and flemynges Cap. CCCC .iii. WHan Philyp Dartuell herde his messanger speke and report howe they of the grayson of And warpe sette nothynge by hym Than he sware yâ— what so euer it cost him or the couÌ„trey of Flaunders â–ª he wolde nothyng entende tyll he had taken that towne and cast it downe to the erth he was so sore dyspleased He thought this to do had bene well in his puyssauÌ„ce seynge that all flaunders was inclyned to hym Whan he had soiourned a sixe dayes at Courtrey and had renewed their lawe and hadde taken fealtie and homage of them as though he had bene erle of FlauÌ„ders than he returned to Gaunt and ther he was met with procession with so great ioye that the erle their naturall lorde was neuer so honourably receyued the people worshypped hym lyke their god bycause he gaue the counsaile wherby their towne recouered their estate and puissauÌ„ce For it coude nat be estemed the great riches and welth that came daily to them by water and by lande Fro Bruges fro Dan and fro Sluce and the lofe of breed that in thre wekes togyder was worth an olde grote was than worthe but four mytes and the wyne that was worth .xxiiii. grotes was than valued but at two grotes As than euery thynge in Gaunt was better chepe than at Tourney or at Ualencennes Philyppe Dartuell than kepte a great stable of good horses lyke a great prince and he was as well stuffed in all thynge in his howse as though he had bene erle of Flaunders and better than therle was apoynted at Lysle And also he had through all Flaunders his offycers bayliffes coÌ„stables receyuours and other who dayly brought him substauÌ„ce wherby he maynteyned his astate and he ware scarlet gownes furred with myneuer lyke as the duke of Brabant or erle of Haynalt dyd Also he hadde his chambre of accompte to paye and to reken for euery thyng as yâ— erle had And he gaue dyuers suppers and banketes to ladyes and damosels in lyke maner as the erle had done before and spared nother golde nor syluer for his pleasure And he wrote and called himselfe Phylip Dart well the regarde and ouer loker of FlauÌ„ders THe erle of Flaunders beynge at Lysle had moche to thynke on whan he sawe his countrey so sore rebelled agaynst hym and coude nat se that he was of puyssance as of himselfe euer to recouer it agayn for all the townes were in vnite and of one acorde agaynst hym the whiche he coulde neuer for do but by great force puyssaunce for all the countrey spake nomore of him nor dyd him no more honour nor wolde nat knowe hym for their lorde no more than he had neuer bene so Than the alyaunce that he had with the duke of Burgoyne who had maryed his doughter the lady Margaret by whome the duke had two fayre sonnes this alyaunce stode the Erle as than in good stede It was happy also than for hym yâ— kyng Charles was deed and that the yonge kyng as than was vnder the gouerning of his vncle the duke of Burgoyn who myght leade the kyng at his pleasur And also the kyng was yong and had good wyll to the warre wherfore it was yâ— lesse maystrie to styrre him therto And therle hoped that the duke of Burgoyne wolde sone set hym theron if he wolde shewe him howe he is bouÌ„de to ayde his men whan their men wyll rebell agaynst them But some thought that if kynge Charles had lyued styll tyll that tyme that he wolde haue done nothynge and if he had men supposed that he wolde therby anexed the countie of Flaunders to the crowne of Fraunce for therle of FlauÌ„ders was nat so well in his grace that he wolde haue done any thynge for hym without he had knowen well why ¶ Nowe let vs leaue to speke of these deuyses tyll tyme be that we retourne therto agayne but lette vs shewe howe the erle of Flaunders beynge at Lysle After the great losse that he had at Bruges he vnderstode howe sir Terrey Damayn and sir Fiurant de Heulle kept styll the towne of Andwarpe and had kept it euer sythe the besynes before Brugê and knewe well that these knyghtê were nat able to resyst agaynst the puyssance of Flaunders if they came to lay siege therto as it was thought yâ— they wolde do shortlye Than to refressh the towne therle called to him sir Danyell of Halwyn and sayd Sir I wyll ye go to And warpe and be souerayne capitayn there and take with you a hundred and fyftie speares a hundred crosbowes and two hundred other varlettes with speares and pauesses and take ye hede to that garison I gyue you the charge therof and newe vitayle it with corne whete and otes sault flesshe and with wyne out fro our frendes and neyghbours of Tourney they wyll nat fayle vs at this nede Sir ê™ the knyght all this shal be done and sir I shall take as good hede to yâ— towne as I can sythe it please you that I shall so do there shall none yuell come therto by my fawte Danyell ê™ the erle of that I am sure And so the knyght toke leaue of the erle and went to Andewarpe and there refresshed the towne with newe men of warre vitayle and other thynges necessary WHan Philyp Dartuell beyng in GauÌ„t vnderstode the tydinges howe they of Andwarp were refresshed with newe men than he sayd he wolde prouyde for remedy sayng howe it was nat to be suffred For it was greatly to the preiudyce and dyshonour of the countre of FlauÌ„ders that this towne helde so agaynst them wherfore he sayd he wolde go and lay siege therto and nat to departe thens tyll he had beaten it downe and put to dethe all tho that were within knyghtes other Than he sent his coÌ„maundement through the countre of Flaunders that euery man shulde be redy the .ix. day of June to be with him before Andwarpe There was none that durst disobey his coÌ„maundement so the men of all the good townes in FlauÌ„ders and they of the franke of Bruges made them redy and came and layd siege before Andwarpe and lay abrode in the feldes in medowes and in marsshes and there about And there was Philyppe Dartuell their capytayn by whome they were all ordred who helde a great estate before Andwarpe Than he reared a tayllage in Flaunders euery fyre euery weke to pay four grotes the ryche to beare out the feble wherby he gate togyder moch money for there was none excused but all payed For he had seruauÌ„tes for the nones through all the countrey who made euery man to paye poore and ryche whyder they wolde or nat It was sayd he had at yâ— siege mo than a huÌ„dred thousande men and the flemynges had pyled in the ryuer of Lescalt great pyles of great tymbre so that no shyppe coulde come fro Tourney to Andewarpe they had in their hoost all thynges plentyfull market with
for that uyght went to Douaing laye in the abbeye And in the mornynge after masse he lepte on his horse and came agayn to the quene Who receyued hym with great Joye by that tyme she had dynedde and was redy to mounte on her horse to departe with hym and so the quene departed from the castell of Dambrety courte and toke leue of the knyght and of the lady and thanked them for theyr good there that they hadde made her and sayd that she trusted oones to se the tyme that she or her sonne shulde well remembre theyr courtesye Thus departed the quene in the company of the sayd syr JohnÌ„ lorde Beamont who ryght ioyously dyd conducte her to Ualencyenues and agaynst her came many of the Burgesses of the towne and receyued her right humbly Thus was she brought before the Erle Guyllaume of Heynaulte Who receyued her with great ioye and in lyke wyse so dyd the couÌ„tesse his wyfe feasted her ryght nobly And as than this Erle hadde foure layre doughters Margaret Philypp Jane and Isabell Amonge whome the yong Edwarde sette mo 〈…〉 hiâ— loue and company on Phylypp And also the yong lady in al honour was more conuersâ—â—nt with hym than any of her susters Thus the quene Isabell abode at Ualencyennes by the space of .viii. daies with the good Erle and with the couÌ„tesse Jane be Ualoys In the meane tyme the quene aparailed for her needis and besynesse and the said syr JohnÌ„ wrote letters ryght effectuously vnto knyghtis and suche companyans as he trusted best in all Heynaulte in Brabant and in Behaigne and prayed them for all amyties that was bitwene theym that they wolde god 〈◊〉 hym in this entreprise in to Inglande and so there were great plentye what of one countrey and other that were content to go with hym for his loue But this sayd syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte was greatly reproued and counsailed the contrarye bothe of the Erle his brother and of the chief of the counsaile of the countrey bycause it semed to theym that the entreprise was ryght hygh and parillouse seynge the great discordis and great hates that as than was bytwene the barones of Inglande amonge them selfe And also consyderyng that these 〈…〉 hemen most commonly haue euer great enuy at straungers Therfore they doubted that the sayd syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte and his company shulde nat retourne agayne with honour But howeso euer they blamed or couÌ„sailed hym the geÌ„tle knyght wolde neuer chaunge his purpose but layd he hadde but one dethe to dye the whiche was in the wyll of god And also sayd that all knyghtê ought to ayd to theyr powers all ladyes and da mozels chased out of theyr owne countreys beyng without counsaile or comfort ¶ Howe that the quene Isabell arryued in Inglande with syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte in her company Cap. x. THys was syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte moued in his courage made his assembly prayed the 〈◊〉 to he redy at haleâ— y◠〈◊〉 at Bredas and the Hollanders to be at â—uchryghte at a daye lymytted Than the quene of Juglande tooke leue of the erle of Heynault and of the couÌ„tesse and thanked theym greatly of their honour seaâ—t and good chere that they hadde made her kyssynge theym at her departynge Thus this lady departed and hersonne all her company with syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte Who With great peyne gatte leue of his brother Sayng to hym My lorde and brother I am yong and thynke that god hath pourueyed for me this entrepryse for myn aduancemeÌ„t I beleue and thynke verely that wroÌ„gfully and synfully this lady hath been chased out of Inglande and also her soÌ„ne hit is almes and glory to god and to the worlde to comforte and helpe them that be comfort 〈…〉 and specyally so hyghe and so noble a lady as this is Who is doughter to a kyng and desceudyd of a royall kyng We be of her bloodde and she of oures I hadde rather renounce and forsake all that I haue and go serue god ouer the see and neuer to retourne into this countrey rather than this good lady shulde haue departed from vs Withowte comforte and helpe Therfore dere brother suffre me to go with yor good Wyll wherin ye shall do nobly and I shall huÌ„bly thanke you therof and the better therby I shall accomplysshe all the voyage And Whan the good Erle of Heynaulte hadde 〈◊〉 harde his brother and parceued the great desyre that he hadde to his entrepryse and sawe 〈◊〉 hyâ— myght tourne hym and his heyres to great honoure here after Sayd to hym My fayre brother god forbyd that your good purpose shulde be broken or lerte Therfore in the name of god I gyue you leue and kyste hym 〈…〉 ynge hym by the hande insygne of great loue Thus he departed and roode the same nyghte to Mounce in Heynnaulte With the Quene of Inglande What shulde I make long processe They dyd so moche by they re Journeys that they came to Durdryght in Holande Wher as theyr specyall assembly was made And there they purueyed for shyppys great and small suche as they coulde get and shypped their horses and harneys and purueyaunce and so com 〈…〉 ded them selfe into the kepyng of god and toke theyr passage by see In that coÌ„pany there were of knyghtis and lordis Fyrst syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte lord Beamond syr Henry Daâ—toâ—g syr Michell de Ligne the lorde of GoÌ„meg 〈…〉 syr Parceualde Semeries ser Robert de 〈◊〉 syr Saures de Boussoit the lorde of 〈◊〉 the lord of Pocelles the lord Uillers the lord of heyn The lorde of Sars the lorde of Boy 〈…〉 the lorde of DaÌ„bretycourte the lorde of 〈◊〉 and syr Oulpharte of Gustelle and diuers other knyghtis and squyers all in great desyre to serue theyr maister and whan they were all departed fro the hauyn of Durdryght it was a fayre flete as for the quantite and well ordred the season was fayre and clere and ryght temperate and at theyr departynge With the fyrsteflodde they came before the Dignes of Holande and the next day they drewe vppe theyr sayles and toke theyr waye in costynge zelande and theyr ententis were to haue taken land at Dongport but they coulde nat for a tempeste toke them in the see that put them so farre out of theyr course that they wist nat of two dayes wher they wer of the whiche god dyd them great grace For if they had takyn lande at the porte where as they had thought they had ben all loste for they had fallen in the hand is of they re ennemyes Who knew well of theyr commyng and aboode them there to haue putte theym all to dethe So hit was that about the ende of two dayes the tempest seased and the maryners parceyued lande in Inglande and drewe to that parte right ioyously and there toke lande on the sandes Withoute any ryght hauyn orporte at Harwiche as the Inglysshe cronicle sayth the .xxiiii. daye of Septembre the yere
surely he sayd wherso euer they met he wolde fyght with theÌ„ And whan these tidynges came to yâ— capten of Euâ—euâ— named 〈◊〉 Leger Dorgery than he coÌ„mauÌ„ded euery man yâ— was able to ryde a horse shulde go out of the cyte drawe to yâ— Captall so ther deê‘ted out of the towne â—â—o than sixscore all yong men of the naâ—yon of yâ— towne So yâ— wednysday the Captall lodged by noone on a mouÌ„tayne his coÌ„pany about him the frenchmen 〈…〉 de forwarde to fynde theÌ„ tyll they caÌ„e to a ryuer called in that countre Iton the which ran towarde Eureux and it springeth nere to Couches there they lodged yâ— wednâ—sday in a fayre medowe a longe by that ryuersyde so the next morâ—yug bothe partyes sent out their câ—â— rous to se if they coude here any tidynges eche of other so eche of theÌ„ made report that they were within two leages togyder Than yâ— naueroyse rode as Faucon led theÌ„ the same way he came fro theÌ„ and so about noone they came into the way to Cocherell there they sawe yâ— frenchmen before theÌ„ in ordeâ—yng of theyr â—aâ—els ther was great noÌ„bre of baner◠〈◊〉 â—enoÌ„s so yâ— they semed to be double the â—ombre yâ— they were in dede Than the naueroyse rested them without a lytell wode that was there than the capitayns drue togyder ordred their batayls First they made thre batayls well and proply all a fote sent all their caryages and pages in to yâ— lytell wode and they set sir JohnÌ„ Jonell inthe first batayle withall the men of armes archers of Englande The seconde batayle ledde the captall of Beusm and in his batayle were 〈◊〉 iiii C. fightynge men one other and 〈◊〉 hym was the lorde of Saulx of Nauer a yong lusty knight the lorde Wyllâ—â— of Grauyll and ser Peter of Sankeuyll The third batell was ledde by thre knyghtes that is to say the lorde of Bascles of Maâ—nell the lorde Bertram of Franke and the lorde Sansâ—loâ—yns they were a .iiii. huÌ„dred And whan they had ordeyned their batayls than they toke the vauÌ„tage of a lytle hyll ther besyde on their right hand bytwene them and the wode And so on the fronte of that hyll they aranged them selfe before their enemyes and they sette the captals baner on a busshe of thornes and set a .lx. men of armes about it to defende it fro their enemyes And yâ— they dyde to th entent that yf they were sparkeled abrode they shulde drawe to the standarde and so determyned nat to dyscende downe fro the mouÌ„tayne for no maner of cause but to let their enemyes come to theÌ„ if they wolde fight with theÌ„ ¶ Howe by the polesy and counsell of sir Bertram of Clesquy the nauâ—â—oise dysceÌ„ded downe fro the mouÌ„tayne to fight with the freÌ„chmen and how the captall was taken Cap. CC .xxi. THus as ye haue herbe the naueroyse englysshmen were arenged on yâ— mouÌ„tayne whyle the freÌ„chmen ordred their batayls wher of they made thre and a rere garde The first had sir Bertram of Clesquy with all his bretons and he was ordeyned to reâ—coâ— the captals batayle The seconde had therle of Aucerr and with hym there was the vycount Beamond and the lorde Baudwyâ—â—enekyn maister of the cros bowes with theÌ„ were freÌ„chmen pycardê and normayns as sir Edwarde of Rency sir Ingram of Heâ—yn sir Loys of â—enekerques and dyuers other good kynghtâ— and squyers The thirde batayle had the archpreest and the burgonyons and with hym the lorde of Chalons the lorde Beauâ—eâ— the lorde JohnÌ„ of Uyen and dyuers other and this batayle was assigned to assemble agaynst the bâ—scle of Marnell and his rout And the bataylâ— whiche was the reregarde were all gascoyns wherof sir Aymon of Pomyers the lorde Sul dyche ofâ—e strade the lorde perducas Dalbreth and the lorde Peteton of Curton were soueray gâ—e capitayns Than these gascoyne knightes aduysed well the behauynge of the captall and howe his standarde was set on a busshe kept with a certayne nombre than they sayd that it behoued them whaÌ„ their batayls were assembled togyder that they shulde endeuoure theÌ„selfe to coÌ„quere the captals standerde sayeng howe it they might get it their enemyes shulde be sone discoÌ„fyted also these gascons auysed theÌ„ on another ordynaunce the which was to theÌ„ that day right ê“fitable The lordes of FrauÌ„ce wer along space togyder in couÌ„sell howe they shulde maynâ—tene themselfe for they sawe well that their enemyes had a great auauntage Than the gascons spake a worde the which was well herde they said sirs we knowe well that the captall is as worthy a knight as can be founde in any lande for as long as he is able to fight he shall do vs great domage let vs ordayne .xxx. a horsbacke of the best men of armes that be in our company and let the .xxx. take hede to nothyng but to addresse themselfe to the captall whyle we eâ—tend to coÌ„quere his standerd by yâ— might of their horses let them breke yâ— preaâ— so that they may come to the captall and than take hym cary hym out of the felde for with out that be done we shal haue no ende of our batayle for if he may be taken by this meanes the iourney shal be ours his people wyll be so sore abasshed of his takyng Than the knightes of Fraunce and of Bretayne acorded lyghtly to yâ—â—euyce and sayd it was good counsell so they wolde do Than among theÌ„ they chose out xxx of the best men of armes among them mounted on .xxx. of the best horses in all the coÌ„pany and they drewe them a syde in the felde well determyned of that they shulde do and all the resydue taryed in the felde a fote in good array ¶ Whan they of FrauÌ„ce had well ordred their batayls that euery man knewe what he shuld do than ther was a comonyng amoÌ„g theÌ„ what shulde be their crye yâ— day and to what banâ—â— they shulde drawe to And so they were determyned to cry our lady of Aucerr and to makâ— their capitayne that day cherle of Aucerr but the erle wolde in no wyse agree therto to take that charge on hym but excused himselfe right graciously saying lordê I thanke you of the honour that ye wolde put me to but surely as for me I wyll nat therof for I am ouer yong to haue suche a charge or honor for this is the first iorney that euer I was at therfore ye shall take another here be many good knightê as sir Bertram of Clesquy tharchprest the maister of the crosbose the lorde Loys of Chalon the lorde Aymon of pomyers sir Edwarde of ReÌ„cy These haue ben in many great iorneys they knowe howe to order suche a mater better than I can therfore I pray you holde me excused Than the knyghtes regarded eche other sayd to hym a noble erle of Aucer ye ar
priue counsell and dyd so moche that in shorte space the kyng of FrauÌ„ce and all his pryue counselle were as colde to helpe the quene in her voyage as they had before great desyre to dohit And the kynge brake all that voyage and defended euery parsone in his Realme on payne of banysshyng the same that none shuld be so hardy to go with the quene to brynge her agayne into Ingland And yet the sayd ser Hew Spencer aduysed hym of more malyce and bethought hym howe he myght gette agayne the quene into Inglande to be vnder the kyngis daunger and his Than he caused the kyng to wrytte to the holy father the pope effectuously desyryng hym that he wolde sende and wrytte to the kyng of Fraunce that he shulde sende the quene his wyfe agayne into Inglande For he Wyll acquyte hymselfe to god and the Worlde and that it was nat his faute that she departed fro hym for he Wolde nothyng to her but all loue and good faith suche as he ought to holde in mariage Also ther Were lyke letters wrytten to the cardynals dyuysed by many subtile wayes the whiche all maye nat be wrytten here Also he sent golde and syluer great plenty to dyuerse cardynalles and prelates suche as Were moost nereste and secrettest with the pope and ryght sage and able ambassadours were sente on this message and they ladde the pope in suche wyse by theyr gyftes and subtyle Wayes that he wrote to the kynge of Fraunce that on peyne of cursyng he shulde sende his suster Isabell into Ingland to the kyng her housbande These letters were brought to the kyng of FraÌ„ce by the busshopp of â—ainctes whom the pope sent in that legation And whan the kyng had redde the letters he caused them to be shewed to the quene his suster Whom he had nat seen of long space before commaundyng her hastely to auoyde his realme orels he wolde cause her to auoyde with shame ¶ Howe that quene Isabell departed fro Fraunce and entred in to the Empyre Cap. ix WHan the quene hard thys tidyngis she knewe nat What to say nor What aduyce to take for as than the barons of the realme of FrauÌ„ce were withdrawen froÌ„ her by the coÌ„maundement of the kyng of FrauÌ„ce and so she had no comfort nor succoure but all onely of her dere cosyn ser Robert de Artoys for he secretly dyd counsaile and comfort her as moche as he myght for other Wyse he durst nat for the kyng hadde defended hym But he knew well that the quene was chased out of Ingland and also out of Fraunce for euyll Wyll and by enuy whiche greued hym greatly Thus was syr Robert de Artoyes at the quenes commaun dement but he durste nat speke nor be knowen therof For he had hard the kyng say and swere That Who so euer spake to hym for the quene his suster shulde leese his landis and be banysshed the realme And he knewe secretly howe the kyng was in mynde and will to make his suster to be taken and Edward her sonne and the erle of Cane and syr Roger Mortymer and to put theym all in the handis of the kyng and of syr Newe Spencer Wherfore he came on a nyght and declared all this to the quene and aduysed her of the parell that she was in Than the quene was greatly abasshed and required hym all we pyng of his good counsaile Than he sayd madame I counsaile you that ye depart and go in to the empire where as ther be many great lordes who may ryght well ayde you and specially the erle Guillyam of Heynault and syr John of Heynaulte his brother These two are great lordes and wise men true drad and redoubted of their ennemies Than the quene caused to be made redy all her purueyaunce and payd for euery thyng as secretly as she myght and so she and her sonne the erle of Cane and all her company departed from Paris and rode to warde Heynaulte and so long she rode that she came to Cambresys And whan she knewe she was in the Empyre She was better assured than she was before and so passed through Cambresys and entred into Ostrenaunt in Heynaulte and lodged at Ambreticourt in a knights house who was called syr Dambrycourte Who receyued her ryght ioyously in the best maner to his power In so moche that afterwarde the quene of Inglande and her sonne hadde with them into Ingland for euer the knyght and his wyfe and all his children and auaunced them in dyuers maners THe comyng thus of yâ— quene of InglaÌ„de and of her sonne and heyre into the couÌ„trey of Heynaulte was anon well knowen in the howse of the good erle of Heynault who as than was at Ualenciennes And syr JohnÌ„ of Heynault was certified of the tyme whan the quene arryued at the place of syr Dambrecourte The whiche syr JohnÌ„ was brother to the sayde Erle Guillam And as he that was yong lusty desiryng all honoure mounted on his horse and departed with a small company fro UaleÌ„ciennes and came the same nyght to Ambreticourt and dyd to the quene all honour and reuerence that he coulde deuyse The quene who was ryght sorowfull beganne to declare complaynyng to hym ryght pyteously her dolours Wherof the sayd syr JohnÌ„ had great pitie so that the water dashte in his yen and sayd certaynly fayre lady beholde me here your owne knyght who shall nat fayle you to dye in the quarell I shall do the best of my power to conducte you and my lorde your sonne and helpe to brynge you into your astatis in Inglande by the grace of god and With the helpe of your frendis in that parties and I and suche other as I can desyre shall put our lyues and goodes in adueÌ„ture for your sake and shall gette men of warre sufficient if god be pleased without the dauÌ„ger of the kyng of FraÌ„ce your brother Than the quene wold haue kneled downe for great ioye that she had and for the good wyll he offred her But this noble knyght toke her vppe quyckly in his armes and sayde By the grace of god the noble quene of InglaÌ„d shall nat knele to me But ma dame recomforte yourselfe and all your company for I shall kepe you faithfull promyse and ye shall go se the erle my brother and the countesse his wyfe and all theyr fayre chyldren Who shall receyue you with great ioye For so I harde theym reporte they wold do Than the quenesayd syr I fynde in you more loue and comforte than in all the worlde And for this that ye say and affirme me I thaÌ„ke you a thousande tymes and yf ye wyll do this ye haue promised in all courtesy and honoure I and my sonne shall be to you for euer bounde and wyll put all the realme of InglaÌ„d in your abandon For it is right that it so shuld be And after these wordes whan they were this accorded Syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte toke leue of the quene
of our lorde M. CCC .xxvi. And so aboode on the sandes thre dayes with lytle puruey aunce of vitaylle and vnshypped theyr horses and harneys nor they wist nat in what parte of Inglande they were in other in the power of theyr frendis or in the power of theyr ennemies On the .iiii. day they toke forth theyr way in the aduenture of god and of saynt George as suche people as hadde suffred great disease of colde by nyght and hunger and great feare Whereof they were nat as than clene ryd And so they rode forth by hylles and dales on the done syde and on the other tyll at the laste they founde vyllages and a great abbeye of blacke monkes the whiche is called saint HamoÌ„ wher as they .iii. dayes refresshed themselfe ¶ Howe the quene of Inglande beseged the kyng her husbande in the towne of Bristo we Cap. xi ANd than this tidyng spred about the realme so moche that at the last it came to the knowledge of the lordes by whom the quene was called agayn into Ingland and they apparailed them in all hast to come to Edward herson whom they wold haue to theyr soueraigne lorde And the fyrste that came gaue them moost comforte was Henry Erle of Lancastre With the wrye necke called Torte colle who was brother to Thomas erle of Lancastre beheeddyd as ye haue harde here before who was a good knyght greatly recoÌ„mended as ye shall here after in this hystorye Thys Erle Henry came to the quene with great companye of men of Warre and after hym came from one parte and other erles barones knyghtys and squiers with so moche people that they thought them clene out of parelles and alwayes encreased theyr power as they went forewarde Than they toke counsell among them that they shulde ryde streyght to the towne of Brystowe Where as the kyng was and with hym the Spencers The whiche was a good towne and a stronge and Well closed standyng on a good port of the see and a stronge castell the see bettyng rounde about it And therin was the kyng and ser Hewe Spencer the elder who was about .xC. of age and syr Hewe Spencer his sonne who was chieffe gouernour of the kyng and counsayled hym in all his euyll dedis Also there was the Erle of Arundell who had wedded the doughter of syr Hewe SpeÌ„cer and diuerse other knyghtis and squiers repayryng about the kyng is courte Than the quene and all her companye lordes of Heynaulte erles and barons and all other inglisshemen toke the right way to the said towne of Bristowe and in euery towne where as they entred they were receyued with great feast honour and alwayes theyr people encreased and so longe they rodeby theyr iourneys that they arryued at Brystowe and besygedde the towne rounde about as nere as they myght and the kyng and syr Hewe Spencer the yonger helde theym in the castelle and the olde syre Hewe Spencer and the erle of Arundell helde them in the towne And whan the people of the towne sawe the greate power that the Quene was of For all moost all Inglande was of her accorde and parceued what parell and daunger euydentely they were in They toke counsell amonge theymselfe and determyned that they wolde yelde vppe the towne to the quene So that they re lyues and gooddys myghte be sauyd And soo they sende to treate with the quene and her counsell in this mattyer But the quene nor her counselle Wolde nat agree therto without she myght do with syr Hewe Spencer with the erle of Arundell what it pleased her Whan the people of the towne sawe they coulde haue no peace otherwise nor saue the towne nor theyr gooddes nor theyr lyues in that distresse they accorded to the quene and opened the gates so that the quene and ser JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte and all her barous knyghtis and squyers entred into the towne and toke theyr lodgyngys within as many as myght the reside we without Than sir Hewe Spencer and the Erle of â—rundel were taken brought before the quene to do her pleasure with them Than there was brought to the quene her owne chyldren JohnÌ„ hersonne and her two doughters the whiche were fouÌ„d ther in the kepyng of the sayd syr Hewe Spencer Wherof the quene had great ioye for she had nat seue theym longe before Than the kyng myght haue great sorowe and sir Hewe Spencer the yonger who were fast inclosed in the stronge castell and the moost part of all the realme turned to the quenes parte and to Edward her eldest sonne ¶ Howe that syr Hewe SpeÌ„cer and the erle of Arundell were iudged to dethe Cap. xii WHan the quene and her barons and all her company were lodged at theyr ease Than they beseged the castell as nere as they myght The quene caused syr Hewe SpeÌ„cer the elder and therle of AruÌ„dell to be brought forth before Edward her sonne and all the barons that were there present And sayde howe that she and her sonne shulbe take ryght lawe on them accordyng to theyr desertis Than syr Hewe Spencer sayd Ma dame god be to you a good iudge and gyue you good iudgement and if we can nat haue it in this world I praye god we maye haue hit in another Than stepte forth syr Thomas Wage a good knyght and marshall of the hoste and ther openly he recouÌ„ted they dedis in wrytynge And than tourned hym to another auncient knyght to the entent that he shuld bryng hym on that case fanty and to declare what shuld be done with suche parsones and what Judgement they shulde haue for suche causes Than the sayd knyght counsailed with other barons and knyghtis and so reported theyr opynions the Whiche was how they had well deserued deth for dyuers horryble dedis the whiche they haue commysed for all the trespas rehersed before to iustifie to be of trouth Wherfore they haue deserued for the dyuersyties of theyr trespaces to haue iudgement in .iii. dyuers maners Fyrst to be drawen and after to be heedded and than to be hanged on the Jebet This in lyke wyse as they were iubged so it was done executed before the castell of Brystowe in the syght of the kyng and of syr Hewe Spencer the yonger This iudgement was doone in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xxvi. on saynt Denys day in October And after this execution the kyng and the yong SpeÌ„cer seyng theym selfe thus beseged in this myschief and knewe no comfort that myght come to them in a mornyng betymes they two with a smalle company entred into a lytle vessell behynde the castell thynkyng to haue fledde to the countrey of Walys But they were .xi. dayes in the shyppe and enforced it to saile as moche as they myghte But what so euer they dydde the wynde was euery daye so contrary to them by the wyll of god that euery daye oones or twyse they were euer brought agayn within a quartter of a
in saue garde on euery mannes cariage his owne cognisauÌ„ce or armes Wherby euery maÌ„ myght knowe his owne And the lordes and genty lmeÌ„ were gladde Whan they had thus founde their cariages Thus they abonde two dayes in the cite of Durham and the oste rounde about for they coulde nat all lodge within the cite there theyr horses Were newe shoode And than they toke theyr Way to the cite of yorke and so with in .iii. dayes they came thither and ther yâ— kyng fouÌ„de the quene his mother who receyued hym with great ioye And so dyd all other ladyes damozelles burgesses and câ—â—mons of the Citie The kyng gaue lycence to all maner of people euery man to drawe home â—arde to theyr owne countreys And the kyng thanked greatly the Erles barones and knyghtê of theyr good couÌ„saile and and that they had done to hym in hys ioâ—ney And he retayned styll with hym ser JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte and all his company Who Were greatly feasted by yâ— quene and all other ladyes Than the knyghtis and other strauÌ„gers of hys company made a byll of their horses and suche other stuffe as they had lost in that iourney and delyuered it to the kyngis counsaile euery man by itselfe and in truste of the kyngis promyse ser JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte lorde Beamont bouÌ„de hymselfe to all his company that they shulde be content for euery thyng coÌ„prised in theyr owne bils within a shortspace For the kyng nor his counsaile coulde nar so soone recouer golde or syluer to content their desyres but he delyuered them sufficient by reason to pay all their small charges and to bryng them home withal into theyr owne countreis And anon after within yâ— same yere they were payd for euery thyng they could desyre Than they of Heynnaulte bought lytle â—agges to ryde at theyr case theyr lackettê and pagis and all their harneys and baggages by water in .ii. shippes that was deliuered to them the whiche shyppes with theyr 〈◊〉 arryued at Sluce in Flaundders and syr JohnÌ„ of Heynnaulte and his companye toke theyr leue of the kyng of the olde quene of the erle of Kent of yâ— erle of Lancastre and of all the other barones who greatly dyd honour theym And the kyng caused .xii. knightis and. C â–ª C. men of armes to coÌ„pany them for doubt of the archers of InglaÌ„d of Whome they were nat well assured for they muste needis passe through the busshopryke of LincolnÌ„ Thus departed siâ— JohnÌ„ of heynaulte and his rowte in the conduct of these knyghtis and rode so long iÌ„ theyr iourney that they came to Douer and ther entred into the see ishippis and vessels that they founde redy ther apparayled for them Than the â—adlist he knyghtis veparted fro thens and retourned to their owne houses and the henous arriued at Wysant and ther they soiourned .ii. bayes in makyng redy theyr horses and harneys And in yâ— mean tyme ser JohnÌ„ of Heynault and some of his company rode a pylgrimage to our lady of Bollayn and after they returned into Heynaulte and depted eche fro other to their owne howses countres ser JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte rode to therle his brother who was at Ualenciennes who receyued hym ioyously for greatly he loued hym To Whom he recounted all his tydyng is that ye haue hard here before ¶ Howe kyng Edward was maryed to my lady Philyp of Heynaulte Cap. xix HIt was nat long after but that the kyng and yâ— quene his mother therle of Kent his vncle therle of Lancastre sir Roger Mortymer and all the barones of Inglande and by the aduyce of the kyngis counsaile they sent a busshop and .ii. knyghtis banerettis with .ii. notable clerkê to ser JohnÌ„ of Heynault pray enghym to be a mean that theyr lord yâ— yong kyng of Ingland myght haue in mariage one of the ericâ— â–ª boughts of Heynault his brother named Phylyp For the kyng all the nobles of the realme had rather haue her than any other lady for the loue of hym ser JohnÌ„ of heynault lord Beamont feasted honored greatly these ambassadours brough them to UalencieÌ„nes to therle his brother who honorably receued them made them suche chere that it were ouer long here to reherse And whan they had shewed the content of theyr message Th erle said Sirs I thaÌ„ke greatly yâ— kyng your prince the quene his mother all other lordes of Ingland syth they haue sent suche sufficient ê‘sonages as ye be to do me suche honor as to treat for the mariage to the whiche request I am well agreed if our holy father the pope wyll coÌ„sent therto With yâ— whiche answer these ambassadours were right well coÌ„teÌ„t ThaÌ„ they sent .ii. knyghtê .ii. clerkê incoÌ„tinent to the pope to Auygnon to purchase a dispeÌ„sation for this mariage to be had for without yâ— popes licere they might nat marie for the linage of FraÌ„ce they were so nere of kyn as at yâ— .iii. degree for the .ii. mothers were cosyn Jermayns issued of ii brethernÌ„ whan these ambasadors were coÌ„e to the pope their requestê consideratioÌ„s well hard our holy father the pope with all the hole colledge consentyd to this mariage and so feasted them And than they departed and came agayne to Ualenciennes with their buls Than this mariage was concluded and affirmed on bothe parties Than was there deuysed and purueied for theyr apparaile and for all thyngê honorable that belonged to suche a lady who shuld be quene of Inglande and there this princesse was maryed by a sufficient procuration brought fro the kyng of Inglande and after al feast is and triumphes done Than thys yonge quene entred into the see at Wysant and arryued with all her coÌ„pany at Douer And JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte lorde Beamont her vncle dyd coÌ„duct her to the cite of London where there was made great feast and many nobles of Ingland and the quene was crowned And there was also great iustes tourneys daunsyng carolyng and great feastis euery day The whiche enduced the space of .iii. weekis The englisshe cronicle saith this mariage and coronation of the quene was done at Yorke with moche honour the sunday in the euyn of the coÌ„uersion of saynt Paule in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xxvii. In the whiche cronicle is shewyd many other thynges of the rulynge of the realme and of the deth of kyng Edwarde of Carnaruan and dyuerse other debates that were within yâ— realme as in the same Cronicle more playnly hit appereth the whiche the auctor of this boke speketh no worde of bâ—cause â—auenture he knew it nat for it was hard for a straÌ„ger to knowe all thyngis but accordyng to his wrytyng This yong quene Philyp aboode styll in Inglande with a â—â—â—all company of any â—sones of her owne couÌ„treâ— sauyng one who was named wandelet of Manny who aboode styll with the quene and was her karuer after dyd so many great prowesses in dyuerse places
he wolde be redy alwayes to ayd hym and his realme agaynst all men But seyng the kyng of England maketh his warre as bycare and lyeutenaunt of th empyre Wherfore he said he might nat refuse to hym his couÌ„trey nor his confort bycause he helde part of his countrey of thempour and assone as sir Herâ—e Nuyriell sir Peter Bahuchet and Barbe Noyre who lay and kept the streightes bytwene England and Fraunce with a great nauy knewe the the warre was opyn They came on a sonday in the fore noone to the hauyu of Hampton whyle the people were at masse and the Normayns Pycardes and spanyerdes entred into the towne and robbed and pylled the towne and slewe dyuers and defowled maydens and enforced wyues and charged their vessels with the pyllage And so entred agayne into their shyppes and whan the tyde came they dysancred sayled to Normandy and came to Depe And there departed and deuyded their boty and pyllages ¶ How kyng Edwarde besieged the cyte of Cambray Cap. xxxviii THe kyng of England departed fro Machelyne went to Brussels and all his people past on by the towne Than came to the kynge a .xx. M. Almaynes and the kynge sent and demauÌ„ded of the duke of BrabaÌ„t what was his entensy on to go to Cambray or els to leaue it The duke answered and sayed that as sone as he knewe that he had besieged CaÌ„bray he wolde come thyder with .xii. hundred speres of good men of warre Than the kyng went to Nyuell and there lay one nyght and the nexte day to Mons in Heynalt And there he founde the yong erle of Heynalt who receyued him ioyously and euer sir Robert of Dartoyse was about the kyng as one of his priue counsell and a .xvi. or .xx. other great lordes and knightes of Englande the which were euer about the kyng for his honoure and estate and to counsell hym in all his dedes Also with hym was the bysshop of Lyncolne who was greatly renomed in this iourney both in wysdome and iÌ„ prowes Thus thenglysshmen passed forth and lodged abrode in the countrey and founde prouysion ynough before them for their money howbeit some â—ayed truly and some nat And whan the kyng had taryed two dayes at Mons in Heynalt thanÌ„e he went to Ualencennes he and .xii. with hym entred into the towne and no mo persons And thyder was come therle of Heynalt and ser JohnÌ„ his vncle and the lorde of Faguyuelles the lorde of Uerchyn the lorde of Haureth and dyuers other who were about therle their lorde And the kyng and therle went hand in hande to the great hall which was redy aparelled to receyue them And as they went vp the steares of the hall the bysshoppe of Lyncolne who was there present spake out a loude and sayd Wyllyam bysshoppÌ„ of Cambray I admonysshe you as procurer to the kyng of England vycare of th eÌ„pyre of RoÌ„e that ye opyn the gates of the cyte of Cambray if ye do nat ye shall forfayt your landes and we woll entre byforce Ther was none that answered to that mater for the bysshop was nat there present Than the bysshop of Lyncolne sayd agayne erle of Heynault we admonysshe you in the name of thempour that ye come and serue the kyng of England his vycare before the cyte of Cambray with suche nombre as ye ought to do Th erle who was ther preseÌ„t sayd with a right good wyll I am redy So thus they entred into the hall therle ledde the kyng into his chaÌ„bre and anon the supê‘ was redy And the next day the king deê‘ted and went to Aspre and ther taryed .ii. dayes and suffred all his men to passe forth And so than went to CaÌ„bray and loged at Wys and besieged the cyte of Cambray rouÌ„de about and dayly his power encreased Thyder came the yong erle of Heynalt in great atray and syr John his vncle and they lodged nere to the kyng and the duke of Guerles and his company the marques of Musse therle of Mons the erle of Sauynes the lorde of FalquemoÌ„t sir Arnolde of Bouquehen withall thother lordes of th empyre suche as were alyed with the kyng of Englande And the sixt day after the siege layd thyder caÌ„e the duke of Brabant with a .ix. hundred speres besyde other he lodged toward Ostrenan on the ryuer of Lescaut and made a bridge ouer the water to th entent to go fro the one hoost to the other And assone as he was come he sent to defye the frenche kyng who was at Compyengne Wherof Loys of Traneheu who had alwayes before excused the duke was so confused that he wold no more returne agayne into Brabant but dyed for sorowe in FrauÌ„ce This sege durynge ther were many skirmysshes and sir John of Heynalt and the lorde of Falquemont rod euer lightly togyder and brent and wasted sore the countrey of Cambresys And on a day these lordes with the nombre of .v. C. speres a M. of other men of warr came to the castell of Doisy in Cambresys pertayning to the lord of Coucy and made ther a great assaut But they within dyd defende them so valyantly that thei had no damage and so the sayd lordes retourned to their lodgynges Th erle of Heynalt and his company on a saturday came to the gate towarde saynt Quyntines and made ther a gret assaut ther was JohnÌ„ Chandos who was thaÌ„ but a squier of whose prowes this boke speketh moch he cast hymselfe bytwene the barrers and the gate and fought valyantly with a squyer of Uermandoys called Johanne of saynt Dager ther was goodly featê of armes done bytwene them And so the heynows coÌ„quered by force the baylles and ther was entred therle of Heynalt and his marshals sir Gararde of Uerchyne ser Henry Dantoyng and other who aduentured them valyantly to aduaunce their honour at an other gate called the gate Robert was yâ— lord Beamonde and the lorde of Falquemont the lorde Danghyen sir Wyllyam of Manny and their companys made ther asore and a harde assaut But they of Cambray and yâ— soudyers set there by the french kyng defended themselfe and the cyte so valyantly that thassauters wan nothyng but so retourned right wery and well beaten to their logynges The yong erle of Namure caÌ„e thyder to serue the yong erle of Heynalt by desyre and he sayd he wolde be on their part as long as they were in th eÌ„pyre But assone as they entred into the realme of Fraunce he sayd he wolde forsake them go and serue the french kyng who had retayned hym And in likewyse so was th entent of therle of Heynalt for he had coÌ„maunded all his men on payne of dethe that none of them shulde do any thyng within the realme of FrauÌ„ce In this season whyle the kyng of England lay at siege byfore Cambray with .xl. M. men of armes and greatly constrayned theÌ„ by assautes Kyng Philyp made his somons at
of England to be the more stroÌ„ger in his warre agaynst the freÌ„chmen But first he made his vncle sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt chefe maister and gouernour of Holande zelande and sir JohnÌ„ lay styll at Mons and prouyded for the contrey and sent to UalenceÌ„nes to confort and ayde theÌ„ the lorde Autoyng the lorde of Uerguy yâ— lord of Gomegynes and sir Henry of Huspharyce and the stewarde of Heynault with a hundred speares to the towne of Landrechyes And to Bouhayne thre brethern almayns called Courtars and to â—scaudymeâ— sir Gararde Sasses gynes and into the towne of Dauesnes the lord of Faulquemount And thus he dyde into euery fortresse on the fronters of Fraunce ¶ Howe they of Tourney made a Courney into Flaunders Cap. xlvi WHan the frenche kyng knewe howe the heynowes had brent the contrey of Thyerache taken and stayne his knyghtes and distroyed the good towne of Aubenton Than he commaunded the duke of Normandy his sonne that he shulde make a iourney into Heynalt and bring the countrey into that case that it shuld neuer bere couerd agayne Also the kyng ordayned therle of Layll Gastone who was as than with the kyng at Parys that he shulde make a voyage into Gascoyne as his lyeutenant and to make warre to Burdeux and to Bordeloys and to all the fortresses that helde of the kyng of Englande And also the frenche kynge enforced his great nauy that he had on the see and commaunded them to kepe the bondes of Flanders and nat to suffre the kyng of Englande to passe ouer the see into Flanders on payne of their lyues And whan the frenche kyng vnderstode that the flemynges had made homage to the kynge of Englande he sent vnto them a prelate vnder the colour of the pope Shewyng them that ys they wolde retourne and knowledge themselfe to holde of hym and of the crowne of Fraunce and to forsake the kyng of Englande who had enchaunted them Than he sayd he wolde ê‘don them of all their trespaces and wolde quyte theÌ„ of the gret soÌ„me of money that they wer bound vnto hym by oblygacion of olde tyme and also to gyue theÌ„ many fayre franchyses And the slemmynges answered howe they thought theÌ„selfe right well assoyled and quyted in any thynge that they were bouÌ„de to the kyng of Fraunce Than the frenche kyng complayned to pope Clement the .vi. whervpon the pope dyd cast suche a sentence of cursyng that no preest durst syng or say ther any diuyne seruyce Wherof the slemmynges sent a great coÌ„playnt vnto the kyng of Englande who to apease them sent them worde that whan he came ouer the see he wolde bring preestes out of his contrey to syng masses whyther the pope wolde or nat for he sayd he had priuylege so to do And so by that meanes the fleÌ„mynges were somwhat apeased And whan the frenche kyng sawe that he coude nat tourne the sleÌ„mynges fro their opynion than he coÌ„maunded them of the garysons of Tourney Lysle and 〈◊〉 â–ª and other to make warre on the flem 〈…〉 and to ouer ronne the contrey And so 〈◊〉 â—ohnÌ„ du Roy and ser Mathue de Trye marshall of Fraunce and sir Godmar du Fay and dyuers other lordes made an army of M. men of armes and. CCC crosbowes what of Turney Lylle and Doway And so in an euenyng ther departed fro Turney and by yâ— it was day in the mornyng â–ª they were before Courtray by 〈◊〉 â—â—yme the son was vp they had gathered togyther all the catall ther about and some of theÌ„ ran to the gatê and slewe and hurt dyuers that they founde without And thanÌ„e they retourned without any domage and droue before them al their prayes so that whaÌ„ they came to Turney they had mo thaÌ„ .x. M. shepe as many swyne beates and kyen wherof the flemynges were sore troubled Than Jaques Dartuell sware yâ— it shulde be derely reuenged and incoÌ„tynent he coÌ„maunded the good townes of Flanders that their men a warr shulde be with hym before Turney at a day assigned and he wrote to therle of Salysbury and to therle of Suffolke who wer at Ipre that they shulde be ther at yâ— same And so agaynst the day lymitted he weÌ„t out of GauÌ„t and came to a place bytwene And warpe Turney called le Pount de Sere and there he lodged and taryed for therles of England and for them of Franke of Bruges The sayd two erles thought for their honour that the enterprise shulde nat be delayed by them and so sent to Jaques Dartuell promysing hym nat to fayle to be at the day apoynted And so on a day they departed from Ipre with a .l. speares and a fortie crosbowes â–ª and went towarde the place where as Jaques Dartuell abode for theÌ„ and as they passed by the towne of Lyle they were ê‘ceyued And they of the towne yssued out with a .xv. C. men a fote and a horsbacke and went in .iii. partes to th entent that therles shuld nat scape theÌ„ So these two erles rode forth by the gyding of sir U 〈…〉 art de la Crox â–ª who had kept loÌ„g warrÌ„ agaynst them of Lyle and he knewe all yâ— wayes of the contrey as than was at Ipre And so he came forthe with these erles to be their gyde and he had well gyded them they of Lyle had nuely made a great dyke wher as there was neuer none before and whan sir Uauflart hadde brought them thyder sawe howe the way was nuely stopped he sayd to therles of Englande sirs I se well we can nat passe without the danger of them of Lysle wherfore I counsell let vs turne agayne and take some other way Than the lordes sayde nay sir Uauflart it shall neuer be sayd that we woll go out of our way for feare of them of Lysle Therfore ryde on byfore we haue promysed Jaques Dartuell to be with hym this day and so thenglysshmen rode forth with out feare Than sir Uauflart sayd sirs ye haue taken me in this vyage to be your gyde and I haue ben with you all this wynter iÌ„ Ipre wherof I am moch bouÌ„de to you But if they of Lyle yssue out vpon vs haue no trust that I wyll abyde them for I wyll saue my selfe assone as I can for if I wer taken it shulde cost me my lyfe the which I loue better thaÌ„ your coÌ„pany Than the lordes dyd laugh at hym and sayd well and yf it be so we holde you well excused and as he ymagined so it be fell â–ª for or they wer ware they were in danger of the frenche busshement who cryed stoppe sirs for ye shall nat passe this way without our lycence and so began to shote and to ronne on the englysshmen And assone as syr Uauflart sawe the maner he had no lyst to ryde any farther but retourned assone as he myght and gate hymselfe out of the preace And the. iâ— erles fell in the handes of their ennemies lyke
them to UalenceÌ„nes in the county of Heynalt And in the freres ther made theym to be buryed agayne honourably and dyde there his obsequy â—yght goodly the which is yet kept yerely ¶ Howe the erle of Derby wanne the castell of the Ryoll Cap. C .xi. NOwe let vs retourne to the siege about the castell of the Ryoll the which had endured .xi. wekes so long wrought the mynours that at last they came vnder the base court but vnder the doÌ„geon they coude nat gette for it stode on a harde rocke Than sir Agâ—us des Bans their capten sayd to his company sirs we be vndermyâ—â—d so that we ar in great daunger than they were all sore a srayed and sayd sir ye ar in a great danger and we also without ye fynde some remedy year our chefe and we wyll obey you trucly we haue kept this house right honourably alonge season And though we nowe make a composycion we can nat be blamed assay if ye canne get graunt of therle of Derby to let vs depart our lyues and goodes saued and we to delyuer to hym this castell Than sir Agous dyscendedde downe fro the hygh to wre and dyd put out his heed at a lytell wyndo â–ª made a token to speke with some of the host than he was demaunded what he wolde haue he sayd he wolde fayne speke with therle of Derby or with the lorde of MaÌ„ny Whan therle knewe therof he sayd to the lorde of Manny and the lorde Stafforde lette vs go to the fortresse and knowe what the capten woll say Than they rode togyder and whan sir Agous sawe theym he toke of his cappe and saluted them eche after other and sayde lordes it is of trouth that the frenche kyng sende me to this towne to defende and to kepe it and the castell to my power And ye knowe right well howe I haue aquyt my selfe in that behalfe yet wolde if I might but alwayes a man may nat abyde in one place sir yf it woll please you I and all my company wolde depart our lyues and goodes saued and we shall yelde vnto you the fortresse Than therle of Derby sayde sir Agous ye shall nat go so away we knowe ryght well we haue so sore oppressed you that we may haue you whan we lyst for your fortresse staÌ„deth but vpon stayes yelde you simply and we wyll receyue you sir Agons sayde sir yf we dyde so I thynke in you somoch honour and gentylnes 〈◊〉 ye wold deale but courtelly with vs as ye wold the frenche kynge shulde deale with any of your knyghtes for goddessake sir blemyssh nat your noblenesse for a poore sort of soudyours that be here within who hath won with moche payne and paryll their poore lyueng whome I haue brought hyther out of the prouynce of Sauoy and out of Daulphyne sir knowe for trouthe that yf the lest of vs shulde nat come to mercy as well as the best we woll rather sell our lyues in suche wyse that all the worlde shulde speke of vs sir we desyre you to bere vs some coÌ„pany of armes and we shall pray for you Than therle and the other two lordes went a parte and spake togyder they spake long togyder of dyuers thynges finally they regarded the trouthe of sir Agons and consydred howe he was a stranger and also they sawe that they coude nat vndermyne the dongeon they agreed to receyue them to mercy Than the erle sayde to sir Agons sir we wolde gladly to all straungers bere good company of armes I am content that ye and all your company depart with your lyues saued so that you bere away nothynge but your armoure So be it quod sir Agons than he went to his company and shewed them how he had spedde Than they dyd on their harnesse and toke their horses wherof they hadde no mo but sixe some bought horses of thenglysshmen the whiche they payed for truely Thus sir Agons de Bans departed fro the Ryoll and yelded vp the castell to the englysshemen and sir Agons and his company wente to Tholous ¶ How therle of Derby toke the towne of Mauleon and after the towne of Franch in Gascoyne Cap. C .xii. WHan the erle of Derby had taken his pleasure at Ryoll than he went forth and lest an englyssh knyght at Ryoll to repayre and a mende that was broken he rode to Mountpesance and made assaut there and within there were but men of the countrey that were gone thyder with their goodes in trust of the strength of the place and so they defended theymselfe as longe as they might but finally the castell was wone with assaut and by scalynge but there were many of thenglysshe archers slayne and au englysshe gentylman slayne called Rycharde of Pennenort he bare the lorde Staffordes baner Th erle of Derby gaue the same castell to a squyer of his called Thomas of Lancastre and left with hym in garyson .xx. archers than therle went to the towne of Mauleon and made assaut but he wanne it nat so at nyght there about they lodged the nexte day a knyght of Gascone called sir Alysander of Chamont sayd to therle sir make as though ye wolde dyslodge and go to some other part and leue a small sort of your people styll before the towne and they within woll yssue out I knowe theym so well and let them chase your men that be behynde and let vs lye vnder the olyues in a busshement and whan they be past vs lette part of vs folowe them and some retourne towardê the towne Th erle of Derby was coÌ„tent with that counsayle and he caused to abyde behynde the erle of Quenforde with a hundred with hym all onely well enformed what they shulde do than all the other trussed bagge and baggage and departed and went halfe a leage and ther layd sir Gaultier of Manny with a great busshmeÌ„t in a vale amonge olyues and vynes and therle rode on forth whan they of Mauleon sawe the erle departe and some styll abydinge behynde they sayde among themselfe let vs go yssue out and go and fyght with our ennemyes that ar abydinge behynde their maister we shall soone dysconfet them the whiche shall be a great honoure and profette to vs they all agreed to that opynion and armed them quickely and yssued out who myght first they were a four hundred Whan therle of Quenfort and his coÌ„pany sawe them yssue they reculed backe and the frenchemen folowed after in gret hast and so ferr they pursued them that they past the busshmeÌ„t than sir Gaultier of Mannyes company yssued out of their busshmeÌ„t and cryed Manny and part of them dasshed in after the frenchmen and another part toke the way streyght to the towne they founde the baylles and gates opyn and it was nyght wherfore they within wende it had ben their owne coÌ„pany that yssued out before ThaÌ„ thenglysshmen toke the gate and the brige and incontynent were lordes of the towne for suche
sodenly they herde tidynges howe the lorde PhilyppÌ„ of Nauer who go uerned all the landes vnder the kyng of Nauer his brother and specially the landes of the couÌ„tie of Eureur and to hym obeyed all maner of men of warre suche as made warre into the realme of France The lorde JohnÌ„ of Piquegny had enfourmed hym howe they of saynt Ualely were lykely to gyue vp their fortresse Than the lorde PhilyppÌ„ toke courage to go and reyse the liege there and secretly he gathered togyder about Maunt and Meulence a thre thousande men one and other and with hym was the yong erle of Harecourt the lorde of Granuyll sir Robert Canoll sir JohnÌ„ Piquegny and dyuerse other knyghtes and squiers And all these were come within thre leages of saynt Uallery the same tyme that it was gyuen vp they knewe the trauth therof by sir Wylliam BoÌ„nemare Johan Segure whom they met in the way And whan the frenchmen that had taken the possession of saynt Ualery vnderstodé the commynge of the lorde Philyppe of Nauer than they drue into the felde and toke counsayle to gyder the coÌ„stable of Fraunce the erle of saynt Poule the lorde of Chastellon the lorde of Poyx the lorde of Beausault the lorde of Helley the lorde of Crestkes the lorde Edwarde of Rency the lorde Baudwyn Denekyn and dyuers other lordê and knyghtes that were there Ther they agreed to go and to fight with their ennemyes than was it commauÌ„ded by the constable that euery man in array shulde marche towarde their ennemyes than euery man rode in gode order thiderwarde but whan the naueroyse vnderstode that the frenchmen were commyng on theÌ„ with mo than .xxx. thousand They were nat than in purpose to abyde them but so passed the ryuer of Some assone as they might and entred in to the castell of Long in Ponthieu horse harneys and all that they had They were scant entred but that the frenchmen came thyder who folowed them this was about the hour of euyn song and styll their nombre encreased The coÌ„mons came after of the good to wnes of Picardy they coulde nat come thyder so soone as the men of armes dyd than the frenche lordes determyned to lodge there all that nyght and to a byde for their meÌ„ that came after the next day to make assaute and so lodged there The naueroyse who were within with a small prouysion aboute the houre of mydnight they yssued out at a backe posterne without any noyse and toke the way to Uermandoyse and were gone a two leages or the freÌ„chmen knewe therof than they armed them and folowed the naueroyse by the trake of their horses Thus the naueroyse rode before and the frenchmen after at laste the naueroyse caÌ„e to Thorigny alytell vyllage staÌ„dyng on a hyll where they might se all the countrey aboute and it stode a syde halfe bytwene saynt â—uyntyns and Peron in Uermandoyse there the naueroise rested to refresshe them and their horses And if they shuld nedes fight ther they had a great aduantage to abyde their enemyes they had nat long rested there but all the countre by neth was couered with the freÌ„chmen they were mo than .xxx. thousand Whan the naueroyse sa we them they made theÌ„ redy to fight with theym and yssued out of their lodgynges and made thre batayls The lorde Robert Canoll had the first the seconde the lorde PhilyppÌ„ of Nauer the thirde therle of Harecort And in euery batayle a seuyn hundred and euery man dyd cutte their speares to a fyue fote longe and in the hangyng of the hyll they caused their varlettes to sette all their spurres in the erth the rowels vp warde to the entent that their ennemyes shulde nat easely aproche nere theym and there the lorde Philyppe of Nauerr made the yonge erle of Harcourt knyght and the yong lorde of Granuyll The frenchmen rested before the naueroyse and lyghted a fote some wolde incontynent haue gone and fought with theÌ„ and some sayd our men besore traueyled and many be behynde It were good that we taryed for theym and lette vs lodge here this night anone it woll be late to morowe we may fight with theÌ„ more ordinately Thus the frenchemen lodged there that night and set their caryage rounde aboute theym and whan the naueroyse sa we that they shulde natte be fought withall that night in the euenyng they went into the vyllage of Thoringny and made great fyers smokes to make their ennemyes byleue that they wolde lodge ther all that night but assone as it was darke night they had their horses redy and were detmyned what they wolde do and whan it was darke priuely they departed went to the ryuer of Some and passed by a gyde at a lytell vyllage nere to Bethencourt And than they rode towarde the woode of Bohaygne and coosted the same and rode that night more thanÌ„e seuyn leages some that were yuell horsed were farre behynde and they of the garyson of Bouhayne toke them prisoners Also the vyllayns of the countrey slewe some of theÌ„ such as coude nat folowe their maisters had lost their way the frenchmen knewe nat of their departing tyll it was nere day light and so in hast they passed the ryuer of Some at the bridge of saynt â—uintyne and went towardes Lyceuce to aproche to the naueroyse Soeche of them made haste to warde saynt â—uyntyus and came thyder by that it was day light for it was thense but two leages Formast was the constable and the erle of saynt Poule the watchmen on the gates of saynt â—uityne whaÌ„ they herde that noyse without and knewe that their ennemyes were natre farre lodged thense Than they were nat well assured of themselfe but their bridge was vp than they demaunded sirs what be ye that aproch so nere vs this tyme of nyght The constable answered and sayde we be suche and suche that wolde passe by this towne to gette afore the naueroyse who arstollen out of Thorigny and arre fledde before vs wherfore opyn your gates we commaunde you in the name of the kyng The watchmen sayde sirs the kayes be within the towne with the iurates and so than two of the watchmen went into the towne to them that kept the kayes shewed them the mater And they answered that ther shuld no gate be opyned without the consent of the hole towne and or the myndes of them were knowen the sonne was vp Than there came to the gate suche as shulde gyue answere for all the hole towne they went vppe to the walles of the gate and put out their heedes and sayd to the coÌ„stable and to the erle of saynt Poule Sirs we desyre you haue vs excused for this tyme it is the mynde of all the coÌ„mons of this towne that fyue or sixe of you shall entre yf it please you to do you honour and pleasure but the resydue to go wher they lyst Than these lordes were dyspleased and gaue great and
thus assembled with the lorde of Bourbon beyng at Lyâ—s vnderstode that the route of the coÌ„panyous aproched faste toward them and had woÌ„ne the towne castell of Brunay and dyuerse other holdes and howe they sore wasted and eriled the countrey These tydynges greatly displeased the lorde of Bour 〈◊〉 bicause he had the gouernynge of the erle of 〈…〉 stes landes of his soÌ„nes his nephewes Than they went into the felde and sawe well howe they were a great nombre of men of armes knyghtes and squiers and so they sent out theyr courrours to know what theyr ennemies dyd and where they were where they shulde be founde Nowe shall I shewe you the great malice of these companyons who were lodged on a mouÌ„tayne and there they had suche a pla 〈◊〉 that they coude nat be diseryed nor auewed and specially the chief of them who were beste harneysed for the residewe who were worste harneysed arenged alonge on the hylle syde 〈…〉 red the frenche currours to aproche nere to them and to retourne agayne withoute any â—â—mage to the lorde James of Bourbon the erle Duzes 〈◊〉 Raynalt of Forestes and to the other frenche company to whom they reported as they had seen and sayd Syrs we haue seen yonder company your ennemies and to our powers wel aduysed them and all thynges sen and coÌ„sydered to our estimacion they passe nat a. 〈…〉 M. persones and meruailously euil harneysed And whan the lorde of Bourbon herd that report he sayd to the archeprest Sir ye haue tolde me or this that they were to the nombre of 〈◊〉 M. fyghtyng men and now ye here 〈◊〉 contrary Sir quod he I thought them neuer vnder the sayd some and if they be nat god be thanked it is the better for vs therfore nowe take hede what ye wyl do In the name of god quod the lorde of Bourbon we wyll go fight with them and there he ordered his batayles and set them in good araye redy to fyght for he myght se his ennemies before hym and there he made certayn newe knyghtes first his owne â—â—dest sonne Peter and he raysed his Baner and also his nephewe the yonge erle of Forestê the lorde of Tournon the lorde of Mo 〈…〉 er the lorde Groslee of Daulphâ—â—e and there were also the lorde Loys sir Robert of Beau 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—ewes of Chaalon syr Hewe of Uien the erle 〈◊〉 and dyuerse other good knyghtes and squiers all desyrynge to auaunce their honours and to ouerthrowe these companyoÌ„s that thus pylled the countrey without any title of reason and there it was ordeyned that the archeprest and sir Reynolde of Carnoll shuld gouerne the first bataile for he was a good and an expert knyght and he had in that bataile .xvi. hundred fyghtynge men These routes of companyons that were on the mouÌ„tayne saw right well the orderynge of the frenche men but they coude nat so well se them nor theyr gydyng nor aproche well to them but to theyr great daunger or damage for these companyons hadde in this mountayne a thousande cart lode of great stones whiche was greatly to their aduauÌ„tage and profitte these frenche men that so sore desired to fyght with their ennemies howe so euer they dyd they coude nat come to them the nexte waye therfore they were dreuen of necessite to cost aboute the mountayne where there ennemies were And whan they came on that syde than they who had great prouision of stones began to caste so sore downe the hyll on them that dyd aproche that they bette downe hurte and maymed a great noÌ„bre in suche wyse that they myght nor durste nat passe nor aproche any nerer to theym And so that fyrst bataylle was so sore beaten and defoyled that of all daye after they dyd but litell ayde Than to theyr succour approched the other bataylles with sir James of Bourbon his sonne and his nephewes with theyr baners a great nombre of good men of warre and all went to be loste the whiche was great damage pite yâ— they hadnat wrought by better aduice and counsayle than they dyd The archepreste and dyuerse other knyghtes that were there had sayde before that it hadde been beste to haue suffered theyr ennemyes to haue dislodged oute of the holde that they were in and than to haue fought with them at more case but they coulde nat be herde ¶ Thus as the lorde James of Bourbon and the other lordes with theyr Baners and Penons before them approched and costedde the sayde mountayne The worste armed of the companyous caste styll contynewally stones at theym In suche wyse that the hardyest of them was dryuen abacke And thus as they helde them in that estate a great space The great fresshe bataylle of these companyons founde awaye and came aboute the mountayne well raynged and hadde cutre theyr speares of syxe foote of lengthe and so came â—ryenge with one voyce and brake in amonge the frenche men So at the firste metyng they ouerthrewe many to the erthe there were sore strokes on bothe partess and these companyons fought so ardeÌ„tly that it was marueyle and caused the frenchemen to recule backe And there the archpreest lyke a good knight fought valyantly but he was taken prisoner by force of armes and sore hurte and dyuers other knightes and â—â—uyers of his company Wherto shulde I make lengar rehersall of this mater in effecte the frenchmen had the worse And the lorde James of Bourbone was soore hurte and sir Peter his sonne and ther was slayne the yong erle of Forestes and taken sir Reynolde of Forestes his vncle therle Duzes sir Robert of Beauieu ser Loys of Chalon and mo than a hundred knyghtess and with moche payne the lorde of Bourbone and his sonne Peter were borne in to the cytie of Lyons This batayle was about the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred threscore and one the friday after Easter day ¶ Greatly were they of the countre abaâ—â—hed whan they herde that their people were dysconfyted and ther was none so hardy nor so stronge a castell but trymbled for feare For the wise and discrete men supposed and ymagined that great myschefe shulde multiply therby without god put to som remedy and they of Lyons were gretly abasshed whaÌ„ they knewe that the companyons had the vyctorie howe beit they receyued swetely all them that retourned scaped fro the batayle and were sore dysplesed for the hurtes of the lorde of Bourbon and of sir Peter his sonne And they of the towne ladyes and damoselles right goodly dyde visyte hym but this lorde James of Bourbon dyed a thre dayes after the felde and sir Peter his sonne lyued nat longe after and they were sore be way led of euery creature And for the dethe of thiss lorde of Bourbon the frenche kyng was ryght sore displeased but he coude nat amende it so it behoued hym to passe ouer his sorowe as well as he might NOw lette vs speke of
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
reason falsely as it apereth hath put him out therof Also yâ— kynges letters made meÌ„cyon howe he was moche bounde therto bycause of certayne alyaunces of olde tyme made bytwene him the king of Castell his cosyn as to ayde hym if case reqred if he were therto desyred Wherfore he desired by his letters all his frendes and subgettes that the prince his son myght be ayded counselled by them aswell as though he were there present him selfe And whan the barones of Acquitayne herde reed these letters and coÌ„maundementes of the kyng and pceyued the kyngê pleasure and the princes their lorde ThaÌ„ they toyously answered and sayd sir weshall gladly obey the kyng our souerayne lordes coÌ„mauÌ„dement it is reason that we obey you and hym and so we wyll do and serue you in this vyage and kyng DaÌ„peter in lykewise but sir we wolde knowe who shulde pay vs our wages for it wyll be hard to get out men of warr into a straÌ„ge countre Than the prince behelde kyng DaÌ„peter sayd sir kyng ye here what our people say answere you theÌ„ for it behoueth you to answere seyng the maters be yours Than yâ— kinge DaÌ„peter answered yâ— prince and sayd right dere cosyn as ferr as the golde syluer treasur that I haue brought hyder which is nat yâ— .xxx. part somoch as I haue left behynd me as long as that wyll endure I shall gyue and part ther with to your people Than the prince sayd sir ye say well and as for the remnant I shal becoÌ„e dettour to theÌ„ and pay theÌ„ as the case requireth the whiche I shall lend you all that we nede tyll we come in to castell Sir ê™ the kyng DaÌ„peter ye do me great curtesy and grace and in this counsayle there were dyuers sage men as therle of Armynake the lorde of Pomyers sir JohnÌ„ Chandos the Captall of Beufz and dyuers other who coÌ„sydred that the prince coudenat well make this vyage without the acorde coÌ„sent of the kyng of Nauer for they coude nat entre into spayne but through his couÌ„tre thorowe the straytê of Rayncenalt the which passage they were nat in surety to haue bycause yâ— king of Nauer Henry the bastard had newly made alyauÌ„ce togyder So thus ther was moche comunynge howe they might do to achyue their purpose than was it determyned that there shulde be another day assigned of a counsell to be kept at the cytie of Bayon and that the prince shulde sende suffycient embassadours to the kynge of Nauer desyring hym to be at that counsayle in Bayon And so on this determynacion euery man deê‘ted fully coÌ„cluded to be at Bayon the day lymyted and prefixed In the meane season the prince sent sir Johan Chandos and sir Thomas Phelton to the kyng of Nauerre who was as thanÌ„e in the cytie of Panpylone These two sage and well languaged knightes dyde so moche that they came to the kynge of Nauer who made faythfull couenaunt by worde and by writyng sealed to be at the sayd parlyament at Bayon and theron the messangers retorned agayne to the prince and shewed him these tidynges THe day assigned of this ê‘lyament ther came to the cyte of Bayon the kyng of Spayne Dampeter the prince the erle of Armynacke the lorde Dalbreth and all the barones of Gascoyne Poictou Guercy Rouerne Xayntonge and Lymosyne And thyder came personally the kyng of Nauer and the prince and kyng Dampeter dyde hym great honour bycause they thought the better to spede with hym So thus in the cytie of Bayon ther was a great counsell the whiche endured .v. dayes and the prince and his counsayle had moche to do or they coude bringe the kynge of Nauerr to their desyre for he was a man nat easy to be woune if he sawe that meÌ„ had any nede of hym How be it the great 〈◊〉 ower of the prince brought him into that case that finally he sware promysed and sealed to kyng Dampeter peace loue and ferme alyaunce and confederacion And in lyke maner kyng DaÌ„peter dyde to hym vpon certayne coÌ„posicyons that were ther ordeyned Of the whiche the prince of Wales was a mean bytwene them and chefe deuysour therof The whiche was that the kyng Dampeter as kyng of all Castell gaue sealed and acorded to the kyng of Nauer and to his heyres for euer all the lande of Groyng as it lyeth on bothe sydes the ryuer And also all the lande and countre of Sauanter with the towne castell and all the appurtenauÌ„ces Also the towne of saynt JohnÌ„ de Prede port and the marchesse there about the whiche laÌ„des townes castels seignories he had taken fro him byforce And also that the kyng of Nauer shulde haue .xx. thousande fraÌ„kes for the opening of his countre and to suffre passe peasably all maner of men of warre and to mynistre to them vitayls and purueyauÌ„ces for their money Of the whiche somÌ„e of florens the kyng Dampeter became dettour to the kyng of Nauer And whan the barownes of Acquytayne knewe that this treaty was made and coÌ„fermed than they desyred to knowe who shuld pay them their wages And the price who had great affection to warde this vyage becaÌ„e dettour to them for their wages and the king DaÌ„peter becaÌ„e dettour to the prince And whan all these thynges were ordayned and fully confermed and that euery maÌ„ knewe what he ought to do and what he shulde haue and yâ— they had soiourned ther the space of .xii. dayes Than the kynge of Nauer departed home into his owne couÌ„tre and all other lordes departed euery maÌ„ to his owne and the prince went to Burdeaux and the kyng DaÌ„peter taryed styll at Bayone Than the prince sent his haraldes into Spayne to certayne knightes capitayns englysshemen and gascoyns fauourable and obeysaunt to hym signifyenge them howe that it was his pleasure yâ— they shulde take their leaues of Henry the bastarde and come to hym sayeng howe he had nede of them and was of th entent to employ and ocupy theÌ„ otherwise And whan these haraldes had brought these letters into Castell to these knightes fro the prince and that they ê‘ ceyued the princes pleasure thaÌ„ they toke their leaue of kynge Henry assoone as they coude in curtesse maner without discoueryng of the prices entencyon Than this bastarde kyng Henry who was right lyberall curtesse and honorable gaue them lycence with many great gyftes and thanked them greatly of their seruyce So than deê‘ted fro Spayne sir Eustace DaÌ„bretycourt sir Hewe Caurell sir Water Huet sir Mathue Gorney sir Johan Deureux and their company and dyuers other knightê and squiers the whiche I can nat all name of the princes house and they departed as shortly as they might The same season the companyons wer spedde abrode in the couÌ„tre and knewe nothynge what these sayd knightê dyde howbeit whaÌ„ they knewe it they gadered to gyder as sir Robert Briquet Johan Treuyll sir Rebours ser Perducas Dalbreth sir
the vyctorie hath come by him all onely and nat by me Than the lordes of the princes counsayle drewe toguyder and comuned of dyuers 〈…〉 ters And so long the prince was styll ther 〈◊〉 all his people were retourned fro the chase â—han he ordayned four knyghtes and four harauldes to go serche the feldes to knowe what people were taken and the nombre of theÌ„ that were slayne And also to knowe the trouthe of kyng Henry whome they called bastarde whether he were a lyue or deed And than the prince and his lordes went to the lodgynge of kyng Henry and of the spanyardes where they were well and easely lodged for it was great large and well replenysshed of all thynges necessary So than they souped that nyght in great ioye and after souper the knightes and haraudes that went to visyte the felde retourned and there they reported yâ— ther were slayne of their enemyes of men of armes a fyue hundred and threscore and of comons aboute a seuyn thousande and fyue hundred besyde theym yâ— were drowned wherof the nombre was vnknowen And of their owne company ther was no more slayne but four knightes wherof two were gascoyns the thirde an almayne and the fourthe an englysshman and of other comons nat past a .xl. but they shewed howe they coude nat synde kyng Henry wherof kyng Dampeter was right sory So this saturday at nyght they rested them selfe made good chere for they had well wherwith for there they founde plenty of wyne and other vitayls and so refresshed theÌ„ ther all the sonday the which was palme soÌ„day THe sonday in the monynge whan the prince was vp and redy apparelled Than he yssued out of his pauyllion and than came to hym the duke of Lancastre his brother the erle of Armynacke the lorde Dalbret sir Johan Chandos the Captall of Beufz the lorde of Pomyers sir Gyrarde Dangle the kyng of Mallorques and a great nombre of other knyghtes and squyers And thanÌ„e anone after came to the prince the kyng DaÌ„peter to whoÌ„e the prince made great honoure and reuerence Than the kynge Dampeter sayde Dere and fayre cosyn 〈◊〉 pray and requyre you yâ— ye wyll delyuer to me the false traytours of this couÌ„tre as my bastarde brother Sanxes and suche other and I shall cause them to lese their heedes for they haue well deserued it THan the prince aduysed hym well and sayd Sir kynge I requyre you in the name of loue and lygnage that ye wyll grauÌ„t me a gyfte and a request sayde Good cosyn all that I haue is yours therfore I am content what soeuer ye desyre to graunt it Than the prince sayd Sir I requyre you to gyue ê‘don to all your people in your realme suche as hath rebelled agaynst you by the whiche courtessy ye shall abyde in the better rest and peace in your realme Except Wyllyam Garilz for of hym I am content ye take your pleasure The kyng Dampeter acorded to his desyre though it were agaynst his wyll but he durst nat deny the prince he was soo moche bounden to hym and sayde Fayre cosyn I graunt your request with a good hert ThaÌ„ the prisoners were sent for and the prince acorded them with the kynge their lord and caused him to forgyue all his yuell wyll to his brother the erle of Sanxes to all other so that they shulde make couenant and swere fealtie homage and seruice to hold of him truely for euer and to become his men and to knowledge him for their lorde and kynge for euer This courtesy with dyuers other dyde the prince to the kynge the whiche after was but smally rewarded as ye shall here after in this hystorie ANd also the prince shewed great curtesy to the barons of Spayne suche as were prisoners for if kinge Dampeter had taken them in his displeasure they had all dyed without mercy And than sir Wyllyam Garylz was delyuered to the kyng whome he hated so sore that he wolde take no taunsome for hym but made his heed to be striken of before his logynge Than kyng Dampeter mouÌ„ted on his horse and the erle Sanxes his brother and all those that were become his men and his marshalles sir Guyssharde Dangle and sir Stephyn Gosenton and a fyue hundred men of armes and they departed fro the princes hoost and rode to Burgus And so came thyder the monday in the mornyng and they of Burgus who were well infourmed how the iourney of Nauaret was atchyued and howe that kynge Henry was discoÌ„fyted they thought nat to kepe the towne agaynst Dampeter but dyuerse of the richest of the towne and of the moost notablest yssued out of the towne and presented the kayes of the cyte to him and receyued hym to their lorde And so brought him and all his meÌ„ into the cyte of Burgus with great ioye and solemnyte all the sonday the prince abode styll in the logynges that they had won And on the monday after euynsong he disloged and went and lodged at Berguet and ther taryed tyll it was wednisday and than they went all to the cytie of Burgus And ther the prince entred in to the towne with great reuereÌ„ce and with him the duke of Lancastre therle of Armynacke dyuers other great lordê and their people made their logynges without the towne for they coude nat all haue been lodged within at their ease And whan the prince was a his lodgyng ther he gaue and reÌ„dred iugementes of armes and of all thynges therto aperteyninge there kept felde wage of batayle wherfore it might well be sayd that all Spayne was come yâ— day in his handes and vnder his obeysaunce THe prince of Wales and kyng Dampeter helde their Ester in yâ— towne of Burgus and there taryed a thre wekes and more And on Ester day they of Sturges of Tollet of Lysbone of Cordowane of Galyce of Cyuyle and of all the other marches and lymitacions of the realme of Castell came thyder and made homage to kynge Dampeter and were gladde to se the prince and Damferant of Castres so ther was great chere made bytwene them and whan kynge Dampeter had taryed there the terme that I haue shewed you more and sawe that ther were no mo that rebelled agaynst him but euery man to hym obeysaunt Than the prince sayd to him Sir kyng ye are nowe thaÌ„ked be god peasably kyng of this yor owne realme without any rebellyon or let and sir I and my coÌ„pany tary here at a great charge and expence Therfore we requyre you to ê‘uyde for money to pay the wages to them that hath holpen to bring you agayne into your realme and in fulfylling of your promyse wher vnto ye haue sworne sealed And sir the shortlyer that ye do it the gretter thanke weshall gyue you the more shal be yor profyte for ye knowe well meÌ„ of warr must be payed to lyue with all or els they wyll take it wher as they may
Poictou And his obsequy was solemply done in the cytie of Poicters the prince beyng ther personally And anone after at the request of yâ— barons and knightes of Poicton sir JohnÌ„ Chandos who was as than constable of Aquitayne was made seneshall of Poictou And so he weÌ„t and say in the cyte of Poiters and he made of ten yssues and iourneys agaynst the freÌ„chmen and helde theÌ„ so shorte that they durst nat ryde but in great routes and coÌ„panies In the same season was delyuered out of prison the vycont of Rochchoart whome the prince had kepte in prisone bycause he was had in suspect to haue tourned frenche So that at the request of his frendes in Poictou suche as were than aboute the prince the prince delyuered him and gaue him agayne all his landes And assoone as the same vycount was delyuered out of prisone he went priuely to Parys to the frenche kynge tourned and became frenche and than retourned into his owne lande without any knolege that he had been at Parys Than he set Thybault du pont a breton in his forteresse and in contynent sent and defyed the prince of Wales and made him great warre ¶ Nowe lette vs somwhat speke of the duke of LaÌ„castre ¶ Howe the duke of Burgoyne deê‘ted fro the cyte of Roane to th entent to fight with the duke of Lancastre and howe they lodged eche agaynst other at Tornehen Cap. CC .lxiii. WHan the duke of Lancastre was come to Calays as ye haue herde before and had well refresshed him his people ther. Than he thought nat to lye ther in ydelnesse but rather to do some dedes of armes in France And for that intent he departed fro Calays on a day with thre huÌ„dred speares and as many archers so passed besyde Guynes and rode so long tyll he passed the ryuer of Ostre ther spred abrode in the countre and toke their way towarde the abbey of Lynques and ther toke a great pray and ledde it to Calys And another day they toke another way and went towardes Boloyne dyde great domage to the playne countre and the same tyme therle Guy of saynt Poule and sir Galeran his sofie with a certayne noÌ„bre of men of warr lay in the cytie of Turwyn but they yssued nat out for all they herde that theÌ„glisshmen rode abrode in the couÌ„tre for they thought them selfe nat able to fight with them nor to kepe the felde agaynst theÌ„ A none tidynges came to the frenche kyng where as he lay at Roane and had made a great asseÌ„ble as ye haue herde before Howe the duke of Lancastre was come to Calais and howe dayly he and his men made rodes and yssues in to France Whan the frenche kyng herde that bothe he and his counsayle had newe ymaginacions and the same weke it was determyned that the duke of Burgoyne shulde haue taken the see to haue gone into England Than the kyng and his couÌ„sayle debated what was best to do in that case other to go and fight with thenglysshmen that were on that syde the see or els to kepe forthe their iorney into England And so ther it was fermely coÌ„cluded that euery man shulde dysloge and to make them redy to go towarde Calays with the duke of Burgoyne And so their first purpose was broken for they were determyned to go and fight with thenglysshemen on that syde the see wherof euery man was glad and aparelled theÌ„selfe And the duke of Burgone deê‘ted and all his coÌ„pany and toke his way to passe yâ— ryuer of Some at Abuyle dyde so moche by his iourneys that he came to Muttrell at Hedyn and at saynt Poule ther about the freÌ„ch men abode eche other Than it was shewed the duke of Lancastre how the freÌ„chmen aproched nere to him to fight wherof he was glad was yssued out of Calais for that intent toke his felde in the valey of Tornehen And he had nat ben ther long but that the gentyll knight ser Robert of Namur came thyder to serue him with a hundred speares well furnysshed of whose comyng the duke of Lancastre was right ioyfull and sayd to him A my fayre and dere vncle ye be right hartely welcome Sir it is shewed vs howe the duke of Burgoyne aprocheth sore to fight with vs. Sir ê™ he in goddes name so be it we wolde gladly se him Thus theÌ„glysshmeÌ„ were loged in the vale of Tornehen and fortefyed their campe with strong hedges and dayly ther came prouisyon to theÌ„ from Calais and their currors ran ouer the countie of Guyens for forage and other vitayls but lytell they gat there for all the playne countre was distroyed and lost before and euery thynge had in to fortresses Than came the duke of Burgoyne and his company and lodged on the hyll of Tornehen agaynst the englysshmen The frenchmen lodged them in good order toke a great space of grounde for as I herde say the duke of burgoyne had ther with him mo than foure thousande knightes Consydre than if the resydue were nat a great nombre Thus they were ech agaynst other a long space without any thyng doynge for though the duke of Burgoyne had that great noÌ„bre and sawe that ther was with hym of good men of warr seuyn agaynst one of the englisshmen yet for all that he wolde nat fight without leaue of the kyng his brother who was nat in mynde that he shuld fight And yet of trouthe yf the frenchmen had set forwarde to haue fought the englysshmen wolde nat haue refused them for they were redy euery daye to receyue them in good order Euery man fully determyned what they shulde do if they dyd yssue out but bycause they were so fewe in noÌ„bre and that they were in so stroÌ„g a place they thought nat to departe nysely oute of their aduantage And sundrie tymes dyuers on bothe parties wolde yssue and scrimysshe and somtyme wanne and somtyme lost as chaunce often falleth in suche aduentures In the same tyme Loyes the erle of Flaunders was greatly inclyned to the honoure and profyte of his sonne the duke of Burgoyne who lay the same season in a fayre house that he had newly buylded besyde Gaunt And often harde tidynges from the duke and he from hym by messaÌ„gers comynge and goynge and alwayes he counsayled the duke that he shulde in no wyse breke nor passe the ordynaunce of the kynge his brother nor of his counsayle ¶ Nowe let vs leue them thus and retourne to the busynesse of farther couÌ„treis where as knightes and squyers hadde ynough to do bycause the warres were more habundant there than in other places ¶ Howe sir Johan ChaÌ„dos brought the countre of Aniou in great trybulacion and howe he wasted and dystroyed the landes of the bycount of Rochchoart excepte the forteresses Cap. CC .lxiiii. IN the meane seasone while this iorney was thus made about TorneheÌ„ ther fell dyuers adueÌ„tures in poictou the whiche ought nat
the kyng of Englande sayd to the erle of PeÌ„broke before all his barons and knyghtes that were ther assembled in counsayle JohnÌ„ fayre sofie I ordayne you to go in to Poictou in the company of sir Guyssharde Dangle And ther ye shall be souerayne and gouernour of all the men of warre that ye fynde there wherof there be great pleÌ„tie as I am surely enformed and also of all theym that gothe with you The erle kneled downe before the kyng and sayd Sir I thanke your grace of the highe honoure that ye putte me to sir I shall gladly be there to do you seruice as one of your leest marshals So thus brake vp the counsayle and the kynge retourned to wyndsore and had sir Guyssharde Dangle with hym and spake to hym often tymes of the besynesse of Poicton and of Guyen and sir Guyssharde sayd to him Sir assoone as my lorde the erle of Penbroke be ones arryued there we shall make good warre for we shall be to the nombre of foure or fyue hundred speares all obeyng to you so they may be well payed their wages Than the kyng answered Sir Guysshard care you nothyng for hanyng of golde or syluer whan ye come there to make warr withall for I haue ynoughe And I am well content to enploy it on that marchandyse sythe it toucheth me and my realme ¶ Howe the erle of Penbroke departed out of Englande to go into Poyctou and howe the spanyerdes fought with him in the hauyn of Rochell Cap. C C lxxxxvii THus with suche wordes the kynge past the tyme often with sir Guysshard DaÌ„gle whoÌ„ he loued and trusted as reason was So the season caÌ„e that therle of PeÌ„broke shulde departe and so tooke his leaue of the kyng and all his company And ser Others of Grauntson was ordayned to go with hym he had no great company with hym but certayne knyghtes by the enformacyon of sir Guissharde Dangle But he had with him suche certayne somme of money to pay the wagê of thre thousande men of warre And soo they made spede tyll they came to Hampton there taryed .xv. dayes abydinge wynde than had they wynde at wyll and so entred ito their shippes and deê‘ted fxo the hauyn in the name of god and saynt George toke their course towarde Poitou Kyng Charles of Frauce who knewe the most ê‘te of all the couÌ„sell in England I caÌ„ nat tell howe nor by whoÌ„e But he knewe well how sir Guysshard DaÌ„gle was gone into England to th eÌ„tent to get of the kyng a good capitayne for the couÌ„tre of Poytou also he knew howe therle of Penbroke shulde go thyder and all his charge The frenche kyng was well aduysed therof and secretly sent an army of men of warre by the see of spanyerdes at his desyre bycause his owne men were gone to kyng HeÌ„ry of Castell bycause of the confederacyon and alyaunce that was bytwene them The spanyerves were fourtie gret shyppes and .xiii. barkes well purueyed and decked as these spaynysshe shyppes be And soueraynes and patrones of that flete were four valyaut capitayns Ambrose de Boucquenegre Cabesse de Uacadent Ferrant de Pyon and Radygo de la Rochell These spanyerdes had lyen a great space at ancre in thesce abydinge the retournyng of the poicteuyns and comyng of therle of PeÌ„broke For they knewe well howe their enteÌ„tes were to come to Poitou therfore they lay at ancre before the towne of Rochell And so it happed that the day before the vigyll of saynt Johan Baptyst the yere of our lorde god M .iii. hundred .lxxii. The erle of Penbroke and his coÌ„pany shulde arryue in the hauyn of Rochell but there they founde the foresayde spaignyerdes to lette them of their arryuyng who were gladde of theyr comynge And whanne the englysshemen and poicteuyns sawe the spaignyerdes ther and parceyued howe they must nedes fight with them they conforted themselfe howbeit they were nat agally matched nother of men nor of shyppes Howe be it they armed them and putte them selfe in good order their archers before them redy to fight And thaÌ„ the spaynisshe shyppes who were well prouyded with a great nombre of men of warre and brigantes with arbalasters and goÌ„nes and with great barres of yron and plomettes of leed to cast downe Anone they began to aproche makyng great noyse the great shyppes of Spaygne toke the wynd to fetche their tourne on the englysshe shyppes Whome they but lytell feaced and so came with a full sayle on them So thus at the beginnyng ther was great cry and noyse of the one and other and the englisshmen bare them selfe right well And there the erle of Pebroke made certayne of his squyers knightes to honour Ther was a great batayle and a harve the englysshmen hadde ynough to do for the spanyerdes that were in the great shyppes hadde great barres of yron and great stones and dyde cast them downe to perse the englysshe shyppes hurte therwith many a man right yuell And amonge the knyghtes of Englande Poictou great noblenesse of knight hode and prowes was shewed The erle of PeÌ„broke fought and receyued his enemyes ryght fersly dyde that day many a noble feat of armes with his owne handes and in lyke maner so dyde sir Othes GrauÌ„tson sir Guissharde daÌ„gle the lorde of Pynan and all other knightê ¶ Howe they of Rochell towne wolde nat socour the erle of Penbroke howe the seueschall of Rochell the lorde of Tanyboton and other came to socour hym Cap. CC lxxxxviii ANd as I haue herde reported by theym that were there at the same batayle that the englysshmen and poyctenyns that were there desyred greatly to coÌ„quer laude prayse in armes For there were neuer men that dyde more valyantly for they 〈◊〉 but a fewe people in regarde to the 〈…〉 des and also farr lasse nombre of shyppes and lesse of quantyte Therfore it myght well be marueyled howe they endured so long but the noble knightode that was in them reconforted them and helde theÌ„ in their strength For if they hadde ben lyke in shyppes the spanyerdes hadde taken but lytell aduauntage of them They helde them selfe so close toguyder that none durst abyde their strokes withoute they were well armed and pauessed but the castyng downe of plommes of leed great stones and barres of yron hurte and troubled theym marueylously sore And hurt and wounded dyuers knightes and squyers The people of the towne of Rochell sawe well this batayle but they neuer auaunsed them to come to helpe the erle of Penbroke and his company who so valyantly there fought with their ennemyes but dyde lette theÌ„ alone Thus in this batayle and stryfe they endured tyll it was night and than they departed eche fro other and cast their ancres but this first day the englysshmen lost .ii. barges laded with their ê“uisyon and all that were within putte to dethe The same night sir Johan of Hardan who as
Poictou of Xaynton prayeng and straitly coÌ„maundynge theÌ„ to come to hym to a certayne place lymytted All suche as his coÌ„maundemeÌ„t came vnto came towarde the Captall in all hast they coude there was the lorde of Partney sir Loys Harcourt sir Hugues of Uynou sir Perciuall of Colen sir Amery of Rochchoart sir Jaques of Surgeres sir Geffray of ArgeÌ„ton the lorde of Puissance the lorde of Rosyllon the lorde of Campenac sir JohnÌ„ Dangle sir Wyllyam of MoÌ„tender and dyuers other And whan they wer assembled togyder they were a nyne hundred speares and tyue hundred archers ¶ Howe they of saynt Seuere endutyng a great assaut yelded them vp to sir Bertram of Clesquy and how the cytie of Poicters tourned theÌ„selfe frenche Cap. C C C .iii. THese tidyndes came into the hoste before saynt Seuer to sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy and to the other lords there Howe that thenglisshmen poicteuyus aproched fast to them warde to th entent to reyse their siege Whan yâ— constable herd that he coÌ„maunded euery man to harnesse to go feirsly to the assaut so there was none that disobeyed his commauÌ„dement Than they cam frenchmen and bretons before the forteresse well armed and pauessed and so there began a great assaute euery lorde vnder his owne baner What shuld I say it was gret beauty to beholde them for ther were .xlix. baners and a great nombre of penons And there was the coÌ„stable and sir Loys of SaÌ„rere mat shall greatly traueyling to encorage their men to thassaut There aduauÌ„sed forthe knightes 〈◊〉 squiers of all nacions to encrease their honour and dyde marueyls marmes for some passed clene through the dykes which were full of water and so caÌ„e to yâ— walles And for all that they coulde do that were within they wolde nat recule backe but euer went forward And on the dykes there was the duke of Berrey the duke of Borbone the erle of Alenson the dolphyn of Auuergne and the other great lordes in couragyng their people bycause these great lordes behelde theÌ„ euery man auauÌ„sed hym selfe more wyllingly nat doutyng the parell of dethe sit Willyam Percy 〈◊〉 the two other squyers of honour capitayns of the fortresse sawe well how they were fersly assayled without any rest and so to contynue it was nat possyble for them to kepe the places and also they sawe no conforteâ— mynge to theym warde for any parte for they knewe none of their frendes nere to theÌ„ by the space of .x. leages And therfore they entred into a treaty with yâ— constable in eschewyng gretter domage Howe be it sir Bertram the cosstable was well enformed howe yâ— same nyght he shulde here tydinges of thenglysshmen therfore he agreed the soner with them of the castell and so receyued them sauynge their lyues and entred into the fortresse with great ioy 〈◊〉 made great feest Than he caused all his company to drawe in to the felde and to sette them in ordre of batayle redy to fight and sayd to theÌ„ Sirs auyse you well for our enemyes aprocheth fast I thynke yet or it be nyght we shall haue batayle therfore let euery man make hym redy Howbeit the englysshmen made no great haâ—â— whan they knewe that saynte Seuere was taken ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of them of Poicters and howe they maynteyned themselfe THe same season it fell so yâ— they of Poicters were in great discencyon among themselfe For thre partes of the towne wolde gladly haue tourned frenche But JohnÌ„ Reynalt mayre of the towne and parte of the comeÌ„tie wolde abyde styll englysshe howbeit yâ— rychest burgesses the meÌ„ of the churche wherof there were great pleÌ„tie wolde yâ— in any wyse yâ— constable of France shulde be sent for so they sent secretly to hym that he shulde come hastelye and take possessyon of the cytie for they promysed him to open the gate agaynst him wherfore the coâ—â—able was right ioyouse And shewed the mater to the duke of Berrey and to the duke of Burbone And so they agreed that the constable shulde depart fro thehoost with thre hundred of the best horsed men of their company And so he departed and rode that say and night folowyng with lytell rest more then .xxx. leages by a nother way than the englysshmen kepte And so in the mornyngethey arryued at Poitres and there founde the gates open and they redy there that shulde receyue them And if they hadde taryed lengar but the space of a leage ridyng they had come to late For John Reynalt suche of his part had sent in all hast for sir JohnÌ„ of Ubrues for sir Johan Percy who with a hundred speares and a hubreâ— archers were redy the within a leage of the cytie â—f the takynge thus of the good cytie of Poicters were the knightâ— and squyers of Gascone of Poictou of England sore abasshed suche as were assembled toguyder ther in Poyctou who were to yâ— nombre of viu C. speares and four huÌ„dred archers Than they drewe to couÌ„sayle to determyne howe to be ruled for they sawe well they were in greate parell and wyll nat well in whome to put their trust Than the barownes and knyghtes of Poycton spake a worde to conforte the englysshmen and sayd Surely sirs it greatly displeaseth vs the besy nesses of this countrey that we can nat ameÌ„de it But sirs be you in suertie yâ— as longe as we can endure and that there is any house or fortresse in Poycton that we may drawe in to we shall be true and faythfull to our naturall lorde the kyng of Englande to you Than the englyss he knightis yâ— were ther sayd Sirs that is our specy all trust and to dye in the quarell ye shall fynde vs euer true companyons So thus in the felde ther was great couÌ„sell among them and so all thynges consydred it was determyned that the poicteuyns shulde drawe to gyder one way and the englysshmen a nother way So ther they depted right amiably eche fro other that is to say the lorde of Pertenay the lorde of Thouars and of Rosilly sir Aymery of Rochchoart JohnÌ„ Dangle Loyes Harcourt Percyuall of Coloyne capitayn of Thowars Hughe Briane Reynalte of Thouars Wylliam of CaÌ„penac Jaques of Surgeres and other knightes toke the way to Thouars And the englysshmen that is to say sir Johan of Ubrues sir Richard of Pontchardon Thomas Percy Dangoses Geffray Dargenton Mathewe Fonques Thomas Gourney Water Hewet Johan Cresuell and other toke the way to Nyorth wher they thought to haue entred without any let But whan they came thyder they founde the gates shyt and the bridgs drawen they of the towne sayd to theÌ„ howe surely they shulde nat entre there Than they drewe togyder to counsayle and determyned nat to suffre that dealyng and so in good aray they assayled the towne and they within defeÌ„ded them Howebeit ther was within no gentylman that wyst what the warrement and so they were conquered by the englysshmen
houses but they fouÌ„de no body there for they were departed then they were sought for in lodgynges strete by strete and chambre by chambre And whan Johan Lyon harde howe none of them coulde be founde he was sore displeased Than he gaue all their goodê to his company and so all their houses were pilled and robbed so that no thynge was left as though they had ben false traytours to the towne and whan they had done they returned in to their owne howses And after that there was no officerr of the erles nother within the towne nor without that ones sayd to them they had done euyll and as at that tyme they durst nat for the whyte hattes were so multiplyed that none durste displease them they went in the stretes by great companyes but there were none that wolde mete with theÌ„ It was sayd in dyuers places in the towne and without also howe they had some supportacyon of some officers and riche men in Gain the whiche was lykely to be so for who durst begyn suche a ryot as to enterprise to sle the erles bayly holdynge the erles baner in his handes doyng his office without some bolsterer or coÌ„forter in their dede And after that they multyplyed and were so strong in the towne that they cared for no maner of ayde but of theÌ„ self Ther were none that durst displease them or withsay any thyng that they wolde do This bayly Roger Dauterne was taken by the freers and so buryed in their churche WHan this thynge was thus fortuned dyuers good men sage and ryche of the towne of Gaunt were rightsory and began to speke and murmure And sayd ech to other howe they had done a great outrage in sleyng thus therles bayly in doyng of his offyce And how of right their lorde therle must nede be displeased with theÌ„ and by all likelyhode neuer to haue rest nor pease with him howe that these vngracyous people had brought all the towne in parell to be dystroyed withoute god fynde sâ—me remedy Howe be it for all these wordes there were none that durst fynde the meanes to correct or to amende theÌ„ that had done this out rage Johan de la Faucell who as than was in GauÌ„t a man right sage and greatly renomed sawe howe the mater was gone so farre sawe howe outragiously they had slayne the bayly he thought the mater shulde be yuell at length And for the entent he shulde nat be suspect with the erle nor with the towne he departed fro the towne as priuely as he might And wente to a fayre house that he had without Gaunt there abode and fayned hym selfe sicke so that none spake with hym but his owne men And dayly he herde tidynges out of Gaunt for he had left behynde hym the moost parte of his goodes his wyfe and his chyldren styll in the towne Thus he dissymuled for a season ¶ Howe .xii. burgesses of GauÌ„t were sent to the erle of FlauÌ„ders and how in the meane season the white hattes pylled and brente the fayre castell of Andrehen Cap. CCC .li. THe gode men in GauÌ„t and riche and notable marchantes who hadde within the towne their wyues chyldren and marchandyse and their heritages bothe within the towne and without had to lyue by right honourably without dangere They were nat well at their ease in their hertes to se the besynesse in Gaunt they knewe well they hadde sore forfayted agaynst the erle their lorde and thought well howe he wolde ê“ dyde therin some remedy and that they shulde be fayne to make amendes of their trespasses nowe â—rels another tyme and they to put them selfe in the erles mercy Wherfore they thought it better to do it be tymes rather than to late Than they toke counsayle togyder to se howe they might vse them selfe to the profyte and honoure bothe of them and of the towne To this counsayle was called Johan Lyon and the capitayns of the whyte hattes or elles they durst nat haue done it There were many wordê and dyueâ—s purposes deuysed finally they were all of one acorde that they of the counsayle shulde chose .xii. notable persons and sende theÌ„ to the erle requyringe hym of mercy for the dethe of his bayly whome they had slayne And so by that meanes if they might haue peace they wolde be gladde so that all myght be comprised in the peace and nothynge els demaunded of the erles parte Than these burgesses were chosen that shulde go on this viage and alwayes Johan Lyon sayd it is good to be in fauour with our lorde and prince Howbeit he wolde the coÌ„trary and thought and sayde to him selfe that the mater was nat yet there as he wolde bring it vnto So these burgesses departed and weÌ„t to Male besyde Bruges to the erle who at their first comyng made a cruell 〈…〉 ell countenance agaynst them of Gaunt These .xii. burgesses made a pytefull complaynt before the erle and requyred hym holdyng vp of all their handes that he wolde haue mercy on theym And excused them selfe of the dethe of the bayly both theÌ„ of the lawe and the notable persons of the towne and sayd Right dere sir acorde so to vs that we maye bringe peace with vs to the towne of Gaunt the whiche loueth you so well And sir we promyse you that in tyme to come this out rage shal be so greatly recompensed on theÌ„ that hath done it and caused it to be done so that ye shall be content And that it shall be to all other townes ensample These .xii. burgesses made so humble requestes that the erle somwhat refrayned his yre and by meanes of other that was made to hym that he acorded and ordayned at â—ycles of the peace And therle pardoned all his yuell wyll that he had agaynst them of Gaunt by the amendes that shulde be made but than there came to them other newe tidynges as I shall shewe you here after IOhan Lyon who was at Gaunt thought all coÌ„trary to that he had sayde in the couÌ„sayle Howe that it was good to be in fauoure with their lorde he knewe in certaynte that he hadde so moche trespassed agaynst the erle that his peace shulde neuer be made with him And if he had any peace graunted him he thought it shulde be but dissymulacyon that it shulde cost him his lyfe at laste So therfore he thought he hadde rather to be shamed than to be in parell and in aduenture of his lyfe euery day I shall shewe you what he dyde Whyle the counsayle of the towne were with therle for peace he asseÌ„bled togyder all the whyte hattes and of all the craftes in Gaunte suche as were of his accorde and so came to his purpose by a subtell meanes and thaÌ„ sayd to them all Sirs ye know well how we haue displeased our lorde therle of Flaunders and howe we haue sent vnto hym we knowe nat as yet what reporte they wyll bring outher peace or warr
to breke the peace nor neuer had wyll therto For though Johan Prunaur had done that outrage of him selfe the towne of Gaunt wyll in no wyse auowe suffer nor sustayne it And so playnely and truely excused them selfe and sayd moreouer howe the erle had coÌ„sented therto for they be issued out of his house suche as haue done this great outrage slayne may med our burgesses the whiche is a great incoÌ„uenyence to the hole body of the towne Howe say ye sirs to this 〈◊〉 they Than therles comissaryes replyed and sayd sirs than I se well ye be reuenged Nay nat so ê™ they of the towne for though that Johan Prunaur haue done thus at Andwarpe that it is done for any reuengyng We say nat so for by the treaty of the peace we maye proue and shewe if we lyst And that we take recorde of the duke of Burgoyne that we myght haue done with Andwarpe and haue brought it in to the same poynt that it is nowe at but at the desyre of the duke of Burgoyne we to ware and suffred it vndone as at the tyme. Than the erles comyssaries sayde It apereth well by your wordes that ye haue caused it to be done and that ye canne nat excuse your selfe therin Sithe that ye knewe that Johan Prunar was gone to Andwarpe with an armye of men of warr and by stelth vnder the shadowe of peace hath beaten downe the gates and walles therof ye shulde haue gone before theÌ„ and haue defeÌ„ded them fro doyng of any suche outrage 〈…〉 ll ye had shewed your complayntes to 〈…〉 And of the hurtyng and mayminge of your burgesses of Gaunt ye shulde therin haue gone to the duke of Burgoyne who made the peace and haue shewed him all your coÌ„playnt 〈◊〉 than ye had amended youre mater but ye haue nat done thus Nowe sithe ye haue my lorde the erle of Flaunders thus displeased ye sende to excuse your selfe ye desyre peace with your swerdes in your haÌ„des but I ensure you one day he wyll take so cruell veÌ„geance on you that all the worlde shall speke therof So the erles comyssaries departed fro them of Gaunt went by Cortray to Lyle and shewed to therle what they had done and thexcusacyons that they of Gaunt made for them selfe ¶ Howe the gauntoyse rendred And warpe and of the houses of the noble men of Flaunders that they bete downe And howe the warre began bitwene them the gauntoyse right cruell and without pytie Cap. CCC .lviii. THe hearyng spekynge of the treatynge of this processe may well be marueyled for the marueylous mater therin Some gyueth the right of the warre the whiche was at that tyme great and cruell in FlauÌ„ders to theÌ„ of Gaunt Sayeng howe they had a good and a iust cause to make warre but I can nat se that as yet For I coude neuer se nor vnderstande but that the erle loued euer peace rather than warre Reseruyng alwayes his highnesse honour Dyde he nat at their desyre delyuer their burges out of his prison of Erclo and yet for all that they slewe his bayly and thaÌ„ he agayne ê‘doned theÌ„ that great outrage to th entent to haue kept theÌ„ in peace And ouerthat agayne on a day they moued all the countrey of Flaunders agaynst him and slewe in the towne of Ipre fyue of his knightes And went and assayled and beseged And warpe and dyde their payne to haue dystroyed it and yet agayne they had of the erle peace but for all that they wolde make none amendes for the dethe of Roger Dauterne the whiche his lynage often tymes desyred Wherfore they somwhat reuenged the dethe of their cosyn on a certayne maryners by whome all this warr and myschefe was begon Was this yet any resonable cause why they shulde beate downe the walles of Andwarpe I thynke and so dyd many other that it was none occasyon so to do They sayd therle was rather in their dette than they in his and that he shulde make them amendes for that that hadde ben done to their maryners â—or euer they wolde delyuer agayne And warpe The erle who was at Lysle and his counsayll with him was right sore displeased in that they kept And warpe and wyst nat well howe to gette it agayne and so repented him of the peace that he hadde gyuen to the gauntoyse and he wrote often tymes to them coÌ„maundynge them to delyuer vp And warpe orels he wolde make them so cruell warre that it shulde be euer had in remembrance They of Gaunt wolde in no wyse auowe the dede for if they had they had broken the peace finally certayne good people of Gaunte and ryche men who wolde haue no thyng by their wylles but peace went so bytwene in this mater As JohnÌ„ Faucyll Gylbert Guyse sir Symon Bet and dyuers other that the .xii. day they of Gaunt beynge in the towne of And warpe retourned a gayne to Gaunte and delyuered the towne to the erles seruauÌ„tes and to apease the erles displeasur JohnÌ„ Prunaur was banisshed GauÌ„t and all Flaunders bycause by his aduyce the comons had taken And warpe without knowledge of the substance of the towne of Gaunt And on the other parte the erle banysshed out of all Flaunders sir Phylippe of Mamynes sir Olyuer Dautern the Galoys of Manes the basterde of Wrydrymines and all tho that were cause of the mayminge of the maryners burgesses of Gaunt without knowledge of the erle and so by the reason of these banisshynges bothe partyes were apeased So Johan Prunaux forsoke the countrey of Flaunders and went to A the in Brabante and there dwelled and sir Phylip of Mamynes went to Ualencennes in the couÌ„tie of Haynalt but whan they of Gaunt knewe therof they dyd somoch to the prouost of Ualencennes called JohnÌ„ Patryse who in fayre maner caused the sayd knyght to departe thens so he departed with his good wyll and went to Warlam besyde Do way and there taryed tyll he harde other tydinges and the other knyghtes and squiers voyded FlauÌ„ders and went in to Brabant And assoone as the erle had agayne possessyon of And warpe he sette warkmen a warke and newe repayred the towne better than euer it was before bothe wallê gates and dykes The gauÌ„toyse knewe well howe the erle newe fortefyed And warpe but they made no semblaunce therof bycawse they wolde no faulte shulde be founde in them as in brekynge of the peace But the foles and outragyous people sayde amonge them selfe lette the erle alone in his warke for though he make And warpe ofstele yet it can nat endure agaynst vs if we lyst For all this peace thus in Flaunders they of Gaunt were euer in suspect with the erle and the erle with them for dayly there was brought to the erle harde tidynges of them of Gaunt And in lykewyse to them of Gaunt of the erle Johan de Faucyll went and dwelled at Nazareth in a fayre house that he had a leage fro Gaunt and
ordre of batayle in lyke maner as they dyd whan they past through Fraunce and the first nyght after their departure they lodged at Niorch and there taryed thre dayes to refreshe them and bycause the bridge was broken they had moche trouble to make it agayne to gette ouer their cariages yet they made it and the hoost passed the ryuer of Uolayne and on a saturday they wente and loged at Loheacke and there taryed two dayes so fro thens to Grosy and ther taryed two dayes the next day they passed the ryuer of Aust at the brydge of Brehaigne and there taryed in the fayre playne countre The same day that they departed and passed yâ— ryuer they of yâ— cytie of Uannes were enformed by them of the countrey howe that the erle of Buckynghame and the englisshmen were coming to lodge in their towne they wist nat what to do whyder to suffer them to entre their towne or nat and so they went to Hanybout to the duke but the same daye that they came towarde Hanybout they mette the duke in the feldes within two leages of Uannes comyng thyder and whan yâ— duke sawe the men of Uannes comyng to him warde he demaunded of them what tydinges and whyder they went sir ê™ they as for tydinges we can shewe you ynowe sir the erle of Buckynghame and the englisshmen are comynge yonder and it is their entencyon as we be enfourmed to lodge in your good towne of Uannes sir loke what it please you to do for without your coÌ„maundement we wyll do no thyng sir they haue made agayne the brydge at Brehaigne the whiche was broken on yâ— ryuer of Aust Whan the duke harde of this he studyed a lytell and sayd sirs be nat a frayde haue no dought euery thynge shal be well ynough they are suche men as wyll do you do hurte I ame some what bounde to them by certayne treaties the whiche I must nedes vpholde and acquyte me trewely therin I wyll go to UaÌ„nes and to morowe I thynke they wyll come thyder and I will go and mete with the erle my brother and do to him as moche honoure as I canne do for I am bounde so to do moreouer ye shall do as I couÌ„sayle you ye shall offre and present to hym the keyes of the towne and say vnto him howe that you and all the towne are redy to receyue him howe beit desyre him to be sworne that within .xv. dayes that he be required to departe that he wyll departe and to yelde agayn to you the keyes of the towne this is the counsayle that I wyll gyue you the burgesses answered and sayd sir we shall do as ye haue ordayned and soo they rode forthe with the duke to Uannes and there the duke lodged that nyght and yâ— englisshmen the same nyght lodged at saynt Johans a lytell village two leages fro Uannes The same nyght the erle of Buckynghame receyued letters fro the duke who wrote to hym as his kynde brother welcomyng him into the marches of Uannes the next mornynge whan the erle hadde harde masse he toke his horse and all his coÌ„pany and rode in good ordre towarde Uannes the towarde fyrst and the erle and his batayle after and the rerewarde folowyng the erles batayle Thus they met with the duke of Bretayn who was yssued out of Uannes to mete with them the space of a great leage and whan they mette they made eche to other great honoure and reuerence after this metynge whiche was right honourable rydyng toguyder the erle on the right hande and the duke on the left Than the erle began to say saynt Mary fayre brother of Bretayne what a long space hath it bene that we haue taryed before NauÌ„tes at the siege ther abydynge for you accordyng to the treaty and couenant made bytwene you and me in that be halfe and yet ye came nat By my faythe ê™ the duke I coude do none otherwyse wherwith I ensure you I was greatly displeased howbeit I coulde nat amende it for my men of this couÌ„trey for any thynge that I coulde shewe vnto them nor for any alyaunces at their requestes that I hadde made to you yet for all that they wolde neuer go to the siege to you before NauÌ„tes but kept them selfe stronge on the fronters the lorde Clisson the lorde Dynant the lorde Dornall the vycount of Rohan and the lorde Rochforde to kepe thentreis and issues of Bretayne and all suche as were ioyned with me as well knyghtes and prelates as burgesses of the good townes ar as nowe all rebell agaynst me wherwith I ame greatly displeased sythe by their faulte ye fynde me vntrewe Sir I shall shewe you what ye shall doo it is nowe in the harde of wynter and colde and an cuyll season to kepe an hoost to gyder ye shall come to Uannes and there abyde tyll it be Aprell or Maye and refreshe you and I shall ordayne other places for your company and so passe the tyme as well as ye may and in somer weshall reuenge vs of all maters the erle answered and sayde as god wyll so be it for he sawe well it wolde be none otherwyse so the duke brought hym in to Uannes and at the entrynge in to the towne the comen people came in to the erles presence and sayd sir bycause of the reuerence of your great signory and noble honoure we wyll nat be agaynst your entryng in to this towne but sir to apease all the people of this towne and for your surety ye shall swere vnto vs on the holy euangelyst that within .xv. dayes after ye be required to departe out of this towne you and all yours and that ye do nor suffre to be done to vs any maner of domage or hurt By my fayth ê™ the erle of Buckynghame I ame content to swere to you to kepe and fulfyll all this than all the other lordes sware the same othe for they were fayne so to doo or els to haue lyen in the feldes Thus the erle of Buckynghame was lodged in the eytie of Uannes hym selfe lay in the dukes house a pleasaunt and a fayre castell handyng within the towne named the Motte and all his company were lodged in the towne and in the subbarbes and the duke of Bretayn and his company went to Asnotte and there a bode and somtyme he came to UaÌ„nes to se the erle and to comen with hym The lorde Latymer and the lorde Fytz water sir ThomÌ„s Percy sir Thomas Triuet and yâ— vowarde were lodged about the towne of Hambout but they neuer came within the gates but laye in the subbarbes and in the feldes Sir Robert Canoll and the lorde Fitz waren and diuers other shulde haue lodged in the towne called Ouyn percorentyn But they wolde neuer open their gates wherfore they were fayne to lodge in the subbarbes and in the feldes So thus they endured suffered that season great dissease and pouerty for that was nat worth thre pens
to drawe backe for that tyme. The whiche they thought was for them as than moost profitable So they drewe abacke in a batayle raynged ī good ordre and the same day returned to Courtray And thither also drewe many of them that fled So they lodged all within Cortray and made the gates to be well kepte to th entent that they shulde nat be sodenly taken And whan John̄ Bulle and Arnolde Clerke were returned and had rekened all theyr people than they knewe well that of them of Gaunte suche as had ben sent to Iper before they had loste in nombre a xii C. as many of them of Iper And if they of the buss hement had chased them that fled to Iper and to Cortray there had but a fewe skaped but all had ben deed or taken but they chased nat farre They toke hede to nothynge but to slee them that were within theyr bushement the whiche saued all the residue They of Iper were sore abasshed whan they sawe theyr people returne beaten and discōfited the same day that they were issued out and demaūded howe it myght be And dyuerse answered and sayde howe John̄ Bulle had betrayed them and had brought them to be shamfully slayne ye haue hard often tymes recorded howe it is a harde warke to apease a Commontie whā they be styrred I say this bycause of them of Gaunte Whan they were the same day drawen backe to Courtray They that were discōfytted knewe well that John̄ Bulle was in the towne Than mo than a thousand drewe together said let vs go on the false traytour John̄ Bulle who hath betrayed vs. For by hym and by nōe other we toke that way that brought vs into the bushement of our ennemyes For if we had beleued Arnold the Clerke we had ben in suretie For he wolde haue brought vs to oure owne company and John̄ Bulle had nat ben who hath solde and betrayed vs and brought vs where as we were betrayed and discomfytted Loo ye may se howe these comons accused hym of treason and yet I thynke veryly they had no cause so to do For if it had ben as they sayd and that he had solde and betrayed them to the erle he wold neuer haue returned agayn to them but rather haue bydden styll with the erle Howe be it I can nat excuse hym so but that it cost hym his lyfe and I shall tell you howe The gauntoyse went and toke hym in his lodgynge and so brought hym into the streat and there he was striken an to peces so that euery man bare awaye a pece of hym Thus ended John̄ Bulle The next day the Gauntoyse departed fro Courtray and returned to Gaunte and dyd sende John̄ de Lanuoy to the castell of Gaures a castell of the erles standynge by the ryuer of lescaulte and there this John̄ made a garyson ¶ Howe they of Iper and Courtray turned to the erle of Flaunders parte and howe the towne of Gaunte was besieged Cap. CCC .lxxvi. NOwe let vs speke of the erle of Flaūders and of his cōpany Whan they had thus by theyr bushement ouerthrowen the gaūtoyse slayne a .iii. M. of them or there aboute what of them of Gaūte and of Iper Than the erle determyned to drawe towarde the towne of Iper and to laye siege therto And as he was counsayled so it was done and he drewe thither with all his people a great nōbre of knyghtes and squyers of Flaūders of Heynault and of Artoys who were come thyther to serue the erle And whan they of Iper vnderstode that the erle came on them so strōgely they were all sore afrayed and the ryche men of the towne toke counsayle and sayd amonge them selfe howe they wolde open theyr gates and go and mete the erle and put them selfe vnder his obeysaunce and crye hym mercy and to shewe hym howe they were gaūtoyse by force by reason of the comontie as fullers weauers and suche other vnhappy people in the towne And they thought that the Erle was so pytefull that he wolde haue mercy on them And as they ordeyned so they dyd And so mo than .iii. C. in a company came out of the towne of Iper and had the keyes of the gates with them so they fell downe on theyr knees before the Erle cryenge for mercy and dyd put them selfe and theyr towne at his pleasur The erle had pité on them and toke them to mercy so entred with all his puyssaūce in to the towne of Iper and there taried a .iii. wekes and sent home agayne them of Frāke of Bruges And while therle lay in Iper he caused to be beheedded mo than .vii. C. of fullers weauers and of suche maner of people as had brought fyrst into that towne John̄ Leon and the gauntoyse and slayne suche valyaunt men as the erle had sette ther. For the whiche cause the erle was sore displeased and to th entēt that they shuld no more rebell he sent a .iii. C. of the most notablest of them into prison in Bruges and so thā toke his way to Courtray to brynge that towne to his obeysaūce Whan they of Courtray vnderstode that therle theyr lorde came to them so strōgely and howe that Iper was vnder his obeysaūce than they greatly doubted for they sawe no comfort apparent fro them of Graunte Wherfore they were aduised lyghty to yeld them to theyr lord thynkynge it was better for them to hold with therle to whom they ought to owe theyr fayth homage rather than to the gauntoyse Than they ordeyned a .iii. C. of the best of the towne a foote to go into the feldes to therle and the keyes of the towne with them And whan therle came by they all kneled downe and cryed for mercy The erle had pitie of them and receyued them to mercy and entred into the towne ioyously and they al made to hym reuerence and honor Than he toke a .ii. C. of the best of the towne of Courtray and sent them to Lisle to Daway in hostage to then tent that that towne shuld no more rebelle And whan the erle had ben there a .vi. dayes than he went to Bruges and there refresshed hym a .xv. dayes Than he made a great somons to th entēt to lay siege to Gaūte For all the residue of Flaūders was as than at his commandement Than the erle departed fro Bruges and so came and layd siege before Gaūte and lodged at a place called the Briet Thither came to the erle ser Robert of Namure to serue the erle with a certayne nombre of men of warre accordynge as the erle had wryttē vnto hym But syr William of Namure was nat there he was in Fraunce with the kynge and with the duke of Borgoyn This siege began about the feast of the decollacion of saynt John̄ Baptist And ser water Danhien was marshall of all the oost of Flaūders He was yonge and hardy and feared no payne nor perill whatsoeuer fell For all
countrey there and so they drewe together and rode forth all that daye and met with them of And warpe and Douze goyng toward therle And there the gauÌ„toyse dyd assayle them and slewe of them a .vi. C. but the lorde Danghiea was nat in that company for he was gone to therle who was in the feldes betwene Bruges Douze And whaÌ„ these tydynges came to the erle and to the lorde Danghien howe they of And warpe had receyued suche domage they were sore displeased Than it was ordeyned that the lorde Danghien with .iiii. M. shulde go to Gaures thynking to fynde JohnÌ„ Launoy ther but he was nat there for he was drawen backe to Gaunte with all his pyllage and prisoners of the whiche ther was no great quantite And the next day after Rase de Harselles departed out of GauÌ„te with .vi. M. and JohnÌ„ Launoy with hym And also the same day there issued out of Gaunt Peter du boyse with .vi. M. and Arnolde Clerke in his coÌ„pany and they went brent the suburbes of Courtray and than they retourned towarde Douse to mete with theyr owne company but they came to late for whan Johan Launoy and Rase of Harselles came to Nyeule There they founde the erle and all his coÌ„pany redy in the felde abyding for non other thyng but for batayle And so therles hoost and the gauntoyse founde eche other without any knowledge in the mornynge And whan Rase of Harselles and JohnÌ„ Launoy sawe that they must nedes fight than they set their men in thre batayles and in euery batayle two thousande men of the moost hardyest of Gaunt And Peter du Boyse and Arnolde Clerke had as many with them and they were abrode in the felde and knewe nothynge that their coÌ„pany and the erle were so nere togyder nor that they shulde fight as they dyd For it was ordayned among them or they departed fro Gaunte that if they founde therle with his hole puissauÌ„ce that they shulde nat fyght with hym without they were all toguyder For they thought theymselfe nat bygge ynoughe to encountre the erle without they were all toguyder in one batayle And to this they were sworne to vpholde And to saye trouthe Rase of Harsels might haue let the batayle if he had lyst For if he wolde haue kepte himselfe styll in the towne and haue taryed tyll Peter du Boyse hadde come to hym The erle wolde nat haue assayled theym in the towne so shortely but ass one as Rase de Harsels knewe that therle was there incoÌ„tinent by great pride he yssued out in to the felde and sayd Howe he wolde fight with his enemyes and haue the honoure hymselfe and nat to abyde for Peter du Boyse and his company He had so great trust in his owne company and so good hope in the fortune of them of Gaunte that he thought he coude lose nothyng And well it shewed the same day the great wyll that he hadde to fight as ye shall here after O Reatly was therle of FlauÌ„ders reioysed whan he sawe that Rase of Harsels was issued out of Nieule and was abrode in the felde redy to fight Than therle ordred his men and he was about the nombre of .xx. thousande he had a .xv. hundred speares knightes and squyers of Flaunders Heynalt Brabant and Artoyse Of Heynault there was the lorde Danghien marshall of the hoost and with hym the lorde MoÌ„tigny and my lorde the bastarde DaÌ„ghien Gyles Ryston Johan Burlemont and dyuers other And of Flaunders ther was the lorde of Guystels sir Guy of Guystels the lorde Cornettes the lorde Hulluc the lorde of Halwyn sir Danyell of Halwyn sir Tyrrey Disquetan sir Johan Discoubourcke the lorde of Gentus sir Johan Uillayne sir Gerarde of Mortigiliet and dyuers other and ther were made a certayne of newe knightes Before the yong seneshall of Heynalt dyed on his bedde at Aubyes besyde Mortayne Th erle made fyue batayls and in euery batayle foure thousande men euery man in great desyre to ron on their enemyes and that day the lorde of Lieurghien bare therles baner Whan all the batayls were well ordred the fyue batayls aproched agaynst the thre batayles of the gauntoyse And at the first settynge on there aproched but thre of the erles batayles for the other two were as wynges to comfort the bataylles if nede requyred There the erle hym selfe prayed all his coÌ„pany to do well their deuoyre and to take vengeance of these outragyous gauntoise who had putte hym to so moche payne And also he sayd to theÌ„ of the good townes Sirs be ye all sure for if any of you flye away ye were better here to be slayne for without mercy it shall coost you all your heedes And so therle set them of Bruges in the first batayle they of FraÌ„ke in the seconde and they of Ipre and of Courtray in the thirde and they of Propigne of Bergues of Cassell and of Bourge in the fourthe batayle And he retayned with hym selfe them of Lyle of Doway and of Andwarpe Thus they assembled their batayls and caÌ„e eche agaynst other And of the gauntoyse Rase of Harselles ledde the first batayle for he was the most hardyest therfore he wolde be with the formast To th entent to get honour if he coude and so he encountred agaynst the batayle of them of Bruges ledde by the lorde of Guystell his brotherne there was a sore encountre and so all the batayls assembled toguyder Ther were many ouerthrowen on the one ê‘te and on thother and the gauÌ„toyse dyd many proper dedes of armes but the erle had a farre greatter nombre for they were thre agaynst one Ther was a good assaut and long endured or it coude be knoweÌ„ or sene who shuld haue the better and whan all the batayls were ioyned togeder they of Flaunders cryed lyon decoÌ„fortyng eche other and thother cryed with an highe voyce GauÌ„t gaunt There was one tyme that the erles company were in adueÌ„ture to haue had the worse And if they had lost their grounde they had ben all slayne without remedy For Peter de boyse with .vi. M. with hym were in the feldes and might well se the batayle but he coude nat come thyder to comfort or ayde his company bycause of the marisshes and waters that were bytwene them But and therle had lost the felde and his men fledde Peter de boyse shulde haue met with them so that none shulde haue scaped erle nor other But all shulde outher haue ben slayne or taken whiche shulde haue ben great domage to Flaunders by likelihod neuer to haue beÌ„ recouered agayn ¶ Howe the gauÌ„toyse were brent in the churche of Nieule and howe the white hodes slewe dyuers noble meÌ„ of the erle of Flaunders parte Cap. CCC .lxxviii. RAse of Harsels JohnÌ„ of Launoy had none auauÌ„tage in assaylinge the erles men For the erle had there many a noble knight many a goodman out of Bruges Ipre Courtray Andwarpe
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
moneth of Auguste At whiche tyme the kyng helde a soleÌ„yne court at Westmynster and there were than a great noÌ„bre of nobles and lordes of Englande there was the erle of Northumberlande and the erle of Nottyngham and dyuers other lordes of the northe And the kyng made knightes the same day the yong erle of Penbroke and sir Robert Maubre sir Nycholas Twyforde sir Adam Francoys And after the feest the kyng was in purpose to ryde to Reedyng to Oxenforthe to Couentre to punysshe the yuell doers of the sayde rebellyon And so he dyde in lyke maner as he had done in Kent in Sussexe in Essexe in Bedforde and in Cambridge At this feest of oure lady at Westmynster after dyner there were great wordes bytwene the duke of Lancastre and the erle of Northumberlande The duke sayd to hym Henry Percy I beleued nat that ye hadde bene so great in Englande as to close the gates of any cytie towne or castell a gaynst the duke of Lancastre The erle humyled hym selfe in his spekyng and sayd Sir I deny nat that the knight dyde for I canne nat For by the strayt commaundement of the kynges grace here presente He straitly enioyned commaunded me that on myne honour and on my lyfe I shulde nat suffre any maner of person lorde or other to entre in to any cytie towne or castell in Northumberlande without he were heryter of the place Sir the kynge and the lordes of his counsayle can well excuse me For they knewe well ynoughe howe ye were in Scotlande wherfore they shulde haue reserued you What quod the duke say you that ther ought a reseruacyon to haue bene made for me who am vncle to the kyng and haue kept myne Herytage as well or better as any other hathe done next to the kyng And seyng howe I was gone for the busynesse of the realme in to Scotlande This excuse can nat excuse you but that ye haue done yuell and greatly agaynst myne honoure And haue gyuen therby ensample to bring me in suspect that I haue done or shulde do some treason in Scotlande Whan at my retournyng the kyngê townes be closed agaynst me and specially there as my prouisyon was Wherfore I say ye haue aquyted yor selfe right yuell And for the blame and sclaundre that ye haue brought me in to pourge me In the presens of the kyng here present I cast agaynst you here my gauge Reise it and yedare Than the kyng stepte forthe and sayd Fayre vncle of LaÌ„castre all that was done I auowe it I must excuse the Erle of Northumberlande and speke for hym For on payne of his lyfe we commauÌ„ded hym that he shulde kepe close all the townes on the marchesse and ye knowe well howe our Realme was in great trouble and parell The faulte was in the clerke that wrote the letters and the neglygence of oure counsayle For of trouthe we shulde haue reserued you wherfore I wyll and also desyre you to lay a parte this yuell wyll that ye haue to the Erle And I take the charge on me and discharge the erle in that behalfe Than kneled downe before the Duke the erle of Arundell the erle of Salisbury the erle of Suffolke the erle of Stafforde and the Erle of Dymester and sayde to hym Sir ye here howe amyably and truely the kynge spekethe Wherfore sir ye ought to condiscende to his pleasure Well quod the duke who was enflamed with yre I shall holde my peace And so mused a lytell and made the lordes to ryse and thanked them and sayd Fayre lordê there is none amonge you if ye were in lyke case as I am but I am sure ye wolde be sore displeased But as it pleaseth the kyng to haue it it is reason that I be content ther with So there the peace was made bytwene the duke and the erle by meanes of the kynge and the other lordes And the seconde day the kyng toke his iourney as is sayd before and a fyue hundred speares and as many archers folowed and euer costed the kynge in this vyage The kyng dyde great iustyce on them that had rebelled agaynst him HOwe lette vs leaue to speke of the kyng of Englande and speke of the erle of CaÌ„bridge his vncle shewe howe he dyde in Portyngale VE haue well herdhere before how therle of Cambridge lay in the hauyn of Plummouthe with a fyue hundred speares and as many archers abydinge for the wynde to sayle into Portyngale So longe he lay there that at last wynde and wether came and so disancred and departed towarde Lysbone where they thought to arryue And the first day they costed Englande and Cornewayle and the .ii. day also And the thyrde daye they entred in to the highe see of Spaygne and there they had harde fortune for there rose suche a teÌ„pest that they and all their shyppes were in great parell and harde adueÌ„ture of dethe And specially the shyppes wherin were the gascoyns As sir Johan of Newcastell the Souldicke of Lestrade and the lorde de la Barde and a fourtie knightes and squyers They lost the syght of the erle of Cambridge flete The erle and sir Olyuete Beauchampe marshall of the hoost and ser Mathewe Gourney constable and the Chanoyne Robersarde and the other passed this tempest in great daunger And so longe they sayled by the wynde and starres that they arryued at the cytie of Lysbone These tidynges came anone to the kynge of Portyngale who taryed and loked euer for the comynge of these englisshmen Than the kynge sende of his knightes to mete theym and so they were honourably receyued And the kyng Dampferant came out of his castell and mette with therle of Cambridge and receyued hym and all his with great honoure And so brought theÌ„ in to his castell and called for wyne and spyce And there was yonge Johan of Cambridge sonne to the erle Of whom the kynge of Portyngale made great ioye and sayde Beholde here my sonne for he shall haue my doughter they were bothe proper goodlye and all of one age These children had gret ioye eche of other and helde eche other by the hande In the meane season whyle the kyng of Portyngale made cher to the erle and to the other straungers all their companye were well lodged as they came oute of their shyppes for the Cytie of Lysbone was great and well furnysshed with euery thynge for it was well prouyded for agaynst the comyng of the englysshmenne So these lordes were mery and well at their ease Howe be it they were ryght sorie for their company that they thought were lost on the see in the tempest Or els driuen into the daÌ„ger of the moores in Granade the whiche yf it were so they thought them as good as lost so for them they made great complayntes and to say trouthe they were well worthy to be coÌ„playned for they were so sore tossed with the teÌ„pest that there were neuer men in greater
and farr as they of Auuergne of Rouergue of Tholousyn of Gascoyne of Limosyn of Poyctou of Xaynton of Bretayne of Bur bonoyse of Forestes of Burgoyne of Doulphyn of Sauoy of Barroyse of Lorayn and of all the cyrcuites and countreys of Fraunce And so euery man came towarde Arras in Arthoyse There was so great an assemble of men of warre that it was marueyle to consyder ¶ Howe Philyp Dartuell made the passages in FlauÌ„ders to be kept and howe dyuers french knyghtes were lost in Flaunders and coulde nat retourne agayne Cap. CCCC .xi. THe Erle of Flaunders beyng at Heden harde euery day newes fro the kynge and fro the duke of Burgoyn and of the gret assemble that was made in FrauÌ„ce Than the erle coÌ„maunded through all the countre of Arthoyse yâ— no man on payne of dethe shulde put out of the countrey nor out of their logynges no maner of thyng in to any forteres nor in to no closed towne for he wolde that the men of warre shulde be sarued and eased with euery thynge abrode in the countrey And so the kynge came in to Arthoyse where they founde euery thyng in great plenty euery grange full of corne and so therle of FlauÌ„ders came to Arras there dyd homage to the kyng for the countie of Arthoyse And there the kyng receyued hym for his liege man and sayde to him Fayre cosyn if it please god and saynt De nyce we shall sette you peaseably in your herytage of Flaunders and shall abate the pride of Philyp Dartuell and of the flemynges in such wyse that they shall neuer be able here after to rebell agayne Sir ê™ the erle of this I haue great trust and therby ye shall attayne to suche honour that all the worlde shall prayse you for certaynly great is the pride of Flaunders PHilyppe Dartuell beyng at siege before And warpe was well enfourmed howe the frenche kyng with his puissance was commyng on hym Than he sayd to his men sirs what wenyth the yonge ryottouse kynge to entre in to Flaunders he is a yere yet to yong to assayle vs. I shall cause the passages and entres to be so kept that it shall nat lye in his power of all this yere to passe the ryuer of Lyse And so than he sent to Gaunt for the lorde of Harsels and whan he was come to him he sayd Sir of Harsels ye knowe well and here dayly howe the frenche kyng apareleth hym selfe to distroy vs all it behoueth vs to regarde wisely and to take counsayle in this mater sir ye shall abyde here at the siege and I wyll goo to Bruges to lerne more certayne tidynges and to encorage the people of the good townes and I shall stablissh suche people at the passages yâ— the french men shall nat passe ouer Therto accorded the lorde of Harsels Than Philyppe dartuell departed fro the siege and so rode to Bruges like a great lorde with his penon displayed before him of his armes he bare a felde sable thre hat tes syluer Whan he came to Bruges he founde ther Peter de boyse Peter de myrt who were capitayus of Bruges and ther he shewed them howe that the frenche kynge with all his puyssance wolde come in to FlauÌ„ders Wherfore I wyll that ye Peter de Boyse go to the passage of Comynes and kepe the ryuer and ye Peter de Myrt shall go to the bridge of Warneston and kepe that passage and cause all the bridges to be broken aboue on the ryuer tyll ye come to Gerge to Hasels to Meureuylle and to Cour tray and so the frenchmen can nat passe and I shall go to Ipre to refresshe theÌ„ and to comfort them Erortyng them to kepe fermly the vâ—ytâ— that we haue sworne eche to other it shall nat be in the frenche kynges puyssance to passe the ryuer of Lyse and to entre in to Flaunders if the passages be well kept Than bothe Peters answered and sayd Sir ye say well lette it be done as ye say but s what worde here you out of Englande Truely ê™ Philyppe we here as yet none wherof I marueyle but as nowe the parlyament is at London wherfore I thynke shortly we shall here some worde The frenche kyng can nat be so hasty but yâ— I trust we shall haue some ayde out of Englande I hope the kynge of Englande maketh some assemble so that the englysshmen wyll aryue here in a nyght with suche a nombre that we shall nat nede to feare the frenchmen with the ayde of FlauÌ„ders for all is vnder our obeysaunce excepte Teremonde and And warpe ¶ In the mean season that all this besynes was and that the kyng was at Arras and that these men of warre assembled in Arthoyse and Tournesyes and about Lysle Certayne knyghtes and squiers beyng aboute Lysle by the entysinge of the Hasell of FlauÌ„ders thought to do some enterprise wher by to be renomed And so on a day ther gadred togyder a sire score men of armes knightê and squiers and rode and passed the ryuer of Lysle at Pounte amenyn a two le ages fro Lysle the whiche bridge was nat broken and so rode to the towne of Harle and so ther chased nigh all the people out of the towne so yâ— the laram rose and the townes all about range their belles alarum And whan the Hasell of Flaunders and sir Johan of JumoÌ„t the Chatelyn of Wyllone sir Henry Duâ—â—le and the other knyghtes and squyers had well moued the couÌ„trey and sawe that it was tyme to returne They toke agayne the way to returne by the same bridge that they had passed and there they founde a great nombre of the flemynges breakyng the bridge and whan they had broken a parte therof they couered it agayn with hey and strawe that it shuld nat be aspyed and ther these knyghtes founde redy aparelled to gyue theÌ„ batayle a great nombre of villayns of the countrey than the knightes couched their speares and ran at theÌ„ withall their force and the flemynges opened and gaue them way it was sayd for the nones and fledde and sayde amonge themselfe let vs flye and gyue them way for we are sure the bridge wyll nat beare theÌ„ we shall se anon good game And so the Hasell of Flaunders and the other knyghtes dasshed all at ones on the bridge the which was nat able to beare so many meÌ„ howe be it the Hasell and a .xxx. with him passed ouer and as the other wolde haue passed the bridg brake vnder them and so fell downe horse and men and many were slayne And whanÌ„e they that were behynde sawe that they were sore abasshed wyst nat whyder to flye to saue themselfe some entred in to the ryuer thynkinge to swymme ouer but they coude nat the water was so depe and the bankes hyghe that the horses coulde nat gette vp the which was great myschefe for them for the flemynges came on them and slewe them without mercy and mad
in to our countre I wotte nat what they mean therby And specially I marueyle of our owne men that we here nat fro theÌ„ But howe soeuer it be I wyll go to Gaunt to fetche the rerebande and so shall come agayne and fight with the freÌ„che kyng whatsoeuer come therof I am enformed howe the kynge hath twentie thousande men of armes the whiche mounteth to .lx. thousande men of warre I shall bringe as many agaynst hym in batayle And yf it please god of his grace that I may discoÌ„fyte hym with the good ryght that we haue I shal be the moost honoured lorde of the worlde And if I be discoÌ„fyted as great a fortune hath fallen on a gretter lorde than I am Thus as Philyppe Dartuell and the lorde of Harsels were toguyder deuysinge Ther came certayne persons to them suche as had bene in the batayle before Comynes who verifyed all as ye haue herde before ThanÌ„e Philyppe Dartuell sayd Is Peter du Boyse deed or a lyue They answered and sayd Sir he is nat deed But he was sore hurt in the batayle and is gone to Bruges And so therwith Philyp lepte on his horse and a .xxx. men with hym and toke the way to GauÌ„t And he went a lytell out of the way to se certayne men that were deed of the garyson of Andwarpe Who were issued out the same night to make a scrye in the hoost and so ther were a .xii. slayne And as he stode and behelde them he sawe where an haraude was comyng from Gaunt warde belongyng to the kyng of Englande and he was called Irelande Of the comyng of this haraude Philyppe was right ioyefull bycause he came out of Englande and demauÌ„ded of hym tidynges Sir quod the haraude there is fyue of yor men with a knight of Englande called sir Wyllyam Fermeton are come to Gaunt And they by the acorde of the kynge of Englande and of his vncles and generally by consent of all the realme of Englande They haue brought you letters as I am enformed the whiche letters comyth to you as Regent of Flaunders And whan ye knowe what the letters conteyne and the great alyances that ye shall haue with them of Englande and your men ones retourned ye shall knowe what â—â—oforte ye shall haue of theÌ„ Well quod Philyppe ye â—â—otente me moche of this deuysing but I feare me it wyll be to late Go your way to the hoost to our lodgynge and so he was brought to the lorde of Harsels and Philyppe rode forthe to Gaunt ryght pensyfe in suche wyse that no man coude haue a worde of hym NOwe let vs speke of the frenche kynge and let vs shewe howe he parceyuered Whan he harde howe that the passage of Comynes was won and the bridge newe made than he departed fro the abbey of Marquettes and so rode forth towardê Comynes in good order euery man in his degre So the kyng came the same tuysday to Comynes and he and his vncles lodged in the towne and the vowarde was dyslodged and went and lodged on the mount of Ipre and so all his people and caryage passed by Comynes and Warnestone And on the wednisday the kynge came and lodged on the same mount of Ipre and on the saÌ„e wednisday the rerewarde passed by the bridge of Comynes wherin was two thousande men of armes and two thousande crosbowes and the erle of Ewe and the erle of Bloyse the erle of saynt Powle the erle of Harcourt the lorde of Chatelon and the lorde of sere were gouernours of theÌ„ And whan it was night and that the lordes had thoght to haue rested theÌ„ after their traueyle there fell sodenly a larum and a skrye so that the lordes thought surely to haue had batayle thought that the flemynges of Ipre of Cassell and of Bergues had bene gadred togyder and come to gyue them batayle than these lordes armed them agayne and set on their basse nettes and set forthe their baners and penons and ordred their men euery man vnder their owne ensygnes Thus they stoode nygh all nyght in the myre to the myde legge These lordes endured moche payne as the erle of Bloyse and other who had nat bene acustomed to suffre such cold in such longe nyghtes as in NoueÌ„bre but they suffred it for their honour for they went surely to haue bene fought with all incontynent but all was nothing for the skrye arose by certayne varlettes amonge them selfe Howe be it these lordes endured this payne and bare it as well as they myght ¶ Howe the towne of Ipre and dyuers other put them selfe vnder the obeysance of the french kyng and of the ordre of the kynges hoost Cap. CCCC .xvii. ANd on the thursday in the mornyng the rerewarde dislodged fro comynes and drue to their company who were on the mount of Ipre And there the kyng and the lordes toke counsayle what was best to do whether they shulde go before Ipre or before Courtrey or before Bruges in the meane season the french forangers ran ouer the countrey and they founde catayle and other thynges that it was maruayle to consydre for after they were ones ouer the passage at Comynes they lacked no thynge Whan they of Ipre sawe the kynge with all his puyssaunce so nere them and the passage at Comynes conquered they were nat well assured of them selfe and so they drewe togyder to couÌ„sayle The rych and notable men of the towne wolde euer that they shulde haue sent to crye the kyng mercy and to sende hym the keyes of the towne but the capitayne who was of Gaunt and set ther by Philyp Dartuell wold in no wyse that they shulde yelde sayng sirs our towne is stronge inough and well prouyded we may byde a siege longe ynogh if nedebe and in the meane tyme Philyppe Dartuell our regent wyll gather his puyssance and come and fyght with the kyng and rayse the siege thinke nat the contrary The other answered and sayd we be nat in surety of this for we thynke it can nat lye in Philyppe Dartuells power to withstand the kyng with out the helpe of the englysshmen the whiche is nothyng lykely therfore we thynke it were best to yelde vs to the french kyng to none other So moche rose wordes bytwene theÌ„ that they rose agaynst the capitayne and slewe him who was called Peter Uanelayre And whan they of Ipre hadde done this dede they caused two freres to go to the kynge and to his vncles desyring the kyng that he wolde take an amyable treaty with them of Ipre The kynge than by the aduyce of his counsayle gaue saue conduct to .xii. of them of Ipre and an abbote to come and go saue to knowe what wolde be their desyre than the frers returned to Ipre And so than xii were chosen out in the towne an abbote to go to the kyng on the mount of Ipre and whan they came before the kyng they kneled downe and offred hym to become alwayes vnder his
opinyons They of GauÌ„t sayd howe it was no trust on the promyse of the erle For surely they sayd howe he wolde begyle them if he might So all thynges consydred the englysshmen answered to the bysshop of Liege howe that he myght departe whan it pleased hym for as to his requestes they wolde in no wyse agre therto sayeng howe they wolde neuer departe fro the siege tyll they had the towne of Ipre at their coÌ„mauÌ„dement So whan the bysshop of Liege sawe that the coulde do no more in the mater he toke his leaue and retourned to Lysle and shewed the erle his answere Whan the erle sawe that it wolde be none other wyse he was more peÌ„syue than he was before parceyued clerely that with out the puyssaunce of Fraunce reysed the siege he was lykely to lese the good towne of Ipre Than he wrote all the matter and answeres to his sonne in lawe the duke of Burgoyne who lay at Compayne And the bysshoppe of Liege departed fro the Erle and went to Doway to Ualencennes and so to his countre tHe duke of Burgoyne sawe well how the maâ—â—ers of Flaunders dyde ryght yuell and were lykely to do without the kynge putte to his hande and purueyed for some remedy He dyde so moche that a great counsayle was somoned to be holden at Compayne with the great princes and lordes of the Realme of Fraunce So thyder came euery man that was sende for and thyder came personally the duke of Bretayne And ther it was agreed by the kynges counsayle the Duke of Berrey the duke of Burbone and the duke of Burgoyne Howe the kynge shulde go agayne in to FlauÌ„ders as puissantly as whan he went to Rosebeque to the entent to reyse the siege at 〈◊〉 â–ª and to fight with thenglysshmen if they wolde abyde hym All these thyngê agreed and accorded the frenche kynge sende his coÌ„maundement throughe out all his realme that euery man shuld be redy in their best apparell for the warre and to be the fyftene daye of August at Arras â–ª and there about The kynge sende also to them of farre countreis as to the erle of Armynake and of Sauoy and to the duke Frederyke of Bauyers This duke was of hyghe Almaygne and was sonne to one of the dukes bretherne and greatly he desyred ones to bere armes â—or them of Fraunce and to se the estate of FrauÌ„ce for he loued all honour Also he was enfourmed that all the honoures of the worlde was in Fraunce And bycause this duke was farre of therfore he was sende for first He prepared hym selfe redy and sayde howe he wolde passe throughe Heynalt to se his vncle his cosyn the erle of Bloys other In the meane season that these lordes aparelled themselfe yâ— sege endured styll before â—pre and dyuers sautes scrimysshes made and dyuers hurt of bothe ê‘â—ies But the capitayne of Ipre sir Peter de la sieple toke so good hede yâ— he had no domage THis siege thus endurynge the Erle of Flaunders beynge at Lysle was enformed howe the mynster of the towne of Emenyn was sore in decay And howe that if thenglysshmen came thyder they shulde lightly wynne it for it was nat kept Wherfore the erle was couÌ„sayled to sende and to repayre it Than the erle called sir Johan de Moulyne and sayd Sir Johan take men out of this towne and cros bowes and go to Emenyn and repayre agayne the mynster And kepe and defende it fro the englysshmen for if they shulde haue it they wold yuell trouble the countrey all about â–ª the knight answered he was content and so prepared himselfe And the next day departed and with hym a yonge knyght a bastarde sonne of the Erles called sir Johan Sansterre and they were in nombre about a threscore speares and threscore archers Thus they departed fro the towne of Lysle and rode towarde the towne of Emenyn and so came thyder and founde no body there but suche as were there at their pleasur Than they caused the mynster to be newly repayred and sette men a warke theron The same daye there rode forthe fro the siege of Ipre a two huÌ„dred speares Englysshe and Gascoyns who knewe by the forangers yâ— they mette that ther were men of armes and cros bowes in the towne of Emenyn and repayringe and fortifyeng the churche Than the Englysshmen rode thyder and as soone as they came before the mynster they a lyghted a fote and beganne to crye their cryes WhanÌ„e sir Johan of Moulyn and the bastarde of Flaunders sawe their maner that it behoued them to fight they putte theym selfe in order and caused their Crosbowes to shote wherwith dyuers englysshmeÌ„ were hurt howe be it incoÌ„tynent the Englysshmen entred in amonge them There was of so fewe men a sore scrimysshe many slayne and hurt howe be it finally the englysshmen were so many that the flemynges coulde nat endure theym but so they were disconfyted and the two knyghtes taken yet right valyantly they had defended theÌ„ selfe There were but a fewe that retourned to Lysle for nigh they were all taken and slayne Thus it fortuned of the aduenture of Emenyn wherwith the erle of Flaunders was right sore displeased but he coude nat amende it The englysshmen brought their prisoners to the siege of Ipre and within a whyle after they put theÌ„ to their raunsome ¶ Howe thenglysshmen and flemynges of Gaunt made dyuers assautes before Ipre howe the freÌ„che kyng departed fro Compayne and wente towarde Ipre to reise the siege there Cap. CCCC .xxxvi. THus often tymes falleth the adueÌ„tures of dedes of armes somtyme to wyn somtyme to lese the aduentures therof are ryght marueylous as they knowe rightwell that folowe it This styll coÌ„tynued the siege before Ipre and it was thenteÌ„cyon of the bysshop of Norwiche of the englysshmen of Peter de Boyse and of the gauÌ„toyse to wyn Ipre by assaut or otherwyse And accordyng to their enteÌ„tes often tymes they assauted and scrimysshed with them of the towne And amonge all their assautes there was one speciall great assaute whiche endured all a day tyll it was nere night And there was done many a proper dede of armes â–ª as well by them without as by theÌ„ within There was made the same day foure knightes within the towne as sir Johan de la syeple cosyn to the capitayne sir Fraunces Bell sir George Bell and sir Johan Bell was the fourth They were good knyghtes and dyde acquyte them selfe right well the same day There was slayne with a gon a proper squyer of EnglaÌ„de called Lewes Lynne This was a sore assaute and many hurt on bothe ê‘ties as suche as aduentured them selfe to sore The archers of Englande who stoode on the one syde of the dyke shotte vp arowes so thicke that almoost there was none within the towne durst loke out ouer the walles nor scant stande at their defeÌ„ce they of Ipre gadered bp the same day two tonne full of artyllary
and in Haynalt to serue for yâ— voyage into ScotlaÌ„de And in Arthoyse at Lysle at Doway and at Turney There was moche bysquet made and other prouysion a longe the see syde for Harflewe to Sluse whiche was the princypall hauen where they thought to take shippynge ¶ Howe the lady of Brabant caused to be called a counsayle wherat there was the duke of Burgoyn the duke Aubert and she in the cytie of Cambray to treat for the mariage of their chyldren Cap. CCCC .xlix. THe duches of BrabaÌ„t beyng a wydow for yâ— duke Wyncelent of Boesme was deed for whose deth she had greate sorowe at her â–ª harte lay at Brusels and it greatly displeased her yâ— trowble that she sawe in Flaunders gladly she wolde haue made a peace and she might for she vnderstode that the gauntoyse dayly fortifyed them selfe by reason of the englisshmen who promysed them great comforte Also she sawe well her nefewe yâ— duke of Burgoyne who shulde be by right enherytoure of Flaunders and one of the greattest enherytours of the worlde as thanÌ„e likely to be was sore troubled by the gauÌ„toyse Also she sawe well that the duke Aubert chefe of Haynault and the duches his wyfe had fayre chyldren to gyder two sonnes and doughters as thaÌ„ vnmaryed Also she knewe that the duke of LaÌ„castre was in treaty of maryage for Philyppe his doughter had by the lady Blaunche his first wyfe and the eldest sonne of duke Aubert who shuld be right enherytour to the erledome of Haynault of Holande and of zelande And so the sayd lady douted that if there were alyaunce made bytwene Englande and Haynaulte that the frenche men wolde haue indygnacion therat and so ther by the ioly countre of Haynalt outher couertly or openly suche as shulde passe out of Fraunce in to Flaunders comynge or goyng shulde be sore troubled and greued and the rather bycause that duke Aubert by the meanes of the holaÌ„ders and zelanders suche as be marchyng on the see syde dyd comforte dayly yâ— gauntoyse in dyuers maners wherof the duke of Burgoyne his counsayle were well infourmed therof wherfore he loued duke Auberte neuer the better and yet he was therof nothyng gylty for as for the holanders and zelanders the warre of FlauÌ„ders touched theÌ„ no thynge they wolde nat therfore defende their marchaundyses to rynne The sayd good lady consideryng all these thynges and parels that myght ense we she aduysed to bringe these two dukes togyder yâ— duke of Burgoyne and the duke Aubert and yâ— she wolde be the meane to treate bytwene them Also she though to entreat the duke of Burgoyne that the gauntoyse myght coÌ„e to mercy So this lady on this aduyse and ymaginacyon wolde nat let it slepe but set clerkes and messaÌ„gers a warke and she dyd somoche bytwene these two dukes yâ— there was a day assygned to mete at Cambray they and their couÌ„sayls howbeit bothe dukê knewe nat the full entent why this lady caused yâ— counsayle To this counsayle acordyng as they had promysed in the moneth of January about the xii day there came to the cytie of Cambray the duke of Burgoyne the duke Aubert and their counsayls and the duches of Brabant who opened to theÌ„ all the mater why they were there assembled First she shewed to yâ— duke of Burgoyne howe he was a great lorde and lykely to be and howe he had fayre chyldren howe that he shuld be happy to bestowe theÌ„ well and nobly and to the moost auauntage for him and his countrey saynge howe as than in her opynion she knewe no place so metely for them as the couÌ„trey of Haynalt Holande and zelande to bringe their couÌ„treys to a perfyte peace and to gyue feare and doute to their enemyes For fayre nephewe ê™ she I knowe for trouthe that the duke of Lancastre is right puyssant in England and dothe that he can that his doughter were maryed to WyllimÌ„ of Heynalt your soÌ„ne and heyre And sir I had rather se the profyt of you and of your chyldren than of the englysshe men Fayre aunt quod the duke I thanke you I beleue you well I am content and ye canne bringe it a boute to let my doughter Margarete be maryed to the heyre of Haynalt Than the lady went fro one parte to the other to treat for this maryage The duke Aubert to whome these tydinges were newe answered right curtesly and sayd howe he hadde there as than no counsayle suche as he wolde haue What counsayle wolde ye haue quod the duches or what want you to do well and to bringe your countrey in peace I lacke my wyfe ê™ the duke and without her I wyll do nothyng in this mater for she hathe as moche parte of my chyldren as I. Also fayre aunt â–ª it is metely that the nobles of the countrey be enfourmed therof well ê™ the duches I pray god all be for the best And than she thought at their departinge to desyre them to mete agayne in the same place in Lent tyme and to bringe their wyues and their counsayls with them This lady dyde all this so secretly that fewe folkes knewe wherfore the couÌ„sayle was Thus the two dukes departed fro Cambray The duke of Burgoyne went to the cytie of Arras where as the lady his wyfe was and the duke Aubert returned in to HolaÌ„de where as the lady his wyfe was And the Duches of Brabant retourned in to her countrey and euer secretly she wrote and sent to eyther party and tooke great payne to bringe agayne these lordes and their wyues in to the cytie of Cambray for greatly she desyred this mariage to be confyrmed for to bringe in vnite and concorde Flaunders Brabant and Haynalt to gyder SO moche dyd this good lady yâ— she and the sayd dukes their wyues and counsayls came agayne to Cambray and ther was done great honoure for eche of them enforsed them selfe to do honoure eche to other There was the duches Margarete of Burgoyn and the duches Margaret of Heynault who helde sore in this treaty saynge yâ— if her sonne shulde mary Margarete of Burgoyne she wolde also that her doughter shuld mary JohnÌ„ of Burgoyne and so to make a crosse maryagâ— wherby shulde be yâ— more coniunction of loue And so two of the chyldren of Burgoyne shulde be maryed in to one howse The duke of Burgoyne thought it was ynough to mary his doughter and excused Johan his sonne saynge howe hâ— was to yonge of age to be maryed for the dukâ— of Burgoyne had ymaginacion to mary Jo 〈…〉 his sonne with Katheryne of Fraunce suster 〈…〉 his nephewe the french kyng So thus on 〈…〉 poynt the treaty was lyke to haue fayled for the duches of Bauiers sayd howe there shulde be made no maryage of any of her chyldren with out they were both maryed Alwayes she helde this purpose ther coude no man breke her therof The duches of Brabant hadde great payne to go fro the one to the other and