get it Than the kynge answered and sayd cosyn we wyll holde kepe and accomplysshe to our power that we haue sworne and sealed vnto But sir as for this present tyme we haue no money wherfore we wyll drawe vs to the marchesse of Ciuyle and ther we wyll so procure for money that we wyll satisfy euery party and sir ye shall abyde styll here in the vale of Olyfes the whiche is a plentyfull countre and sir we shall returne agayne to you in as short tyme as we coÌ„uenyeÌ„tly can or may and at the farthest by whitsontyd This answere was right pleasant to the prince and to his couÌ„sayle and shortly after the kynge Dampeter departed fro the prince and rode towarde Ciuyle to th entent to get money to pay his men of warr as he had promysed the prince went and loged in the vale of Olyfe and all his lordes and people spred abrode in the countre to get vitayls more plentyfull for theÌ„ and for their horses Ther thus they soiourned to a small profyte to the countre for the companyons coude nat absteyne them selfe fro robbyng and pillynge of the countre ¶ Of the honour that was gyuen to the prince for the vyctorie of Spayne and howe kyng Henry came into fraÌ„ce to make warre on the princes land and of the answere that kyng DaÌ„peter sent to the prince howe the prince departed out of Spayne and came into Fraunce Cap. CC .xxxix. TIdinges spred abrode through France Englande Almayne other countre is howe yâ— prince of Wales and his puyssance had in batell disconfyted kynge Henry taken slayne and drowned of his men the day of the batayle mo than C. thousande men wherby the prince was gretly renomed And his chiualry and highe entprice moche praysed in all places that herde therof specially in th empyre of Almayne and in the realme of Englande For the almayns flemynges and englysshmen sayde that the prince of Wales was chefe floure of all chiualry howe that suche a prince was well worthy to gouern all the worlde sythe by his prowes he had achyued suche thre highe entprices as he had done First the batayle of Cressy in Poictou the setonde ten yere after at Poycters and the .iii. nowe in Spayne before Nauaret So in Englande in the cytie of London the bourgesses there made great solemnyte and tryumphe for that vyctorie as they aunciently were wont to do for kynges whan they had ouercome their enemyes And in the realme of Fraunce there were made lamentable sorowes for the losse of the good knightes of the realme of Fraunce the whiche were slayne at that iourney And specially there was made sorowe for sir Bertram of Clesquy and for sir Arnolde Dandrehenne who were taken prisoners And dyuers other who were kept right courtesly and some of theÌ„ put to fynance and raunsome but nat sir Bertram of Clesquy so soone For sir Johan ChaÌ„dos who hadde the rule of hym wolde nat delyuer him And also sir BertraÌ„ made no great sute therfore ¶ Nowe let vs somwhat speke of kyng Henry what he dyde whan he departed fro the batayle And than let vs retourne agayne to the prince and to kyng Dampeter of Castell KInge Henry as it is sayd here after saued hym selfe as well as he myght and withdrewe fro his ennemyes And ledde his wyfe and his chyldren as soone as he might in to the cytie of Ualence in Aragon where as the kyng of Aragon was who was his godfather and frende and to hym recounted all his aduenture And anone after the sayd kyng HeÌ„ry was counsayled to passe further and to god to the duke of Aniou who as than was at MoÌ„tpellyer and to shewe vnto hym all his aduenture This aduyce was pleasaunt to the kynge of Arragon and consented well that he shulde go thyder bycause he was ennemy to the prince who was his nere neighbour So thus kinge Henry departed fro the kynge of Arragon and lefte in the cytie of Ualence his wyfe his chyldren and rode so longe that he paste Narbone the whiche was the firste cytie of the realme of Fraunce on that syde and after that Beseers and all that countrey And so came to Mountpellyer and there founde the duke of Aniowe who loued hym entierly and greatly hated the englysshmen though he made them as than no warre And the duke whan he was well enfourmed of kynge Henryes busynesse receyued hym ryght ioyously and recounforted hym as well as he might and so the kynge taryed there with hym a certayne space And than went to Auygnone to se pope Urbayne who was as than departynge to go to Rome And thanÌ„e kynge Henry retourned agayne to Mountpellyer to the duke of Aniou and had longe treaty toguyder And it was shewed me by them that thought theÌ„ selfe to knowe many thynges after it was right well sene appareÌ„t Howe that this kynge Henry dyde gette of the duke of Aniowe a castell nere to Tholous on the marchesse of the principalyte called Rockemor And there he assembled toguyder companyons and men of warr as bretons and such other as were nat passed ouer into Spaygne with the prince so that in the begynnyng there was a thre huÌ„dred men of warre These tidynges were anone brought to my lady princesse who as than was at Burdeux Howe that kynge Henry purchased hym ayde and socoure on all sydes to th entent to make warr to the principalyte and to the duchy of Guyen wher with she was greatly abasshed And bycause that he helde hymselfe in the realme of Fraunce She wrote letters and sent messangers to the frenche kynge desyringe hym nat to consente that the bastarde of Spaygne shulde make her any maner of warre seyng that her resorte was to the court of Fraunce Certifyeng him that moche yuell might ensue and many inconuenyentes fall therby Than the kynge condyscended lightly to the princesse request and hastely sent messangers to the bastard Henry who was in the castell of Rockemore on the fronters of MouÌ„taubon and was begynnynge to make warre to the countre of Acquitayne and to the princes lande Commaundynge hym incontynent to auoyde oute of his realme and to make no warre in the lande of his dere nephue the prince of Wales and of Acquitayne And bycause to gyue ensample to his subgettê that they shulde nat be so hardy to take any part with the bastarde Henry he caused the yonge erle of Auser to be putte in prison in the castell of Loure in Parys bycause he was soo great and conuersaunt with this kynge Henry the bastarde And as it was sayd he hadde promysed him to ayde him with a great nombre of men of armes but thus the frenche kynge caused him to breke his voyage and purpose So thus at the commaundement of the frenche kynge kyng Henry obeyed the whiche was good reasone but for all that yet he lefte nat his enterprice but so he departed fro Rockemore with a foure hundred bretons and to hym
of Coâ—â—y the â—arone of Roy Peter of Bare dyuers other desyring to 〈◊〉 their bodyes to get them honour WHan the feast of Alsayntes began to aproche thaÌ„ there came agayn to Bruges to entreate for peace fro the frenche kynge the duke of Burgoyn the erle of Salâ—bruce the bysshoppe of myâ—ns and the duke of Anâ—â—we but he lay 〈◊〉 atsaynt Omers And â—ro the kynge of Englande thyder came the duke of Lancastre the duke of Bretayne the erle of Salâ—sbury yâ— bysshop of London The towne of Bruges was well garnysshed with dyuers astates specially the duke of Burgoyn kept there a noble astate And with the duke of Lanâ—astre ther was ser Robert of Namur and kept him good company as longe as the duke was in Flaunders ther were the ambassadours the archebysshop of Rohan and the bysshoppe of CarpeÌ„tras who went styll and laboured bytwene bothe â—ties and layd forthe many good reasons but none came to any effecte These lordes were farre a sondre in their treaties for the frenche kynge demaunded to haue agayne 〈◊〉 hundred thousande frankes the whiche were payed for the redempcion of kyng JohnÌ„ and to haue Calaâ—s raysed beaten downe to the whiche the kyng of Englande wolde neuer consent so yâ— trewce was contynued to the feest of saynt Johan Baptyst next after the yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .lxxvi. and so these lordes â—aryed styll at Bruges all that wynter and in somer they returned euery part to their owne couÌ„treis except the duke of Bretayne who taryed styll in Flaunders with the erle Loys his cosyn who made him gode cher ¶ The same season on Trynite sonday there past out of this worlde the â—â—oure of chiâ—alry of Englande Edwarde prince of Wales of Aâ—tayne at the kynges palaâ—s of Westmynster besyde London And so he was enbawmed and put in leed and kept tyll the feast of saynt Michaell next after to be entred with the greatter soleÌ„â—ytie whan the parliament shulde be ther. Kyng Charles of Fraunce bycause of lynage dyd his obsequy reuerently in the holy chapell of the paleys in Parys And there were many of the prelates nobles of the realme of FrauÌ„ce and so than the truce was proloÌ„ged to the first day of Aprill next after Now let vs somwhat speke of the lorde Coucy of the almayns WHan they of Austriche the almayns vnderstode that the lorde of Coucy was coÌ„e with such a strength to make warre They caused to be brent and distroyed thre dayes â—ourney in to the countre along by the ryuer And than they went in to the mountayns and places inhabytable and so whaÌ„ the lorde of Couâ—y had wende to haue founde vytayle for his hoost he coude get none Wherby he suffred that wynter moche trouble and dysease for they wyst nat whyder to go to forage nor to gette vitayle for theyâ— nor their horses so that some dyed for huÌ„ger colde sicknesse And therfore whan the springyng tyme began they returned agayne in to Fraunce and went in to dyuers places to refresshe them selfe And the frenche kyng sent the moost parte of the coÌ„panyons in to Bretayne and in to base Normandy to aâ—yde and rest there for he thought well he shulde haue soÌ„what to do in short tyme after And at the retournyng of the lorde Couâ—y in to Fraunce he began to be good frenche bicause he â—ounde the kyng so amyable to condiscende to his desyre And also his counsayle sayd he neâ—â— nat to a voide out of his heritage vnder the shadowe of the kyng of Englandes warr for they sayd he was frenche of name of blode of armes extraction He sent his wyfe into Englande and kept styll with him his eldest doughter and left the yonger styll in Englande wher as she had been brought vp and norisshed â–ª Than yâ— frenche kyng sent the lorde Coucy to Bruges to them that were ther to entreate for the peace how beâ—t as than the great lordes were nat there but all onely the duke of Bretayne who was styll with his cosyn therle of Flaunders but he busyed him selfe but lytle in the treatie for the peace And after the feest of saynt Mychaell whan the obsequy of the prince was done and fynisshed than the kyng of Englande made to be knowen to his 〈◊〉 â–ª The duke of LaÌ„castre the erle of Cambridge and to the lorde ThomÌ„s the yongest and to all the barons erles prelatê and knightes of Englande howe that the yonge Richarde shulde be kyng after his discease And so caused them all to swere solemly to maynteyne him and on Christmas day the kyng made hym to sytte at his table aboue all his owne chyldren in great estate representyng that he shulde be kyâ—â—â— alter his discease And there was sent to Bruges for the kyng of Englandes parte JohnÌ„ lorde Cobham the bysshoppe of Herforde and the mayre of London And for the frenche partie thyder came the erle of Salebruche the lorde of Chastellon and maister Phylbert Les 〈…〉 and the two bysshoppes embassadrâ— alwayes went bytwene the parties treatynge for peace and spake of a mariage to be had bytwene the yong prince of Englande and my lady Maâ—y doughter to the frenche kyng And so they departed aswell they of FrauÌ„ce as of Englande and so made report to bothe kynges and than about lent there was a secrete treatie 〈◊〉 to be bytwene the two kyngesat Moutrell by the see And so were sent by the kynge of Englande to Calais sir Rycharde Dangle Rycharde Stan Geâ—â—ray Chaâ—â—er â–ª And fro the frenche kyng was sent the lorde of Couâ—y and of Riuyer sir Nycholas Braques and Nycholas Brasier and they along season treated on the sayd mariage And the frenchmen offered as I was enfourmed dyuers thyngâ—s and they wolde haue agayne otherthynges suche as they named or els nothyng Than these entreatours went and made report to their lordê and so the trewce was agayne relonged to the fyrst day of Maye and so came agayne to Calais the erle of Salisbury yâ— bysshop of saynt Dauyd chauÌ„cellour of Englande and the bysshoppe of Herforde And for the frenche kynge at Muttrell there was the lorde of Coucy sir Wylliam of Dormans chauÌ„cellour of FrauÌ„ce but they durst neuer trust to mete toguy â—er in any place bytwene Mutterell and Calâ—â—â— nor bytwene Mutterell Boleyn nor in the fronters for any thyng that the two bysshoppes embassadours coude do orshewe Thus these entreatours abode in this astate tyll the 〈◊〉 was expyred ANd whan the warr was open than sir Hughe Caurell was sent to be kepar of Calais Whan pope Gregoriebeynge 〈…〉 â—non vnderstod that no peace coude be had byâ—wene FrauÌ„ce England he was right sorousull and ordred his busynesse shortly went to Rome And whan the duke of Breten who had â—eâ— more than a yere with the erle of FlauÌ„ders his cosyn sawe that the warr was open he toke leaue of therle and weÌ„t to Grauelyng
and thyder he came to therle of Salisbury and sir Rycharde Dangle and so went with them to Calais and ther taryed the space of a moneth and so went in to Englande and came to Shene 〈◊〉 foure leages fro London a long by the Temmes syde where the kynge of Englande laye sore syâ—ke And past out of this worlde the 〈◊〉 gyll ofsaynt JohnÌ„ Baptyst yâ— yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .lxxvii. THan was there great sorowe made in Englande and incontynent all the passages of the realme were stoppedde that none shulde yssue out of the realme For they wolde nat that the dethe of the kyng shuld be so soone knowen in Fraunce tyll they haddeset the realme in some ordre The same tyme ther came in to Englande the erle of Salisbury and sir Rycharde Dangle So the body of kyng Edwarde the thirde with great processyons weâ—ynges lamentacyons his sonnes behynde hym with all the nobles and prelates of Englande was brought a long the cytie of London with open visage to Westmynster there he was buried besyde the quene his wyfe And anon after the yong kyng Richard was crowned at the palays of Westmynster with great solemâ—ytie and by him stode the dukes of LaÌ„â—â—llre and of Bretayne the .xi. yere of his age in the moneth of July The whiche day there was made four erles and nyne knightes First the lorde Nycholas his vncle was made â—rle of â—olengy the lorde Percy erle of Northumberlande sir Thomas Dangle erle of Huntyngdon the lorde Mombray erle of Notyngham And the yonge kyng was putte vnto the rule of the gentyll knyght sir Rycharde Dangle by the accorde of all the lande to be instruâ—ted in noble vertues and the realme of Englande to be gouerned by the duke of Lancastre And as soone as the frenche kynge knewe of the dethe of kynge Edwarde he sayd howe â—yghtâ—obly and valiantly he hadde reygâ—ed and well he ought to be putte newly in rememâ—raunce amonge the nombre of the worthyes Than he assembled a great nombre of the nobles and prelatê of his realme and dyd his obsâ—quy in the holy chapell in his palys at Paris And anone after dyed the eldest doughter of the frenche kyng who was ensured to haue been maryed to Wylliam of Heynault eldest sonne of duke Aubert ¶ Howe the freÌ„che kyng sent a great nauy to the see howe dyuers townes were brent in Englande howe the duke of Burgoyne tooke dyuers castels about Calys Cap. CCC .xv. IN the meane seasone whyle this sayd trewce endured the frenche kyng ê“uyded greatly for shyppes andgaleys And the kynge of Spayne had sent to him his admyrall sir Ferraunt Sause Who with sir Johan de Uien admyrall of Fraunce whan the tre wee was expired went and brent the towne of Rye a four dayes after the dethe of kyng Edwarde in the vigill of saynt Peter in July there slewe men and women and all they founde These tidynges came to London than therles of Cambridge and Bouligney went to Douer with a great nombre of men of warre And the erle of Salisbury the lorde Montagu went to the marches towarde HaÌ„pton Than after the french army toke laude in the I le of UbyqÌ„ and brent therm dyuers to wnes as LameÌ„d Dartmouth Plomouthe Plesume and dyuers other and whan they had brente and pylled the towne of Ubique they went agayne to the see and costed forewarde came to a porte called Poc. there was redy the erle of Salisbury and the lorde Montague who defended the passage howebeit they brente parte of the towne of Poc. and than toke the see agayne and costed towardes HaÌ„pton and wolde dayly haue taken lande in Englande but the englysshmen in the company of the erle of Salisbury rode so dayly alonge the see cost that they kept them euer fro takyng of any lande Than the frenchmen came before HaÌ„pton and there was redy sir Johan AruÌ„dell with a great nombre of men of warre and archers who defended the towne or elles it had ben taken than the frenchmen departed and went towarde Douer and toke lande on a day 〈◊〉 a lytle abbay called Lians Ther were many men of the countre assembled and they hadde made the priour of the place and sir Thomas Cheyny Johan Fuselle their chefe capitayns who set them selfe in good array to defende the passage so that the freÌ„chmen had but small aduauntage for it coste them moche people or they coulde take lande how be it fynally by force of good fightyng they toke lande Ther was a sore scrimysshe howe beit the englysshmen were dryuen backe and putte to flyght and two hundred slayne and the two knightes and the priour taken prisoners than the frenche men entred agayne in to their shippes and lay styll all that night at ancre before the abbey There the frenche men knewe first of the dethe of kynge Edwarde of Englande by their prisonners and of the coronacyon of kyng Richarde and a great parte of the ordre made in Englande for rulynge of the realme Than sir Johan of Uyenne caused a barke to departe and sent therin a knight who aryued at Harflewe And than the knight rode to Parys and there he founde the kynge and there shewed hym the certayne tidynges of the deth of kyng Edwarde To whiche sayeng the kynge gaue credence Than the frenchmen spanyardes departed and sayled forthe and had wynde at wyll and came with the same tyde about threof the clocke to Douer There was sir Edmonde erle of Cambridge and sir Thomas his brother erle of Buckynghame who were redy with a hundred thousande with baners displayed abydinge the frenchmen who were a sixscore shippes and galyes The frenchemen came foreby the porte and taryed nat but passed by and toke the depe see for the see began to ebbe Howe beit the englysshmen taryed there styll all that day and the nextnight and the frenche men by the nexte tyde came before the hauen of Calays and there entred yE haue herde here before how sir Johan captall of Beufz was taken prisoner before Soubise and kept in the towre of the teÌ„ple of Parys The kyng of England and the prince whyle they lyued wolde gladly haue had hym delyuered ther was also moche entreatie made for him at the couÌ„sell at Bruges and ther was offred for him in exchange the yong erle of saynt Poule thre or four other knyghtes but the frenche kyng nor his couÌ„sayle wolde nat coÌ„sent therto Howbeit the french kyng made to be shewed him by the priour who had hym in kepyng yâ— if he wolde swere neuer to beare armes agaynst the crowne of Fraunce that than he wolde condiscende to his delyuerance The Captall answered that he wold neuer make that othe to dye in prison so he abode in prison in sure kepynge a .v. yere with lytell ioye for he toke his prisonment but with lytell pacyence and so long he was there that at last he dyed in prison
he might that there shulde be none asseÌ„bly to go in to Scotlande Also it was sayde playnly howe the kynge of scottes denyed the knightes of Scotlande of Fraunce to make any rode in to Englande And in that they dyd the coÌ„trary was against his wyll or knowlege wHan the scottysshe heraude was come to the kynge of Englande and to his vncles well instructed of that he shuld say and do He kneled downe before the kynge and requyred that he might be herde as an heraude of the kyng of scottes to do his message The kyng was content ther he shewed wherfore he was sende singulerly fro the kynge and fro the ambassadours of Fraunce in excusyng them Sayeng howe the kynge of scottes mekely receyued the messangers of the freÌ„che kynkes and alwayes entended to kepe the trewse bothe he and all his Howbeit some of the marches of his realme as the elre Duglas the erle de la Mare his vncle sir ArcheÌ„bale sir Rame sir Peter sir WyllmÌ„ and sir ThomÌ„s Duglas and all the bretherne of Lyndsey they of RaÌ„sey and sir WyllimÌ„ Asweton These wolde neuer agre to the truse sayeng howe the englysshmen had done in their lande great hurt and domage whiche was ryght sore displesant to theÌ„ and to their freÌ„des and sayd howe they wolde be reuenged whan they might and whan these lordes assembled them togyder to go in to Englande as they dyde they neuer made the king nor his counsayle preuy therof For they knewe well if they had they wolde neuer haue consented therto Howbeit they say playnly in Scotlande that the firste incydent and occasyon of this warre moued firste by you For they saye howe your grace your counsayle knewe right well of the truse that was taken bothe by lande and by water Also they say howe yâ— frenche ambassadours whanÌ„e they passed this way were let by you of their comyng in to Scotlande ye draue them forthe with pleasure and solace so that they taryed ouer longe wherby this myschiefe is fallen bytwene Englande and Scotlande And so vnder the shadowe of dissymulacyon these thynges are done but my redouted souerayne lorde the kynge of Scottes and his counsayle and the ambassadours of Fraunce that are with hym excuseth them selfe and wyll do at all tymes that this last iourney that yâ— lordes and knightes of Scotlande made into Englande was vnknowen to them and that they were ignorant therof And to addresse and reforme all these thynges and to bring them in to good estate I am charged to say to you That they desyre your grace to enteÌ„de to kepe and obserue the truse taken beyonde the see by yâ— high and noble discrecyon of counsayle bothe of the frenche kynges and yours And to coÌ„fyrme the same truse to endure yâ— sayd terme with my soueraygne lorde the kyng of scottes and he and his noble counsayle to coÌ„fyrme the same on his parte to be vpholden kept And of this please it your grace to gyue me answere The kyng of Englande and his vncles well vnderstode the heraude than the duke of LaÌ„castre sayd howe he shulde be answered Than they made hym tary at London for his answere ¶ Howe the truse taken bitwene Englande and Fraunce was publisshed in Englande and in Scotlande Cap. CCCC .xlvi. AT th ende of two dayes the heraulde was answered by sir Symon Bulle chamberlayne with the king and so yâ— mater was set at a good poynt For to say the trouth all thynges consydered the lordes of Englande that had bene beyonde the see and toke â–ª the truse dyde nat honorably to coÌ„sent to sende their men to ouer ron Scotlande seyng they knewe the truse was taken the best excuse that they coulde make was howe they were nat bouÌ„de to sende worde therof to the scottes but that the frenchemen were bounde therto So than it was sayd to the heraude that in the name of god he was welcome And howe that it was thentency on of the kynge of Englande of his vncles and of their counsayle that all that they had sworne and ê“mysed to do they wolde in no wyse breke it but wolde coÌ„fyrme it to the best of their powers For in that hath ben done to the contrarie they that had moost done had moost lost Of all this the haraulde desyred to haue writyng to th entent he might be beleued There was gyuen hym great gyftes so that he was well coÌ„tent and thanked the kyng and the lordes And so departed fro London and returned in to Scotlande where the messangers of Fraunce were styll taryeng for his answere desyring to knowe howe the englysshmen wolde do And whan it was knowen what answere the king of Englande and his vncles had made by their letters sealed they were than greatly contented and reioysed Thus endured the trewse for a yere bytwene Englande and Scotlande and was publysshed throughe bothe Realmes for the more suretie And the ambassadours of Fraunce retourned in to their countre and passed throughe Englande safely without parell And shewed the frenche king and his vncles at their returnyng howe they had spedde and the lettes that they founde in their iourney And so shewed all the case as ye haue herde before wHan sir Geffray de Charney and the knightes and squiers of the realme of Fraunce suche as had bene in Scotlande sawe that there was peace bytwene Enlande and Scotlande Than they tooke leaue of the lordes of Scotlande and specially of the erle Duglas and the Erle of Moret who had kepte them ryght good company And they of Scotlande sayd vnto them at their deê‘tynge Sirs ye haue sene the maner and condycion of our cositre how be it ye haue nat sene all our puyssaunce Knowe for certayne that Scotlande is the lande in all the worlde that the Englysshmen 〈◊〉 moost For we may as ye haue sene entre in to Englande at oure ease ryde farre in to the countre without daunger of the see so that yf we were men ynowe we might do them moche more hurt than we do wherfore sirs and ye wold shewe this to suche knightes and squyers as wolde auauÌ„ce them selfe to get honoure and to come in to this countre to seke dedes of armes we thike they shulde do a gret feate For if we had but a thousande speares of knightes and squyers of FrauÌ„ce with our people that we haue in this countre we shulde do suche a dede in Englande that it shulde be spoken of .xl. yere after Sirs we desyre you remeÌ„bre this whan ye come in to Fraunce They answered and sayd they wolde nat fayle to do it for it was a mater nat to be forgoten So thus they departed and toke the see and thought to haue sayled to Scluse Howe be it the wynde was contrarie to them whanÌ„e they were on the see so that they were fayne to take lande in zelande in a towne called Uorell thaÌ„ they thoght they were in sauegarde but it was nat so For the Normayns but a
and achyued by yâ— warres of FraÌ„ce and Ingland shuld notably be inregisterd and put in perpetuall memory wherby the prewe and hardy may haue ensample to in courage them in theyr well doyng I syr JohnÌ„ Froissart wyll treat and recorde an hystory of great louage and preyse But or I begyn I require the sauyour of all the worlde who of nothyng created al thynges that he wyll gyue me suche grace and vnderstandyng that I may coÌ„tinue and ê‘ euer in suche wyse that who so this proces redeth or hereth may take pastauÌ„ce pleasure and ensample It is sayd of trouth that al buyldynges are masoned and wroughte of dyuerse stones and all great tyuers are gurged assembled of diuers surges and sprynges of water In lyke wyse all sciences are extraught and coÌ„piled of diuerse clerkes of that one wryteth another parauenture is ignorant But by the famous wrytyng of auncient auctours all thyngis ben knowen in one place or other Than to attaygne to the mater that I haue entreprised I wyll begyn Fyrst by the grace of god and of the blessed virgyn ourlady saynt Mary from whom all comfort consolation procedeth and wyll take my foundation out of the true cronicles somtyme coÌ„pyled by the right reuerend discrete and sage maister JohnÌ„ la Bele somtyme Chanon in saint LaÌ„bartis of Liege who with good herte and due diligence dyd his true deuoure in wrytyng this noble cronicle and dyd contynue it all his lyf dayes in folowyng the trouth as nere as he myght to his great charge coste in sekyng to haue the perfight knowledge therof He was also in his lyf dayes Welbeloued of the secret counsayle with the lorde sir JohnÌ„ of Haynaulte who is often remembred as reason requyreth here after in this boke For of many fayre and noble auentures he was chief causer And by whose meanes the sayd ser JohnÌ„ la Bele myght well knowe and here of many dyuers noble dedes The whiche here after shal be declared Trouth it is that I who haue entreprised this boke to ordeyne for pleasure and pastaunce to the whiche alwayes I haue ben inclyned and for that intent I haue folowed and frequented the company of dyuerse noble and great lordes as well in Fraunce Juglande and Scotland as in diuerse other countries and haue had knowledge by them And alwayes to my power iustly haue inquired for the trouth of the dedis of warre and auentures that haue fallen and specially syth the great batell of Poyters where as the noble kynge JohnÌ„ of France was takyn prisoner as before that tyme I was but of a yonge age or vnderstandyng Ho we be it I toke on me assoone as I came from scole to wryte and recite the sayd boke and bare the same compyled into Ingland and presented the volume therof to my lady Philypp of Heynaulte noble quene of Ingland who right amyably receyued it to my great profite auauÌ„cemeÌ„t And it may be so that the same boke is nat as yet eramyned nor corrected so iustely as suche a case requyreth For featis of armes derely bought achyued the honour therof ought to be gyuen truly deuided to them that by promes and hard trauayle haue deserued it Therfore to acquyte me in that bihalf and in folowyng the trouth as nere as I can I JohnÌ„ Froissart haue entreprysed this hystory on the forsaid ordynauÌ„ce and true fundacion at the instauÌ„ce and request of a dere lord of myn ser Robert of Namure knyght lord of Bewfort To whom entierly I owe loue and obeysyunce and god graunt me to do that thyng that may be to his pleasure Amen ¶ here spekethe the auctour of suche as were most valiant knyghtis to be made mencion of in this boke ¶ ap .ii. ALl noble hertis to encorage and to shewe them ensample and mater of honour I ser JohnÌ„ Froissart begynne to speke after the true report relation of my master JohnÌ„ la Bele somtyme Chanon of saynt Lambertis of Liege afâ—ermyng thus howe that many noble ê‘sons haue oft tymes spoke of the warres of France and of Ingland and ê‘auenture knewe nat iuslely the trouth therof nor the true occasions of the fyrst mouyngis of suche warres nor howe the warre at length contynued But now I trust ye shall here reported the true fouÌ„dation of the cause and to th entent that I wyll nat forget myuysshe or abrydge the hystory â—any thyng for defaute of laÌ„gage but rather I wyll multiply and encrease it as ner as I can folowynge the trouth from poynt to poynt in spekyng and the wyng all the aueÌ„tures sith the natiuite of the noble kyng Edward the .iii. Who reigned kyng of England and achyued many perilous auentures and dyuers great batelles addressed and other featis of armes of great proWes syth the yere of oure Lorde god M. CCC .xxvi. that this noble kyng was crowned in Ingland for generally suche as were with hym in his batels and happy fortunate auentures or with his peple in his absence ought ryght well to be takyn and reputed for valiant and worthy of renowne and though there were great plenty of sondrye parsonages that ought to be praysed and reputed as soueraignes yet among other and pryncipally ought to be renowmed the noble propre ê‘sone of the forsaid gentyll kyng Also the prynce of Walys his son the duke of Lancastre ser Reignold lorde Cobham syr Gualtier of Manny of Heynaulte knyght syr JohnÌ„ Chandos syr Fulque of Harle and dyuers other of whom is made mencion hereafter in this present boke bicause of theyr valyant prowes for in all batels that they were in most coÌ„monly they had euer the renowne both by land and by se accordyng to the trouth They in all theyr dedis were so valyant that they ought to be reputed as soueraignes in all chyualry yet for all that suche other as were in theyr companye ought nat to be of the lesse value or lesse set by Also in FrauÌ„ce in yâ— tyme there were fouÌ„de many good knyghtis stronge and well expert in featis of armes For the realme of Fraunce was nat so discomfited but that alwayes ther were people sufficient to fyght withall and the kyng Philyppe of Uaioyes was a ryght hardy and a valiant knyght And also kyng JohnÌ„ his soÌ„ne Charles the kyng of Behaigne the erle of AlaÌ„son the erle of Foyz syr Saâ—â—tre syr Arnold Dangle the lordes of Beamon the father and the sonne and dyuerse other the whiche I caÌ„ nat theyr names of whom hereafter ryght well shall be made mencion in tyme and place coÌ„uenient to say the trouth and to maynteigne the same all suche as in cruel batels haue ben seen abydyng to the discomfeture sufficiently doyng theyr deuour may wel be reputed for valyant and hardy what soeuer was theyr aduenture ¶ Here the mater speketh of some of the predecessours of kyng Edwarde of Ingland Cap. iii. FIrst the better to entre into the mater of this honorable
and pleasauÌ„t hystory of the noble Edward kyng of Ingland who was crowued at LondoÌ„ the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .xxvi. on Christmas day lyuyÌ„g the kyng his father and the quene his mother It is certayne that the opinyon of inglisshmen most comonly was as than and often tymes it was seen in Ingland after the tyme of kyng At thure howe that betwene two valyant kynges of Ingland ther was most comoÌ„ly one bitwene them of lesse sufficiauncy both of wytte and of prowes and this was ryght well aparant by the same kyng Edward the thyrde for his graundfather called the good kyng Edward the fyrste was ryght valyant sage wyse and hardy auenturous and fortunate in al featis of warre and had moche a do agaynst the scottis and conquered them .iii. or .iiii. tymes For the scottê coude neuer haue victory nor idure agaynst hym and after his dissease his soÌ„ne of his first wyfe who was father to the sayd good kyng Edward the thyrde was crowned kyng and called Edward the .ii. Who resembled nothyng to his father in wyt nor in prowes but gouerned and kept his realme ryght wyldly and ruled hym selfe by synyster counsell of certayne parsons wherby at length he had no profytte norlaude as ye shall here after For anone after he was crowned Robert Bruse kyng of Scotlande who had often before gyuen moche a do to the sayd good kyng Edward the fyrst conquered agayne all Scotland and brent and wasted a great parte of the realme of England a .iiii. or .v. dayes iourney Within the realme at two tymes and discomfyted the kyng and all the Barons of Ingland at a place in Scotland called Estaruelyn by batel arengyd the day of saynt JohnÌ„ Baptyst in the .vii. yere of the reigne of the same kyng Edward In the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xiiii. The chase of this discoÌ„feture endured .ii. dayes and two nyghtys And the kyng of Ingland weÌ„t with a small company to London and on Mydlentsonday in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xvi. The scottis wan agayne the cite of Berwyk by treason but bicause this is no part of our mater I wyll leue spekyng therof ¶ Here myn auctour maketh mencion of the parentê of this good kyng Edward the .iii. Cap. iiii THis kyng Edward the .ii. father to the noble kyng Edward the .iii. had .ii. brethernÌ„ the one called Marshall who was ryght wyld diuers of condicions the other called sir Aymon erle of Cane right wyse a miable geÌ„tle and welbeloued with alpeople This kyng Edward the .ii. was maried to Isabell yâ— doughter of Philyp la Beaw kyng of FrauÌ„ce who Was one of the feyrest ladyes of the worlde The kyng had by her .ii. soÌ„nes .ii. doughters The fyrste son was the noble hardy kyng Edward yâ— .iii. of whom this hystory is begon The .ii. was named JohnÌ„ dyed yong The first of the doughters was called Isabel maried to the yoÌ„g kyng Dauid of scotlaÌ„d son to kyng Robert de Bruse maried in her teÌ„der yongth by thaccord of both realmes of Ingland Scotland for to make 〈◊〉 fight pear The other doughter was maried to the erle Reynold who after was called duke of Guerles he had by her .ii. soÌ„nes Reynold and Edward who after reygned iÌ„ great puissauÌ„ce Herafter begynneth the occasioÌ„ wher by the warr moued bitwene the kyngis of FrauÌ„ce and Ingland Cap. v. NOw sheweth the hystory that this Philyp la Beaw kyng of FrauÌ„ce had .iii. soÌ„nes and a feyre doughter named Isabel maried into Ingland to kyng Edward the .ii. these .iii. soÌ„nes theldest named Lewes who was kyng of Nauerr in his fathers daies was called kyng Lewys Hotin The .ii. had to name Philyp the great or the long and the .iii. was called Charles and all .iii. were kyngis of FrauÌ„ce after theyr fathers discease by ryght succession eche aff other without hauyng any issue male of theyr bodies laufully begoten So that after the deth of Charlis last kyng of the .iii. the xii piers and all the baroÌ„s of FrauÌ„ce wold nat gyue the realme to Isabell the suster who was quene of InglaÌ„d by cause they sayd maynteyned yet do that the realme of FrauÌ„ce is so noble that it ought nat to go to a womaÌ„ and so coÌ„sequeÌ„tly to Isabel nor to the kyng of Inglande her eldest sonne for they determyned the sonne of the womaÌ„ to haue no ryght nor succession by his mother syn they declared the mother to haue no ryght so that by these reasons the .xii. piers and baroÌ„s of FrauÌ„ce by theyr comon acord dyd gyue the realme of FrauÌ„ce to the lord Philyp of Ualois Nephew somtyme to Philyp la beawe kyng of FrauÌ„ce and so put out the quene of Ingland and her sonne who was as the next heire male as soÌ„ne to the suster of Charles last kyng of Fraunce Thus went the realme of Fraunce out of the ryght lynage as it semed to many folkê Wherby great Warres hath moued and fallen and great distructioÌ„s of people and couÌ„tres in the realme of FrauÌ„ce other places as ye may here after This is the very right fouÌ„dation of this hystory to recount the great entreprises great featis of armes yâ— haue fortuned fallen syth the tyme of the good Charlemaigne kyng of Fraunce ther neuer fell so great aduentures ¶ Of the erle Thomas of Lancastre and .xxii. other of the great lordis and knyghtis of Inglande that were beheeddyd Cap. vi THe forsaid kyng Edward the .ii. father to the noble kyng Edward the .iii. on whom our mater is fouÌ„ded This sayd kyng gouerned right diuersly his realme by the exortacioÌ„ of ser Hewe SpeÌ„cer who had ben norisshed with hym syth the begynnyng of his yongth The whiche ser Hewe had so enticed the kyng that his father he were the greattest maisters in all the realme and by enuy thought to surmouÌ„t all other barons of Ingland wherby after the great discoÌ„feture that the scottê had made at Estermelyn great murmoryng ther arose in Ingland bitweneâ—the noble baroÌ„s and the kyngê couÌ„sell namely ageynst ser Hewe SpeÌ„cer They put on hym that by his counsell they were discomfeted and that he was fauorable to the kyng of scottê And on this poynt the haroÌ„s had diuers tymes comunicatioÌ„ to gether to be aduised what they myght do wherof Thomas erle of LaÌ„ 〈…〉 re who was vncle to the kyng was chief And anon whan ser Hewe Spencer had espied this he purueyd for remedy for he was so great with the kyng and so nere hym yâ— he was more beloued with the kyng than all the world after So on a day he came to the kyng and sayd sir certayn lordes of your realme haue made aliaunce to gether agaynst you without ye take hede therto by tymes they purpose to put you out of your realme And so by his malicioê° meanes he caused that the kyng made all the sayd lordes to be takyn and theyr heedis
her Thenglysshe cronycle sheweth dyuerse other consyderations why therle MortymÌ„ suffred deth the which was on saynt Andrewes euyn In the yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .xxix. The whiche I passe ouer and folowe myne authoure ¶ Of thomage that kyng Edwarde of Englande dydde to the kynge of Fraunce for the duchye of Guyen Cap. xxiiii ANd after that the king had doÌ„e these two execucyoÌ„s he toke newe counselours of the moost noblest sagest ê‘sons of his realme And so it was about a yere after that Phylip of Ualoys was crowned kyng of France that all the barones and nobles of the realme had made their homage and fealty to him except the yong king of England who had nat done his homage for the duchy of Guyen nor also he was nat somoned therto Than the king of France by thaduise of all his counsell sent ouer into Englande the lorde Auycenis the lorde Beausalt and two no table clerkes maisters of the parlyament of Parys named maister Peter of Orlyaunce and maister Peter of Masieres These .iiii. deê‘ted fro Paris and dyd somoch by their iourneis that they caÌ„e to Wysant and ther they toke see aryued at Douer And ther taryed a day to abyde the vnshypping of their horses and bagages thaÌ„ they rode forth so long that they caÌ„e to Wynsore Where as the kyng and the yong quene of England lay And than these foure caused to be knowen to the kynge the occasyon of their commyng The kyng of Englande for the honoure of the french kyng his cosyn caused them to coÌ„e to his presence and receyued them houourably and than they publysshed their message And the kyng answered them how that the nobles of his realme nor his counsell was nat as than about hym but desyred them to drawe to LoÌ„don and ther they shulde be answered in such wyse that of reason they shulde be content And so they dyned in the kynges chambre and after departed and lay the same nyght at Colbroke and that next day at London It was nat long after but that the kynge came to his palace of Westmynster And all his counsell was coÌ„maunded to be ther at a certayne day lymited and whan they were all assembled Than the frenche embassadours were sent for and there they declared thoccasyon of their coÌ„mynge and delyuered letters fro their maister Thanne the kynge went a parte with his counsell to take aduyse what was best for hym to do Thanne was it aduysed by his counsell that they shulde be answered by thordynaunce and style of his predecessours by the bysshoppÌ„ of London And so the freÌ„chmen wer called into the counsell chambre than the bysshop of London sayd Lordes that be here asseÌ„bled for the kyng of Fraunce the kyng is grace my soueraygne lorde hath harde your wordes and redde the tenour of your letters Syrs we say vnto you that we woll counsell the kyng our soueraygne lorde here present that he go into Fraunce to se the kynge your maister his dere cosyn Who right amyably hath sent for hym and as touchyng his faith anohomage he shall do his deuour in euery thynge that he ought to do of ryght And syrs ye may shewe the kyng yor maister that within short space the kyng of Englande our maister shall arryue in France and do all that reason shall requyre ThaÌ„ these messangers were feasted and the kynge rewarded them with many great gyftes and iuelles and they toke their leaue and dyd somoche that at last they came to Parys wher they found kyng Phylyppe to whome they recounted all their newes Wherof the king was right ioyouse and specially to se the kyng of Englande his cosyn for he hadde neuer sene hym before And whan these tidynges were spredde abrode in yâ— realm of Fraunce Than dukes erles and other lordes aparelled them in their best maner and the kyng of FrauÌ„ce wrot his letters to kyng Charles of Behaygne his cosyn and to the kynge of Nauarre Certifyeng theym the day and tyme whan the kyng of England shuld be with hym desyringe them to be with hym at the same day and so they came thyder with gret array Than was it counselled the kynge of Fraunce that he shulde receyue the kyng of Englande at the cyte of Amyas and there to make prouysion for his commyng There was chambers halles hoste ries and lodgynges made redy and apparelled to receyue them all and their company And also for the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Burbon the duke of Lurren and syr JohnÌ„ of Artoyes There was purueyaunce for a thousande horse and for sixe hundred horse that shulde come with the kyng of Englande The yonge kyng of Englande forgate nat the voyage that he had to do into Fraunce And so he aparelled for hym and his company well and sufficiently and there departed out of Englande in his coÌ„pany two bysshoppes besyde the bysshoppe of London and foure erles The lorde Henry erle of Derby his cosyngermayne sonne to ser Thomas erle of Lancastre with the wrie necke the erle of Salis bury therle of Warwyke and the erle of Hereforde and. vt barownes The lorde Raynolde Cobham the lorde Thomas Wage marshall of Englande the lorde Persy yâ— lorde MaÌ„ny and the lorde Mowbray And mo than .xl. other knyghtes so that the kyng and his coÌ„pany were about a thousand horse and yâ— kyng was two dayes in passing bytwene Douer and Wysant Than the kyng and his company rod to Bullayne and there taryed one day This was about the myddes of August the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred .xxix. And a none the tidynges came to kyng Phylip of Fraunce howe the kynge of Englande was at Bullayne Than the kynge of Fraunce sent his constable with great plentie of knyghtes to the kynge of Englande who as thanne was at Monsternell by the seesyde and ther was gret tokens of loue and good chere made on bothe parties ThanÌ„e the kynge of Englande rodde forth withall his rowt and in his company the constable of Fraunce And he rodde so long that they came to the cytie of Amyas wher as kyng Phylippe and the kynge of Behaygne The kynge of Mayllorgues and the kynge of Nauarre were redy aparelled to receyue the kynge of Englande with many other dukes erles and great barownes For there was all the .xii. peres of Fraunce redy to feast and make chere to the kynge of Englande and to be there peasably to bere wytnesse of the kynge of Englandes homage Ther was the kyng of Englande nobly receyued and thus these kynges and other princes taryed at Amyas the space of .xv. dayes and in the meane tyme there were many wordes and ordynaunces deuysed but as farr as I coude knowe kyng Edwarde of EnglaÌ„d made his homage to the kynge of Fraunce all onely by worde and nat puttyng his haÌ„des bytwene the kynge of Fraunce handes nor none other prince nor prelate lymitted for hym Nor the kynge of Englande wolde
without respyte All such great men as knyghtes squires or burgeses of good townes as he thought fauourable to therle in any maner he banysshed them out of Flaunders And wolde leuey the moyte of their landes to his owne vse and thother halfe to their wyuess and chyldren such as were banysshed of whome there were a great noÌ„bre abode atsaynt Diners To speke properly there was neuer in Flaunders nor in none other contrey prince duke nor other that ruled a countrey so pesably so long as this Jaques Dartuell dyd rule Flaunderss He leuyed the rentes wynages and rightes that pertayned to therle through out all Flanderss and speÌ„ded all at his pleasure without any acompt makyng And whaÌ„he wold say the he lacked money they byleued hym and so it behoued them to do for none durst say agaynst hym Whan he wold borowe any thynge of any burgesse there was none durst say hym nay These englyssh embassadours kept an honourable estate at the towne of Ualencennes They thought it shulde be agreat comforte to the kynge their lorde yf they might gette the flymmynges to take their part Than they toke counsell of therle in that mater and he answered that truely it shulde be one of the grettest aydes that they coude haue But he sayd he thought their labour in that behalfe coude nat preuayle without they gette first the goodwyll of Jaques Dartuell Than they said they wolde assay what they coude do so thervpon they departed fro Ualenceunes and went into Flaunders and departed into thre or foure coÌ„panies Some went to Bruges some to Ipre and some to GauÌ„t And they all kept such port made so large dyspeÌ„ce that it semed that syluer and golde fell out of their haÌ„des and made many great promyses and offers to them that they spake to for that mater And the bysshoppÌ„ with a certayne with hym weÌ„t to Gaunt and he dyd somuch what with fayre wordê and otherwyse that he gate thacorde of Jaques Dartuell And dyd gette great grace in the towne and specially of an olde knyght that dwelt in Gauut who was ther right well beloued called the lorde of Courcisyen a knight baneret and was reputed for a hardy knight had alwayes serued truely his lordes This knyght dyd moche honour to thenglysshemen as a valyant knyght ought to do to all straÌ„gers Of this he was accused to the french kyng who incontynent sent a strayt commaundement to therle of Flaunders that he shulde send for this sayd knyght and assone as he had hym to strike of his hed Th erle who durst nat breke the kynges coÌ„manndemeÌ„t dyd somoch that this knyght came to hym at his sendyng as he that thought non yuell and incontyneÌ„t he was taken his heed stryken of Wherof many folkes were sorie and were sore dysplesed with therle for he was welbeloued with the lordes of the contrey These englysshe lordes dyd somoche that Jaques Dartuell dyuerse tymes had togyder the counselles of the good townes to speke of the besynes that these lordes of Englande desyred and of the frauÌ„chyses and amyties that they offred them in the kyng of EnglaÌ„des byhalfe So often they spake of this mater that fynally they agreed that the kynge of Englande myght come and go into Flaunders at his pleasure Howe beit they sayd they were so sore bouude to the french kyng that they myght nat entre into the realme of Fraunce to make any warre without they shulde forfayt a great somme of florens and so they desyred that they wold be coÌ„tent with this answere as at that tyme. Thenglysshe lordes retourned agayne to Ualencennes with great ioy often tymes they sent worde to the kyng of Englande how they spedde and euer he sent theym golde and syluer to berâ— their charges and to gyue to the lordes of Almaygne who desyred nothyng els In this season the noble erle of Heynalt dyed the .vi. day of June the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xxxvii. and was buryed at the friers in Ualencennes The bysshoppe of CaÌ„braysang the masse ther were many dukes erles and barownes for he was welbeloued and honoured of all people in his lyfe dayes After his dyscease the lorde Wyllyam his sonne entred into the counteis of Heynalt Hollande and zelande Who had to wyfe the dougther of duke JohnÌ„ of BrabaÌ„t and had to name Jahane She was endowed with the lande of Bynche the which was a right fayre heritage and a profitable And the lady Jahan her mother went to Fontnels on Lescault and ther vsed the resydue of her lyfe in great deuotion in thabbey ther and dyd many good dedes ¶ How certayne nobles of FlauÌ„ders kept the yle of Cagaunt agaynst thenglysshemen Cap. xxx OF all these ordynaunces and confortes that the kyng of England had get on that syde the see Kyng PhylippÌ„ of Fraunce was well enformed of all the mater wolde gladly haue had the flemmyngê on his part But Jaques Dartuell had so surmounted all maner of people in FlauÌ„ders that none durst say agaynst his opynion nor the erle hym selfe durst nat well abyde in the countrey For he had sent the countesse his wyfe and Loys his sonne into Fraunce for dout of the fleÌ„mynges In this season ther were in the yle of Cagant certayne knyghtes and squyers of FlaÌ„ders in garyson As sir Dutres de Haluyn syr JohnÌ„ de Radays and the sonnes of Lestriefe They kept that passage agaynst theÌ„glysshmen and made couert warre wherof thenglysshe lordes beyng in Heynalt were well enformed and how that if they went that way homewarde into England they shulde be met withall to their dyspleasure Wherfore they were nat well assured howbeit they rode and went about the countrey at their pleasure All was by the confort of Jaques Dartuell for he supported and honoured them as moche as he might And after these lordes went to Doudrech in Holande and ther they toke shypping to eschue the passage of Cagaunt Wher as the garison was layd for them by the commaundement of the frenche kyng so these englisshe lordes caÌ„e agayne into England as priuely as they coude And came to the kyng who was right ioyouse of their commyng and whan he harde of the garyson of Cagaunt He sayd he wolde prouyde for them shortly and anone after he ordayned therie of Derby ser Water Manny and dyuerse other knyghtes squiers with fyue hundred men of armes and two thousande archers and they toke shippyng at London in the ryuer of Tames The first tyde they went to Grauesende the next day to Margate and at the thyrde tyde they toke the see sayled into FlauÌ„ders So they aparelled them selfe and came nere to Cagaunt ¶ Of the batell of CagauÌ„t bytwene thenglysshmen and the frenchmen Cap. xxxi WHan thenglysshmen sawe the towne of Cagaunt before theÌ„ they made theÌ„ redy and had wynd and tyde to serue them And so in the name of god and saint George they approched and blewe vp their trumpettes
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 FlaÌ„ders a good and a sure knyght but he was a bastarde and he desyred all his coÌ„pany 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 BonquedeÌ„t 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 fleÌ„mynges 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 fleÌ„mynges fought valyantly to defende the passage and theÌ„glysshmen 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 fleÌ„mynges 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 MaÌ„ny and dyuers other There was a sore batayle and well foughten hande to hande but finally the fleÌ„mynges were put to the chase and were slayne mo than thre thousande what in yâ— hauyn stretes and houses Syr Guy the bastarde of FlauÌ„ders 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 FlaÌ„ders 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 couÌ„trey And they of Flaunders sayd that without reason and agaynst their wylles therle of flaÌ„ders 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 whauÌ„e they wolde bâ—gynne that they had promysed requirynge them to dyspatche the mater breuely for that inteÌ„t 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 thauÌ„e 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 caÌ„e 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
of the great lordes of Fraunce were sore a basshed and also kynge Philyppe was enfourmed therof He we beit yet he had great wyll to gyue batayle but he was so counselled to the coÌ„trary that the day passed without batell and euery man withdrue to their lodgynges And whan the erle of Heynalt same that they shulde nat fight he departed withall his hole company and went backe the same nyght to Quesnoy And the kyng of Englande the duke of Brabant and all the other lordes retourned and trussed all their bagagis and went the same nyght to Dauesnes in Heynalt And the next day they toke leaue eche of other and the Almayns and brabances departed and the kynge went into Brabant with the duke his cosyn The same friday that the batell shulde haue ben the french kynge whan he came to his lodgyng he was sore dyspleased bycause he departed without batayle But they of his counsayle sayd howe right nobly he had borne hymselfe for he had halyantly pursued his ennemies and had done somoche that he had put theÌ„ out of his realme and how that the kyng of Englande shuld make many such vyages or he conquered the realme of FrauÌ„ce The next day kyng PhilyppÌ„ gaue lyceÌ„ce to all maner of men to dept and he thanked right courtesly the gret lordes of their ayde socour Thus ended this great iourney and euery maÌ„ went to their owne The frenche kynge went to saynt Omers and sent men of warre to his garysons and specially to Tourney to Lysse and to Doway and to the other townes marchyng on th eÌ„pyre He sent to Tourney syr Godmart Dufay and made hym captayne there and regent of that couÌ„trey ther about And he sent syr Edwarde of Beaugewe to Mortayne and whan he had ordred ê‘t of his besynes than he drewe towarde Parys ¶ How kyng Edwarde toke on hym to bere the armes of Fraunce and the name to be called kyng therof Ca. xliii WHan that kynge Edwards was departed fro the flamengery and came into BrabaÌ„t and went streight to Brussels The duke of Guerles the duke of Jullers the marques of Blanqueboure the erle of Mons syr JohnÌ„ of Haynalt the lorde of FaulquemoÌ„t and all the lordes of th empyre suche as had ben at that iournay brought hym thyder to take aduyce counsell what shulde be done more in the mater that they had be gone And to haue expedycion in the cause they ordayned a parlyameÌ„t to beholden at the towne of Brussels and thyder to come was desyred Jaques Dartuell of GauÌ„t who came thyder with a great company and al the counsels of the good townes of Flaunders Ther the king of England was sore desyred of all his alyes of th empyre that he shulde requyre theÌ„ of Flanders to ayde to mentayne his warr and to defy the french kyng and to go with him wher as he wolde haue them And in their so doyng he to promyse theÌ„ to recouer the Isle Doway Bethayne This request was well hard of the slemynges and therupon they desyred to take counsell among themselfe and so they toke couÌ„sell at good leaser and than they sayd to the kyng Syr or this tyme ye haue made to vs request in this behalfe syr if we myght well doo this sauyng your honour and to saue ourselfe we wolde gladly do this But syr we be bounde by faith and othe and on the somme of two my lyons of floreyns in the Popes chaumbre that we may make nor moue no warre agaynst the kynge of Fraunce Who soeuer it be on payne to lese the sayd somme and besyde that to ryn in the senteÌ„ce of cursyng But syr if ye wyll take on you the armes of FrauÌ„ce quarter them with the armes of Englande call yourselfe kyng of Fraunce as ye ought to be of ryght Than we woll take you for rightfull kyng of FrauÌ„ce de mauÌ„de of you quytaÌ„ce of out bondes so ye to gyue vs ê‘don therof as king of FraÌ„ce By this meanes we shal be assured dyspeÌ„sed with all so thaÌ„ we wyll go with you whyder soeuer ye wyll haue vs. Than the kyng toke couÌ„sell for he thought it was a sore mat to take on hym the armes of France the name and as thaÌ„ had coÌ„quered nothing therof nor coud nat tell what shuld fall therof nor whyder he shuld coÌ„quere it or nat on thother syde loth he was to refuse the confort and ayde of the stemynges who myght do hym more ayde thaÌ„ any other So the kyng toke counsell of the lords of th eÌ„pyre of the lorde Robert Dartoyse with other of his specyall frendes so that finally the good and the yuell wayed He answered to the flemmynges that if they wolde swere seale to this accorde and to promyse to mentayne his warre howe he wolde do all this with a good wyll and promysed to gette them agayne Lyle Do way Bethayn and all they answered howe they were content Than there was a day assigned to mete at Gaunt at which day the kynge was there and the moost part of the sayd lordes and all the counsayls generally in FlauÌ„ders And so than all this sayd maters were rehersed sworne and sealed and the king quartred the armes of FrauÌ„ce with Englande And from thens forthe toke on hym the name of the kynge of Fraunce and so contynued tyll he lefte it agayne by composicyoâ— as ye shall here after in this boke And so at this counsayle they determyned that the next somer after they wold make great warre into Fraunce promysing to besiege the cytie of Tourney Wherof the flemmyngê were ioyfull for thei thought to be stroÌ„g ynough to gete it and that ones goten they be leued shortly after to wynne agayne Lysse Do way and Bethayne with thappurtenauÌ„ces 〈◊〉 tayning or holden of therle of FlauÌ„ders Thus euery man departed and went home the kynge of Englande went to And warpe and the quene abode styll at Gaunt and was often tymes vysited by Jaques Dartuell and by other lordes ladyes and damosels of Gaunt The kyng left in Flaunders therle of Salysbury and therle of Suffolke They went to Ipre and ther kept a great garyson and made sore warre agaynst them of Lysse and there about And whan the kynges shyppes were redy he toke the see and so sayled into Englande and came to London about the feest of saynt Andrewe where he was honourably receyued And ther he had coÌ„playn tes made hym of the dystruction of Hampton and he sayd that he trusted or a yere lenger that it shulde be well reuenged ¶ How the frenchmen brent in the laÌ„des of syr JohnÌ„ of Heynault Cap. xliiii NOwe lette vs speke of kyng Philyppe who greatly fortifyed his nauy that he hadde on the see Wherof syr Kiry Bahuchet and Barbe Noyre were captayns And thei had vnder them a great retynuâ— of Genowayes normayns bretons pycardes they dyd that wynter great damage to the realme of
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 theÌ„glysshe partie there was the duke of BrabaÌ„t 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 amoÌ„g 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 SaÌ„ton 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 coÌ„panyes woll nat kepe the peace let theÌ„ be at their chose But as for FraÌ„ce Pycardy Burgoyne Bretayne and NormaÌ„dy 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 incoÌ„tynent 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 deê‘te The kyng of Englande and the lordes on his ê‘tie 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 JohaÌ„n 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 freÌ„che 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 couÌ„tie 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 deê‘ted 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 MouÌ„tfort who was as than lyueyng he had to his wyfe suster to therle Loyes of FlauÌ„ders 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 MouÌ„tfort prisoner and ledde hym clene out of the cytie into their felde without doyng of any more hurt in the cyte This was the yere of our lorde god M. C C C .xli. about the feest of all sayntâ— ThaÌ„ the lordes of Fraunce entred into the cytie with great ioye and all the burgesses and other dyd fealtie and homage to the lorde Charles of Bloys as to their ryght souerayne lorde and there they taryed a thre dayes in gret feest Than sir Charles of Bloys was couÌ„selled to abyde ther about the cytie of Nauntes tyll the next somer and so he dyd and set captayns in suche garysons as he had won than the other lordes went to Parys to the kyng and delyuerd hym therle of Mountfort as prisoner The kynge set hym in the castell of Loure wher as he was longe I at last as I harde reported ther he dyed ¶ Nowe let vs speke of the countesse his wyfe who had the courage of a man and the hert of a lyon She was in the cytie of Renes whanne her lorde was taken and howe beit that she had great sorowe at her hert yet she valyantly recoÌ„forted her frendes and soudyers and shewed them a lytell son that she had called JohnÌ„ and sayd a sirs be nat to sore a basshed of the erle my lorde whom we haue lost he was but a man se here my lytell chylde who shal be by the grace of god his restorer and he shall do for you all I haue riches ynough ye shall nat lacke I trust I shall purchase for suche a capitayne that ye shal be all reconforted Whan she had thus conforted her frendes and soudyers in Renes than she weÌ„t to all her other fortresses and good townes and ledde euer with her JohnÌ„ her yonge sonne and dyd to theÌ„ as she dyde at Renes and fortifyed all her garisons of euery thyng yâ— they wanted and payed largely gaue frely where as she thought it well enployed Than she weÌ„t to Hanybout and ther she and her sonne taryed all that wynter often tymes she sent to byset her garysons and payed euery man full well and truely their wages ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande the thyrde tyme made warre on the scotes Cap. lxxiii YE haue harde here before that the siege beynge before Tourney howe the lordes of Scotland had taken agayne dyuers townes and fortresses fro thenglysshmen such as they helde in Scotlande Ther were no mo remayning in theÌ„glysshmens handes but onely the castell of Esturmelyne the cytie of Berwyke and Rousburge And the scottes lay styll at siege with certayne frenchmen with them suche as kyng Philyppe had sent thyder to helpe theÌ„ before Esturmelyne and they within were so sore constrayned yâ— they sawe well they coude nat long endure And whan the kynge of Englande was retourned fro the siege of Tourney and came into his owne realme he was couÌ„selled to ryde towarde scotlande and so he dyd he rode thyderwarde bytwene mighelmas and al sayntes coÌ„maundyng euery maÌ„ to folowe hym to Berwyke than euery man began to styrre and to drawe thyder as they were coÌ„maunded The kyng at last came to yorke and ther taryed for his people the lordes of Scotlande wer enfourmed of the coÌ„myng of the kyng of Englande wherfore they made sorer assautes to the castell of Esturmelyne and coÌ„strayned so them within with engyns and canons that they wer fayne to yelde vp the castell sauyng their lyues and membres but nothyng they shulde cary away These tidynges came to the kyng of Englande where as he was thanÌ„e he departed and drewe toward Esturmelyne and came to Newcastell vpon Tyne and ther lodged and taryed more than a moneth abydinge prouysion for his host the which was put on the see bytwene saynt Andrewes tyde and All sayntes but dyuerse of their shyppes were perysshed for they had suche tempest on the see that small prouysion came thyder Some were driuen into Hollande and into Fryse wherby theÌ„glysshe hoost had great defaute of vytayls and euery thynge was dere and wynter at hande So that they wyst nat wher to haue forage and in scotlande the scottes had put all their goodes into fortresses and the kyng of England had ther mo thaÌ„ vi M. horsmen and .xl. M. fotemen The lordes of Scotland after their wynning of Estur melyne they â—rue into the forestes of Gedeours and they vnderstode well howe the kyng of Englande lay at Newecastell with a great nombre to brenne and to exyle the realme of Scotlande Than they toke counsell what they shulde do they thought themselfe to small a company to mentayne the warr seyng howe they had coÌ„tynued the warres more than .vii. yere without heed or captayne And yet as thaÌ„ they coude parceyue no socoure fro their owne kyng than they determyned to sende to the kyng of Englande a bysshop and an abbot to desyre a truse the which messangers departed fro Scotland and came to Newecastell wher they founde the kynge These messangers shewed to the kynge and to his counsayle the cause of their coÌ„myng so than it was agreed a trewse to endure foure monethes on the condycion that they of Scotlande shulde sende sufficyent embassadours into France to kyng Dauyd that without he wolde come within the moneth of May next folowing so puyssantly as to resyst and defeÌ„de his realme els they clerely to yelde themselfe englysshe and neuer to take hym more for their kyng So thê° these two prelates retourned agayne into Scotlande and incontynent they ordayned to sende into Fraunce sir Robert â—ersay and sir Symon Fresyll and two other knyghtes to shewe to their kynge their apoyntment The kynge of Englande agreed the soneâ— to this truse bycause his hoost lacked vytayll so he came backe agayne sent euery man home The scottysshe messangers went towarde Fraunce and toke shypping at Douer ¶ Nowe kynge Dauyd who had ben a seuyne yere in France and knewe well that his realme was sore distroyed ThauÌ„e he toke leaue of the frenche kyng to go home into his owne contre to confort his people so he toke shypping with his wyfe and suche coÌ„pany as he had at a port and dyde put hymselfe vnder the guyding of a maryner Rychard Flamont and so he aryued at a port of Moroyse or euer that any in Scotlande knewe therof Nor he knewe nothyng of the messangers that were gone into France to speke with hym nor they knewe nat of his retournyng home ¶ Howe kyng Dauyd of Scotlande came with a great hoost to Newcastell vpon Tyne Ca. lxxiiii WHan that yong kyng Dauyd of Scotlande was come into his countrey his men came about hym with great ioye and solem puyte and brought hym to the towne of saynt JohnÌ„s thyder
Rochfort and newely refresshed the towne and castell with meÌ„ of warr and â—uisyon In this meane season certayne noble men of Bretayne spake for a truse for a certayn space bytwene sir Charles of Bloyes and the countesse of Mountfort the which was agreed by all their ayders and assisters also the kynge of Englande sent for the countesse to come into Englande and assone as this trewse was confirmed the couÌ„tesse toke see and passed into Englande ¶ Of the feest and iustynge made at London by the kyng of England for the loue of the countesse of Salisbury Cap. lxxxix LE haue well harde here before howe the kynge of Englande had great warres in dyuers countreis and had men of warre in garysons to his gret cost and charge as in Picardy NormaÌ„dy Gascoyne Xaynton Poycton Bretayne and Scotlande ye haue harde also before how the kyng was stryken in loue with the countesse of Salisbury loue quickened hym day and night her fresshe beautie godely demeanour was euer in his remeÌ„brance though therle of Salisbury was one of the priuyest of his counsell and one of them that had done hym best seruyce So it fell that for the loue of this lady and for the great desyre that the king had to se her he caused a great feest to be cryed and a iustyng to be holden in the cyti of LoÌ„don in the myddes of August the which cry was also made in Flaunders in Heynault in BrabaÌ„t and in Fraunce gyueng all coÌ„mers out of euery contrey safe coÌ„duct to come and go and had gyuen in coÌ„maundement through his owne realme that all lordes knyghtes squyers ladyes and domosels shuld be ther without any excuse and coÌ„maunded expresly the erle of Salisbury that the lady his wyfe shulde be ther to bring with her all ladyes and damosels of that countrey Th erle graunted the kyng as he that thought none yuell the gode lady durst nat say nay howbeit she came sore agaynst her wyll for she thought well ynough wherfore it was but she durst nat dyscouer the mater to her husband she thought she wolde deale so to bringe the kynge fro his opynion This was a noble feest there was the erle Wyllyam of Heynalt and 〈◊〉 JohnÌ„ of Heynalt his vncle and a great nombre of lordes and knyghtes of hyghe lynage there was great daunsynge and iustynge the space of .xv. dayes the lorde JohnÌ„ eldyst son to the vycount Beaumonde in England was slayne in the iustes All ladyes and damoselles were fresshely besene accordyng to their degrees except Alys countesse of Salisbury for she went as simply as she myght to the intent that the kyng shulde nat sette his regarde on her for she was fully determyned to do no maner of thynge that shulde tourne to her dyshonour nor to her husbandes At this feest was sir Henry with the wrye necke erle of Lancaltre and sir Henry his sonne erle of Derby sir Robert Dartoyes erle of Rychmount the erle of Northampton and of Glocetter the erle of Warwyke the erle of Salisbury the erle of Penneforde the erle of Hereford the erle of Arundell the erle of Cornewall the erle of â—uenforde the erle of Suffolke the baron of Stafforde and dyuers other lordes knightes of Englande And at all these nobles departed the kyng receyued letters fro dyuers lordes of sundrie contreis as out of Goscoyne Bayon Flaunders fro Jaques Dartuell and out of Scotlande fro the lorde Rose and the lorde Persy and fro sir Edward Baylleull captayne of Berwyke who sygnifyed the kynge that the scottes helde but simply the trewse concludedd the yere before for they newely assembled togyder moch people for what entent they coude nattell Also the captayne in Poycton Xanton Rochell and Burdeloyes wrote to the kyng howe the frenchmen made great preparacions for the warre for the peace made at Arras was nere expyred wherfore it was tyme for the kyng to take counsayle and aduyse and so he aunswered the messangers fro poynt to poynt ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande sent sir Robert Dartoys into Bretayne Cap. lxxxx AMong all other thynges the kynge of Englande wolde socoure the countesse of MouÌ„tfort who was with the quene Thanne the kyng desyred his cosyn sir Robert Dartoyes to take a certayne nombre of men of warre and archers and to go with the couÌ„tesse into Bretayne And so he dyde and they departed and toke shypping at Hampton and were on the see a great season bycause of coÌ„trary wyndes They departed about Ester at this great counsell at London the kyng was aduysed to sende to Scotlande for the parfour maunce of a trewse to endure for two or thre yeres Consydring that the kyng had somoche besynesse in other places the kynge of Englande was lothe therto for he wolde haue made suche warr into Scotland that they shulde haue ben fayne to haue desyred peace howbeit his counsayle shewed hym suche reasons that he agreed therto Among other thynges his counsell sayd that it was great wysdome whan a prince hath warre in dyuers placâ— at one tyme to agre with one by truse another to pacify with fayre wordes and on the thyrde to make warre Thanne was there a bysshoppe sende on that legacyon and so he went forthe and in processe retourned agayne and brought relacyon howe the the king of scottes wolde agre to no trewese without the agrement of the frenche kynge Than the kyng of Englande sayde openly that he wolde neuer rest tyll he had so arayed the realme of Scotlande that it shulde neuer be recouered than he 〈◊〉 maunded that euery man shulde be with hym at Berwyke by Eester except suche as were apoynted to go into Bretayn The feest of Ester came and the kynge helde a great court at Berwyke for the chiefe of the lordes and knyghts of England were ther and there taryed the space of thre wyckes In the meane season certayne good men laboured bytwene the parties to haue a trewse and so there a truse was agreed to endure for two yere and confyrmed by the french kyng Than euery man departed and the kyng went to Wyndsore than he sende the lorde Thomas Hollande and the lorde JohnÌ„ 〈…〉 Bayon with two hundred men of armes and-four hundred archers to kepe the fronters ther. ¶ Nowe let vs speke of sir Robert Dartoyes that yere fell so hye that it was nere to then 〈…〉 g of May in the myddes of the whiche moneth the trewse bytwene the lorde Charles of Bloys and the countesse of Mountfort shulde expyre Sir Charles of Bloyes was well 〈…〉 fyed of the purchase that the countesse of Mou 〈…〉 had made in Englande and of the confort that the kynge had promysed her for the whiche intent the lorde Loyes of Spayne sir Charles Germaux and sir Othes Dornes were layd on the see about Gernzay with a thre thousande genowayes and a thousande men of armmes and .xxxii. great shyppes ¶ Of the batell of Gernzay bytwene sir Robert Dartoys and sir Loys of
Spayne on the see Cap. lxxxxi SIr Robert Dartoyes erle of Rychmont and with hym therle of Pennefort the erle of Salisbury therle of Suffolke therle of Quenfort the baron of Stafford the lorde Spenser the lord Bourchier and dyuers other knyghtes of Englande and their coÌ„panyes were with the countesse of Mountfort on the see And at last came before the yle of Gernzay than they ê‘â—eyued the great flete of the genowayes wherof sir Loys of Spaygne was chiefe captayne Than their marynars sayd sirs arme you quickely for yonder be genowayes and spaniardes that woll set on you than thenglysshmen sowned their trumpettes and reared vp their baners and standerdes with their armes and deuyses with the baner of saynt George And sette their shippes in order with their archers before and as the wynd serued them they sayled forth they were a xlvi vessels great and small but sir Loys of Spaygne had .ix. greatter than any of the other and thre galyes And in the thre galyes were the thre chiefe captaynes as sir Loyes of Spayne sir Charles and sir Othes and whan they aproched nere togyder the genowayes beganne to shote with their crosbowes and the archers of Englande agaynst theym there was sore shotynge bytwene them and many hurte on bothe parties And whanÌ„e the lordes knyghtes and squyers came nere togyder there was a sore batayle the countesse that day was worth a man she had the harte of a lyon and had in her hande a sharpe glayue wherwith she fought feersly The spanyardes and genowayes that were in the great vessels they cast downe great barres of yron and peaces of tymbre that which troubled sore thenglysshe archers this batayle beganne about the tyme of euynsonge and the nyght departed them for it was very darke so that one coude scant knowe an other Than they withdrewe eche fro other and cast ankers and abode styll in their harnes for they thought to fight agayne in the mornynge but about mydnight ther rose suche a tempest so horryble as though all the worlde shulde haue endedd There was none so hardy but wold gladly haue ben a land the shyppes dasshed so togyder that they went all wolde haue ryuen in peaces The lordes of Englande demaunded counsayle of their maryners what was best to do they aunswered to take lande assone as they might for the tempest was so great that if they toke the see they were in daunger of drownyng Than they drewe vp their ankers and bare but a quarter sayle and drewe fro that place the genowayes on the other syde drewe vppÌ„ their ankers and toke the depe of the see for their vesselles were greatter than thenglysshe shyppes they might better abyde the brunt of the see for if the great vessels had coÌ„e nere the lande they were lickely to haue ben broken And as they deê‘ted they toke foure englysshe shyppes laded with vytell and tayled them to their shyppes the storme was so hedeouse that in lasse than a day they were driuen a hundred leages fro the place wher they were be fore and the englysshe shyppes toke a lytell hauen nat ferre fro the cytie of Uannes wherof they were ryght gladde ¶ Howe sir Robert Dartoys toke the cytie of Uannes in Bretayne Cap. lxxxxii THus by this tourment of the see brake and departed the batell on the see bytwne sir Robert Dartoyes and sir Loyes of Spayne No man coude tell to whome to gyue the honour for they departed agaynst bothe their wylles thenglysshmen toke lande nat farre of fro Uannes and brought all their horse and harnes a lande thaÌ„ they deuysed to sende their nany to Hanybout and to go theymselfe and ley siege to Uannes therin were captayns sir Henry of Leon Olyuer of Clysson and with them the lorde of Turmyne and the lord of Loheac Whan they sawe thenglysshmen come to besiege them they toke good hede to their defences bothe to the castell and to the walles and gates and at euery gate they set a knyght with .x. men of armes and .xx. crosbowes ¶ Nowe let vs speke of sir Loyes of Spayns and his company they were sore tourmented on thesee and in great daunger all that nyght and the nexte day tyll noone and loste two of their shyppes menne and all ThanÌ„e the thirde day about prime the see apeased than they demaunded of the maryners what parte of lande was nexte they aunswered the realme of Nauarre and that the wynde hadde driuen theym out of Bretayne more than sirscore leages thaÌ„ there they cast anker and above the fludde and whan the tyde came they had good wynde to retourne to Rochell So they costed Bayon but they wolde nat come nere it and they met foure shippes of Bayon coÌ„myng fro Flaunders they sette on them and toke theym shortly and flewe all that were in them than they sayled towardes Rochell and in a fewe dayes they arryued at Gueâ—rande Ther they toke lande and hard ther howe sir Robert Dartoyes lay at siege be fore Uannes Than they sent to the lorde Charles of Bloyes to knowe his pleasure what they shuld do sir Robert Dartoys lay at siege with a thousande men of armes and thre thousande archers and wasted all the countrey about and brent to Dynant and to Gony la Forest so that none durst abyde in the playne countrey there were many assautes and skirmysshes at the barryers of Uannes The countesse of Mountfort was styll with sir Robert Dartoys at the siege also sir Gaultier of Manny who was in Hanybout delyuered the kepynge of the towne to sir Wyllyam Caducall and to sir Gerard of Rochfort and toke with hym sir yues of Tribyquedy and a. C. men of armes and. CC. archers and deê‘ted fro Hanybout and went to the siege before Uannes Than inconâ—ynent there was made a great assaut in thre places all at ones the archers shotte so thycke that they within scante durst apere at ther defence this assaut endured a hole day and many hurt on bothe parties agaynst night thenglysshmen withdrue to their lodgyngê And they within in likewyse sore wery of trayuell and they vnarmed theÌ„ but they of the hoost without dyd nat so for they kept on styll their harnes except their heed peces and so dranke and refresshed them And than by the aduyse of sir Robert Dartoyes they ordayned agayne thre batayls and two of them to assaute at the gates and thethirde batayle to kepe theÌ„selfe priue tyll the other two batayls had assayled long So that all the strength of the towne shulde be ther by all lickelyhoâ—e to defend thaÌ„ it was ordayned that this thyrde batayle shuld sette on the moost feblest place of all the towne with ladders ropes and hokes of yron to caste on the walles And as they deâ—ysedde so it was done sir Robert Dartoys with the first batell came and made assaut in the night at one of the gates and therle of Salisbury with the seconde batell at an other gate bycause it
was darke to thyntent to make them within the more abasshed they made great fiers so that the brightnesse therof gaue lyght into the cytie Wherby they within had wende that their houses had ben a fyre and cryed treason many were a bedde to rest them of their trayuell the day before and so rose sodenly and ran towardes the lyght without order or gode aray and without counsell of their captayns euery man within armed them Thus whyle they were in this trouble therle of Quenefort and sir Water of Manny with the thyrde batell came to the walles wher as there was no defence made and with their ladders mounted vp and entred into the towne the freÌ„chmen toke no hede of them they were so ocupyed in other places tyll they sawe their ennemis in the stretes Than euery maÌ„ fledde away to saue themselfe the captayns had no leaser to go into the castell but were fayne to take their horses yssued out at a postern happy was he that might get out to saue hymselfe all that euer were sene by thenglysshmen were taken or slayne and the towne ouer ron and robbed and the countesse and sir Robert Dartoyes entred into that towne with great ioy ¶ Howe sir Robert Dartoys dyed and where he was buryed Cap. lxxxxiii THus as I haue shewed you the cyte of Uannes was taken and a fyue dayes after the countesse of Mountfort sir Gualtier of Manny sir yues of Tribiquedy and dyuerse other knyghtê of englande and of Bretayne returned to Hanybout and therle of Salysbury therle of Pennefort therle of Suffolke therle of Cornwall departed fro Uannes fro sir Robert Dartoyes with thre thousandemen of armes and thre M. archers and went and layed siege to the cytie of Renes And sir Charles de Bloyes was departed thens but foure dayes before and was gone to Nantes but he had left in the cytie many lordes knyghtes and squyers And styll sir Loys of Spayne was on the see and kept so the fronters agaynst Englande that none coude go bytwene Englande and Bretayne without great danger They had done that yere to Englande great damage for the takyng thus of Uannes by thenglysshmen the countrey was sore abasshedde for they thought that there hadde been suche capitaynes that had ben able to haue detended de it agaynst all the worlde they knewe well the towne was stronge and well prouyded or men of warre and artyllary for this mysadnenture sir Henry of Leon and the lorde Clysson were sore a basshedde for their ennemyes spake shame agaynst theym These two knyghtes were so sore dyspleased with the mater that they gette togyder a company of knyghtes and soudyours so that at a day apoynted they met before the cytie of Uannes mothan .xii. thousande of one and other thyder came the lorde Robert of Beaumanoyre marshall of Bretayn they layd sege to the cite on all sydes and than assayled it fersly Whan 〈◊〉 Robert Dartoys sawe howe he was besieged in the cytie he was nat neglygent to kepe his defence and they without were fierse by cause they wolde nat that they that laye at siege at Renes shulde nat trouble theym They made so feerse assaute and gaue theym within so moche a do that they wan the barryers and after the gates and so cutted into the cytie by force The englysshmen were put to the chase and dyuerse hurte and slayne and specially sir Robert Dartoyes was sore hurte and scapedde hardely vntaken he departed at a posterne and the lorde Stafforde with hym the lorde Spencer was taken by sir Henry of Leon but he was so sore hurte that he dyed the thyrde day after Thus the frenchemen wanne agayne the cytie of Uannes sir Robert Darteyes taryed a season in Hanybout sore hurte and at laste he was counsayled to go into Englande to seke helpe for his hurtes but he was so 〈◊〉 handled on the see that his soores rankeled and at laste landed and was brought to London and within a shorte space after he dyed of the same hurtes and was buryed in London in the church of saynt Poule the kynge dyd as nobly his obsequy as though it had ben for his owne proper cosyne germayne therle of Derby his dethe was greatly be moned in Englande and the kyng of Englande sware that he wolde neuer rest tyll he had reuenged his dethe And sayde howe he wolde go hym selfe into Bretayne and bringe the countrey in suche case that it shulde nat be recouered agayne in fortie yere after Incontynent he sent out letters throughout his realme that euery noble man and other shulde come to hym within a moneth after And prepared a great nauy of shyppes and at the ende of the moneth he toke the see and toke landyng in Bretayne nat farre fro Uannes there as sir Robert Dartoyes ariyued he was thre dayes a landyng of all his prouisyon the .iiii. day he went towarde Uannes And all this season therle of Salisbury and therle of PeÌ„broke were lyeng at siege before Renes ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande came into Bretayne to make warre there Cap. lxxxxiiii AFter the kyng of Englande had ben a lande a certayne space he went and layed siege to UaÌ„nes And with in the towne ther was sir O lyuer of Clysson and sir HeÌ„ry of Leon the lorde of Turmyne sir Geffray of Malestrayet and sir Guy of Lohearc they supposed well before that the kyng of Englande wolde come into Bretayne wherfore they had prouyded the towne and castell with all thyngs necessary The kyng made a great assaut that endured halfe a day but lytell good they dyd the cyte was so well defeÌ„ded WhanÌ„e the countesse of Mountfort knewe that the kyng of Englande was come she departed fro Hanybout accompanyed with sir Gaultier of Manny and dyuers other knyghtes squyers and came before UaÌ„nes to se the kyng and the lordes of thoost and a foure dayes after she retourned agayne to Hanyboute with all her owne company ¶ Nowe let vs speke of sir Charles of Bloyes who was in Nauntes and assone as he knewe that the kyng of England was aryued in Bretayne he sent worde therof to the frenche kyng his vncle desyring him of socour Whan the king of England sawe this cyte so strong and hard reported howe the countrey ther about was so poore and so sore wasted yâ— they wyst nat wher to get any forage nother for maÌ„ nor beest ThaÌ„ he ordayned to deuyde his nombre first therle of Arundell the lorde Stafforde sir water of Manny sir yues of Tribyquedy and sir Rychard of Rochfort with .vi. C. men of armes vi M. archers to kepe styll the siege before UaÌ„nes to ryde and distroy the contrey all about And the kyng went to Renes wher he was ioy fully receyued with them that lay at siege there before and had done a long season And whan the kyng had ben ther a fyue dayes he vnderstode that sir Charles du Bloyes was at Nantes and
of the towne as were yssued out were inclosed bothe before and behynde so that they were all taken and slayne and suche as were in the towne dyde yelde them to therle of Derby who receyued them to mercy and of his gentylnes respyted the towne fro brennyng and robbynge And dyde gyue that hole seignorie to sir Alysaunder of Chamount by whose aduyce the towne was wont and sir Alysaunder made a brother of his captayne ther called Antony of Chamont and therle left with hym certayne archers and other with pauysshes than therle departed and came to WyelfraÌ„che in Agenoys the which was won by assaut and the castell also and he lefte there for captayne a squyer of his called ThomÌ„s CoqÌ„ Thus therle rode all about the contrey and no man resysted hym and conquered townes and ca 〈…〉 and his men wanne ryches meruayle to esteme ¶ Howe therle of Derby wanne the cytie of Angolesme Cap. C .xiii. WHan the erle of Derby had this towne at his pleasure thasie herode to MyremoÌ„t drawyng towardes Burdeux for all this iourney his currours neuer aproched to port saynt Mary Th erle was thre dayes before Myremont and on the fourth day they yelded therle gaue it to a squier of his called JohnÌ„ Bristowe and after his men wan a lytell towne closed standyng on the ryuer of Gerone called Thomynes and after the stronge castell of Damassene the whiche they well garnysshed with men of armes and archers Than they came before the cytie of Angolesme and layd siege therto and therle sayde he wolde nat depart thense tyll he had it at his pleasure thanÌ„e they within made apoyntment with the erle to sende .xxiiii. of their chiefe burgesses to Burdeur in hostage for the respyte of a peace for a moneth and if with in that space the frenche kynge do sende a suffycieÌ„nt persone to kepe the felde agaynst therle of Derby than they to haue agayne their hostagê and to be quyte of their bonde and yf nat than they to put theym vnder the obeysaunce of the kynge of Englande This done thasie the erle rode to Blames and layed siege therto within were two captayns of Poycton sir Guysshart Dangle and sir WyllyamÌ„ de Rochchouart and they sayde they wolde yelde to no manne And whyle this siege endured some of the englysshemen rode to Mortayne in Poycton where as sir Boucyquant was captayne and made there a great assaut but it auayled nat but dyuers of them were hurt slayne and so departed thens and went to Myrebell and to Alney And after came agayne to the siege of Blames euery day there was some feate of armes done the terme of the moneth erpyred that they of Angolesme shulde yelde The erle of Derby sent thyder his two marshals to whome they of the cyte sware homage and fealtie in the behalfe of the kyng of Englande and so they were in peace and had a gayne restored their hostages And the erle sent thyder at their desyers JohnÌ„ of Norwyche to be their captayne styll the siege endured before Blasmes so that thenglysshmen were halfe wery for wynter approched and there they coulde wynne nothynge than they determyned to go to Bourdeaux tyll another season and so they dyllodged went ouer Gerande and so to Burdeaux and than deê‘ted his people into dyuers garysons to kepe fronter warre ¶ Howe sir Godfray Harecourt was banysshed out of Fraunce Cap. C .xiiii. IN this season sir Godfray of Harecourt fell in the indygnation of the frenche kynge who was a great baron in Normandy and brother to therle of Harecourt lorde of saynt Sauyour the vycount and dyuers other townes in NormaÌ„dy And it was sayde all was but for enuy for a lytell before he was as great with the kyng and with the duke of NormaÌ„dy as he wolde desyre but he was as than openly banysshed the realm of Fraunce and yf the kynge coulde haue gette hym in his yre he wolde haue serued hym as he dyd sir Olyuer of Clyssone who was beheeded the yere before at Parys This ser Godfray had some frendes who gaue hym warnyng secretly howe the kyng was dyspleased with hym than he auoyded the realme assone as he myght and went into Brabant to the duke there who was his cosyn who receyued him ioyfully And ther he taryed alonge space and lyued of suche reuenewes as he had in Brabant for â—ut of Fraunce he coude gette nothynge The kyng had seaced all his landes there of Constantyne and tooke the profet therof hymselfe the duke of Brabant coude in no wyse gette agayne this knyght into the kynges fauoure for nothynge that he coude do This dyspleasure cost greatly the realme of Fraunce after and specially the contrey of Normandy for the tokens therof remayned a hyndred yere after as ye shall here in this hystorie ¶ Of the dethe of Jaques Dartuell of Gaunt Cap. C .xv. IN this season raygned in Flaunders in great prosperyte and puysaunce Jaques Dartuell of gauÌ„t who was as great with the kyng of Englande as he wolde desyre and he had promysed the kyng to make hym lorde and herytour of FlauÌ„ders and to endewe his sonne the prince of Wales therwith And to make the countâ—e of FlauÌ„ders a duke dome for the which cause 〈◊〉 feest saynt JohnÌ„ Babtyst they yere of our lorde god M. CCC .xlvi. the kynge of Englande was come to Sluse with many lordes knyghtes and had brought thyder with hym the yonge prince his sonne on the trust of the promyse of Jaques Dartuell The kyng withall his nauy lay in the hauyn of Sluse and there he kept his house and thyder came to vysette hym his frendes of Flaunders ther were great counsaylles bytwene the kyng and Jaques Dartuell on the one ê‘tie and the counsayls of the good townes of Flaunders on the other partie So that they of the countrey were nat of the agrement with the kyng nor with Jaques Dartuell who preched to theym that they shulde disheryte the erle Loyes their owne naturall lorde and also his yong sonne Loyes and to enheryte the sonne of the kynge of Englande the which thynge they sayd suerly they wolde neuer agre vnto And so the laste day of their counsayll the whiche was kept in the hauyn of Sluse in the kynges great shyppe called the Katheryne there they gaue a fynall answere by common acorde and sayde sir ye haue desyred vs to a thynge that is great and weyghtie the which herafter may sore touche the countrey of Flaunders and our heyres trewely we knowe nat at this day no persone in the worlde that we loue the preferment of so moche as we do yours but sir this thynge we cannat do alone without that all the coÌ„mynaltie of Flaunders acorde to the same sir we shall goo home and euery man speke with his coÌ„pany generally in euery towne and as the moost parte agre we shal be coÌ„tent and within a moneth we shall be here with you agayne and thanÌ„e gyue
he was rescued and remounted agayne and in the meane season some of the frenchemen chased their beestes quyckely into the hoost or els they had lost them for they that yssued out of Aguyllon set so feersly on the frenchmen that they putte theym to the slyght and delyuerd their company that were takenne and tooke many frenchemen prisoners And sir Charles of MomoreÌ„cy had moche warke to scape than thenglysshmen retourned into Aguyllon Thus euery day almoost there were suche rencounters besyde yâ— assautes on a day all the hole hoost armed them and the duke commaunded that they of Tholouz of Carcassone of Beaucayre shulde make assaut fro the mornynge tyll noone and they of Remergue Caours Agenoys fro noone tyll night And yâ— duke promysed who soeuer coude wynne the brige of the gate shulde haue in rewarde a hundred crownê also the duke the better to mentayne this assaut he caused to come on the ryuer dyuerse shyppes and baâ—ges some entred into them to passe the ryuer and some went by the bridge At the last some of theym toke a lytell vessell and went vnder the brige and dyde cast great hokes of yron to the drawe bridge and than drewe it to them so sore that they brake the chenes of yron yâ— helde the bridge and so pulled downe the bridge parforce Than the frenchmen lept on the bridge so hastely that one ouerthrewe an other for euery man desyred to wyn the hundred crownes they within cast downe barres of yron peces of tymbre pottes of lyme and hote water so that many were ouerthrowen fro the bridge into the water and into the dykes and many slayne sore hurt Howbeit the bridge was wonne perforce but it cost more than it was worthe for they coude nat for all that wyn the gate than they drewe a backe to their lodgynges for it was late thanÌ„e they within yssued out â–ª and newe made agayne their drawe bridge stronger thanÌ„e euer it was before The next day ther came to the duke two connyng men maisters in carpentre and sayde sir if ye woll let vs haue tymbre and workemen we shall make foure scaffoldes as hygh or hyer thanÌ„e the walles The duke coÌ„maunded that it shulde be done and to get carpenters in the coÌ„trey and to gyue them good wagê so these four scafoldes wer made in four shyppes but it was long first and cost moch or they were finysshed than such a shulde assayle the castell in theÌ„ were apoynted and entred And whan they were passed halfe the ryuer they within the castell let go four martynetes that they had newely made to resyst agaynst these scafoldes these four martynettes dyd cast out so great stones and so often fell on the scafoldes yâ— in a short space they were all to broken so that they that were within them coulde nat be pauysshed by theym so that they were fayne to drawe backe agayne and or they were agayne at lande one of the scafoldê drowned in yâ— water the moost part of theÌ„ that were Win it the which was great damage for therin were good knyghtes desyringe their bodyes to auauÌ„ce Whan the duke sawe that he coude nat come to his entent by that meanes he caused the other thre scafoldes to rest Than he coudese no way howe he might gette the castell and he had promysed nat to departe thense tyll he had it at his wyll without the kyng his father dyd sende for hym Than he sende the constable of France and the erle of Tankernyll to Parys to the kyng and there they shewed hym the state of the siege of Aguyllone the kynges mynde was that the duke shulde lye there styll tyll he had won them by famyn syth he coude nat haue theÌ„ by assaut ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande came ouer the see agayne to rescue them in Aguyllone Cap. C .xxi. THe kyng of Englande who had harde howe his meÌ„ 〈◊〉 constrayned in the castell of Aguyllon than he thought to go ouer the see 〈◊〉 to Gascoyne with a great 〈…〉 my ther he made his 〈◊〉 syon and sent for men all about his real 〈…〉 in other places wher he thought to spe 〈…〉 money In the same season the lord◠〈◊〉 of Harecourt came into Englande who was banysshed out of FrauÌ„ce he was well receyued with the kynge and retayned to be about hym and had fayre landê assigned hym in Englande to mentayne his degree Than the kynge caused a great nauy of shyppes to be redy in the hauyn of Hampton and caused all maner of men of warr to drawe thyder about the feest of saynt John Baptyst the yere of our lorde god M. C C C .xiv. the kynge deê‘ted fro the quene and lefte her in the gydinge of therle of Cane his cosyn And he stablysshed the lorde Persy and the lorde Neuyll to be wardyns of his realme with the archebysshoppe of yorke the bysshoppe of Lyncolne and the bysshoppÌ„ of Durham for he neuer voyded his realme but that he lefte euer ynough at home to kepe and defende the realme yf nede were Than the kyng rode to Hampton and there taryed for wynde than he entred into his shyppe and the prince of wales with hym and the lorde Godfray of Harecourt and all other lordes erles barownes and knyghtê with all their coÌ„panyes they were in nombre a foure thousande men of armes and ten thousande archers besyde Irysshmen and walsshmen that folowed the host a fote ¶ Nowe I shall name you certayne of the lordes that went ouer with kyng Edwarde in that iourney First Edward his eldest sonne prince of wales who as thanÌ„e was of the age of .xiii. yeres or there about the erles of Herforde Northamptone Arundell Cornewall warwyke HuÌ„tyngdon Suffolke and Oxenforth And of barons the lorde Mortymer who was after erle of Marche the lordes JohnÌ„ Loyes and Roger of BeauchaÌ„pe and the lorde Reynold Cobham Of lordes the lorde of Mombray Rose Lucy Felton Brastone Myllon Labey Maule Basset Barlett and wylloughby with dyuers other lordê And of bachelars there was JohnÌ„ Chandoys Fytzwaren Peter and James Audelay Roger of Uertuall Bartylmewe of Bries Rycharde of Penbruges with dyuers other that I can nat name fewe ther were of staÌ„gers ther was the erle Hauyou sir Olphas of Guystels and .v. or .vi. other knyghtes of Almayne and many other that I can nat name Thê° they say 〈◊〉 â—â—rth that day in the name of god they were 〈◊〉 〈…〉 warde on their way towarde Gascone 〈◊〉 on the thirde day ther rose a coÌ„trary wynde 〈…〉 them on the marches of Cornewall 〈…〉 lay at ancre .vi. dayes In that space 〈…〉 had other counsell by the meanes of 〈◊〉 Godfray Harcourt he counselled the kyng nat to go into Gascoyne but rather to set a lande in Normandy and sayde to the kyng sir the couÌ„tre of Normandy is one of the plentyous countreis of the worlde Sir on ieoê‘dy 〈◊〉 my heed if ye woll lande ther ther is none thaâ— shall
as ye thynke best yourselfe tyue hundred pounde sterlyng of yerely rent to you to your heyres for euer and here I make you squyer for my body ThanÌ„e the thyrde day he departed and retourned agayne into Englande whan he came home to his owne house he assembled to guyder his frendes and kynne and so they toke the kyng of Scottes and rode with hym to the cytie of yorke and there fro the kyng his lorde he presented the kyng of Scottes to the quene and excused hym so largely that the quene and her counsell were content Than the quene made good prouisyon for the cytie of yorke the castell of Rosbourg the cyte of Dyrham the towne of Newcastell vpon Tyne and in all other garysons on the marchesse of Scotlande and left in those marchesse the lorde Percy and the lorde Neuyll as gouernoure there thanne the quene departed fro yorke towardes London Than she sette the kynge of Scottes in the strong towre of London and therle Morette and all other prisoners and sette good kepyng ouer them Than she went to Douer and there tooke the see and had so good wynde that in a shorte space she arryued before Calays thre dayes before the feest of Alsayntes for whose coÌ„myng the kyng made a great feest and dyner to all the lordes ladyes that were ther the quene brought many ladyes and damoselles with her aswell to acompany her as to se their husbandes fathers bretherne and other frendes that lay at siege there before Calays and had done a longe space ¶ Howe the yonge erle of Flaunders ensured the kynges doughter of Englande Cap. C .xl. THe siege before Calais enduredde longe and many thynges fell in the meane season the whiche I canne nat write the fourthe parte The frenche kynge had sette men of warre in euery fortresse in those marchesse in the countie of Guynes of At thoyes of Boloyne and aboute Calays and had a great nombre of genowayes normayns and other on the see so that whan any of th 〈…〉 glysshmen wolde goo a forragynge other a 〈◊〉 or horsebacke they founde many tymes harde aduentures and often there was skirmysshing about the gates and dykes of the towne and often tymes some slayne and hurte on bothe parties some day yâ— one part lost and some day the other The kynge of Englande caused engyns to be made to oppresse theym within the towne but they within made other agayne to resist the so that they toke lytell hurt by them but nothynge coude come into the towne but by stelth and that was by the meanes of two maryners one called Maraunt and the other Mestryell and they dwelt in Abuyle by theym two they of Calays were often tymes reconforted and fresshed by stelth and often tymes they were in great â—yll chased and nere taken but alwayes they scaped and made many englysshemen to be drowned All that wynter the kyng lay â—â—yll at the siege and thought and ymagined euer to kepe yâ— commentie of Flaunders in frendshyppe for he thought by their meanes the soner to câ—e to his entent he sende often tymes to them with fayre promyses sayeng that if he myght gette Calys he wolde helpe them to recouer 〈◊〉 and Doway with all their appurtenaunces So by occasyon of sache promyses whyle the kyng was in Normandy towardes Cressey and Calays they went and layd siege to Bethwyn and ther captayne was sir Dedeart de â—onty who was banysshed out of Fraunce They helde a great siege before that towne and â—ore constrayned them by assaut but within were â—our knyghtes captayns set there by the frenche kyng to kepe the towne that is to say sir Gâ—ssray of Charney sir Ewstace of Rybamount sir Baâ—dwyâ— of Nekyn and sir JohnÌ„ of Landas they defended yâ— towne in suche wyse that the flemmynges waâ— nothyng ther but so departed and retourned agayne into Flaunders but whyle the kynge of Englande lay at siege before Calys he sent styll messaÌ„gers to them of Flanders and made them great promyses to kepe their amyte with hym and to oppresse the drift of the french kyng who dyde all that he coulde to drawe them to his opynyon The kyng of Englande wolde gladly yâ— the erle Loyes of Flaunders who was as than â—â—t fâ—fteâ—e yere of age shulde haue in marâ—age his doughter Isabell somoche dyd the kyng yâ— the fleÌ„mynges agreed therto wherof the kynge was gladde for he thought by that mariage the fleÌ„mynges wolde the gladlyer helpe hym and the fleÌ„mynges thought by hauyng of the kynge of Englande on their partie they might well râ—â—yst the frenchmen they thought it more necessary and profytable for them the loue of the kyng of Englande rather than the frenche kynge but the yong erle who had ben euer norysshed amoÌ„ge the noble men of France wolde nat agre and sayd playnly he wolde nat haue to his wyfe the doughter of hym that sleâ—e his father Also duke Johan of Brabant purchased greatly that yâ— erle of Flaunders shulde haue his doughter in maryage promysing hym that if he wolde take her to his wyfe that he wolde cause hym to enioy the hole erldome of Flanders other by â—ayre meanes or otherwyse Also the duke sayde to the frenche kyng sir if the erle of Flanders woll take my doughter I shall fynde the meanes that all the flemmynges shall take your part and for sake the kyng of Englande by the whiche promyse the frenche kyng agreed to that maryage Whan the duke of Brabant had the kyngê gode wyll than he sent certayne messaÌ„gers into FlaÌ„ders to the burgesses of the good townes and shewed them so fayre reasons that the counsayles of the good townes sent to the erle their naturall lorde certifyeng hym that if he wolde come into Flanders vse their counsayle they wolde be to hym trewe and good frendes and delyuer to hym all the rightes and iurysdictyons of FlaÌ„ders asmoche as euer any erle hadde The erle toke counsayle and went into Flaunders wher he was receyued with great â—oye and gyuen to hym many great presentes Ass one as the kyng of Englande harde of this he sende into Flaunders the erle of Northampton therle of Arundell and the lorde Cobâ—am they dyde somoche with the offycers and commons of Flaunders that they had rather that their lorde therle shulde take to his wyfe the kyng of Englandes doughter than the doughter of the duke of Brabâ—t And so to do they affectuously desyred their lorde shewed hym many fayre reasons to drawe hym to that way so that the burgesses that wer on the duke of Brabantes partie durste nat say the contrary but than the erle in nowyse wolde concent therto but euer he sayde he wolde natte wedde her whose father had slayne his though he myght haue halfe of the hole realme of Englande WhanÌ„e the flemmynges sawe that they sayd howe their lorde was to moche french and yuell counsayled and also sayd howe they wolde do no good to hym syth he wolde nat
belyue their counsayls than they toke and putte hym in Cortoyse prison and sayd howe he shulde neuer depart without he wolde folowe and byleue their counsayls Also they sayd that the erle his father belyued and loued to moche the frenchemen for if he wolde a byleued theÌ„ he shuld haue ben the greattest lorde in all christendome and recouered agayne Lysle Doway and Bethwyn yet alyue Thus the mater abode a certayne space the kynge of Englande lay styll at the siege before Calays and kept a great court that Christmas And about the begynnynge of lent after came thyder out of Gascoyne the erle of Derby the erle of Penbroke the erle of Can forte and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers that had passed the see with the erle Thus the erle of Flaunders was long in danger amonge the stemynges in Cortoyse prison and it greatly anoyed hym Than at last he sayde he wolde byleue their couÌ„sayle for he knewe well he sayd that he shulde haue more profet there than in any other contrey These wordes reioysed greatly the flemynges than they toke hym out of prison suffred hym to go a haukyng to the ryuer the which sport the erle loued well â–ª but euer ther was good watche layde on hym that he shulde nat steale away fro theym and they were charged on their lyues to take good hede to hym And also they were suche as were fauourable to the kyng of EnglaÌ„d they watched hym so nere that he coude nat pysse without their knowledge This endured so longe that at last the erle sayd that he wolde gladly haue to his wyfe the kyng of Englandes doughter than the flemmynges sende worde therof to the kynge and to yâ— quene and poynted a day that they shuld come to Bergus in the abbey and to bringe their doughter with theym and they wolde bring thyder their lorde the erle of Flanders and there to coÌ„clude vp the maryage The kyng and the quene were gladde therof and sayde that the flemmynges were good men so to Bergus bytwene Newport and Grauelynge came the moost saddest men of the gode townes in Flaunders and brought with theÌ„ the erle their lorde in great estate The kyng of Englande and yâ— quene were ther redy the erle curtesly inclyned to the kyng and to the quene the kyng toke the erle by the ryght hande right swetely and ledde hym forthe sayeng as for the dethe of the erle your father as god helpe me the day of the batayle of Cressey nor the nexte day after I neuer herde worde of hym that heshulde be there the yong erle by seÌ„blant made as thoughe he had ben content with the kynges excuse than they fyll in communycacyon of the maryage there were certayne artycles agreed vnto by the kyng of Englande and the erle Loyes of Flaunders and great amyties ther was sworâ—e bytwene them to be holden And there the erle fyaunced Isabell the kyng of Englandes doughter and promysed to wedde her â–ª so that iourney brake of and a newe day to be apoynted at more leaser the flemmynges retourned into Flaunders with their lorde and the kynge of Englande with the quene went agayne to the siege of Calays Thus the mater stode a certayne tyme and the kynge and the quene prepayred greatly agayne the maryage for iewelles and other thynges to gyue away acordyng to their behauyours The erle of Flanders dayly past the tyme at the ryuer and made semblant that this maryage pleased him greatly so the flemmynges thought that they were than sure ynough of hym so that there was nat so great watch made on hym as was before but they knewe nat well the coÌ„dycion of their lorde for what soeuer couÌ„tenance he made out warde his inwarde courage was all frenche So on a day he went forthe with his hawkes the same weke yâ— the maryage shulde haue ben finysshed his fauconer cast of a faukon to an hearon and therle cast of a nother so these two faukons chased the hearon and the erle rode after as to folowe his faucon And whan he was a gode way of and had the aduantage of the feldes he dasshed his spurres to his horse and galoped forth in suche wyse that his kepars lost hym styll he galoped forthright tyll he came into Arthoyes and ther he was in suretie And so than he rode into Fraunce to kyng Philyp and shewed hym all his aduenture the kynge and the frenchmen sayd howe he had dalt wysely the englysshmen on the othersyde said howe he had betrayed and disceyued them â–ª but for all that the kyng left nat to kepe the flemmynges in amyte for he knewe well the erle had done this dede nat by their couÌ„sell for they wer sore dyspleased therwith And the excuse that they made the kyng soone byleued it in that behalfe ¶ Howe sir Robert of Namure dyde hoâ—age to the kyng of England before Calays Cap. C .xli. WHyle the kynge lay at siege before Calays ther came to se the kynge and the quene dyuers lordê and knightes of Flanders â–ª of Brabant of Heynault and of Almaygne and there departed none agayne but that had great gyftes gyuen them The same season there was newely come into the countie of Namure and of Liege dut of the holy lande sir Robert of Namure and the lorde of Lespentyne hadde made hym knyght at the holy sepulcre This sir Robert was as than a yong lusty knight and was nat desyred of any of bothe kynges than he came of his owne good mynde well acoÌ„panyed and richely to the siege before Calayes and there presented hymselfe to the kyng of Englande who ioyfully receyued hym and so dyde the quene and all the other lordes he entred greatly into the kynges fauour â–ª bycause he bare the name of sir Robert de Arthoys his vucle Thus sir Robert became the kynges liege man the kynge gaue hym thre hundred pounde sterlynge by yere out of his cofers to be payde at Bruges there he taryed with the kynge before Calays tyll the towne was wonne as ye shall here after ¶ Howe thenglysshmen wanne the Rochdaren and howe sir Charles de Bloyes layed siege therto Ca. C .xlii. IT is longe nowe syth we spake of sir Charles de Bloyes as than the duke of Bretaygne and of the countesse of Mountforde but it was bycause of the truse that was takenne at Uannes the whiche was well kept For durynge the trewse eyther partie kept peasably that they had in possessyon and assone as the trewse was expyred they made agayne feerse warr There was coÌ„e into Bretaygne fro the kynge of Englande sir Thomas Dangorne and sir Johan Harewell they came thyder fro the siege of Calays with a hundred men of armes and foure hundred archers They taryed with the countes of MouÌ„t forde at Hanybout and with them sir 〈◊〉 of the castell bretone bretonant thenglysshmen and bretons of yâ— part made often tymes iourneys agaynst sir Charles de Bloyes men somtyme they wanne and somtyme
stryken of than euery man requyred the kyng for mercy but he wolde here no maÌ„in that behalfe than sir Gaultier of MaÌ„ny said a noble kyng for goddessake refrayne your courage ye haue the name of souerayn nobles therfore nowe do nat a thyng that shulde blemysshe your renome nor to gyue cause to some to speke of you villany euery man woll say it is a great cruelty to put to deth suche honest persons who by their owne wylles putte themselfe into your grace to saue their coÌ„pany Than the kyng wryed away fro hym and coÌ„maunded to sende for yâ— hangman and sayd they of Calys hath caused many of my meÌ„ to be slayne wherfore these shalt dye in likewyse Than the quene beynge great with chylde kneled downe sore wepyng sayd a geÌ„tyll sir syth I passed the see in great parell I haue despred nothyng of you therfore nowe I huÌ„bly requyre you in yâ— honour of the son of the virgyn Mary and for the loue of me that ye woll take mercy of these sixe burgesses The kyng be helde yâ— quene stode styll in a study a space and thaÌ„ sayd a dame I wold ye had ben as nowe in soÌ„e other place ye make suche request to me yâ— I can nat â—eny you wherfore I gyue them to you to do your pleasure with theym than the quene caused theÌ„ to be brought into her chambre and made the halters to be taken fro their neckes and caused them to be newe clothed and gaue them their dyner at their leser And than she gaue ech of them sire nobles and made theÌ„ to be brought out of thoost in sauegard set at their lyberte ¶ Howe the kyng of England repeopled the towne of Calys with englysshmen Cap. C .xlvii. THus the strong towne of Calays was gyuen vp to kyng Edwarde of England the yere of our lorde god M CCC .xlvi. in the moneth of august the kyng of EnglaÌ„d called to hym sir Gaultier of Manny and his two marshals therle of Warwyke and therle of Stafforde and sayd to theÌ„ Sirs take here the kayes of the towne and castell of Calys go and take possessyon there and putte in prison all the knyghtes that be there all other soudyours that came thyder symply to wynne their lyueng cause theym to auoyde the towne And also all other men women and chyldren for I wolde repeople agayne the towne with pure englysshmen So these thre lordes with a hundred with them went and toke possessyon of Calys and dyd put in prison sir JohnÌ„ de Uien sir JohnÌ„ of Surrey sir JohnÌ„ of Belborne and other than they made all the soudyers to bring all their harnesse into a place apoynted layed it all on a hepe in the hall of Calys thanne they made all maner of people to voyde kept there no mo persons but a preest and two other auncyent personages suche as knewe the customes lawes and ordynaunces of the towne and to signe out the herytagê howe they were deuyded than they prepared the castell to lodge the kyng and quene and prepared other houses for the kynges company Than the kyng mounted on his horse and entred into the towne with trumpets tabours nakquayres and hormyes and there the kyng lay tyll the quene was brought a bedd of a fayre lady named Margarete The kynge gaue to sir Gaultier of MaÌ„ny dyuers fayre houses within the towne and to therle Stafforde to the lorde of Bethene to sit Bartylmewe of Bomes and to other lordes to repeople agayn the towne the kynges mynde was whan he caÌ„e into Englande to sende out of London a .xxxvi. good burgesses to Calys to dwell there and to do somoche that the towne myght be peopled with pure englysshmen the which entent the kynge fulfylled Than the newe towne and bastyd that was made without the towne was pulled downe and the castell that stode on the hauyn rasshed downe and the great tymbre and stones brought into the towne than the kynge ordayned men to kepe the gates walles and barryers and ameÌ„ded all thynges within the towne and sir JohnÌ„ de Uien and his coÌ„pany were sent into Englande and were halfe a yere at London than they were putte to raunsome me thynke it was great pyte of the burgesses and other men of the towne of Calys women and chyldren whasie they were fayne to forsake their houses herytages and goodes and to bere away nothyng and they had no restorement of the frenche kyng for whose sake they lost all the moost part of them went to saynt Omers The cardynall Guy de Boloyne who was come into FraÌ„ce in legacyon and was with the frenche kynge his cosyn in the cytie of Amyense he purchased somoche that a truse was taken bytwene the kynges of Englande and of Fraunce their contres herytages to endure two yeres To this truse all ê‘ties were agreed but Bretayne was clerely excepte for the two ladyes made styll warre one agaynst the other Than the kyng of Englande and the quene retourned into Englande and the kyng made captayne of Calys sir Amery of Pauy a lumbarde borne whom the kyng had greatly auaunced than the kynge sende fro LoÌ„don .xxxvi. burgesses to Calays who were ryche and sage and their wyues and chyldren and dayly encreased the nombre for the kynge graunted there suche lyberties and franchysses that men were gladde to go and dwell there the same tyme was brought to LoÌ„don sir Charles de Bloyes who called hymselfe duke of Breten he was putte in Cortoyse prison in the towre of London with the kyng of Scottes and the erle Morette but he had nat ben there longe but at the request of the quene of Englande sir Charles her cosyn germayne was receyuedde on his fayth and trouth and rode all about London at his pleasure but he might natly past one night out of London without it were with the kynge or with the quene Also the same tyme ther was prisoner in Englande therle of Ewe and Guynes a right gentyll knyght and his dealynge was suche that he was welcome wher soeuer he came and with the kyng and quene lordes ladyes and damosels ¶ Of the dealynge of a brâ—gant of Languedocke called Bacon Cap. C .xlviii. ALl this yere these two kynges helde well the trewse taken bytwene them but sir WyllmÌ„ Duglas and the scottes beyng in the forest of Gedeours made warre dayly on the englysshmen Also suche as were in Gascoyne Poyctou and Xayntone aswell frenche as englysshe kept nothyng the trewse taken bytwene the two kynges but conquered often tymes townes and castels one vpon the other byforce by purchase or by stelth nyght day and often tymes ther fell bytwene theÌ„ many fayre aueÌ„tures somtyme to the frenchmen and somtyme to thenglysshmen alwayes the poore brigantes wanne in robyng of townes and castels And some therby came riche so that they were made capitayns of other brigantes there were some well worthe .xl. thousande crownes often tymes they wold spy
gode a noÌ„bre of men with hym and dayly might haue mo whanÌ„e he lyst And he delyuered to the lorde Edwarde of Renâ—y .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 coÌ„e 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 MaÌ„ny 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 theÌ„selfe 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 Beâ—â—le 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 whanÌ„e 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 coÌ„tynent 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 freÌ„chmen 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 SeÌ„py the lorde of Louchinleych and the lorde of Namure many were taken by their owne outrage that might haue bensaued if they had lyst WhanÌ„e it was fayre day that euery man myght knowe other than some of the french knyghtes and squyers asseÌ„bled 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 HeÌ„ry 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 DeceÌ„bre 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 freÌ„chmen knewe well that the kynge had ben there personally hy 〈…〉 vnder the baner of sir Gaultier of MaÌ„ny the kynge sayd he wolde gyue them all that â—â—ght a supper in the castell of Calys the hour of supper caÌ„e and tables couerd And the kyng and his knyghtes were ther redy euery man in newe aâ—arell and the frenchmen also were ther and made good chere thoughe they were prisoners The kyng satte downe and the lordes and knyghâ—â—s 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 ThanÌ„e whan supper was done and the tables take away the kynge taryed styll in the hall with his knyghtes with the frenchmen and he
was bare heeded sauyng a chapelet of fyne perles yâ— he ware on his â—eed Than the kynge went fro one to another of the frenchmen and whan he came to sir Geffray of Charney a lytell he changed his countenance loked on hym and sayd sir Geffray by reason I shulde loue you butte a lytell whaâ— ye wolde steale by night fro me that thynge which I haue so derâ—ly bought and hath cost me somoch gode I am right â—oyouse and gladde that I haue taken you with the proffe ye wolde haue a better markette than I haue had whan ye thought to haue Calys for .xx. thousande crownes but god hath holpen me and ye haue fayled of your purpose and therwith the kyng went fro hym and he gaue neuer a worde to answere Than yâ— kynge caÌ„e to sir Eustace of Rybamont and ioyously to hym he sayd sir Eustace ye are the knyght in the worlde that I haue sene moost valyant assayle his ennemyes and defende hymself nor I neuer founde knyght yâ— euer gaue me somoche a do body to body as ye haue done this day wherfore I gyue you the price aboue all the knightes of my court by right senteÌ„ce than the kyng toke the chapelet that was vpon his heed beyng bothe fayre goodly and tyche and sayd sir Eustace I gyue you this chapelet for the best doar in atâ—es in this journey past of eyther party and I desyre you to bere it this yere for the loue of me I knowe well ye be fresshe and amorouse and often tymes be among ladyes and damoselles say wher soeuer ye come that I dyd gyue it you and I quyte you your prison and ransome and ye shall depart tomorowe if it please you The same yere a thousande thre hundred .xlix. kynge Philyppe of Fraunce wedded his seconde â—â—yfe the wednisday the .xxix. day of January dame Blanche doughter to kynge Philyppe of Nauerre who dyed in Spayne she was of the age of eyghtene yere or there about Also the nynetene day of February next after in yâ— begynning of lent the duke of Normandy the kyngê eldest sonne wedded his seconde wyfe at saynt Geneuese nere to saynt Germayne in Lay Jane couÌ„tesse of Bolayne somtyme wyfe to the lorde Phylyppe sonne to the duke Eudos of Burgoyne yâ— which lorde Philyppe dyed before Aguyllone a thre yere before that She was doughter of the erle Wyllyam of Bolayne and of the doughter of Lâ—yes erle of Eureur this lady helde in her handes the duchy of Burgoyne and the countesse of Arthoyes Bolayne Auuergne and dyuerse other landes ¶ Of the dethe of kynge Philyppe of France and of the coronacyon of his sonne JohnÌ„ Cap. C .liii. IN the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .l. at the beginyng of August sir Raoll of Caours dyuerse other knyghtê and squyers to the nombre of sixscore men of armes fought before a castell called Auleon within a capitayne of the kynge of Englandes in Bretayne called sir Thomas DaÌ„gorne And the same sir ThomÌ„s ther â—â—ayn and to the nombre of a. C. men of armes with hym the same yere the .xxii. day of August king PhilyppÌ„ dyed at Nogeunt and was caryed to our ladyes church in Parys And the thursday after he was buryed at saynt Denyse on the lyft hande of the hygh auter and his bowelles were buryed at the Jacopyns in Parys and his hert at Bourfontayne in Ualoys The .xxvi. day of Septembre next ensuynge on a sonday was sacred and crowned at Reyns kynge JohnÌ„ eldest son to kyng Philyp and the same day the quene also was crowned and ther the king made certayne knyghtes his eldest son dolphyn of Uyen Loys his seconde son erle of Alanson the erle of StaÌ„pes the lorde Johâ— of Arthoys yâ— duke PhilyppÌ„ of Orlyaunce brother to the kyng the duke of Burgoyne son to the quene by her 〈◊〉 husbande the lorde Philyp of Burgoyn therle DaÌ„martyn and dyuers other And the â—oÌ„day after the kyng departed and went to Parys by Laon Soyssons and Seâ—lys and the kynge and quene entred into Parys in great tryuÌ„phe the .xvii. day of Octobre and there kept a great feest the hole weke and the kyng â—aryed thet at Neele and at his palys tyll it was saynt Martyns tyde and there made ordynaunce for his ê‘lyament The tuesday the .xvi. day of NoueÌ„bre Raffe erle of Ewe and of Guynes constable of France who was newly come out of prison in England was taken in yâ— kyngê house at Neele in Parys wher the kyng was by the prouost of Parys at the kynges coÌ„maundemeÌ„t and in the saÌ„e house he was put in prison tyll the thursday after about the hour of matyns the same day he was beheeded in prison in the presence of the duke of Burbon the erle Armynake the erle of Monford the lorde JohnÌ„ of Bolayne therle of Renell and dyuers other knyghtes who were there present by the coÌ„maundement of the kyng who was at his palays This coÌ„stable was beheeded for high treasons the which he coÌ„fessed to the duke of Athenes and to dyuers other he was buryed in the augustyâ—s in Parys without the walles of the church by the apoyntment of yâ— kyng for honour of the frendes of the sayd constable In the moneth of January â—olowynge Charles of Spayne to whom the kyng had gyuen the countie of Angolen was than made coÌ„stable of France The first day of Aprill next after the lorde Guy of Neell marshall of Fraunce fought in â—ayntou with dyuers englysshmen 〈◊〉 gascoyns and the sayde marshall and his men were there dysconfited the marshall taken prisoner and the lorde Wy 〈…〉 his brother yâ— lorde Arnolde Dandrehen dyuers other On good friday the .x. day of Aprill the yere of our lorde M. CCC .li. was presented a reed hatte to Gyles Rygalt of Roussy who was abbot of saynt Denyce and was made cardynall in the palais of Parys in the presence of the kyng by the bysshoppe of Laon Parys by authorite of a bull fro the pope the which hadde naâ— be acustomed ther before In sepreÌ„bre after the frenchmen recouered the towne of saynt JohnÌ„ Dangle the which theÌ„glysshmen had kept â—yue yere it was delyuerd vp by theÌ„glysshmen bycause they had nothyng to lyue by wout any maâ—eâ— of batayle in the moneth of Octobre was publyâ—â—hed yâ— fraternyte of the noble house of saynt Ouenâ—eâ— to Paris all suche as were bretherne ther bare a starre on his bonet and on his mantell before This yere was the grettest darth that any man than lyueng coude remeÌ„bre throughout all france for a ceptyer of whete was worthe at Parys viii .li. parisieâ— â–ª and a septier of otes at .lx. s. of parys for a busshell of pees .viii. s. other grenes there after In the same moneth of Octobre the same day that the fraternyte of saynt Owen was celebrate thenglysshmen toke the towne of Guynes for all the truse the same yer ther was a maryage made bytwene the constable
as he ought to be to his father chiefe lorde thanÌ„e the duke of Athenes sayde in kynges behalfe the kynge doth pardon hym all thynges with a good hert ¶ Of an inposycion and gabell ordayned in Fraunce by the thre estates for the feates of the warres Cap. C .lv. ALso in the yere of oure lorde M. CCC .lv. in yâ— moneth of Octobre the prince of Wales eldest son to the kyng of England went into Gascoyne and went nere to Tholouz and so paste the ryuer of Garon went into Cracassone and brent the borowe but the cytie was well defended And fro thens he went to Narbon breÌ„nyng and exilynge the contrey and in the moneth of Nouembre he retourned to Burdeur with great pyllage and many prisoners for no man resysted hym And yet in the contrey was therle of Armynake lieutenant to the french kyng in Langnedocke and also the lorde of Foitz the lorde Janques of Burbon the lorde of Pontheu the coÌ„stable of France and the lorde JohnÌ„ of Cleremont marshall of Fraunce and a farre gretter company than the prince had the same yere in the ende of Octobre the kyng of England caÌ„e to Calys and he rode with a great hoost to Hedyn brake the parke ther and brent the house within about the ê‘ke but he entred nat into the town nor castell And the frenche kyng who had made his assemble at the cytie of Amyens heryng of the kyng of Englande rode towarde hym but the kyng of England was returnyng to Calys and the french kyng folowed hym tyll he came to saynt Omers And than he send his marshall Dauthayne dyuers other to the kyng of England offeryng to fight body to body or power to pouer what day soeuer he wold apoynt but yâ— kyng of England refused that batayle so retourned agayn into England and the frenche kyng to Parys The same yere about the feest of saynt Andrue there was assembled at Pares by the kynges coÌ„mauÌ„ment the prelates of France the barownes and the counsayls of the good townes And ther the chanceler of France in the ê‘lyament chambre resyted the state of the warres of France desyring them thervpon to take aduyce what ayd might be gyuen to the kyng to mentayne defende the sayd warres and also he sayde it is come to the kynges knowledge howe that his subgettes ar sore greued by reason of the mutacyon of yâ— moneys Therfore the kyng offereth to make gode money durable so yâ— they wolde graunt hym sufficient ayde to meÌ„tayne his warres they answered that is to say the clergy by the mouth of the archbysshop of Reyns the nobles by yâ— duke of Athenes and the good townes by the mouth of Stephyn Martell prouost of the marchantê of Parys All they sayde they were redy to lyue and dye with the kynge put their bodyes and goodes into his seruyce requyring to haue deliberacyon to speke togyder the which was grauÌ„ted theÌ„ The same yere the vigyll of the coÌ„cepcion of our lady the kyng gaue the duchy of Normandy to Charles dolphyn of Uienoys his eldest son and the next day he made his homage After the delyberacyon taken by the thre estates they answered to the kyng in the ê‘lyament chaÌ„bre by the mouthes of the sayde thre ê‘sons howe they wolde fynde hym for one yer xxx M. men at their costê charge the finaÌ„ce to pay the wagê of so many men of warre was estemed to .l. M. 〈◊〉 parisienÌ„ the thre estatê ordenid this somÌ„e to be leuyed of euery ê‘son of euery estate meÌ„ of yâ— nobles and other euery man .viii. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of euery pounde and that the gabell of salt shulde ron through the realme but bycause they were nat in certayne of this inposicyon â–ª â—abell shuld suffyce Therfore it was ordayned that the thre states shulde retourne agayne to Parys to se knowe if this inposicyon wâ—lde serue or no the first day of March at the which day thyder agayne they came all except certayne of yâ— great townes of Picardy and Normandy and some nobles of the same such as were at the inposicion makyng came thyder they founde that the first graunt wolde nat suffyce to reysâ— the sayde some Wherfore they ordayned a newe subseâ—y that is to say that euery person of the blode royall or otherwyse clerke lay relygious or relygions except and nat except householders curates of churches hauyng rentes or reuenewes offices or admnystracyon women wydowes chyldren maryed or natte maryed hauyng any thynge of their owne or in any others kepynge none age or admynistracion And all other of euery estate authorite or priuylege that they aâ—â— thaÌ„ vsed or haue vsed in tyme past if it be C. 〈◊〉 of reuenues or vnder if it befor terme of lyse in herytage in plege or by meanes of office or peÌ„cion duryng lyfe or at wyll shall pay to hiss ayde subsidy of euery .iiii. 〈◊〉 .xl. souces And of .x. 〈◊〉 of reuenues or aboue .xx. souces labourers and workemen lyueng by their labour shall pay .x. souces seruantes prentyses lyueng by their seruyces takyng C. s. by yere or more shall in likewyse pay .x. s. taking these moneys after yâ— rate of Parys money in that countre and at Courney for the money currant in that partes And if seruantes haue nat by yere but. C. ss 〈◊〉 they shall pay nothing wourthey haue goodê after the rate than shall they pay as other do and also beggers monkes and cloystereus without offyce or admynistracyon nor chyldren beynge in warde vnder the age of .xv. yere hauyng nothyng in their handes nor noones hauynge no reuenewes aboue .x. 〈◊〉 shall pay nothynge nor also women maryed because their husbandes payeth for the value of their husbandess shal be rekened aswell for that they haue by their wife 's as of their owne And as for clerkess and men of the church prelatâ— abbottes prâ—ours chanons curates and other as is beforesayde if they be worthe aboue C. 〈◊〉 in reuenewes by yere in beneficâ— of the church or patrimony or yâ— one with the other to the somÌ„e of .v. M. 〈◊〉 they shall pay iiii 〈◊〉 for the first C. 〈◊〉 and for euery C. 〈◊〉 after tyll ye come to the somÌ„e of .v. M. 〈◊〉 .xl. ss nor they shall pay nothyng for that they may speâ—â—e aboue .v. M. 〈◊〉 nor for their mouaâ—lâ—◠〈◊〉 〈◊〉 value of their benefyces shal be estemed after the rate of their dymes whan that is pay 〈…〉 〈◊〉 out any excepcion or priuyledge And as for noble men men of yâ— good townes that may spâ—â—de aboue the somÌ„e of C. 〈◊〉 in reuenewes 〈…〉 pay tyll they come to the somÌ„e of .v. M. 〈◊〉 for euery C .xl. s. besyde .iiii. 〈◊〉 of yâ— first C. 〈◊〉 Aâ—d the men of the gode townes insemblable maner tyll they come to M. 〈◊〉 of reuenues and as for the mouables of the noble men that haue naâ— C. 〈◊〉 of reuenewes their mouables shal be estemed and rekenyd
feldes of Beaumont and Malpertnes was right great and peryllous and many dedes of armes there was done the which all came nat to knowlege The fyghters on bothe parties endured moche payne kyng JohnÌ„ with his owne handes hyd that day maruels in armes he had an axe in his haÌ„des wherwith he defended hymselfe fought in the brekynge of the prease nere to the kynge ther was taken the erle of Tankernyll sir Jaques of Burbon erle of Ponthieu and the lorde Johan of Arthoyes erle of Ewe And a lytell aboue that vnder the baner of the Captall of buâ— was taken sir Charles of Arthoys and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers the chase endured to the gates of Poiters ther were many slayne and beaten downe horse man for they of Poyters closed their gates and wolde sussre noue to entre wherfore in the stretebefore the gate was horrible murdre men hurt beaten downe the frenchemen yelded themselfe as farre of as they might know an englysshmaÌ„ ther were byuers â—glysshe archers yâ— had .iiii. v. or vi prisoners yâ— lorde of Pous a gret baron of Poiton was ther slayne and many other knyghtes and squyers And ther was taken therle of Rochuart yâ— lorde of DaÌ„nauemeÌ„t the lorde of Pertney of Xaynton the lorde of Montendre the lorde JohnÌ„ of Sayntre but he was so sore hurt that he had neuer helth after he was repured for one of yâ— best knightê in France And ther was left for deed among other deed men the lorde Rychard Dangle who fought that day by the kyng right valyaÌ„t ly so dyd the lorde of Charny on whom was great prease bycause he bare yâ— souerayne baner of the kyngê his owne bauer was also in yâ— felde the which was of goules thre scochyns syluer So many englysshmen gascons came to that part yâ— perforce they opyned the kynges batell so that the frenchmen were so mengled amonge their ennemyes that somtyme there was fyue men vpon one geÌ„tylman ther was taken yâ— lord of PoÌ„padour the lorde Bartylmewe de Brunes and ther was slayne sir Gestray of Charny with the kynges baner in his handes Also yâ— lorde Reynold CobhmÌ„ slewe therle of DaÌ„martyn than ther was a great prease to take yâ— kynge such as knewe hym cryed ser yelde you or els ye ar but deed Ther was a knyght of saynt Omers retayned in wages with the kyng of England called ser Denyce Morbecke who had serued the englysshmen .v. yere before bycause in his youth he had forfayted the realme of France for a murdre that he dyd at saynt Omers It happenyd so well for hym yâ— he was next to the kynge whan they were about to take hym he stepte forthe into the prease and by strength of his body and armes he came to the frenche kyng and sayd in gode frenche sir yelde you the kyng be helde the knyght sayde to whom shall I yelde me Where is my cosyn the prince of Wales yf I myght se hym I wolde speke with hym Denyce auswered and sayd sir he is nat here but yelde you to me and I shall bringe you to hym who be you ê™ the kynge sir ê™he I am Denyce of Morbecke a knyght of Arthops but I serue the kyng of Englande bycause I am banysshed the realme of Fraunce and I haue forfaytedde all that I had there Than the kynge gaue hym his ryght gauntlet sayeng I yelde me to you there was a great prease about the kynge foreuery man entorsed hym to say I haue taken him so that the kyng coude nat go forward with his yonge sonne the lorde Philyppe with hym bycause of yâ— prease The price of Wales who was coragious cruell as a lyon toke that day great pleasure to fight and to chase his ennemyes the lorde JohnÌ„ Chandos who was with hym of all that day neuer left hym nor neuer toke hede of takynge of any prisoner Than at the ende of the batayle he sayde to the prince sir it were good that you rested her and sette your baner a high in this busshe that your people may drawe hyder for they be sore spredde a brode nor I canse no mo baners nor penons of the frenche partie wherfore sir rest and refresshe you for ye be sore chafed Than the princes baner was sette vppÌ„ a hygh ou a busshe and trumpettes and clarions began to sowne than the prince dyd of his basenet and the knyghtes for his body and they of his chambre were redy aboute hym and a reed pauilyou pyght vppÌ„ and than drinke was brought forthe to the prince and for suche lordes as were aboute hym the which styll encreased as they came fro the chase ther they taryed their prisoners with theym And whan the two marshalles were come to the prince he demaunded of them if they knewe any tidynges of the frenche kyng they answered and sayde sir we here none of certenty but we thike verily he is other deed or taken for he is nat gone out of yâ— batels Than the prince sayd to therle of warwyke to sir Reynolde Cobham sirs I requyre you god forthe and se what ye can knowe that at your retourne ye may shewe me the trauth These two lordes toke their horses and departed fro yâ— prince and rode vp a lytell hyll to loke about them than they parceyued a flocke of men of armes coÌ„mynge togyder right werely There was the frenche kyng a fote in great parell for englysshmen and gascoyns were his maisters they had taken hym fro ser Denyce Morbecke ê‘fore and suche as were moost of force sayd I haue taken hym nay ê™ another I haue taken hym so they straue which shulde haue him Than the french kyng to eschue that peryll sayd sirs stryue nat lede me courtesly and my sonne to my cosyn the prince and stryue nat for my takynge for I am so great a lorde to make you all riche the kyngê wordes somwhat a peased them howe beit euer as they went they made ryot and brauled for the takyng of the kyng Whan the two foresayd lordes sawe and herde that noyse and stryfe amoÌ„g them they came to them and sayd sirs what is the mater that ye stryue for sirs sayd one of theÌ„ it is for the frenche kyng who is here taken prisoner and there be mo than .x. knyghtes squyers that chalengeth the takynge of hym and of his sonne thanÌ„e the two lordes entred into the prease and caused euery man to drawe a backe and commaunded them in the princes name on peyne of their heedes to make no more noise nor to aproche the kyng no nerer without they were coÌ„maunded ThanÌ„e euery man gaue rowme to the lordes and they a lyghted and dyd their reuereÌ„te to the kyng and so brought hym and his son in peace and rest to the prince of Wales ¶ Of the gyft that the prince gaue to the lorde Audeley after the batell of Poycters Ca. C .lxv. ASsone as therle of War wyke
the duchy of Bretayne Anone after the french kyng was remoued fro the Sauoy to the castell of wyndsore and all his house holde and went a huntyng and a haukyng ther about it his pleasur and the lorde Philypp his son with hym and all the other prisoners abode styll at London and went to se the kyng at their pleasure and were receyued all onely on their faythes ¶ Howe the kyng of Scottes was delyuered out of prison Cap. C .lxxiiii. YE haue herde here before howe kyng Dauyd of Scotlande was taken was prisoner in Englande more than .ix. yere And anone after the truse was concluded bytwene Englande and Fraunce the two foresayd cardynals with the bysshoppe of saynt Andrewes in Scotlande fell in treaty for the delyuerance of the kyng of Scottê The treaty was in suche maner that the kyng of Scotes shulde neuer after arme hymselfe agaynst the kyng of Englande in his realme nor counsayle nor consent to any of his subgetes to arme them nor to greue nor make warre agaynst England And also the kyng of Scottes after his retourne into his realme shulde put to all his payne and dilygence that his men shulde agre that the realme of Scotland shuld holde in fee and do homage to the kyng of England And if the realme wolde nat agree thereto yet the kynge of Scottes to swere solemply to kepe good peace with the kyng of Englande and to bynde hymselfe and his realme to pay within .x. yere after fyue hundred thousande nobuls and at the somonyng of the kyng of England to sende gode pleges and hostages as the erle of Duglas therle of Morette the erle of Mare the erle of Surlant the erle of Fye the baron of Uersey and sir Wyllyam of Caumoyse And all these to abyde in Englande as prisoners and hostagers for the kyng their lorde vnto the tyme that the sayd paymeÌ„t of money be full content and payed Of this ordynaunce and bondes there were made instrumentes publykes and letters patentes sayled by bothe kynges And than the kyng of Scottê deê‘ted and went into his realme and his wyfe quene Isabell suster to the kynge of Englande with hym and he was honourably receyued in his realme and he went and lay at saynt Johsis towne on the ryuer of Try tyll his castell of Edenborough was newe prepared ¶ Howe the duke of Lancaster layed siege to Reynes Cap. C .lxxv. ABoute the myddes of May in the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .lvii. the duke of Lacastre made in Breten a great army of englysshmen of bretons in the ayde of the countesse of Moutfort and or ner yonge sonne they were in nombre a thousande men of armes well aparelled and .v. hundred of other with archers And they departed on a day fro Hanybout and went forthe breÌ„nyng and exilyng the contrey of Bretayne and so came before the good cyte of Reynes and layed siege therto and made many assautes and lytell good dyde for within was the Uycount of Rowan the lorde dela wall sir Charles of Dignen and dyuers other And also there was a yong bachelar called Bertraude of â—lesquyne who duryng the siege fought with an englyssh man called sir Nycholas Dagorne and that batayle was takenÌ„e thre courses with a speare thre strokes with an are and thre with a dagger And eche of these knyghtes bare themselfe so valyantly that they departed fro the felde wtout any damage and they were well regarded bothe of theym within and they without The same season the lorde Charles de Bloyes was in the countrey and pursewed sore the regent of Fraunce desyring hym to sende men of warr to reyse the siege at Reynes but the regent had suche busynes with the maters of the realme that he dydde nothynge in that cause So the siege lay styll before Reynes ¶ How a knyght of the county of Eureuse called sir wyllyam of Granuyll wan the cytie and castell of Eureux the which as than was french for the frenche kyng had won it fro the Naaeroys as ye haue herde before Capitulo C. lxxvi A knight named the lorde of Granuyll ê‘tayning to the kyng of Nauer bothe by fayth and othe gretly it displeased hym the preseÌ„tmeÌ„t of the kyng of Nauerre and also it was right dysplesant to some of the burgesses of Eureur but they coude nat amende it bycause the castell was their enemy This lorde dwelt a two leages fro the cyte and osten tymes he resorted to the cite to a burges house that in tyme before euer loued well the kyng of Nauer WhaÌ„ this lorde came to this burgesse house he wolde eate drinke with hym and speke and coÌ„men of many maters specially of the kyng of Nauer and of his takyng wherwith they wer nothing coÌ„tent And on a tyme this lorde sayd to the burges if ye woll agre with me Ishal on a day wyn agayne this cyte bourge castell to the behofe of the kyng of Nauer howe may that be sayd yâ— burges for the captayn of the castell is so gode a freÌ„chman that he woll neuer agre therto with out the castell ye can do nothynge for the castell ouer maistreth the cytie Well ê™ the lorde Wyllyam Ishall she we you first it behoueth that ye gette of your acorde thre or foure other burgesses and prouyde redy in your houses certayne men well armed and Ishall warraÌ„t you on my peryll that ye shall entre into the castell without â—anger by asubtyltie that I wyll coÌ„pase This burgesse dyde somoche in a briefe tyme that he dyd gette a hundred burgesses of his opinyon This lorde of Granuyll came in and out into yâ— cyte at his pleasure without any suspectyon for he was neuer in harnes with sir Philyp of Nauerre in no iourney that he made bycause his lande lay nere to the cytie of Eureur And also the frenche kyng whan he wan the cytie he caused all the landes there aboute to be bounde to hym els he wolde haue taken them to his owne vse So the freuche kyng had the countrey but the hertes of the people were styll naueroyse also if kyng JohnÌ„ had ben in Fraunce as he was in Englande he durst nat haue done as he dyd but he thought yâ— maters of France were insore trouble and also ê‘ceyued howe the thre estates wer well mynded to the delyueraÌ„ce of the kyng of Nauer And whan he saw all his mater redy 〈◊〉 well forward that the burgesses of his opynyon were well aduysed what they shulde do he armed hymselfe with secrete armour dyd on a â—â—opp aboue a cloke aboue that and vnder his arme he bare a short batell axe with hym went a varlet who was â—riuy to his mynd And so he came walkyng before the castell gate as he had often tymes done before he walked vp downe so often that at last the capitayne came downe and opyned the wycket as he was wont to do and stode and loked about hym And
same season on a day certayne of the coÌ„pany of syr Peter Audeleys rode forth and entred into a towne called Ronay and robbed it clene and as the curate was at masse there entred into the churche an englisshe squier and toke the Chalays fro the aulter wherin the prest shulde haue consecrated and dyd caste out the wyne and bycause the preest spake to hym he strake hym with his gauntlet that the bludde felle vpon the aulter Than they departed and went into the feldes and this squier had with hym the patent and corporal and sodaynly his horse beganne to tourne and so to take on that none durste approche nere hym and horse and man fell to the erthe and eche of them strangled other and sodaynly were tourned into pouder Than the other companions made a vowe neuer after to violate any churche In the same season they of the garison of Mauconsell wanted prouysion and so solde theyr fortresse to them of Noyon and to them of the countrey there about for .xii. M. motons of golde and so to departe with all theyr goodes And so they went into other fortresses as to Craell Cleremount Hereell Uelly Pierpount Roussey and to Sissome The whiche fortresses had ben long in the handes of Naueroys and after the peace bitwene the duke of Normandy and the kyng of Nauer they were englysse And whan they of Noyon had MaucoÌ„sel they rasshed it to the erthe Also JohnÌ„ Segure solde the fortresse of Nogent to the bysshop of Troyes for a certayne some of florens wherof he had wrytynge vnder the bysshops seale and so he came into the cite of Troye and alyghted at the bysshop lodgynge who sayd to hym ser JohnÌ„ ye shall abyde here with me a thre or foure dayes and than ye shall haue your money and he who was come thether vnder the assuraunce of the bysshop agreed therto Than the comons of the cite beganne to saye Howe dothe our bysshop tryfle and mocke vs sythe he kepeth aboute hym the greattest brybour and robber in all Fraunce and wolde that we shulde gyue hym oure money Than there rose a great noÌ„bre of the same opynyon and sente to kepe theyr gates that he shulde nat skape theym and there came in harneys a syxe thousande of one sorte to slee hym in the bysshops lodgynge Whan the bysshop sawe that he sayde to them Fayre frendes he is come hyther vnder my saue conducte and ye knowe the treatye and bargayne betwene hym and me by your accorde hit were great shame and vntrueth vnder this assurance to do hym any villanye But what so euer he sayd they entred into his halle by force and so into his chaÌ„bre and sought so naro welye that at laste they founde hym and there slewe hym and hewed hym all to peces ¶ Howe the frenchemen refused the peace that theyr kyng made in Englande Cap. CC .i. IT is longe sythe I spake of the kynge of Englande but I had nonÌ„ occasion to speke of hym tyll nowe for as long as the treuce endured there was no warâ— made bitwene them but assoone as yâ— truce was exspired the fyrste day of May the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lix. after that daye all the garysons englisshe and naueroyse made warr in the title of the kynge of Englande Anone after the peace made betwene the kyng of Nauer and the duke of Normandy The lorde Arnolde Dandrehen retourned into Englande for he was nat quytte prisoner of his takyng at the batayle of Poieters In the same season the kyng of Englande and the prince his sonne The Frenche â—ynge and the lorde Jaques of Bourbon mette at London and so they foure allonely to guether in counsayle agreed vpon a peace vpon certayne articles wrytten in a lettre to be sent into Fraunce to the duke of Normandy The Erle and syr Arnolde passed the see and arryued at Boloyn and so went to Parys And there they founde the Duke and the kynge of Nauer and ther shewed them the letters Than the duke demaunded counsaile of the kynge of Nauer who dyd counsayle hym that the prelattes and nobles of Fraunce and counsayles of the good townes shulde be assembled the whiche thynge was done And than it semed to the kyng of Nauer and to the Duke and to his bretherne and to all the counsayle of the Realme that the sayde treatye was to greuous to be borne Wherfore they answered all with one voyce to the sayde two fordes that the letter that they had brought and theâ—â—ect therin was so preiudyciall to them am â–ª to the realme that they yet wolde endure greatter myschiefe than they had done rather than to mynisshe in such wyse the realme of France They wolde also rather suffre their kyng to lye styll in EnglaÌ„de And whan the french kyng vnderstode how the realme of Fraunce wolde nat agre to his apoyntmeÌ„t he sayd a sonne Charles ye be couÌ„sayled by the kyng of Nauerre who deceyueth you woll deceyue suche .xl. as ye be And whaÌ„ the kyng of EnglaÌ„d knewe their report he sayd well or wynter be past I shall entre into the realme of France so puysantly 〈◊〉 shall abyde there so long tyll I haue an ende of this warre or els peace at my pleasure and to myne honour and than he made the grettest aparayle that euer he made The same season aboute the myddes of August the lorde JohaÌ„n of Craon archbysshop of Reynes and they of the cytie of Parys and of the couÌ„tre ther about with a certayne knightes and squiers of the countie of â—ethell and Laon went and layed siege to the castell of â—oucy and ther lay a fyue wekes And than they with in yelded vp their lyues and goodes saued and to go whyder they lyst And of this they had letters patentes sealed by the archebysshop by the erle Porcyen and the erle of Brayne but for all that whan they departed the coÌ„mons that were there rose agaynst them and slewe the most part for all the lordes who had moche payne to saue the captayne Hanekyn Francoyse Thus therle of Roucy had agayne his towne and castell ¶ Howe sir Eustace Danbretycourâ— was delyuerd out of prison by great raunsome Cap. CC .ii. THus after the wynninge of the castell of Roucy sir Peter Awdeley dyed in his bedde within yâ— castell of Beauforde wherof suche companyons as wer vnder him were right sorowfull Than the englysshmen and almaygnes there thought they coude do no better syth they made warr for the kyng of Englande as to make to their capitayne sir Eustace Dambreticourt who was as thanÌ„e hole of his hurtes but styll as prisonere Than they sende Faucon the haraulde to therle of Uandumant and to sir Henry â—ueâ—ellart for to putte to raunsome the lorde sir Eustace so than he was put to his fynanse to pay .xxii. thousande frankes of France And the companyons of the englysshe garysons in Champaigne payed the sayd raunsome and so he was delyuered and had agayne his
the riuer of Selettes for a squier of his called John Aâ—enson who bare in his armes azute askoâ—hyâ— syluer had wonne the towne of Flauigny nat farre theuse and had founde therin great prouysion of all maner of victaylles to serue yâ— ooâ—â— the space of a moneth the whiche came Welle to passe for the kynge laye at Aguillon fro All he Wednysday tyll after mydleÌ„t and alwayes his maâ—â—hals and currouâ—s ouerâ—anne the couÌ„trey wastynge and eâ—ilynge it and often tymes refresshed the oost with newe prouision The kynge of Englande and the great men of his 〈◊〉 had euer with theym in their cariages â—emes paâ—â—lions mylles ouyns and forges to syeth and to bake and to forge shoos for horses and for other thynges necessary they had with them a. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cartes euery carte at lest with 〈◊〉 good horses brought out of Englande Also they brought in these Cartes certayne botes made of lether subtilly wrought and sufficiently â—uery one of them to receyue .iii. men to row in water or riuers and to fysshe in them at their pleasure in the whiche dyd the great lorde moche pleasure in the lent season Also the kynge had 〈…〉 â–ª â—aâ—koners a horsbacke with haukes and 〈…〉 ple of houndes and as many greyhouÌ„ 〈…〉 So that â—ere euery daye eyther he hunted or hauked at the ryuer as it pleased hym And 〈…〉 rs other of the great lordes had hundes 〈◊〉 as well as the kyng and euer as the ost 〈◊〉 they went in thre datailes and euery â—â—â—ayle had his vawarde and euery oost lodged by themselfe eche a leage from other And thâ— kynge kept the thirde bataile whiche Was most greattest That maner they kepte fro the tyme they remoued from Calais tyll they came before the good towne of Charters THe kynge of Englande who laye at Aguillon had great â—uision for his oost by the meanes of JohnÌ„ Alenson who he found at Fâ—auigâ—y Whyle the kynge lay at Aguillon thâ— yonge duke of Burgoyne by the counsayle and request of al the countrey sent to the kyng of Englande certayne messangers lordes and knyghtes to treate for a respite nat to burne â—he countrey nor ouer ronne it These were the lordes that went to treate for this mater Fyrst the lorde ser Aâ—ceaulme of Sallins great chauÌ„ 〈…〉 of Burgoyn ser Jaques of UieÌ„ne ser JohnÌ„â—e â—ye ser Hugh of UieÌ„ne ser William of Thoâ—â—â—se and ser JohnÌ„ of Moâ—tmartin These lordes fouÌ„de the kyng of Englande so treatable yâ— ther was a composicion made betwene the kyng of Englande and the countrey of Bourgoyn the kynge made them assuraunce for hym and all his nat to ouer ren that countrey the space oâ— â–ª iii. yeres and he â—o haue redy the somme of ii M. frankes Whan this treaty was agreed sealed the kynge dislodged and al his oost and tâ—ke the right waye to Paris and lodged on yeâ—â—â—er of Dyonne at Leon besyde Uoselay and his peple laye alonge the ryuer syde welnere to 〈…〉 at thentre of the couÌ„tie of Neuers the englisshemen entred into Gastenoys The kyng sped hym so by his iourneis yâ— he came be 〈◊〉 Paris lay .ii. leagê theÌ„s at Burgâ—le royne THus the kynge rode about the countrey distroyeng all before hym and also the garysons made warre for hym in Beauuoisyâ— in Pycardy in France in Brye in ChaÌ„paigne destroyed nere all the countrey Also the kyng of Nauer who was in the marches of NormaÌ„dy made also sore warre Thus the noble realme of France was sore greued on all sides And specially syr Eustace Dambreticourt who laye at Chemy on yâ— riuer of Esne who had a great garison of soudiers wasted raunsommed pilled the countrey and ouer ranne the countie of Rethel to Douchery to Mesieres to Chene Pouâ—lleux to Sâ—tenay in the countie of Bay they rode and lay in the countrey where they lyst .ii. or .iii. nyghtê together without any let or trouble whan they lyst retourned agayne to their fortresse of Chemy True it was that the lordes and knyghtes of the countrey thereabout were sore displeased with that fortresse and assigned many dayes amonge them selfe to mete and to go and lay siege to Chemy howe be it they neuer dyd nothyng These companyons whoymagined nyght and day howe they might geat and steale townes fortresses â–ª on a nyght they â—ame to a strong towne a good castell in Laonnoyse nere to Montague this fortresse was called Pierpont standyng in a maresse the same season there were within the towne great noÌ„bre of men of the couÌ„trey that had brought thither theyr goodes on trust of the streÌ„gth of the place Whan they of Chemy came thither the watche within was a 〈◊〉 they spared nat the dangeroê° maresses but went through them and came to the walles and so entred into the towne and waÌ„ne it without defence and â—obded it at their pleasure They found ther more riches than euer they founde before in any towne And whâ— it was day they brent yâ— towne and returned to Cheâ—â—y well furnysshed with great pyllage ¶ How the kyng of England put the realme of FraÌ„ce into great tribulacioÌ„ and the ê“phicies of the frere of Auygnon and of thenglisshe busshement layd for them of Paris Cap. C C .xi. IN this season a frere minor full of great clergie was in the cite of AuignoÌ„ called frere JohnÌ„ of Roche tayllade the whiche frere pope Innocent the .vi. held in prison in the castell of Baignoux for shewyng of many meruailes after to come principally he shewen many thynges to fall on the prelates of the churche for the great superâ—â—uitie and pryde that Was as than vsed amonge theym And also he spake many thynges to fall of the realme of Fraunce and of the great lordes of Chri 〈…〉 ome for the oppressions that they dyd to the pore comoÌ„ people This frere sayd he wolde proue all his sayynges by the auctorite of the Apâ—â—â—lippis and by other bokes of holy sayntes and prophettes yâ— whiche wer opened to hym by the grace of yâ— holy gooste he shewed many thynges harde to beleue and many thynges fell after as he sayâ— He sayd them nat as a prophette but he shewed them by auctorite of auncieÌ„t scriptures and by the grace of the holy goost who gaue hym vâ—derstaÌ„dynge to declare the auncient prophâ—cieâ— and to shewe to all cristen people the yeres and tyme Whan suche thynges shulde â—all he made dyuerse bookes founded on great â—ciences and clergie wherof one was made the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xlvi. Wherin were written suche meruailes that it were hard â—o beleue them howe be it many thynges accordyng therto â—ell after And whan he was demauÌ„ded of the warres of France he sayd that all that had ben seen was nat lyke that shulde be seen after For he sayde that the warres in Fraunce shulde nat be ended tyll the realme were vtterly wasted and exyled in euery parte The whiche sayeng was well seen after for the noble
.ii. other clerkes of great prudence the Abbotte of Clugny and the maister of the friers prechers called syr Symon of Langres a maister in diuinite These two clerkes at the desyre of the duke of Normandy and of the hole counsaile of Fraunce departed from Paris with certayn articles of peace and syr Hewe of Geneue lorde of Autun in their company And they went to the kynge of Englande Who rode in Beausse towarde Galardon These two clerkes and .ii. knyghtes spake with yâ— kyng and began to fall in treatye for a peace to be had of hym and hys alies To the whiche treatye the prince of Wales the duke of LaÌ„castre and the erle of Marche were called This treatie was nat as than concluded for it was longe a dryuynge and allwayes the kyng went forward These embassadours wold nat so leaue the kyng but stylsued and folowed on theyr pourpose For they sawe howe the frenche kynge was in so poure estate that the realme was lykely to be in a great ieopardye if the warre contynued a somer longer And on the other syde the kynge of Englande requyred so great thynges and so preiudiciall to the realme of Fraunce that the lordes wolde nat agree therto for theyr honours So that al theyr treatie the whiche endured a .xvii. dayes styll folowynge the kynge they sent euer theyr proces dayely to the duke of Normandy to the citie of Parys euer desyrynge to haue agayne answere what they shulde do farther the whyche ê“cesse were secretly and sufficiently examyned in the regentes chambre at Parys and answere was sent agayne by wryttynge to them what they shulde do and what they shulde offre And so these ambassadours were often tymes with the kynge as he went forewarde towarde the cite of Charters as in other placess and great offers they made to come to a conclusion of the warre and to haue a peace To the whiche offers the kynge of England was hard harted to agree vnto for his entension was to be kynge of Fraunce and to dye in that estate For if the duke of Lancastre his cosyn had nat counsayled hym to haue peace he wolde nat agreed thervnto but he sayd to the kynge Syr this Warre that ye make in the realme of FraÌ„ce is ryght maruaylous and ryght fauourable for you your men wynne great ryches and ye lese your tyme all thyngess consyderedde or ye come to your entente ye maye happe to make Warre all the dayes of your lyfe Syr I wold counsayle you syth ye may leaue the Warre to your honoure and profytte accepte the offers that ben made vnto you for syr you myght lese more in a daye than we haue wonne in twenty yere Suche fayre and subtyle wordes that the duke of Lancastre sayde in good entencion and for welthe of the kynge and all his subiectes coÌ„uerted the kynge by the grace of the holy goost Who was chief warker in that case For on a daye as the kynge Was before Charterss there fell a case that greatly huâ—â—led the kyngess courage for whyle these ambassadours were treatynge for this peace and had none agreable answere there fell sodaynly suche a tempest of thoÌ„der lyghtnyng rayne and hayle in the kyngess oost that iâ— semed that the worlde shulde haue ended there fell from heuyn suche great stoness that it slewe men and horses so that the mooste hardyest were abasshed Than the kyng of Englande behelde the churche of our lady of Charters and auowed deuoutly to our lady to agre to the peace and as it was sayd he was as than confessed and lodged in avillage nere to Charters called Bretigny and there were made certayne composicions of peace vpon certayne articles after ordeynedâ— and the more syrmely to be concluded by these ambassadours and by the kynge of Englande and his counsayle ther was ordeyned by good delyberacion and aduyce a letter called the charter of the peace Wherof the effecte foweth ¶ The fourme and tenor of the letter on the peas made before Charters bitwene the kynges of Englande and Fraunce Cap. CC .xii. EDward by the grace of god kynge of Englande lord of Irelande and of Aquitaine To all to Whom these present letters shall come We sende gretyng howe by the discencioÌ„s debates striffess moued or hereafter to be moued bytwene vs our ryght dere brother the Frenche kynge certayne commyssyoners and procurers of ours and of our dere sonne prince of Wales hauyng sufficient power and auctorite for vs for hym and for our hole realme on the one parte And certayne other commyssyoners and procurers of our dere brother the frenche kyng and of our right dere nephewe Charles duke of Normandy and dolphyn of Uienne eldest sonne to our sayd brother of Fraunce hauynge power and auctorite for his father for his part and also for hym selfe that they be assembled at Bretigny nere to Charters at whiche place it is agreed accorded by the sayd commyssyoners and procurers of eyther party vpon all discencions debates warres and discordes The whiche treates by our procurers and our sonnes for vs and for hym and also the procurers of our sayd brother and of our sayd nephew for his father and for hym swereth by the holy euangelystê to hold kepe and accomplysshe this treatie by the whithe accorde amonge other thynges our brother of Fraunce and his sayd sonne are bounde and promyseth to delyuer to leaue to vs our heires and successours for euer the counties cites townes castels fortresses landes Iles rentes reuennues and other thynges as foloweth besyde that we haue and holde all redy in Guyen and in Sascoyne to possede perpetually by vs and by our heires and successours all that is in demayne and all that is in fee by the tyme and maner hereafter declared that is to say the castell and countie of Poicters and al the landes and countrey of Poictow with the fee of Thowars and the landes of Bellville the cite and castell of xayntis and all the landes and counte of xaynton on both sydes the ryuer of Charente with the towne and forteresse of Rochelle and theyr appurtenaunces the citie and Castell of Agene and the countrey of Agenoyse the citie towne and Castell of Pierregourte and all the countrey therto belongynge the cite and castell of Lymoges and the landes and couÌ„trey of Lymosyn the cite and castell of Caours the castell and countrey of Tarbe the laâ—des couÌ„trey and countie of Bigore The countie countrey and laâ—de of Gowre the citie and castell of Angolesme and all the countrey therto perteynynge the citie towne and castell of Rodaix â–ª the couÌ„tie and couÌ„trey of Rouergne And if there be in the duchye of Guyne any lordes as the erle of Foiz the erle of Armmake the Erle of Lisle the Uicount of Carmaine the erle of Pierregourt â–ª the Uicount of Lymoges or other holdynge any laâ—des within the foresayde bondes they shall do homage to vs and all other seruicis due and accustomed for their landes and places in
the lorde Godfrey of Harcourt made to the kynge of Englande as it hath ben shewed here before The whiche lande was nat comprised in the ordinaunce of the sayd treatye and peace Therfore who so euer shulde holde that lande shulde become subiecte and do homage therfore to the freÌ„che kyng Therfore the kyng of Englande gaue that lande to syr JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos who had done often tymes acceptable seruyce to hym and to his children and at the request of the kyng of EnglaÌ„de the frenche kyng by good delyberacion with good courage and loue coÌ„fyrmed and sealed to the gyfte of ser JohnÌ„ Chandos he to possede and to haue the same landes as his true heritage for euer the whiche was a fayre lande and a profytable for ones a yere it was well worthe .xvi. hundred frankes And besyde all this yet were there diuerse other letters of alyaunces made of the whiche I cannat make mencion of all for the space of fyftene dayes orthere aboute whyle these two kynges theyr sonnes and counsailours were at Calais there was dayly commonynge and newe ordinaunces deuysed and confermed to ratifye the peace nat hyndrynge nor brekynge the fyrst letters for they were euer made berynge one date to be of the more surete of the whiche I haue sen the copy of the regestres in the Chaunceryes of both kynges ¶ And whan these thynges were so well made deuised and ordeyned that they coude nat be amended nor corrected so that it was thought by reason of the great alyaunces and boundes wherin the said kynges and theyr childreÌ„ were bode and had so sworne to kepe the peace that it was nat likely to haue ben broken howe be it the peace helde nat longe as ye shall here after in this boke So that whan the hostages for the redemption of the frenche kynge were comen to Calys and that the kynge of Englande had â—wornÌ„ to kepe them peasably in his realme and that the .vi. M. frankes were payd to the kyng of Englandes deputies Than the kyng of Englande made a supper to the frenche kynge in the castell of Calais right wel ordered and the kynges children and the duke of Lancastre in the moost greattest lordes and barons of Englande serued the kynges bare heeded and after supper fynally these two kynges toke leaue eche of other ryght gracyously and amyably â—o the frenche kynge returned to his lodgyng And yâ— next mornyng the whiche was in the vigill of saynt Symonde and Jude the Frenche kynge departed out of Calais and all suche as thulde departe with hym And the kynge went 〈◊〉 fote a pilgrimage to our lady of Boloyn and the prince of Walys and his two bretherne in his company the lorde Lyonelle and the lorde AymoÌ„ And so they went a fote to dyner to Boloyn where they were resceyued with great ioy And there was the duke of Normandy redy taryenge for them and so all these lordes went on fote into the churche of our lady and dyd their offerynges right deuoutly and than returned into the abbay there the whiche was apparelled for the kynge and to receyue the lordes of Englande And so there they were all that day and the nexte nyght after retourned agayne to Calats to the kynge theyr father and so fynally they all to guether passed thesee and the hostages of Fraunce with them the whiche was in the vigill of all Sayntes In the yere of our lorde M. C C C .lx. IT is reason that I name to you the noblemen of the realme of FrauÌ„ce that entred into Englande in hostage for the frenche kyng First the lorde Philip duke of Orliaunce sometyme sonne to kynge Philip of France and also his two nephewes the duke of Aniou and the duke of Berry also the duke of Bourbon the Erle of Alanson the lorde JohnÌ„ of Stampes Guy of Bloys for that countie Loys of Bloys his brother the erle of saynt Poule the erle of Harecourt the erle Daulphyn of Auuergne ser Ingram lorde of Coucy ser JohnÌ„ of Ligny erle of Porccen the erle of Bresme the lord of MoÌ„morency the lorde of Roy the lorde of Preault the lorde of Stouteuill the lorde of Clerettes the lorde of saynt Wenant the lorde of the toure of Aunergne and diuers other the whiche I cannat name Also of the good cite of Parys of Roen of Reinnes of Burges in Berry and of Towrs in Tourayn of Lyons on the riuer of Roan of Seins in Bourgoyn of Orleance of Troye in Champaigne of Amiens of Beauuoys of Arras of Tournay of Caen in Normandy of saint Omers of Lysle of Dowaye of euery cite .ii. or the burgesses and so thus fynally they passed all the see and came to the good cite of London And the kyng of EnglaÌ„de commaunded and enioyned all his officers on great paynes that they shuld be to these lordes and to theyr company curtoyse and fauorable and to kepe and defende theym and theyr company from all euill rule the whiche commaundement was well kept and vpholde in al poyntes And so these lordes and other hostagers sported them withoute perill or daunger all about in the cite at their pleasure and the great lordes went a huntynge and haukyng at theyr pleasure and rode about the countrey and dysited the ladies and damusels without any coÌ„trollynge they founde the kyng of England so curtoyse and amiable Nowe let vs somwhat speke of the Frenche kynge Who was come to to Boloyn and departed fro Calais as ye haue harde here before ¶ Of the commyssyoners that were ordeyned on bothe parties to auoyde the garisoÌ„s in the realme of France of the companions that assembled together in the realme and of the great euils that they dyd Cap. C C .xiiii. THe frenche kynge taried nat longe at Boloyn but departed after the feest of all saintê and went to Montrell and to Hedyn and so to the good cite of Amiens and there taryed tyll it was nere Christmas than he departed and went to Parys and there he was solemnly and reuerently receyued of all the clergye of Parys and so conueyed to his palys and there he alyghted and his so 〈…〉 Philip and al other lordes that were ther with hym and there was for them a noble dyner apparelled I can neuer shewe or deuise howe 〈◊〉 the frenche kynge wass receyued at his retourne into his realme of all maner of people For his presence was greatly desyred amonge them and they gaue hym many fayre and riche gyftes and to visite hym thither came prelates and baroness of all his realme and they felted and made great chere to hym asshit wass theyr duite to do and the kynge receyued them right swetely ANone ofter that kyng JohnÌ„ wass returned into Fraunce ther passed the see suche persones as were commytted by the kynge of Englande to take possessyon of the landes countreys counties baâ—â—wykes cites to 〈◊〉 caâ—telles and forteressess that shulde be delyuered by reason of the teeatie peace before made howe be it the
these companyons who parseuered styll in their yuell deds as people reioysed and coÌ„forted of their dedes as well for wynnynge of that iourney as for the raunsomyng of many good prisoners So thus these coÌ„panyons ledde their tyme at theâ—â— pleasure in that countrey for there were none that came agaynst theym for incontynent after the discoÌ„fyture of Brunay they entred and spredde abrode in the countie of Forestes and pylled and wasted all the countreâ— except the foressess and bycause they were so great a company almoost nothynge helde agaynst theym And so they deuyded theÌ„ into two partes and sir Seguyn of Batefoyle had the lesse parteâ— howe beit he had in his company a thre thousaÌ„de fightyng men and he went and lay at 〈◊〉 a myle fro Lyons and fortefyed the place maruelously and so his company were ther about in the marchesse the whiche was one of the plentyfull countrees of the worlde the whiche they ouer ranne and raunsomed the people at their pleasure that is to say all the countres on this syde and beyond the ryuer of Some the couÌ„tie of Mascon the archebysshoprike of Lyons and the lande of the lorde of Beauieu all the countrey to Marcylly to Nonnes and to the countie of Neuers The other parte of the same company as Nandos of Beaugeraunt Espyot Carnell Robert Briquet Ortyngo Bernarde of the Salle Lamyt the Bourge Camas the Bourge of Bretuell the Bourge of Lespare and dyuers other of one sorte and affinyte drewe them towarde Auygnone and sayd howe they wolde se the pope and cardynalles and to haue some of their money orels to hare and to pyll the countre And so they taryed here and there abydynge for the rauÌ„some of suche prisoners as they had taken and also to se if the truce helde bytwene FrauÌ„ce and Englande And as they went towarde Auygnon they toke by the way townes and fortresses so that none helde agaynst them for all the countre was afrayed And also in that countre they had vsed no warre so yâ— suche as were in these small holdes wyst nat howe to defende theÌ„selfe fro suche men of warr and these companyons herde howe there was at the bridge saynt Esperyte a seuyn leages fro Auygnon great treasure and richesse of the countre assembled ther togyder on trust of the stronge fortresse and so the companyons aduysed among them that if they might wynne that holde it shuld be gretly to their aduauntage and profyte for thanne they thought to be maysters of Roane and of theym in Auygnon And on this purpose they stubyed tyll at last they had caste their aduyce as I haue herd reported in this maner Gâ—yot dâ— Pyn and the lytell Methyn rode with their company in one nyght a fyftene leages and in the mornynge at the brekynge of the day they came to the towne of the bridge saynt Spyryt and sodenly toke it and all that were within the whiche was great pyte for ther they slewe many an honest person and defoyled many a da 〈…〉 and wan suche tychesse that it coude 〈…〉 and great puruyaunces to lyue 〈…〉 And so by that meanes they might râ—nne at their â—ase without dauÌ„ger one â—â—â—son in to the realme of FrauÌ„ce and another tyme into the empyre So there assembled togyder all the companyons and euery day ran to the â—aâ—es of Auygnon wher of the pope and 〈…〉 were in great affray and drede to these companyons made there a soueraygne 〈◊〉 amonge them who was euer moost â—omonly enemy to god and to the worlde BEsyde these there were in FrauÌ„ce great nombre of pyliers and robbers what of englysshmen gascoyns and almaygnes who sayd they must nedes lyue And they helde styll certayne garysons and fortresses for all that the kyng of Englandes deputies had coÌ„mauÌ„ded them to auoyde and to departe How be it they wolde nat all obey wherwith the frenche kynge was sore displeased and all his counsell but whan these companyons in dyuers places herde howe these other companyons had ouer throwen the lorde of Bourbon and a two thousande knyghtes and squyers and taken many a good prisoner And also had taken in the towne saynt Eâ—pyrite so great rychesse that it was a thyuge mcomparable and thynkynge howe they were lykely to wynne Auygnon or els to putte to mercy the pope and cardynalles and all the coutre of Prouynce ThaÌ„ they thought all to departe and to go thyder for couetyse to 〈◊〉 more and to do more yuell dedes So that was the cause that dyuers of them left vp their fortresses and wente to their coÌ„panyous in hope to gette more â—yllage And whan that pâ—pe 〈…〉 and the colledge of Ro 〈…〉 were â—ered by these cursed pâ—oplâ— theâ— were greatly abasshed And than 〈…〉 agaynst these 〈◊〉 christen people who dyde their payne to distroy chrâ—sâ—â—ndomâ— as other bandes had done before wtout tytell of any reason for they wasâ—ed all the countrey without any cause and robbed without spaâ—yng all that euer they coude gette and 〈◊〉 and deâ—oyled women olde and yong without pytie and slewe men women chyldren without mercy doyng to them no trespace And suche as dyde moost shamefullyst dedê were reputed with them moost valyaunt So than the pope and the cardynalles preached openly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and assoyled a pena â—t cul 〈◊〉 all those that wolde take on them this croy 〈◊〉 And that wolde abandon their bodyes wil lyngly to distroy these yuell peple and their coÌ„panyons and ther was chosen among the cardynals sir Peter of Monstier cardynall of Arras called Dste to be chefe capitayne of yâ— croysey And mcontynent he departed out of Auygnon and wente and taryed at Carpentrase a sâ—uyn myle fro Auygnon and ther he retayned all maner of soudyers suche as wold saue their soules matteynyng to these sayd perdous but they shulde haue none other wages wherfore that tourney brake for euery man deê‘ted â–ª some into Lombardy some to their owne couÌ„trees and some went to the sayd yuell company so yâ— dayly they encreased So thus they haryed the pope the cardynals the marchauntes about Auygnon and dyd moche yuell tyll it was ferr into the somer season In the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hudred threscore and one THan the pope and the cardynals aduysed them of a noble gentyll knyght and a good warryoure the marques of Mounferrant who kept warr and had done a long space agaynst the lordes of Myllayne yâ— pope sent forhym And so he came to Auygnon and was honorably receyued of the pope and cardynals and so atreaty was made with hym by reason of a somme of money that he shuld haue to the entent that he shulde get out of that ceuntre the sayd yuell coÌ„panyons and to retayne theÌ„ with him in his warres of Lombardy So than the marques treated with the captayns of the companyons and by reason of threscore thousand florens that they shulde haue among them and great wages that the marques shulde gyue
the kyng and of the quene and of their bretherne and departed out of England and aryued at Rochell In the same season departed out of this world the kyng of Englandes mother Isabell of frauÌ„re doughter to kynge Philyp le Beau soÌ„tyme frenche kyng And she was buryed at the freâ—r mynors in London right nobly and reuereÌ„tly ther beyng all the prelates and barones of Englande the lordes of Fraunce suche as were their in hostage and this was or the prince and princes deê‘ted out of England And after this obsequy done they departed and aryued at Rochell wher they were receyued with great ioy and there tayed the space of four dayes ¶ Howe the kynges of Fraunce and of Cypre toke on them the croysey agaynst the mfydeles and of the gret purchace for that entent that the kynge of Cypre made with many kyngê and princes in dyuers places of christendome Cap. CC .xvii. AS soone as sir Johan Chandos who had alonge season gouerned the duchye of Acquitayne herde howe the prince was comyng thyder Than he departed fro Nyort came with a goodly company of knyghtes and squyers to yâ— towne of Rochell wher he was well receyued with the prince and princes And so the prince with great honoure and ioye was brought into the cytie of Poycters and thyder came to se hym with great ioye the barownes and knyghtes of Poyâ—tou of Xaynton and there they dyde to hym feaultie and homage as they ought to do And than he wente to Burdeaux and there taryed a long season and the princes with him and thyder came to se hym the erles vycouÌ„tes barownes and knyghtes of Gascoyne there they were receyued right ioyously And the prince acquyted hym selfe so nobly amonge theym that euery man was well content And the erle of Foyz came thyder to se the prince who had great chere and feast And there was a peace made bytwene hym and the erle of Armynake the whiche a long space before made werr eche on other And than anone after sir JohnÌ„ Chandos was made constable of all the countrey of Guyene and sir Guychart Dangle was made marshall So thus the prince made suche knightes of his house as he loued best great offycers throughout the duchy of Acquitayne â–ª and tylled all constableshyppes baylâ—wykes with englysshe knyghtes who kept after great and puyssaunt astates parauenture greatter than they of the countrey wolde they had done but the matters wente nat at their ordynaunces ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of the prince of wales and Acquitayne and of the princes and speke of kynge Johan of Fraunce who was as than at the newe towne without Auygnon ABout the tyme of candelmasse the yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred 〈◊〉 Kyng Peter of Cypre came to Auygnon of whose comynge the hole courte was greatly reioysed and dyuers cardynalles went to mete hym and brought hym to the paleys to the pope Urbayne who ryght ioyously receyued hym And also so dyde the frenche kynge who was there present And whan they haâ—â—e 〈◊〉 â—o gâ—ther a certayne tyme and taken wyne and spices the two kynges departed fro the pope and eche of them went to theyr owne lodgyng And the same season there was a wage of â—atell before the frenche kyng bitwene two noble and expert knyghtes syr Aymon of Pommters and syr Fouques of Archiac and whaÌ„ they had fought sufficiently than the frenche kynge treated for a peace and accorded them to gether And so all the lente season these two kynges â—aryed there about Auignon and often tymes they visited the pope who receyued them right â—â—yâ—usly ANd often tymes whan the kynge of Ciper was with the pope the freche kyng beyng present and the cardinalles he declared to them howe that for all Christedome it shuld be a noble and a worthy thyng to open the passage ouer the see and to go agaynst yâ— enemyes of the Christen fayth The whiche wordes the frenche kynge gladly herde and pourposed in hym selfe if he myght lyue .iii. yere to go thither for two causes that moued hym therto the fyrste bicause his father kynge Philyp had auowed so to do and secondly to the entent therby to drawe out of his realme all maner of men of warre called companyous who â—ylled and robbed his countrey withoute any title and to saue theyr soules This pourpose and entente the frenche kyng reserued to hym selfe without any worde spekyng therof vntyll good fryday that pope Urban hym selfe preched in his chapell at Auignon beynge present both kynges and the hole College of cardinalles After that holy predicacion the whiche was right humble and moche deuoute The freÌ„che kynge by great deuocion toke on hym the Croysey and swetâ—hâ— requyred of the pope to accord and to consyrme his voyage and the pope lyghâ—ly agreed therto and so the kynge toke it and â—oith hym syr Calleran cardinall of Pierregourt the erle of Artoise the erle of Ewe the erle Dampmartyn the erle of Tankeruille syr Arnolde Dandrehen the great priour of France syr BoucequaÌ„t dyuerse other knyghtes there present And of this enterprise the kynge oâ— Cyper was ryght ioyouse and thanked ryght hartely our lorde therof and reputed hit for a great syngular meryte THus as ye maye se and here the frenche kynge and the sayd lordes toke on them â—o weare aboue all theyr garmentes the 〈◊〉 â—rosse and our holy father the pope 〈…〉 this voyage and caused it to be preched in dyuerse places I shall she we you howe the kyng of Cyper who was come thither to 〈◊〉 and moue this voyage had great 〈◊〉 to go and se the Emperour and all the hyghe baroues of the Empyre so into Englande to se the kyng there and so to all the other great lordes of â—â—â—â—â—enâ—ome And thus as he purposed so he dyd as ye shall here after in this history Our holifather the pope and the frenche kynge offered and promysed hym theyr bodyes goodes and substances to furnysshe this voyage and gaue hym full power to publysshe the grace and pardon of this holy voyage therby to cause all lordes and prynces the rather to enclyne to thys holy voyage And so this kynge was so well beloued for the reasons that he shewed and for the fayre language that he vttered to the lordes of this voyage that they had rather haue herd hym than any other predicacion and so on this poynt they reâ—â—ed Anone after easter the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lxiii. the kynge of Cyper departed fro Auignon and sayd he wolde go and se the emperour and lordes of the Empyre and promysed to returne agayne by Brabant Flaunders and Haynault and so he toke leaue of the pope and of the frenche kynge who in all cases acquyted them ryght well to ward hym and gaue hym many fayre gyâ—tê and â—â—â— wels and pardons that the pope gaue to hym to all his men And anone after the departynâ— of the kynge of Cyper the frenche
a sir JohnÌ„ Chandos this good aduenture that is thus fallen to me is by the great wytte and prowes that is in you the whiche I knowe well and so do all those that be here Sir I pray you drinke with me and toke hym a flagon with wyne wherof he had dronke and refresshed hym before and moreouer sayd sir besyde god I ought to canne you the moost thanke of any creature lyuyng and therwith ther came to them sir Olyuer of Clysson forchased enstamed for he had long pursued his enemyes so he had moche payne to retourne agayne with his people and brought with hym many a prisonere Than he came to therle of Mountfort and a lyghted fro his horse and refresshed hym and in the same meane season there came to theÌ„ two knightes and two haraldes who had serched among the deed bodyes to se if ser Charles of Bloys were deed or nat Than they sayd all openly â–ª sir make good chere for we haue sene your aduersary ser Charles deed therwith the erle of Mountfort arose and sayde that he wolde go and se hym for he had as good wyll to se hym deed as a lyue and thyder he went and the knyghtes that were about hym And whan he was come to the place where as he lay a syde couered vnder a shelde he caused hym to be vncouered and than regarded hym ryght piteously studyed a certayne space and sayd a sir Charles fayre cosyn howe that by your opinyon many a great myschiefe hath fallen in Bretayn as god helpe me it sore dyspleaseth me to fynde you thus howe beit it can be none otherwyse and therwith he began to wepe Than sir JohnÌ„ Chandos drewe hym a backe and sayd sir departe hens and thanke god of the fayre aduentur that is fallen to you for without the dethe of this man ye coude nat come to the herytage of Bretayne ThaÌ„ therle ordayned that sir Charles of Bloys shulde be borne to Guyngant and so he was incoÌ„tynent with great reuerence and there buryed honorably as it apertayned for he was a good true and a valyant knight and his body after sanctifyed by the grace of god called saynt Charles and canonised by pope Urban the .v. for he dyde yet dothe many fayre myracles dayly ¶ Of the truce that was gyuen to bury the deed after the hatayle of Alroy and how dyuers castels yelded vp to therle MouÌ„tfort and howe he be seged CaÌ„pantoreÌ„tyne Cap. CC .xxvii. AFter that all the deed bodyes were dispoyled and that thenglysshmen were retourned fro the chase ThaÌ„ they drewe them to their lodgynges and vnarmed theÌ„ and toke their ease and toke hede to their prisoners and caused theym that were wounded to be well serued and serched And on the Monday in the mornynge the erle MouÌ„tfort made it to be knowen to them of the cytie of Reynes and to the townes ther about that he wolde gyue truce for thre dayes to the cuteÌ„t that they might gather togyder the deed bodyes and bury them in holy places the whiche ordynaunce was well taken and accepted And so the erle Mountfort lay styll at siege before Alroy and sayd he wold nat depart thens tyll he had wonne it So the tidynges spredde abrode into dyuers countrees howe sir JohnÌ„ Mountfort by the counsell and ayde of the englysshmen had won the felde agaynst sir Charles of Bloys and disconfyted and put to dethe and taken all the cheualry of Bretayne such as were agaynst hym Sir Johan Chandos had great renome for all maner of people lordes knightes and squyers suche as had ben in the felde sayd that by his wytte and high prowes thenglysshmen and bretons had won the felde and of these tidynges were all the frendes and ayders of sir Charles of Bloyes right sorowfull and sore dyspleased the whiche was good reason And specially the frenche kyng for this disconfyture touched hym gretly bycause that dyuers knightê of his realme were ther slayne and taken as sir Bertram of Clesquy whome he greatly loued and the erle of Aucer the erle of Joigny all the barones of Bretayne none except Than the frenche kyng sent Loyes the duke of Aniou to the marches of Bretayne for to recoÌ„fort the countre yâ— which was desolate disconforted for the loue of their lorde Charles of Bloyes whome they had lost And also to reconforte the countesse of Bretayne wyfe to the sayd lorde Charles who was so sore disconforted for yâ— dethe of her husbande that it was pyte to beholde her the whiche the duke of Aniou was bouÌ„de to do for he had maried her doughter So he promysed with faythfull entent to gyue vnto all the good cyties castels in Bretayne and to all the remnant of the countre of Bretayne his good counsell confort and ayde in all cases Wherby the good lady whome he called mother and all the countrey had a certayne space gret trust vnto suche season as the frenche kyng to ereche we all parels put other prouisyon as ye shall herafter Also these tidynges came to the kyng of Englande for the erle of MouÌ„tfort had writen to hym therof the. v â–ª day after the batayle was ended before Alroy â–ª The letters were brought to the kynge of Enlande to Douer by a parseuant of armes who had ben in the batayle And the kyng inconsynent made hym an haralde called him Wynd sore â–ª as I was enformed by the same haraulde and dyuers other And the cause why the kynge of Englande was as than at Douer I shal shewe you here after IT was of trouthe that ther was a treaty thre yere before bytwene the lord EdmoÌ„de erle of Cambrige one of the kynges sonnes and the doughter of therle Loys of FlauÌ„ders to the which maryage therle of FlauÌ„ders was as than newly agreed vnto so that pope Urban the fyft wolde dispence with them for they were nere of lynage And the duke of LaÌ„castre and the lorde Edmonde his brother with many knightes and squyers had ben in FlauÌ„ders with the erle and were receyued right honorably in signe of great peace and loue And so the erle of Flaunders was come to Calais and passed the see and came to Douer where the kyng and parte of his counsell were redy to receyue hym and so they were ther. Whan the forsayd purseuant came to the kyng and brought hym tidynges of the batayle of Alroy of the whiche the kyng and all that were ther were right ioyouse and in lykewise so was the erle of Flaunders for the loue and honour and auauncemeÌ„t of his cosyn germayne the erle of Mountfort Thus the kyng of England and therle of flauÌ„ders were at Douer the space of thre dayes in feestes and great sportes and whan they had well sported theÌ„ and done that they assembled for Than the erle of Flaunders toke leaue of the kyng and departed and as I vnderstande the duke of Lancastre and the lorde Edmonde passed the see agayne with
of France We renounce by these presentes do renounce all graces other processe of dede agaynst our sayd brother his heyres successours of the realme of France subgettê therof And promyse swere haue sworne by the body of Jesu cryst for vs our successours the we shulde nat do nor suffre to be done by dede or worde any thyng ayenst this renuÌ„ciacioÌ„ nor agaynst any thyng coÌ„teyned in the forsayd artycles And if we do or suffre to be done to the coÌ„trary by any maner of way the whiche god for beve We wyll than that we be reputed for false forsworne and to ryn into suche blame disfainy as a kinge sacred ought to do in suche case And clerely we renouÌ„ce all dispeÌ„sacions absolucions of the pope if any be obteyned we wyll they stande for nought to be of no valure and that they ayd vs nat in no maner of case And the more fermlyer to vpholde all the sayd artycles we put vs our heyres successours to the iurisdyction correction of the church of Rome and wyll consent that our holy father the pope conferme all the sayd treaty to ordayne monycions generall coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tes agaynst vs our heyres successours agaynst our subgettê comoÌ„s vniuersiteis collegê or any other singuler ê‘sons what soeuer they be in gyueng of senteÌ„ce generall of cursyng suspeÌ„dyng interdityng to ryn on vs or on any of theÌ„ asson as we or they do or ateÌ„pt to the coÌ„trary of the said trety or ocupyeÌ„g to waê castels or fortresses or any other thing doyng ratifyeng or gyueng couÌ„sell coÌ„fort fauour or ayde priuely or openly agaynst any of the sayd artycles And also we haue caused our dere eldest sonne Edwarde prince of Wales to swere the same And also our yonger soÌ„nes Lyonell erle of Ulster JohnÌ„ erle of Richmont and Edmond of Langley our right dere cosyn Phylyp of Nauar and the dukes of LaÌ„castre and of Bretayne and therles of Stafford Salisbury And the lorde of MaÌ„ny the caprall of befz the lorde MoÌ„tford James Audley Roger Beauchampt JohnÌ„ Chandos Rafe Ferres Edward Spens ThomÌ„s WyllmÌ„ Phelton Eu state DaÌ„bretycourt FraÌ„ke de Hall JohnÌ„ MoÌ„bray Bartylmewe Bromes Henry Percy dyuers other And also we shall cause to swere assone as we can coÌ„ueniently all our other chyldren and the moost ê‘te of the great prelatê erles barons other nobles of our realme of England In witnesse herof we haue put our seale to these presentê gyuen at our towne of Calais the yere of our lorde M. CCC and threscore The .xxiiii. day of Octobre ¶ Among other writynges that had ben grauÌ„ted aswell at Bertigny besyde Charters as at Calays whan kynge Johan was ther. This sayd charter was one of theÌ„ and was well reed and examyned by kyng Charles in the preseÌ„ce of the chefe of his couÌ„sell Than the prelates and barons of France sayd to the kyng Sir the kynge of England the prince his son haue nat fulfylled the sayd peace but haue taken townes castels and do kepe theÌ„ to the great domage of this your realme and rauÌ„someth pylleth the people so that the paymeÌ„t of the redeÌ„cion is yet in ê‘tie vnpayed Therfore sir you your subgettes haue good ryght iust cause to brek the peace to make warr agaynst theÌ„glyshmen to take fro theÌ„ Bretayn the which they haue on this syde the water Also some of his counsayle shewed him secretly by great delyberacion sayeng sir hardely take on you this warre forye haue cause so to do For sir assone as ye ones begyn the warr ye shall se fynde that they of the duchy of Acqquitayn shall turne to you aswell prelates barons erles knightê squiers as the burgesses of good townes ye may se sir howe the prince wolde ê“cede in reysing of this fowage but he can nat bring it to his purpose so ther by he is in hatred withall ê‘sons for they of Poictou Xaynton Querry Lymosyn Rouerne and of Rochell are of suche nature that they can in no wyse loue theÌ„glyshmen nor theÌ„glyshmen theÌ„ they are so proude presuÌ„tuous nor neuer dyd And also besyde that the officers of the price dothe suche extorcioÌ„s on the people of XaintoÌ„ Poitou Rochell for they take all in abaÌ„don and reyseth somoch of theÌ„ in the tytell of the price so that ther is none that is sure to haue any thing of his owne And also the geÌ„tylmen of the countre can attayne to no offyce nor prefermeÌ„t for the englyshmen and seruantê to the prince hath all Thus the french kyng was moued couÌ„sayled to moue warr and naÌ„ely by the duke of Aniou who lay at Tholous desyred gretly the warr as he that leued nothing theÌ„glishmen bycause of suche displeasures as they had done hym in tyme past And also the gascons sayd often tymes to the kyng Dere sir we are bounde to haue our resorte to your court therfore we huÌ„bly requyre you that ye wyll do right lawe And as ye are the most rightfull price of the worlde do vs right on the great grefes extorcions that the price of Wales his people doth wolde do to vs. sir if ye refuce to do vs ryght we shall thaÌ„ purchace for our selfe some remedy in some other place and shall yelde put our selfe vnder the iurisdyction of suche a lorde as shall cause vs to haue reason and so therby than shall you lese your seignory ouer vs. And the french kynge who was â—othe to lese theÌ„ â–ª thinkyng it might be a great hurt and preiudice to him to his realme answered theÌ„ right curtesly sayd Sirs for faute of lawe nor of good counsayle â–ª ye shall nat nede to resorte to any court but all onely to mynde Howbeit in all suche besynesse it behoueth to worke and folowe good couÌ„sell aduyce Thus the kyng draue them of nigh the space of a yere and kept them styll with hym at Parys and payed for all their eâ—pences and gaue them great gyftes and iowelles And alwayes raused to besecretly enquered amonge them if the peace were broken bytwene hym Englande whyder they wolde maynteyne his quarell or nat and they answered that if the warr were ones open the frenche kyng shulde nat nede to care for that part for they sayd they were stronge ynough to kepe warr with the price and all his puyssance Also the kynge sent to theÌ„ of Abuyle to knowe yf they wolde tourne take his parte and become frenche And they answered that they desyred nothynge in all the worlde so moche as to be french they hated so deedly the â—â—glysshmen Thus the french kyng gate hym â—râ—des on all ê‘tes or els he durst nat haue done yâ— he dyde In the same season was borne Charies the kynges eldest son in the yere of our lord 〈◊〉 CCC lâ—viii wherof the realme of France was ioyfull a lytell before was borne
and the seneshall of Rouergne sir Thomas of Pountchardone sir Thomas Percy and his chauncellour the bysshoppe of Bale Than the prince demaunded of them yf the frenche messangers had any saue conducte of hym or nat and they answered they knewe of none that they had No hath sayd the prince and shoke his heed and sayd It is nat coÌ„uenyent that they shulde thus lightly deê‘te out of our couÌ„tre to make their taÌ„gelingê to the duke of an â—ou who loueth vs but a lytellâ— he wyll be glad that they haue thus somoned vs iÌ„ our owne hous I trowe all thingê coÌ„sydred they be rather messaÌ„gers of myne owne subgettê as therle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret therle of Pyergort therles of Comynges Carmayne than of yâ— freÌ„ch kyngê Therfore bycause of the great dispite that they haue done to vs we wold they were ouer taken put in prison Of the which all the princes couÌ„sell was right ioyouse sayd ser we fereye haue taryed to long fro this purpose in coÌ„tyneÌ„t the seneshall of Dagenois was coÌ„mauÌ„ded to take with him ser wyllmÌ„ the moÌ„ke a right good knight of England that they shulde ryde after to stoppe the messaÌ„gers so they deê‘ted folowed so long after theÌ„ that at last they ouertok theÌ„ in the lande of Dagenois they arested theÌ„ and made an other occasyon than the prices coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t for in their arestyng they spake no worde of the prince but sayd howe their host wher as they lay last compleyned on theÌ„ for a horse that he sayd they had changed The knight and the clerke had great marueyle of that tidynges and excused theÌ„selfe but their excuse coude nat auayle But so they were brought in to the cytie of Dagen and putte in prison And they let some of their pages departe and they went by the cytie of Tholous and recorded to yâ— duke of Aniou all the hole mater wherof he was nothyng displeased for he thought well yâ— therby shuld begyn warr hatred and so he prepared couertly therfore These tidyngê came to yâ— french king â–ª for the pagê went recouÌ„ted all the hole mater to hym as they had herde sene Of the whiche the kyng was sore displeased toke it in great dispyte â–ª and toke couÌ„sayle aduyse theron And specially of the wordes yâ— was shewed him that the price shulde say â–ª whan he said that he wolde come ê‘sonally to his vncle to answere to the apell made agaynst him with his bassenet on his heed .lx. M. men of warre in his coÌ„pany â–ª agaynst the which the french kyng made prouysion ryght subtelly wisely for he thought well it was a weighty mater to make warr agaynst the kyng of England his puyssance Seyng howe they had put his predecessours in tyme past to somoche labour trauell Whefore he thought it a harde mater to begyn warr but he was so sore requyred of the great lordes of Gascon Guyen and also it was shewed him what great extorcions domagê thenglysshmen dyde dayly and were likely to do in tyme to come He grauÌ„ted to the warr with an yuell wyll coÌ„sydring the distruction of yâ— poore people that he thought shulde ensue therby ¶ Howe the duke of Berry dyuers other that were in hostage in EnglaÌ„de returned into FraÌ„ce Ca. C Cxliiii SO agaynst this ferse aÌ„swere of the prince the freÌ„ch kynge and his counsell ê“uyded therfore priuely And in yâ— same season returned into France out of England duke JohnÌ„ of Berry The kyng of Englande gaue him leaue for a hole yere â–ª but he bare himselfe so wisely that he neuer retourned agayne for he made suche excusacious other meanes that the warr was opyn as ye shall herafter â–ª also lorde JohnÌ„ Harcort was retourned into his owne couÌ„tre The kyng of England gaue him leaue to deê‘te at the instance of sir Loys Harcort his vncle who was of Poyctou as than ê‘teyning to the price who fell sicke the whiche was happy for hym For his sickenes endured tyll the warr was newly begon so therby he neuer returned agayne into Englande Guy of Bloys who was as than but a yong squyer and brother to therle of Bloys was fraÌ„ke and fre delyuerd out of England for whan he ê‘ceyued that the french kyng for whoÌ„e he lay in hostage dyd nothyng for his delyuerance Than he fell in a treaty with the lorde of Coucy who had wedded the doughter of the king of EnglaÌ„de he had yerely a great reuenewe out of the kyng of Englandê cofers bycause of his wyfe And so ther was such a treaty bytwene yâ— kyng of Englande his sonÌ„e in lawe and sit Guy of Bloys yâ— by the couÌ„sell of bothe bretherne lord JohnÌ„ of Blois sir Guy by the agrement of the frenche kyng they clerely resigned into the kyng of Englandê handes therldome of Soyssons the which land the kyng of EnglaÌ„d gaue to his son in lawe the lord Coucy for the which he dyd quyte hym of .iiii. M. â—i of yerely reuenewes Thus this couenaÌ„t was made engrosed sir Guy of Bloys delyuered Also therle Peter of Alanson had leue of the kyng of Eng. to returne into FraÌ„ce for a space wher he abod so long founde so many excusacions that he neuer returned after i hostage howbeit I beleue that finally he payed .xxx. M. fraÌ„kes for his aquytall Also duke Loys of Burbone was happy who lay also in hostage in England for by suche grace as the kynge of Engl. shewed him he was returned into France whyle he was at Parys with the french kyng the bysshop of Wynchestre discessed who was as than chauÌ„cellour of England Than ther was a preest about yâ— kyng of England called sir WyllmÌ„ Wycan who was so great with the kynge â–ª that all thyng was done by him without him nothinge done and so whan the bysshoprike of Wynchestre was voyd Than the kyng of EnglaÌ„de by the desyre of the sayd preest wrote to yâ— duke of Burbone that he wolde for his sake make suche sute to the holy father pope Urbane yâ— his chapelayne might haue yâ— bysshoprike of Wynchestre promysing the duke in his so doyng to entreat hym right curtesly for his prisoumeÌ„t of hostage Whan the duke of Burbone sawe the kyng of Englandê messaÌ„gers and his letter â–ª he was therof right ioyouse shewed all the mater to the french kyng Than the kyng couÌ„sayled him to go to the pope for the same and so he dyde And departed went to Auygnon to the pope who was nat as than gone to Rome so the duke made his request to yâ— pope he grauÌ„ted him and gaue him the bysshoprike of Wynchestre at his pleasure was content so that yâ— kyng of EnglaÌ„d wold be fauorable to him in yâ— coÌ„posycion for his delyuerance that yâ— foresayd Wy can shulde haue the sayd bysshoprike And than the duke of Burbone returned into
transytorie lyfe but besyde me in Westmynster The kynge all wepynge sayde Madame I graunt all your desyre Than the good lady and quene made on her the signe of the crosse and coÌ„maunded the kyng her husbande to god and her yongest sofie Thomas who was there besyde her And anone after she yelded vp the spiryte the whiche I beleue surely the holy angels receyued with great ioy vp to heuen for in all her lyfe she dyd neyther in thought nor dede thyng wherby to lese her soule as ferr as any creature coulde knowe Thus the good quene of Englande dyed in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lxix. in the vigyll of our lady in the myddes of August Of whose dethe tidynges came to Tornehen into the englysshe hoost wherof euery creature was sore displeased and ryght so roufull and specially her son the duke of LaÌ„castre Howbeit ther is no sorowe but it behoueth at length to be borne and forgoten Therfore thenglysshmen left nat their order but remayned a long space before the freÌ„chmen So it was that certayne knightes and squyers of France that were ther and dayly sawe their enemyes before them Concluded toguyder the nexte mornynge to go and serimysshe with the englysshmen And of the same acorde were mo than thre huÌ„dred knightes and squyers of Uer mandois Artois and Corbois so eche of theÌ„ gaue warnyng to other without knowledge of any of their marshals And so the next mornyng by that it was day lyght they were on horsbacke redy armed and toguyder assembled And so they rode forthe without any noyse makyng rode about the hyll of Tornchen to take their aduantage to come in at one of the corners of thenglysshe hoost It whiche corner was loged sir Robert of Namure and his company the same nyght he had kepte the watche and in the mornynge he was drawen to his tent and was set at the table to eate some meate armed saue his bassenet and the lorde of Poicten with him And therwith came the frenchmen on the same syde but as happe was suche as had kepte the watche were nat vnarmed the which fortuned well for them For anone they were redy to defende their ennemyes and so encountred with them and brake their way Anone tidynges caÌ„e to sir Robert of Namure howe his men were fightyng with the frenchmen therwith he put the table fro hym and sayd let vs go and helpe our men And incontynent he put his bassenet on his heed and caused one to take his baner and displayed it Than one sayd to him Sir me thynke it were best that ye sent to the duke of Lancastre and fight nat without hym He answered shortly and sayd Send who so wyll I wyll go the nexte way that I can to my men and they that loue me lette them folowe after Therwith he went forth his glayue in his hande aprochyng his ennemyes and the lorde of Poicten and sir Henry of Sanxels with hym and dyuers other knightes And so founde his men fightyng with the frenchmen who were a great nombre and lykely to haue done a great enterprice But assoone as they sawe sir RobrÌ„t of Namures baner come they drewe abacke to gyder for they feared that all the hoost had be styrred and so in dyuers places it was Under sir Robertes baner there was slayne a knyght of Uermandoise called sir Robert of Coloyne the which was great domage for he was right swete and courtesse and a ryght good knight The freÌ„chmen retourned agayne without any more doyng for they feared rather to lese than wyn And sir Robert thought nat to folowe after folisshely but assembled his men togyder and so went to his lodgyng whan he sawe that the frenchmen were gone ¶ Howe the duke of Burgoyne depted fro the duke of LaÌ„castre without batayle and howe the duke of LaÌ„castre went to Calays Ca. CC .lxviii. AFter thys aduenture ther was nothing done that ought to be remembred It displeased mochsom of both parties that they were so long so nere togyder and fought nat for it was sayde euery day among them we shall fight to more we yâ— whiche day caÌ„e neuer For as it is sayd before the duke of Burgoyne wolde nat breke the ordynaunce of the kynge his brother who hadde straytely commaunded him that he shulde gyue no batayle to thenglysshmen and euery day there was messangers bytwene them comyng and goynge The duke of Burgoyne as I was thanÌ„e enfourmed ymagyned and consydered howe that he lay there at great cost and charge and howe he coude lye no lengar there to his honour For he hadde there a four thousande knyghtes or mo and sawe well that his enemyes were but a handfull of men as to the nombre of his and had nother fought with theÌ„ nor shulde nat Wherfore hesent of his knightê to the kyng his brother shewyng him his mynde that other he wolde haue leue to fight or els 〈…〉 departe The kyng knewe well the duke desyred but reason commaundyng him that on the sight of his letters he shulde dillodge and gyue leaue to all his men of warr to departe and to come hymselfe to Parys Sayenge howe he wolde go himselfe in his owne propre ê‘sone to fight with the englysshmen Whan the duke of Burgoyne herde those tidynges he gaue knoledge therof secretly to the greattest of his host sayeng to theÌ„ Sirs we must disloge the kyng heth coÌ„maunded it and so by the hour of mydnight all thyng was trussed euery man mouÌ„ted on their horses and set fyre on their logynges At whiche tyme sir Henry of SaÌ„xels kept the watche with ser Robert of Namures coÌ„pany who spyed a fyre and than two or thre and so mo Than he sayd to hymselfe a I fere me the frenchmen wyll a wake vs this night it semeth so by their dealyng said to theÌ„ that were there about hym Let vs go and awake the lorde Robert Namure to the entent that yâ— frenchmen fynde vs nat a slepe Than this sir Henry came to the lodgynge of the lorde Namur and called his chaÌ„berlayns and sayd Sirs it is be houefull that ye a wake your lorde And they went to his bedde syde and awoke hym shewed hym all the mater who answered Well I se we shall shortely here other tidynges Call vp your folkes and let euery man be quickely armed And so they dyde and also he was shortly armed And whan his men were assembled togyder he caused one to take his baner went streight to the duke of Lancastres tent who as than was nere armed for he had warnynge before of the mater And so he was anon redy and his lordes lytell and lytell drewe anone aboute him and euer as they came they raynged in batayle fayre softely without any noyse or light And caused all the archers to be redy raynged before theym in suche a place where as they thought the frenchmen shulde coÌ„e if they were in purpose to come and fight with
how sir Robert Canoll brent exyled the countre of Picardy and of Uermandoise Cap. CC .lxxviii. BEfore that sir Robert Canoll and his coÌ„pany 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 grauÌ„ted bytwene bothe kynges their couÌ„treis 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 coÌ„pany a hundred speares of the realme of scot lande Whan sir Robert Canoll was redy and his coÌ„pany 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 deê‘ted and toke the felde and were to the noÌ„bre of .xv. hundred speares foure thousande archers And he had with hym out of Englande sir ThomÌ„s 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 weÌ„t nere to Fiennes Sir Moreau of FieÌ„nes 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 couÌ„tie of guyens and entred into the countie of FaucoÌ„brige 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 couÌ„tre 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 〈◊〉 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 deê‘ted 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 auauÌ„sed theÌ„ selfe to the subbarbes of the towne and so came to the barryers the whiche they fouÌ„de 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 enteÌ„t 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 couÌ„tre And so at last they came into Uermandoise and caÌ„e to Roy and brent the towne and than passed forthe and went to Hem in UermaÌ„dois 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 graÌ„ges 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 coÌ„posicyon that they of the playne couÌ„tre shulde gyue and pay to theÌ„ a certayne soÌ„me 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
sirs howe say you haue you any wyll to fight with your enemyes for I beleue surely it must be houe vs to fyght And they sayd sir we thanke god it shal be welcome to vs. Than the constable aduysed to set a busshment to watche them of the castell for he thought well they wolde yssue out and so set ther two huÌ„dred for that entent Thanne he caused to be cast downe the moost parte of the pales that were about their hoostê to th entent they shulde nat lette hym nor his company whan he wolde yssue out And so ordayned two batayls the one was gouerned by sir Alayne of Beaumount and the other by sir Geffray of Carnuell and commauÌ„ded that none shulde passe before his baner without his commaundement and that euery man shulde kepe their lodgynge NOwe lette vs speke of sir Robert Mycon and of sir Robert le scot who were aboue in the castell sawe thenglisshmen redy apparelled in the feldes Than they sayd lette vs arme our selfe and yssue out we shall so one passe throughe these bretons assoone as our folkes knoweth that we be fightynge with theÌ„ they wyll come on do great domage to them or they shall knowe of our issuyng out And so they armed theÌ„ to the nombre of .lx. and yssued out a horsebacke to skrymysshe with the hoost but they were encountred with the busshement that was layd for them And so ther was a sore scrimysshe but the englysshmen were so enclosed that they coude nother recule backe nor go forwarde and so they were all taken or slayne so that none escaped The two capitayns were taken And all this season the other englysshemen were on the felde and the coÌ„stable styll in his perclose and issued nat out for they feared that the englisshmen had some great enbusshement in the wode behynde them The englysshmen had brought thyder with them a certayne nombre of poicteuyns bretons robbers and pyllers to the nombre of two hundred whome the englisshmen sent on before theÌ„ to scrimyshe with the frenche host And as soone as they caÌ„e before the constables batayle they tourned theÌ„ selfe and sayd howe they were good frenche and wolde be on the constables parte if it pleased hym The constable sayd he was content to haue them Than he sette them on a wynge on the one syde and lerned by them all the maner and dealynge of the englysshmen and knewe by them howe they had no maner of busshmeÌ„t behynde them ¶ Whan the constable of Fraunce vnderstode that he was more toyouse than he was before Than he drewe all his people toguyder and caused de his bannerre to auaunce forthe and drewe to the wynge of his two bataylles and went forthe a fote castynge downe their pales cryenge ourlady Clesquy And whan the englysshmen sawe them yssue out of their holde they raynged them selfe a fote and auaunsed forwarde with great desyre And at their fyrst metyng they encouÌ„tred the coÌ„stables batayle and fought there so valiantly that they passed through the batayle and brought many a man to the erthe But than the bretons had wysely ordred their two batayls beyng on the wyng And so they came on all fresshe and lusty and basshed in so among thenglysshmen who were all wery that they were sore reculed backe Howbeit lyke valyant men and full of courage they fought with axes and swordes of Burdeaux wherwith they gaue great strokes Ther were good knyghtes on bothe partes who nobly aduentured them selfe to exaulte their honours This batayle was as well fought and as many proper dedes of armes done in takyng and rescuynge as had bene sene of many a day before in playne felde without any aduauntage for euery man dyde his best to his power there was many a man sore hurt and cast to the erthe with great myschefe howbeit finally all thenglisshmen were dicoÌ„fyted so that fewe scaped but other they were taken or slayn Ther were slayne it good squyers Richard of Mesuyll and Wylliam Dursell and James Ubille sore hurte And there was taken sir JohnÌ„ Ubrues Aymery of Rochchoart Dauyd Hollegraue Rycharde Olyue JohnÌ„ Cresuell and dyuers other of Englande and Poytou This bataile of Syreth was in the yere of our lorde god a M. thre huÌ„dred .lxxii. the .xxi. day of Marche ¶ And than after the constable returned his folkes in to their lodgynges and toke hede to their hurte men and to their prisoners wherof they had great plenty And afterwarde the constable sent to speke with them of the castell sir Alayne of Beaumounte who shewed them that if they were taken by force they shulde all dye without mercy Than they of the garyson put theÌ„ in to the constables mercy who receyued them to grace for he suffred them to passe quyte and had saue conducte to go to Burdeaux Thus the frenche men had the castell and the lande which was put vnder the obeysauÌ„ce of yâ— frenche kyng ThaÌ„ the bretons in a great heate came before Niorth whiche was a good towne in Poictou and had all yâ— season before euer susteyned the englysshmen for they kepte euer a great garyson And as soone as they of Niorth knewe that the coÌ„stable came to them warde they went out against him and presented to hym yâ— kayes of the towne so brought hym in to their towne with great ioye there the bretons refresshed them a four dayes And than depted with great aray they were a xiiii hundred speares so went before the forteresse of Lusiguen which was yelded vp to them by composicion so that they of the garison within departed their lyues saued and as moche as they coude cary before them of their owne and so had a saue conducte to conuey them to Burdeux Thus the freÌ„chmen had that castell and all the seignory and all the men therof became subgettes to the french kyng ThaÌ„ the bretons rode before the castell Alart and the constable sent to the lady wyfe to sir Rycharde Dangle who was there within to yelde vp the castell And she desyred to haue assurance the she might go to Poicters to speke with the duke of Berry The constable grauÌ„ted her desyre and caused her to be coÌ„ueyed thyder by one of his knyghtes And whaÌ„ she came before the duke she kneled downe and the duke toke her vp demauÌ„ded what was her request Sir ê™ she I am required by the constable of Fraunce that I shuld put me and my landes vnder the obeysauÌ„ce of the frenche kyng And sir ye knowe well yâ— my lord and husbande lyeth yet prisoner in Spayne sir his lande is in my gouernance I am a woman of small defence And sir I can nat do with the heritage of my husbaÌ„de at myne owne pleasure for peraduenture if I shulde do any thynge agaynst his pleasure he wolde can me no thanke therfore and so shulde I be blamed but sir to apease you to set my lande in peace I shall coÌ„pounde with you
bothe knightes and squyers prisoners though I myght haue for them a hundred M. frankes I wyll saue neuer a one of theÌ„ And whan the haraude was departed and hadde made his reporte The duke of Aniou called forthe the hangman and made to be brought forthe the hostagê two knightes and asquier and caused their heedes to be stryken of nere to the castell so that they within might se it and knowe it Incontynent sir Robert Canoll made a borde to be put out of a wyndowe of the hall and brought thyder four prisoners that he had thre knightes and a squyer for whome he might haue hadde great rauÌ„some But he made their four heedes to be stryken of and dyde cast them downe into the dykes the bodyes one way and their heedes a nother way Than they brake vp their siege all maner of men went into FrauÌ„ce and namely the duke of Aniou went to Parys to the kyng his brother The constable the lorde Clysson and other rode toward the cyte of Troyes for the englysshmen were in that marches were passed the ryuer of Marne and toke their waye towarde Anxere The same tyme pope Gregory the .xi. had sent into FrauÌ„ce in legacyon the archbysshoppe of Rohan and the bysshoppe of Carpentras for to treat for a peace yf it might be bytwene the frenche kyng and the kynge of Englande These prelates had moche laboure to ryde in and out bytwene the frenche kynge and his bretherne and the duke of Lancastre but alwayes the englysshmen rode forthe thorough the countreis of Forestes of Auuergne of Limosyn and the ryuer of Loyre to Dordone and to Lothe Thenglysshmen were nat all at their ease in that iourney nor in lykewise were nat the frenchmen that folowed and costed them In the which pursute ther dyed thre knightes of Heynault sir Fateres of Berlaumount Bridoll of Montague and the begue of Uerlan and also of the englysshe part there dyed some Solonge the dukes of Lancastre and of Bretayne rode forwarde that they cam to Bergerath a four leages fro Burdeux And alwayes the frenchmen had pursued them the duke of Aniou and the coÌ„stable rode aboue towarde Rouuergue Roddes and Tholouse were come to Pyergourt And ther the two for sayd prelates rested and rode euer prechynge bytwene the parties and layed many reasons to bring them to acorde but both parties were so harde that they wolde nat condiscende to no peace without a great aduaÌ„tage and so about christmas the duke of Lancastre came to Burdeux and ther bothe dukes lay all that wynter and the lent folowynge and some of his company departed Whan the iourney was paste there retourned in to Englande the lorde Basset and his company wherwith the kyng was nat content but reproued hym bycause he retourned and nat the duke his sonne THan anone after the feest of Easter the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred and .xiii. The duke of Aniou beynge at Pyergourt assembled a great army with hym was the constable of Fraunce and the most parte of all the barones and knyghtes of Bretayne of Poictou of Aniou and of Tourayne Also there was of Gascoyne sir Johan of Armynake the lordes Dalbret and Pyergourt The erles of Comynges and of Narbone the vycountes of Carmayne Uyllemure and of Thalare the erle Dolphyn of Auuergne and the moost parte of the lordes of Auuergne and of Limosyn the vycount of Myndone the lordes de la Barde and Pyergourt and sir Robert de Charde They were a .xv. thousande menne a foote and also they had a great nombre of geneways cros bowes and tooke their way towardes highe Gascoyne and came before saynt Syluere wherof an abbot was lorde Howe beit that there was a stronge towne yet the abbot douted yâ— he shulde lose it by force Therfore he fell in a treaty with the duke of Aniou for he thought nother hym selfe nor his laÌ„de shulde abyde the warre nor be in the dukes indygnacion Sayeng to him how his town nor fortresse was but a small thynge as in regard of the townes castels in hygh Gascone whyder he supposed the duke was goyng Therfore he desyred hym to leue him in rest peace by certayne composycion yâ— he nor none of his men shulde make any warre so that non were made to him and also to do in lyke maner as herytours and lordes of Gascoyne dyde The duke accorded to hym and hadde hostages in that behalfe and sent them to be kepte in Pyergourt Than all the hoole hoost wherof the duke of Anio we was chiefe drewe towardes Mount Marsen and to the towne of Lourde in highe Gascone wherof sir Arnold de Uyre was capitayne Than the freÌ„chmen layd siege therto and demaunded if they wolde yelde theÌ„ vp to the duke of Aniowe They of the towne were soone agreed therto but the knyght that kept it sayde howe the erle of Foiz delyuered hym the place wherfore he sayde he wolde delyuer it to none other person Whan the constable herde that he caused euery man to assaute the Castell in suche wyse that it was wonne by force and the capitayne slayne and dyuers other bo the men and women and the towne ouerron and robbed and so left it and at their deê‘tyng they left men therin Than the frenchmen entred in to the lande of the castell Bone and ouerran it And thaÌ„ passed by the lande of the castell Neufe whiche they assayled and so went for the towarde Byenre and came to the entre of the lande of the lorde of Lescute rode so forwarde that they came to a good towne and to a good castell called Sault which held of the countie of Foiz and all his landes arere fees in Gascoyne The prince of Wales before he went in to Spayne was in mynde to haue made warr agaynst the countie of Foiz bycause they wolde nat holde of hym And also the duke of Aniou who had coÌ„quered the moost part of all Acquitayne shewed hymselfe as lorde ther wolde haue had it in possessyon So he layd siege before the towne of Sault in Gascoyne whiche was nat easy to wyn and within there was capitayn sir WyllimÌ„ of Pans And whan the erle of Foiz sawe howe the frenchmen conquered his landes and arerefees the which by reason he shuld other holde of the french kyng orels of the kyng of Englande He sent for the vicount of the castell Bone and for the lordes of Mersalte of castell Neufz of Lescute for the abbot of saynt Syluere And whanne they were come to him than he sent for a saue coÌ„duct to go and speke with the duke of Aniowe who lay styll at siege before Saulte the duke accorded therto Than he and the other lordes went to the hoost to the duke and there agreed that they and their landes shulde abyde in a respite of peace tyll the myddes of August at the which tyme ther shulde apere before the towne of MoÌ„sac
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 laÌ„des 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 FrauÌ„ce and the lorde of Manny for suche seruyce as they had done in Spayne The coÌ„stable gaue the lande of saryen castell in exchange for the erle of PeÌ„broke who was taken prisoner before Rochell and ser Olyuer of MaÌ„ny gaue his lande of Grece for the lordes sir Richarde Dangle and WyllimÌ„ his nephue and for Othes of GraÌ„tsone 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 theÌ„glysshe 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 SepteÌ„bre in the marches of Picardy the duke of Aniou at saynt Omers and the duke of LaÌ„castre at Calys After this truce thus taken the duke of LaÌ„castre 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 deê‘ted 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 freÌ„chmen 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 deâ—myned 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 becaÌ„e 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 FrauÌ„ce 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 DaÌ„gle made his finauÌ„ce as I shall shewe you ye haue herde here before howe yâ— lorde of Roy was prisoner in EnglaÌ„de 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 MaÌ„ny sent to yâ— kyng of EnglaÌ„de 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 MaÌ„ny 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 〈◊〉 in Heynalt And yâ— other knyghtes as sir Tanyboton sir Othes of Grantson and Johan of Gruners were put to their fynauÌ„ce and by the meanes of sir Olyuer of Manny they passed with easy and courtesse rauÌ„some ¶ 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 NormaÌ„dy yelded them vp freÌ„che 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 noÌ„bre 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 couenauÌ„t 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 â—oke 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 PrudeÌ„ce 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
sir James of Uien the admyrall of Fraunce the doulpoyu of Auuergne sir Johan of Bulle and dyuerss other lordes And all these helde their iourney and day before Bercerell but none came thyder to apere before them and so the forte resse was yelded vp and euery man departed who wolde and so sir JohnÌ„ Apert and his men of Cornewall tooke the see and retourned in to Englande and the lordes of FrauÌ„ce toke possessyon of the forteresse of Bercerell and newe repayred it and refresshed it with men artyllary and other puruyances And anone after by the coÌ„mauÌ„dment of the french king all these men of warre went and layd siege before saynt Saluyour the vicount in CoÌ„stantyne whiche parteyned before to sir Johan Chandos and after his dethe the kyng of Englande gaue it sir Alayn of Boucquesell who as thaÌ„ was in Englande and he hadde lefte a capitayne there a squier called Charenton with him sir Thomas Cornet Johan de Bourge and the thre bretherne of Maulurier and with them there were a sixscore men of warr and so saynt Sauiour was besieged by see by sir Johan of Uien admyrall of FrauÌ„ce and by lande by the other lordê of Bretayne and Normandy Ther was a great hoost and they dressed vp engyns agaynst the towne whichesore traueyled them within the forteresse NOwe let vs speke of the lordê that 〈◊〉 at Bruges to entreat for a peace of the freÌ„che parte The dukes of Anion and of Burgoyne the erle of Salebruch the bysshoppe of Amiens the chiefe of Bayeux And on the englisshe parte there was the duke of LaÌ„castre the erle of Salisbury and the bysshop of LoÌ„don So at last to th entent that none yuell nor trouble shulde coÌ„e to any of these lordes nor to none of their men that rode in out dayly bytwene the parties Therfore they agreed on a truce to endure to the fyrst day of May next after in all the marches of Calais and to the ryuer of Some and other landes to be styll in warre Than there was sent in to Bretayne the lorde Clysson and the lorde de Lauall with all their companyes to kepe the fronters there about ¶ Howe the duke of Bretayne arryued in Bretayne where he tooke dyuers castels and forteresses by force and of the trewce that was made bytwene the french kyng and the kyng of Englande and their alyes Cap. CCC .xiii. WHyle these lordes were entreatyng for peace at Brugê The duke of Bretayn who was in Englande as ye haue herde here before sawe well howe his countre was in great trybulacion nighe all the countre turned agaynst hym And as than the countesse his wyfe was in the castell of Alroye and him selfe about the kyng of EnglaÌ„de who right hertely loued him and to hym sayd Fayreson I knowe well howe for the loue of me ye haue put in balance your landes and are put out of your seignory fayre herytage but be ye in certayne that I shall right well recouer it you agayne for I woll make no peace with the freÌ„chmen without ye be coÌ„prssed therin and you to haue agayne your herytage The duke huÌ„bly thaÌ„ked hym And so yâ— same season the duke of Bretayne assembled toguyder at HaÌ„pton thre M. archers And they were all payed their wages by the ordynance of the kyng of Englande for halfe a yere with theÌ„ two M. men of armes And in that iorney there went therles of CaÌ„bridge and of Marche the lorde Spenser sir ThomÌ„s HolaÌ„de Nicholas Camoire Edwarde Twyford Richarde Pontchardon Johan â—esselle Thomas Grantson Hugh Hastyngê the lordê of MaÌ„ue of Pole and diuers other knightes squiers the duke of Bretayne with all his company arryued at saynt Mathewes of tyne Potern in Bretayne and so toke lande and in contynent assayled the castell which was without the towne the castell was nat greatly fortifyed nother with men nor artillery and so the engylsshmen toke it by force and slewe all them that were within and whan they within the towne of saynte Mathewes knewe therof they opened their gates receyued in the duke as their lord Than thenglisshmen went to the towne of Polle de Lyon whiche was stronge and well closed There they made a great assaute and the archers beyng on the dykes shot so holy togyder that fewe or none durst shewe them selfe at defence so the towne was wonne ouerron and exyled than they went to Brue de Uaulx which was well fortifyed with men of armes other purueyaunces for the lordes of Clysson and Beaumanoyre the vycount of Rohan and dyuers other lordes of Bretayne had been there but a lytell be fore had refresshed the fortresse with euery thing that neded and so the duke and the englisshmen layd siege therto And whan they of saynt Sauyour the vicouÌ„t vnderstode howe the duke of Bretayn and these lordes of Englande were arryued in Bretayne they trusted that they wolde come thyder and reyse the siege about them whiche they greatly desyred for they were greatly coÌ„streyned by their engyns which dyde cast day and nyght so that they wyst nat where to kepe theÌ„selfe out of danger Than they toke aduyse to entreat with the freÌ„chmen to haue a truse to endure to Ester the yere of our lorde M. thre hundred .lxxv. whiche was but .vi. wekes after so that within that tyme they shulde be fought withall orreysed fro the sege or els to yelde vp the forteresse their lyues and goodê saued this truce was taken but they lay styll at siege but they made no warre eche to other duryng that season THe vicont of Rohan the lordê of Clisson and of Beaumanoyre who laye in fronter agaynst the duke of Bretayne and theÌ„glisshmen who lay at sege before saynt Bru de Uaulx and they herde reported howe sir JohnÌ„ Deureux was nere to Campelly made great warre in the countre and had newly repayred and fortifyed a lytell fortresse wherin he was and made there his garyson and called it the Nouell for t so that they of CaÌ„pelly coulde nat issue out of their towne without trouble And so they sent worde therof to the lorde Clysson who was at Lamballe than he and his company departed thens and left men behynde them to kepe the towne and rode so longe that they came to the newe forters and layd seige therto whiche tidynges came to the duke of Bretayn where as he was at siege before saynt Brue de Uaulx where as the duke had made a myne the which had bene a makyng the space of .xv. dayes and at the same tyme they had loste their myne and labour And whan the duke and the lordes of his hoost knewe that they sayd all thynges consydered they thought they loste their tyme to abyde there any lenger wherfore they sayd it were better for them to go and ayde sir JohnÌ„ Deureux for if we may fynde them in the felde that hath layde siege to hym we trust we
shall haue a fayre iourney So than they disloged and rode towarde the newe forteresse whiche the lordes of Bretayne made to be assayled in such wyse that they were at the fote of the wall and feared nothynge that was caste downe on theÌ„ for they were well pauesshed and also they within had but lytell stuffe to cast downe and therwith in all hast there came one to theÌ„ and sayd sirs get you hens for yonder cometh the duke of Bretayne with the englysshmen they be nat past two leages hens Than the truÌ„pet sowned the retrayte than they drewe abacke and toke their horses and so departed went into Campelly whiche was nat far thens and closed their gates and lyfte vp their brydges And by that tyme the duke of Bretayne was come thyder with the barones of Englande in his company and they had past by the newe fortresse and hadde spoken with sir Johan Deureux who thaÌ„ked them of their comyng for els he had ben soone taken And so the duke layde siege to the towne of Campelly and set forthe their archers and brigaÌ„tes well pauessed and there they made a great assaut The englysshemen fayned nat no more dyd they within ther were dyuers hurte on bothe partes and euery day there was an assaute or elles skrymysshe They within sawe well howe they coulde nat long endur nor they sawe no socours comyng also they sawe well that they coulde nat yssue out to departe their fortresse was so closed on euery syde And also they knewe well if they were taken byforce they shulde haue no mercy and specially the lorde Clysson thenglysshmen hated hym so sore thaÌ„ the lordes of Bretayn that were within began to entreat with the duke to yelde them selfe vp vpon a courtes raunsome but the duke wolde haue them symply so with moche payne at last they gat arespyte for .viii. dayes and duryng the same respyte it fell well for them within the forteresse for two knyghtes of England one sir Nicholas Carsuell and sir Water Durswyke were sent to the duke of Bretayne fro the duke of Lancastre coÌ„maundyng that by vertue of treatie of peace as was made at Brugê bitwene the kyng of England and the frenche kyng wherof they brought charters sealed of the trewce that without delay on the sight of them to leaue and make warre no more So incontynent the truce was reed and publysshed through the hoost and also shewed to them that were within CaÌ„pelly wherof they were right ioyfull that is to say the lorde Clisson the vicont of Rohan the lorde of Beaumanoyre and the other for the trewce came well for them and thus brake vp the siege of CaÌ„pelly And the duke of Bretayn gaue leaue to all them that were with him to departe except suche as were dayly in his house and so went to Alroy where his wyfe was And than the erles of CaÌ„bridge and of Marche sir Thomas Holande erle of Irelande the lorde Spenser and the other englysshmen retourned agayne in to Englande Whan the duke of Bretayn had ordred all his besynesse by great leaser he refresshed the towne and castell of Breest and Alroy and than he retourned agayne in to Englande and his wyfe with hym THe same day that the trewce was made at Bruges to endur for a hole yere bytwene the kynges of Englande and Fraunce and all their alies And the duke of Burgoyne for the one parte and the duke of Lancastre for the other parte sware to come thyder agayn at the feest of Alsayntê and that eche parte shulde holde and enioye euery thyng that they had as than in possession during the said terme The englysshmen thought that saynt Sauiour the vicount shulde be saued by reason of that treatie but the frenchmen sayd that the fyrst couynant shulde passe the last ordynance So that whan the day aproched that they ofsaynt Sauyoure shulde other yelde vp or els be rescued by their frendes The french kyng sent thyder a great nombre of men of warre as a .vi. thousande speares knightes and squiers besyde other people but none came thyder to reyse the siege and whaÌ„ the day was expyred ther with in yelded them vp to the frenchlordes full sore agaynst their wylles for that forteresse was well sittyng for the englysshmen and the capitayne sir Thomas Tynet and Johan de Bourc and the thre bretherne of Malurier and the other englisshmen went to Carentyn so toke shyppynge and retourned into Englande Than the constable of Fraunce newe refresshed the forteresse of saynt Saluyour the vicount and sette a breton knight capitayne therin and vnderstode so as than that the frenche kynge had gyuen him that seignorie Of the iorney that the lorde of Coucy made in Austrych and of the deth of the prince of wales howe there coulde be founde no maner of treatie of peace bitwene the two kyngê and also of the dethe of the kynge of Englande Edwarde the thyrde Cap. CCC .xiiii. THe same season there was come in to FrauÌ„ce the lord of Coucy who had ben longe in LuÌ„bardy with the erle of Uertue sonne to sir Galeas makyng warre against sir Barnabo and his alies bycause of pope Gregory the .xi. and for the holy colledge of Rome The lorde of Coucy by succession of his mother who was suster to the duke of Austryche last disseased wherby he ought to be enheryter to the duchy for the duke was deed without issue by waye of maryage and they of Austrich had gyuen the duchy and lande to another farther of by lynage than the lorde Coucy wherof the lorde of Coucy hadde often tymes complayned to the emperour the lorde Charles of Behayne TheÌ„perour knewe well that the lorde Coucy had right therto howe be it he might nat with his ease constrayne theÌ„ of Austryche for they were strong in his countre and many good men of warre The lorde of Coucy had made warre there before by the conforte of his aunt suster to the duke but lytell it auayled him and whan he was thus coÌ„e in to Fraunce the kyng made him great chere Than he aduysed and sawe well howe there was in Fraunce as than many men of warre satte as ydell Wherfore he thought they coude nat be better ocupyed than to helpe him to his right durynge the trewce bytwene Fraunce and England Than the lorde of Couey desyâ—â—d the kyng to let him haue of the bretons such as ouer ronne the realme to make warre with hym in Austryche the kyng who wolde gladly that the companyons were out of hys realme accorded to his desyre So the kynge lende or gaue him I can nat tell wheder a .lx. thousaÌ„de frankes to departe among the sayd companyons So they rode forthe to warde Austryche about the feest ofsaynt Michell they dyd moche yuell all the wayes as they wâ—t Also ther were dyuers barons knyghtes squiers of FrauÌ„ce of Arthoys of Uermandoys of Haynaulte and of 〈…〉 rdy as the vicountes of Meaulâ— and Daunoy sir Raâ—e
and 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 coÌ„pany had won all in the couÌ„tie 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 caÌ„e before Chierbourc which was strong and nobly fouÌ„ded first by Julyus Cesar whan he coÌ„quered 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 coÌ„pany 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 caÌ„e out of his enbusshment and all his and ranne feirlly at thenglysshmen and naueroyes Ther was an harde encouÌ„tre 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 deê‘te 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 couÌ„sayle 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 caÌ„e 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 obeysauÌ„ce of the freÌ„che kyng as the other castels and good townes of Bretayne were And so they deê‘ted fro Alroy suche as were â—in for the duke of Bretayne ¶ The yere of our lorde a thousande thre huÌ„dred .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 Wyllâ—â— 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
sir James of Mountmore sir Percyuall Deyneuall Wylliam of Mountcountour and sir James of Surgeres were capitaynes and wold nat leaue the siege for the dethe of yuan of Wales who was their souerayne capitayne they had great desyre to reuenge his dethe on them of the forteresse Also ye haue herde howe sir ThomÌ„s Triuet sir WyllmÌ„ Scrope sir Thomas Berton sir Wylliam Sendrue a great nombre of men of armes and archers were ordayned to go in to the marches of Burdeaux for the reskewe of them of Mortayne And sir Mathewe Gornay who was at Bayon and was dayly occupyed therabout in the marches agaynst the gascons and suche as helde forteresses there These sayd four knyghtes their companyes had layen at Plomouthe .vii. monethes and could haue no wynde to serue them to go in to Gascoyne wherof they were ryght sore displeased but they coulde nat amende it Also ye haue harde howe the lorde Neuyll of Englande was ordeyned with a great nombre of men of armes and archers to go and comforte the kyng of Nauer agaynst the spany ardes for he was ordeyned to be seneshall of Burdeux so he founde all these other men of warrÌ„styll at Plomouth and eche of them were glad of other anon after the lord Neuels comyng they had wynde at wyll Than they toke shippynge and sayled towardes Gascoyne and so they were in one flete a sixe score vesselles and xl barkes there myght well be a thousaÌ„de men of armes and two thousande archers they hadde no let on the see but good wynde and so they entred in to the hauen of Burdeux the euen of our Lady in Septembre the yer of our sorde a thousand thre hundred .lxxvii. Whan the bretons and poicteuyns that laye at siege before Mortaygne sawe suche a flete of shippes passe by makynge great feast brunt and so wâ—ynge of trompettes they were ryght pensyue and they within the castell ryght ioyfull for they hoped well than to be shortely reskewed or elles their enemyes to haue batayle for they thought surely they were nat come thyder for nought but for to do some great feate of armes Than sir James of Mountmore and the capitaynes of the hoost drewe to guyder to counsayle to determyne what was best for theÌ„ to do Than they repented theÌ„ of the forsakyng of the treaty that was offred theÌ„ before for but a lytell before the Soudic of Lestrade offred to rendre vp the forteresse so they myght departe to Burdeur their lyues and goodes saued but the frenchmen wolde nat therof So than they sent a â—â—â—aulde to the castell shewyng theÌ„ howe they were content to receyue their treatie The Soudic answered howe they were than in no mynd to fall to no treatie for their socour was come wherfore they wolde frely departe or a â—yde at their pleasure so the siege lay styll The lorde Neuyll and his company came to Burdeaâ— they were ioyfully receyued of sir Wylliam â—â—â—man seneshall of Landes sir Johan of Multon mayre of the cytie of the archbysshop there and of the burgesses ladyes and 〈◊〉 The lorde Neuyll was lodged in the abbey of saynt Andrewes and so was seneshall of Burdeur Than anone after he made an assemble of knyghtes and squiers gascons suche as helde of the englisshe parte so that he was a four thousande And he ordeyned shyppes and vesselles on the ryuer of Garon and so departed fro Burdeux to go and reyse the siege before Mortayne Anone these tydynges were knowen in the frenche hoost howe thenglysshmen gascons were comyng downe the ryuer of Garon to reyse their siege or elles to â—yght with them Than the capitayns drewe to counsayle all thynges considered it was thought they were nat able to abyde yâ— puyssance wherfore it was determyned that they shulde rather lâ—â—e â—he tyme that they hadde spent than to put themselfe in to a farder daunger parell And so sowned then disâ—ogyng without any thyng doyng farder and so drewe in to Poictou but all departed nat for a certayne bretons walshmen that were parteynynge to yuan of Wales sayd howe they were able to abyde all the world and to kepe the fortresse of saynt Leger and so they entred into it drue in all their artyllary THe knightes of Englande and Gascon who were comynge with full sayles in barges by the Ryuer of Garon they rested at thentre before Mortayne and so toke lande lytell and lytell And as they landed they put theÌ„selfe in order redy to assayle yâ— fortresse of saynt Leger wherin the bretons were And so at the first comyng ther was a sore assaut and whyle they were at the assaut the lorde Neuyll sent a haraude to Mortayn to the Soudic to knowe howe he dyde The haraude dyde as he was coÌ„mauÌ„ded and brought worde agayne how they dyd rightwell but that they had no showes on their fete The assaut before saynt Legerendured well thre houres and wan nothing but had dyuers of their men sore hurt and so lodged theÌ„ that night And it was their myndes nat to depart thens tyll they had wonne that holde and were sore displeased that the lord of MoÌ„tmore and the other french knightes had nat ben â—in the fortresse of saynt Leger but they were wiselye departed and left ther the bretons ¶ Howe the englysshmen recouered dyuers castelles on the frenchmen in Burdeloys Cap. CCC .xxxv. ANd in the next mornyng the lorde Neuyll the knightes of England ordayned to gyue assaut to saynt Leger and so sowned their truÌ„pettê to the assaute and aproched to the fortresse and ther began a sore assaut The fortresse stode so on a rocke yâ— none coude easely aproche therto and on yâ— wekest syde ther were dyuers great dykes so that none coude easely aproche The assaylers traueyled sore and wanne but lytell but dyuers of their men were sore hurt some slayne Than thassaut ceased and it was thought best to fyll the dykes to haue the more aduantage togyue assaut so with great payne the dykes were fylled Than the bretons that were within seyng that douted more than than they dyde before and good reason why so fell to entreat The englysshmen who had great mynde of the kyng of Nauers busynesse and also â–ª thought to delyuer certayne fortresses in Burdelois holden by the frenche bretons agreed to their treatie and so the holde of saynt Leger was gyuen vp so that they within departed whyder they lyst their lyues and goodes saued Thus saynt Legers was englysshe and than the lordes wente to the castell of Mortayne and founde yâ— Soudic of Lestrade in the same case as the haraud had reported to theÌ„ before So than they were refresshed of euery thyng that they neded and the castell newe furnysshed with meÌ„ And than they retourned agayne to Burdeaux the same way they caÌ„e by water by the ryuer of Garon wHan they were come agayne to Burdeaux and refresshed in the meane season they had
men of warre And in the same meane season â–ª sir Thomas Tryuet thought to assemble a certayne nombre of men of warre and to go to the towne of Alpharo in Spayne And so he dyde and departed in an euenynge fro Quasquam and fro the kynge of Nauer and had with hym but one huÌ„dred speres of chosen men of armes And so by the nexte mornyng they came within a lytell leage of the towne and there they made their busshement And sir Wylliam Sendrine was sent to rynne before the towne and Andrewe Andrac with theÌ„ a ten speares And so they caÌ„e to a lytell ryuer or broke yâ— which went streight to the towne and so passed it with great trouble Andrewe Andrac made their horses to leape ouer and so came to the barryers Than there began great noyse in the towne and sownyng of trumpettê The men of warr within the towne assembled togyder and opyned their gates and barryers and yssued all out and so began to scrimysshe and of the sayd ten speares ther were but two of them that was past the ryuer and so they retourned whan they sawe the people comyng to them warde and so made their horses agayne to leape ouer the broke Whan they of the towne sawe there were so fewe of their enemyes and knewe nothyng of the bushment they folowed fast after and so past the ryuer a lytell aboue wher as they knewe the passage and so chased the tenne speares to their busshment Than sir Thomas Tryuet and his company caÌ„e forthe cryeng their cryes and bare many of theÌ„ to the erthe To say trouthe yâ— spanyerdes coude nat longe endure and so retourned as well as they might but ther were but fewe that were saued but outher they were slayne or taken The fray was great in the towne and thenglysshmen beleued that at the first comynge to haue had the towne bycause there men were discoÌ„fyted but they fayled of their purpose for the women saued the towne For assone as their men were issued out were past the ryuer they closed their barryers and gates and mouÌ„ted vp to the walles and made semblant to defende them selfe And whan sir Thomas Triuet sawe the order and maner of theÌ„ he sayd beholde yonder yâ— good wyues of the towne what they haue done Let vs retourne agayne for we canne do nothyng there And so they returned and passed agayne the lytle broke and so went to Quesquam and ledde with theym their prisoners Of the whiche dede sir Thomas Tryuet had great thaÌ„ke laude and prayse of the kyng of Nauer ANd a fyftene dayes after that they had made this iourney before Alpharo the spanyerdê came in to the feldes with a twentie thousande horsmen and fotemen in great wyll to fight with the englysshmen And whan the kyng of Nauer herde therof he came to Tudela and sir Thomas Tryuet and his company with hym And than he sente for all them of the garysons of the realme of Nauer to coÌ„e to him they wolde nat disobey his commaundement for they desyred nothyng els And the spanyerdes taryed for nothyng but for the comynge of kyng Henry who as than was deê‘ted fâ—o Ceuyll with a great nombre and so came to saynt Dominykes and ther rested and lay in the felde Whan Johan of Castell knewe that the kynge his father was come than he went fro Alphare to saynt Dominykes to the king his father the entent of the spanyerdes was to haue goone to ley sege to Tudela and to haue closed in yâ— kynge of Nauer or to haue fought with hym Of all this the kyng of Nauer was well enformed and knewe well he was nat of puyssaunce to abyde batayle agaynst kynge Henry for he had a .xl. thousande men a horsebacke and a â—ote BItwene kynge Henry and the kynge of Nauer ther were certayne noble men of bothe realmes prelates and barons who ymagined the great parell and domage that might fall to bothe parties if any of them shulde â—â—ee other Than they entreated bytwene the ê‘ties to haue a respyte of warr bytwene them to haue the more leysar to entreat And so they toke great payne with goyng and comyng bytwen the parties or they coude bring about their entent for the englisshmen were a two thousande and were feirse agaynst the spanyerdes couÌ„sayled the kynge of Nauer to batayle On the other syde the spanyerdes were a great noÌ„bre wherfore they sette but lytell by thenglysshmen nor naueroyse therfore it was harde to bringe this treatie to a good effect They that had the busynesse therof toke moche payne and labour at last a respyte was taken bytwene them to endure sixe wekes to th eÌ„tent in the meane season to entreat for a full peace Their entent was to make yf they myght a maryage bytwene the chylde of Castell eldest sonne to kyng Henry and the doughter of the kyng of Nauer Wherby the peace shulde the surelyer coÌ„tynue to the whiche the kynge of Nauer was well agreed bycause his doughter shulde be so highly maryed ¶ And moreouer the prelates and barons of both parties thought also to mary the kyng of Nauers son to kyng Henryes doughter In somoche that this treatie toke effect so that kyng Henry shulde sende to the freÌ„che kynge desyringe him to suffre Charles of Nauer who was in his kepynge to come in to Nauer And so he dyde at his desyre the frenche kynge sente him so for the ê‘formance of this treatiâ— and mariage the kyng of Nauer shulde â—ay in pledge for the space of ten yere to kyng Henry the towne and castell of Lestoyll the cytie and castell of Tudela the towne and Castell de la garde And that kyng Henry shulde yelde and rendre to the englysshmen sir Perse Courtney who was prisoner and the lorde of Parre gascoyne All these thynges were done sealed confyrmed accorded and sworne to be kept stable and ferme for euer bytwene these two kynges and their realmes And whiche of them that euer shulde breke this peace by any maner of wayes shulde rynne in the sentence of the pope wHyle these treatyes were this in makyng the kynge of Nauer who was bounde to the englysshmen in the soÌ„me of .xx. thousande frankes to acquyte hym selfe agaynst them He sent the vycont of Chastelon in to Arragon to the kynge there to borowe of hym the sayd somme of money And he to haue in pledge therfore his good townes of Panpylone and Myrando the quenes towne Corell and saynt Johans towne Thus the englysshemen were payed and delyuered and so departed fro the kynge of Nauer and went to Burâ—eux and fro theâ—s in to Englande And yâ— maryage was made bytwene Charles of Nauer and kyng HeÌ„rys doughter called Jane a right fayre lady ¶ The same yere dyed kyng Henry of Castell and his son JohnÌ„ crowned kyng and so he was kynge by accorde of the prelates and barons of the realme of Spaygne of Castell of Cecyll of Galyce and
the busynes of FrauÌ„ce KIng Charles of FrauÌ„ce who as than reygned was ryght sage and subtell that was well shewed as longe as he lyued For tho that he kept hym selfe preuy in his chambre takyng his pleasure and sporte yet he conquered agayne that his predecessours had lost in the felde armed with their swerdes in their haÌ„des wherfore he was greatly to be coÌ„mended And bicause he knewe well that kyng Robert of Scotlande and all the realme ther had made warr and had mortall hate to theÌ„glysshmen for those two realmes coude neuer loue togyder Therfore to the entent to norisshe more loue bytwene Fraunce and Scotlande The frenche kynge thought to send a knight and a secretary of his counsayle to kynge Robert of Scotlande and to yâ— scottes to speke with theÌ„ and to aduyse the countrey And to knowe if he might make any good warre to Englande by Scotlande For yuan of Wales in his lyfe tyme had enfourmed hym that Scotland was the place in the worlde wherby EnglaÌ„de might be moost anoyed And of this purpose the freÌ„che kyng had many ymaginacioâ—s so that at last he ordayned a knight a sage man called sir Peter lorde of Bournesell and said to him Sir ye shall go do this message in to Scotlande and recoÌ„mende me to the kyng there and to his barons And shewe hâ—â— howe that we and our realme are redy to do theÌ„ pleasur and to haue a treatie with them as our frendes So that therby in the season to come we may sende people thyder wherby we maye haue entre in to England that way in lyke maner as our predecessors haue had in tyme past and in your goyng thyder and comyng homewarde I wyll ye kepe suche estatâ— as a messager and coÌ„missary of 〈…〉 ng shulde do on our cost and charge sir ê™ the knyght all shall be as it pleaseth you and so he taryed nat long after but whaÌ„ he was redy departed fro Parys and dyde so moche by his iourneys that he came to Scluse in FlauÌ„ders and there taryed abode for wynde and passage a .xv. dayes for yâ— wynde was coÌ„trary for him And in the meane season he held a great estate and well stuffed with vessell of golde and syluer through out his hall as largely as though he had bene a lytell duke or better His mynstrels played before his seruyce dayly and bare as werde garnisshed with golde and syluer and his men payed well for euery thynge Of the great estate that this knight kepte in his house and in the stretes dyâ—ers of the towne had great marueyle The bayly of yâ— towne behelde it well who was officer ther vnder the erle of Flaunders and coude kepe it no lenger secret wherin he dyde yuell For he sent worde therof to the erle who lay at Bruges the duke of Bretayne his cosyn with him And whan therle of Flaunders had studyed a lytell on the mater and by yâ— helpe of the duke of Bretayne ordayned that the knight shulde â—e brought to hym The baylye retourned agayne to Sluse came vncurtesly to the french knyght for he set his hande on hym and rested hym in the erle of FlauÌ„ders name Wherof the knight had gret marueyle and sayd to the bayly What meaneth this I am a messanger and comyssary of the frenche kyng sir ê™ the bayly I beleue well howbeit ye must nedes go and speke with therle of Flaunders for he hath coÌ„maunded me to bring you to hym so the knight coude make no scuse but that he and his company were brought to Bruges to therle And whan he was in the erles chambre therle and the duke stode togyder leanyng out of a wyndâ—we into the garden warde Than the knyght kneled downe sayd sir beholde here is your prisoner Of the whiche worde the erle was sore displeased and sayd in dispyte and yre what sayest yâ— rybaude that thou art my prisoner bycause I haue sent to speke with the. Thy maisters seruantê may ryght well come and speke with me But thou hast nat well acquyted thy selfe sythe thou hast ben so long at Scluse and knowynge me here so nere to the and yet nat to come ones to se or to speke with me Thou haddest disdayne so to do sir ê™ the knight sauynge your displeasure Than the duke of Bretayne toke the wordes sayd Among you bourders and iaÌ„glers in the palys of Paris and in the kynges chambre ye â—ette by the realme as ye lyst and play with the kynge at your pleasure and do well oryuell as ye wyll yourselfe for ther is no price of the blode ryall if ye among you haue ones brought hym in to any hate or displeasur with the kyng that can be herde after But ones I trust there wyll be so many of suche people taken that the gybettes wyll be full of them The knight who saâ—styll on his knees was ryght sore abasshed of those wordes for the hearyng of suche wordes was right harde to him Howbeit he sawe well it was better for hym to kepe his tonge than to speke and so gaue no answere to those wordes And whan he sawe his tyme he toke his leaue of therle and of the lordes and departed out of their presence and some noble men that were about the erle made hym way and made hym to drinke and than he returned agayne to Sluse to his logyng And I shall shewe you what fâ—ll after Though all his purueyance were redy aparelled and that he had wynd at wyll to haue sayled into ScotlaÌ„de yet he durst nat put himselfe into the dangers of the see For it was shewed him how he was spyed by theÌ„glysshmen yâ— he lay at Scluse howe that if he kept on his voiage he was likely to be taken caryed into England and bicause of those doutes he brake his vyage and returned to Parys to the kyng ye may well knowe that the lorde of Burnesell tolde no lesse to the frenche kyng than was done to him by the erle of Flaunders And also it was nedefull for him to tell all for his excuse for the kyng had marueyle of his retonrnyng The same season there were dyuers knyghtê in the kynges chambre and specially sir JohnÌ„ of Guystels of Heynalt cosyn to therle of Flaâ—nbers who had great displeasure at the wordes of this knight that he had of therle of FlaÌ„ders so yâ— finally he coude kepe his toÌ„ge no leÌ„ger but sayd I can nat suffre these wordê thus to be spoken of my dere lorde And sir knight if ye wyll say that he dyde as ye say to let you of your vyage in that quarell I appele you to the felde here is my gage The lorde of Bournesell was nothyng abasshed to answere but sayd sir Johan I say thus howe I was thus taken by the bayly of Sluse and brought before the erle of FlauÌ„ders and as ye haue herde he sayd to me and in lykewise so dyde the duke of Bretayne
this yonge erle of saynt Poule abode longe prisoner in Englande or he was delyuered It was of trouthe the kyng offred hym oft tymes in exchaÌ„ge for the captall of Buâ—z whyle he lyued but the frenche kyng nor the couÌ„sell of FrauÌ„ce wolde in no wyse here therof wherof yâ— kyng of Englande had great disdayne Thus the â—ater coÌ„tynued a long space and the yong erle styll prisoner in Englande in the fayre castell of Wynsore and he had so curtesse a kepar that he might go and sport him a haukyng bytwene Wynsore and WestmÌ„ he was beleued on his faythe The same season the princesse mother to kyng Richarde lay at Wynsore and her doughter with her my lady Maude the fayrest lady in all EnglaÌ„de therle of saynt Poule and this yong lady were in true amours togyder eche of other somtyme they met togyder at daunsynge and carollyng tyll at last it was spyed And than the lady discouered to her mother howe she loued faithfully the yong erle of saynt Poule Than there was a mary age spoken of bytwene therle of saynt Poule the lady Maude of Holande and so therle was set to his rauÌ„some to pay sixscore M. fraÌ„kes so that whan he had maryed the lady Maude than to be rebated threscore thousande and the other threscore thousande to pay And whan this couynant of maryage was made bitwene therle and the lady the kyng of Englande suffred the erle to repasse the see to fetche his raunsome on his onely promyse to retourne agayne within a yere after So the erle came in to Fraunce to se his frendes yâ— kyng therle of Flaunders the duke of Brabant and his cosyns in Fraunce In the same yere there was made an harde informacyon agaynst the erle of saynt Poule for it was layed to his charge that he shulde delyuer to thenglysshmen the strong castell of Bohaygne and so the frenche kyng caused him to be rested and kept in suretie and so the kynge shewed howe therle of saynt Poule wolde haue made an yuell treatie for hym and for the realme and the erle in no wyse coude be excused And also for the same cause there was kepte in prison in the castell of Mons in Heynaulte the lorde Chanon of Robersarte the lorde of Uertayne sir James Dusarte and Gerarde Dabyes but at length all that mater came to none effecte for there coulde nothynge be proued agaynst them and so they were delyuered than the yong erle retourned agayne in to Englande to acquyte him of his promyse and so wedded the lady and dyde so moche that he payed his threscore thousande frankes and so passed agayne the see But he entred nat in to FrauÌ„ce bycause the kyng loued him nat And so he and the couÌ„tesse his wyfe went and lay at the castell of Han on the ryuer of Ewre The whiche castell the lorde of Morâ—ane who hadde wedded his suster lent hym to lye in And there he laye as longe as kynge Charles of Fraunce lyued for the erle coude neuer gette his loue ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of this mater and retourne to the busynesse of Fraunce THe same season all Bretayne was kept close what agaynst the frenche kynge agaynst the duke Howe beit some of the good townes of Bretayn helde them selfe close in the dukes name and many had great marueyle yâ— they toke hym for their lorde And also dyuers knightes and squyers of Bretayne were of the same acorde And also ther was alyed to them the couÌ„tesse of Ponthyeute mother to the chyldren of Bretayne But sir Bertram of Clesqui constable of FrauÌ„ce the lorde Clysson the lorde de Lauall the vycont of Rohan and the lorde of Rochfort They helde the countre in warre with the puyssance that came dayly to theÌ„ oute of FrauÌ„ce for at Pontorson at saynt Malo they le and there about lay a great nombre of men of armes of Fraunce of Normandy of Auuergne and of Burgoyne who dyde moche hurt in the couÌ„tre The duke of Bretayne who was in Englande had knowledge of euery thynge and howe the duke of Aniou was at Anger 's dayly distroyed his countre Also he had knowlege howe the good townes kept theÌ„ selfe close in his name and certayne knyghtes and squyers of the same parte wherof he conde them good thanke yet nat that withstaÌ„dyng he durst nat well trust in them to ieoparde to retourne in to Bretayne on the trust of his men for alwayes he douted of treason Also the kyng of Englande nor the duke of Lancastre wolde nat counsayle him to retourne Of the rencounters that were made in NormaÌ„dy and howe Geffray Tetenoyre and Amergot Marcell their coÌ„panyes toke dyuers castelles in Auuergne Cap. CCC .xlv. IN Normandy and in Burgoyne ther were in garyson sir Wylliam of Burdes who was chefe capiten ther and in his company the lytell seneschall of Ewe sir Wylliam Marsell sir BraqÌ„ of Braquemont the lorde of Torcy sir Percyuall Danyuall the begue of Dury sir LauÌ„celot of Lorrys and dyuers other knyght and squiers of the frenche partie And night day they ymagined howe they myght do domage to them of Chierbourg wherof sir JohnÌ„ Harlston was capitayne and they of the garyson of Chierbourg issued out oft tymes whan it pleased theÌ„ for whan they lyst they might ryde out in couerte and no man preuy to their issuynge out bycause of the great wodes that were nere to theÌ„ wherin they had made suche a way that they might ryde in to Normandy at their pleasure without danger of any frenchemen And so it fortuned in the same season that the french menne rode abrode and they of Chierbourge in lykewise none of them knowynge of other and so by aduenture they mette eche other at a place called Pastoy in the â—ode Than like valyant knightes desyringe to fight eche with other a lighted a fote all except sir Launcelotte of Lorrys who sat styll on his horse his speare in his hande and his shelde about his necke ther demaunded a course of iustyng for his ladyes sake Ther were ther that rightwell vnderstode him for ther were knightes and squiers of the englysshe parte in amours aswell as he was And as I vnderstode sir Johan Coplande a right hardy knight went to hym and so they ran togyder and rudely encouÌ„tred eche other But thenglysshe knight gaue sir LauÌ„celot suche a stroke on his shelde that the speare pearsed throughout his body and so was wouÌ„ded to dethe the which was great domage for he was a hardy knight yong and ioly ryght amorous and his dethe was sore complayned bothe ther and els where Than the englisshemen and frenchemen encountred togyder and fought hande to haÌ„de Ther were good knightes on the frenche parte as sir Wylliam of Burdes the lytell seneshall of Ewe sir WillmÌ„ Marsell sir Braque of Braquemont and dyuers other who fought ryght valyantly And also the englyshmen ther fought that day valiantly sir Johan Harlston sir Philypart
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 couÌ„saile 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 couÌ„sayle 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 messaÌ„gers 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 parliameÌ„t holden at London it was ordeyned that ser HeÌ„ry Percy erle of NorthuÌ„berlaÌ„de shulde be wardeyn of all the lande of NorthuÌ„berland and of the bysshopriche of Duram and fro thens into Wales to the ryuer of seuerne And so he departed fro LoÌ„den 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 accoÌ„plisshed 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„ BeauchaÌ„pe marshall of thost the Souldic of Lestrade the lord of Barrere the lorde Chalebore sir WillmÌ„ Helmon ser Thomassymon Mylles wyndesore sir JohnÌ„ of CaÌ„derut 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 coÌ„panye 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 ê“uision 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 coÌ„pany 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
to aske or demaunde but folowed eche other lyke beestes as the shepherdes dyde of olde tyme. Sayeng howe they wolde go conquere the holy lande and at last all came to nothynge In lykewise these villayns and poore people came to London a hundred myle of .lx. myle .l. myle .xl. myle and .xx. myle of and fro all couÌ„treis about London but the moost part caÌ„e fro the countreis beforenamed and as they came they demaunded euer for the kyng The gentylmen of the countreis knightes and squyers began to doute whan they sawe the people began to rebell and though they were in dout it was good reason For a lesse occasyon they might haue bene afrayed So the gentylmen drewe toguyder aswell as they might ¶ The same daye that these vnhappy people of Kent were comynge to London there retourned fro Canterbury the kynges mother princes of Wales comynge from her pylgrimage She was in great ieopardy to haue ben lost for these people came to her chare and delt rudely with her Wherof the good lady was in great doute lest they wolde haue done some vilany to her or to her damosels Howe be it god kept her and she came in one day fro Caunterbury to London for she neuer durst tary by the waye The same tyme kyng Richarde her son was at the towre of London There his mother founde hym with hym there was the erle of Salisbury the archebysshoppe of Caunterbury sir Robert of Namure the lorde of Gomegines and dyuers other Who were in dout of these people that thus gadered toguyder and wyst nat what they demaunded This rebellyon was well knowen in the kynges courte or any of these people began to styre out of their houses But the kyng nor his couÌ„sayle dyde prouyde no remedy therfore whiche was great marueyle And to th entent that all lordes and good people and suche as wolde nothing but good shulde take ensample to correct them that be yuell and rebellions I shall shewe you playnlye all the mater as it was ¶ The yuell dedes that these comeÌ„s of Englande dyde to the kynges offycers and howe they sent a knight to speke with the king Ca. C C C lxxxii THe monday before the feest of Corpus Christy the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred .lxxxvii. these people yssued oute of their houses to come to LoÌ„don to speke with the kynge to be made fre for they wolde haue had no boÌ„de man in Englande and so first they caÌ„e to saynt Thomas of Caunterbury And there Johan Balle had thought to haue founde the bysshop of Canterbury but he was at London with the kyng Whan Wat Tyler and Jacke Strawe entred in to Canterbury all the comon people made great feest for all the towne was of their assent And there they toke counsayle to go to London to the kyng and to sende some of their coÌ„pany ouer the ryuer of Thames in to Essexe in to Sussexe and in to the counties of Stafforde and Bedford to speke to the people that they shulde all come to the farder syde of London and therby to close London rounde about so that the kynge shulde nat stoppe their passages and that they shulde all mete toguyder on Corpus christy day They that were at Caunterbury entred into saynt ThomÌ„s churche and dyde there moche hurte and robbed and brake vp the bysshoppes chambre And in robbynge and bearing out their pyllage they sayd A this chauÌ„celler of Englande hath had a good market to gette toguyder all this richesse He shall gyue vs nowe accompte of the reuenues of Englande and of the great profytes that he hath gathered sythe the kynges coronacyon Whan they had thys monday thus broken the abbey of saynt Uyncent they deê‘ted in the mornyng and all the people of Canterbury with them so toke the way to Rochester sende their people to the vyllages about And in their goynge they beate downe and robbed houses of aduocates and procurers of the kynges courte and of the archebysshoppe and had mercy of none And whan they were come to Rochester they had there good chere for the people of the towne taryed for them for they were of the same secâ—e and than they went to the castell ther and toke the knyght that had the rule therof he was called sir Johan Moton and they sayde to hym Sir it behoueth you to go with vs you shall be our souerayne capitayne and to do that we wyll haue you The knight excused hymselfe honestly and shewed them dyuers consyderacions excuses but all auayled hym nothyng for they sayde vnto hym Sir Johan if ye do nat as we wyll haue you ye are but deed The knyght seyng these people in that fury and redye to slee hym He than douted dethe agreed to theÌ„ and so they toke hym with them agaynst his inwarde wyll And in lykewise dyd they of other countreis in Englande as Essexe Sussexe Stafforde Bedforde Warwyke euyn to Lyncolne For they brought the knightê and gentylmen into suche obeysance that they cansed them to go with them wheder they wolde or nat as the lorde Molayne a great barone sir Stephyne of Hales and sir Thomas of Guysighen and other NOwe beholde the great fortune If they might haue come to their ententes they wolde haue distroyed all the noble men of Englande And therafter all other nacyons wolde haue folowed the same and haue taken fote and ensample by them and by them of Gaunte and Flaunders who rebelled agaynst their lorde The same yere the parisyens rebelled in lykewyse and founde out the mallettes of yron of whom ther were mo than .xx. thousande as ye shall herafter in this hystorie but first we wyll speke of them of Englande WHan these people thus lodged at Rochester deê‘ted and passed yâ— ryuer and came to BraÌ„forde alway kepynge styll their opynions beatyng downe before theÌ„ and all about the places and houses of aduocates procurers and strikyng of the heedes of dyuers ê‘sons and so long they went forwarde tyll they came within a foure myle of London and ther lodged on a hyll called Blacheth and as they went they sayd euer they were the kynges men and the noble comons of Englande and whan they of London knewe that they were come so nere to them The mayre as ye haue herde before closed the gates and kept straitely all the passages This order caused the mayre who was called Nicholas Walworthe and dyuers other riche burgesses of the cyte who were nat of their sect But ther were in London of their vnhappy opinyons mo than .xxx. thousande Than these people thus beyng lodged on Blacheth determyned to sende their knight to speke with the kyng And to shewe hym howe all that they haue done or wyll do is for hym his honour And howe the realme of Englande hath nat ben well gouerned a greet space for the honoure of the realme nor for the comon profyte by his vncles and by the clergy
great nombre made no semblant to breke their busshement but helde them selfe styll and close for they beleued that the englisshmen had nere hande their great batayle therfore they durst nat assayle them So thus they departed eche fro other without any more doynge The spaynierdes retourned the same night to Esteryes and the Chanoyne Robersarde to Uesyouse And there he shewed his company howe they had sene the spagynierdes bytwene Concrelet and Huence and sayd If we had bene all toguyder we wolde haue fought with theÌ„ and so they were sorie that they had nat bene all toguyder And whan these tidynges came to the knowledge of the kyng of Portingale he made semblant that he was dyspleased bycause they rode forthe without his coÌ„maundement or ordinaunce Thus the englysshmen and gascoyns lay styll in their garysons all that wynter without any thynge doyng worthy to be made meÌ„cyon of the whiche greatly anoyed theÌ„ There lyeng styll was nat by their wylles ¶ In this meane tyme Johan kyng of Castyle sende to the frenche kynge and to his vncles for socour Shewyng them howe the erle of Cambridge was arryued in Portyngale And how the voice ranne through the realmes of Castyle and Portyngale Howe that the kyng of Englande the duke of Lancastre and his brother puissantlye acompanyed shulde come in to Portyngale to the erle of Cambridges ayde in the next somer Wherfore he desyred the frenche kynge accordynge to suche alyaunces and confederacions as the realme of FrauÌ„ce the realme of Spaygne hath toguyder and by reason of good loue and amyte That they wolde sende some men of warre to hym the next somer to the entent to resyst his enemyes Than the french kyng and his counsayle consented well therto For they sawe well howe the kyng of Spayne desyred nothyng but reason Than it was ordayned in Fraunce to gyue all maner of men of warre lycence to go thyder And the kyng delyuered theÌ„ their first prest money So sir Olyuer of Clesquy brother to sir Bertram of Clesquy constable of Fraunce was ordayned to take his voyage in the begynnyng of the springyng tyme. And so dyde knightê and squyers of Bretayne of Fraunce of Beause of Picardy of Aniowe of Berrey of Bloyse and of Mayne And so they passed by companyes to haue the more ease and their passage was opyn throughe the realme of Aragon and they founde euery thyng redy and their wages payed but they payed nat for euery thyng they toke whan they were abrode in the countrey whiche was great hurte to the poore commons yE haue herde here before howe kyng Richarde of Englande the space of a yere hadde ben in treatie with kynge Charles of Almayne Who wrote hym selfe the tytell of the kyng of Rhomayns to haue his suster the lady Anne in maryage And howe sir Symon Burle had sore traueyled in that mater And howe the duke of Tasson in Almayne had ben in Englande for to confyrme that maryage And the mater was so coÌ„cluded that the kynge of Rhomayns sende his suster in to Englande and the duke of Tasson with her And a great company of knightes ladyes and damosels in royall astate as it aê‘teyned to suche a lady And so she came first in to Brabante to the towne of Bruesels And there the duches of Brabant receyued her and all her company in goodly maner The duke of Brabant was her vncle for she was doughter to themê‘our Charles And so thus the lady Anne of Behayne helde her at Brusels with her vncle and aunte more than the space of a moneth She durste nat go thens I shall tell you why ¶ It was shewed her that ther was on the see a .xii. vessels of nor mayns bytwene Caleys and Hollande they robbed and pilled on the see they cared nat who And so they kepte he boundes of the see about Flaunders and zelande abyding the comynge of this yonge lady For the french kyng wolde gladly haue broken that maryage for he greatlye douted the alyaunce bytwene Englande Almayne Howe be it alwayes it is sayd that it is nat honorable to take ladyes in warre In coloryng the warr bitwene lordes to make their warr the fayrer The prince of Wales father to kyng Richarde of Englande It was sayd he consented to the takyng of the lady of Burbone mother to the french quene She was taken by the prices seruauÌ„tes in the castell of Belperch and so brought in to Guyen and raunsomed Wherfore the freÌ„chmen thought if they myght take the kyng of Englandes wyfe in reueÌ„gyng therof they shulde do no wronge So for feare and doute therof this lady lay styll at Brusels the space of a moneth Than the duke of Brabant sende his counsayle into Fraunce as the lorde of RousselaÌ„s and the lorde of Bousqueher to shewe the kynge his vncles they were nephewes to the duke of Brabant as chyldren of his suster These lordes of Brabant spedde so well with the frenche kyng and his couÌ„sayle that they had a sure saue conduct for the lady to passe outher by lande or by see Wheder it pleased her throughe the realme of Fraunce or by the froÌ„ters therof to Calais And the normains that were on the see were countermaunded agayne And so the frenche kyng and his vncles wrote to the Duke of Brabant that they dyde this for his sake all onely and for none other This pleased moche the duke of Brabant the duchesse and all suche as wolde passe the see So than they departed fro Brusels and the lady toke her leaue of the duke her vncle and of the duchesse her aunt And of the ladyes and damosels of the countrey suche as had helde her company And so the duke sende with her a huÌ„dred speares to conuey her to Gaunte and there she rested her a day And there the gauntoyse dyde her gret honour and fro thens she went to Bruges there the erle of Flaunders receyued her ryght honourably there she rested her a thre dayes And than she rode forth came to Grauelyng where as was redy the erle of Salysbury and the erle of Dymester with a fyue huÌ„dred speres and as many archers and so they brought her to Calays And the brabansies retourned as soone as they had delyuered her to the barones of Englande THis yonge lady taryed nat longe at Calayes but that she had wynde at wyll and so than she entred in to her shyppe on a friday in the mornynge and all her company and horses in other shyppes And the same day she aryued at Douer and ther she rested her two dayes the thirde day she rode to saynt Thomas of Caunterbury And there she founde the erle of BuckynghaÌ„ who receyued her honourably and so long this lady rode forthe that she came to London where as she was honourably receyued of the burgesses ladyes damosels of the countrey and cytie And so the kyng of Englande wedded her in the chapell of his palays of Westmynster
vs. this was all the fray that he had and all the aunswere that he wolde make THus the men of warre and the duke of Aniou callynge hym selfe kyng of Napoles of Cecyll and of Hyerusalem Duke of Puylle and of Calabre And the Erle of Sauoy and his company costed Italy and Coustane and the marches of Denconnye and the lande of Patrimone and entred nat Rome for the duke of Aniowe wolde make noo warre to Rome nor to the romayns for he thought to do the viage that he enterprised or he departed out of FrauÌ„ce and in euery place where as he went he kept the state of a kynge and euery man praysed hym And all men of warre lyked well his paymeÌ„t The same tyme in the cytie of Napoles there was his enemye sir Charles de la Payx who in lyke wyse wrote hym selfe kyng of Napoles of Cecyll and of Hyerusalem Duke of Puyll and of Calabre He claymed to be kyng by rightfull enherytauÌ„ce without any heyre in lawfull maryage after the kynge of Napoles was deed This Charles helde the gyft that the quene had made to the pope but in vayne and so shewed after his opinyon by two reasoÌ„s the one was he sustayned and sayd and the neapolitans ayded hym in sustaynynge of the same and the cesilyens in lykewise they sayd howe the quene of Napoles coude nat gyue away another mannes herytage and though her gyft hadde bene good and so alowed in the court of Rome yet she dyd nat well for she helde with pope Urbane and nat with ClemeÌ„t these were the questions and the debates that sir Charles de la Payx layde for him selfe and in the begynnyng he wrought wysely For he sore fortifyed and furnysshed the castell of Leufe the whiche is the moost strongest castell of the worlde for it is set by enchauÌ„tment in the see and it is nat passyble to be wone but by nygromancy or by the art of the deuyll he vitailed it for thre or four yere had with hym a certayne men of warre and so kept that place for he knewe well they of Napoles wold nat forsake him though he lost Puyll Calabre for .ii. or thre yere he thought to recouer it agayne as lyghtly for he ymagyned in his mynd that the duke of Aniou wolde entertayne suche a nombre of men of warre as he hadde brought with hym the whiche shulde nat long lye in his puyssaunce so to do outher for faulte of vytayle or for money Wherby he thought they shulde be constrayned to departe within a two or thre yere And than he ymagined that whan they were wery and out of good rule than he wolde fyght with them at his aduauntage These thoughtes and ymagynacions hadd Charles de la Payx wherof he sawe some take effect or the terme passed that he presired For truly there was no prince christned without it were the frenche kyng or the kynge of Englande that coude kepe four yere to gyder suche a nombre of men of warr out of their owne countreys as the duke of Aniou had with hym He brought ouer the mountaynes a .xxx. thousande fyghtinge men and to begyn suche an enterprise behoueth in the beginnynge wysely to consyder and ymagin wHan the duke of Aniou and his company entred in to Puylland in to Calabre the countrey incontynent tourned to them For the people shewed howe they desyred no other thyng nor to haue none other lorde but the duke of Aniou And so thus with in a shorte tyme all the lordes cyties and townes in that couÌ„trey were vnder his obeysance Suche as had ben in those couÌ„treyes the whiche is one of the greatest marches of the world sayde and affyrmed howe that for bycause of the great plenty welthe that haboundeth in those parties the people are all ydell and wyll do no laboure And whan these men of warre were in this countrey the whiche they founde so replenysshed with all welth wherof they were right glade And than the duke of Aniou the erle of Sauoy the erle of Uandon all the chyualry of Fraunce of Bretayn and of Sauoy passed forthe and came in to the marches of Napoles They of Napoles for all the feare that they had of these men of warre they wolde neuer close gate of their towne but kept theÌ„ styll open for they thought well that the duke of Aniou shulde neuer enâ— in to their towne with their displeasure for if he were within the towne with all the people that he had they thought he shulde but lese hym selfe and all his and they lyst for their houses were nat easy to be wonne for they had plankes and boordes to take away whan they lyst and vnderneth is the see so that none dare enterprise there too fyght Than there was an enchaunter a connynge man in nygromancy in the marches of Napoles and so he came to the duke of Aniou and sayd Sir if ye wyll I shall rendre to you the castell of Leufe and all tho that be within at your pleasure howe may that be ê™ the duke Sir quod he I shall shewe you I shall by enchauÌ„tment make the ayre so thycke that they within shall thinke that there is a great bridge on the see for ten men to go a front And whan they within the castell se this bridge they wyll be so afrayde that they shall yelde them to your mercy for they wyll thanne dout if they be assayled that they shulde be taken perforce The duke had great marueyle of his wordes and called to hym the erle of Uandon and the erle of Genesue sir JohnÌ„ and sir Peter of Benill sir Moris of Maum other and shewed theym what this enchauntour had said wherfore they had great marueyle Than the duke sayd Fayre mayster on this bridge the ye speke of may our people assuredly go theron to the castell to assayle it Sir quod the enchauntour I dare nat assure you that for if any that passeth on the bridge make the signe of the crosse on hym all shall go to noughte and they that be on the bridge shall fall in to the see Than the duke began to laugh and a certayne of yong knyghtes that were there present sayd sir For godsake let the mayster assay his connyng we shall leue makyng of any signe of the crosse on vs as for that tyme and a more redyer way can we nat gette our enemyes Well ê™ the duke I shall take aduise in this mater Th erle of Sauoy was nat there present but he came to the duke sone after ¶ Howe the erle of Sauoye caused this enchauÌ„ters heed to bestryken of And howe the Chanone Robersarde and his company toke dyuers castels in Spayne Cap. CCC xCii. WHan the erle of Sauoy was come in to the tent of the duke of Aniowe the maister enchauntour was as thanne departed Than the duke shewed hym all the wordes of the maister and what he offred the erle bethought him a litle and than sayd
Englandes counsayle that sir Perducas Dalbret who had well serued yâ— kynges of EnglaÌ„d bothe Edwarde Richarde and the prince and all the countre of Burdeloyse more than .xxx. yer wherfore it was thought he was well worthy to haue that lande and was well able to defende kepe it fro all men Sir Perducas dalbret whan he receyued this laÌ„des He sayd vnto the kyng in the presens of his couÌ„sayle and other noble men sir I take and receyue this herytage to me and to myne heyres on the condycion to serue you agaynst all men except the house of Dalbret fro whens I am come For agaynst them shall I neuer make warre if they suffre myne heritage to be in rest and peace the kyng answered and sayd he was content And so put hym in possessyon of the lande Nowe shall I shewe you what fell of this Parducas Dalbret Whan he was come in to Gascoyne and had taken possessyon of the landes and the seneshall of Burdeloyse had gyuen hym possessyon Than the lorde Dalbret had great ioy therof for he thought well than that his cosyn wolde make hym no warr And so yâ— landes of Dalbret and Chaumont abode in good loue rest And the lorde Dalbret held in great loue his cosyn for he hoped euer after his dyssease he wolde put hym in possessyon of the sayde landes of Chaumounte But this sir Parducas was nat so mynded for at last whan he lay on his deth bed and that he sawe he must nedes dye he called before him all his men and dyd seÌ„de for a yong squier of his a proper man of armes called Parduche and sayd to him I gyue the here in the presence of all my men all the landê of ChaumoÌ„t so thou be euer good englysshe and true faythfull to the kyng of Englande but I wyll that the house of Dalbert out of the whiche we become that thou make there agaynst no warre wtout they do some outrage to the. The squier answered sayd sir your coÌ„mauÌ„dement shal be done this Perduche of Albert was lorde of ChaumoÌ„t in gascone thus dyed sir ê‘ducas I can shewe no more of hym ¶ Howe the kyng of Englandes couÌ„sayle mocked the flemynges and of the prisoners that were exchaunged Cap. CCCC .viii. WHan these gauntoyse were come to London the kynge his counsayle was certifyed therof so he sent to them to knowe what they wold haue and so they came all in a company to the palays of Westmynster and there they founde redy the duke of Lancastre the erle of Buckyngham therle of Salisbury and the moost parte of the kynges counsayle Howe be it the kynge was nat present at their first comynge These men of Flaunders and of Gaunte enclyned them to the lordes of Englande and than the clerke that was chosen bysshop of GauÌ„t spake for them all and sayde My lordes we become hyder and sent fro the towne of Gaunt fro the hole countre of flaunders To haue counsayle confort and ayde of the kyng of EnglaÌ„de Upon certayne artycles and good reasons of the auÌ„cyent alyauÌ„ces bytwene Englande and FlauÌ„ders They desyre nowe to renewe yâ— same for it is nowe nedefull to the couÌ„tre of FlauÌ„ders the which is as now without a lorde The good townes and the couÌ„tre hath as nowe but a gouernour the whiche is a man called Philyp Dartuell who recommaundeth hym principally to the kyng and to you all yâ— be of his counsayle he desyreth you to take in gre this offre that we shall make to you And that is whan soeuer it shall please yâ— kynge of Englande to arryue in Flaunders he shall fynde the countre opyn to receyue him And there to rest and refresshe hym as longe as it shall please hym And also he shall haue at his commaundement of the countre of flauÌ„ders a hundred thousande men armed redy to do hym seruyce Moreouer my lordes the couÌ„tre of Flaunders maketh one request and that is this To haue agayne two hundred thousande crownes that somtyme Jakes Dartuell and the good townes of FlauÌ„ders lent to king Edwarde of good memorie At the sege of turney and at the siege of Calais For it is the entencyon of the good townes of FlauÌ„ders that or this alyauÌ„ce passe any farther to be first repayed of this sayd som And that done than yâ— king of England all his may well say yâ— they the flemyngê are frendes togyder and yâ— they haue fre entre into Flaunders to go where as it shall please them And whan the lordes of Englande herde those wordes and request they began eche of theÌ„ to regarde other and some smyled Than the duke of LaÌ„castre sayd Fayre lordes of FlauÌ„ders your wordes and demaunde requyreth to haue couÌ„sayle Go your wayes to London to your logynges and the kyng shall take aduyse on your requestes and shall so answere you that ye ought to be contente The gauntoyse answered and sayd God graunt it and so they departed fro the counsayle and the lordes abode styll to guyder began to laughe amonge them selfe and sayd Haue ye nat sene these fleminges and herde their requestes that they make They demande to be conforted say howe they haue nede therof and yet for all that they demaunde to haue our money It is no resonable request that we shulde both ayde and pay So thus they reputed the flemynges right proude and presumptuous â–ª to demauÌ„de to haue agayne two hundred thousande crownes of so olde dette as they sayd of a .xl. yere paste There was neuer a better poynt for the frenche kyng if he wyll than to come into flauÌ„ders For if the flemynges had nat as than demaunded the foresayd somme of crownes but haue desyred the kyng of his confort and ayde The kyng wolde haue gone or sent into FlauÌ„ders so puissauntlye to haue bydden batayle with the ayde of the flemynges to any prince of the worlde But it wente otherwyse as ye shall herafter in the storie UIdynges came into Fraunce to the couÌ„sayle there Nowe that Philyp Dartwell whose courage was all englysshe and yâ— countre of Flaunders had sent in to Englande certayne of their men to make aly auÌ„ces with thenglysshmen And the voyce ran and the comon renome that the kyng of Englande with a great puissauÌ„ce shulde come in that season aryue in FlauÌ„ders â–ª and to lye in Gaunt these tidinges were lightly to be beleued howe that the flemynges wolde fortify them selfe â–ª in some maner awyse Than it was deuysed yâ— the messanger that was come fro Philyppe Dartuell whoÌ„e they helde in prison â–ª shulde be delyuered And to say the trouthe ther was no cause why to retayne hym so he was delyuered sent to thost before And warpe The same season they of Bruge â–ª had taken certayn burgesses of turney and kept theÌ„ in prison The flemynges she wed well howe they had as lyue haue warre with FrauÌ„ce as peace And whan they of Tourney sawe that
Phylyppe his great graunt father kynge Johan and kynge Charles his father well and truelye These thre neuer layed any thynge to my charge nor no more the kyng yâ— nowe is wolde haue done and he had bene at his full age and of maÌ„nes knowledge I beleue in the iudgyng of me he is nothyng culpable I haue nothyng to do to crye hym mercy but I crye god mercy and none other I requyre hym humbly to forgyue me my misdedê And so than he toke leaue of the people so that many wept for hym After this maner dyed mayster Johan Marettes iN lykewise in the towne of Rohan to mayster the towne ther were dyuers putte to dethe and raunsomed Also at Reynes at Chaalons at Troyes at Sence and at Orlyaunce These townes were taxed at great sommes of florens bycause at the begynninge they disobeyed the kyng Ther was gadered in the realme of Fraunce suche a soÌ„me of florens that it was marueyle to speke therof And all went to the profyte of the duke of Berrey and of the duke of Burgoyne for the yong kynge was in their gouernaunce And to saye the trouthe the Constable of Fraunce and the marshalles had a great parte to paye the men of armes that had serued the kynge in his vyage in to Flaunders And the erle of Bloys the erle of Marche the erle of Ewe therle of saynt Poule the erle of Harcourt the erle Dolphyn of Auuergne The lorde of Coucy and the gret barons of Fraunce were assigned to be payed on suche tares as shulde be payed in their countreis for suche seruyce as they had done to the kyng in Flaunders and they to pay their company Of these assignacyons I canne nat tell howe the lordes were payed for incontynent after newe taylles were ceassed in their countreis for the kynge And so before all other the kynges taxe shulde be payed and executed and the lordes dueties putte abacke yE haue herde before howe whanÌ„e the kyng deê‘ted fro Courtrey the towne of Gaunte abode styll in warre as it was before And capitayns of Gaunte at that tyme were Peter de Boyse Peter de Myrt Fraunces Atreman And so they renewed the towne with newe soudyers that came to them fro dyuerscountreis and they were nothynge abasshed to make warre but as fresshe and as quycke as euer they were And the capitaynes of Gaunt vnderstode that ther were certayne bretons and burgonyoÌ„s in the towne of Dardenbourge They determyned to go thyder to loke on them And so Fraunces Atreman deê‘ted fro Gaunt with thre thousande men and so came to DardeÌ„bourge and ther made a great scrimysshe And finally the gauntoyse wan the towne but the cost many of their lyues for there were a two hundred of his men slayne and the towne was robbed and pylled and the moost parte therof brent And so than they retourned to Gaunt with their boty and conquest were receyued with great ioye And anon after they went to the cytie of Dabes and to Teremonde iuste to And warpe and pylled and robbed all the countrey ¶ Of the alyaunce that was purchased bytwene thenglysshmen and the flemynges of the bulles that pope Urbayne sent in to Englande to dystroy the clemeÌ„tyns Ca. iiii C .xxviii. THe erle of Flaunders who lay at Lile vnderstode howe the gauntoyse auaunsed them selfe to ryde and to ouer ron the countre and to distroy that they might He was ryght sore displeased He thought they had nat had the wytte nor puyssaunce so to do sythe that Philyppe dartuell was deed Howbeit his counsayle sayd to him Sir ye knowe well and ye haue alwayes herd say howe the gauntoyse are right subtyll people the whiche they haue well shewed and wyll shewe And also agayne they haue ben in Englande and are retourned agayne And specially Fraunces Atreman who was companion to Philyppe Dartuell in all his faytes as long as he lyueth ye shall haue warre with theÌ„ Also sir we knowe well he hath made great alyauÌ„ce with the kynge of Englande for the towne of Gaunt And hath a certayne pensyon out of Englande secretely by Johan Saplemon who is pure englysshe and dwelleth vnder you in the towne of Bruges and hathe done the space of this .xxiiii. yere And to verify that this is true Rase of Ueyrte Loyes de Uos Johan Ser colacke of Gaunt and the clerke that procureth to be bysshoppe of Gauut All these are styll behynde in Englande to performe this alyauÌ„ce And sir ye shall here more trewer tidyngê than we can tell you or the myddes of May be past The Erle of Flaunders beleued well all these sayenges to be trewe and so they were in dede Than he began to ymagin agaynst this JohnÌ„ Saplemon and on thenglysshmen dwellynge in Bruges Than he caused them to be somoned to be at a certayne day assigned before the erle at Lysle And so the erles seruauntes came and somoned Johan Saplemon and dyuers other riche englysshmeÌ„ or they were ware ther of commaundynge them the fyftene day after to be with the erle at his castell of Lysle Whan the englysshmen herde therof they were sore abasshed and toke counsayle toguyder hauyng great marueyle why the Erle shulde sende for them All thynges consydred they douted gretlye for they knewe well the erle was fierse and fell in his hast Than they sayd amonge themselfe He that kepeth natte his body kepeth nothyng We dout lest the erle be enfourmed sore agaynst vs. For with Fraunces Atreman who hath a pensyon of the kyng of Englande whan he was in Englande there was with hym two burgesses of this towne of Bruges And parauenture they haue made some enformacyon agaynst vs to therle for as nowe they be on his parte So on this purpose rested the englysshemen that they durst nat abyde the erles iudgement nor to go to Lyle at the day before lymyted So they departed fro Bruges and wente to Scluse and dyde so moche that they founde a shyppe redy aparelled And so they bought it with their money and so departed and sayled tyll they arryued at London And whan therle of Flaunders was enfourmed of this mater sawe that the englysshmen apered nat at theyr day he was sore displeased and sende incontyneÌ„t to Bruges and caused to be ceased all that euer coude be founde parteyninge to the Englysshmen and all their herytages gyuen and solde And Johan Saplemon clene banysshed out of Flaunders for a hundred yere one day and his coÌ„panyons such as were taken were put in prisone where as some dyed And some recouered agayne all that euer they had lost THere is a comune prouerbe the whiche is true that is howe enuy neuer byeth I say it bycause englysshmen are right en uyouse of the welthe of other and alwayes hath ben It was so that the kyng of Englande and his vncles and the nobles of Englande were right sore displeased of the welthe and honour that was fallen to the frenche kynge and to the
nobles of Fraunce at the bataile of Rosebeque And the knightes of Englandespake and sayd to eche other Ah saynt Mary howe the frenchmen are nowe mouÌ„ted in pride by the ouerthro wyng of a sort of rude villayns Wolde to god Philyp Dartuell had had of our men a .ii. M. speares sixe M. archers Ther had nat than scaped one frenchmen but outher slayne or taken but and god wyll this glorie shall nat long endure theÌ„ Nowe we haue a fayre aduauÌ„tage to entre in to FlauÌ„ders for the countre is nowe coÌ„quered for the french kyng we trust to conquere it agayne for the kynge of Englande It sheweth well at this tyme that the erle of FlauÌ„ders is greatly subget to the frenche kyng and that he wyll please hym in all poyntê whan our marchantes dwellyng in Bruges haue dwelt ther beyonde this .xxx. yere be nowe banysshed chased out of FlauÌ„ders the tyme hath be sene they durst nat haue done it but nowe they dare do none otherwyse for feare of the frenchemen We trust it shall nat abyde longe in this poynt This was the langage among thenglysshmen through the realme of EnglaÌ„de therfore it was to be supposed the this was done but by enuy iN this season he that wrote hym selfe pope Urbane the sixt came by the see fro Rome to GeÌ„nes where as he was well receyued and reuerently of the genoways and there he kept his resydens ye knowe well howe all England was obeysaÌ„t to hym aswell the churche as the people bycause the french king was Clementyne and all Fraunce This Urbane on whome the englysshemen and dyuers other countreis beleued He beyng at Gennes aduysed howe he might anoy the french kyng and so he thought to sende in to Englande for socoure I shall shewe you by what maner He sent his Bulles to the archebysshoppes and bysshoppes of Englande makyng mencyon how he assoyled from payne from synne all suche as wolde ayde to distroy the Clementyns For he knewe well howe Clement his aduersarye had done in lykewise in the realme of Fraunce and dothe dayly And they called the vrbanystê in their faythe and beleue to be but dogges so this Urbane sawe well that the Clementynes wolde condeÌ„pne and distroy hym if they might And he sawe well he coude nat more greue the frenchmen than by the englysshmen But first he sawe well he must fynde the meanes to gather toguyder great ryches For he knewe well the nobles of Englande for all his absolucyons wolde nat ryde forthe in warre without money For menne of warre lyue nat by pardons nor they set nat moche therby but in the artycle of dethe ThanÌ„e he determyned besyde these Bulles to sende in to Englande to the prelates that they shulde ordayne a full Dysme on the churches The noble men and men of warre therof to be payed their wages without greuynge of any parte of the kynges treasur or of the comontie of the realme The whiche thynge the Pope thought the barons and knightes of England gladly wolde herken vnto Than he caused to be writen and engrossed Bulles as well to the kynge and his vncles as to the prelates of Englande of playne absolucyon from payne â–ª and synne And besyde that he graunted to the kyng and to his vncles a playne Dysme to be taken and leuyed throughe out all Englande so that sir Henry Spensar bysshoppe of Norwyche shulde be chiefe capitayne of all the men of warr bycause the goodes came fro the churche therfore the pope wolde that one of the churche shulde be chefe gouernoure And to the entent that the churches and comons of the realme shulde the better beleue the mater And besyde that bycause he knewe the realme of Spaygne contrarie to his opinyon and som what alyed with the freÌ„che kyng He aduysed that with parte of the same golde and syluer that shulde be gadered in the realme of Englande That the duke of Lancastre who reputed hym selfe kyng of Castell by the right of his wyfe that he in lykewise shulde make another army in to Castell And also yf the duke of Lancastre take on hym the sayd viage than the pope said he wolde graunt to the kynge of Portyngale who made newe warre with kyng Johan of Castell for kyng Fraunces was deed a playne dysme throughe out all Portingale Thus pope Urbane ordeyned all his busynesse and sent a .xxx. Bulles in to Englande the whiche were receyued with great ioye Than the prelates in their iurysdictions began to preche this voiage in maner of a crosey wherby the people of Englande who light lye beleued gaue therto great faythe beleued verilye that they coulde nat go to paradyse yf they dyed that yere without they gaue soÌ„ what in pure almes towarde this warre At LoÌ„don and in the dyoses there was gathered a tonne full of golde and syluer And accordynge to the popes Bulles he that moost gaue moost pardon obteyned And whosoeuer dyed in that season and gaue his goodes to these ê‘dones was clene assoyled from payne and from synne and accordynge to the tenour of the Bulles happy was he that dyed in that seasone for to haue so noble absolucyon Thus they gathered money all the wynter and lent season what by the pardons and by the dysmes That as it was sayd it drewe to the somme of .xxv. hundred thousande frankes ¶ Howe the bysshop of Norwiche the englysshe men yssued out of Englande to ron and to make warre agaynst all those that helde with pope Clement Cap. CCCC .xxix. WHan the kynge of Englande his vncles and couÌ„sayle vnderstode what money was gadered they were right ioyouse sayd Howe they had money ynoughe to make warre agaynst two realmes that was to saye agaynst Fraunce and Spayne To go into Spayne in the name of the pope and of the prelates of Englande with the duke of Lancastre was ordayned the bysshoppe of London called Thomas brother to therle of Deuonshyre to be chefe capitayn and with him two M. speares and four thousande archers they to haue halfe of the money thus gadered But it was ordayned that they shuld nat so soone departe out of Englande as the bysshop of Norwiche bycause that army shulde aryue at Calys and so to entre in to Fraunce they wyst nat what shulde fall therby nor whider the frenche kyng wolde reyse any puyssaÌ„ce to fyght with theÌ„ or nat Also ther was another poynt contrary to the duke of Lancastre yet he had great ioye of that vyage For generally all the comontie of Englande more enclyned to be with the bysshop of Norwiche than to go with the duke of LaÌ„castre for a long season the duke was nat in the grace of the people And also they thought the realme of Fraunce to be nerer iourney than into Spayne And also some sayd that the duke of LaÌ„castre for couytousnes of thesyluer and golde that was gadered of the churche and of the pardons wherof he shulde haue his parte
go and adueÌ„ture their bodyes they wyst nat wher better to enploy their season than in the realme of ScotlaÌ„de and so they deê‘ted fro scluse and toke a shyp left their horses behynde theÌ„ for danger of the see and for the long iorney the maryners knewe well they coude nat arryue at the haueÌ„ of EdeÌ„borowe at DoÌ„bare nor at non of those hauyns nere for thenglisshe army was aswell by see as by lande And the englysshmen were lordes maisters of the first portê of scotlande bycause their ê“uisyon might folowe theÌ„ by see In this season the freÌ„che ambassadours caÌ„e in to Englande to go to Scotland and the kyng his vncles made them great chere the first day somwhat dissimuled with theÌ„ to delay the tyme bicause their men were makyng war in Scotlande and whan they vnderstode that their men hadde done their enterprise and that they retourned agayne in to Englande Than they let the frenche ambassadours departe and gaue them saueconduct to passe through the realme in to Scotlande and made townes castels to be opyned agaynst their comynge So they departed and went towarde Scotlande So long these men of warre that went fro Scluse sayled by the see costyng HolaÌ„de En glande eschewyng the ê‘els of thesâ—e for encouÌ„tryng of theÌ„glysshmen that at last they aryued in ScotlaÌ„de at a lytell porte called MoÌ„stres whan the scottes that dwelt in the towne knew howe they were frenchemen that were come to exercise dedes of armes they made them good chere and dyde helpe to get them all that they neded And whan these knightes and squyers had refresshed them there two dayes and had lerned tidynges They dâ—ê‘ted rode on hakeneis and caÌ„e to Dondem so fro thens to saint Johans a good towne in Scotlande on the ryuer of Tare there is a good hauen to sayle whyder a man wyll And whan they were coÌ„e thyder they vnderstode howe the englysshmen were withdrawen and howe the kynge of scottes and his lordes were at EdeÌ„borowe at a couÌ„sayle Than they ordayned that sir Garnyer of Cuissangyn and Mychaell de la Bare shulde go to Edenborowe to speke with the kyng and his counsayle to knowe what they shulde do at leest to shewe theym the good wyll that they had to come out of FlauÌ„ders in to Scotlande And sir Geffray de Charney the other wolde abyde there tyll they had worde agayne And as they ordayned so it was done and so they departed and went to EdeÌ„borowe wher the kyng was and therle Duglas called James for his father Wyllyam was newly disceased There was also the erle of Moret therle of Orkeney the lorde of Uersey the lorde of Lynde yâ— lorde of Surlant and sixe bretherne of therle of Orkenes all knightes These lordes of ScotlaÌ„de made good cher to the knightes of FraÌ„ce than sir Garnyer shewed to the kyng and to the barons of Scotlande thentencyon of his coÌ„panions and the cause of their comynge in to the realme Than the ambassadours of Fraunce caÌ„e thyder sir Hemart de Percy ser Peter Framell and Janequyn ChaÌ„penoise and they brought the truse that was deuysed bytwene FraÌ„ce and Englande but the scotteshelde agaynst it and sayd howe they came to late and yâ— they wolde haue no truse bycause theÌ„glysshmen in that season had done them moche hurt And thus while the king and the knightes were at differeÌ„ce the erle Duglas and therle Moret the chyldren of Lindsey and dyuers other knightê squiers of Scotlande desyringe to be armed helde a secrete counsayle togyder in the churche of EdeÌ„borowe and the knightes of Fraunce were sent for to theÌ„ As sir Michaell de la bare sir Garnyer Desyring them to go to their coÌ„panyons and to shewe theÌ„ their entent and to kepe their purpose secrete So these two knightes returned to saynt Johans towne and shewed their company all that they had herde and sene ¶ Howe the barons and knightes of Scotlande and they of FrauÌ„ce made apoyntment to entre in to the realme of EnglaÌ„de without the knowlege of the kyng of Scottes who was at Edenborowe Cap. CCCC .xlv. OF these tidinges sir Geffray de Charney the other knyghtes and squiers greatly reioysed so deê‘ted thens and came to Edenborowe and made no knowlege of that they shulde do They had nat bene ther two dayes but that the erle Duglas sende for them to come to his castell of Alquest and sent to them horses and so they came to him the next day And incontynent he brought them to a certayne place wher the scottes assembled so in thre dayes they were mo than .xv. thousande a hors backe armed after yâ— vsage of their couÌ„tre Than they sayd they wolde make a iourney in to Englande and reueng their hurtes and domages that had ben done to theÌ„ So they went forthe and passed forestes and woodes of their countre and entred in to NorthuÌ„berlande into the lande of the lorde Percy and there they began to brinne to robbe and to steale And than retourned by the lande of therle of NotynghmÌ„ and the lorde Moubray and dyde there moche hurt passed by Rosebourg â–ª But they taryed nat there bycause they had great pyllage with theÌ„ as well of prisoners as of catell And so retourned without daunger in to their couÌ„tre agayne for the Englysshmen were all withdrawen and coude nat so soone agayne assemble toguyder to fyght with the scottes Therfore it behoued them to beare that brunt for they had gyuen be fore suche another to the scottes Of this iourney the kynge of scottes myght ryght well excuse hym selfe for of the assemble nor of their departyng he knewe nothyng and thoughe he had knowen therof he coulde natte haue let it whan they were ones onwarde For all these iorneys yâ— was thus made bothe in to Scotlande in to Englande there abode styll with kyng Robert sir Hamarde de marse sir Peâ— framell bycause they wolde be layde in no faut to breke the truse that was taken bytwene Englande Fraunce and Castell The kynge of Scottes and the ambassadours of Fraunce sende an heraude of armes in to EnglaÌ„de and whan he was coÌ„e before the kyng of Englande and his vncles he founde the countre sore moued to ryde agayne in to Scotlande The duke of Lancastre and the erle of CaÌ„bridge who desyred greatly in that yere to go in to Portyngale and in to Castell or els one of them with a great puyssaunce of menne of armes For they helde theÌ„ selfe heryters therof by ryght of their wyues children of Castell To renewe the war bytwene the kynge of Portyngale and yâ— kyng of Castell for as than kyng FeraÌ„do was deed And the portyngales had crowned dan Johan a bastarde brother a valyaunt man who desyred nothynge but warre with the spanyerdes so he myght haue alyaunce with the Englysshemen and their confort and ayde Therfore the duke of Lancastre dyde with his freÌ„des as moche as
great richesse parteyning to Fraunces Atreman It was sayd it amouÌ„ted to a fyftene thousande frankes THese tâ—â—ynges were sone knowen in dyuers places howe Andwarpe was takeÌ„ the truse duryng by the frenchmen And specially they of GauÌ„t were sore displeased therwith as it was reason for it touched theÌ„ right nere Than they toke counsayle togyder and determyned to sende to the duke of Burgoyne shewyng hym howe in the assurauÌ„ce of peace Andwarpe had ben taken fro hym desyring him yâ— it might be restored agayne or els yâ— truse was broken So they sende to hym but the duke excused hym and sayd that he medled nothynge with that mater and so prayed god to helpe theÌ„ For he sayd he knewe nothyng of the lorde Destornayes enâ—prise but he sayd he wolde write to hym with a good wyll and so he dyde commaundynge hym to rendre agayne Andwarpe to the gauÌ„toyse Sayeng howe it was nat honourable to take any towne castell or fortresse duryng the peace The lorde of Destornay answered to the dukes letter and sayd to the messangers Sirs alwayes the garysone of Andwarpe hath made me warre bothe in the warr season and in peace tyme and hath takeÌ„ fro me myne herytage and as for me I neuer agreed to be at peace with them Thus I haue taken Andwarpe by good feate of warre and I purpose to kepe it as my proper herytage tyll FlaÌ„ders and Gaunt be all one for I haue nothyng els for all is lost by the warre So thus the mater abode the gauÌ„toyse coude get nothyng els Of the yuell kepynge of Andwarpe Fraunces Atreman was sore blamed and specially of the lorde of Harsels so that there were great heynous wordes bytwene them Fraunces sayde howe he had done better seruice to Gaunt than euer he dyde Their laÌ„gage multiplyed so farr that eche of them belyed other with foule wordes And anone after the lorde of Harsels was slayne some sayd it was by the meanes of FraÌ„ces Atreman Peter de Boyse for enuy The same season the gauÌ„toyse made a request to the kyng of Englande â–ª to haue some noble man of his blode to be gouernoure of Gaunt So the kyng and his counsayle sende to Gaunt a valyant knyght and ryght sage to haue the gouernyng of Gaunt he was called sir Johan Bourchyer he had the gouernynge of Gaunte more than a yere and an halfe ¶ Howe the duke of Aniou dyed in a castell besyde Naples and howe the quene of Cicyle was counsayled to go to the pope Cap. CCCC .xlviii. VE haue herde here before howe the Duke of Aniowe wrote hymselfe kyng of Cicyle and Hierusalem And went to Puyle and to Calabre and conquered all the countre to Naples but the neapolytaÌ„s wolde neuer tourne to his parte but they euer sustayned and helde with sir Charles de la Payx the duke of Aniou abode in this vyage thre yeres whiche was a great cost and charge Though a man be neuer so riche men of armes warre wasteth all For he that wyll haue seruyce of meÌ„ of warre they must be payed truely their wages or els they wyll do no thynge aueylable Certaynly this sayde iourney cost the duke of Aniou so moche that it canne nat be well estemed And they that wasted confouÌ„ded moost of his richesse was the erle of Sauoy and the sauosyns Howe be it the erle of Sauoy and a great parte of his company dyed in this viage whiche was great pytie so that the duke of Aniowe began to waxe feble bothe of men and of money and for those two causes he sende for so coure in to Fraunce to his two bretherne the duke of Berry and the duke of Burgoyne Desyring them nat to fayle him at his nede but to socour hym with men and money and so they sayd they wolde ThaÌ„ they aduysed what men were mete to be sende on that voyage And all thynges consydred they ymagined that they coude not sende a better nor one that knewe better all men of warre thanÌ„e the gentyll lorde of Coucy and with hym the lorde DaÌ„ghien erle of Conuersant whiche Erldome is in Puylle These two lordes were desyred by yâ— kyng and by his vncles to take on theÌ„ that iourney to the whiche they wyllingly agreed and thought it was for theÌ„ right honorable And so they made them redy went forthe as sone as they myght with their men of warre But whan they were come to Auignon and inteÌ„ded to their besynes and made their men to passe forthe Tydinges than came to them howe yâ— duke of Aniou was deed in a castell besyde Napoles Whan yâ— lorde of Coucy harde the tydinges he wente no farther forth for he sawe well than that his voyage was broken But the lorde Conuersant passed forthe farther for he had moche a do in his couÌ„trey in Puylle and in Conuersant Tydinges was knowen anon in FrauÌ„ce of the dethe of the duke of Aniou So thus the dethe of yâ— kyng of Cicyle was passed ouer as well as it might be WHan the duches of Aniowe beynge at Anger 's harde of the dethe of her lorde and husbande ye may well beleue she was sore discomforted And as sone as the erle Bloys who was his cosyn germayne knewe that the duke was deed he deparred fro Blois with all his trayne and came to his cosyn to Anger 's and helde hym with her in comfortynge and counsayling her to the best of his power Than she came in to FrauÌ„ce writyng her selfe quene of Napoles of Cicyle of Puylle of Calabre of Hierusalem to speke with the kyng the duke of Berrey the duke of Burgoyne to haue couÌ„sayle comforte of them and brought with her her two sonnes Loys and Charles The lady was counsayled of yâ— nobles of FrauÌ„ce and of her blode that she shulde go to Auignon to the pope and promyse him the possessyon of the erledome of Prouence whiche lande parteyned to the kyng of Cicyle The lady beleued their counsayle and ordeyned her selfe to go to Auignon and to leade with her her eldest sonne Loyes who was thanÌ„e called kynge by succession of his father but these maters were nat ouersone accomplysshed as I shall deuyse to you ALl this wynter the frenchmen ordeyned to sende in to Scotlande an armye to â—rowble the realme of Englande The truce bytwene Fraunce and Englande was relonged 〈…〉 d all their adherentes fro Mighelmas to the 〈…〉 st day of May. There was great prouysion 〈…〉 e by lande by see The entent of the counsayle of Fraunce was that the next somer they wold make EnglaÌ„de great warre on all sydes and the admyrall of Fraunce to go in to Scotlande with two thousande speares knyghtes and squiers and the duke of Burbone and the erle de la Marche with other two thousand to go and conquere certayne castels holden by the Englisshmen whiche ryght sore traueyled the countrey And the frenche kyng caused a great nombre of axes to be made in Picardy
to bringe the treaty toguyder So moche she dyd alegynge and she wynge so good reasons specially to the duke and duches of Burgoyn that finally they went through and concluded that yâ— sonne and doughter of the duke of Burgoyne shulde be maryed to the sonne and doughter of the duke Aubert of Bauiers And yâ— let of the mater fyue dayes before was for a mater that the duke of Burgoyns couÌ„sayle feared for they vnderstod that duke Aubert had nat bene in trewe possession of Heynalt but in possibylite therof for as than lyued erle Willyam of Haynault his brother and lay sore sycke at Ouesnoy the whiche erle myght recouer and ouerlyue duke Aubert his brother and if he so dyd they thought clerely and feared greatly that his other bretherne shulde haue the gouernynge of Haynault and the chyldren of duke Aubert to be put clene out For this dought they made a delay in this maryage the space of fyue dayes tyll at last it was clerely knowen that duke Aubert hadde no mo bretherne but the Erle of Haynault so that he coulde nat put the herytage fro duke Aubertes chyldren WhanÌ„e these thynges were knowen there was thanÌ„e no lenger delay but these maryages were sworne couenaunted that WillymÌ„ of Haynalt shulde haue in maryage Margaret of Burgoyne And Johan of Burgoyne to haue to his wyfe Margarete of Haynault and that all these shulde retourne to Cambray â—o parforme the solempnisacion of these maryages at the vtas of Ester than next after In the â—ere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred four â—ore and fyue ¶ Hâ—we the frenche kynge the lordes of FrauÌ„ce and of Heynalt made their â—rouisyon to be at CaÌ„bray And of â—â—nessage of the duke of Lancastre 〈…〉 it to the erle of Haynalt and of the 〈…〉 yages of the chyldren of Haynalt a 〈…〉 Burgoyne â—p CCCC .l. THus euery man departed fro Cambray the duke of Burgoyne returned in to Fraunce to the king and the duches his wyfe returned to Arras the duke Aubert and the duches his wyfe retourned to the towne of Ouesnoy in Haynalt And the lady of Brabant in to her countrey Than warkmen were sette awarke to make redy lodgynges in the cytie of Cambray and men were sent thyder to make prouisyon so great and so costly that it was marueyle to consydre This feast was cryed publysshed abrode to be holden at Cambray the weke after the vtas of Easter Whan the frenche kyng was enfourmed of this besynes he sayd he wolde be at the maryages of his cosyns And so he seÌ„t to CaÌ„bray the stewardes of his howse to make prouisyon for him acordyng The bysshopes palays was taken vp for the duke of Burgoyne and his prouysion made there howbeit they were fayne to delyuer it vp for yâ— kyng Than carpenters and masons were set a warke in the palays to make it after astate royall whiche warke as yet apereth for before this feast it was nat in remembrauÌ„ce of man nor harde of two hundred yere before so great a feast and solempnyte as was than aê‘elled For the lordes to make theÌ„ fresshe and gorgious to exalte their estates spared no more money than it had fallen fro the clowdes and euery man helped other Tidynges of these mariages came to Englande the duke of Lancastre who alwayes hoped that Willyam of Haynalt shulde haue had to his wyfe his doughter at leest he was borne so in hande â–ª he was right pensyue and sore troubled with those newes And whanÌ„e he had well ymagined to knowe the trouthe therof he sent certayne persons of his howse to GauÌ„t to speke wiâ—h duke Auberte And whanÌ„e these messangers came to Gaunt there they fouÌ„de sir JohnÌ„ Bourchier and the aldermen of Gaunt Peter du Boyse and Fraunses Atreman who made them right good chere And so ther they taryed two dayes and fro thence they went to Mons in Heynalt and so to Quesnoy and there they came to the duke and he and the duches and his children receyued them goodly for the honour of the duke of Lancastre and made them good chere And in lykewise so dyd the lorde of Gouuighen Than the mayster of the byenge of the wolles of Englande spake first after he hadde de lyuered his letters of credence recoÌ„maunded the duke of Lancastre to the duke Auberte his cosyn And than he spake of other thynges as he was charged to do And amonge other thynges he demaunded of duke Auberte as I was enfourmed if it were his entent to perceyuer in the maryage with yâ— chyldren of the duke of Burgoyne With those wordes the duke a lytell chaunged colour and sayd ye sir truely by my faythe wherfore do you demaunde Sir 〈◊〉 he I demaunde it bycause the duke of Lancastre hathe alwayes hoped vntyll this tyme that my lady Philyp his doughter shuld haue had my lorde Willyam your sonne ThanÌ„e the duke sayd coÌ„panyon say to my cosyn yâ— whan soeuer he mary his chyldren I shall nat marueyle nor be dismayed therat â–ª no more he hath to do to take any care for the maryenge of any of my children nor whether I wyll mary them or nat nor whan nor to whome This was the answere yâ— thenglisshmen had of duke Aubert So thus they toke theie leaue departed and went the same nyght to Ualencennes and the next day to Gaunt Of them I can tell no more but I thynke they retourned in to Englande WHan Easter came as than acounted a thousande thre hundred fourscore and fyue yeres of our lorde the freÌ„che king the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Burbon the duke Aubert the duches his wyfe the duches of Brabant the duches of Burgoyne sir Willyam and sir JohnÌ„ of Namure came to Cambray The kynge went to yâ— palys that was his lodgynge euery man drewe to their lodgynges ye may well beleue and knowe that where the frenche kyng was and where as there was many noble princes great ladyes there was great and noble chiualry The king entred the monday at none and all lordê and ladyes met him without the towne and so he was conueyed with trompettes and great plenty of mynstrels And so brought to the palys The same monday in the presence and before all the great lordes was renewed the couenauntes of maryages and WillmÌ„ Dorset shulde haue the countye of Ostrenant the lady Margaret his wyfe was endowed with the lande of Acque in Brabant And yâ— duke of Burgoyn gaue his doughter a hundred thousande frankes Thus they made their porcyons The tuysday at the hour of Masse they were wedded in the cathedrale churche of our lady of Cambray with great solempnyte The bysshoppe of Cambray dyd the obseruaunce who was called Johan Borne of Brucels At the dyner ther was shewed moche noblenes The kyng caused the two lordes and the two ladyes newly maryed to syt at his table and other lordê serued There sate at dyner the constable of Fraunce the marshall of FrauÌ„ce sir
Guy de la Tremoyle sir Willyma de Namure serued and so dyd dyuers other great lordes of FrauÌ„ce In fyue huÌ„dred yere before there was nat sene suche a solempnite in Cambray And after dyner knyghtes and squiers were armed to iust And so they iusted in the markette place .xl. knightes of the one syde The yonge kyng Charles iusted with a knight of Heynalt called sir Nycholas Espinot So these iustes were nobly contynued and a yonge knyght of Haynalt had the price called sir Johan of Desternne besyde Beawmont in Haynalt This knyght iusted greatly to the pleasure of the lordes ladyes He had for his prise a gyrdell set with precyous stones gyuen hym by yâ— duches of Burgoyne from her owne wast the admyrall of Fraunce sir Guy de la Tremoyle dyd preseÌ„t it to him Thus in great reuell they contynued all that weke and on yâ— friday after dyner the kyng toke leaue of the lordes ladyes and they of him and so departed fro Cambray And also the dukes duchesses deê‘ted and the duches of Burgoyn brought margaret of Haynalt her doughter to Arras and yâ— lady of Haynalt brought yâ— lady Margarete of Burgoyne to Quesnoy Thus passed forthe this besynes ¶ Howe the duke of Berrey ensured his doughter to the sonÌ„e of therle of Bloyse and howe therle of Matche and the duke of Burbon made their somons to entre in to Lymosin Cap. CCCC .li. THe saÌ„e season there was trety of maryage bytwene Loys of Bloys son to therle Guy of â—oyâ— and yâ— lady Mary dought 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Johan of Berry And so th 〈…〉 rle of Bloys well acoÌ„panyed with lordes and ad 〈…〉 s brought his doughter to Bergues in 〈◊〉 where the duke and duches were redy 〈…〉 de for them who tyght nobly receyued 〈◊〉 and all their company And there was 〈…〉 rmed the assurance of that maryage an 〈…〉 〈…〉 chebysshop of Bergues ensured them 〈…〉 der in the preseÌ„ce of many lordes and lad 〈…〉 howbeit they were natte wedded as than 〈…〉 ey were bothe very yonge So ther was great feest reuelyng and daunsyng and so at last therle and the countesse retourned to their countre their sonne with them And the lady abode styll with the duches her mother in Barrey in a fayre castell besyde Bergues called Mehune on the ryuer of yure The same season the duke of Berry went in to Auuergne and LaÌ„guedocke and so to Auignon to se pope Clement And it was ordayned that the duke of Burbone and therle of Marche with two thousande men of armes shulde go in to Lymosyn to delyuer that countre fro all the englysshmen and theues that robbed and pylled the couÌ„tre For in Poictou and in Xaynton they had as than certayne fortresses whiche dyde moche domage to the couÌ„tre wherof complayntes came to the heryng of the duke of Berrey â–ª who was in mynde to remedy it and he had desyred the duke of Burbone his cosyn that in any wyse whan he were come into Limosyn and Xaynton that he shulde coÌ„quere the garyson of Bertuell for that was the forteresse that dyde moost hurt in that countre And the duke of Burbone promysed hym so to do And he hadde made his somons at Molins in Burbonoyse to be there the first daye of June and so thyder drewe at that tyme all maner of men of warre The duke of Burbone had with hym a gentyll squyer called Johan bone lauÌ„ce He was mayster and capitayne of his men of warre Certaynly the squyer was well worthy to haue suche a charge and the erle of Marche who shulde be in coÌ„pany with the duke of Burbone made his somons at the cytie of Toures tHe same season there came to Scluse in Flaunders all suche men of warre as were apoynted to passe the see into Scotlande with sir Johan of Uyen admyrall of Fraunce he shulde haue with hym a thousande speares knightes and squiers And I beleue well they were all there for they had great desyre to go In so moche that some that were nat desyred aduaunsed them selfe to go in that voyage with the admyrall All their shyppyng was redy apparelled at Scluse and they caryed with them harnesse for .xii. hundred men of armes They had taken that harnesse out of the castell of Beauty besyde Parys The harnesse was parteyning to the parisyens the whiche they were caused to bring to the sayd castell in the tyme of their rebellion In the admyrals company there were a great nombre of good men of warr And their entensyon was to delyuer the sayd harnesse to the knyghtes men of Scotlande bycause sir Geffray de Charney had enformed the kynges counsayle howe the men in Scotlande were but easely harnessed I shall name vnto you parte of theÌ„ of Fraunce that wente in to Scotlande the same season â–ª First sir Johan of Uyen admyrall of Fraunce the erle of graunt pre the lordes of Uerdnay of saynt Crouse and of Mountbury sir Geffray of Charney sir Wyllyam of Uyen sir Jaques of Uyen the lorde despaigny sir Gerard of Burbone the lorde of Hetz sir Floromonde of Quissy the lorde of Marny sir Ualerant of Rayneuall the lorde of Beausaige the lorde of Uaynbrayne the lorde of Rynoll baron dury the lorde of Coucy sir Percyuall Daneuall yâ— lorde Ferrers the lorde of Fountaygnes sir Braquet of Braquemont the lorde of Graunt court the lorde of Landon breton sir Guy la ê‘son sir WyllmÌ„ de Couroux sir Johan de Hangyers sir Henry de Uyncelyn cosyn to yâ— great maister of Pruce diuers other good knightê whiche I can nat all name so that they were to the noÌ„bre of a thousande speares knightes and squyers besyde cros bowes and other varlettê They had gode wynde and a fayre season on yâ— see the wether was fayre it was in the moneth of May. That tyme yâ— truse bytwene EnglaÌ„de and FrauÌ„ce was expyred and bitwene the gauÌ„toyse and flemynges lykewise for as it semed than euery parte desyred warre knyghtes and squiers desyred greatly to go in the voyage to Scotlande for they thought by the ayde of the scottê to haue a fayre iourney agaynst their enemyes in EnglaÌ„de Thenglysshmen who were enfourmed of their comynge loked for theym euery day Thus endeth the first volume of sir Johan Froissart of the cronycles of EnglaÌ„de Fraunce Spayne Portyngale Scotlande Bretayne FlauÌ„ders and other places adioynyng Translated out of frenche in to our maternall englysshe tonge by Johan Bourchier knight lorde Berners At the coÌ„maundement of our moost highe redouted soueraygne lorde kyng Henry the .viii. kynge of Englande and of Fraunce and hygh defender of the christen faithe c. Imprinted at London in Fletestrete by Richarde Pynson printer to the kynges noble grace And ended the .xxviii. day of January the yere of our lorde M. D .xxiii. Cum priuilegio a rege indulto
FraÌ„ce and so into Englande there treated with the kyng his couÌ„sell for his delyueraÌ„ce or he wolde shewe his bulles fro the pope The kyng loued so well this preest that yâ— duke of Burbone was delyuered quyte payed .xx. M. frankes And so sir WyllmÌ„ Wy can was bisshop of Wyn chester chancellour of Englande Thus the lordes were delvuered that were hostagê in England ¶ Now let vs returne to the warres of Gascoyne the whiche began bycause of the appell that ye haue herde before ¶ Howe therle of Piergourt vycoÌ„t of Carmane and the other barons of Gascoyne discoÌ„fyted the seneshall of Rouergne Cap. C C .xlv. VE haue herde how the price of Wales toke in great dispyte his somonyng that was made to him to appere at Parys was in full inteÌ„syon acordyng as he had sayd to yâ— messangers to apere ê‘sonally in France with a great army the next somer And sent incontynent to theÌ„glysshe capitayns gascons yâ— were of his acorde suche as were about the ryuer of Loyre desyring theÌ„ nat to deê‘te farr thens for he sayd he trusted shortly to set theÌ„ a warke Of the which tidyngê the moost part of the coÌ„panyons were right ioyouse but so it was the prince dayly impered of a sickenesse yâ— he had taken in Spayne wherof his men were greatly dismayd for he was in that case he might nat ryde Of the which the frenche kyng was well enformed had perfyte knowlege of all his disease so that the phicysions surgions of France iuged his malady to be a dropsy â–ª vncurable so after that sir CaÌ„ponell of CaÌ„ponall the clerke was taken a rested by sir WyllmÌ„ the monke put in prison in yâ— castell of Dagen as ye haue herde before The erle of Comynges therle of Piergort the vycont of Carman sir Bertrm of Taude the lorde de la Barde the lorde of Pyncornet who were in ther owne countreis toke in great dispyte the takyng of the said messangers for in the name of theÌ„ for their cause they went on this message wherfore they thought to counterueng it to opyn the warre sayd so great dispyte is nat to be suffred Than they vnderstode that sir ThomÌ„s Wake was ridyng to Roddes to fortefy his fortresse shuld departe fro Dagenois with a .lx. speares And whan these sayd lordes knewe therof they were right ioyouse layd in a busshment a. C C C. speares to encouÌ„tre sir ThomÌ„s Wake and his coÌ„pany Thus the sayd seneshall rode with his lx speares C C. archers and sodenly on theÌ„ brake out this great enbusshment of gascoyns wherof thenglysshmen were sore abasshed for they thought lytell of this bushment How be it they defeÌ„ded theÌ„selfe as well as they might but the freÌ„chmen fersely assayled theÌ„ And so at the first metyng there were many cast to the erthe but finally theÌ„glyshmen coude endure no leger but were discoÌ„fyted stedde and than were many taken slayne and sir ThomÌ„s stedde or els he had ben taken And so saued hymselfe by the ayde of his horse and entred into the castell of MoÌ„taubon and the gascons other returned into their couÌ„treis ledde with theÌ„ their prisoners coÌ„questes Tidyngê anone was brought to the prince who was at yâ— tyme in Angoleme howe yâ— his seneshall of Rouerne was disconfyted by therle of Pyergort suche other as had apeled hym to yâ— court of Parys of yâ— which he was right sore displeased sayd that it shulde be derely reueÌ„ged on theÌ„ on their landes that had done him this outrage Than incontynent the prince wrote to sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos who was in CoÌ„stantyne at s Sauyour le vycont coÌ„mauÌ„dyng hym incoÌ„tynent after the sight of his letters to coÌ„e to hym wtout any delay And sir Johan ChaÌ„dos who wolde nat disobey the prince hasted as moch as he might to come to him so came to Angoleme to the prince who receyued him with great ioye Than the prince sent hym with certayne men of armes archers to yâ— garyson of MoÌ„tabon to make warr agaynst the gascons freÌ„chmen who dayly encreased and ouer ran the princes lande Than sir Thomas Wake assone as he myght went to Roddes refresshed and fortifyed newly the cytie And also the towne and castell of Myllan in the marchesse of â–ª Mountpellyer and in euery place he set archers and men of warr Sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos beyng at MoÌ„taubon to kepe the marches froÌ„ters ther agaynst the freÌ„chmen with such other barons knyghtê as yâ— price had sent thyder with hym as the lorde captall of Beutz the two bretherne of Pomyers sir JohnÌ„ and sir Hely the Soldyche of Lestrade the lorde of Partney the lorde of Pons sir Loys of Harcourt â–ª yâ— lord of Pyname the lorde of Tanyboton sir Rich. of Pountchardon These lordes and knightes made often yssues on therle of Armynakes coÌ„pany and on the lorde Dalbretê men who kept the fronter ther agaynst them with the ayde of therle of Pyergourt therle Comynges the vycouÌ„t of Carmane the vycont of Tharyde the lorde de la Barde and dyuers other all of alyance one affinyte Thus somtyme the one ê‘te wanne and somtyme thother as aduentur falleth in feates of armes All this season the duke of Anioy lay styll and styred nat for any thinge that he herde for his brother the frenche kynge coÌ„maunded hym in no wyse to make any warr agaynst the prince tyll he were commaunded otherwyse by hym ¶ How in this season the freÌ„ch kyng drewe to hym certayne capitayns of the coÌ„panyons and howe he sent his defyance to the kynde of Englande Cap. CC .xlvi. THe frenche kyng all this season secretly and subtelly had get to hym dyuers capitayns of the companyons and other and he sent theÌ„ into the marches of Berry Auergne The kyng coÌ„sented that they shulde lyue there vpon that couÌ„tre coÌ„maundyng theÌ„ to make no warr tyll they were otherwyse coÌ„maunded for the frenche kynge wolde nat be knowen of the warr for therby he thought he shulde lese the enterprice that he trusted to haue in therldome of Poictou For if the kyng of Englande had perfetly knowen that the french kyng wolde haue made hym warr he wolde right well haue wtstande the domage that he had after in Poitou for he wolde so well a prouyded for the good towne of Abuyle with englysshmen and so well haue furnysshed all other garysons in the said couÌ„tre that he wolde haue ben styll souerayne ouer theÌ„ And the seneshall of the same countie was an englysshman called sir Nycolas Louayng who was in good fauour with the kyng of Englande as he was worthy For he was so true that to be drawen with wylde horses he wolde neuer coÌ„sent to any shame cowardnesse or villany In the same season was sent into EnglaÌ„de therle of Salebruee and sir WyllmÌ„ of Dorman fro the frenche kyng to speke with the kyng of England
his counsayle she wyng to them howe on their partie the peace dayly was but yuell kept aswell by reason of the warr that the coÌ„panyons had made all this sixe yere coÌ„tynually in the realm of France as by dyuers other accydentes wherof the frenche kyng was enformed and nat well coÌ„tent therwith The kyng of Englande caused these ambassadours to tary styll in England the space of two monethes and in the same space they declared dyuers artycles often tymes to the kyng wherof the kyng was sore displeased howbeit they set lytell ther by for they were charged by the french kyng his counsayle to shewe it And whan the french kyng had secrete and certayne knowlege howe they within Abuyle wolde become french and that the warres were opyn in Gascone howe all his people were redy aparelled and in gode wyll to make warr agaynst the prince to entre in to the principalyte Howbeit he thought as than to haue no reproche nor in tyme to coÌ„e to be sayd of hym that he shuld send his people into the kyng of Englande or princes lande or to take townes cyties castels or fortresses wtout defyaÌ„ce wherfore he was couÌ„selled to send to defy the kyng of England And so he dyd by his letters closed and a breton varlet bare theÌ„ And whan he came to Douer ther he founde the erle of Salebruce sir WyllmÌ„ of Dorman returnyng into FraÌ„ce and had acoÌ„plysshed their message to whome this varlet declared ê‘te of his message so he was coÌ„mauÌ„ded to do And whan they herde that they deê‘ted out of Englande as fast as they might passed the see were right ioyfull whan they were aryued at Bolen In the same season the prince had sent to Rome to pope Urbane sir Guysshard DaÌ„gle for dyuers maters touchyng Aquitayne And he fouÌ„de the pope right fauorable in all his sutes so returned agayne and by the way he herde howe the gascoyns frenchmen made warr agaynst the prince howe they ouerran the pricipalyte wherof he was sore abasshed in feare how he might returne without daÌ„ger Howbeit he caÌ„e to the geÌ„tyll erle of Sauoy whom he founde in PyemoÌ„t in the towne of Pyneroll for he made warr agaynst the marques of Saluces The erle of Sauoy receyued him ioyously all his company kept him two dayes gaue to them great gyftes specially to sir Guysshard Dangle for therle greatly honoured him bycause of his noble chinalry And so whaÌ„ he was deê‘ted aproched nerer to the bondes of Fraunce of Bolone he herde euer tidyngê worse worse to his purpose So that he saw well in that case that he was in he coude nat returne into Guyen he was to well knowen Therfore he gaue the gouernaÌ„ce of his coÌ„pany to a knight called ser iohnÌ„ I sore who had wedded his dought he was a good freÌ„chman borne in the marches of breten So he toke on him the charge to conduct home his father in lawes company and he went into the lande of the lorde of Beauieu ther he passed the ryuer of Some And there he acquyted hym selfe so with the lorde of Beauieu that he brought hym and all his company to Ryon in Auuerne to the duke of Berry and ther he offerd to be good freÌ„che as it was sayd so that he myght be brought peasably to his owne house into Bretayne And his father in lawe ser Guys shard Dangle disgysed hym selfe lyke a poore preest yuell horsed and arrayed and so passed by Fraunce the marchesse of Burgoyne and of Auuerne And dyde somoche with great payne that he entred into the pricipalyte and came to Angoleme to the price wher he was right welcome and another knight that went with him to Rome called sir WyllmÌ„ of Cens for feare As he came homwarde he came to the abbey of Cluny in Burgone and ther taryed more than fyue yeres after and durst neuer go oute of the house And yet at last he yelded hymsefe french Nowe let vs retourne to the breton yâ— brought the freÌ„che kyngê defyaÌ„ce to the kyng of EnglaÌ„d ¶ How the defyance was delyuered to the kyng of Englande and howe the erle of saynt Poule and the lorde of Chastellon conquered therldome of Poictou Cap. CC .xlvii. THis foresayd varlet dyde so moche that he came to London and vnderstode how the kyng and his couÌ„sayle was at WestmÌ„ holdynge there a great counsayle for the princes warres bytwene hym the barons and knightes of Gascone to se how it shulde be maynteyned and what men shulde be sent out of England to ayde hym And than ther came to them other newe tidynges the whiche made theÌ„ to haue other busynesse than they had before For this frenche varlet dyd somoch that he entred into the chambre wher the kyng and his counsayle was and sayd howe he was a varlet sent by the french kyng had brought letters to the kyng of Englande And so kneled downe to the kyng and offred hym the letters And the kynge who greatly desyred to knowe what they ment caused them to be receyued opyned and reed ¶ Than the kyng and all his conÌ„sayle had great maruell therof whan they vnderstode the defyance and behelde well the seale and sigue and sawe clerely howe it was of authorite Than they caused the varlet to departe sayeng to hym howe he hadde right well done his message Wherfore he might departe whan he wolde he shulde haue no let and so he returned assone as he might The same season ther were styll in England hostagers the erle Dolphyn of Auuergne therle of Porseen the lorde of Mallurer and dyuers other who wer in great heuynes of hert whan they herde those tidynges for they knewe nat what the kyng wolde do with them The kyng and his counsayle had great dispyte that a varlet shulde thus bringe his defyaÌ„ce and sayd howe it was nothyng aê‘tenant that the warr bytwene two such gret princes as the kyng of Englande and the frenche king shulde be publysshed by a varlet they thought it had ben more metely yâ— it shulde haue ben done by a prelat or by some valyaÌ„t man baron or knyght how beit they sawe there was no remedy Than they couÌ„sayled the kyng that incontynent he shulde sende a great army in to Poyctou to kepe the fronters ther and specially to the towne of Abuyle the whiche was in great danger of lesyng The kyng was content so to do and so ther was apoynted to go thyder the lorde Percy the lorde Neuyll the lorde of Carbeston and sir WyllmÌ„ of Wynsore with CCC men and. M. archers And in the mean season whyle these lordes made them redy and were coÌ„e to Douer to passe the see ther came other tidynges out of Poictou the which were nothyng ioyfull For assone as therle Guy of s Poule and sir Guy of Chastellon who were as than maisters of the crosbowes of France thought by all likelyhod yâ— the
and squiers armed them and mounted on their horses so came to the Chanone Robersardes lodging who dyd nat arme himselfe And there these knyghtes and squiers rested and the Chanone Robersarde came to a wyndowe and spake to them and shewed them howe the kyng wolde nat that he shulde ryde forthe nor none with hym By my faythe quod they than wyll we seynge we beso forewarde and so we counsayle you to do it shal be no reproche to vs and we ryde forth though ye abyde behynde So the Chanone Robersard sawe well there was none other boote for hym but to arme him and to ryde forthe with them and so he dyd and so dyd yâ— knyght of Portyngale sir JohnÌ„ Ferande wherfore after he was in sore displeasure with the kynge and lyke to haue dyed there fore So thus at the desyre of these companyons they armed theÌ„ and issued out of the towne of Uesyouse and entred in to the feldes They were to the nombre of four C. speares as many archeres toke the way to Geuyll and came to a towne called the Bane So longe they rode forthe that they came to the towne of Bane and ther lyghted a fote on that parte that they thought moost prignable and ther they set theÌ„ selfe in array redy to gyue assaute and so entred in to the dykes which were drie without any water and so came to the walles and mad a ferse assaut and myned vnder hewed the walles The same tyme in the towne of Bane there were noo men of warre but the men of the towne yuell armed Howe beit they were at their defence and dyd cast dartes and stones aswell as they might but at lenght they coulde nat endure but to be taken Than they begaÌ„ to treat and so fynally they yelded vp the towne their goodes lyues saued sayng howe fro thens forthe they wolde be vnder the obeysance of the kynge of Portyngale and so thus they were receyued and all the men of warre entred in to the towne and well refresshed them selâ—e Than they weÌ„t and regarded the castell sawe well howe it was prignable and so that euenyng some of the hoost they of the castell dyd skrymysshe and in the mornyng they made assaut and they within defended themselfe With in the castell there was capitayne a gentleman of the countrey Howbeit he was no very good man of warre as it well apered he was called Peter Jagouse for as sone as he sawe that he was assayled with so many good men of warrÌ„ he was afrayd and fell in treaty and so yelded him selfe and the castell his lyfe saued and suche as were within with him and so it was taken newe refresshed with men of armes archers than they departed came to a nother castell a vii myle thens called Courtise Than they set them selfe in ordre to gyue assaut so they dyd right fersly they that were within defended them selfe ryght valyauntly to their powers And so at this assaut the capitayne was slayne within the castell called Radulphes a right subtle and an expert man of armes he was slayne with an arrowe for he adueÌ„tured him selfe to far at the defeÌ„ce After that he was deed the other coulde nat longe endure and so the castell was taken and they within moste parte slayne Thus the Chauone Robersarde his company had the castell of Courtyse the whiche was newe fortifyed repeopled agayne and thau they depaâ—ted aprochyng to the cyte of Ceuyll the great ¶ Of the great pillage proyes done by the Chanone Robarsarde and his company agaynst the kynge of Castyll and of the discencyon that was among them Cap. CCC xCiii SO moch dyd these men of warr englisshmen and gascoyns that they came to Jaâ—â—â—y a .x. myle fro Ceuyll whiche was a towne but feâ—ly inclosed But within the towne there was a mynster right stronge the whiche they of the countrey had fortefyed and there in they were in trust of the strenght of yâ— place at the 〈◊〉 comyng 〈◊〉 towne was taken brent and the mynster 〈…〉 ayled the whiche assaut enduced but one hour 〈…〉 but yâ— it was won wherin ther was great pyllage for them that entred fyrst there were many men slayne And than they â—ode forthe for they were enfourmed that in a marys therby there was a great boty for downe in a valey besyde the marys there was mo than .xx. thousandâ— beastes swyne beâ—â—es kene and moutons Of whiche tidynges they had great ioy and so went thyder and entred into yâ— marys and so by their â—oâ—e men all these beestes were driuen before theÌ„ Than they toke aduyse to returne to Uesyous their olde logyâ—gâ—s and so returned and toke the way thyder and so came thyder the next day by nyght with all their pray wherby they were well vitayled This becaÌ„e of this iourney And whan ser JohnÌ„ Ferande was come to Lys bone to the kyng of Portyngale and shewed hym howe they hadd sped and what great pray they had brought to Uesyous Wenyng that the kynge wolde haue bene content theâ— with but he was nat for the kynge than sayd to hym Why thou false â—â—aytour howe durst thou be so hardy agaynst the coÌ„masidment that I made yâ— none of them shulde â—yde to consent to do yâ— contrary and were thy selfe in their company by the holy saynt James I shall cause yâ— to be hanged Than the knyght fell on his knees and sayd sir their capitayne dyd aquyte him well and truly in obeyng your coÌ„maundment but the resydue cawsed hym to go forthe with theÌ„ a gaynst his wyll and made me also to go with them to shewe theÌ„ the wayes in the countre and sir syth the iourney hath taken good effect ye ought to pardon it howbeit for all those wordes the kynge made hym to be put in prisone And so remayned tyll the erle of CaÌ„bridge caused him to be delyuered whan he caÌ„e to Lysâ—on to the kyng as ye shall herafter After that thenglysshmen and gasâ—oÌ„s were returned to the towne of Uesyous and ther taryed a great space than they deâ—myned to send to the kyng of Portingale for their wages that they were behynde and so they sende forthe the lorde Talâ—ot a baron And whan he was coÌ„e to Lysbone had spoken with the kynge for that he was come for The kyng answered and said how they had two tymes rydden forth agaynst his coÌ„mauÌ„dement wherin they had displeased hym the whiche delayed their payment and so as than the lorde â—albot coude haue non other answere and so retourned to his coÌ„pany shewed theÌ„ the kynges answere wherw t they were sore displeased The same weke therle of Cambridge remoued fro Estremuse and came lodged at Uesious in an abbey of freres wtout the towne The knightes and squiers of EnglaÌ„de and Gascone were right gladde therof AmoÌ„g these companyons ther were some that myght natforbere their wages so longe and amonge
them selfe they said we are marueylously euyll delt with all for we haue ben here in this countre nyghe the space of a yere and yet we haue had no wages It can nat be but that our capitayne hath receyâ—ed it for he wolde neuer haue suffred to haue forborne it so longe These sayynges and murmuryng multiplyed so among them tyll at last they sayd they wolde endure it no lengar And so amonge them selfe they set a day to speke togyder in a fayre mynster with out the towne ryght ouer agaynst the Freres where as the Erle of Cambridge was lodged And the Chanone Robersarde sayde he wolde be there And to say trouthe it was nedefull for hym â—o to be for els the mater hadde ben worse than it was iN the mornynge whan they were all assembled except the Chanon Robersard for he was nat as than coÌ„e to theÌ„ Ther was sir WillmÌ„ BeauchaÌ„pe sir Mathue Gorney his vncle the lorde Talbot sir WyllmÌ„ Helmon the gascons as the lorde de la barde the lorde of Newcastell the Souldyche of Lestrade and dyuers other Than they began to speke make their coÌ„playntes eche to other among theÌ„ ther was a knyght a bastarde brother of the kyng of Englandes called sir JohnÌ„ Soltier who was right bolde in spekyng and sayd The erle of Cambridge hath brought vs hyder alwayes we are redy to aduenture ourè lyues for hym and yet he with holdeth our wages I counsayle lette vs be all of one alyaunce and of one accorde and let vs amonge ourselfe reyse vp the baner of saynt George and let vs be freÌ„des to god and enemyes to all the worlde For without we make our selfe to be feared we gette nothynge By my faythe quod sir Wyllyam Helmon ye say right well and so let vs do They all agreed with one voyce and so regarded among theÌ„ who shulde be their capitayne Than they aduysed in that case howe they coude nat haue a better capitayne than sir JohnÌ„ Soltier For he shulde than haue good leysed to do yuell and they thought he was more metelyer therto thaÌ„ any other Than they reysed vp the penon of saynt George and cryed a Soltier a Soltier the valyant bastarde frendes to god and enemyes to all the worlde And so they were determyned first to ouerron the towne of Uesyous and to make warre agaynst the kyng of Portyngale Sir Mathewe Gourney and sir Wyllyam Beauchampe gaue counsayle nat to ouerron the towne of Uesyous but their counsayle coude nat be herde And as they had reysed vp the penon of saynt George and were departyng out of the mynster The Chanone Robersarde came to them and entred in to the prese and sayde a loude Fayre lordes what wyll ye do haue good order and temperaunce in your selfes ye se well ye be sore dismayed Than caÌ„e to hym sir Johan Soltier and sir WyllmÌ„ Helmon and other and shewed him what they had done and what they were in purpose to do thaÌ„ the Chanone with fayre langage refrayned theÌ„ and sayde Sirs remembre and ymagin well your dede that ye enterprise the which me thynke is but a folly and an outrage We can nat better be distroyed than by our selfe If we make warre to this countrey our enemyes shall here tidynges therof They shall therby enforce theÌ„ self whan they se that we go nat forward thus we shall lese two maner of wayes we shall reiose and assure our enemyes in that they be as nowe in doute of And also we shall false oure trouthe to therle of Cambridge Why ê™ Soltier what wolde ye that we shulde do we haue suende more than oure wages cometh to And we haue had no money sythe we came into Portyngale Thoughe ye be payed and we be nat yet ye haue had a fayre sufferyng By my fayth quod the Chanone I haue had no more payment than ye haue had nor without your knouledge I ensure you I wyll receyue nothynge Than some of the knightes that were by sayd Sir we beleue you well But sir euery thyng must haue his course Sir shewe ye howe we may honourably issue out of this mater and to haue hasty delyueraÌ„ce the we might be payed of our wages for if we be nat shortely well payed the mater wyll go yuell Than the Chanon robersard began to speke and sawe well howe the englysshe coÌ„panyons were displeased with the kyng of Portyngale sawe well money wolde apease theÌ„ than he sayd to theÌ„ thus Fayre lordes I counsayle that in the same state that we be nowe in Let vs go and speke with therle of Cambridge and shewe hym all our nedes â–ª that shal be ê™ Soltier so that ye wyll auowe my sayeng they were all content so to do And so in the same maner as they were they went forth with the penon of saint George before theÌ„ and so caÌ„e to the freres wher as therle lay and he was as than goyng to dyner The coÌ„panions were mo than .vii. C. and so they entred in to the court demauÌ„ded for therle and he caÌ„e out of his chaÌ„bre in to the hall to speke with theÌ„ Than all the knightes that were ther auauÌ„sed forthe Soltier before theÌ„ who with a bolde spyrite spake and sayde sir we are come here in to your presens dyuers other here without sir ye haue brought vs out of Englande our owne nacion and sir ye are our chefe capitayne wagê haue we non and we can aske none of no man but of you for as for the kyng of Portyngale we had neuer come to do hym seruyce if ye shulde nat haue payed vs. and ser if ye wyll say that the warr is nat yours but the kyng of Portyngals We shall pay or self than well enough of oue wagê For first we wyll ouerron this couÌ„tre and than catche it who so wyll after Soltier ê™ therle I say nat but that ye shal be payed but to ouerron this countrey ye shall cause me to haue great blame of the kyng of Portyngale also of the kyng of Englande Why sir ê™ Soltier what wolde ye that we shulde do sir ê™ therle I wolde ye shulde take thre of our knightes one of Englande another of Almayne and the thirde of Gascone and let these thre go to Lysbon to the kyng and shewe hym what nede ye be in And coÌ„playne of the long delay of payment of your wages and than if ye haue no remedy ye haue more cause to folowe your entprise by my faith ê™ the Chanon robersarde my lorde here therle of CaÌ„bridge speketh sagely and valiantly so to that purpose they all determyned but for all that they kept styll with theÌ„ the penon of saynt George Sayeng howe lythe they had reysed it by one accorde in the realme of Portyngale they wolde nat laye it downe agayne as longe as they were there Than they ordayned them that shulde go to the kyng on this message and sir Wyllyam Helman was named to go for