshals spake with the capitayne by assurance sayd to him Howe say you what wyll ye gyue and we shall respyte this countre and saue it fro brennyng and robbyng so they fell at a coÌposicyon that they of the playne couÌtre shulde gyue and pay to theÌ a certayne soÌme of florens and so the countre was saued This sir Robert Canoll gate in the same voyage by the sayde meanes at dyuers tymes aboue the somme of a hundred thousande frankes wherof afterwarde he was shente for he was accused to the kyng of Englande that he had nat well done his deuoyre in that iourney as ye shall here after in this hystorie THe lande of the lorde of Couey abode in peace for ther was nother man nor woman that had any hurt the value of a penny yf they sayd they belonged to the lorde of Couey And so at last the englysshmen came before the cyte of Noyon the whiche was well furnyshed with men of warre Ther the englysshmen taryed and aproched as nere as they might and aduysed to se if any maner of assaut might preuayle them or nat and there they sawe that the towne was well aparelled for defence And sir Robert Canoll was loged in the abbey of Dolkans and his people about him And on a day he came before the cyte raynged in maner of batayle to se yf they of the garyson and comontie of the towne wold yssue out to fight or nat but they had no wyll so to do Ther was a scottysh knyght dyde there a goodly feate of armes for he departed fro his company his speare in his hande mounted on a good horse his page behynde him and soo came before the barryers This knyght was called sir Johan Assucton a hardy man and a couragious whan he was before the barryers of Noyon he lighted a fote and sayd to his page holde kepe my horse and departe nat hens and so went to the barryers And within the barryers ther were good knightes as sir Johan of Roy sir Launcelat of Lourys and a .x. or .xii. other who had great marueyle what this sayde knight wolde do Than he sayd to them Sirs I am come hyder to se you I se well ye wyll nat yssue out of your
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 theÌglysshmen ryd in Poytou in Quercy and Rouuergue For in these couÌtrees 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 noÌbre encreased And so long this constable rode that he caÌe 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 defeÌded 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 ThomÌs of Ueulquefare was departed and hadde forsaken the forteresse in Rouergue And also sawe well howe there was no coÌforte 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 coÌstable so wyse poyntmentes that they deêted 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 FraÌce 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 coÌtent 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 couÌsayle 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 discoÌfyted 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 noÌbre of men of warr and so to entre into FraÌce 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 ââemysshe 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 noÌbre 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
and sawe no socour fro no ête yelded theÌ vp and became french Than the bretons rode to Augolesme in lykewise they turned to the french êtie so dyd after Talybourge than they caÌe before Xayntes where they lay before it two dayes for the capiten therof called FereÌcon sayd how he wolde nat yelde vp so lightly and so made good seÌblaut of defeÌce within yâ towne was the bysshop therof who was good french he turned so the cytezins that they toke their capitayne and sayd they wolde sâe hym without he wolde coÌsent to yelde vp the towne to be french so for feare he agreed to theÌ so yâ he all his might deêt quyte clere And so he dyde the frenchmen toke possession of yâ cyte the castell of Xaintes sir WillmÌ of FereÌcon was coÌueyed to Burdeur ¶ Before Rochell lay styll at ancre yuan of Wales in the coÌpany of DaÌpradigo the rour admyrall of Spayne with .xl. great shippê âiii barges .viii. galys of Spayne There was great treaty bytwene theÌ of the towne theÌ without howbeit they ãâã in coude nat turne french as long as the castell was englysshe in the possessyon of englysshmeÌ wherfore they helde styll dissimulyng with theÌglyshmen tyll euer lytell lytell thenglysshmen deêted And so the lorde Deureux had left the garyson in the kepynge of a squyer called Philyp Mansell who had with hym aboute a hundred coÌpanyons one other and a burges was mayre of the towne called JohnÌ Caudrer who on a day assembled togiderête of theÌ that were wyllinge to becoÌe frenche rather than englysshe sayd vnto theÌ sirs we se dayly howe our neighbours turne frenche I feare lest yâ shortly we shal be so enclosed that we shall nat knowe which way to styrre nor to yssue out of this towne Therfore it were good that be tymes we toke hede how we might get the castell the which so often tymes hath done vs trouble and displeasur and nowe it is but easely kept for Philyppe Mansell is nat greatly ingenyous I shall shewe hym that I haue receyued a coÌmauÌdement fro the kyng of Englande coÌteyning howe I shulde cause all the men of the towne to be armed and to coÌe into a place that I shall name and so to take the musters and a vieu the nombre of them and also of theÌ of the castell and so to write agayne the certeÌtie therof to the kyng And so therby I shall coÌmaund hym in the kynges name to come out of the castell and to make his musters and I beleue he wyll do so lightly And than let vs be well prouyded of a busshment of two hundred men in harnesse lyeng amonge the olde walles without the castell So that whan they of the castell be yssued out than lette them steppe forthe bytwene them and the bridge the whiche as than wyll be auayled downe And than lette vs all be redy to furnysshe oure enterprise and so we shall take them at our pleasure and therby we shall haue bothe theÌ and the castell and so they were all agreed to this purpose And than they êseuered in this purpose so longe tyll yâ mayre who was chefe of this enterprise on a day desyred Philippe Mansell to come to him to dyner and dyuers other great burgesses suche as were of the englysshe parte And so he made a great dyner and talked of dyuers maters par taynynge to the kyng to Englande And after dyuer the mayre brought for the a letter sealed with the kynges great seale to cause Philippe Mansell to beleue hym the better who coulde nat rede now be it he knewe well the seale And so than the mayre redde the lettre as it pleased him other wyse than it was written Than the mayre sayd to Philippe Sir yese here how the kyng our souerayne lorde hath commaunded me and also that I shulde coÌmaunde you in his name that ye make to morowe your mustres and in lyke wise so shall we do ours And he who thought none yuell sayd he was coÌtent so to do and so departed The same nyght or it was day the mayre toke two hundred men put theÌ in a busshment nere to the castell among the olde walles that were ther and in the mornyng the mayre caused the watche bell to be sow ned and euery man in the towne to be armed Philyppe Mansell in lykewyse caused all theÌ within the castell to be armed wherof ther were a. lâ sufficient and able men of warr Than he yssued out of the castell and whaÌ he was ones past the busshement than they stepte forthe bytwene the bridge and thenglysshmen than the englysshmen sawe well how they were betrayed Than they ranne at them of the busshment to haue goten agayne thentre in to the castell but the mayre came incontynent with all the comynaltie of the towneâ to the nombre .ii. M. men So there the englisshmen were assayled bothe before and behynd and all taken for they were fayne to yeloe them sauyng their lyues Howbeit for all that yet they of the towne had nat the castell âor thenglysshmen had lefte .xii. of their company styll within the castell who had drawen vp agayne the bridge ThaÌ the mayre caÌe to Philippe ther capitayne and to his company and sayde Sirs harken what I say vnto you Without ye yelde vp incoÌtynent the castell all your heedes shall be stryken of at the bridge fote The englysshmen answered sayd they wolde do the best of their powers to delyuer to theÌ the castell and so they went and spake with them that were in the castell And so they agreed to delyuer vp the castell on the condycion that all those within the castell and also all suche as were taken shulde be put in to a shyppe and coÌducted in saue garde by the mayre burgesses of Rochell to the cytie of Burdeur Thus they were agreed and so they of Rochell had the castell And assone as the dukê of Berrey of Bur bone and of Burgoyne the marshall of Sanrere the bycont of Rohan the lordes of Sully of Pons of Clysson of Beaumanoyre and dyuers other barons of FrauÌce herde of these tidynges They departed fro Berrey and fro the marchesse of Lââosyn and Aniou and determyned to drawe towarde Poicters where the constable of Fraunce was And in their goyng thyderward these lordes toke by the way in Poictou a towne called saynt MaxaÌt whiche was yelded to them assoone as euer they came thyder and the castell was taken with assaut and all they within ssayne And after that they tooke the castell of Marle and thanÌe the castell of Dowaye and dyuers other forteresses that they founde in their waye And whan they were come to Poiters they sent certayne messangers to treat with the burgesses of Rochell howe beit they of the towne wolde nat open their gates to let in those lordes and sayd they wolde nat yelde vp so sone howbeit they
sayd that if it wolde please the duke of Berrey the other lordes there to send theÌ a saue coÌduct to coÌe 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 coÌduct was grauÌted theÌ and to Poycters went certayne of the burgesses of Rochell and sayd to these lordes of FraÌce 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 coÌdycion 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 FrauÌce 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 chaÌbre of the kyng of the peeres of FrauÌce And so incoÌtynent was beaten rased downe to the erthe the great castell of Rochell And than they sent to the great lordes of FrauÌce 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 Pââardye representyng his owne body ¶ Howe sir Bertram of Clesquy coÌstable of FrauÌce 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 theÌselfe 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 theÌselfe 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 thaÌmen 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 deêted 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 coÌueyed to Thouars So the freÌchmen had the possessyon of the towne castell of FouÌtuey and refresshed it with newe people THan the constable and lordes of FraÌce 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 theÌselfe for their laÌdê 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 coÌdycion 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 ãâã 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 couÌsayls the state of Poictou and of Xaynton And whan the kyng sawe howe he lost with so lytell warre the couÌtreis and lades that had cost hym so moche the wynning he was in a great study a long space And than he sayd howe that shortely he wolde go ouer the see hymselfe with suche a puyssance that he wolde abyde to gyue batayle to the hole power of France And sayd how he wolde neuer retourne agayne in to Englande tyll he had coquered agayne as moche as he had lost or els to lese all the resydue The same season ther was agreat army redy charged to attend on the duke of Lancastre and shulde arryue at Calys But than it was ââimyned by the king and his couÌsayle that they shulde go into Poyctou and in to Xaynton towarde Rochell for that was thought to be the next voyage and moost nedefull And the kynge made a great somons throughout the realme of Englande coÌmaundyng euery man to coÌe in harnes to HaÌpton ther about at a day assigned and ther to take the see So ther was none that durst nor wold disobey his coÌmaundement but euery man departed fro his owne countre and drewe to the see syde where ther was redy a foure hundred vessels of one and other And the lordes drewe to the kyng to Westmynster besyde London ther it was ordayned bytwene the kynge the prince his sonne that if the kyng of Englande dyed in this viage or the prince that than Rycharde the sonne of the prince who was borne at Burdeur shulde be kyng of Englande So that whan all the lordes were come before the kyng or they departed the prince shewed theÌ that if it happed him to dye before the kyng his father than his sonne Richarde to be kynge of Englande after the discease of his graundfather The prelates lordes knightes and all the comynalte loued so well the prince for the maâay fayre iourneys that he had acheued as well in Englande as beyond thesee that they all a ãâ¦ã therto ioyously The kynge first than all his sonnes and after all the lordes of Englande âo the which the prince caused theÌ all to swere and scale or he departed All these thynges done the kyng the prince the duke of LaÌcastre therles of CaÌbridge Salisbury War wyke Arundell Suffolke and Stafforde yâ lorde Spenser who was newly come oute of Lombardy The lordes of Percy of Uyen of Rose of Dalawar and all other barones and knyghtes of Englande to the nombre of thre thousande men of armes and .x. M. archers who came all to HaÌpton wher they toke shyppyng with as great a flete as euer any kyng went before out of Englande in any voyage And so they sayled towarde Rochell in costynge NormaÌdy and Bretayne and had dyuers wyndes And the frenche kynge made a great assemble of men of warr in Poictou to holde his iourney at Thouars at yâ day apoynted So all the countre was full of men of warre also the gascons the lorde ArcheÌbalt of Grayly vncle to the Captall of Beufz at the desyre of ser ThomÌis Felton seneshall of Burdeux caÌe with thre C. speres And in the same coÌpany ther was the lordes of Duras of Corton of Musydent of Rossen of LaÌgoren of Landuras ser Peter Corton sir WyllmÌ Fereton englysshemen All these deêted fro Burdeux came to Nyorth and ther they founde sir Water Huet sir JohnÌ Ubrues sir ThomÌs Percy Johan Cresuell dyuers other so that whan they were all togyder they were a .xii. C. fightyng men and sir Richarde of Pontchardon caÌe to them with other .xii. C. All this season the kynge of Englande his sonnes with their great army were on the see coulde take no lande at Rochell nor ther about for the wynde and fortune was coÌtrary to theÌ And in that case they were the space of .ix. wekes so that the feest of Myhelmas aproched and that the kyng his couÌsell sawe well how they coude nat coÌe tyme ynow to kepe the day of rescuyng of Thouars wher of the kyng was sore displeased so gaue lyceÌce to all his people to deête wheder they lyst Thus retourned this great nauy of England and had wynde at wyll at their returnynge ther arryued at Burdeux .ii. C. fayles of marchauntes of Englande for wyne And whan it was nere mighelmas the barones of Englande and Gascone caÌe fro Niorth to go towarde Thouars to mete with the kyng of England and whan they sawe that the kynge came nat they hadde great marueyle Than to acquyte theÌselfe they sent certayne messangers to Tho wars to the barons of Poictou suche as were ther which messaÌgers sayd Right deresirs we be sent hyder to you fro yâ lordes of Gascone and Englande vnder they obeysaunce of the kynge of Englande Sirs there be about Nyorthe twelfe hundred fightyng men redy apparelled to ayde and serue you in all maners and sirs they desyre to haue knowlege sro you whyder that in the absence of the kyng of England and of his chyldren they shall ayde and confort you or nat For sirs they are well coÌtent in your company to aduentur their bodyes goodes The barones of Poictou sayd howe they wolde take counsayle and aduyse in that casâ but sirs we thaÌke greatly the barones of Gascone and Englade who hath sent you hyder in that they be redy to socoure vs. Than the knightes of Poictou drewe togyder and so the first day they greed nat for the lorde of Parteney who was one of the greattest of that company woldeth at they shulde kepe their day and receyue the sayd ayde representynge the kynge of Englande And the other lordes were of the coÌtrary opinyon sayeng howe they had sealed and sworne howe that if the kyng or one of his chyldren were nat there personally by the sayd day than they to yelde them vp to they obeysance of the freÌche kyng Wherfore the lorde of Partney went to his lodgyng nat well content howe be it afterwarde he was so entysed by the other yâ he agreed to their myndê And so they sent worde agayne by the sayd messaÌgers that they thaÌked them of their good wylles Howe be it the kyng of Englande or one of his chyldren must nedes be ther acordyng to the treaty that they had sworne and sealed vnto Wher with the gascoyns and englysshmen that were at Nyorthe were sore displeased but they coude nat amende it And so myghelmas day came fro Poy cters ther came to Thouars to holde their iourney ⪠the dukes of Berrey of Burgoyne and of Burbone the constable of France the lorde of Clysson the dycount of Rohane the Dolphyn of Auuergne sir Loyes Saurere the lorde of Sully and other great lordes of France And they were ten thousande speares besyde other And so before Thouars the euyn and the daye ofsaynt Mychaell they stode in ordynaunce of batayle and agaynst
agayne to his shyppes and euery daye raynged in batell to fight with his enemyes if they brewe thider The constable who had gyuen lycence to the moost parte of his coÌpany and helde styll two sieges one before Bercerell and the other before Duryuall and thought full lytell that the erle of Salisbury wolde haue come thyder so strongly as he dyde Than he departed fro the marches of Nauntes whan the day of the delyueraunce of Brest dyde aproche howe be it whaÌ the day came he went nat thyder for than he had knowledge howe the englisshmen were there with suche a strengthe able to fyght with hym therfore he thought to warke by great sadde aduyse and so he dyd for he taryed styll there he was remoued nat and ther taryed a .vii. dayes or more whan therle of Salisbury beyng before Breest hadde taken a place of grounde for his auauntage And sawe that the constable of Fraunce nor the bretons came nat forwarde he sent thyder an haraude who whan he came before the constable sayd Sir the erle of Salisbury the lordes of England send you worde by me who am an haraude of armes how that before this tyme ye haue layd siege before the castell and towne of Brest sir my lordes and maisters vnderstand howe certayne composycions and treatyes were made bitwene you and them of the towne that if they were nat comforted by the daye lymytted the whiche is nat nowe long vnto that they shulde yeld vp the towne and castell to you Wherfore sir maye it please you to knowe they be come before Breest to kepe their day and to defende their fortresse Therfore sir they desyre you to drawe forwarde and ye shal be fought withall without dout and if ye wyll nat than they desyre you to sende them agayne suche hostages as ye haue for that entent Than the constable sayde haraulde ye bringe vs good tidynges wherfore ye be welcoÌe ye shall say to your maysters howe we haue greatter desyre to syght with theÌ than they haue to fight with vs how beit they be nat in that place where the treaty was made and agreed vnto Therfore saye to them that lette theym drawe to that parte and place and without fayle they shall be sought withall Than the haraud retourned to Brest and dyde his message and than they sent hym agayne to the constable with another message and whan he came there he sayd Sir I am coÌe agayne to you fro my lordes and maisters to whome I haue shewed euery thynge as ye coÌmaunded me to say whan I was with you last How be it sir nowe they say howe they be men of the see lately coÌe thens haue brought no horse with them and sir they say they haue nat ben acustomed to go farre a fote wherfore they sende you worde that if ye wyll sende theÌ your horses they wyll come to what place ye wyll apoynt them to fyght with you to kepe their day Fayre fared ê the constable we are nat in mynde to do to our enemys somoche auantage as to send to theÌ our horses it shulbe be reputed for a great outrage and if we were so mynded to do we wolde demanÌde good hostages and sufficient to answere vs of our horses agayne Sir ê the haraud I haue no suche commauÌdement to answere to that mater Howe beit sir they say that if ye wyll nat agre to this poynte ye haue no lawfull cause to retayne styll the hostages that yehaue Therfor sir and yesend theÌ ye do as ye shulde do The coÌstable sayd he was nat abuysed so to do So retourned the haraude to the erle of Salisbury and his company before Brest And whan they vnderstode that they shulde nat be fought wall nor their hostages delyucred they were sore dyspleased Howe be it they taryed there styll without remouyng tyll the day was expyred and parceyued well how the constable caÌe nat to fight with them Than they entred in to Brest and newe reuitayled the towne and refresshed greatly the fortresse And on the other ête whan the constable sawe that the englysshmen caÌe nat forwarde to fyght with hym than he deêted and toke the hostages with him and sayd how they were his prisoners for he said that the englysshmen and they of Brest hadde nat kept truely their apoyntment in rescuyng of Brest bycause the erle of Salisbury hadde newly refresshed and vitayled yâ fortresse And so than the erle of Salisbury deêted fro Brest and entred agayne in to his shippes to kepe yâ marches and fronters as he was commytted to do And also sir Robert Canoll whan he departed fro Brest he went streight to his owne forteresse of Duryuall And assoone as he was come in to the castell it was shewed to yâ duke of Aniou and to the coÌstable beyng as than in Nauntes They supposed than as it fortuned after for sir Robert Canoll brake all the treatie and apoyntment before made and renounsed them all And send worde to the duke of Aniou and to the constable that he wolde kepe no such apoyntmeut as his men had made in his absence without his leaue sayeng they had no suche authorite so to do Whan the duke herde that he came êsonally to the sege of Duriuall ¶ Howe dyuers englysshmen were slayne and disconfited by the lorde of Soubyse before Ribamont howe the garysons of Soissons discoÌfyted the englysshmen Cap. C C C .x. AT Calais there aryued the duke of Lancastre and yâ duke of Bretayne and mo than thre thousande men of armes and .x. thousande archers englysshmen whiche voyage had ben ordayning and imagenynge thre yere before There was with theym the erles of Warwyke of Stafforde and of Suffolke The lorde Edwarde Spcusar one of the greattest barones of Englande and constable for that tyme of all the hoost and the lordes of Wylloughby of Pole of Basset of Hubelles of Holenton sir Henry Percy Loys Clyfforde Wylliam BeauchaÌpe Chanoyne Robersart Water Hewet Hughe Carleton Stephyn Gosenton Rychard PoÌt chardon and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers of England whoÌe I can nat all name The french kyng who knewe right well the passage of these englysshmen prouyded sufficyeÌtly for the sure kepyng of his townes cyties forteresses and castelles in Picardy in Artoys and in Uermandoyse And hadde set in them men of warreê as bretons burgonyons pycardes normayus and dyuers other soudyers of the empyre Thus these englysshmen departed fro Calais after they had aparelled their caryages wherof they had great plenty so they rode forthe in thre batayls aswell ordred as coude be deuised First the batayle with the marshals wherof the erles of Warwyke and of Suffolke were chefe and than the two dukes of Lancastre of Bretayne and with them a noble coÌpany And the thyrde batayle led the constable the lorde SpeÌser and all thre batayls marched forwarde kepyng themselfe close togyder alwayes in harnesse redy to fight if they founde with whome And euery
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 rauÌsome 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 FrauÌce 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 FrauÌce 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 coÌstable 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 aduaÌtage 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 laÌde 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 freÌchmen 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 deêtyng 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 coÌquered 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 coÌduct 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 MoÌsac
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 truÌpet 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 thaÌked 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 brigaÌtes 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 coÌmaundyng 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 CaÌpelly 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 CaÌpelly 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 CaÌbridge 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 FrauÌce the lord of Coucy who had ben longe in LuÌbardy 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 TheÌperour 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 coÌe 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 desyââd 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. thousaÌde 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 wât Also ther were dyuers barons knyghtes squiers of FrauÌce of Arthoys of Uermandoys of Haynaulte and of ãâ¦ã rdy as the vicountes of Meaulâ and Daunoy sir Raâe
and thyder he came to therle of Salisbury and sir Rycharde Dangle and so went with them to Calais and ther taryed the space of a moneth and so went in to Englande and came to Shene ãâã foure leages fro London a long by the Temmes syde where the kynge of Englande laye sore syâke And past out of this worlde the ãâã gyll ofsaynt JohnÌ Baptyst yâ yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .lxxvii. THan was there great sorowe made in Englande and incontynent all the passages of the realme were stoppedde that none shulde yssue out of the realme For they wolde nat that the dethe of the kyng shuld be so soone knowen in Fraunce tyll they haddeset the realme in some ordre The same tyme ther came in to Englande the erle of Salisbury and sir Rycharde Dangle So the body of kyng Edwarde the thirde with great processyons weâynges lamentacyons his sonnes behynde hym with all the nobles and prelates of Englande was brought a long the cytie of London with open visage to Westmynster there he was buried besyde the quene his wyfe And anon after the yong kyng Richard was crowned at the palays of Westmynster with great solemâytie and by him stode the dukes of LaÌââllre and of Bretayne the .xi. yere of his age in the moneth of July The whiche day there was made four erles and nyne knightes First the lorde Nycholas his vncle was made ârle of âolengy the lorde Percy erle of Northumberlande sir Thomas Dangle erle of Huntyngdon the lorde Mombray erle of Notyngham And the yonge kyng was putte vnto the rule of the gentyll knyght sir Rycharde Dangle by the accorde of all the lande to be instruâted in noble vertues and the realme of Englande to be gouerned by the duke of Lancastre And as soone as the frenche kynge knewe of the dethe of kynge Edwarde he sayd howe âyghtâobly and valiantly he hadde reygâed and well he ought to be putte newly in rememâraunce amonge the nombre of the worthyes Than he assembled a great nombre of the nobles and prelatê of his realme and dyd his obsâquy in the holy chapell in his palys at Paris And anone after dyed the eldest doughter of the frenche kyng who was ensured to haue been maryed to Wylliam of Heynault eldest sonne of duke Aubert ¶ Howe the freÌche kyng sent a great nauy to the see howe dyuers townes were brent in Englande howe the duke of Burgoyne tooke dyuers castels about Calys Cap. CCC .xv. IN the meane seasone whyle this sayd trewce endured the frenche kyng êuyded greatly for shyppes andgaleys And the kynge of Spayne had sent to him his admyrall sir Ferraunt Sause Who with sir Johan de Uien admyrall of Fraunce whan the tre wee was expired went and brent the towne of Rye a four dayes after the dethe of kyng Edwarde in the vigill of saynt Peter in July there slewe men and women and all they founde These tidynges came to London than therles of Cambridge and Bouligney went to Douer with a great nombre of men of warre And the erle of Salisbury the lorde Montagu went to the marches towarde HaÌpton Than after the french army toke laude in the I le of UbyqÌ and brent therm dyuers to wnes as LameÌd Dartmouth Plomouthe Plesume and dyuers other and whan they had brente and pylled the towne of Ubique they went agayne to the see and costed forewarde came to a porte called Poc. there was redy the erle of Salisbury and the lorde Montague who defended the passage howebeit they brente parte of the towne of Poc. and than toke the see agayne and costed towardes HaÌpton and wolde dayly haue taken lande in Englande but the englysshmen in the company of the erle of Salisbury rode so dayly alonge the see cost that they kept them euer fro takyng of any lande Than the frenchmen came before HaÌpton and there was redy sir Johan AruÌdell with a great nombre of men of warre and archers who defended the towne or elles it had ben taken than the frenchmen departed and went towarde Douer and toke lande on a day ãâã a lytle abbay called Lians Ther were many men of the countre assembled and they hadde made the priour of the place and sir Thomas Cheyny Johan Fuselle their chefe capitayns who set them selfe in good array to defende the passage so that the freÌchmen had but small aduauntage for it coste them moche people or they coulde take lande how be it fynally by force of good fightyng they toke lande Ther was a sore scrimysshe howe beit the englysshmen were dryuen backe and putte to flyght and two hundred slayne and the two knightes and the priour taken prisoners than the frenche men entred agayne in to their shippes and lay styll all that night at ancre before the abbey There the frenche men knewe first of the dethe of kynge Edwarde of Englande by their prisonners and of the coronacyon of kyng Richarde and a great parte of the ordre made in Englande for rulynge of the realme Than sir Johan of Uyenne caused a barke to departe and sent therin a knight who aryued at Harflewe And than the knight rode to Parys and there he founde the kynge and there shewed hym the certayne tidynges of the deth of kyng Edwarde To whiche sayeng the kynge gaue credence Than the frenchmen spanyardes departed and sayled forthe and had wynde at wyll and came with the same tyde about threof the clocke to Douer There was sir Edmonde erle of Cambridge and sir Thomas his brother erle of Buckynghame who were redy with a hundred thousande with baners displayed abydinge the frenchmen who were a sixscore shippes and galyes The frenchemen came foreby the porte and taryed nat but passed by and toke the depe see for the see began to ebbe Howe beit the englysshmen taryed there styll all that day and the nextnight and the frenche men by the nexte tyde came before the hauen of Calays and there entred yE haue herde here before how sir Johan captall of Beufz was taken prisoner before Soubise and kept in the towre of the teÌple of Parys The kyng of England and the prince whyle they lyued wolde gladly haue had hym delyuered ther was also moche entreatie made for him at the couÌsell at Bruges and ther was offred for him in exchange the yong erle of saynt Poule thre or four other knyghtes but the frenche kyng nor his couÌsayle wolde nat coÌsent therto Howbeit the french kyng made to be shewed him by the priour who had hym in kepyng yâ if he wolde swere neuer to beare armes agaynst the crowne of Fraunce that than he wolde condiscende to his delyuerance The Captall answered that he wold neuer make that othe to dye in prison so he abode in prison in sure kepynge a .v. yere with lytell ioye for he toke his prisonment but with lytell pacyence and so long he was there that at last he dyed in prison
and subsydies to rynne there aswell as in any other parte of the realme of Fraunce ALso the same tyme the kyng of Spaygne made his bastarde brother to entre in to Nauarr with a great nombre of men of warre who began to wynne the countre and assayled townes and fortresses so that the kyng of Nauerr coude make no resystence agaynst them Than he sent worde therof to the yonge kyng Richarde of Englande desyring him of ayde agaynst the frenche kynge in the countie of Deureux And he him selfe to abyde styll in Nauar to kepe his fortresses ther agaynst the kyng of Spaygne And so kyng Richarde by the aduyse of his counsayle sent sir Robert dâ Roux with a nombre of men of armes and archers to the see and they toke lande at Chierbourc And thyder came all those that had ben put out of the fortresses in the countie of Deureux by the frenche constable And whan they were ther all togyder they were a great nombre of chosen men and so they prouyded well for the fortresse for they beleued to be beseged Whan the constable and the lorde de la Ryuer with their coÌpany had won all in the couÌtie of Deureux so that nothyng was left aparant for the kyng of Nauer but all was vnclosed vnder the obeysance of the french king ThaÌ they caÌe before Chierbourc which was strong and nobly fouÌded first by Julyus Cesar whan he coÌquered Englande and there is a port of the see The frenchmen layed siege rounde about it except on the see syde and so they determyned nat to departe thens tyll they had won it Sir Robert de Roux and his coÌpany within made many issues day night for ther was no ther day nor nyght but that there was a scrimysshe The frenchmen coude seke for no dede of armes but that they founde ynowe euer to answere theÌ So there were many slayne and taken aswell on the one parte as on the other durynge the siege whiche lasted all the remynaunt of the sommer Thanne sir Olyuere of Clesquy made on a day a busshement and so began to scrimisshe And than the frenche men were driuen backe to the busshment Than sir Olyuer of Clesquy caÌe out of his enbusshment and all his and ranne feirlly at thenglysshmen and naueroyes Ther was an harde encouÌtre on bothe parties many a man borne to yâ erthe slayne hurte taken rescued fynally sir Olyuer of Clesquy was taken prisoner by asquier of Nauer called JohnÌ Coq and so was put into Chierbourge And so the scrymysshe ended more to the domage of yâ frenchmen than to the englisshmen and sir Olyuer was sent in to Englande there abode as prisoner a long space at London and after he was put to his raunsome Thus in great cost charge the frenchemen abode styll a great parte of yâ wynter with lytell conquest and so they sawe well how they lost their tyme with lyeng ther. They thought well that Chierbourc was inprignable for alwayes they might be newe refresshed with vitayls and men by the see wherfore the frenchemen dislodged and layde counter garysons agaynst Chierbource as at Mountbourge at Pount done Charentyn saynt Lou and saynt Saluiour the vicount than euery man badde leaue to deête This was in yâ yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .lxxviii. yE haue well harde here before howe the duke of Bretayne was departed out of Bretayn and had with hym his wyfe in to Englande and so he abode on suche laude as he had in Englande whiche was called the countie of Richemont and he laboured sore to the yong kyng Richarde and to his couÌsayle to haue helpe and ayde to recouer his lande agayne whiche was tourned frenche but he coude nat be herde as than The same season the duke of Lancastre was enfourmed that if he wolde go in to Bretayne with a great armye there were dyuers forteresses and castels that wolde yelde vp to him and specially saynt Malo the Isle a fayre fortresse and a hauen on the see Than the duke of Lancastre reysed vp an army and went to Hampton and so toke the see with a great nombre of lordes and knightê men of warre and archers and so sayled forthe tyll they came at saynt Malos and toke lande and discharged their purueyance and so layd siege aboute the towne of saynt Malo They within yâ towne were nothyng afrayd for they were well prouyded of vitayls of men of warr and of cros bowes who valiantly defended theÌ selfe so there the duke lay a longe space And whan the constable of Fraunce and the lorde Clisson knewe therof they made a great sommons of men of warre and caÌe towarde saynt Malos to reyse the siege A man wolde haue thought dyuers tymes yâ batayle shulde haue been bytwene the parties The englysshmen often tymes ordred themselfe redy to gyue batayle but the constable nor the lorde Clysson wolde neuer aproche so nere yâ batayle myght be bytwene theÌ And so whan the englisshmen had ben ther a great space they sawe well they of the towne hadde no wyll to yelde them vp Than the duke of Lancastre had counsayle to disloge seyng they lost their tyme with lyeng there and so he toke agayne the see and returned in to Englande and gaue leaue to euery man to departe ¶ Howe the castell of Alroy in Bretayne was yelded vp frenche and of the frenche garyson that was layd at Mountbourge agaynst the garyson of Chierbourc Cap. CCC .xvii. ALl this tyme the castel of Alroy was in the possession of the duke of Bretayn who lay styll in Englande The frenche kynge sent dyuers lordes of Fraunce and of Bretayne with a great nombre to ley siege to the castell of Alroy and they in Alroy knewe no socour comyng to theÌ fro any parte wherfore they fell in treatie so yâ if they were nat socoured by the duke of Bretayne or by the kyng of England by a certayn day lymytted than they to yelde vp the place whiche treaty was agreed So the day came and the frenchmen kept their iourney none a pered nother fro the duke of Bretayne nor fro the kyng of Englande So the castell was gyuen vp put vnder the obeysauÌce of the freÌche kyng as the other castels and good townes of Bretayne were And so they deêted fro Alroy suche as were âin for the duke of Bretayne ¶ The yere of our lorde a thousande thre huÌdred .lxxviii. Anone after Easter kyng Charles of Fraunce sawe well howe they of Chierbourc made sore warre in the countie of Constantyne he than ordeyned sir Wyllââ of Bordes a valiant knight and a good capitayne to be keper and souerayne capityne of Constantyne and of all the fortresses ther about Chierbourc and so the sayd sir WyllimÌ with a fayre company of men of armes and cros bowes genowayes wente and laye at Mountbourge where he made counter garyson agaynst Chierbourc for he desired nothyng so moche as
it it was stronger ynough before The frenche kynge who was ryght glad of those tydingess and reputed that iourney right honourable he sent incontynent his letters to saynt Omers and coÌmaunded that the towne of Ayre shulde be well garnysshed and well and largely prouyded of all necessaryes and all thynge was done as he coÌmaunded so thus this iourney brake vp howbeit the lorde of Clisson and the bretons brake nat their coÌpany but assoone as they myght they drewe them to Bretayne for tidynges was come to the lorde Clysson and to yâ bretons whyle they were before Ayre how that Janequyn de Clere a squier of Englande and a good maÌ of armes was issued out of Englande and come in to Bretayne and kept the bastydes before Breest Wherfore the bretons drewe thyder as fast as they might brought with theym sir Jaques of Uertayne seneshall of Heynalt and the duke of Burgoyne retourned in to Fraunce to the kyng his brother ¶ The same season there was a great assembly of men of armes in the marches of Burdeuux at the coÌmaundement of the duke of Aniou and of the constable And they had a iourney agaynst the gascoyns and englisshmen wherof I shall speke more playnly whan I shal be better enfourmed therof than I am as yet The same tyme that the duke of Burgoyn made his armye in Picardy as it hath been shewed before The duke of Aniou was in the good cytie of Tholouse with the good lady his wyfe and night and day he ymagined subtelly howe he myght do some thyng contrary to thenglyssmen for he sawe knewe well howe there were dyuers townes and castelles a longe the ryueâ of Dordone and in the fronters of Rouurgue Tholosen and Duercy that coÌstreyned greatlye the countre and traueyled moche the poore people vnder their obeysance Wherfore he aduysed to prouyde therfore some remedy and so determyned in his mynde to go and laye siege to Bergerath bycause it was the kaye of Gascoyne as on the fronter of Rouuergue Duercy and Lunosyn And bicause that he knewe that dyuers great barones of Gascoyne were contrary to him as the lorde of Duras the lorde of Rosen the lorde of âucydent that lorde of Langurant the lorde of Guernols and of Carles sir Peter of Landuras and dyuers other therfore he aduysed to make hym selfe stronge and puyssante and made a great assemble to resyst agaynst the sayd lordes and to be so stronge to kepe the felde Than he wrote to sir Johan of Armynake desirynge hym nat to fayle at that bâsynes in likewise he sent to the lorde Dalbret and all o he sent in to Fraunce for the constable marshall of Fraunce sir Loys of SaÌxere and beside all this the lorde of Coucy and dyuers other knightê and squiers in Picardy in Britayne and in Normandy desired greatly and had great wyll to serue him to auauÌce their bodies by feates of armes to acheue to honour and praise and ther was come to him the constable and marshall of Fraunce The duke knewe well howe ther was a great discorde bytwene the cosyns frendes of the lorde of Pointers gascons and sir ThomÌs Phelton great ãâ¦ã shall of Burdeux and Burdeloys the reason ãâã cause why I shall shewe you here after BEfore that tyme in the yere of our lorde a thousande thre huÌdred .lxxv. ther was done a cruell iustyce in the cytie of Burdeaux done and comprised by sir Thomas Phelton lieutenant to the kyng of Englande in the marches of Burdeur on the lorde of Pomiers called sir WyllmÌ all by maner of treason wherof there was had great marueyle In the cytie of Burdeur at the comaundement of the seneshall was taken the lorde of Pomers a clerke of his counsayle and secretary of the nacyon of Burdeauâ called Johan Coulone and it was proued on them as I was infourmed how the lorde of Pomiers shulde yelde himselfe and all his castels to the frenche parte so that he coude make non excuse to saue him fro deth wherfore the lorde of Pomiers and his clerke were openlye beheeded in the cytie of Burdeux before all the people wherof there was hadde great merueyle And they of his lynage toke that dede in great dispyte and thervpon departed fro Burdeuâ and fro Burdeloys the gentyll knight sir Edmond of Pomiers vncle to the forsaid lord of Pomiers and toke that dede in great shame and sware yâ for the kyng of EnglaÌde he wolde neuer deare armur so he went ouer the see to the holy sepulchre and to dyuers other pylgrimages and whan he retourned he turned himselfe frenche and put him selfe and all his landê vnder the obeysance of the frenche kynge And incontynent defyed the lorde Lespare gascone and made to hym great warre bycause he was at the forsayd iudgement and also for the same cause suspectyon bycause the castell of Fronâaâ was taken and delyuered in to the frenche haÌdes whiche was of the herytage of the lorde Pomiers before beheeded ther was taken for the same suspect of treason sir Johan of Plessac sir Peter of Landuras and sir Bertram of Fraunce and were put in prison in Burdeaur so remayned yâ space of ãâã monethes howebe it after they were delyuered by yâ labour and purchase of their frendes bycause ther coude nothyng be proued agaynst them Thus they endured a longe space in great daunger and in the same case wordes ran agaynst sir Gaylart Uyghier wherof was had great marueyle for he was nat in the countrey he was in Lombardy with the lorde of Coucy in yâ seruyce of pope Gregorie who helped to excuse hym whan he herde of that reporte and so the knyght abode styll by his right so there engeÌdred in Gascon for suche besynes great hatredes and couert enuy wherby fell after many great myscheues WHan the duke of Aniowe sawe that it was tyme for him to deête out of Tholouse and that the moost parte of his men of warr were come to him and drawen in to the felde specially the constable of FraÌce in whome he had great trust and confydence Than he departed fro Tholouse and toke the right way to Bergerath and keper therof and capitayn was ser Parducas Dalbret who was in a castell a lytell leage fro Languedoc called Mouâux a ryght fayre castell so longe traueyled the duke of Anious hoost that they aryued before Bergerath so lodged about it as nigh the ryuer as they might for the ease of them selfe and of their horses there was with the duke of Aniou many noble men fyrst sir Johan of Armynake with a great rout the coÌstable of FrauÌce with a great company sir Loys of Sanxer sir JohnÌ of Bulle Peter of Bulle yuan of Wales sir Mores Trisiquidi who somtyme was on the englisshe parte of Bretayne but as than he was one of the french bretons also sir Alayn of Beaumont sir Alayn of Housey sir Wylliam and Peter of Mornay sir Johan of
couÌtres and to here therof so yâ yuan made him his chamberlayne And this James euery day more and more aquaynted him so with this yuan of Wales that he had nat so moche trust in no man as he had in him Somoch this yuan loued this James Laube that it was his distructyon the more pytie for he was a good and a valyant man of armes And was somtyme sonne to a prince of Wales who kyng Edwarde of England caused to lese his heed the cause why I can nat tell and so kyng Edwarde ceased in to his handes all the prouynce of Wales And this yuan in his youthe came in to Fraunce and shewed all his trouble to kyng Philyppe than beyng freÌche kyng who kept him styll about him as loÌg as he lyued and was as one of the chyldren of his chambre with his neuewes of Alenson and other And in lykewise so dyde kyng Johan than he bare first armes and was at the batell of Poicters how be it he was nat there taken it had been better for hym that he had ben ther slayne and whan the peace was made bitwene the kynge of Englande and the frenche kynge than this yuan wente in to Lombardy there contynued in warre And whan the warre began agayne bytwene Englande and Fraunce than he returned agayne in to Fraunce bare him selfe so well yâ he was greatly praysed and welbeloued with the frenche kyng and with all the lordes ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of his ende the whiche I am lothe to do sauynge to shewe truely what fell in that tyme. THis yuan of Wales hadde an vsage beyng before Mortayne at the siege that gladly in the mornyng whan he was vp and redy he wolde come before the castell and sytte downe and kembe his heed a good long space and syt and beholde the castell and the countrey about beynge out of doute or feare af any thynge and lyghtly there went none with him but this James Laube oftentymes he made him redy and none but he wherby at last came his endyng day On a mornyng betymes whaÌ the wether was fayre and clere and the nyght had been so hote that he coulde nat slepe howebeit he rose and dyd on him but a syngle iacket and his shyrte and a mantell or a cloke aboue and so went thyder as he was wonte to go and sate hym downe and this James Laube with hym euery man beynge in their lodgynges a slepe for it was early in the morning and ther was made but lytell watche for they thought theÌselfe sure of the castell And whan yuan was sette on an olde stocke of wode he sayd to James go to my lodgyng and fatche my combe for I wyll refreshe me here a tytell season sir ãâã he it shall be done and so he wente and came agayne with the combe and as he was comyng I trowe the deuyll entred in to hym for besyde the combe he brought with hym a lytell Jauelyne of Spayne with a large heed of stele and with the same strake this yuan as he sate clene through out the body so yâ he fell downe starke deed and whan he hadde done he left styll the dart in his body and so went his way drewe vnder couert of the castell and soo came to the barryers and was let in for he made signes to enter and so he was brought before the Soudyc of Lestrade Sir ãâã he I haue delyuered you of one of the greatest enemyes that ye had of whom is that quod the Sowdic of yuan of Wales ãâã James and howe so ãâã the Soudic thus ãâã James so shewed him all the hole mater as ye haue herd before fro poynt to poynt And whan the Soudycherde that he shaked his heed and behelde him right felly and said A than yâ hast murdred him knowe for ârouthe all thynges consydred Sauyng but that this dede is for our profyte it shulde cost the thyne heed but sithe it is done it can nat be vndone agayne howe beit it is a great domage of that gentylman to be so slayne we shall haue rather blame therby than prayse THis was the ende of yuan or Owen of Wales wheder ye wyll all is one slayne by great vnhap and treason wherwith they of the hoost whan they knewe it were ryght sorie and displeased and so was euery man yâ herde therof and specially kyng Charles of FrauÌce who greatly complayned his dethe howe beit he coulde nat amende it And so this yuan was buryed in the church of saynt Leger where as he hadde made a bastyde halfe a leage fro the castell of Mortayne And all the gentylmen of the hoost were at his buryeng the whiche was done ryght honourably Howe beit for all that the siege helde styll before Mortayne for there were good knyghtes squiers bretons poicteuyns and frenchmen who had geatter desyre to conquere the castell than they hadde before and thought neuer to departe thens tyll they had wonne it or elles reysed by puyssance they wolde so fayne haue ben reuenged of the dethe of yuan of Wales and so they lay styll without any sawte geuynge for they knewe well they lacked vitayle within the castell none coulde come to them ¶ Nowe let vs leue to speke of the siege of Mortayne and returne to the siege before saynt Malo and fyrst to speke of yâ siege of Eureux and howe they dyd that lay there ¶ Howe they within Eureux yelded them selfe frenche of the two hoostes assembled to gyder before saynt Malo Cap. CCC .xxxiii. THe siege beyng before Eureux the lorde of Coucy and the lorde de la Ryuer who were souerayns of the hoost herde often tymes tidynges fro the french kyng for he lay at Rohan as nere to his men as he myght for he thought to haue Eureux shortly out of hande outher byforce or by composicion for he perceyued well how the englisshmen began to waxe stroÌg in Bretayne wherfore he wolde haue all his men of warre to drawe thyder to reyse the siege before saynt Malos to fight with the englysshmen These two lordes before Eureux aquyted them selfe ryght valyantly for euery daye they made assaute and also sente many treaties to the burgesses of the towne shewynge them howe they suffred them selfe to be greued without reason and mynysshe their goodesse and suffre their houses in the countrey to be beaten downe and brent For their naturall lorde was there with out with theÌ Charles of Nauer to whom the herytage of the countye of Eureux was fallen by reason of the dethe of the countesse his mother And counsayled them nat to holde the erroure and opynyon of the folysshe naueroyse and suche other as Ferando is who careth nat to lease them all for besyde their ryghtfull quarell they sayd they wolde neuer departe thens tyll they had the castell at their wyll and if they had it by force they shulde haue no mercy and yâ towne newe peopled with
strangers Such offers wordes and manasshes were shewed to them of Eureux and euery day they were assayled Than they within began to doute for there apered to them no maner of comfort thaÌ they sayde one to another we se well that the frenche kynge desyreth nat the countre castell of Eureux for hym selfe but for his nephewe Charles of Nauerre Than they fell in treatye with the lorde Coucy Whan Ferando knewe that the burgesses of the towne fell in treatye he kept hym selfe within the castell and wolde nat come out nor be at none of their treatyes finally they of the towne and couÌtre yelded vp their lyues and goodesse saued and receyued Charles of Nauerre for their lorde And than they besieged Ferando within the castell than he began to entreate so that if they wolde suffre him and his to depart without daunger he wolde yelde vp the castell The lordes were content Than they departed out of the castell and so were brought to Chyerbourc After the conquest of Eureux all the capytayns of the hoost drewe to Rohan where the kyng lay to here tidynges for well he knewe that thenglysshmen laye at siege before saynt Malos in Bretayne The kyng receyued them ioyfully and specyally the lorde Coucy and the lorde de la Ryuer bycause they had so well spedde These lordes abode styll in Normandy and were styll retayned in wages THe french kyng who all this season lay styll at Rohan hadde sure knowledge howe the englysshmen had puissantly besieged saynt Malos and howe they within were sore constrayned euery day enpayred he thought ve wolde be lothe to lese his men and the good towne of saynt Malos for if that had ben ones englisshe he thought Bretayn sore weaked on that syde therfore to resyst the englisshmen the kyng had made a great assemble for none durst disobey his coÌmaundement as to sytte styll at home And so the kynge sent his two bretherne thyder the duke of Berrey and the duke of Burgoyn the erle of Alenson the erle de la Marche the Dolphyn of Auuergne therle of Guefe sir Johan of Bolayne and many other great barones and knyghtes of all countreys Also the kyng coÌmaunded his constable sir Bertram of Clesquy that he shulde nat be behynde The constable wolde nat dysobey but went forthe with a great company of men of armes of Poictou Aniou and Towrayne Also ther was the two marshals of Fraunce and that marshall of Bleunylle also there was sir Olyuer of Clisson the lorde of Leon and all the barons of Bretayne They were a .x. thousande men of armes and in the feldes mo than a huÌdred thousande horse they lodged euer as nere to gyder as they coulde but bytwene theÌ and the englisshmen there was a ryuer and an arme of the see And often tymes whan the see was ebbed some knyghtes and squiers wolde go and do dyuers feates of armes with their enemyes in the playne ryuer There was neuer suche assemble made in Bretayne before for if the frenchmen were puyssaÌt in lyke wise so were the englisshmen and eche parte thought to fyght for euery day they shewed them selfe in the felde with baners and penons waueryng with the wynde it was great pleasure to behold theÌ The frenchemen wolde come downe to the ryuer syde and make semblant to fyght and wolde say beholde yonder our enemyes anon the see wyll ebbe if they wollcome ouer we wyll se them come fight but it semythe they haue no wyll therto they feare the fortunes of batayle we thynke their chiefe gouernours wyll nat suffre them to aduenture to fyght with vs in playne batayle THis fasynge and mustryng was dayly bytwene them So on a day the erle of Cambridge sware and sayd that if ther were any mo suche assembles that if they wolde nat come fyght that he wolde go ouer and fyght with them what soeuer fell therof Than on a day the vowarde with the constable of Fraunce who sawe well howe the englysshmen were hote and hasty ordayned on a season all his batayls on the sandes as nere to the ryuer as they coulde all a fote The erle of Cambridge whan he sawe their maner sayd they that loue me folowe me for I wyll go and fyght with theÌ and so dasshed in to the water the whyche as than was lowe but the fludde was comynge and so came iust to the ryuersyde with his baner thaÌ the englisshmen began to shote agaynst the freÌchmen and the constable of Fraunce drewe abacke and all his people and went back in to the felde who thought veryly yâ the englisshmen wolde a come ouer the water they wolde gladly haue caused them to haue done so The duke of Lancastre with a great batayle was redy to haue folowed his brother if he had sene there hadde bene nede sayd to Gerarde of Brees a squier of Heynaulte who was by hym Gerarde beholde my brother howe he aduentureth hymselfe it semeth howe he sheweth ensample to the frenchemen howe he wolde fayne fyght with theÌ but it semeth they haue but small wyll therto Thus they contynued and no deades of armes done on nother party the fludde began to ryse Than the englisshmen drewe a backe out of the ryuer and went to their lodgynges and the frenchmen in lyke wyse to theirs IN suche musters and assembles the siege durynge there was done dyuers feates of armes The frenchmen kept well their fronter so that the englisshmen durst nat passe the ryuer And soo it was that dyuers tymes more hygher in the countre certayne knyghtes and squiers bretons suche as knewe well the countrey rode a brode in certayne companyes and passed the ryuer by gydes and often tymes encountred with the englisshe foragers and sometyme they fought and soÌe ouer throwen sometyme they wan and sometyme lost as aduentures of warre often tymes falleth The siege thus endurynge the lordes of Englande more dilygently to attayne to their purpose they concluded to make a myne and so therby to entre in to saynt Malos for otherwyse they thought they coulde nat get the towne it was so full of good men of warre so well furnysshed with all ordynance and artyllery the whiche helped theÌ merueylusly well Also thenglisshmen nigh euery day were fayne to be armed and to asseÌble to gyder to abyde batayle if the frenchmen wolde haue come forwarde wherfore they had no leyser to make any assawtes to yâ towne but with their gonnes wherof they had great plenty which troubled them sore within the towne So they aduysed the place to make their myne and set mynours a warke ¶ Nowe lette vs a lytell space leaue spekyng of this siege speke of the siege of Mortayne in Poictou ¶ Howe the englysshmen came and reysed the siege before Mortayne Cap. CCC .xxxiiii. VE haue harde before of the bethe of yuan of Wales and howe he was slayne and howe the bretons and poicteuyns were styll at the siege before Mortayne and
knowledge yâ a sire leagê thens ther was a barone that helde a fortresse called saynt Mauberen in a couÌtre called Medoc who dyde moche hurt in the countre ThaÌthenglysshe lordes charged all their prouisyon on the ryuer of Garone and all their artyllary and than toke their horses aboute a thre huÌdred speares and so came by lande to saynt Mauberen And ther were of gascoyns with the lorde Neuyll sir Axchambalt of Grayle the lorde of Rousy the lorde of Duras and the lorde of Ternon And whan the barones and their companyes were come before saynt Mauberen they toke their lodgynge and incontynent gaue assaut the whiche was feirse and terryble for the bretons within were good men of warre and their capitayne was one called Huguelyn by whom they were ruled This first assaut dyde the bretons but lytell hurt than thenglysshmen drewe to their lodgynge The next mornynge they reysed vp their engyns to cast stones and to breke downe the toppes of the byldinges in the towre The .iii. day they ordayned to gyue asore assaut sayeng how those rybaudê shulde nat longe endure agaynst them There was a sore and a feirse assaut and many a man slayne and hurt ther were neuer men that better defeÌded them selfe than the bretons dyde Howe be it finally seyng no confort comyng fro no parte to them warde they fell in treatie for they sawe well their ennemyes wolde nat departe thens tyll they hadde them at their pleasure thoughe they shulde lye longe there therfore So the treatie toke suche effect yâ they gaue vp saynt Mauberen and departed with their goodes without domage and so they went in to Poictou or whyder they lyst And whan the lorde Neuyll was lorde therof he newly repayred the forteresse and furnysshed it with newe men and artillary and sette therin gascoyns to kepe it A squyer of Gascoyne called Peter of Brasyas was capitayne there and than yâ lorde Neuyll returned to Burdeux And dayly he herde how the siege endured before Panpilone in Nauer the whiche was besieged by the chylde of Castell but they herd no certayne tidynges of the kyng of Nauer nor also the kynge of Nauerr herde no worde of them the whiche greatly displeased hym ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to the besynesse in Bretayne and in Normandy and speke of the siege of saynt Malo Howe the myne made by thenglisshmen agaynst saynt Malos was lost and the siege reysed Cap. ccc .xxxvi. BEfore the towne of saynt Malo ther was a sore siege and many a soore saute gyuen for thenglysshmen had well a four hundred goÌnes who shot night and daye into the fortresse and agaynst it And the capitayne within called Morfonas a valyant man of armes set all his mynde to the defence of the forteresse and by the good counsayle of sir HeÌry of Maletrait of the lorde CoÌbore and of the vycont of Bellere dyd so valyantly that they toke all yâ tyme but lytell hurte In the couÌtre as ye haue herde before was all about the floure of Fraunce aswell of great lordes as other they were to the nombre of .xvi. thousande men of armes knyghtes and squyers and well a hundred thousande horses and gladly they wolde haue fought with theÌglisshmen And in lykewise the englysshmen wolde gladly haue done the same if any parte coulde haue founde any aduauntage but that thynge whiche brake their purpose oftentymes was a ryuer that was bytwene them so that whaÌ the studde came ther coude none passe ouer so that none of them might coÌe at other And alwayes the myne went forward and they within were in great dout ye may well knowe that in suche assembles it coude be non otherwyse but that the foragers of eyther êtie somtymes met in the felde for ther were expert knyghtes and squyers of bothe parties and many a feat of armes done and some ouerthrowen These myners wrought sore day and night vnder yâ erth to th entent to come in to the towne that way to make a pane of the wall to fall so that their men might entre Of this myne Morfonace they within douted gretly for they knewe well by that they myght be lost they cared for none other assaut but for that For their towne was well furnysshed with vitayls and artyllary to kepe it for two yere yf nede were but they had great thought how to breke this myne so long they thought theron and traueyled ther about that at last they came to their ententes and by great aduenture as many thynges falleth in warre The erle Richarde of Arundell shulde haue kept the watche one night with a certayn with him of his owne men And therle toke no great hede of that was his charge so that they âin saynt Malos knewe therof by their spyes or other wyse And so whaâie they sawe it was tyme on trust of the watche they departed secretly out of the towne the hoost beyng a slepe And so they came without noyse makynge to the place wher as the myne was a makynge the myners had nigh made an ende of their warke Than Morfonace and his coÌpany beyng redy to do that he was come for at their ease without defence brake the myne so that some of the myners caÌe neuer out for the myne fell downe on them And whan they had done they sayde they wolde awake the watch that was next the towne to th entent that the hoost shulde knowe howe valiantly they had done And so they entred in to the one syde of the felde cryeng their cryes beatyng downe of tentes and lodgyngê and sleynge of men so that the hoost began to styrre Than Morfonace and his coÌpany with drewe them in to saynt Malos without hurte or danger Than the hoost began to assemble and the duke had great marueyle what it might be ⪠and demaunded what it was Than it was shewed him that in yâ defaut of the watche their myne was lost the same tyme. Than the duke of Lancastre sent for therle of Arundell and he was sore rebuked for this aduenture but he excused him selfe aswell as he might Howbeit he was ther with sore ashamed and hadde rather haue spent a hundred thousande frankes than it shulde haue so fortuned THys aduenture thus fallen and their myne broken than the lordes of the hoost drewe to counsayle to knowe what were beste for theym to do Than they behelde eche other and sawe well howe they had lost their season the whiche was nat likely to be recouered agayne And to begyn a newe myne they thoght they shuld neuer bring it to an ende for yâ tyme passed and wynter drue on So they determyned all thynges coÌsydred for the best to dyllâgâ and to retourne in to England agayne And it was than ordayned that euery man shulde dyslodge and go to shyppe their flete laye styll at ancre in the hauen of saynt Malo Anone euery man was dislodged and in to shippe and had wynde at wyll And so sayled
the busynes of FrauÌce KIng Charles of FrauÌce 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 haÌdes wherfore he was greatly to be coÌmended And bicause he knewe well that kyng Robert of Scotlande and all the realme ther had made warr and had mortall hate to theÌglysshmen 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 EnglaÌde might be moost anoyed And of this purpose the freÌche kyng had many ymaginacioâs 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 recoÌmende me to the kyng there and to his barons And shewe hââ 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 coÌmissary of ãâ¦ã 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 FlauÌders and there taryed abode for wynde and passage a .xv. dayes for yâ wynde was coÌtrary 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 dyâers 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 âe 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 FlauÌders 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 coÌmaunded 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 wyndâwe 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 iaÌglers in the palys of Paris and in the kynges chambre ye âette 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 saâstyll 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 fâll after Though all his purueyance were redy aparelled and that he had wynd at wyll to haue sayled into ScotlaÌde yet he durst nat put himselfe into the dangers of the see For it was shewed him how he was spyed by theÌglysshmen 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 Flaânbers who had great displeasure at the wordes of this knight that he had of therle of FlaÌders so yâ finally he coude kepe his toÌge no leÌger 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 FlauÌders 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 enteÌdeth 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 yâ 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 theÌ 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 yâ pope and at his comynge the pope gaue hym all the gyftes yâ 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 yâ 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 JohnÌ Haconde who dyde had done many a noble feate of armes he issued out of the realme of FrauÌce whan the peace was made bitwene yâ two kynges at Bretigny besyde Charters and in yâ 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 ordynauÌce and treaty of peace he made him selfe capitayne of a certayne nombre of coÌpanyons 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 couÌtrey agaynst the pope and the cardynals than ther were entreated and went to the marques of MouÌtferrant 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 theÌ .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 coÌpany 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 yâ 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 yâ 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
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 ãâã sir Hugh Torell the lorde of Uar ãâã Eustare and sir Johan Harbeston ser Wyllyam Feruytone the lorde of Briame sir Wyllyam Fabre sir Johan and sir Nycholas ãâã court sir Johan Mase sir ThomÌs Camoyse sir Rafe sonne to the lorde Neuell ser Henry bastarde Ferres sir Hughe Broe sir ãâã Orsell sir Thomas West the lorde of ãâã More Dauyd Holograue Hugh Lyn ãâã bastarde Bernarde of Coderers and dyuers other These me of warre rode in good ãâã and great array The first day they deê ãâã 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 ãâã that had neuer ben in Fraunce before as the eââe 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 ãâã sware euer to the kyng of Englande and to his counsayle two shynges The one was that they shulde neuer disclose their secre ãâã person lyueng but among themselfe ãâã 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 deêted 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 defeÌde theÌselfe and their house These barons and knyghtes in their newe knyghthod enuyroned about the towre of FolaÌt 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 adueÌtured 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 theÌglissh 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 theÌselfe 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 âo 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 ãâ¦ã 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 caÌe 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 ãâ¦ã desyred iustes but they wered so
mater as ye haue harde before And whan the lordes had Well vnderstande hym they answered Sayenge in the kynges name We thanke our cosyn the kynge of Portingale that he putteth hym selfe so foreward in our besynes in that he maketh warre agaynst our aduersary and that he requireth is reasonable Wherfore he shall hastely haue ayde and the kynge shall take aduise howe it shall be ordered And so as than there were no mo Wordes This knyght straunger for the loue of these tydynges that he had brought pleasaunt to the duke of Lancastre and to the erle of Cambridge he was feasted and dyned with the kynge and so taried the space of .xv. dayes tyll the vtas of saynt George Where as the kynge and his vncles were And thyther was comesyr Robert of Namure to se the kyng and to make his relef for that he helde of the kynge in Inglande Than was there the parliament and counsaile assigned to be at WestmÌ I shall tell you why as well for the besynes of Portingale the whiche was a newe mater as for other for the truce was expired the fyrst day of June and so there was a great counsaile of the prelates and barones of England howe they shuld ordre all these mats And so they were in mynd to send the duke of Lancastre into Portingale and some sayd it was a farre and a longe voyage to sende hym thyther And if he went they myght happe to repent it for they vnderstode that the scottes made great apparell to entre in to England And sothan it was determined in theyr couÌsaile that the duke of Lancastre who knewe well the marches of Scotland and the dealyng of the scottis And it was thought that they wolde sooner fall at a treatie with hym rather than With any other great lorde of all England and howe that the scottes wolde do more for hym than for any other And how that the erle of Cambrydge with .v. C. speares and as many archers shulde goo in to Portingale And if that the duke of Lancastre coulde do somoche with the scottes with the honour of the realme that a truce might be had to endure .iii. yere than he myght well go into Portingale about the moneth of Auguste or Septembre if the kynge and his couÌsayle thought it best and so therby to enforce the Army of hys brother Also there was a nother poynt Wherfore the duke of Lancastre went nat out of Englande Bicause the kynge of Englande had sente certayne messaÌgers with the duke of Tasson and the Arche bysshoppÌ of Rauenne to the kynge of Almayne to haue his syster to wyfe orelles to knowe howe the mater shulde stande For ther had be longe treatye therof more than the space of a yere Of Englande there was the bysshop of saynt Dauys syr Symond Burle to haue a conclusion of this matier if they myght And so to this counsayle accorded the kynge and all the lordes And so the parliament brake vp on this poynt and there were named and wrytten the barones and knyghtes that shulde go in to Portyngale with the erle of Cambridge ¶ Howe the Erle of Cambrydge departed oute of Englande to goo in to Portyngale And howe the comons of Englande rebelled agaynst the noble men Cap. CCC .lxxxi. THe duke of Lancastre ordered his busynes and departed fro the kyng and fro his brethernÌ And at his goyng he sware to his brother the erle of Cambrydge that at his returnyng out of Scotlande he wolde ordre so his busynes that he wold hastely folowe hym into Portyngale if there were no great cause to lette Thus the duke of Lancastre departed toward Scotland but with his owne men And at the same laste parliameÌt holden at London it was ordeyned that ser HeÌry Percy erle of NorthuÌberlaÌde shulde be wardeyn of all the lande of NorthuÌberland and of the bysshopriche of Duram and fro thens into Wales to the ryuer of seuerne And so he departed fro LoÌden to go to his charge that was a xv dayes after that the duke of Lancastre was departed Also thaÌ departed fro the kynge and fro therle of Buckyngham his brother the erle of Cambrydge to go towardes his voyage in to Portyngale And so made prouysion about Ploumoth and vstayled his shyppes and toke with hym his wyfe the lady Isabell his sone JohnÌ his entent was to bryng them into Portingale the whiche he accoÌplisshed And with the erle of Cambrydge were these lordes First the lord Mathue Gornay constable of the host the lorde Chanon Robsard the lorde JohnÌ of new castell the lord WyllmÌ BeauchaÌpe marshall of thost the Souldic of Lestrade the lord of Barrere the lorde Chalebore sir WillmÌ Helmon ser Thomassymon Mylles wyndesore sir JohnÌ of CaÌderut and diuers other to the nombre of v. C. men of armes and as many archers So these lordes and theyr men came to Ploumoth and lodged there about abyding for wynde lytle and lytell shypped all their stuffe but they toke with them no horses bicause the way was farre a sondre bytwene Englande Lucebone in Portingale and the Portingale knyght was alwayes styll in their coÌpanye And so they taried ther .iii. wekes abydynge for wynde the which was contrary to them Ja the meane tyme the duke of Lancastre went toward Scotlande so came to the cyte of Berwike the next towne to Scotland of all England And whan he was ther he rested hym and sent an haralde of armes in to Scotland towarde the barons ther. shewyng them howe he was come thyder to speke with theÌ on the marches as the vsage had ben before And if they wolde come treat with him to send hym worde or elles he knewe ryght well what to do The harauld departed and rode to Edenbourg wher kyng Robert of Scotland therle Duglas the erle de la Marc the erle Morette and the other lordes of Scotland were assembled together For they hadde knowledge how the duke of Lancastre was comyng thyder to treat with them wherfore they were assembled in the chife towne of Scotland ioynyng to the fronters of England And ther the harauld dyd his message was well herde at length and he had aunswere that they were well content to here the duke speke And so the harauld brought a salueconduct for the duke his company to endure as longe as he were in the marches and comuned togyder Thus the harald retourned to Berwyke shewed howe hesped And so the duke depted fro Berwyke left all his êuision behynd hym in the towne and so went to Rosebourge and there lodgyd And the next day he went lodged at the abbey of Mamos on the ryuer yt was an abbey that departed England Scotland a sundre there the duke taryed and his coÌpany tyll the scottes were come to Monbanne .iii. lytle myle thens whan they were come thyder they sent worde to the duke Thus the treatie began bytwene the Scottes and Englysshmen the whiche endured a
.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 incideÌtes therof Ther was an vsage in England yet is in diuerse countreys that the noble men hath great frauÌches ouer the comons and kepeth them in seruage that is to say their tenauÌtes 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 BreÌdpest 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 couÌtie 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 coÌmon 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 coÌplayne 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 ⪠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 coÌdempned 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 asseÌbled 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
moneth of Auguste At whiche tyme the kyng helde a soleÌyne court at Westmynster and there were than a great noÌbre of nobles and lordes of Englande there was the erle of Northumberlande and the erle of Nottyngham and dyuers other lordes of the northe And the kyng made knightes the same day the yong erle of Penbroke and sir Robert Maubre sir Nycholas Twyforde sir Adam Francoys And after the feest the kyng was in purpose to ryde to Reedyng to Oxenforthe to Couentre to punysshe the yuell doers of the sayde rebellyon And so he dyde in lyke maner as he had done in Kent in Sussexe in Essexe in Bedforde and in Cambridge At this feest of oure lady at Westmynster after dyner there were great wordes bytwene the duke of Lancastre and the erle of Northumberlande The duke sayd to hym Henry Percy I beleued nat that ye hadde bene so great in Englande as to close the gates of any cytie towne or castell a gaynst the duke of Lancastre The erle humyled hym selfe in his spekyng and sayd Sir I deny nat that the knight dyde for I canne nat For by the strayt commaundement of the kynges grace here presente He straitly enioyned commaunded me that on myne honour and on my lyfe I shulde nat suffre any maner of person lorde or other to entre in to any cytie towne or castell in Northumberlande without he were heryter of the place Sir the kynge and the lordes of his counsayle can well excuse me For they knewe well ynoughe howe ye were in Scotlande wherfore they shulde haue reserued you What quod the duke say you that ther ought a reseruacyon to haue bene made for me who am vncle to the kyng and haue kept myne Herytage as well or better as any other hathe done next to the kyng And seyng howe I was gone for the busynesse of the realme in to Scotlande This excuse can nat excuse you but that ye haue done yuell and greatly agaynst myne honoure And haue gyuen therby ensample to bring me in suspect that I haue done or shulde do some treason in Scotlande Whan at my retournyng the kyngê townes be closed agaynst me and specially there as my prouisyon was Wherfore I say ye haue aquyted yor selfe right yuell And for the blame and sclaundre that ye haue brought me in to pourge me In the presens of the kyng here present I cast agaynst you here my gauge Reise it and yedare Than the kyng stepte forthe and sayd Fayre vncle of LaÌcastre all that was done I auowe it I must excuse the Erle of Northumberlande and speke for hym For on payne of his lyfe we commauÌded hym that he shulde kepe close all the townes on the marchesse and ye knowe well howe our Realme was in great trouble and parell The faulte was in the clerke that wrote the letters and the neglygence of oure counsayle For of trouthe we shulde haue reserued you wherfore I wyll and also desyre you to lay a parte this yuell wyll that ye haue to the Erle And I take the charge on me and discharge the erle in that behalfe Than kneled downe before the Duke the erle of Arundell the erle of Salisbury the erle of Suffolke the erle of Stafforde and the Erle of Dymester and sayde to hym Sir ye here howe amyably and truely the kynge spekethe Wherfore sir ye ought to condiscende to his pleasure Well quod the duke who was enflamed with yre I shall holde my peace And so mused a lytell and made the lordes to ryse and thanked them and sayd Fayre lordê there is none amonge you if ye were in lyke case as I am but I am sure ye wolde be sore displeased But as it pleaseth the kyng to haue it it is reason that I be content ther with So there the peace was made bytwene the duke and the erle by meanes of the kynge and the other lordes And the seconde day the kyng toke his iourney as is sayd before and a fyue hundred speares and as many archers folowed and euer costed the kynge in this vyage The kyng dyde great iustyce on them that had rebelled agaynst him HOwe lette vs leaue to speke of the kyng of Englande and speke of the erle of CaÌbridge his vncle shewe howe he dyde in Portyngale VE haue well herdhere before how therle of Cambridge lay in the hauyn of Plummouthe with a fyue hundred speares and as many archers abydinge for the wynde to sayle into Portyngale So longe he lay there that at last wynde and wether came and so disancred and departed towarde Lysbone where they thought to arryue And the first day they costed Englande and Cornewayle and the .ii. day also And the thyrde daye they entred in to the highe see of Spaygne and there they had harde fortune for there rose suche a teÌpest that they and all their shyppes were in great parell and harde adueÌture of dethe And specially the shyppes wherin were the gascoyns As sir Johan of Newcastell the Souldicke of Lestrade and the lorde de la Barde and a fourtie knightes and squyers They lost the syght of the erle of Cambridge flete The erle and sir Olyuete Beauchampe marshall of the hoost and ser Mathewe Gourney constable and the Chanoyne Robersarde and the other passed this tempest in great daunger And so longe they sayled by the wynde and starres that they arryued at the cytie of Lysbone These tidynges came anone to the kynge of Portyngale who taryed and loked euer for the comynge of these englisshmen Than the kynge sende of his knightes to mete theym and so they were honourably receyued And the kyng Dampferant came out of his castell and mette with therle of Cambridge and receyued hym and all his with great honoure And so brought theÌ in to his castell and called for wyne and spyce And there was yonge Johan of Cambridge sonne to the erle Of whom the kynge of Portyngale made great ioye and sayde Beholde here my sonne for he shall haue my doughter they were bothe proper goodlye and all of one age These children had gret ioye eche of other and helde eche other by the hande In the meane season whyle the kyng of Portyngale made cher to the erle and to the other straungers all their companye were well lodged as they came oute of their shyppes for the Cytie of Lysbone was great and well furnysshed with euery thynge for it was well prouyded for agaynst the comyng of the englysshmenne So these lordes were mery and well at their ease Howe be it they were ryght sorie for their company that they thought were lost on the see in the tempest Or els driuen into the daÌger of the moores in Granade the whiche yf it were so they thought them as good as lost so for them they made great complayntes and to say trouthe they were well worthy to be coÌplayned for they were so sore tossed with the teÌpest that there were neuer men in greater
great nombre made no semblant to breke their busshement but helde them selfe styll and close for they beleued that the englisshmen had nere hande their great batayle therfore they durst nat assayle them So thus they departed eche fro other without any more doynge The spaynierdes retourned the same night to Esteryes and the Chanoyne Robersarde to Uesyouse And there he shewed his company howe they had sene the spagynierdes bytwene Concrelet and Huence and sayd If we had bene all toguyder we wolde haue fought with theÌ and so they were sorie that they had nat bene all toguyder And whan these tidynges came to the knowledge of the kyng of Portingale he made semblant that he was dyspleased bycause they rode forthe without his coÌmaundement or ordinaunce Thus the englysshmen and gascoyns lay styll in their garysons all that wynter without any thynge doyng worthy to be made meÌcyon of the whiche greatly anoyed theÌ There lyeng styll was nat by their wylles ¶ In this meane tyme Johan kyng of Castyle sende to the frenche kynge and to his vncles for socour Shewyng them howe the erle of Cambridge was arryued in Portyngale And how the voice ranne through the realmes of Castyle and Portyngale Howe that the kyng of Englande the duke of Lancastre and his brother puissantlye acompanyed shulde come in to Portyngale to the erle of Cambridges ayde in the next somer Wherfore he desyred the frenche kynge accordynge to suche alyaunces and confederacions as the realme of FrauÌce the realme of Spaygne hath toguyder and by reason of good loue and amyte That they wolde sende some men of warre to hym the next somer to the entent to resyst his enemyes Than the french kyng and his counsayle consented well therto For they sawe well howe the kyng of Spayne desyred nothyng but reason Than it was ordayned in Fraunce to gyue all maner of men of warre lycence to go thyder And the kyng delyuered theÌ their first prest money So sir Olyuer of Clesquy brother to sir Bertram of Clesquy constable of Fraunce was ordayned to take his voyage in the begynnyng of the springyng tyme. And so dyde knightê and squyers of Bretayne of Fraunce of Beause of Picardy of Aniowe of Berrey of Bloyse and of Mayne And so they passed by companyes to haue the more ease and their passage was opyn throughe the realme of Aragon and they founde euery thyng redy and their wages payed but they payed nat for euery thyng they toke whan they were abrode in the countrey whiche was great hurte to the poore commons yE haue herde here before howe kyng Richarde of Englande the space of a yere hadde ben in treatie with kynge Charles of Almayne Who wrote hym selfe the tytell of the kyng of Rhomayns to haue his suster the lady Anne in maryage And howe sir Symon Burle had sore traueyled in that mater And howe the duke of Tasson in Almayne had ben in Englande for to confyrme that maryage And the mater was so coÌcluded that the kynge of Rhomayns sende his suster in to Englande and the duke of Tasson with her And a great company of knightes ladyes and damosels in royall astate as it aêteyned to suche a lady And so she came first in to Brabante to the towne of Bruesels And there the duches of Brabant receyued her and all her company in goodly maner The duke of Brabant was her vncle for she was doughter to themêour Charles And so thus the lady Anne of Behayne helde her at Brusels with her vncle and aunte more than the space of a moneth She durste nat go thens I shall tell you why ¶ It was shewed her that ther was on the see a .xii. vessels of nor mayns bytwene Caleys and Hollande they robbed and pilled on the see they cared nat who And so they kepte he boundes of the see about Flaunders and zelande abyding the comynge of this yonge lady For the french kyng wolde gladly haue broken that maryage for he greatlye douted the alyaunce bytwene Englande Almayne Howe be it alwayes it is sayd that it is nat honorable to take ladyes in warre In coloryng the warr bitwene lordes to make their warr the fayrer The prince of Wales father to kyng Richarde of Englande It was sayd he consented to the takyng of the lady of Burbone mother to the french quene She was taken by the prices seruauÌtes in the castell of Belperch and so brought in to Guyen and raunsomed Wherfore the freÌchmen thought if they myght take the kyng of Englandes wyfe in reueÌgyng therof they shulde do no wronge So for feare and doute therof this lady lay styll at Brusels the space of a moneth Than the duke of Brabant sende his counsayle into Fraunce as the lorde of RousselaÌs and the lorde of Bousqueher to shewe the kynge his vncles they were nephewes to the duke of Brabant as chyldren of his suster These lordes of Brabant spedde so well with the frenche kyng and his couÌsayle that they had a sure saue conduct for the lady to passe outher by lande or by see Wheder it pleased her throughe the realme of Fraunce or by the froÌters therof to Calais And the normains that were on the see were countermaunded agayne And so the frenche kyng and his vncles wrote to the Duke of Brabant that they dyde this for his sake all onely and for none other This pleased moche the duke of Brabant the duchesse and all suche as wolde passe the see So than they departed fro Brusels and the lady toke her leaue of the duke her vncle and of the duchesse her aunt And of the ladyes and damosels of the countrey suche as had helde her company And so the duke sende with her a huÌdred speares to conuey her to Gaunte and there she rested her a day And there the gauntoyse dyde her gret honour and fro thens she went to Bruges there the erle of Flaunders receyued her ryght honourably there she rested her a thre dayes And than she rode forth came to Grauelyng where as was redy the erle of Salysbury and the erle of Dymester with a fyue huÌdred speres and as many archers and so they brought her to Calays And the brabansies retourned as soone as they had delyuered her to the barones of Englande THis yonge lady taryed nat longe at Calayes but that she had wynde at wyll and so than she entred in to her shyppe on a friday in the mornynge and all her company and horses in other shyppes And the same day she aryued at Douer and ther she rested her two dayes the thirde day she rode to saynt Thomas of Caunterbury And there she founde the erle of BuckynghaÌ who receyued her honourably and so long this lady rode forthe that she came to London where as she was honourably receyued of the burgesses ladyes damosels of the countrey and cytie And so the kyng of Englande wedded her in the chapell of his palays of Westmynster
the .xx. day of Christmas at which there was great feast tryuÌphe holden And euer syth she deêted first out of Almayne the gentle and noble knight sir Robert of Namur left her nat tyll she was maryed to the kyng of Englande Wherof he hadde great thanke bothe of the kyng of Englande and of the kyng of Almayne And so the kyng of England after his maryage brought the quene his wyfe to the castell of Wyndsore and there kept a great house And so there they were ioyously togyder And my lady princes the kynges mother abode styll with the quene And also the same tyme there was in the court with the quene the duches of Bretayne suster to kyng Rycharde for Lois her husband duke of Bretayne coude nat haue her delyuered out of EnglaÌde for the kyng of Englande nor his counsayle wolde in no wyse coÌsent to sende her in to Bretayne bycause her husbande the duke was become french For the lordes and knightes in England sayd the same tyme. That the duke of Bretayne acquyted hymselfe fasly to the erle of Buckyngham and to our men nowe at this last vyage yâ they made in FraÌce And for all he hath sent for his wyfe yet wyll nat we sende her to hym but wyll rather send thyder his .ii. enemies JohnÌ and Guy of Bretayne Who were chyldrene to saynt Charles of Breten who hath more right to the herytage of Bretayne than he hath for he is duke but by reason of our puyssaunce ayde and be semyng he coÌsydreth but yuell the goodnes yâ we haue done to hym wherfore we must in lykewise shewe hym the vylany that he doth to vs. Trewe it was these two lordê JohnÌ and Guy of Bretayne children to saynt Charles of Bloyse were prisoners in Englande and kept in a stronge castell in the kepynge of sir Peter Dambreticourt And they were desyred in curtes maner by the kyng of Englande his counsayle that they shulde holde Bretayne by fayth and homage of the kynge of Englande And if they wolde thus do than the kyng of England promysed to recouer their right in Bretayne and JohnÌ to haue to his wife the lady Phylippe of Lancastre wydowe But they answered in no wyse they wolde do so nor for sake to be freÌche to dye in prison So thus the materhanged And after the kynge of Englande knewe ones fermly their myndes they were no more desyred therto ¶ Howe the french kyng could haue no money of the receyuour of Parys And howe the duke of Aniowe passed in to Italye of his noble chyualry Cap. CCC xCi LE haue herd here before howe the parysiens were a greed with the kyng to pay a certayne soÌme of florens euery weke This some of floreyns was payed to a certayne receyuour apoynted by them but the kyng had it nat nor it weÌt nat out of Parys And so it happed that the kynge had besynes with money to pay his men of warre suche as he sent in to Castell wherto he was bouÌde by the aliaunces that was made before And so the kyng sent to Parys to his receyuour that he shulde prepare for hym a hundred thousande frankes for he sayd he wold comforte and ayde kyng JohnÌ of Castell The receyuour answered the kyngê letters and message right graciously and sayd howe he had money mough howe beit he myght delyuer none without the hole consent of the towne of Parys These wordes pleased nothyng the kyng but he sayde he wolde puruey right well for remedy whanne he myght and so he dyd And so for his entente as at that tyme he purueyed hym of other money by the helpe of his good townes in Pycardy Thus there was a great disceÌcion bytwene the kyng and them of Parys and so the kyng wolde nat come to Parys but he abode at Mieulx at Senles or at Compayne there a bout wherof they of Parys were sore displeased And the greatest sure tie and meane that they hadde was the duke of Aniou who wrote hym selfe kynge of Cecyll and of Hyerusalem and had taken on hym the armes therof This duke most comonly lay at Parys and there he gate moche good to helpe hym to his viage He gate toguyder so great a soÌme of money that it was sayd that he had at Roquemore besyde Auignon two myllions of florens He entreated so them of Parys by his fayre langage and by that he had the soueraynte aboue all his bretherne bycause he was eldest that he had of them the soÌme of a hundred thousande frankes But the kyng coude gette none of them nor his vncles of Berrey nor of Burgoyne and whan the duke of Aniou had made his prouision in the springyng tyme of the yere he toke his iourney so passed the realme and came to Auignon wher as he was greatly feasted with the pope and with the cardynals and thyder came to hym the barones and rulers of the good townes of Prouence receyued hym for their lorde and dyd hym homage feaulte and dyd put them selfe in to his obeysance and thyder came to him the gentle erle of Sauoy his cosyn with certayne lordes and knightes who were also well receyued of the pope and cardynals And there the duke of Aniou delyuered to the erle of Sauoy a great soÌme of money for theÌ of Sauoy who were a great nombre So than the duke and therle toke leaue of the pope and departed and toke the way to the dolphyn of Uien and so in euery good towne they had good chere And so their men of warre went on before and at last they entred into Lombardy the whiche passage was redy open And so the duke entred in to Lombardy in euery towne had great feast and chere and specially at Myllayne There they were honored beyonde measure of sir Galeas and sir Barnabo and they had of them great riches and iuels that it were marueyle to recounte it And in euery place the duke of Aniowe helde astate lyke a kynge and euer as he went he made money floreyns and whyte money to pay his menne of warre And whan they came in to Coustane and aprochyd Rome than they kept them selfe nerer togyder than they dyde before For the romayns who knewe right well of their comyng were greatly fortifyed agaynst them and the romayns had a capitayn an englisshman called sir JohnÌ Haâonde who hadde longe lyued amonge the romayns and knewe all the fronters and hadde many so wdyours in the felde atte the wages of the romayns as almayns and other nacyons in the quarell of pope Urban who was at Rome He was nothynge afrayde of the comynge of the duke of Aniowe and whan any spake to hym and shewed hym howe the duke of Aniou with the erle of Sauoy in his company was comyng to Rome warde by lykelyhode to put hym downe fro his siege apostolyke bycause they were all clementyns He wolde than aunswere and saye Christe protege nos Christ helpe
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 maâasshed 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 ân the couÌtie 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 FlauÌders 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 FlauÌders 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 âyue hundred speares redy to go in to Heynalt to harry the towne of UaleÌcennes 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 ⪠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 strauÌgers 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 coÌe 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 FraÌcoys 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 FlauÌders 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 caÌe 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 deêted out of FlauÌders 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 menâyon 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 discoÌfyture 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 FrauÌces Atreman knewe these tidyngê it was right greuous to theÌ And so departed
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 mouÌted 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 aduauÌtage to entre in to FlauÌders for the countre is nowe coÌquered 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 FlauÌders 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 FlauÌders 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 EnglaÌde 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 GeÌnes where as he was well receyued and reuerently of the genoways and there he kept his resydens ye knowe well howe all England was obeysaÌt 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 condeÌpne 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 ThanÌe 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 ⪠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 freÌche 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 LoÌdon 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 êdones 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 couÌsayle 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 puyssaÌce 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 LaÌcastre 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 LaÌcastre for couytousnes of thesyluer and golde that was gadered of the churche and of the pardons wherof he shulde haue his parte
good Clementyns coÌtrarie to our beleue and agaynst our pope Also sir we shulde abyde for our marshall sir WyllmÌ BeauchaÌpe who shulde hastely come to vs with a good noÌbre of men And the last worde that our kynge sayd was that he wolde sende hym to vs. But sir my counsayle is if we shall nedes ryde let vs drawe towardes Ayre or Moustrell Ther is none I thynke as yet that wyll coÌe agaynst vs. And alwayes men wyll come to vs oute of FlauÌders who hath lost all that they haue they wyll be gladde to go with vs in hope to wynne some what agayne They beare yuell wyll in their hertes to the frenchmen who hath slayne in the warres their fathers bretherne kynsmen and freÌdes Sir Hughe coude scant speke these wordes but that the bysshop toke the mater hote and hasty and sayde A sir Hughe ye haue so well lerned to ryde in Fraunce that ye can nat ryde in to none other place We can nat better ryde to our profyte thanne to entre in to the fronter of FlauÌders by the see cost as to the towne of Bourbourge of Dunesshe of Mesport of Bergues of Cassell of Ipre of Proprigne In these sayd countreis as I am enformed by the burgesses of Gaunt they had neuer warre that greued them Let vs go thyder and refresshe vs and abyde there for our marshall if he wyll come Howe be it wese nat yet but lytell aparence of his comynge Whan sir Hughe Caurell sawe that the bysshop dyde take hym vp so shortely And he consydred well howe he was their chyefe capitayne and that he was a great man and of great lygnage he helde his peace For he sawe well also howe that his opynyon shulde nat be susteyned nother by ser Thomas Tryuet nor by sir Wylliam Helmon than he departed and sayd Sir if ye ryde forthe sir Hughe Caurell shall ryde with you nor ye shal nat go that way but yâ he dare well go the same I beleue well quod yâ bysshoppe ye haue good wyll to ryde forthe therfore make you redy for we wyll ryde to morowe oN this purpose they were all agreed and their rydinge forthe was publysshed throughe out the towne And in the mornynge the trumpettes sowned and euery man departed in to the feldes and tooke the way to Grauelyng And they were in nombre aboute a thre thousand men armed and so they came to the porte of Grauelynge Thesee was as than but lowe and so they passed forthe and assayled the mynster the which they of yâ towne had fortifyed The towne was closed but with pales the whiche coude nat long endure Nor also the men of the towne were but see men If ther had ben gentylmen it wolde haue helde leÌgar than it dyde Nor also they couÌtre was nat ware therof for they feared nothyng theÌglysshmen Thus theÌglysshmen coÌquered yâ towne of Grauelyng entred in to it and than drue to yâ mynster wherinto the people of yâ towne were drawen And putte therin all their goodes on trust of the streÌgth of the place and their wyues and chyldren and made rounde about it great dykes so that the englysshmen coude nat haue it at their ease for they were ther two dayes or they wanne it yet finally they wan it slewe all them that kept it with defence and with the resydue they dyde what they lyste Thus they were lordes and maysters of Grauelynge and lodged toguyder in the towne and founde ther plentie of prouisyon Than all the countrey beganne to be afrayed and dyde put their goodê in to the fortresses and sende their wyues and chyldren to Bergues to Bourbourcke and to saynt Omers The erle of Flaunders who lay at Lysle whanÌe he vnderstode these tidynges howe that the englysshe men made hym warre and had taken Grauelynge than he beganne to dout of them of Franke and of Bruges and called his counsayle to hym and sayde I haue great marueyle of the englysshe men that they ronne this on my lande They demaunded neuer nothynge of me and thus without any defyaunce to entre in to my lande Some of his counsayle answered hym and sayde Sir it is a thyng well to marueyle of But it is to be supposed that they repute you therle of FlauÌders to be frenche bycause the frenche kyng hath so rydden in this couÌtre that all is yelded to hym Why quod therle what is best than to be done Sir quod they it were good that ye sende sir Johan Uillayns and sir JohnÌ Moulyn who be here presente and also they haue a pensyon of the kynge of Englande in to Englande to speke with the kyng there fro you and to shewe him sagely all this busynesse And to demauÌde of him why he dothe make you warr we thynke whan he hereth youre messangers speke he wyll nat be content with theym that thus warreth agaynst your countre but call them backe to their great blame yea quod the Erle but in the meane tyme whyle they go in to Englande they that be nowe at Grauelynge wyll go farther and do great domage to them of Franke. sir quod they than let theÌ first go to theÌ at Grauelynge and desyre of them a saue conducte to go to Calayes and so in to Englande And to knowe of them what it is that they demaunde of you We thynke these two knyghtes are so well aduysed and wyll handell them so wysely that they shall sette the countrey in rest peace I am content it be thus ê the erle Than these two knightes were enfourmed by the erle his counsayle what they shulde say to the bysshop of Norwych to shewe him what charge they haue to go in to Englande to shewe the mater to the kyng there and to his vncles iN the meane season that these knyghtes prepared to go to Grauelynge to speke with the bysshop of Norwyche All the countre arose about Burbourcke Bergues Cassell Propringe Furnes Newport and other townes And they came to DoÌkyrke and there abode in the towne Sayeng howe they wolde shortely issue out and defende their fronters and fight with the englysshmen And these men of Flaunders had a capitayne called sir Johan Sporequyn gouernoure of all the landes of the lady of Bare the which lande lyeth in the marchesse about Ipre And this sir Johan Sporequyn knewe nothynge that the erle of Flaunders wolde sende in to Englande For the Hase of Flaunders was newly come to hym with .xxx. speares And shewed hym howe that the erle was at Lysle about a maryage to be had bytwene his suster and theÌ lorde Delbaryn So these two knightes dyde as moche as they coulde to styrre the countrey to ryse so that they were to the noÌbre of twelfe thousande pykes with pauesses and cootes of steele hoctons shapeause and bassenettes And in a maner they were all of the lande of yâ lady of Barres bytwene Grauelynge and Donkyrke as I was enfourmed And a thre leages in yâ way there
.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 CoÌuoy 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 noÌbre 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 marchaÌtes of good townes or officers of his house and tharchbysshop of Rayns sang the masse acoÌpanyed with the bysshop of Parys the bysshop of Turney the bysshop of CaÌbrey 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 coÌteyning in weyght .i. âi 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 FlauÌders 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. huÌdred 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 EnglaÌde 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 NorthuÌberlande 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 FrauÌce Cap. CCCC .xliiii. LE haue well herde here before how the lordes of FraÌce whaÌ they made the truse with englysshmen They were charged at their deêting to signify the truse to theÌ of Scotlande to the entent that no hurt shulde be done bytwene theÌ of EnglaÌde 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 NorthuÌberlande the erle of Notyngham the barons of the northe couÌtre 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 ameÌde 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 caÌe out of the realme of ScotlaÌde 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 asseÌble to fight with thenglysshmen Also it was knowen in FrauÌce 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 couÌsayle of FraÌce 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 ChaÌpenoyse He went bicause he knewe the laÌgage the couÌtre In the meane season yâ these ambassadours ordayned them selfe to go in to Scotlande the englysshmen ouer ran the couÌtre of ScotlaÌde ther was the same tyme at Scluse men of war of FrauÌce that lay styll and slept and wyst nat what to do for the truse bytwene EnglaÌde and flaÌders styll endured And they herde howe theÌglysshemen 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 GussaÌguyn sir Oden of Metyn sir Robert of CaÌpyhen Jakes of mouÌtfort 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 adueÌture their bodyes they wyst nat wher better to enploy their season than in the realme of ScotlaÌde and so they deêted 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 EdeÌborowe at DoÌbare 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 êuisyon might folowe theÌ by see In this season the freÌche ambassadours caÌe 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 HolaÌde En glande eschewyng the êels of thesâe for encouÌtryng of theÌglysshmen that at last they aryued in ScotlaÌde at a lytell porte called MoÌstres 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 dâêted rode on hakeneis and caÌe 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 coÌe thyder they vnderstode howe the englysshmen were withdrawen and howe the kynge of scottes and his lordes were at EdeÌborowe at a couÌsayle 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 FlauÌders 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 EdeÌborowe 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 ScotlaÌde made good cher to the knightes of FraÌce than sir Garnyer shewed to the kyng and to the barons of Scotlande thentencyon of his coÌpanions and the cause of their comynge in to the realme Than the ambassadours of Fraunce caÌe thyder sir Hemart de Percy ser Peter Framell and Janequyn ChaÌpenoise and they brought the truse that was deuysed bytwene FraÌce and Englande but the scotteshelde agaynst it and sayd howe they came to late and yâ they wolde haue no truse bycause theÌglysshmen in that season had done them moche hurt And thus while the king and the knightes were at differeÌce 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 EdeÌborowe and the knightes of Fraunce were sent for to theÌ As sir Michaell de la bare sir Garnyer Desyring them to go to their coÌpanyons 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 FrauÌce made apoyntment to entre in to the realme of EnglaÌde 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 deêted 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 couÌtre 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 NorthuÌberlande 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 ⪠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 couÌtre 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 EnglaÌde and whan he was coÌe 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 CaÌbridge 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 FeraÌdo 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 freÌdes as moche as
he might that there shulde be none asseÌbly 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 coÌtrary 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 freÌche 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 ArcheÌbale sir Rame sir Peter sir WyllmÌ and sir ThomÌs Duglas and all the bretherne of Lyndsey they of RaÌsey 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 freÌdes 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 whanÌe 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 enteÌde 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 coÌfyrme the same truse to endure yâ sayd terme with my soueraygne lorde the kyng of scottes and he and his noble counsayle to coÌfyrme 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 LaÌcastre 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 ⪠the truse dyde nat honorably to coÌsent 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 bouÌde 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 êmysed to do they wolde in no wyse breke it but wolde coÌfyrme 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 coÌtent 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 deêtynge 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 ãâã 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 auauÌce 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 FrauÌce 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 remeÌbre 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 whanÌe 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
Guy de la Tremoyle sir Willyma de Namure serued and so dyd dyuers other great lordes of FrauÌce In fyue huÌdred 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 preseÌt 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 deêted 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 sonÌe 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 saÌe season there was trety of maryage bytwene Loys of Bloys son to therle Guy of âoyâ and yâ lady Mary dought ãâã ãâã Johan of Berry And so th ãâ¦ã rle of Bloys well acoÌpanyed with lordes and ad ãâ¦ã s brought his doughter to Bergues in ãâã where the duke and duches were redy ãâ¦ã de for them who tyght nobly receyued ãâã and all their company And there was ãâ¦ã rmed the assurance of that maryage an ãâ¦ã ãâ¦ã chebysshop of Bergues ensured them ãâ¦ã der in the preseÌce of many lordes and lad ãâ¦ã howbeit they were natte wedded as than ãâ¦ã 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 LaÌguedocke 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 couÌtre For in Poictou and in Xaynton they had as than certayne fortresses whiche dyde moche domage to the couÌtre wherof complayntes came to the heryng of the duke of Berrey ⪠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 coÌquere 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 lauÌce 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 coÌpany 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 ⪠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 êson 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 noÌbre 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 EnglaÌde and FrauÌce was expyred and bitwene the gauÌtoyse 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 EnglaÌde 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 EnglaÌde Fraunce Spayne Portyngale Scotlande Bretayne FlauÌders and other places adioynyng Translated out of frenche in to our maternall englysshe tonge by Johan Bourchier knight lorde Berners At the coÌmaundement 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
by yâ day certayne nombre of men of warre other of the french kynges parte or of the kyng of Englandes part And that party that coude kepe the felde of him they wolde holde their laÌdes in peace for euer Whiche couenant to parforme therle of Foiz and the other lordes layd good hostages Than the duke of Aniou went to Pyergourte with all his hole army gaue lycence to no man to departe IN that season ther was an exchange made of certayne landê for prisoners in spaygne whiche landes the kynge of Spayne had gyuen to the constable of FrauÌce and the lorde of Manny for suche seruyce as they had done in Spayne The coÌstable gaue the lande of saryen castell in exchange for the erle of PeÌbroke who was taken prisoner before Rochell and ser Olyuer of MaÌny gaue his lande of Grece for the lordes sir Richarde Dangle and WyllimÌ his nephue and for Othes of GraÌtsone JohnÌ de Gremeres and Tanyboton The same season there began a treatie bytwene the duke of Aniou and the duke of Lancastre at Pyergort by assurances towarde the duke of Aniou for the duke of Lancastre helde himselfe as kynge and regent of theÌglysshe marches And so ther was a respyte of warre agreed bytwene them and all their ayders to endure tyll the last day of August So that these two dukes shulde be at the begynning of SepteÌbre in the marches of Picardy the duke of Aniou at saynt Omers and the duke of LaÌcastre at Calys After this truce thus taken the duke of LaÌcastre and the duke of Breten therles of Warwyke of Suffolke Stafforde the lordes Spenser Wyl loughby Chanoyne Robersart Henry Percy and the lorde of Mauue and all other lordê and knightes the .viii. day of July deêted fro Burdeux and returned into Englande And whan the capitayns of Bercerell sir Johan of Pert and Johan of Cornwall had kept the for tresse the space of a yere agaynst the freÌchmen that lay there at siege and sawe no socoure nor ayde comyng to them warde and that their vytayls began sore to mynisshe Than they toke aduyse togyder and deâmyned to make some composycion than they fell in treaty with the lordes of Hambuye of Stonuyll Blaynuyll and Franuyll The lordes of Normandy that lay there at siege were right wery and wolde gladly haue fallen into some treaty howe beit first they wolde knowe the kyngê mynde who acorded right well therto So that if the duke of Bretayne were nat personally bitwene that tyme and the feest of Allsayntes next comyng after before the towne of Bercerell in such wise able to reyse the siege els they within to yelde them vp For which composycion ther were de lyuered hostages therle of Penbroke was put to raunsome of sixe thousande frankes lomberdes in Bruges becaÌe dettours therfore and promysed payment therof assoone as he were hole and in good poynt So the erle rode vnder the conduct of the constable through FrauÌce so that the feuer and sickenesse toke hym by the way and so in a horse lytter he was brought to the cyte of Arras there his sickenesse toke hym so sore that he lay in his bedde and final lye dyed there and so the constable lost his money And therle of Penbroke left behynde hym a sonne of the age of two yere and sir Richarde DaÌgle made his finauÌce as I shall shewe you ye haue herde here before howe yâ lorde of Roy was prisoner in EnglaÌde who had no children but a doughter who was his heyre The frendes of the sayd lorde of Roy fell in treaty with sir Olyuer of Manny a knyght of Bretayne and nephue to sir Bertram of Clesquy for the delyueraunce of the lorde of Roy by this meanes by exchaunge for one of his prisoners and he to haue to his wyfe the lorde of Roys doughter who was of great lynage ThaÌ sir Olyuer of MaÌny sent to yâ kyng of EnglaÌde to knowe what knyght he wolde gladlyest haue delyueced for the lorde of Roye the kyng enclynod to haue sir Rychard Dangleê and so they were delyuered quyte eche for other And the lord MaÌny wedded the doughter of the lorde of Royes and the sayde lorde of Roye after maryed the doughter of the lorde of Wille and of Floren ãâã in Heynalt And yâ other knyghtes as sir Tanyboton sir Othes of Grantson and Johan of Gruners were put to their fynauÌce and by the meanes of sir Olyuer of Manny they passed with easy and courtesse rauÌsome ¶ Howe dyuers townes yelded vp to the french kyng in Gascon how sir Hugh of Chastellon retourned fro prison and howe the castell of Bercerell in NormaÌdy yelded them vp freÌche Cap. CCC .xii. WHan the myddes of August began to aproche and that the iourney shulde hold before Monsac the duke of Anioue came thyder with a great noÌbre of men of warr and so came and lay before Monsac sixe dayes and thyder came no body to apere of the other parte for the englysshmen thought that by reason of the treaty that was made bitwene the duke of Aniou and the duke of Lancastre that iourney shulde haue ouerpast but the duke of Aniou and his counsayle was nat of that mynde Than the duke sent to the erle of Foiz the vicount of Chatell Boine to the lordes of Marsen of Chatell Neufe of Lescute to the abbot of saynt Syluere that they shuld holde their couenauÌt or els the duke sayd he wolde sle all the hostagê that he had for that entent and wolde entre in to their landes with suche puyssaunce that he wolde compell them to cry for mercy Than these lordes putte them selfe their landes vnder the obeysance of the frenche kyng and they of Monsac opened their towne whiche was a fayre garison went and presented the keys to the duke of Aniou and to hym dyde fealtie and homage And so the duke and his company entred and there taryed .xviii. dayes in the meane season âoke counsayle to what parte they shulde drawe as soone as the myddes of August shulde be past and that the truce shulde be expyred and whan the daye was past the duke of Aniou went before the Ryoll and whan he had layen there at siege thre dayes than they of the Ryoll put themselfe vnder the obeysaunce of the frenche kyng than they went before Langon whiche also yelded vp and after saynt Marquayre Condose Basylle the towre of PrudeÌce Mauleon and the towre of Drowe and to the nombre of a .xl. townes and castels tourned them selfe frenche in the same viage the last that tourned frenche was Dauberoth in euery place the duke layd newe garisons And whan he had ordayned euery thyng accordyng to his pleasure than he retourned in to Fraunce and the constable in lykewise for the kyng sent for them and so they gaue lycence to the moost parte of their company to departe and the lordes of Clisson of Beaumauoyre of Dauangourt of Ray of Ryon
And if ye wyll say contrary to this I wyll receyue your gauge I wyll say so ê the lorde of Guystelles With those wordes the kynge was nat content and sayde Let vs go hens I wyll here no more of these wordes and so deâted ãâã went ãâã to his chaârâ all onely with his cham ãâ¦ã right ãâã ãâã at the lorde of Buâââll had âo well and frely spoken agaynst yâ wordes of ãâã JohnÌ of Guystels and sayd all smylyng He hath holden fote well with him I wolde nat for xx M. frankes but that he had done so And after it fortuned so yâ this sir Johan of Guystels who was chaÌberlayn with the kyng was so yuell beloued in the courte that he was wery therof and thought nat to abyde the daÌgers So he toke leaue of the kyng and departed fro the court and went into Brabant to the duke Uyââelant of BrabaÌt who receyued him toyfully The french kyng was sore displeased with therle of FlaÌders bicause it was thought by âyuers of the realme that he had letted yâ lorde of ãâ¦ã sell of his ââage in to Scotland and alâo in that he âeloe styll about hym the duke of Bretayne his cosyn who was greatly in yâ kynges displeasur and so they that were about the kyng pârceyued well howe the erle of Flaunders was nothyng in the kynges grace ANone after the kyng wrote sharpe letis to his cosyn the erle of FlauÌders thretnyng hym bycause he susteyned with hym the duke of Bretayn whoÌ he reputed to be his enemy The erle wrote agayne to the kyng excusing himselfe aswell as he might but it aueyled nothynge For the kyng sent him agayne more sharper letters shewyng him playnly that without he wolde putte the duke of Bretayne out of his coÌpany he wolde surely displease him whaÌ therle of FlauÌders sawe that the kyng pursued his cause with suche effect than he toke aduyse in hym selfe and thought he wolde shewe these maâaââ hâs thretnynges to his good townes and specially to GauÌt to knowe what they wolde say to the mater and so he sent to Bruges to âpre and Cortrey and after departed and the duke of Bretayne in his coÌpany and so went to Gaunt and lodged at yâ posterne wher he was âoyfully receyued of the burgesses for they loâed well to haue him among them And ãâ¦ã han the people of the good townes such as were seÌt for were come therle assembled them togyder in a pleace and there he made be shewed to theÌ by JohnÌ de la Faucell his entency on the lettââs reed that the freÌche kyng had sent him two monethes before And whan these letters were reââ than the erle spake and sayd All ye sirs of my good townes of FlauÌders through yâ helpe of god I haue ben your lorde a longe season I haue kepte and gouerned you in good peace to my power Nor ye haue nat sene in me ãâ¦ã coÌtrary but that I haue entertayned you in gret prosperyte in lyke maner as a lorde ought to kepe his menne and subgettes But it is to my great displeasur and it ought to be to you that are my men that the frenche kyng thus hateth me and wyll hate bycause I sustayne about me and in my company the duke of Bretayne my cosyn germayne who as nowe is nat welbeloued in Fraunce Nor he dare nat well trust his men in his owne countre bycause of fyue or six barons that loueth him nat Wherfore the king wolde that I shulde driue hym out of my countre the whiche shulde be a strong thyng to him I say nat nay but if I dyde confort my cosyn outher with townes or castelles agaynst the realme of Fraunce than the kynge myght haue good cause to complayne him of me But I do nat so nor am nat in wyll so to do and therfore I haue here assembled you togyder shewynge you the parels that may happe to fall therfore I wolde knowe your myndes whyder he shall abyde styll with me or nat They answered all with one voyce Sir let hym abyde styll why shulde he nat And sir if there be any man lyuyng that wyll make you warre ye shall fynde redy in your lande of FlauÌders .ii. C. M. men of warr to serue you Those wordes greatly reioysed therle and sayd sirs I thanke you and so ended that parlyament and therle was well coÌtent with his men and gaue euery man leaue to deête in peace Than whan the erle sawe his tyme he retourned to Bruges and the duke of Bretayne with him Thus these maters haÌged in a traunce the erle was in great grace with his people and the countre in peace and prosperite the which abode nat so long after for it was in great trybulacion as ye shall here after in this hystorie ¶ Howe the duke of Bretayne deêted out of FlauÌders and howe therle of saynt Poule was taken prisoner howe he was maryed in Englande of the warres that fell than in Bretayne Cap. CCC .xliiii. YE may well knowe howe the frenche kyng had knowlege of all this mater howe the erle had answered He loued hym nat one whyt the better howe be it he must let it passe for more he coud nat haue as at that tyme and sayd howe therle of FlauÌders was the moost proudest prince that he knewe And a man myght haue sene well by the maner of the kyng that the erle was the lorde that the kyng wolde moost gladly haue brought somwhat to reason Whan he sawe that he withsayd him that he was no more displeased thaÌ he was the erle of Flaunders for all the kynges writyng that he was in his great displeasur bycause of kepyng about him the duke of Bretayne yet yâ nat withstanding he kept him styll as long as it pleased him to tary made him kepe a goodlye estate finally the duke of Bretayne had couÌsayle to drawe in to Englande and so he tooke leaue of therle his cosyn went to Grauellyng and thyder came to him the erle of Salisbury with fyue C. speares and a thousand archers for dout of the freÌche garysons and so brought him to Calais wherof sir Hugh Caurell was capitayne who receyued him right ioyously whan the duke had taryed ther a fyue dayes he had wynde at wyll and so toke the see and the erle of Salisbury in his company and so aryued at Douer and came to the yong kyng Richard who receyued him with great ioye And so dyde also the duke of Lancastre and therles of Cambridge and of Buckynghame and the great lordes of Englande ye haue herde before how sir Ualeran of Lusenburge yong erle of saynt Poule was taken prisoner bytwene Arde and Calays was in Englande at the kyngê pleasure for kyng Edwarde in his lyfe tyme bought hym of the lord of Gomegines for he was first his prisoner bycause he made the iourney whan he was taken of a squier a maÌ of armes of the couÌtre of guerles So