of the towne as were yssued out were inclosed bothe before and behynde so that they were all taken and slayne and suche as were in the towne dyde yelde them to therle of Derby who receyued them to mercy and of his gentylnes respyted the towne fro brennyng and robbynge And dyde gyue that hole seignorie to sir Alysaunder of Chamount by whose aduyce the towne was wont and sir Alysaunder made a brother of his captayne ther called Antony of Chamont and therle left with hym certayne archers and other with pauysshes than therle departed and came to WyelfraÌ„che in Agenoys the which was won by assaut and the castell also and he lefte there for captayne a squyer of his called ThomÌ„s CoqÌ„ Thus therle rode all about the contrey and no man resysted hym and conquered townes and ca 〈…〉 and his men wanne ryches meruayle to esteme ¶ Howe therle of Derby wanne the cytie of Angolesme Cap. C .xiii. WHan the erle of Derby had this towne at his pleasure thasie herode to MyremoÌ„t drawyng towardes Burdeux for all this iourney his currours neuer aproched to port saynt Mary Th erle was thre dayes before Myremont and on the fourth day they yelded therle gaue it to a squier of his called JohnÌ„ Bristowe and after his men wan a lytell towne closed standyng on the ryuer of Gerone called Thomynes and after the stronge castell of Damassene the whiche they well garnysshed with men of armes and archers Than they came before the cytie of Angolesme and layd siege therto and therle sayde he wolde nat depart thense tyll he had it at his pleasure thanÌ„e they within made apoyntment with the erle to sende .xxiiii. of their chiefe burgesses to Burdeur in hostage for the respyte of a peace for a moneth and if with in that space the frenche kynge do sende a suffycieÌ„nt persone to kepe the felde agaynst therle of Derby than they to haue agayne their hostagê and to be quyte of their bonde and yf nat than they to put theym vnder the obeysaunce of the kynge of Englande This done thasie the erle rode to Blames and layed siege therto within were two captayns of Poycton sir Guysshart Dangle and sir WyllyamÌ„ de Rochchouart and they sayde they wolde yelde to no manne And whyle this siege endured some of the englysshemen rode to Mortayne in Poycton where as sir Boucyquant was captayne and made there a great assaut but it auayled nat but dyuers of them were hurt slayne and so departed thens and went to Myrebell and to Alney And after came agayne to the siege of Blames euery day there was some feate of armes done the terme of the moneth erpyred that they of Angolesme shulde yelde The erle of Derby sent thyder his two marshals to whome they of the cyte sware homage and fealtie in the behalfe of the kyng of Englande and so they were in peace and had a gayne restored their hostages And the erle sent thyder at their desyers JohnÌ„ of Norwyche to be their captayne styll the siege endured before Blasmes so that thenglysshmen were halfe wery for wynter approched and there they coulde wynne nothynge than they determyned to go to Bourdeaux tyll another season and so they dyllodged went ouer Gerande and so to Burdeaux and than deê‘ted his people into dyuers garysons to kepe fronter warre ¶ Howe sir Godfray Harecourt was banysshed out of Fraunce Cap. C .xiiii. IN this season sir Godfray of Harecourt fell in the indygnation of the frenche kynge who was a great baron in Normandy and brother to therle of Harecourt lorde of saynt Sauyour the vycount and dyuers other townes in NormaÌ„dy And it was sayde all was but for enuy for a lytell before he was as great with the kyng and with the duke of NormaÌ„dy as he wolde desyre but he was as than openly banysshed the realm of Fraunce and yf the kynge coulde haue gette hym in his yre he wolde haue serued hym as he dyd sir Olyuer of Clyssone who was beheeded the yere before at Parys This ser Godfray had some frendes who gaue hym warnyng secretly howe the kyng was dyspleased with hym than he auoyded the realme assone as he myght and went into Brabant to the duke there who was his cosyn who receyued him ioyfully And ther he taryed alonge space and lyued of suche reuenewes as he had in Brabant for â—ut of Fraunce he coude gette nothynge The kyng had seaced all his landes there of Constantyne and tooke the profet therof hymselfe the duke of Brabant coude in no wyse gette agayne this knyght into the kynges fauoure for nothynge that he coude do This dyspleasure cost greatly the realme of Fraunce after and specially the contrey of Normandy for the tokens therof remayned a hyndred yere after as ye shall here in this hystorie ¶ Of the dethe of Jaques Dartuell of Gaunt Cap. C .xv. IN this season raygned in Flaunders in great prosperyte and puysaunce Jaques Dartuell of gauÌ„t who was as great with the kyng of Englande as he wolde desyre and he had promysed the kyng to make hym lorde and herytour of FlauÌ„ders and to endewe his sonne the prince of Wales therwith And to make the countâ—e of FlauÌ„ders a duke dome for the which cause 〈◊〉 feest saynt JohnÌ„ Babtyst they yere of our lorde god M. CCC .xlvi. the kynge of Englande was come to Sluse with many lordes knyghtes and had brought thyder with hym the yonge prince his sonne on the trust of the promyse of Jaques Dartuell The kyng withall his nauy lay in the hauyn of Sluse and there he kept his house and thyder came to vysette hym his frendes of Flaunders ther were great counsaylles bytwene the kyng and Jaques Dartuell on the one ê‘tie and the counsayls of the good townes of Flaunders on the other partie So that they of the countrey were nat of the agrement with the kyng nor with Jaques Dartuell who preched to theym that they shulde disheryte the erle Loyes their owne naturall lorde and also his yong sonne Loyes and to enheryte the sonne of the kynge of Englande the which thynge they sayd suerly they wolde neuer agre vnto And so the laste day of their counsayll the whiche was kept in the hauyn of Sluse in the kynges great shyppe called the Katheryne there they gaue a fynall answere by common acorde and sayde sir ye haue desyred vs to a thynge that is great and weyghtie the which herafter may sore touche the countrey of Flaunders and our heyres trewely we knowe nat at this day no persone in the worlde that we loue the preferment of so moche as we do yours but sir this thynge we cannat do alone without that all the coÌ„mynaltie of Flaunders acorde to the same sir we shall goo home and euery man speke with his coÌ„pany generally in euery towne and as the moost parte agre we shal be coÌ„tent and within a moneth we shall be here with you agayne and thanÌ„e gyue
frenchemen fledde and kept none array their were slayne in the wayes and in hedges and busshes mo thanÌ„e seuyn thousande And if the day had ben clere there had neuer a onescaped anone after a nother coÌ„pany of frenchmen were mette by the englysshmen The archebysshoppÌ„ of Rone and the great priour of Fraunce who also knewe nothynge of the dysconfiture the day before for they harde that the frenche kynge shulde a fought the same sonday and they were goynge thyderwarde WhanÌ„e they mette with the englysshmen there was a great batayle for they were a great nombre but they coude nat endure agaynst the englysshmen for they were nyghe all slayne fewe scaped the two lordes were slayne This mornyng thenglysshmen mette with dyuerse french men that had loste their way on the saturday and had layen all nyght in the feldes and wyst nat where the kyng was nor the captayns they were all slayne as many as were met with and it was shewed me that of the coÌ„mons and men a fote of the cyties and good townes of France ther was slayne foure tymes as many as were slayne the saturday in the great batayle ¶ How the next day after the batayle of Cressey they that were deed were noÌ„bred by theÌ„glysshmen Ca. Cxxxii. THe same sonday as the kyng of Englande came fro masse suche as had ben sente forthe retourned and shewed the kyng what they had sene and done and sayde sir we thinke surely ther is now no more aparence of any of our ennemyes than the kyng sende to serche howe many were slayne what they were Sir Reynolde Cobham sir Richard Stafforde with thre haraldes went to serche the felde and contrey they visyted all theÌ„ that were slayne and rode all day in the feldes and retourned agayne to the hoost as the kyng was goynge to supper They made iust report of that they had sene and sayde howe ther were xi great princes deed fourscore baners .xii. C. knyghtes and mo than .xxx. thousande other TheÌ„glysshmen kept styll their felde all that nyght on the monday in the mornyng the kyng prepared to depart the kyng caused the deed bodyes of the great lordes to be taken vp and conueyed to Mutterell and there buryed in holy grouÌ„de and made a crye in the countrey to graunt truse for thre dayes to thyntent that they of the countrey might serche the felde of Cressy to bury the deed bodyes Than the kynge went forthe and came before the towne of Muttrell by the see his marshals ranne to warde Hedyn and brent UaÌ„bam and Seram but they dyd nothyng to the castell it was so strong and so well kept they lodged that night on the ryuer of Hedyn towardes Blangy The next day they rode towarde Bolayne and came to the towne of Unysame there the kyng and the prince lodged and taryed there a day to refresshe his men and on the Wednysday the kyng came before the stronge towne of Calys £ Howe the kyng of Englande layd siege to Calys and howe all the poore people were put out of the towne Cap. C .xxxiii. IN the towne of Calys ther was captayne a knyght of Burgone called sir JohnÌ„ de Uieu and with hym was sir Andrewe Dandrehen sir JohnÌ„ de Sury sir Barbon de Belborne sir Godfray de lament sir Pepyn de Urmue and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers Whan the kyng of England was come before Calys he layd his siege and ordayned bastides bytwene the towne and the ryuer he made carpenters to make houses and lodgynges of great tymbre and set the houses lyke stretes and couerd them with rede and brome So that it was lyke a lytell towne and there was euery thynge tosell and a markette place to be kept euery tuesday and saturday â–ª for flesshe and fyssh mercery ware houses for cloth for bredde wyne and all other thyngê necessarie such as caÌ„e out of England â–ª or out of Flanders ther they might bye what they lyst TheÌ„glysshmen ran often tymes into the countrey of Guynes and into Triuynois to the gates of saynt Omers and somtyme to Boleyn they brought into their hoost great prayes The kyng wolde nat assayle the towne of Calys for he thought it but a lost labour he spared his peple his artillery and sayd howe he wolde famyssh theÌ„ in the towne with long siege without the french kyng coÌ„e and reyse his siege ê‘force Whan the capten of Calys sawe the maner thorder of theÌ„glysshmen than he constrayned all poore meane peple to yssue out of the towne And on a wednysday ther yssued out of men women chyldren mo than .xvii. C. and as they passed through yâ— hoost they were demaunded why they deê‘ted they answered and sayde bycause they had nothyng to lyue on Than the kyng dyd them that grace that he suffred them to passe through his host without danger and gaue them mete and drinke to dyner and euery pson .ii. 〈◊〉 slerlyng in almes for the which dyners many of them prayed for the kynges prosperyte ¶ Howe the duke of NormaÌ„dy brake vp his siege before Aguyllou Cap. C .xxxiiii. THe duke of Normandy beyng at sege before the strong castell of Aguyllou so it was that about the myddes of Auguste he made a great assaut to the castell so that the most part of his host were at the assaut thyder was come newely the lorde Philyp of Burgone erle of Arthoys and of Bolone cosyn germayn to the duke of NormaÌ„dy he was as than a yoÌ„g lusty knyght And assone as the skirmyssh was begon he toke his horse with the spurres came on the skirmysshe warde the horse toke the bytte in his teth and bare away his maister and stumbled in a dyke and fell horse man the knyght was so brosed with the fall that he had neuer helthe after but dyed of the same hurt Than anone after the frenche kyng sent for his sonne the duke of NormaÌ„dy coÌ„maundynge hym in any wyse to breke vp his siege before Aguyllou and to retourne into Fraunce to defende his herytage fro theÌ„glysshmen And thervpon the duke toke counsayle of the lordes that were there with hym what was best to do for he hadde promysed nat to depart thens tyll he had wone the castell but the lordes counsayled hym sythe the kynge his father had sende for hym to depart Than the next day be tymes the frenchemen trussed bagge and baggage in great hast and departed towarde France than they that were within the fortresse yssued out with the penon of the lorde Gaultiers of Manny before them they dasshed in amonge the hynder company of the frenchemen and flewe and toke dyuerse of theym to the nombre of threscore and brought them into their fortres and by those prisoners they knewe of the iourney that the kynge of Englande had made that season into Fraunce and howe that he lay at siege before Calys Or the french kyng departed fro Amyense to Parys warde after the batayle
kynge toke leaue of the pope went to the towne of Moâ—â— pellâ—â—er to visite Languedor where he had 〈◊〉 been of a longe space before NO we let vs speke of the kynge of Cyâ— and of the voiage 〈◊〉 he made He rode so longe by his â—ourneâ—â— that he came into almayn into the cite of Pragne and there he fouÌ„de the emperour of Almayne syr Charles of Behaigne who receyued hym graciously and all the lordes of the Empyre that were there present And the kynge of Cyper taryed there a thre wykes and exhorted greatly theym of the Empyre to this holy voyage and in euery place where he passed through Almayne the Emperour payde for hys Costes Than the kynge of Cyper wente into the duchye of Jullyers where the Duke made hym ryght great feast and â—here and thaâ— from thense he went in to 〈…〉 ante where also the Duke and duchessâ— receyued hym with great honour in the towne of Bruzels with diuers suppers Justis tournays other pastymes of honor as they coude ryght well do hit and at his departynge they gaue hym great gyftes and ieowels And than he went into Flanders to se the erle Loys who in like wyse dyd greatly feast and honour hym and specially at Brugê and dyd so moche that the kynge Was Well contente with hym And there he taryed that somer alwayes exhortyng euery man to this holy voyage Wherof dyuerse lordes had great ioy and desire to do it ¶ Of the frenche hostages that were in Englande and of the purchas that the kynge of Ciper made for this croisey Cap. CC .xviii. IN this season the kynge of Englande dyd grace to the iiii frenche dukes that were there ihostage that is to say the Duke of Orleaunce the duke of Aniou the duke of Berrey the duke of Bourbon These lordes were at Calais and that kyng was content that they shulde ryde aboute Calais by the space of .iiii. dayes where they lyste So that euer at yâ— .iiii. dayes ende they to come agayne to Calais by sonne settynge And thys the kynge of Englande dyd for a good entente bicause they shulde the rather in France purchase for theyr delyueraunce These .iiii. lordes thus beyng in Calais sent messangers dyuers tymes to the frenche kynge and to the duke of Normandy his eldest sonne desyrynge them to entende to theyr delyueraunce accordynge as they had promysed and sworne whan they entred into Englande sayeng els they wold take hede therto them selfe for they thought theymself as no prisoners though that these lordes were right nere of lignage to the kynge yet for all that theyr messangers were nat herde nor delyuered to theyr pleasure Wherwith these lordes were right sore displeased and specially the duke of Aniou who sayd he wold right wel prouyde for a remedy The frenche kynge and his counsaile and the duke of Normandy wer sore besied what for the voyage of the Croysey that he had taken vpon hym and for the warres that the kynge of Nauarre made in the realme who had sent into Lombardy for certayn of the companyons to helpe hym in his warre These were yâ— causes that they toke no regard to the lordes that laye in hostage that is to say to the foresayde .iiii. dukes nor to delyuer their messangers Whan they came into Fraunce And whan the kyng of Ciper had visited these lordes and these sayd countreys he rode so by his iourneys that he came to Calais where he founde .iii. of these sayd dukes the duke of Orleaunce the duke of Berrey the duke of Bourbon the duke of Aniou was gone into FrauÌ„ce I can nat tell in what estate These .iii. dukes as prisoners receyued the kynge of Ciper into Calais right ioyously and the kynge acquyted hym to them right swetely and so they wer there to guether .ii. dayes Than the kynge of Cyper passed the see and arryued at Douer there taried two dayes and refresshed hym tyll all his cariage was vnshypped Than he rode by smalle iourneys at his ease tyll he came to London and there he was honorably receyued and feasted of the lordes of Fraunce that were there and also by them of England who were sent to mete with hym by the kynge of EnglaÌ„d as the erle of Herforde syr Gaulter of Manny the lorde Spenser syr Rawoll Feryes ser Guyshart of PeÌ„nebruges and ser Richard of Stury who accompanied and brought hym to his lodgyng in the cite of London I can nat recouÌ„t to you in a hole day the noble diners and suppers chere and feastes that was made to hym by the kynge of Englande and the presentes gyftes and ieowels that was gyuen hym and to sayâ— trouthe he was well worthy to hauehit for he was come thither fro farre with great expense to exhorte the kynge to take on hym the redde crosse and to helpe to open the passage against goddes ennemies but the kynge of Englande excused hym selfe graciously and right sagely SO than agayne the kynge of Cyper repassed the see and arryued at Boloyn herde in his waye howe that the frenche kynge and the duke of Normandy the lorde Philyp his yongest sonne and great parte of his counsayle shulde be at the good towne of Amyense thither rode the kynge of Cyper and there he founde the kynge who was newly come thider and part of his counsaile and there he was nobly receyued and there recounted to them how he had spedde in all his voiage the whiche they were glad to here And whan the kynge of Cyper had ben there a certayn space of tyme than he sayde he tought he hadde nat yet no thynge done tyll he hadde seen the Prynce of Wales say enge that by the grace of god he Wolde go and sehym and the lordes of Poictom and of Acquitayne The frenche kynge accorded wel that he shulde so do but he desired hym at his retourne that he wolde come through FrauÌ„ce And the kyng of Ciper promysed so â—o to And thus he departed from Amience and went towarde Beaunoyse passed the riuer of Seyn and at last came to Poicters At that tyme the prince was at Angolesme where as he shulde kepe a great feast Justis and tournay of .xl. knyghtes and as many squiers for the loue of the princesse Who was brought to bedde of a faire sonne called Edwarde And as soone as the prince knewe of the coÌ„mynge of the kyng of Ciper he sent to mete with hym ser JohnÌ„ Chaudos and a great nombre of other knyghtes squiers of his house Who brought hym With great ioye and reuerence to the prince who receyued hym right honorably in all 〈◊〉 NOwe let vs leaue a while to 〈◊〉 of the kynge of Ciper and returne to the freÌ„che kynge and recount to what entencion he his counsatle were come to amience I was as than enfourmed and true hit was that kynge Johst of Fraunce was inpourposâ— to go into Englande to se kynge Edwarde his brother the quene his
syster And for that cause he had assembled there his counsaile as at that tyme. all they of his counsaile coude nat make hym to vary fro that pourpose and yet they counsaâ—â—ed hym sore to the contrarie Diuers prelates and barones of Fraunce sayd howe he toke on hym a great foly as to put hym selfe in the daunger of the Kynge of Englande the kyng answered them and sayd Syrs I haue fouÌ„de in the kynge of England my brother and in yâ— quene and their children so moche trouth and honour that I can nat prayse them to moche Wherfore I doubte me nothynge of them but that they wyll be to me ryght courtesse and true frende in all cases Also I wyll excuse my sonne the duke of Aniou of his returnyng into FraÌ„ce To his wordes there were none that durst say the contrarie syth he was so determined ihym self Than the kyng ordeyned agayne his son the duke of Norman dye to be regent and gouernour of the realme of Fraunce vntyll his retourne agayne And there he promysed to the lorde Philyp his yong son that at his returne agayne he wolde make hym duke of Borgoyn and heriter of that duchie And whaÌ„ all his purueyaunce was redy accordynge to his entent and prouision at Bolloyn before hym than he departed from Amience and rode tyll he came to Hedyn and there kept his Christmas daye and thither came to se hym Loys erle of Flaunders there the kyng taried a .ii. or .iii. dayes And on InnoceÌ„tis day he departed fro Hedin ¶ Howe kynge JohnÌ„ of Fraunce returned into England where he dyed And how the duke of Normandy defended hym agaynst the naueroyse and how Mante and Meulent were taken And howe syr Bremont de la â—all was discomfetted Ca. CC .xix. KIng JohnÌ„ dyd so moche by his iourneis that he came to Boloyn and lodged in the abbay and taried there tyll he had wynde at wyll and with hym was sir JohnÌ„ Artoyse Erle of Ewe the Erle Dampmartyn the great priour of Fraunce 〈◊〉 Boucequant Marshall of Fraunce sir Tristram of Maguelles sir Peter and syr JohnÌ„ Uillers ser JohnÌ„ of Anuil ser Nicholas Braque and diuers other knyghtes and squiers And whan theyr ships were all charged that the marâ—ners saw they had good wind they gaue knowlege therof to the kyng so thaÌ„ the kyng entred into his ship aboute mydnyght and his people into other shippes and so longe they sayled yâ— they arriued in Englande at Douer and that was the day before the vigill of the Epiphany Anoue tidynges came to the kyng of England and to the quene who were as than at Eltham a .vii. leages fro London that the frenche kyng was come a lande at Douer Than he sente thither diuers knyghtes of his house as ser Bartilmewe of Brunes sir Alayne of Bouquesels sir Richarde of Pennebruge and dyuers other They departed fro the kynge and rode toward Douer and founde there the frenche kynge and there they made great honoure and chere to hym and amonge other thynges they sayd howe the kynge theyrlorde was right ioyous of his comynge and the frenche kynge lyghtly beleued theym And the nexte day the kyng and all hys companie lepte on theyr horses and rode to Caunturburye and came thither to dyner and in entrynge in to the churche of saynt Thomas the kyng dyd ryght great reuerence 〈◊〉 offred to the Shâ—yâ—â— a ryche 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â–ª And 〈…〉 e the kynge tarâ—ed t 〈…〉 And on the 〈…〉 de dare he departed and â—oodâ— towarde 〈…〉 dou and at lastâ— came to 〈…〉 ame Where 〈…〉 kynge oâ— Englandâ— was with a great nom 〈…〉 hym Who recey 〈…〉 His comynge thy 〈…〉 after dyner and bitwene 〈…〉 ther was great dauÌ„syng 〈…〉 There was the yonge lorde of 〈…〉 ed hym selfe to daunce and 〈…〉 t bothe frenche and englysshe 〈…〉 olde hym â–ª â—t became hym so 〈…〉 all that 〈◊〉 he dyd I canne nat she we all 〈…〉 honorably the kynge of Enâ—â—ande and the quene receyued the freÌ„che kyng 〈…〉 day they departed from Elthame 〈…〉 to London So all maner of people 〈…〉 of the â—itie mette and receyued hym 〈◊〉 great reâ—erâ—ce and he was brought with â—reat 〈…〉 through London to his lodgyng to Saâ—â—y the whiche was ordeined for 〈◊〉 And in the same castell were lodged suche 〈◊〉 his blodde as laye there in hostage First the 〈◊〉 of Orleaunce his brother and his sonne 〈◊〉 duke of Berrey his â—osyâ— the duke of Bout 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of Alenson Guy of Bloys the erle 〈…〉 Powle and dyuers other So thus y◠〈…〉 kynge taried there parte of that wynter â—mong the lordes of his owne blodde right ioy 〈◊〉 and often tymes the kynge of Englande 〈◊〉 his children visited hym and the duke of â—larence the duke of Lancastre and the lorde â—â—mon one of the kynges soÌ„nes and so diuers â—â—mes they made great feastes to guether in dyâ—ers â—uppers and in diuers other pastymes at his lodgynge of Sauoy And whan it pleased â—he frenche kyng he went to the kynges palaice of WestmÌ„ secretâ—y by the ryuer of Temes and often tymes these two kâ—nges whan they met â—â—wayled the lorde James of Bourbon sayeng that it was great damage of hym and a great mysse of hym out of theyr coÌ„pany for it became hym right well to be among great lordes NOwe let vs leaue to speke of the frenche kyng and returne to the kyng of Ciper Who came to Aguillon to the prince of Wales his coâ—syn who receyued hym right ioyously and in like wyse so dyd all yâ— barones knyghtes and 〈…〉 ers of Poictou and of â—ainton suche 〈◊〉 were about the prince as the vicouÌ„t of Thoâ—â—â— the yong lorde of Pouns the lorde of Perâ—â—â—ey syr Loys of â—arcourt 〈◊〉 Guyssharde â—â—â—ngle and of Englande sâ—r JohnÌ„â—handos 〈◊〉 Thomas Felton sir Nowell Lorwiche syr Richarde of Pountchardon sir Symon Bassell sir Baâ—d wyn of Franuill sir Daugorises and diuers other aswell of the same couÌ„tâ—ey as of Englande The kyng of Ciper was well honored and feasted of the prince and of the prinâ—esse and of the sayde barones and knyghtes And there he taried more than a monethe and than ser JohnÌ„ Chandos ledde hym a sportynge aboute in xainton and Poictow and went and sawe the good towne of Rochell where he had â—east and there And whan he hadde visited the countrey than he retourned agayne to Angolesme and was at the great feast that the prince helde at that tyme where there were great plen tye of knyghtes and squiets and anone after yâ— feast the kyng of Ciper toke leaue of the prince and of the knyghtes of the countrey but fyrst he shewed all theym principally wherfore he was come thither and why he had taken on hym the â—edde crosse that he baâ—e and how the pope had confermed it and what dignite and priuilege perteyned to that voyage and howe the frenche kyng by deuocion and diuers other great lordes had enterprised and sworne the same ThaÌ„
ar roddes strokes of god sent to chastyce him and to gyue ensample to all other christen kingê and princes to beware that they do nat as he hath done With suche wordê or seÌ„blable the prince was couÌ„selled or kyng daÌ„peter arryued at Bayon but to these wordê the prince answered thus Sayeng lordê I thynke and byleue certeÌ„ly that ye counsell me truely to the best of your powers I knowe well and am well enfourmed of the lyfe state of this kyng DaÌ„peter and knowe well that without noÌ„bre he hath done many yuell dedes wherby nowe he is disceyued But the cause present that moueth gyueth vs corage to be willyng to ayde him is as I shall shewe you It is nat couenable that a bastard shulde hold a realme in herytage and put out of his owne realme his brother ryghtfull enheryter to the lande the whiche thyng all kynges kingê sonnes shulde in no wyse suffre nor coÌ„sent to for it is a great preiudice agaynst the state royall also besyde that the kyng my father and this kyng DaÌ„peter hath a gret season ben alyed togyder by great coÌ„federacions wherfore we are bouÌ„de to ayde him in cause that he requyre desyre vs so to do Thus the prince was moued in his corage to ayde coÌ„fort this kyng DaÌ„peter in his trouble besynes Thus he answered to his counsell and they coude nat remoue him cut of that purpose for his mynde was euer more more fermely set on that mater And whan king DaÌ„peter of Castell was come to the prince to the cyte of Burdeux he humyled hym selfe right swetely to the prince offred to him great giftes and profyte in sayeng that he wolde make Edwarde his eldest sonÌ„e kynge of Galyce and that he wolde deê‘te to hym to his men great good richesse the which he had left behynde hym in the realme of Castell bycause he durst nat bring it with hym but this ryches was in so sure kepynge that none knewe where it was but himselfe to the which wordes the knightes gaue good enteÌ„t for englysshmen gascoÌ„s naturally are couetouse Than the prince was counselled to asseÌ„ble all the barons of the duchy of acquitayne his specyall counsell and so ther was at Burdeux a great counsayle And there the kyng DaÌ„peter shewed openly how he wold meyntayne hym selfe howe he wolde satisfy euery man yf the prince wolde take on hym to bring hym agayne into his countre ThaÌ„ ther were letters writen messangers sent forthe lordes and knyghtê sent for all about as therle of Armynake therle of Comygines the lorde Dalbret the erle of Carmayne the Captall of Beufz the lorde of Cande the vycount of Chastyllon the lorde of Lescute the lorde of Rosem the lorde of Lespare the lorde of Chamont the lorde of Musydent the lorde of Turtoni the lorde of Pyncornet and all the other barons and knightes of Gascoyne and of Uerne And also therle of Foix was desyred to come thyder but he wolde nat but excused hym selfe by cause he had a dysease in his legge and might nat ryde but he sent thyder his counsayle TO this parlyament thus holden in the cyte of Burdeux came all the erles vycouÌ„tes barons wyse men of Aquitayne of Xaynton Poictou Duercy Lymosyn and of Gascoyn And whan they were all come they went to couÌ„sell thre dayes on the state and ordynauÌ„ce for this kyng DaÌ„peter of Spayne who was alwayes ther present in the counsayle with the prince his cosyn reasonyng alwayes to fortify his quarell besynesse Finally the prince was couÌ„selled that he shulde send suffycieÌ„t messangers to the kyng his father into England to knowe his couÌ„sell what he shulde do in that case And his pleasure and answere ones knowen than all the lordê sayd they wolde take couÌ„sell togyder so make the price suche an answere that of reason he shulde be well content Than ther were chosen and named four knightes of yâ— princes that shulde go into Englande to the kyng that is to say sir Dalawar sir Noell Lornisshe sir Johan and sir Hely of Pomyers Thus than deê‘ted and brake vp this counsell and euery man went home to their owne houses kyng Dam peter taryed styll at Burdeux with the prince princesse who dyd him moche honour made him great feest and chere And than the forsaid four knyghtê depted who were apoynted to go into Englande and they toke shippyng sped so well in their iourney by the helpe of god and the wynde that they arryued at Hampton and ther rested one day to refresshe thâ— and to vnship their horses and caryages and the second day toke their horses and rode so longe yâ— they came to the cyte of London ther they demauÌ„ded wher the king was and it was shewed theÌ„ howe he was at Wynsore And thyder they meÌ„t and were right welcome well receyued bothe with the kyng and with yâ— quene aswell bycause they were pteyning to the prince their sonne as also bycause they were lordes and knightes of great recoÌ„mendacion Than they delyuered their letters to the king and the kyng opened reed them whan he had a lytell studyed than he sayd Sirs ye shall go to your logynges I shall sende to you certayne lordes wyse mâ— of my counselle and they shall answere you with shorte expedicyon This answere pleased well these knightes and the next day they retorned to London and within a shorte space after the kyng came to WestmÌ„ and with hym the moost grettest of his counsell as his sonÌ„e the duke of LaÌ„castre therle of AruÌ„dell therle of Salysbury therle of MaÌ„ny sit Reynold Cobham the erle Percy the lorde Neuyll and dyuers other and prelates ther were the bysshop of Wynche stre of Lyncolne and of London And so they kept a great couÌ„sell and a long vpon the Princê letters and on his request that he had made to yâ— kyng his father finally it semed to the kyng and his counsell athyng due resonable for the prince to take on him to bring agayne the king of Spaygne into his owne herytage to this they all opeÌ„ly agreed And thervpon they wrot notable letters dyrected fro the kyng and fro yâ— couÌ„sell of England to the prince to all the barons of aqtayn and so with these letters yâ— said messangers depted agayne to the cyte of Burdeux wher as they founde the prince the kynge DaÌ„peter to whome they delyuered letts fro the kyng of England Than was ther a newe day of counsell set to be had in the cyte of Burdeux and thyder caÌ„e all suche as were sent for Than ther was reed openly in the counsell the kyng of Englandes letters the which deuysed playnly howe he wolde that the prince his son in the name of god and saynt George shuld take on hym to set agayn kyng DaÌ„peter into his herytage the which his bastarde brother wroÌ„gfully had taken fro hym without
to aske or demaunde but folowed eche other lyke beestes as the shepherdes dyde of olde tyme. Sayeng howe they wolde go conquere the holy lande and at last all came to nothynge In lykewise these villayns and poore people came to London a hundred myle of .lx. myle .l. myle .xl. myle and .xx. myle of and fro all couÌ„treis about London but the moost part caÌ„e fro the countreis beforenamed and as they came they demaunded euer for the kyng The gentylmen of the countreis knightes and squyers began to doute whan they sawe the people began to rebell and though they were in dout it was good reason For a lesse occasyon they might haue bene afrayed So the gentylmen drewe toguyder aswell as they might ¶ The same daye that these vnhappy people of Kent were comynge to London there retourned fro Canterbury the kynges mother princes of Wales comynge from her pylgrimage She was in great ieopardy to haue ben lost for these people came to her chare and delt rudely with her Wherof the good lady was in great doute lest they wolde haue done some vilany to her or to her damosels Howe be it god kept her and she came in one day fro Caunterbury to London for she neuer durst tary by the waye The same tyme kyng Richarde her son was at the towre of London There his mother founde hym with hym there was the erle of Salisbury the archebysshoppe of Caunterbury sir Robert of Namure the lorde of Gomegines and dyuers other Who were in dout of these people that thus gadered toguyder and wyst nat what they demaunded This rebellyon was well knowen in the kynges courte or any of these people began to styre out of their houses But the kyng nor his couÌ„sayle dyde prouyde no remedy therfore whiche was great marueyle And to th entent that all lordes and good people and suche as wolde nothing but good shulde take ensample to correct them that be yuell and rebellions I shall shewe you playnlye all the mater as it was ¶ The yuell dedes that these comeÌ„s of Englande dyde to the kynges offycers and howe they sent a knight to speke with the king Ca. C C C lxxxii THe monday before the feest of Corpus Christy the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred .lxxxvii. these people yssued oute of their houses to come to LoÌ„don to speke with the kynge to be made fre for they wolde haue had no boÌ„de man in Englande and so first they caÌ„e to saynt Thomas of Caunterbury And there Johan Balle had thought to haue founde the bysshop of Canterbury but he was at London with the kyng Whan Wat Tyler and Jacke Strawe entred in to Canterbury all the comon people made great feest for all the towne was of their assent And there they toke counsayle to go to London to the kyng and to sende some of their coÌ„pany ouer the ryuer of Thames in to Essexe in to Sussexe and in to the counties of Stafforde and Bedford to speke to the people that they shulde all come to the farder syde of London and therby to close London rounde about so that the kynge shulde nat stoppe their passages and that they shulde all mete toguyder on Corpus christy day They that were at Caunterbury entred into saynt ThomÌ„s churche and dyde there moche hurte and robbed and brake vp the bysshoppes chambre And in robbynge and bearing out their pyllage they sayd A this chauÌ„celler of Englande hath had a good market to gette toguyder all this richesse He shall gyue vs nowe accompte of the reuenues of Englande and of the great profytes that he hath gathered sythe the kynges coronacyon Whan they had thys monday thus broken the abbey of saynt Uyncent they deê‘ted in the mornyng and all the people of Canterbury with them so toke the way to Rochester sende their people to the vyllages about And in their goynge they beate downe and robbed houses of aduocates and procurers of the kynges courte and of the archebysshoppe and had mercy of none And whan they were come to Rochester they had there good chere for the people of the towne taryed for them for they were of the same secâ—e and than they went to the castell ther and toke the knyght that had the rule therof he was called sir Johan Moton and they sayde to hym Sir it behoueth you to go with vs you shall be our souerayne capitayne and to do that we wyll haue you The knight excused hymselfe honestly and shewed them dyuers consyderacions excuses but all auayled hym nothyng for they sayde vnto hym Sir Johan if ye do nat as we wyll haue you ye are but deed The knyght seyng these people in that fury and redye to slee hym He than douted dethe agreed to theÌ„ and so they toke hym with them agaynst his inwarde wyll And in lykewise dyd they of other countreis in Englande as Essexe Sussexe Stafforde Bedforde Warwyke euyn to Lyncolne For they brought the knightê and gentylmen into suche obeysance that they cansed them to go with them wheder they wolde or nat as the lorde Molayne a great barone sir Stephyne of Hales and sir Thomas of Guysighen and other NOwe beholde the great fortune If they might haue come to their ententes they wolde haue distroyed all the noble men of Englande And therafter all other nacyons wolde haue folowed the same and haue taken fote and ensample by them and by them of Gaunte and Flaunders who rebelled agaynst their lorde The same yere the parisyens rebelled in lykewyse and founde out the mallettes of yron of whom ther were mo than .xx. thousande as ye shall herafter in this hystorie but first we wyll speke of them of Englande WHan these people thus lodged at Rochester deê‘ted and passed yâ— ryuer and came to BraÌ„forde alway kepynge styll their opynions beatyng downe before theÌ„ and all about the places and houses of aduocates procurers and strikyng of the heedes of dyuers ê‘sons and so long they went forwarde tyll they came within a foure myle of London and ther lodged on a hyll called Blacheth and as they went they sayd euer they were the kynges men and the noble comons of Englande and whan they of London knewe that they were come so nere to them The mayre as ye haue herde before closed the gates and kept straitely all the passages This order caused the mayre who was called Nicholas Walworthe and dyuers other riche burgesses of the cyte who were nat of their sect But ther were in London of their vnhappy opinyons mo than .xxx. thousande Than these people thus beyng lodged on Blacheth determyned to sende their knight to speke with the kyng And to shewe hym howe all that they haue done or wyll do is for hym his honour And howe the realme of Englande hath nat ben well gouerned a greet space for the honoure of the realme nor for the comon profyte by his vncles and by the clergy
greatlye honoured of the Erle Duglas and of the barownes of Scotlande and the castell was delyuered to the duke to lye in And so there he lay a season tyll other tidynges came to hym out of EnglaÌ„de but that was nat so soone as he wolde Than it was maruell to regarde the yuelles of these vnhappy people howe in malyce and hatered they spake of this duke without cause The voyce and brute ran about in Englande the tyme of this rebellyon Howe yâ— the duke of LaÌ„castre was a trayto r to the kyng and howe he was become scottysshe but anone after it was founde false and contrary But these vngracyous people to bringe the realme into trouble sowed abrode these wordê and that they knowleged at the hour whan they were executed to dethe That is to say Lyster Watte Tyler Jacke Strawe Uaquyre and Johan Balle These fyue were throughout all the realme chiefe and souerayne capitayns for in fyue partê of the realme they were maisters and gouernours And specially they had in hatered the duke of Lancastre and that they well shewed For at their first entryng in to LoÌ„don they brent his house of the Sauoy clene to the erthe And besyde yâ— they had sprede abrode in England by their false wordes howe the duke was of the scottysshe parte and in dyuers placê they turned his armes vp so downe lyke a trayto r the which was after derely bought for they that dyde it lost their heedes for their labour NOwe I shall shewe you the vengeaunce that the kyng of Englande toke of these vngracious people In the meane season while the duke of Lancastre was in Scotlande wHan these people were repeased and that Uaquyre was executed to dethe and Lystre of Stafforde Watte Tyler Jacke Strawe Johan Balle and dyuers other at London Than the kyng was couÌ„sayled to go visyte his realme through euery shire bayliwyke and vyllage to pourge punysshe all the sayd yuell doers And to gete agayne all suche letters as byforce he had gyuen theÌ„ in dyuers places and so to bring agayne his realme in good order Than the kyng sent secretely for a certayne nombre of men of armes to come to him at a day apoynted and so they dyde to the nombre of a fyue hundred speares and as many archers and whan they were all come as the kyng had deuysed The kyng departed fro LoÌ„don with his housholdmen all onely and toke the way in to Kent wher as first these vngracyous people began te styrre And these forsaid men of warre folowed after the kynge and costed hym but they rode nat in his coÌ„pany The kyng entred in to Kent and came to a vyllage called Comprimbre and called the mayre and all the men of the towne before hym And whan they were all come in to a fayre place the kyng made to be shewed them by one of his couÌ„sayle howe they had erred agaynst the kyng howe they had nere tourned all Englande to trybulacyon and to losse And bycause that the kynge knewe well that this busynesse was begon by some of them and nat by all Wherfore it were better that some dyde beare the blame than all Therfore he coÌ„maunded them that they shulde shewe what they were that were culpable on pain to be for euer in the kynges indygnacion and to be reputed as traytours agaynst hym And whan they that were ther assembled herde that request and sawe well that suche as were culpable shulde excuse all thother Than they beheld eche other and at last sayd Sir beholde hym here by whom this towne was first moued in contynent he was taken and hanged so there were haÌ„ged to the nombre of seuyn and the letters that the kyng had gyuen theÌ„ were demauÌ„ded agayne and so they were delyuerd agayne and torne and broken before all the people and it was sayd to them all Sirs ye that be here assembled We coÌ„maunde you in the kyngê name on payne of dethe euery man to go home to his owne house peasably and neuer to grudge nor ryse agaynst the kyng nor none of his offycers and this trespace that ye haue done the kynge dothe pardon you therof Than they cryed all with one voyce God thanke the kynges grace and all his counsayle IN lyke maner as the kyng dyde at Comprimbre he dyd at CauÌ„terbury at SaÌ„dwyche at Germeney at Conculle and in other places in Kent In likewise he dyde in all other placê of his realme wher as any rebellyon had ben And there were hanged and beheeded mo than fyftene hundred Than the kyng was couÌ„sayled to sende for his vncle the duke of Lancastre out of Scotlande so the kyng sent for hym by a knyght of his house called sir Nycholas Carnefell The knight rode so long that he caÌ„e to Edenbroughe and there he founde the duke and his company and delyuered his letters of credence fro the kynge The duke obeyed as it was reason and also gladly he wolde retourne in to Englande to his owne herytage And so toke his way to come to Ros bourge and at his departyng he thaÌ„ked the lordes of Scotlande of the conforte that they had done to hym as in susteyninge hym in their realme as longe as it pleased hym The erle Duglas therle Moret and other of Scotlande brought him to the abbey of Maurose Thus the duke came to Rose bourge and to Newcastell vpon Tyne and so to Dyrham and to yorke and in euery place he founde cyties and townes redy apparelled as it was reason ¶ And the same season there dyed in London a knight called sir Rycharde Dangle erle of HuÌ„tyngdon and maister to the kynge He was reuerently buryed in the freres prechers in London And on the day of his obsequy there was the kynge his two bretherne the princesse his mother and a great nombre of prelates barownes and ladyes of Englande and there dyde hym great honour And truely this getyll knight was well worthy to haue honoure for in his tyme he had all noble vertues that a knight ought to haue he was mery true amorous sage secrete large prewe hardy aduenturous and chyualrous Thus ended the gentyll knight sir Rycharde Dangle ¶ The yuell wyll that the duke of LaÌ„ castre conceyued in his courage For the refuce that was made him at berwyke And howe the erle of CaÌ„brige arryued in Portyngale Cap. CCC .lxxxvi. WHan the duke of Lancastre was retourned out of Scotlande into Englande and had shewed to the counsayle howe he hadde spedde with the trewse that he had taken with the Scottes He forgate nat than howe sir Mathue Reedmane capitayne of Berwyke had closed the gates agaynst him by the strayte commaundement of the erle of Northumberlande Than the duke enquered if the kyng his nephue wolde auoqe that dede or nat and so it semed to him that the kynge dyde auowe it but faintly So the duke helde his pease and abode tyll the feest of oure lady in the myddes of the
after at the towne of yorke standyng northward The kyng sent moche people before to kepe the fronters agaynst Scotland And sent a great ambassade to sir JohnÌ„ of Heynault praying hym right effectuously yâ— he wold helpe to socour and to kepe company with hym in his voiage agaynst the Scottis and that he wold he with hym at the AsceÌ„cion day nexte after at yorke with suche company as he myght gette of men of warre in those parties Whan ser JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte lorde of Beamonde hard yâ— kyngis desyre he sent streyght his letters his messengers in euery place where as he thought to recouer or attaigne to haue any company of men of warre Inflaunders in Heynaulte in Brabant and in other places desyryng them that in theyr best apparell for the warre they wolde mete hym at Wysant for to go ouer the see with hym into Ingland And all suche as he sent vnto came to hym with a glad chere and dyuerse other that hard therof in trust to attaigne to as moche honour as they had that were with hym in Ingland before at the other voiage So that by that tyme yâ— sayd lorde Beamond was come to Wysant ther was redy shyppes for hym and his company brought out of Ingland And so they toke shyppyng and passed ouer the see and arryued at Douer so than seased nat to ryde tyll they came within .iii. dayes of Penthecoste to the towne of yorke wher as the kyng and the quene his mother and all his lordis were with great host taryeng the comynge ofsir JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte and had sent many before of theyr men of armes archers and comen people of the good townes and villagê and as people resorted they were caused to be loged .ii. or .iii. leges of alabout in the countre And on a day thyther came sir JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte and his company who were ryght welcome well receyued both of the kyng of the quene his mother and of all other baroÌ„s and to them was delyuered the sub barbes of the cite to lodge in And to sir JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte was delyuered an abbey of whyte monkes for hym and his howsold Ther came with hym out of Heynaulte the lorde of Angiew who was called syr Gualtier sir Henry lorde Dantoing and the lord of Saignoles and sit Fastres de Rae sir Robert de Batlleul and sir Guilliam de Bailleul his brother and the lorde of Hauereth chasteleyne of Mons ser Allard de Brysnell ser Mychell de Ligne ser JohnÌ„ de MeÌ„ tigni the yonger and his brother sir Sawse de Boussat the lorde of GoÌ„megines syr Percyual de Seuernes the lorde of Byaurien and the lorde of Floien Also of the countre of FlauÌ„ders Ther was ser Hector of Uilais sir de Rodes ser Umslart de Guistell the lorde of Traces sir Guyssuyn de la Muele and dyuerse came thither of the countrey of Brahant as the lorde of Dufle syr Tyrry of Uaucourt syr Rasse de Gres syr JohnÌ„ de Cassebegne syr JohnÌ„ Pylestre syr Guyllaum de Courterelless The .iii. bretherne de Harlebeque syr Gualtier de hault bergue and dyuers other And of Behaignons ther was syr JohnÌ„ de Libeaur and sir Henry his brother sir Henry de la Chapell syr Hewe de Hay syr JohnÌ„ de Limies syr Lambert de Dres and sir Guilbert de Hers. And out of CaÌ„bresis and Artoys ther were come certayn knyghtê of theyr owne good wylles to auauÌ„ce theyr bodyes so that sir JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte had well in his company .v. C. men of armes well apparailed and richely mounted And after the feast of Penthecost came thyther syr Guyllaume de Juliers who was after duke of Juliers after yâ— dissease of his father and sir Henry Tyrry of Branberque who was after erle of Los and with them a ryghtfayre rowâ—â— and all to kepe companye with the gentle knyght sir JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte lorde Beamont ¶ The discencion that was bitwene the archers of Inglande and themof Heynaulte Cap. xvi THe gentle kyng of InglaÌ„d the better to fest these strauÌ„ge lordes and all their company helde a great courte on Trynite sonday in the friers wher as he the queue his mother were lodged kepynge theyr house eche of them apart All this feast the kyng hadde well .v. C. knyghtis and .xv. were newe made And the quene had well in her courte .lx. ladyes and damozelles who were there redy to make feast and chere to sir JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte and to his companye There myght haue been seen great nobles pleÌ„ty of all maner of strauÌ„ge vitaile There were ladyes and damozelless fre shly apparayled redy to haue daunced if they myght haue leue But incontynent after dyuer there began a great fraye bitwene some of the gromes and pages of the strauÌ„gers and of the archers of Inglande who were lodged among them in the said subbarbis and anon all the archers asseÌ„bled them to gether with their bowes droue the straungers home to theyr lodgyngê and the most part of the knyghtis and maisters of them were as then in the kyng is courte but as soone as they harde tydyngê of the fray eche of them drewe to theyr owne lodgyng in great hast suche as myght entre and suche as coulde nat get in were in great parell For the archers who were to the nombre of .iii. M. shotte faste theyr arowes nat sparyng maisters nor varlettis And it was thought and supposed that this sraye was begonne by some of the frendis of yâ— Spencers of the erle of Arundels who were put to deth before by the aâ—de and counsell of sir JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte as ye haue harde before as than parauenture thought to be som what reueged and to set discorde in the hoost And so the Inglysshemen that were hostes to these strauÌ„gers shoot fast their doores and wyndowes wolde nat suffre theym to entre in to theyr lodgyngis howbeit some gate in on the backe syde and quickly armed them but they durst nat issue out into the strete for feare of the arowes Than the strauÌ„gers brake out on the backe side and brake downe pales and hedges of gardens and drewe them into a certeyne playne place aboode their company tyll at the last they were a C. and aboue of men of armes and as many vnharnest suche as coulde nat get to theyr lodgyugê And whan they were asseÌ„bled to gether they hasted them to go and succoure theyr compaignyons who defended theyr lodgyngis in yâ— great strete And as they went forth they passed by the lodgyng of the lorde Denghyen wher as there were great gatis both before behynd openyng into the great strete and the archers of Ingland shot fersly at the howse ther were many of the Henaus hurte the good knyght of Austre de Rue and syr JohnÌ„ Parceuall de Meries and syr Sanse de Boussac these .iii. coulde nat entre in to theyr lodgyngis to arme them but they dyd as valiantly as though they
Than that day was apoynted about the myddes of August this counsell to be at Hale bycause of the yong erle of Heynalt who shulde also be ther and with hym sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt his vncle WhanÌ„e these lordes were all come to this parlyament at Hale they had longe counsayle togyder finally they sayd to the kyng of Englande Syr wese no cause why we shulde make defyance to the frenche kyng all thynges consydred without ye can gette thagrement of themperour and that he wolde commaunde vs to do so in his name The emperour may well thus do for of long tyme past there was a couenant sworne and sealed that no kyng of FrauÌ„ce ought to take any thyng parteyning to th eÌ„pyre and this kynge Philyppe hath taken the castell of Creuecure in Cambreysis and the castell of Alues in Pailleull and the cytie of Cambray wherfore themperour hath good cause to defye hym by vs. Therfore sir if ye can get his acord our honour shal be the more the kyng sayd he wolde folo we their counsayle Than it was ordayned that the Marques of Jullers shulde go to themperour and certayne knyghtes and clerkes of the kynges and some of the counsell of the duke of Gwerles But the duke of Brabant wold sende none fro hym but he lende the castell of Louayne to the kynge of Englande to lye in And the Marques and his coÌ„pany fouÌ„de the emperour at Florebetche and shewed hym the cause of their commyng And the lady Margarete of Heynault dydde all her payne to further forthe the matter whom sir Lewes of Banyer than emperour had wedded And ther the Marques of Jullers was made an erle and the duke of Guelders who byfore was an erle was than made a duke And themperour gaue commyssion to foure knyghtê and to two doctours of his counsell to make kyng Edwarde of Englande his bycarre generall throughout all the empyre And therof these sayd lordes hadde instrumentes publyke confyrmed and sealed suffyciently by the emperour ¶ Howe kyng Dauyd of Scotlande made alyaunce with kyng PhylyppÌ„ of FrauÌ„ce Ca. xxxiii IN this season the yonge kyng Dauyd of Scotlande who had lost the best part of his lande and coulde natte recouer it out of the holde of theÌ„glysshmend eparted priuely with a small company and the quene his wyfe with hym and toke shippyng and arryued at Bolayne and so rodde to Pares to kyng Philyppe who gretly dyd feast hym And offred hym of his castels to abyde in and of his goodes to dyspende on the condycion that he shulde make no peace with the kynge of Englande without his counsell and agremeÌ„t for kyng Philyppe knewe well howe the kynge of Englande apparelled greatly to make hym warre So thus the kyng ther retayned kyng Dauyd the quene a long season and they had all that they neded at his coste charge for out of Scotlande came but lytell substaÌ„ce to mayntayne withall their estates And the french king sent certayne messangers into ScotlaÌ„de to the lordes ther such as kept warr agaynst theÌ„glissh men offryng them great ayde and confort so yâ— they wolde take no peace nor truâ—e with the kyng of Englande without it were by his agrement or by thaccorde of their owne kyng who had in likewyse promysed and sworne Than the lordê of Scotlande couÌ„selled togyder and ioyously they accorded to his request and so sealed and sware with the kyng their lorde Thus this alyance was made bytwene Scotlande and France the which endured a long season after and the frenche kyng sent men of warre into Scotland to kepe warr agaynst thenglysshmen As ser Arnolde Dandregien who was alter marschall of Fraunce and the lorde of Garencieres and dyuerse other knyghtes and squyers The frenche kyng thought that the scottes shulue gyue somoch a do to the realme of England that theÌ„glysshmen shulde nat come ouer the see to anoy hym ¶ How kyng Edwarde of England was made bycare generall of th eÌ„pyre of Almaygne Cap. xxxiiii WHan the kyng of England and the other lordes to hym alyed wer departed fro the parlyament of Hale The kyng weÌ„t to Louan and made redy the castell for his a byding and sent for the quene to come thyder if it pleased her for he sent her worde he wolde nat come thens of an hole yere And sent home certayne of his knyghtes to kepe his lande fro the scottes And the other lordê and knyghtes that were there styll with the kynge rode aboute the realme of Flanders and Henalt makyng grete dyspence gyueng great rewardes and iuels to the lordes ladyes and damoselles of the countrey to get their good wylles They dyd somoche that they were greatly praysed and specially of the common people bycause of the port and state that they kept And than about the feest of all sayntes the marques of Jullers and his coÌ„pany sent worde to the kyng how they had sped And the kyng sent to hym that he shulde be with hym about the feest of saynt Martyne and also hesent to the duke of BrabaÌ„t to knowe his mynde wher he wolde the plyament shulde beholde and he answered at Arques in yâ— countie of Loz nere to his countrey And than the kyng sent to all other of his alyes that they shulde be there and so the hall of the towne was apparelled and hanged as though it had ben the kynges chamber And there the kyng satte crowned with golde 〈◊〉 fote hygher than any other and there opâ—nly was redde the letters of theÌ„perour by the which the kyng was made bycare generall and liefrenaunt for the emperour and had power gyueâ— hym to make lawes and to mynistre Justyce to euery person in thempours name and to make money of golde and syluer The emperour also there commaunded by his letters that all persons of his empyre and all other his subgiettes shulde obey to the kyng of England his vycare as to hymselfe and to do hym homage And in contynent ther was clayme and answere made bytwene parties as before the emperour and right and iudgement gyuen Also there was renued a iudgement and a statute affermed that had been made before in the emperours courte and that was this That who soeuer wolde any hurt to other shuld make his defyance thredayes byfore his dede and he that dyde otherwyse shulde be reputed as an euyll do et and for a by lans dede And whan all this was done the lordes departed and toke day that they shulde all appere before Cambray thre wekes after the feest of saynte JohnÌ„ the whiche towne was become frenche thus they all departed and euery man went to his owne And kynge Edwarde as bycare of th empyre went than to Louayne to the quene who was newely come thyder out of Englande with great noblenesse and well accoÌ„panyed with ladyes and damosels of Englande So there the kynge and the quene kepte their house ryght honorably all that wynter and caused money golde and syluer to be made at Andewarpe
leaue to all the souldyours to depart And toke with hym to Ualencennes all the great lordes and ther feasted them honourably and specially the duke of Brabant and Jaques Dartuell And ther Jaques Dartuell openly in the market place in the presence of all the lordes and of all such as wold here hym declared what right the kyng of Englande had to the crowne of FraÌ„ce and also what puyssaunce the thre countreis were of Flaunders Heynault and Brabant surely ioyned in one alyance And he dyde so by his great wysdome and plesaunt wordes that all people that harde hym praysed hym moche and sayd howe he had nobly spoken by great experyeÌ„ee And thus he was greatly praysed it was sayd that he was well worthy to gouerne yâ— countie of Flaunders Than the lordes departed and promysed to mete agayne within .viii. dayes at Gaunt to se the kyng of England and so they dyd And the kyng feasted them honorably and so dyd the quene who was as than nuly purifyed of a sonne called JohnÌ„ who was after duke of Lancastre by his wyfe doughter to duke Henry of LaÌ„castre Than ther was a couÌ„sell set to be at Uyllenort and a day lymitted ¶ Howe kynge Robert of Cicyll dyd all that he might to pacyfie the kyngê of Fraunce and Englande Cap. â—i WHan the french king harde howe his army on the see was dyscoufyted he dylloged and drewe to Arras gaue leaue to his men to depart tyll he harde other tidynges And sent sir Godmar du Fay to Tourney to se that there lacked nothyng he feared more the itemynges than any other And sent the lord of Beautewe to Mortayn to kepe the fronters agaynst Heynalt and he sent many meÌ„ of warr to saynt Omers to Ayre and to saynt â—enaunt and purueyed suffyciently for all the forteresses frontyng on Flanders In this season ther raygned a kyng in Cicyll called Robert who was reputed to be a great astronomyer and alwayes he warned the frenche kyng and his counsell that in no wyse he shulde fight agaynst the king of Englande for he sayd it was gyuen the king of Englande to be right fortunate in all his dedes This kyng Robert wold gladly haue sene these two kynges at a good acorde for he loued somoch the crowne of Fraunce yâ— he was right sorte to se the desolacyon cherof This kynge of Cicyll was at Auygnone with pope Clement with the colledge ther and declared to them the peryls yâ— were likely to fall in the realme of FraÌ„ce by the warr byt wene the sayd two kyngê de syring them that they wold helpe to fynde some meanes to apease them Wher vnto yâ— pope and the cardynals answered howe they wolde gladly intende therto so that the two kynges wolde heâ—e them ¶ Of the counsayle that the kynge of Englande and his alyes helde at Uyllenort Cap. lii AT this counsayle holden at Uyllenort were these lordes as foloweth The kyng of England yâ— duke of Brabant therle of Henalt ser John his vncle yâ— duke of Guerles therle of Jullers the marques of Faulquehoure the marques of Musse therle of Mons sir Robert Dartoys the lorde of Falquemont sir Wyllyam of Dunort therle of Namur Jaques Dartuell and many other great lordes of euery good towne of Flanders a thre or .iiii. personages in maner of a counsayle Ther was a grement made bytwene the thre contreis FlaÌ„ders BrabaÌ„t and Heynalt that fro thens forth eche of them shulde ayde and confort other in all cases And ther they made assuraÌ„ce ech to other that if any of them had to do with any countrey thother two shulde gyue ayde And her after if any of them shulde be at dyscorde one with an other the thyrde shulde set agremeÌ„t bytwene theÌ„ And if he were nat able so to do than the mater shulde be put vnto the kynge of Englande in whose handes this mater was sworne and promysed and he to agre them And inconfyrmacion of loue and amyte they ordayned a lawe to ryn throughout those .iii. contres the which was called the lawe of the companyons or alyes and ther it was determyned that the kyng of EnglaÌ„de shulde remoue about Maudelentyde after and ley siege to Turney and ther to mete all yâ— sayd lordes and thers with the powers of all yâ— good to wnes And than euery man departed to their owne houses to aparell them in that behalfe ¶ Howe the kyng of England hesieged the cyte of Tourney with great puysance Cap. liii THe frenche kyng after the departure of these lordes fro the counsell of Uyllenort he knewe yâ— most part of their determynacion Than he seÌ„t to Tourney the chefe men of warr of all FrauÌ„ce as therle of Ewe the yong erle of Guynes his sonne constable of Fraunce therle of Foytz and his bretherne therle Amery of Narbon sir Aymer of Poyters sir Geffray of Charney sir Gararde of Mountfaucon the two marshals sir Robert Bertrand and sir Mathue de Troy the lorde of Caieur the senesshall of Poyctou the lord of Chastelayn and sir JohnÌ„ of Landas and these had with them valyant knyghtes and squyers They came to Tourney and founde there sir Godmar du Fay who was ther before Than they toke regarde to the prouisyon of the towne as well to the vytels as to thartyllerie and forti ficatyon and they causen to be brought out of the contrey there about where otes and other prouysion ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to yâ— kyng of Englande whan the tyme aproched that he and his alyes shuld mete before Tourney and that the corne beganne to rype he departed fro Gaunt with .vii. erles of his contrey .viii. prelates xxviii baronettes ii C. knyghtesê foure thousande men of armes and. 〈◊〉 M. archers besyde fotemen All his hoost passed through yâ— towne of Andwarpe and so passed the â—â—uer of â—escalt and lodged before Tourney at the gate called saynt Martyne the way to â—arde Lysle and Doway Than anone after came the duke of Brabant with mo than xâ— M. men knyghtes squyers and coÌ„mons and he lodged at the brige of Aryes by the ryuer of Lescalt bytwene thabbey of saynt Nycholas and the gate UaleÌ„ tenoys Next to hym came therle of Heynaultê with a gooly company of his contrey with many of Holande and zelande and he was loged bytwene the kyuge and the duke of Brabaunt Than came Jaques Dartuell with mo thaÌ„ lâ— thousande slemmynges besyde them of â—pre Dropingne Cassell Bergues and they were sent on the other syde as ye shall here after Jaques Dartuell lodged at the gate saynt Fountayne yâ— duke of Guerles therse of Jullers the marques of BlaÌ„queboure yâ— marques of musse therle of Mons therle of Sauynes the lord of Falquemount sir Arnolde of Baquechew and all the Almayns were lodged on the other syde towarde Heynalt Thus the cytie of Tourney was cnuyroned rounbe about and euery hoost myght resort eche to other so that none coulde yssue out without spyeug ¶ Howe
resyst you the people of Normandy haue nat ben vsed to the warr and all the knyghtes and squyers of the contrey ar nowe at the siege before Aguyllon with the duke And sir ther ye shall fynde great townes that be nat walled wherby yoâ— men shall haue suche wynning that they shal be the better therby .xx. yere after and sir ye may folowe with your army tyll ye come to Cane in Normandy Sir I requyre you byleue me in this voyage the kyng who was as than butâ—in the floure of his youth desyring nothyng somoche as to haut dedes of armes inclyned greatly to the sayeng of the lorde Harecourt whom he called cosyn than he coÌ„maunded the maryners to set their course to NormaÌ„dy And he toke into his shyp the token of thadmyrall therle of warwyke and sayd howe he wolde be admyrall for that vyage so sayled on before as gouernor of yâ— nauy they had wynde at wyll than yâ— kyng in the ysse of CoÌ„stantyne at a port called Hogue saynt wast Tydinges anone spredde â—â—rode howe thenglysshmen were a lande the to 〈◊〉 of Constantyne sent worde therof to Marystâ— kynge PhilyppÌ„ he had well harde before howe the kynge of Englande was on the see with a great army but he wyst nat what way he wolde drawe other into Normandy Bretayne or Gascoyne Assone as he knewe that the kyng of Englande was a lande in Normandy he sende his constable therle of Guyues and the erle of Tankernell who were but newely come to hym 〈◊〉 his sonne fro the siege at Aguyllon to yâ— towne of Cane coÌ„maundyng them to kepe that towne agaynst the englysshmen they sayd they wolde do their best they departed fro Parys with a good nombre of men of warre and dayly there came mo to them by the way And so came to the towne of Cane where they were receyued with great ioye of men of the towne and of the countrey there about that were drawen thyder for suretie these lordes toke hede for the prouisyon of the towne the which as than was nat walled The kyng thus was aryued at the port Hogue saynt wast nere to saynt Sauyour the vycouÌ„t the right herytage to the lorde Godfray of Harcourt who as than was ther with the kynge of Englande ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande rode in thre batayls through Normandy Cap. C .xxii. WHanÌ„e the kynge of Englande arryued in the â—oguâ—saynt wast the kynge yssued out of his shyppe and the 〈◊〉 foâ—â— that he sette on the grounde he fell so rudely that the blode brast but of his nose the knyghtes that were aboute hym toke hym vp and sayde sir for goddessake entre agayne into your shyppe and come nat a lande this day for this is but an yâ—ell signe for vs than the kyng answered quickely and sayd wherfore this is a good token for me for yâ— land desyreth to haue me Of the whiche auswere all his men were right ioyfull so that day nyght the kyng lodged on the sandes and in yâ— meane tyme dyscharged yâ— shyppes of their horsess and other bagages there the kyng made two marshals of his hoost the one the lorde Godfray of Harecourt and the other therle of warwyke the erle of Arundell constable And he ordayned that therle of Huntyngdon shulde kepe the â—â—eâ—e of shyppes with C. men of armes and .iiii. C. archers And also he ordayned thre batayls one to go on his right hande closyng to the see syde and the other on his lyfte hande and the kynge hymselfe in the myddes and euery night to lodge all in one felde Thus they sette forth as they were ordayned and they that went by the see toke all the shyppes that they founde in their wayes and so long they went forthe what by see what by lande that they came to a good port and to a good towne called Harâ—â—ewe the which incontynent was wonne for they within gaue by for feare of â—ethe howebeit for all that the towne was robbed and moche golde and syluer there founde and ryche iewels there was founde somoche rychesse that the boyes and vyllayns of the hoost sette nothyng by good furred gownes they made all the men of the towne to yssue out and to go into the shyppes bycause they wolde nat sustre them to be behynde them for feare of rebellyng agayne After the towne of Harâ—â—ewe was thus taken and robbed without brennyng than they spredde a brode in the countrey dyd what they lyst for there was nat to resyst them at laste they came to a great and a ryche towne called Cherbourgue the towne they wan and robbed it and brent parte therof but into the castell they coude nat come it was so stronge and well furnysshed with men of warre thanÌ„e they passed forthe and came to Mountbourgue and toke it robbed and brent it clene In this maner they brent many other townes in that countrey â—an so moch rychesse that it was maruell to rekyn it thanne they came to a great towne well closed called Quarâ—tyne where ther was also a strong castell and many soudyours within to kepe it thanÌ„e the lordes came out of their shyppes and feersly made assaut the burgesses of the towne were in great feare of their lyues wyues and chyldren they suffred thenglysshemen to entre into the towne agaynst the wyll of all the soud yours that were ther they putte all their goodes to thenglysshmens pleasures they thought that moost aduauntage Whan the son dyours within sawe that they went into the castell the englysshmen went into the towne and two dayes to guyder they made sore assautes so that whan they within se no socoure they yelded vp their lyues and goodes sauyed and so departed thenglysshmen had their pleasure of that good towne castell And whan they sawe they might nat mentayne to kepe it they set fyre therin and brent it and made the burgesses of yâ— towne to entre into their shyppes as they had done with theÌ„ of Harflewe Chyerburgue and Mountbourge and of other to wnes that they had wonne on the see syde all this was done by the batayle that went by the see syde and by theÌ„ on the see togyder Nowe let vs speke of the kinges batayle whan he had sent his first batayle a longe by the see syde as ye haue harde wherof one of his marshals therle of Warwyke was captayne and the lorde Cobham with hym than he made his other marshall to lede his hoost on his lyft hande for he knewe the yssues and entrees of Normandy better than any other dyd ther the lorde Godfray as marshall rode forthe with fyue hundred men of armes and rode of fro the kynges batayle as sire or seuyne leages in brennynge and exilyng the countrey the which was plentyfull of euery thynge the granges full of corne the houses full of all ryches riche burgesses cartes and charyottes horse swyne mottous and other beestes they toke what theÌ„ lyst and brought into the
theÌ„ for the englysshmen were entred into the towne some of the knyghtes and squyers of Fraunce suche as knewe the way to the castell went thyder and the captayne ther receyued them all for the castell was large TheÌ„glysshmen in yâ— chaselle we many for they toke non to mercy than the constable and the erle of Tankernyll beynge in the lytell towre at the bridge fote loked a longe the strete sawe their men â—â—ayne without mercy they douted to fall in their hand At last they sawe an englysshe knyght with one eye called 〈◊〉 ThomÌ„s Holand and afyue or sixe other knyghtes with hym they knewe theÌ„ for they had sene them before in Pruce in Grenade and in other vyages than they called to sir Thomas sayd howe they wold yelde theÌ„selfe prisoners Than sir Thomas came thyder with his coÌ„pany and mounted vp into the gate and there founde the sayd lordes with .xxv. knyghts with them who yelded theym to sir Thomas and he toke theÌ„for his prisoners and left company to kepe theym and than mouÌ„ted agayne on his horse and rode into the streates and saued many lyues of lavyes damosels and cloysterers fro defoylyng for the soudyers were without mercy It fell so well the same season for thenglysshmen that the â—â—â—er whiche was able to bere shyppes at that 〈…〉 e was so lowe that men went in and out besyde the bridge they of the towne were entred into their houses and cast downe into the strete stones tymbre and â—ron and slewe and hurte mo than fyue hundred englysshmen wherwith the kyâ—ge was sore dyspleased At night whan he hard therof he coÌ„maunded that the next day all shulde be putte to the swerde and the towne brent but than sir Godfray of Harecourt sayd dere sir for goddessake ass wage somwhat your courage and let it suâ—fice you that ye haue done ye haue yet a great voyage to do orye come before Calys whyderye purpose to go and sir in this towne there is moche people who wyll defende their houses and it woll cost many of yor men their lyues or ye haue all at yor wyll wherby paraueÌ„ture ye shall nat kepe your purpose to Calys the which shulde redowne to your rech Sir saue your people for ye shall haue nede of them or this moneth passe for I thynke verely your aduersary kyng PhilyppÌ„ woll mete with you to fight and ye shall fynde many strayt passages and rencouÌ„ters Wherfore your men and ye had mo shall stande you in gode stede and sir without any further sleynge ye shall be lorde of this towne men and women woll putte all that they haue to your pleasur Than the kyng sayd sir Godfray you ar our marshall â–ª ordayne euery thyng as ye woll than sir Godfray with his baner rode fro strete to strete and coÌ„mauÌ„ded in the kynges name non to be so hardy to put fyre in any house to slee any persone nor to vyolate any woman Whan they of the towne hard that crye they receyued the englysshmen into their houses and made theym good chere and some opyned their coffers and badde them take what them lyst so they might be assured of ther lyues howe be it ther were done in the towne many yuell dedes murdrers and roberyes Thus the englysshmen were lordes of the towne thre dayes ano wanne great richesse the which they sent by baâ—kesse and barges to saynt Sauyoure by the ryuer of Austrâ—hen a two leagê theus wher as all their nauy lay than the kyng sende therle of â—untyâ—gdon with two hundred men of armes and foure hundred archers with his nauy and prisoners and richesse that they had gotte backe agayne into Englande And the kynge bought of sir Thomas Hallande â–ª the constable of Fraunce and therle of Tankernyll and payed for them twentie thousande nobles ¶ Howe sir Godfray of Harecourte fought with theÌ„ of Amyens before Parys Cap. C .xxv. THus the kyng of England ordred his besynesse beynge in the towne of Cane and sende into England his nauy of shyppes charged 〈◊〉 clothes iewelles vessels of golde syluer and of other rychesse and of prisoners mo than .lx. knightes and thre hundred burgesses Than he departed fro the towne of Cane and rode in the same order as he dyde before brennynge and exilynge the countrey and toke the way to Ewreus and so past by it And fro thens they rode to a great towne called Louyets it was the chiefe towne of all Normandy of drapery riches and full of marchandyse theÌ„glysshmen soone entred therin for as than it was nat closed it was ouer ron spoyled and robbed without mercy there was won great richesse ThauÌ„e they entred into the countrey of Ewreus and brent and pylled all the countrey except the good townes closed and castels â–ª to the which the kynge made none assaut bycause of the sparyng of his people and his artillery On the ryuer of Sane nere to Rone there was the exle of Harecourt brother to sir Godfray of Harecourt but he was on the frenche partie and therle of Drâ—ux with hym with a good nombre of men of warre but thenglysshmen left Roon and went to Gysors where was a strong castell they brent the towne and than they brent Uernon and all the countrey about Roon and Pont de Lache and came to NauÌ„tes and to Meulence and wasted all the countrey about and passed by the stronge castell of Robeboyes and in euery place a long the ryuer of Sane they founde the briges broken At last they came to Poyssey and founde the brige broken but the arches and â—oystes lay in the ryuer the kyng lay there a .v. dayes In the mean season the brige was made to passe the hoost Wtout paryll thenglysshe marshals ranne a brode iust to Parys and brent saynt Germayne in Lay and Mountioy and saynt Clowde and pety Bolayne by Parys and the quenes Bourge they of Parys were nat well assured of theym selfe for it was nat as than closed Than kyng Philyppe remoued to saynt Denyse and or he went caused all yâ— pentessys in Parys to be pulled downe and at saynt Deuyse were redy câ—â— the kynge of Behayne the lorde JohnÌ„ of Heynalt â–ª the duke of Lorayne therle of Flaunderâ—â— therle of Bloyes and many other great lordes and knyghtes redy to serue the frenche kynge Whan the people of Parys sawe their kyng â—epart they came to hym and knâ—lyd downe and sayd a sir and noble kyng what woll ye do leue thus this noble cytie of Parys the kynge sayâ— my good people doute ye nat the englysshmen woll aproche you no nerer than they be why so sir ê™ they they be within these two leages and assone as they knowe of your departynge they woll come and assayle vs and we bâ—â—at able to defende them sir tary here styll and helpe to defende your gode cite of Parys Speke no more ê™ the kynge for I woll go to saynt Denyse to my men of warre for I woll encountre the
and their currours ranne to yorke and brent as moche as was without the walles and retourned agayne to their host within a dayes iourney of Newcastell vpon Tyne ¶ Of the batayle of New castell vpon Tyne bytwene the quene of England and the kyng of scottes Cap. C .xxxviii. THe quene of England who desyred to defende her contrey came to Newcastell vpon Tyne and there taryed for her meÌ„ who came dayly fro all â—tes Whan the scottes knewe that the englysshe men assembled at Newcastell they drue thyderwarde and their currours came rennynge before the towne and at their retournynge they brent certayne small hamelettes there about so that the smoke therof caÌ„e into the towne of Newcastell some of the englysshmen wolde a yssued out to haue fought with them that made the fyers but the captayns wolde nat sulfre theym to yssue out The next day yâ— kyng of scottes with a .xl. thousande men one and other came and lodged within thre lytell englysshe myle of Newcastell in the lande of the lorde Neuyll and the kyng sent to them within the towne that if they wolde yssue out into the felde he wolde fyght with theym gladly The lordes and prelates of England sayd they were content to aduenture their lyues with the ryghtand herytage of the kynge of Englande their maister than they all yssued out of the towne and were in nombre a twelfe hundred men of armes thre thousand archers and seuyne thousande of other with the walsshmen Than the scottes came and lodged agaynst theym nere togyder than euery man was sette in order of batayle than the quene caÌ„e among her men and there was ordayned four batayls one to ayde another The firste had in gouernaunce the bysshoppe of Dyrham and the lorde Percy the seconde the archbysshoppe of yorke and the lorde Neuyll the thyrde the bysshoppe of Lyncolne and the lorde MoÌ„bray The fourth the lorde Edwarde de Baylleule captayne of Berwyke the archbysshopp of Canterbury and the lorde Rose euery batayle had lyke noÌ„bre after their quantyte the quene went fro batayle to batayle desyring them to do their deuoyre to defende the honoure of her lorde the kyng of Englande and in the name of god euery man to be of good hert and courage promysyng them that to her power she wolde remeÌ„bre theym aswell or better as thoughe her lorde the kyng were ther personally Than the quene departed fro them recoÌ„mendyng them to god and to saynt George than anone after the bataylles of the scottes began to set forwarde and in lyke wyse so dyd theÌ„glysshmen than the archers began to shote on bothe parties but the shot of the scottes endured but a shortspace but the archers of Englande shot so feersly so that whan the batayls aproched there was a harde batell They began at nyne and endured tyll noone the scottes had great ares sharpe and harde and gaue with them many great strokes howbeit finally thenglysshmen obtayned the place and vyctorie but they lost many of their me There were slayne of the scottes therle of Sys therle of Ostre the erle Patrys therle of Surlant therle Dastredare therle of Mare therle JohnÌ„ Duglas and the lorde Alysaunder Ramsey who bare the kynges baner and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers And there the kynge was taken who fought valiantly and was sore hurt a squyer of Northumberland toke hym called JohnÌ„ Coplande and assone as he had taken the kynge he went with hym out of the felde with .viii. of his seruaunces with hym and soo rode all that day tyll he was a fyftene leages fro the place of the batayle and at nyght he caÌ„e to a castell called Oryulus And than he sayde he wolde nat delyuer the kyng of scottes to no man nor woman lyueyng but all onely to the kynge of Englande his lorde the same day there was also taken in the felde the erle Morette the erle of Marche the lorde Wyllyam Duglas the lorde Robert Uesy the bysshoppe of Dadudame the bysshoppe of saynt Andrewes and dyuers other knyghtes barownes And ther were slayne of one and other a .xv. thousande and the other saued themself as well as they might this batell was besyde Newcastell the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xlvi. the saturday next after sayur Mychaell ¶ How JohnÌ„ Copland had the kyng of Scottes prisoner and what profet he gatte therby Cap. C .xxxix. WHan the quene of Englande beyng at Newcastell vnderstode howe the iourney was for her and her men she than rode to the place where the batayle hade ben thanÌ„e it was shewed her howe the kyng of scottê was taken by a squyer called JohnÌ„ Coplande and he hadde caryed away the kyng no man knewe whyder Than the quene wrote to the squyer coÌ„maundyng hym to bring his prisoner the kyng of scottes and howe he had nat well done to depart with hym without leaue all that day thenglysshmen taryed styll in the same place and the quene with them and the next day they retourned to New castell Whan the quenes letter was brought to Johan Coplande he answered and sayd that as for the kyng of scottes his prisoner he wolde nat delyuer hym to no maÌ„ nor woman lyueng but all onely to the kynge of Englande his souer ayne lorde As for the kynge of scottes he sayd he shuld be sauely kept so that he wolde gyue acompte for hym thanne the quene sende letters to the kyng to Calays wherby the kyng was enfourmed of the state of his realme than the kyng sende incoÌ„tynent to Johan Coplande that he shulde come ouer the see to hym to the siege before Calays Than the same Johan dyd putte his prisoner in saue kepynge in a stronge castell and so rode through England tyll he caÌ„e to Douer and there toke the see and arryued before Calays Whan the kyng of Englande sawe the squyer he toke hym by the hande and sayd a welcome my squyer that by your valyantnesse hath taken myne aduersary the kyng of Scottes the squyer kneled downe and sayde sir yf god by his grace haue suffred me to take the king of scottes by true conquest of armes sir I thynke no man ought to haue any enuy there at for aswell god may sende by his grace suche a fortune to fall to a poore squyer as to a great lorde and 〈◊〉 I requyre your grace be nat myscontent with me though I dyde nat delyuer the kynge of Scottes at the coÌ„maundement of the quene Sir I holde of you as myne othe is to you and nat to her but in all good maner the kyng sayd Johan the good seruyce that ye haue done and your valyantnesse is somoche worthe that hit must counteruayle your trespasse and be taken for your excuse and shame haue they that bere you any yuell wyll therfore ye shall retourne agayne home to your house and thaâ—â—e my pleasure is that ye delyuer your prisoner to the quene my wyfe and in a rewarde I assigne you nere to your house where
stryken of than euery man requyred the kyng for mercy but he wolde here no maÌ„in that behalfe than sir Gaultier of MaÌ„ny said a noble kyng for goddessake refrayne your courage ye haue the name of souerayn nobles therfore nowe do nat a thyng that shulde blemysshe your renome nor to gyue cause to some to speke of you villany euery man woll say it is a great cruelty to put to deth suche honest persons who by their owne wylles putte themselfe into your grace to saue their coÌ„pany Than the kyng wryed away fro hym and coÌ„maunded to sende for yâ— hangman and sayd they of Calys hath caused many of my meÌ„ to be slayne wherfore these shalt dye in likewyse Than the quene beynge great with chylde kneled downe sore wepyng sayd a geÌ„tyll sir syth I passed the see in great parell I haue despred nothyng of you therfore nowe I huÌ„bly requyre you in yâ— honour of the son of the virgyn Mary and for the loue of me that ye woll take mercy of these sixe burgesses The kyng be helde yâ— quene stode styll in a study a space and thaÌ„ sayd a dame I wold ye had ben as nowe in soÌ„e other place ye make suche request to me yâ— I can nat â—eny you wherfore I gyue them to you to do your pleasure with theym than the quene caused theÌ„ to be brought into her chambre and made the halters to be taken fro their neckes and caused them to be newe clothed and gaue them their dyner at their leser And than she gaue ech of them sire nobles and made theÌ„ to be brought out of thoost in sauegard set at their lyberte ¶ Howe the kyng of England repeopled the towne of Calys with englysshmen Cap. C .xlvii. THus the strong towne of Calays was gyuen vp to kyng Edwarde of England the yere of our lorde god M CCC .xlvi. in the moneth of august the kyng of EnglaÌ„d called to hym sir Gaultier of Manny and his two marshals therle of Warwyke and therle of Stafforde and sayd to theÌ„ Sirs take here the kayes of the towne and castell of Calys go and take possessyon there and putte in prison all the knyghtes that be there all other soudyours that came thyder symply to wynne their lyueng cause theym to auoyde the towne And also all other men women and chyldren for I wolde repeople agayne the towne with pure englysshmen So these thre lordes with a hundred with them went and toke possessyon of Calys and dyd put in prison sir JohnÌ„ de Uien sir JohnÌ„ of Surrey sir JohnÌ„ of Belborne and other than they made all the soudyers to bring all their harnesse into a place apoynted layed it all on a hepe in the hall of Calys thanne they made all maner of people to voyde kept there no mo persons but a preest and two other auncyent personages suche as knewe the customes lawes and ordynaunces of the towne and to signe out the herytagê howe they were deuyded than they prepared the castell to lodge the kyng and quene and prepared other houses for the kynges company Than the kyng mounted on his horse and entred into the towne with trumpets tabours nakquayres and hormyes and there the kyng lay tyll the quene was brought a bedd of a fayre lady named Margarete The kynge gaue to sir Gaultier of MaÌ„ny dyuers fayre houses within the towne and to therle Stafforde to the lorde of Bethene to sit Bartylmewe of Bomes and to other lordes to repeople agayn the towne the kynges mynde was whan he caÌ„e into Englande to sende out of London a .xxxvi. good burgesses to Calys to dwell there and to do somoche that the towne myght be peopled with pure englysshmen the which entent the kynge fulfylled Than the newe towne and bastyd that was made without the towne was pulled downe and the castell that stode on the hauyn rasshed downe and the great tymbre and stones brought into the towne than the kynge ordayned men to kepe the gates walles and barryers and ameÌ„ded all thynges within the towne and sir JohnÌ„ de Uien and his coÌ„pany were sent into Englande and were halfe a yere at London than they were putte to raunsome me thynke it was great pyte of the burgesses and other men of the towne of Calys women and chyldren whasie they were fayne to forsake their houses herytages and goodes and to bere away nothyng and they had no restorement of the frenche kyng for whose sake they lost all the moost part of them went to saynt Omers The cardynall Guy de Boloyne who was come into FraÌ„ce in legacyon and was with the frenche kynge his cosyn in the cytie of Amyense he purchased somoche that a truse was taken bytwene the kynges of Englande and of Fraunce their contres herytages to endure two yeres To this truse all ê‘ties were agreed but Bretayne was clerely excepte for the two ladyes made styll warre one agaynst the other Than the kyng of Englande and the quene retourned into Englande and the kyng made captayne of Calys sir Amery of Pauy a lumbarde borne whom the kyng had greatly auaunced than the kynge sende fro LoÌ„don .xxxvi. burgesses to Calays who were ryche and sage and their wyues and chyldren and dayly encreased the nombre for the kynge graunted there suche lyberties and franchysses that men were gladde to go and dwell there the same tyme was brought to LoÌ„don sir Charles de Bloyes who called hymselfe duke of Breten he was putte in Cortoyse prison in the towre of London with the kyng of Scottes and the erle Morette but he had nat ben there longe but at the request of the quene of Englande sir Charles her cosyn germayne was receyuedde on his fayth and trouth and rode all about London at his pleasure but he might natly past one night out of London without it were with the kynge or with the quene Also the same tyme ther was prisoner in Englande therle of Ewe and Guynes a right gentyll knyght and his dealynge was suche that he was welcome wher soeuer he came and with the kyng and quene lordes ladyes and damosels ¶ Of the dealynge of a brâ—gant of Languedocke called Bacon Cap. C .xlviii. ALl this yere these two kynges helde well the trewse taken bytwene them but sir WyllmÌ„ Duglas and the scottes beyng in the forest of Gedeours made warre dayly on the englysshmen Also suche as were in Gascoyne Poyctou and Xayntone aswell frenche as englysshe kept nothyng the trewse taken bytwene the two kynges but conquered often tymes townes and castels one vpon the other byforce by purchase or by stelth nyght day and often tymes ther fell bytwene theÌ„ many fayre aueÌ„tures somtyme to the frenchmen and somtyme to thenglysshmen alwayes the poore brigantes wanne in robyng of townes and castels And some therby came riche so that they were made capitayns of other brigantes there were some well worthe .xl. thousande crownes often tymes they wold spy
was bare heeded sauyng a chapelet of fyne perles yâ— he ware on his â—eed Than the kynge went fro one to another of the frenchmen and whan he came to sir Geffray of Charney a lytell he changed his countenance loked on hym and sayd sir Geffray by reason I shulde loue you butte a lytell whaâ— ye wolde steale by night fro me that thynge which I haue so derâ—ly bought and hath cost me somoch gode I am right â—oyouse and gladde that I haue taken you with the proffe ye wolde haue a better markette than I haue had whan ye thought to haue Calys for .xx. thousande crownes but god hath holpen me and ye haue fayled of your purpose and therwith the kyng went fro hym and he gaue neuer a worde to answere Than yâ— kynge caÌ„e to sir Eustace of Rybamont and ioyously to hym he sayd sir Eustace ye are the knyght in the worlde that I haue sene moost valyant assayle his ennemyes and defende hymself nor I neuer founde knyght yâ— euer gaue me somoche a do body to body as ye haue done this day wherfore I gyue you the price aboue all the knightes of my court by right senteÌ„ce than the kyng toke the chapelet that was vpon his heed beyng bothe fayre goodly and tyche and sayd sir Eustace I gyue you this chapelet for the best doar in atâ—es in this journey past of eyther party and I desyre you to bere it this yere for the loue of me I knowe well ye be fresshe and amorouse and often tymes be among ladyes and damoselles say wher soeuer ye come that I dyd gyue it you and I quyte you your prison and ransome and ye shall depart tomorowe if it please you The same yere a thousande thre hundred .xlix. kynge Philyppe of Fraunce wedded his seconde â—â—yfe the wednisday the .xxix. day of January dame Blanche doughter to kynge Philyppe of Nauerre who dyed in Spayne she was of the age of eyghtene yere or there about Also the nynetene day of February next after in yâ— begynning of lent the duke of Normandy the kyngê eldest sonne wedded his seconde wyfe at saynt Geneuese nere to saynt Germayne in Lay Jane couÌ„tesse of Bolayne somtyme wyfe to the lorde Phylyppe sonne to the duke Eudos of Burgoyne yâ— which lorde Philyppe dyed before Aguyllone a thre yere before that She was doughter of the erle Wyllyam of Bolayne and of the doughter of Lâ—yes erle of Eureur this lady helde in her handes the duchy of Burgoyne and the countesse of Arthoyes Bolayne Auuergne and dyuerse other landes ¶ Of the dethe of kynge Philyppe of France and of the coronacyon of his sonne JohnÌ„ Cap. C .liii. IN the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .l. at the beginyng of August sir Raoll of Caours dyuerse other knyghtê and squyers to the nombre of sixscore men of armes fought before a castell called Auleon within a capitayne of the kynge of Englandes in Bretayne called sir Thomas DaÌ„gorne And the same sir ThomÌ„s ther â—â—ayn and to the nombre of a. C. men of armes with hym the same yere the .xxii. day of August king PhilyppÌ„ dyed at Nogeunt and was caryed to our ladyes church in Parys And the thursday after he was buryed at saynt Denyse on the lyft hande of the hygh auter and his bowelles were buryed at the Jacopyns in Parys and his hert at Bourfontayne in Ualoys The .xxvi. day of Septembre next ensuynge on a sonday was sacred and crowned at Reyns kynge JohnÌ„ eldest son to kyng Philyp and the same day the quene also was crowned and ther the king made certayne knyghtes his eldest son dolphyn of Uyen Loys his seconde son erle of Alanson the erle of StaÌ„pes the lorde Johâ— of Arthoys yâ— duke PhilyppÌ„ of Orlyaunce brother to the kyng the duke of Burgoyne son to the quene by her 〈◊〉 husbande the lorde Philyp of Burgoyn therle DaÌ„martyn and dyuers other And the â—oÌ„day after the kyng departed and went to Parys by Laon Soyssons and Seâ—lys and the kynge and quene entred into Parys in great tryuÌ„phe the .xvii. day of Octobre and there kept a great feest the hole weke and the kyng â—aryed thet at Neele and at his palys tyll it was saynt Martyns tyde and there made ordynaunce for his ê‘lyament The tuesday the .xvi. day of NoueÌ„bre Raffe erle of Ewe and of Guynes constable of France who was newly come out of prison in England was taken in yâ— kyngê house at Neele in Parys wher the kyng was by the prouost of Parys at the kynges coÌ„maundemeÌ„t and in the saÌ„e house he was put in prison tyll the thursday after about the hour of matyns the same day he was beheeded in prison in the presence of the duke of Burbon the erle Armynake the erle of Monford the lorde JohnÌ„ of Bolayne therle of Renell and dyuers other knyghtes who were there present by the coÌ„maundement of the kyng who was at his palays This coÌ„stable was beheeded for high treasons the which he coÌ„fessed to the duke of Athenes and to dyuers other he was buryed in the augustyâ—s in Parys without the walles of the church by the apoyntment of yâ— kyng for honour of the frendes of the sayd constable In the moneth of January â—olowynge Charles of Spayne to whom the kyng had gyuen the countie of Angolen was than made coÌ„stable of France The first day of Aprill next after the lorde Guy of Neell marshall of Fraunce fought in â—ayntou with dyuers englysshmen 〈◊〉 gascoyns and the sayde marshall and his men were there dysconfited the marshall taken prisoner and the lorde Wy 〈…〉 his brother yâ— lorde Arnolde Dandrehen dyuers other On good friday the .x. day of Aprill the yere of our lorde M. CCC .li. was presented a reed hatte to Gyles Rygalt of Roussy who was abbot of saynt Denyce and was made cardynall in the palais of Parys in the presence of the kyng by the bysshoppe of Laon Parys by authorite of a bull fro the pope the which hadde naâ— be acustomed ther before In sepreÌ„bre after the frenchmen recouered the towne of saynt JohnÌ„ Dangle the which theÌ„glysshmen had kept â—yue yere it was delyuerd vp by theÌ„glysshmen bycause they had nothyng to lyue by wout any maâ—eâ— of batayle in the moneth of Octobre was publyâ—â—hed yâ— fraternyte of the noble house of saynt Ouenâ—eâ— to Paris all suche as were bretherne ther bare a starre on his bonet and on his mantell before This yere was the grettest darth that any man than lyueng coude remeÌ„bre throughout all france for a ceptyer of whete was worthe at Parys viii .li. parisieâ— â–ª and a septier of otes at .lx. s. of parys for a busshell of pees .viii. s. other grenes there after In the same moneth of Octobre the same day that the fraternyte of saynt Owen was celebrate thenglysshmen toke the towne of Guynes for all the truse the same yer ther was a maryage made bytwene the constable
as he ought to be to his father chiefe lorde thanÌ„e the duke of Athenes sayde in kynges behalfe the kynge doth pardon hym all thynges with a good hert ¶ Of an inposycion and gabell ordayned in Fraunce by the thre estates for the feates of the warres Cap. C .lv. ALso in the yere of oure lorde M. CCC .lv. in yâ— moneth of Octobre the prince of Wales eldest son to the kyng of England went into Gascoyne and went nere to Tholouz and so paste the ryuer of Garon went into Cracassone and brent the borowe but the cytie was well defended And fro thens he went to Narbon breÌ„nyng and exilynge the contrey and in the moneth of Nouembre he retourned to Burdeur with great pyllage and many prisoners for no man resysted hym And yet in the contrey was therle of Armynake lieutenant to the french kyng in Langnedocke and also the lorde of Foitz the lorde Janques of Burbon the lorde of Pontheu the coÌ„stable of France and the lorde JohnÌ„ of Cleremont marshall of Fraunce and a farre gretter company than the prince had the same yere in the ende of Octobre the kyng of England caÌ„e to Calys and he rode with a great hoost to Hedyn brake the parke ther and brent the house within about the ê‘ke but he entred nat into the town nor castell And the frenche kyng who had made his assemble at the cytie of Amyens heryng of the kyng of Englande rode towarde hym but the kyng of England was returnyng to Calys and the french kyng folowed hym tyll he came to saynt Omers And than he send his marshall Dauthayne dyuers other to the kyng of England offeryng to fight body to body or power to pouer what day soeuer he wold apoynt but yâ— kyng of England refused that batayle so retourned agayn into England and the frenche kyng to Parys The same yere about the feest of saynt Andrue there was assembled at Pares by the kynges coÌ„mauÌ„ment the prelates of France the barownes and the counsayls of the good townes And ther the chanceler of France in the ê‘lyament chambre resyted the state of the warres of France desyring them thervpon to take aduyce what ayd might be gyuen to the kyng to mentayne defende the sayd warres and also he sayde it is come to the kynges knowledge howe that his subgettes ar sore greued by reason of the mutacyon of yâ— moneys Therfore the kyng offereth to make gode money durable so yâ— they wolde graunt hym sufficient ayde to meÌ„tayne his warres they answered that is to say the clergy by the mouth of the archbysshop of Reyns the nobles by yâ— duke of Athenes and the good townes by the mouth of Stephyn Martell prouost of the marchantê of Parys All they sayde they were redy to lyue and dye with the kynge put their bodyes and goodes into his seruyce requyring to haue deliberacyon to speke togyder the which was grauÌ„ted theÌ„ The same yere the vigyll of the coÌ„cepcion of our lady the kyng gaue the duchy of Normandy to Charles dolphyn of Uienoys his eldest son and the next day he made his homage After the delyberacyon taken by the thre estates they answered to the kyng in the ê‘lyament chaÌ„bre by the mouthes of the sayde thre ê‘sons howe they wolde fynde hym for one yer xxx M. men at their costê charge the finaÌ„ce to pay the wagê of so many men of warre was estemed to .l. M. 〈◊〉 parisienÌ„ the thre estatê ordenid this somÌ„e to be leuyed of euery ê‘son of euery estate meÌ„ of yâ— nobles and other euery man .viii. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of euery pounde and that the gabell of salt shulde ron through the realme but bycause they were nat in certayne of this inposicyon â–ª â—abell shuld suffyce Therfore it was ordayned that the thre states shulde retourne agayne to Parys to se knowe if this inposicyon wâ—lde serue or no the first day of March at the which day thyder agayne they came all except certayne of yâ— great townes of Picardy and Normandy and some nobles of the same such as were at the inposicion makyng came thyder they founde that the first graunt wolde nat suffyce to reysâ— the sayde some Wherfore they ordayned a newe subseâ—y that is to say that euery person of the blode royall or otherwyse clerke lay relygious or relygions except and nat except householders curates of churches hauyng rentes or reuenewes offices or admnystracyon women wydowes chyldren maryed or natte maryed hauyng any thynge of their owne or in any others kepynge none age or admynistracion And all other of euery estate authorite or priuylege that they aâ—â— thaÌ„ vsed or haue vsed in tyme past if it be C. 〈◊〉 of reuenues or vnder if it befor terme of lyse in herytage in plege or by meanes of office or peÌ„cion duryng lyfe or at wyll shall pay to hiss ayde subsidy of euery .iiii. 〈◊〉 .xl. souces And of .x. 〈◊〉 of reuenues or aboue .xx. souces labourers and workemen lyueng by their labour shall pay .x. souces seruantes prentyses lyueng by their seruyces takyng C. s. by yere or more shall in likewyse pay .x. s. taking these moneys after yâ— rate of Parys money in that countre and at Courney for the money currant in that partes And if seruantes haue nat by yere but. C. ss 〈◊〉 they shall pay nothing wourthey haue goodê after the rate than shall they pay as other do and also beggers monkes and cloystereus without offyce or admynistracyon nor chyldren beynge in warde vnder the age of .xv. yere hauyng nothyng in their handes nor noones hauynge no reuenewes aboue .x. 〈◊〉 shall pay nothynge nor also women maryed because their husbandes payeth for the value of their husbandess shal be rekened aswell for that they haue by their wife 's as of their owne And as for clerkess and men of the church prelatâ— abbottes prâ—ours chanons curates and other as is beforesayde if they be worthe aboue C. 〈◊〉 in reuenewes by yere in beneficâ— of the church or patrimony or yâ— one with the other to the somÌ„e of .v. M. 〈◊〉 they shall pay iiii 〈◊〉 for the first C. 〈◊〉 and for euery C. 〈◊〉 after tyll ye come to the somÌ„e of .v. M. 〈◊〉 .xl. ss nor they shall pay nothyng for that they may speâ—â—e aboue .v. M. 〈◊〉 nor for their mouaâ—lâ—◠〈◊〉 〈◊〉 value of their benefyces shal be estemed after the rate of their dymes whan that is pay 〈…〉 〈◊〉 out any excepcion or priuyledge And as for noble men men of yâ— good townes that may spâ—â—de aboue the somÌ„e of C. 〈◊〉 in reuenewes 〈…〉 pay tyll they come to the somÌ„e of .v. M. 〈◊〉 for euery C .xl. s. besyde .iiii. 〈◊〉 of yâ— first C. 〈◊〉 Aâ—d the men of the gode townes insemblable maner tyll they come to M. 〈◊〉 of reuenues and as for the mouables of the noble men that haue naâ— C. 〈◊〉 of reuenewes their mouables shal be estemed and rekenyd
and sayd howe he wolde ryde and loke oâ— the frenchmen And so departed 〈◊〉 saynt Sauyour le 〈◊〉 he had about a seuyn huÌ„dred men onâ— and other the same day the frenchmen 〈◊〉 forth and 〈◊〉 before them their curr 〈…〉 who brought them worde agayne that they had sene the naueroyse Also sir Godfray had sende 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 who had also well a viewed the frenchmen and sawe their baners and penons and what nombre they were And 〈◊〉 and she 〈◊〉 it to sir Godfray who sayd syth we sâ— ou 〈…〉 we woll fight with theym Than he sette his archers before and sette his company in good order And whan sir Loys of Rauenalt◠〈◊〉 th 〈…〉 demeanour he caused his company in a lyght a fote and to â—aues them with their targes agaynst the archers and commaunded that none shulde go forwarde without he commaunded The archers began to aproch and those feersly the freÌ„chmen who were well armed and pauysshed suffred their shotte it dyd theym no great hurt So the frenchemen stode styll tyll the archers had spent all their arowes than they 〈◊〉 away their bowes and resorted backe to their men of armes who were a ranged a longe by a hedgâ— and sir Godfray with his baâ—er before them Than the frenche archers began to 〈◊〉 and gathered vp the arrowes that had ben shoâ— at them before and also their men of armes began feersly to aproche there was a foâ—e fyght Whan they mette hande to hande and sir Godfrayes fotemen kept none aray but were soone discoÌ„fyteo Than sir Godfray sagely withâ—rue hymselfe downe into a wyng closed with 〈◊〉 whan the freÌ„chmen sawe that they all a lyghted a fote and deuysed which way they might 〈◊〉 they went all about to fynde away and sir Godfray was redy euer to defende They were many hurt and slayne of the frenchmen or they 〈◊〉 de entre at their pleasure finally they entred than there was a sore fyght and many a man ouerthrowen And sir Godfrayes men kepte 〈◊〉 good aray nor dyd nat as they had promysed moost part of theym â—â—eâ—de whan sir Godfray sawe that he sayd to himself howe he had ratheâ— there 〈…〉 than to he â—aken by the freÌ„chmen than he toke his are in his handes and set 〈◊〉 yâ— one legge before thother to stande the more surely for his one legge was a lytell croked but he was strong in the armes Ther he fought valyantly and long non burst well abyde his stro 〈…〉 than two frenchmen mounted on their horses 〈◊〉 ranne bothe with their speares a tones at hym and so bare hym to the yerth than other yâ— were a fote â—ame with their swâ—rdes and strake hym into the body vnder his harneys So that ther he was slayne and all suche as were with hyaâ— were nygh all slayne and taken and such as 〈◊〉 ped retourned to saynt Sauyour the Uycount This was about the feest of saynt Martyne 〈◊〉 wynter the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lvi. ¶ Howe the prince conucyed the frenche kyng fro Burdeux into Englande Cap. C .lxxiii. AFter the beth of this knight sir Godfray of Harcourt the freÌ„chmen retourned to CoÌ„stances with their prisoners and pyliage And anone after they went into France to the duke of Normandy who as than was called regent of France and to the thre estates whâ— receyued them right honourably So fro thens forth saynt Sauyour le vycont was englysth 〈…〉 and all the lordes pertayning to sir Godfray of Harcourt for he had solde it to the kyng of England after his dyscease and disheryâ—ed yâ— lorde Loys of Harcort his nephue by cause he wolde nat take his parâ— Issone as the kyng of EnglaÌ„de herde tidynges of the dethe of the lorde Godfray of Harcort he was sorie therof ThaÌ„ he sent incoÌ„tynent men of armes knyghtes sâ—uyers archers mo than CCC by see to go and take possessyon for hym of saynt Sauyour le UycoÌ„t the which was worth xxc M. frankes by yere and made captayne of those landê the lorde Johan Lyle The thre estates all that season studyed ou the ordinance of the realme of France and it was all gouerned by them the same wynter yâ— prince of Wales and suche of Englande as were with hym at Burdeux ordayned for shyppes to conuey the frenche kyng and his sonne and all other prisoners into Englande And whan the tyme of his departed aproched than he coÌ„mauÌ„ded the lorde â—albert the lorde of Musydent the lorde de 〈◊〉 aspare the lorde of Punyers and the lorde of Rosen to kepe yâ— contre there tyll his retourne agayne Than he toke the see and certayne lordes of Gascoyne with hym the frenche kyng was in a vessell by hym self to be the more at his ease acompanyed with two huÌ„dred men of armes and two thousand archers for it was shewed the prince that the thre estates by whom the realme of France was gouerned had layed in Normandy and Crotoy two great armyes to the entent to mete with hym and to gette the frenche kynge out of his handes if they myght but ther were no suche that apered And yet thei were on the see .xi. dayes on the .xii. day they aryued at Sandwych than they yssued out of their shyppe and lay there all that night and taryed there two dayes to refresshe them and on the thirde day they rode to Canterbury Whan the kyng of Englande knewe of their coÌ„mynge he comaunded theÌ„ of London to prepare theym and their cyte to receyue suche a man as the freÌ„ che kyng was Than they of London arrayed themselfe by coÌ„panyes and the chiefe maisters clothyng dyfferent fro the other at saynt Thomas of Caunterbury the frenche kyng and the prince made their offerynges and there taryed a day and than rode to Rochester and taryed there that day and the nexte day to Dartforde and the fourth day to London wher they were honourably receyued and so they were in euery good towne as they passed The frenche kynge rode through London on a whyte courser well aparelled and the prince on a lytell blacke hobbey by hym Thus he was conueyed a long the cyte tyll he came to the Sauoy the which house pertayned to the herytage of the duke of Lancastre there the french kyng kept his house a long season and thyder came to se hym the kyng and the quene often tymes and made hym gret feest and chere Anone after by the commaundement of pope Innocent the sirt there came into Englande the lorde Taylleran cardynall of Pyergort and the lorde Nycholas cardynall of Dargell They treated for a peace bytwene the two kynges but they coude bring nothyng to effect but at last by good meanes they ê“cured a truse bytwene the two kynges and all their assysters to endure tyll the feest of saynt Johan the Baptyst in the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .lix. And out of this truse was excepted the lorde Philyppe of Nauerr and his alyes the countesse of Mountfort and
the duchy of Bretayne Anone after the french kyng was remoued fro the Sauoy to the castell of wyndsore and all his house holde and went a huntyng and a haukyng ther about it his pleasur and the lorde Philypp his son with hym and all the other prisoners abode styll at London and went to se the kyng at their pleasure and were receyued all onely on their faythes ¶ Howe the kyng of Scottes was delyuered out of prison Cap. C .lxxiiii. YE haue herde here before howe kyng Dauyd of Scotlande was taken was prisoner in Englande more than .ix. yere And anone after the truse was concluded bytwene Englande and Fraunce the two foresayd cardynals with the bysshoppe of saynt Andrewes in Scotlande fell in treaty for the delyuerance of the kyng of Scottê The treaty was in suche maner that the kyng of Scotes shulde neuer after arme hymselfe agaynst the kyng of Englande in his realme nor counsayle nor consent to any of his subgetes to arme them nor to greue nor make warre agaynst England And also the kyng of Scottes after his retourne into his realme shulde put to all his payne and dilygence that his men shulde agre that the realme of Scotland shuld holde in fee and do homage to the kyng of England And if the realme wolde nat agree thereto yet the kynge of Scottes to swere solemply to kepe good peace with the kyng of Englande and to bynde hymselfe and his realme to pay within .x. yere after fyue hundred thousande nobuls and at the somonyng of the kyng of England to sende gode pleges and hostages as the erle of Duglas therle of Morette the erle of Mare the erle of Surlant the erle of Fye the baron of Uersey and sir Wyllyam of Caumoyse And all these to abyde in Englande as prisoners and hostagers for the kyng their lorde vnto the tyme that the sayd paymeÌ„t of money be full content and payed Of this ordynaunce and bondes there were made instrumentes publykes and letters patentes sayled by bothe kynges And than the kyng of Scottê deê‘ted and went into his realme and his wyfe quene Isabell suster to the kynge of Englande with hym and he was honourably receyued in his realme and he went and lay at saynt Johsis towne on the ryuer of Try tyll his castell of Edenborough was newe prepared ¶ Howe the duke of Lancaster layed siege to Reynes Cap. C .lxxv. ABoute the myddes of May in the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .lvii. the duke of Lacastre made in Breten a great army of englysshmen of bretons in the ayde of the countesse of Moutfort and or ner yonge sonne they were in nombre a thousande men of armes well aparelled and .v. hundred of other with archers And they departed on a day fro Hanybout and went forthe breÌ„nyng and exilyng the contrey of Bretayne and so came before the good cyte of Reynes and layed siege therto and made many assautes and lytell good dyde for within was the Uycount of Rowan the lorde dela wall sir Charles of Dignen and dyuers other And also there was a yong bachelar called Bertraude of â—lesquyne who duryng the siege fought with an englyssh man called sir Nycholas Dagorne and that batayle was takenÌ„e thre courses with a speare thre strokes with an are and thre with a dagger And eche of these knyghtes bare themselfe so valyantly that they departed fro the felde wtout any damage and they were well regarded bothe of theym within and they without The same season the lorde Charles de Bloyes was in the countrey and pursewed sore the regent of Fraunce desyring hym to sende men of warr to reyse the siege at Reynes but the regent had suche busynes with the maters of the realme that he dydde nothynge in that cause So the siege lay styll before Reynes ¶ How a knyght of the county of Eureuse called sir wyllyam of Granuyll wan the cytie and castell of Eureux the which as than was french for the frenche kyng had won it fro the Naaeroys as ye haue herde before Capitulo C. lxxvi A knight named the lorde of Granuyll ê‘tayning to the kyng of Nauer bothe by fayth and othe gretly it displeased hym the preseÌ„tmeÌ„t of the kyng of Nauerre and also it was right dysplesant to some of the burgesses of Eureur but they coude nat amende it bycause the castell was their enemy This lorde dwelt a two leages fro the cyte and osten tymes he resorted to the cite to a burges house that in tyme before euer loued well the kyng of Nauer WhaÌ„ this lorde came to this burgesse house he wolde eate drinke with hym and speke and coÌ„men of many maters specially of the kyng of Nauer and of his takyng wherwith they wer nothing coÌ„tent And on a tyme this lorde sayd to the burges if ye woll agre with me Ishal on a day wyn agayne this cyte bourge castell to the behofe of the kyng of Nauer howe may that be sayd yâ— burges for the captayn of the castell is so gode a freÌ„chman that he woll neuer agre therto with out the castell ye can do nothynge for the castell ouer maistreth the cytie Well ê™ the lorde Wyllyam Ishall she we you first it behoueth that ye gette of your acorde thre or foure other burgesses and prouyde redy in your houses certayne men well armed and Ishall warraÌ„t you on my peryll that ye shall entre into the castell without â—anger by asubtyltie that I wyll coÌ„pase This burgesse dyde somoche in a briefe tyme that he dyd gette a hundred burgesses of his opinyon This lorde of Granuyll came in and out into yâ— cyte at his pleasure without any suspectyon for he was neuer in harnes with sir Philyp of Nauerre in no iourney that he made bycause his lande lay nere to the cytie of Eureur And also the frenche kyng whan he wan the cytie he caused all the landes there aboute to be bounde to hym els he wolde haue taken them to his owne vse So the freuche kyng had the countrey but the hertes of the people were styll naueroyse also if kyng JohnÌ„ had ben in Fraunce as he was in Englande he durst nat haue done as he dyd but he thought yâ— maters of France were insore trouble and also ê‘ceyued howe the thre estates wer well mynded to the delyueraÌ„ce of the kyng of Nauer And whan he saw all his mater redy 〈◊〉 well forward that the burgesses of his opynyon were well aduysed what they shulde do he armed hymselfe with secrete armour dyd on a â—â—opp aboue a cloke aboue that and vnder his arme he bare a short batell axe with hym went a varlet who was â—riuy to his mynd And so he came walkyng before the castell gate as he had often tymes done before he walked vp downe so often that at last the capitayne came downe and opyned the wycket as he was wont to do and stode and loked about hym And
gladde to folowe hym ¶ Howe the prouost of the marchantes of Parys slewe thre knyghtes in the regentes chambre Cap. C .lxxix. IN this season that the thre estates thus ruled there rose in dyuers countrees certayne manere of people callyng themselfe companyons and they made warr to euery man The noble men of yâ— realme of France and the prelates of holy churche began to waxe wery of the rule and ordynaÌ„ce of the thre estates and so gaue vp their rule and suffred the prouost of the marchantes to me dyll with some of the burgesses of Parys bycause they medled farther thanÌ„e they were pleased withall So on a day the regent of Fraunce was in the palays of Parys with many noblemen and prelates with hym The prouost than assembled a great nombre of commons of Parys suche as were of his opynion and all they ware hattes of one colour to thnetent to be knowen The prouost came to the palays with his men about hym and entred into the dukes chaÌ„bre and ther egerly he desyred hym that he wolde take on hym the medlyng of the busynesse of the realme of France that the realme the which pertayned to hym by enherytance might be better kept and that suche companyons as goeth about the realme wastyng robbyng and pyllinge the same myght be subdued The duke answered howe he wolde gladly entende therto yf he had wherwith and said they that receyue the profet and the rightes pertayning to the realme ought to do it yf it be done or nat I report me So they multiplyed suche wordes bytwene theÌ„ that thre of the greattest of the dukes counsayle were ther slayne so nere hym that his clothes were all blody with their blode and he himselfe in great peryll but there was sette one of their hattes on his heed and he was fayne there to ê‘don the deth of his thre knyghtes two of armes and the thyrd of the lawe the one called yâ— lorde Robert of Cleremont a ryght noble man another the lorde of CoÌ„flans and the knyght of the lawe the lorde Symonde of Bucy ¶ Howe the kyng of Nauer came out of prison Cap. C .lxxx. AFter this forsayd auen ture certayne knyghtes as yâ— lorde JohnÌ„ of Pequigny other vnder the comfort of yâ— prouost of Parys and of other counsaylours of yâ— good townes caÌ„e to the stronge castell of Alleres in Paylleull in Picardy where the kyng of Nauer was in prison vnder the kepynge of the lorde Trystram du Boyse They brought to theym that kept the castell suche tokens that they had the king of Nauer delyuerd into their haÌ„des for the captayn was nat as thaÌ„ there And they brought hym with great ioye into the cytie of Amyense where he was well receyued and lyghted at a chanons house who loued hym entierly called Guy Kyrrecke And yâ— kyng taryed there a fyftene dayes tyll he had so prouyded for hymselfe yâ— he was assured of the duke of Normandy than regent of France for the prouost of the marchantes of Parys hadde gette hym his peace of the duke and of them of Parys And than the kyng of Nauer was brought to Parys by the lorde JohnÌ„ of Pequigny and by other burgesses of Amyense wher as euery man was gladde to se hym and the duke made hym great feest and chere for it behaued hym so to do For the prouost and his sect exhorted hym therto therfore the duke dissembled for the pleasur of the prouost and other of Parys ¶ Howe the kyng of Nauerre preched solemply in Parys Cap. C .lxxxi. WHan the kynge of Nauer had bene a certayne tyme in Parys on a day he assembled togyder prelates knightes and clerkes of the vnyuersite And ther he shewed openly among them in latyn in yâ— presence of the duke of NormaÌ„dy his coÌ„playnt and greffes and vyolence done to hym wrongfully without right or reason And sayde howe there was none that ought to dout in hym but that he wolde lyue and dye in the defence of the realme of Fraunce and the crowne therof as he was bounde to do for he was extraught of father and mother of the right lygne of Fraunce And sayde if he wolde chalenge the realme and crowne of Fraunce he coulde shewe by ryght howe he was more nerer therto than the kynge of Englande His sermon and langage was so pleasant that he was greatly praysed and so lytell and lytell he entred into the fauour of them of Parys so that he was better beloued there than the regent the duke of NormaÌ„dy and also with dyuers other cites in the realme of France But what soeuer semblant the prouost they of Parys made to the kyng of Nauer for all that the lorde Philyppe of Nauer wolde neuer trust theÌ„ nor wolde nat come to Parys for he alwayes sayd that in a comynalte ther was neuer no certentie but finally shame rebuke dyshonour ¶ Of the beginnyng of the rysing of the commons called Jaquere in Beauuosyn Cap. C .lxxxii. ANone after the delyueraunce of the kyng of Nauer ther began a meruelouse trybulacion in the realme of FraÌ„ce as in Beauuosyn in Bry on the ryuer of Marne in Leamoys and about Seossons for certayne people of the common vyllages without any heed or ruler assembled togyder in Beauuosyn In the beginnyng they past nat a hundred in nombre they sayd howe the noble men of the realme of Fraunce knyghtes and squyers shamed the realme and that it shulde be a great welth to dystroy them all and eche of them sayd it was true and said all with one voyce shame haue he that dothe nat his power to distroy all the geÌ„tylmen of the realme Thus they gathered togyder wtout any other counsayle without any armureâ— sauyng with staues and knyues and so went to the house of a knyght dwellyng therby brake vp his house and slewe the knyght and the lady and all his chyldren great and small and brent his house And than they went to another castel and toke the knight therof and bounde hym fall to a stake and than vyolated his wyfe and his doughter before his face and than slewe the 〈…〉 dy and his doughter and all his other chyldren And than slewe the knyght by great tourment and brent beate downe the castell and so they dyd to dyuers other castelles and good houses and they multiplyed so that they were a six thousand and euer as they went forwarde they encreased for suche lyke as they were fell euer to theÌ„ So that euery gentylman fledde fro them and tooke their wyues and chyldren with them and fledde .x. or .xx. leages of to be in suretie and left their houses voyde and their goodes therin These myscheuous peple thus assembled without capitayne or armoure robbed brent and slewe all gentylmen that they coude lay handes on and forced and rauysshed ladyes and damosels and dyd suche shamefull dedes that no humayne creature ought to thynke on any suche And he that dyd moost
myschiefe was most preased with theym and greattest maister I dare nat write the horryble dedes that they dyd to ladyes and damoselles Amonge other they slewe a knight and after dyd put hym on a broche and rosted hym at the fyre in yâ— syght of the lady his wyfe and his chyldren and after that the lady had ben enforced and rauisshed with a .x. or .xii. thei made her perforce to eate of her husband and after made her to dy an yuell deth and all her chyldren They made among them a kynge one of Cleremont in Beauuosyn they chose hym that was moost vngracyoust of all other and they called hym kyng Jaques Goodman so therby they were called companyons of the Jaquery They distroyed and brent in the countrey of Beauuosyn about Corby Amyense and MoÌ„t dydier mo than threscore good houses strong castelles In lyke maner these vnhappy people were in Bry and Arthoyes so that all the ladyes knyghtes and squyers of that contrey were fayne to flye away to Meaulx in Bry aswell the duches of Normandy and the duches of Orlyaunce as dyuers other ladyes and damosels orels they had ben vyolated and after murdred Also ther were a certayne of the same vngracyous peple bytwene Parys and Noyon and bytwene Parys and Soyssons and all about in the lande of Coucy in the countie of Ualoys bytwene Brieche and Loan Noyon and Soyssons There were brent and distroyed mo than a hundred castelles and good houses of knyghtes and squyers in that countrey ¶ Howe the prouost of the marchantes of Parys caused walles to be made about the cytie of Parys Cap. C .lxxxiii. WHan the gentylmen of Beauuosyn of Corboys of UermaÌ„doys and of other laÌ„des where as these myscheuous peple were conuersant sawe the woodnesse amonge them they sent for socours to their treÌ„des into Flanders to Brabant to Heynault and to Behayne so ther came fro all parties And so all these gentylmen strangers with them of the countrey assembled togyder dyde sette on these people wher they might fynde theÌ„ and slewe and hanged them vpon trees by heapes The kynge of Nauer on a day slewe of theÌ„ mo than thre thousande besyde Cleremount in Beauuosyn It was tyme to take them vp for and they hadde ben all togyder assembled they were mo than a hundred thousande and whan they were demaunded why they dyd so yuell dedes they wolde answere and say they coude nat tell but yâ— they dyd as they sawe other do thynkyng therby to haue distroyed all yâ— nobles and geÌ„tylmen of the worlde In the same season the duke of Normandy departed fro Parys and was in dout of the kynge of Nauer and of the prouost of the marchauntes and of his sect for they were all of one acorde He rode to the brige of Charenton on the ryuer of Marne and ther he made a great sommons of gentylmen than defyed the prouost of the marchaÌ„tes and all his ayders Than the prouost was in dout of hym that he wolde in the nyght tyme come and ouerron the cytie of Parys the which as than was nat closed Than he sette workemen a worke as many as he coude gette and made great dykes all about Parys and began walles and gates he had the space of one hole yere a thre hundred workmen contynually workyng It was a gret dede to furnvsshe an arme and to close with defence suche a cytie as Parys surely it was the best dede that euer any prouost dyd ther for els it had ben after dyuers tymes ouer ron and rob had by by dyners occasyons ¶ Of the batayle at Meaulx in Bry where the companyons of the Jaquery were disconfyted by therle of Foâ—â— and the captall of Bâ—z Ca. Clxxxiiii IN the season whyle these vngracious people raygned there came out of Pruce the erle of Foyz and the Captall of Bâ—z his cosyn And iÌ„ ther way they herde as they shulde haue entred into Fraunce of the great myschefe that fell among the noble men by these vnhappy people And in the cytie of Meaulx was the duches of Normandy and the duches of Orleaunce and a thre hundred other ladyes and damosels and the duke of Orleance also Than the two sayd knyghtes agreed to go and se these ladyes and to confort them to their powers howe be it the Captall was englysshe but as than it was truse bytwene the two kynges they had in their company a threscore speares And whan they were come to Meaulx in Bry they were welcome to the ladyes and damosels ther and whan those of the Jaquery vnderstode that ther was at Meaulx suche a nombre of ladyes yong damoselles and noble chyldren Than they assembled togyder and with them they of Ualoys and so came to Meaulx and also certayne of Parys that herd therof went to them so that they were in all a nyne thousand and dayly mo resorted to them So they came to the gates of the towne of Meaulx and the peple of the towne opyned the gates and suffred them to entre so that all the streates were full of theym to the market place where as these noble ladyes were lodged in a stronge place closed about with the ryuer of Marne there came such a nombre agaynst them that the ladyes were sore afrayed Than these two knightes and their coÌ„pany came to the gate of the markette place and yssued out and sette on those bilayns who were but yuell armed Th erle of Foyz baner and the duke of Orleance and the Captals penon and whan these bilayns saw these men of warr well aparelled yssued out to defende the place the for mast of them began to recule backe and the gentylmen pursued them with their speares swerdes And whan thei felde the great strokes they reculed all a tones and fell for hast ech on other than all the noble men yssued out of the baryers and anone wan the place and entred in among their ennemyes and beate them downe by heapes and slewe them lyke beestes and chased theÌ„ all out of the towne and slewe so many that thei were wery and made many of them by heapes to flye into the ryuer Briefely that day they slewe of them mo than seuyn thousand and none had scaped if they wolde a folowed the chase any farther And whan these men of armes retourned a gayne to the towne they sette fyre there on and brende it clene and all the bilayns of the towne that they coude close therin bycause they tooke part with the Jaquery After this disconsyture thus done at Meaulx they neuer assembled a gayne togyder after for the yong Ingram lord of Coucy had about hym certayne men of warrÌ„ and they euer slewe theym as they myght mete with theym without any mercy ¶ Howe Parys was besieged by the duke of Normandy regent of Fraunce Cap. C .lxxxv. A None after this aduenture the duke of Normandy assembled all the noble men togyder that he coude gette as well of the realme as
kyng of Englande was defyed Than they drue toward Poictou and had sent secretly their coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t to the knightes squiers of Artoyse Heynalt Cambresis UermaÌ„dose Uyen and Picardy that they shuldê incoÌ„tynent come to theÌ„ and so they dyde to the nombre of sixscore speares came to Abuyle And they set vpon the gates for it was so determyned before and so the men of warre entred without doyng of any hurt to any of theÌ„ of the towne ThaÌ„ sir Hewe of Chastelon who was chefe leder of these men of warr went streyght wher as he thought to fynde the seneshall of Poictou ser Nicolas Louayng dyd somoche yâ— he fouÌ„de him toke him prisoner Also they toke a riche clerke a valyaÌ„t man tresourer of Poitou So that day the freÌ„chmen toke many a riche prisoner thenglisshmen lost all that they had in the towne of Abuyle And the same day the freÌ„chemen ran to saynt Ualery and entred therin and toke it and Crotay and also the towne of Derne on the see syde And anone after came the erle of saynt Poule to the bridge of saynt Remey on the ryuer of Somme whervnto ther were certayne englysshmen withdrawen The erle assayled them and there was a great scrymysshe and many noble dedes of armes done and atcheued And therle made knight ther Galetan his eldest sonne who dyde that day right nobly but thenglysshmen were ther so sore assayled that finally they were discoÌ„fyted slayne and takefie and the bridge and forteresse also And brefely to speke all the countre and couÌ„tie of Poictou was clene delyuered fro thenglysshmen so that none abode ther to do any hurte to the countre The tidynges came to the kyng of Englande to London howe they of Poyctou had forsaken hym and were become frenche Wherwith he was ryght sore displeased had many a harde ymaginacyon agaynst the hostagers of France that were styll with him at LoÌ„don Howe beit he thought it shulde be a great crueltie if he shulde bewreke his displeasur on them yet he sent the burgesses of cyties good townes of Fraunce whome he had in hostage into dyuers townes and fortresses in Englande and kept theÌ„ more strayter and harder than they were kepte before And therle dolphyne of Auuergne was raunsomed at .xxx. thousande frankes and therle Porseen at .x. thousand fraÌ„kes and the lorde of Roy was kept styll in prison in great daunger for he was nat well beloued with the kyng of Englande nor with none of his courte Wherfore it behoued hym to endure moche sorowe trouble vntyll suche season as he was delyuered by great fortune aduenture as ye shall here after in this hystorie ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande sent great nombre of men of armes in to the fronters of Scotlande and how the duke of Berry the duke of Aniou made their somoÌ„s to go agaynst the prince of wales Cap. CC .xlviii. WHan the kyng of Englande sawe that he was thus defyed by the frenche kyng and the couÌ„tie of Poictou lost the which had cost hym so moche the repayring of townes castels and houses for he had spent theron a hundred thousande frankes ouer and aboue the reuenewes therof sawe well howe he was lykely to haue warr on all parties Also it was shewed hym that the scottes were newly alyed with the freÌ„che kyng and were in purpose to make hym warre Wherof he was sore displeased for he douted more the warr of the scottes than of the freÌ„chmen for he knewe well the scottes loued hym nat bycause of the domages that he had done to theÌ„ in tyme past Than the kynge sentemen of warr to the fronters of Scotlande as to Berwyke Rokesborowe to Newcastell and into other places about the froÌ„ters Also he sent a great nauy to the see aboute Hampton Gernsey and the yle of Wyght for it was shewed hym howe the frenche kyng had apparelled a great nauy to go to the see and to come and lande in Englande so that he wyst nat on whiche part to take hede Thus thenglysshmen were than sore abasshed bycause of this sodayne warre ANd assoone as the duke of Aniou and the duke of Berry knewe that the defyance was made the warr opyn they thought nat than to slepe but made their speciall somoÌ„s the one into Auuerne and the other into Tholous to assemble and to make warr into the principalyte The duke of Berry had redy at his coÌ„maundement all the barownes of Auuergne of the bysshoprike of Lyon and of the bysshop ryke of Mascon Also he had the lorde of Beauteu the lorde of Uyllers the lorde of Tornon sir Godfray of Boloyne sir Johan of Armynacke sir Johan of Uyllemure the lorde MoÌ„tague the lorde of Talenson sir Hugh Dolphyn the lorde of Rochfort and dyuers other And incoÌ„tynent all these drewe into Towrayn and into the marchesse of Berry and began to make sore warr in the good countrey of Poyctou but they founde it well garnysshed with men of warre bothe knightes and squyers so that they had ther no great aduauntage And in the marchesse of Towrayne in the french garysons and forteresses there was sir Loyes of saynt Julyan sir Wyllyam of Bordes Carnet breton These thre were companyons and great capitayns of men of warr and they dyd feates of armes agaynst thenglysshmen as ye shall here after ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande sent the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke to the prince his soÌ„ne and howe they passed by Bretayne Capitulo CC .xlix. THe duke of Lancastre had by his enheritauÌ„ce in Champayn a castel betwene Troy and Chalons called Beauforte Wherof an englysshe squyer called Purceuaunt Damors was capitayne And whan this squier sawe that the warr was open bitwene the frenche kynge and the kyng of Englande Than he tourned hymselfe and became frenche sware from thens forth fayth and alligeance to the frenche kyng who greatly rewarded hym and left hym styll capitayne of the same castell accompanyed with another squier of Champayne called yuan So they .ii. were great companyons to gether and dyd after many feates to gether agaynst the englisshemen And also the chanoyn of Robersart who had always ben before a good frencheman al the renewyng of this warr he became englissh and dyd fayth and homage to the kyng of Englande who was ryght gladde of his seruice Thus the knyghtes and squiers turned theyr copies on both partes And the duke of Anion had so procured the companyoÌ„s of Gascoyn 〈◊〉 ser Perducas Dalbreth the lyttell Mechin the Bourg of Bertueil Aymon Dortingue Peter of Sauoy Raff Bray and Nandon of Pans that they became all freÌ„che wherof the englisshmen were sore displeased for theyr streÌ„gth dayly lassed And NaÌ„don of Bagerant the Bourg of Lespare the Burg Camus ser Robert Briquet Robert Thin JohnÌ„ Trenelle Gailard dela mote and Aymery of Rochecho art abode styll good Englysshe And these companyons englisshe and gascoyns and other of theyr accorde and
barryers therfore I wyll entre and I can wyll proue my knyghthode agaynst yours wyn me and ye can And therwith he layed on rounde about hym and they at hym And thus he alone fought agaynst them more than an hour dyd hurt two or thre of theÌ„ so that they of the towne on the walles and garettes stode styll and behelde them and had great pleasure to regarde his valyaÌ„tnesse and dyde him no hurt the whiche they might haue done if they hadde lyst to haue shotte or cast stones at hym And also the frenche knightes charged them to let hym and them alone togyder So long they fought that at last his page came nere to the barryers and spake in his langage and sayd Sir coÌ„e away it is tyme for you to depart for your company is departyng hens The knight he cd him well and than gaue a two or thre strokes about him and so armed as he was he lept out of the barryers and lepte vpon his horse without any hurt behynde his page and sayd to the frenchmen Adue sirs I thanke you sorode forthe to his owne company The whiche dede was moche praysed of many folkes ¶ Howe they of Noyon toke the englisshmen that had set fyre in the bysshops bridge and howe the frenche kyng sent for sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy Cap. CC .lxxix. SIr Robert Canoll or he depted fro yâ— siege of Noyon his people brent the towne of bysshoppes bridge on the ryuer of Dyse wheri ther were many fayre houses The knightes and squyers that were with in the towne of Noyon had great dyspleasure of the fyre And so they vuderstove that sir Robert and his coÌ„pany were departed and a .lx. speres of theÌ„ went out of Noyon and caÌ„e to the fyre and founde ther styllparte of theÌ„ that had set the fyre in the towne and dyuers other that were ther to pylle and robbe and so the moost parte of them were slayne And ther the frenchmen wonne mo than .xl. good horses rescued dyuers prisoners and saued fro brennyng many fayre houses And so they returned agayne to Noyon with mo than .xv. prisoners and so strake of all their heedes ¶ And the englysshmen rode forthe in good order to come to Larroyse to passe at their ease the ryuer of Dyse and the ryuer of Ewe and they dyde no hurte in the countie of Soyssons bycause it parteyned to the lorde of Coucy And trewe it was they were coosted euer with certayne lordes of France as the vycont of Meaulx the lorde of Chauny yâ— lorde Raoll of Coucy the lorde wyllyam of Mehung sonne to the erle of Tankernell and by their folkes Wherby the englysshmen durst nat breke their order but euer kepte them selfe close togyder And also the freÌ„chmen wolde nat medyll with theÌ„ but euery night lodged within stronge holdes and good townes and the englysshmen abrode in the playne couÌ„tre wher as they founde plentie of vitayls and newe wynes wherof they made great larges And so thus they rode through the countre breÌ„nyng and wastynge all before them and at last passed the ryuer of Marne and so entred in to Champayne and passed the ryuer of Aube tourned to the marches of Prouynce and passed dyuers tymes the ryuer of Saync drewe towarde the cyte of Parys For it had benshewed theÌ„ howe the freÌ„che kyng had made ther a great assemble of men of warr of whome the erle of saynt Poule and the lorde of Clyssone shuld be chefe gouernours wherfore they thought to drawe thider wylling to fight with theÌ„ for by semyng theÌ„nglisshmen desyred nothyng els but batayle And therfore the frenche kynge wrotte to sir Bertram of Clesquy who as than was in Acquytayne with the duke of Aniou Commaundyng and desyring him on the sight of his letters that he shulde drawe incontynent in to France shewyng him how he wolde set him a warke in other places In the same season pope Urbane the fyft came in to the cyte of Amou he had ben before a foure yere togyder at Rome and there about He came thyder in trust to make a peace bitwene the two kyngê for the warr was renewed agayne the whiche was sore displesant to the pope Of whose comyng to Aniou yâ— cardynals in those marches were greatly reioysed for they thought to fare the better by him NOwe let vs speke of the prince of Wales howe he parceyuered in his warres ye haue herde here before recorded howe the price of Wales had made his assemble at Congnac to th entent to ryde agaynst the duke of Aniou who brent and wasted his couÌ„tre and so at his coÌ„mauÌ„dement thyder auauÌ„sed barons knightes and squyers of Poictou of Xaynton and of other landes that helde of the prince The erle of Penbroke departed fro his garyson and caÌ„e to the prince The same season the duke of LaÌ„castre arryued at Burdeux wherof the prince was right ioyouse And so he taryed nat longe ther but deê‘ted for he vnderstode that the price wold encouÌ„tre his enemyes And so a dayes iourney fro Congnac he encountred the erle of Penbroke who was in lyke wise goyng to the prince And so they made great chere eche to other whan they met and so rode to gyder to CoÌ„gnac Wher they fouÌ„de the prince the princesse and the erle of CaÌ„bridge who were right glad of their comyng And dayly there came men of warr to thê out of Poictou Xaynton Rochell Bygore Goute Gascoyne and the marchesse nert adioynyng vnder the obeysance of the price And on the frenche partie the duke of Aniou the erle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret the erles vycontes knightes and squyers who had conquered cyties castels townes and fortresses in their comynge mo than .xl. And were aproched within fyue leages to Burdeux had wasted all the countrey And about Bergerath and Lynde they vnderstode well howe the price had made his assemble at Congnac And also howe the duke of Lancastre was arryued with a great noÌ„bre of men of warr speares and archers Than they drue to counsayle to take aduyse howe they shuld perceyuer in their warr And so newly to them was sent ser Bertram of Clesquy by the frenche kyng who came fro the duke of Berry kepyng siege before the cytie of Lymoges and had in suche wyse constrayned them within that they were at a poynt to yelde them on certayne meanes and coÌ„dicyons And so to this counsayle of the duke of Aniou and of the lordes about hym sir Bertram of Clesquy was called as it was reason Ther were many reasoÌ„s alleged and layd but finally all thingê coÌ„sydred they counsayled the duke of Aniou to breke vp his iourney for that tyme and to send all his people in to garysons and to warr garyable sayeng howe they had done sufficyeÌ„tly for that tyme. Also it was nedefull to the lordes or Gascone as the erle of Armynake therle of Piergourt the lorde Dalbret dyuers other to drawe into their owne couÌ„treis to kepe
fete And in the mornyng they came to a frenche fortresse where they were receyued ioyfully with theym of the forteresse to whome sir Raymon recounted all his aduenture wherof they all thanked god IT was of trouthe that the next mornyng whaÌ„ it was knowen how they were gone men a horsebacke folowed after but it was to late Thus sir Raymon scaped and retourned into Lymosyn and shewed to all his frendes howe the englysshe squyer had shewed to hym great curtesy And soeuer after thenglysshman was greatly honoured and cherysshed among them And sir Raymon wolde haue delyuered to hym the one halfe of his herytage accordynge as he had promysed to him before but the englisshe squyer wolde in no wyse take so moche And so he toke all onely but. C C. â—t of yerely reuenewes sayenge it was sufficyent for hym to maynteyne ther with his astate ¶ Howe the prince of wales lefte the duchy of Acquitayne in the kepyng of the duke of Lancastre and howe four breton knightes toke the castell of Mount Paon Cap. C C .lxxxvii. THe same season in the cyte of Burdeaux dyed the eldest sonÌ„e of the prince and princesse wherof they were right sorie as reasone was Than the prince was counsayled yâ— he shulde retourne in to Englande into his owne countre to th entent the rather therby to recouer his helth this counsayle was gyuen hym by his phisycions surgyons that knewe his disease The prince agreed well therto and sayd he was well content so to do and thervpon made his prouision And as I vnderstode the erle of CaÌ„bridge his brother and the erle Johan of Penbroke were ordayned to retourne with him to kepe him coÌ„pany And whan the prince shulde departe out of Acquitayne and that his shippes were redy in the tyuer of Garon and in the hauen of Burdeaur The prince and pricesse and their yong sonne Richarde beyng ther Than he made a speciall somons at Burdeaux of all barownes and knightes of Gascoyne and Poictou and in all other places where as he was lorde And they vnder his obeysaunce whan they were all come toguyder in a chambre before the prince Than he shewed to them how he had ben their lorde and had kepte them in peace as moche as lay in his power and had maynteyned them in great prosperyte puysance agaynst all their enemyes Shewyng them that to recouer his helthe wherof he had gret nede he was in purpose to retourne in to Englande Desyring theÌ„ to beleue serue and obey his brother the duke of Lancastre in lyke maner as they had done hymselfe Trustynge they shulde fynde hym a good lorde curtesse requyringe theÌ„ to couÌ„sell assyst hym in all his busynesse The barones of Acqtayne Gascoyne Poictou and of Xainton promysed and sware on their faythe 's that there shulde neuer defaute be founde in any of theÌ„ And so there they dyde fealtie homage to the duke and promysed him their loues seruyce and obeysance that they sware to vpholde and kepe in the presence of the prince and so kyst his mouthe And after this order taken yâ— prince taryed nat long in the cytie of Burdeux but entred into his shyppe and the pricesse and their chyldren the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke with theÌ„ And with him there was a fyue hundred fightynge men besyde archers So long they sayled without danger or domage that they aryued at Nampton Ther they toke lande and refresshed them two dayes than they tooke their horses and the prince in a lytter and so came to wyndsore wher the kynge was who receyued swetely his chyldreÌ„ â–ª and so ther he was enformed by theÌ„ of al the state of Guyen And whan the prince had ben with the king as long as it pleased them than the prince tooke his leaue and went to his owne house of Camestades ¶ Nowe let vs leaue to speke of the prince and shewe somwhat of the besynesse of Acquitayne ANone after that the prince was departed fro Burdeux the duke of Lancastre made the obsequy of his cosyn Edwarde sofie to the prince his brother the whiche was nobly done in the cytie of Burdeux And therat were all the barons of Gascoyne and Poictou such as had sworne obeysance to him In the meane season of this obsequy and that all these lordes were at Burdeux ther yssued out of the fortetesse of Pyergourt a two hundred speares bretons the whiche were sente thyder by the duke of Aniowe Of the whiche company ther were four knightes capitayns right hardy and valyant knightes called sir Wyllyam of LoÌ„uall sir Alayne of Aussay sir Loyes of Mally and the lorde Darcy These lordes rode with their companyes to a stronge castell called Mount paon perteyning to a knight And whan these bretons were coÌ„ethyder and had ronne to the barryers they made semblant to assayle the castell Than the capitayn within called sir Wyllyam of Mount paon who shewed himselfe to haue rather a freÌ„che hert than an englysshe He tourned and yelded vp the place and receyued the bretons in to his castell who sayd they wolde kepe that place agaynst all the worlde than they newe repayred and fortifyed it These tydynges anone was knowen at Burdeux than the duke of Lancastre sayd to the lordes about hym sirs we do nat our beuoyre as we shulve do for the bretons are a brode and haue taken the fortresse of Mountpaon marchyng nere to them Of the whiche takynge the duke and all the lordes about hym had great shame 〈◊〉 than they ordayned all to go thyder And so departed fro Burdeaur on a wedntsday and with yâ— duke of Lancastre was the lorde of Pons the lorde of Parteney sir Loys Harcourt sir guys sharde Dangle sir Percyuall of Culoyue sir Godfray DargeÌ„ton sir Jaques of Surgeres sir Maubrune of Linyers sir WyllmÌ„ of Montendre sir Hugh of Uinoy the lorde of Crupenacke and dyuers other barons and knightes of Poictou and Xaynton And of gascon there was the captall of Befz the lorde of Pomyers the lorde of Chamount the lorde of Mountserant the lorde of Langueron the souldyche of Lestrade sir Bernard Dalbret the lorde of getonde sir Amery of Charse and dyuers other And of Englande ther was sir ThomÌ„s Phelton sir ThomÌ„s Percy the lorde Rose sir Mychell de la Poule the lorde Wyloughhy ser Wyllyam BeauchaÌ„pe sir Richarde Pontchardon sir Bandras of Franuyll sir DaÌ„goses and dyuers other They were aseuyn hundred speares and fyue huÌ„dred archers And so they rode right ordinatly towarde Mountpaon and so came thyder And whan sir Wylliam of MouÌ„t paon knewe of the comyng thyder of the duke of Lancastre and of his coÌ„pany and sawe how he was by them besieged He thought him selfe than in no surety for he knewe well that yf he were takenne by force heshulde nat escape fro dethe thinkynge surely he shulde nat be taken to mercy bycause of the forfet that he had done in gyueng vp the place before
to fight with the englysshmen in Chierbourc coÌ„sydering howe he had with hym the floure of men of armes with them of the garysons there about The same season there was sent to be capitayne at Chierbourc an englisshe knight called sir JohnÌ„ Harlston of whome I haue often spoken here before he had ben a long space capitayne of Guyens he toke shippyng at HaÌ„mpton with .iii. huÌ„dred men of armes as many archers and so arryued at Chierbourc with him was sir Othes of Grantson of englisshmen ther were sir Johan Aubourge sir JohnÌ„ Orsell and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers and assoone as they were arryued they discharged all their horses and baggages and taryed ther certayne dayes and made them redy to ryde abrode in the couÌ„tre and to make warr Also sir Wylliam Brodes of the frenche partie imagyned nyght and day howe he myght do any domage to the englysshmen The same season these two knightes layd many busshementis eche for other but it aueyled nothyng for it was nat their fortunes to mete but somtyme some of their companyes met togyder as they rode about sekyng for aduentures and as they mette often tymes they ouerthrewe eche other somtyme the frenchmen wanne and somtyme they lost SO long they rode forthe and layd wayte eche for other that in a mornyng sir Wylliam of Bordes and all his garyson of Montbourge thought to ryde forthe towarde Chierbourc and to fyght with sir Johan Harlstone yf he myght encounter with hym or to drawe him in to the felde and so he rode forth withall his company and puyssauÌ„ce aswell men of armes and crosbowes as meÌ„ a fote On the other parte sir JohnÌ„ Harlston who knewe nothyng that the frenchmen wer abrode had also great desire to ryde forthe the same mornyng and so sowned his trumpettes and caused all his coÌ„pany to be armed aswell a horsebacke as a fote And so went all out in to the feldes and ordayned them that shulde byde in the forteresse and so rode forthe in great array and ordayned sir Orsell to be capitayne of the fotemen and than ordeyned his currours in likewise so had done sir Wylliam of Bordes and so long bothe parties rode forthe that at last their currours caÌ„â— so nere toguyder that eche of theÌ„ aduysed well other so eche of them retourned to their owne hoost and reported the certayntie of their enemyes Than these two capitaynes were right ioyouse for than they had founde that they had longe sought And whan these two capitayne had herde the reporte of their courrours they drue their companyes togyder and displayed their baners and standerdê and aproched eche other And as soone as they were nere togyder within the shotte of a bowe than the freÌ„chmen a lighted and in lykewise dyde the englysshemen and the archers and cros bowes began to shote and men of armes aproched with speares in their handes rainged and well closed to gyder Than they assembled togyder in all ê‘tes and began to foyne with speares stryke with axes and swexdes There was a sore and a harde bataile and well fought men of armes proued well there their valyaÌ„tise and prowes Sir Wylliam of Bordes was there armed at all peses with an axe in his hande strikyng on the right syde and on the lyft whome soeuer he gaue a full stroke went to the erthe ther he dyd suche dedes of armes with his owne body â—hat it ought to be praysed foreuer On the other syde sir Johan Harlstone capitayne of Chierbourc fought valiantly with an axe in his haÌ„d a fote amonge other with the formast he had ynough to do for he was matched with a hard parte There was many a valyant dede done that day and many a man slayne and hurte there sir Johan Harlston was borne downe to the erthe and in great adueÌ„ture of his lyfe but by force of armes he was rescued The batayle endured a long space and well fought and well contynued on bothe ê‘ties ther was none that had any great aduauntage for there were dyuers slayne and hurte on bothe parties but fynally the englysshmen fought so long and with so good hertes that they obtayned the place the frenchmen disconfyted slayne and taken and but fewe noble men sayed For they were so sore fought withall that they had no power to departe thinkyng outher all to dye or els to vaÌ„quesshe their enemyes There was taken ser Wylliam of Bordes by a squyer of Heynault called Wylliam de Beaulyau a man of armes who had long lyen among the englysshmen at the garyson in Calais to whome the sayde sir Wylliam yelded him selfe right soroufull that the iourney had nat ben his Ther thenglisshmen brought the frenchmen to great myschefe and many were taken prisoners at th ende of the batayle but it was great pytie of theÌ„ that were deed And whan thenglysshmen had dispoyled the deed men than sir JohnÌ„ Harlston and his coÌ„pany departed fro the place and leyde with them their prisoners and spoyle and so went agayne to Chierbourc ye may well knowe that the englisshmen made great toye for thiss iourney the god had sent them sir Wylliam of Bordes des was greatly feested for his ê‘son was well worthy to be made moche of This discomfyture was bytwene Mountbourge and Chierbourc on saynt Martyns day the yere of our lorde a thousande threhundred lxxir WHan the frenche kynge knewe that tydinges howe the garison of Mountbourge and his capitayne were taken and slayne and howe that the countrey was in a great afray for that discoÌ„fyture The kyng who was sage and well abuysed in all his dedes he purueyed incontynent for remedy sent with out delay to MouÌ„tbourge newe men of warre to kepe the fronters fortresses and countre agaynst the garyson of Chierbourc And cheife of those men of warre was sir Johan of Uyen and sir Hugh of Bremalles so they helde the marches agaynst thenglysshmen but after by the ordynance of the frenche kyng they abandoned and forsoke Mountbourge and all the countre of Constantyne whiche was a goodly plentyfull countre and caused men women and chyldren to issue out and forsake the countrey of Constantyne and lefte vp fayre houses and possessions and all the people went out of the couÌ„tre of Constantyne and than the frenchmen kepe froÌ„ter at Dune at CareÌ„ton at saynt Malo and on all the marches ioyning to Constantyne ¶ Of the iorney that the duke of â—â—iou made agaynst thenglisshmen in the countre of Burdeloyse Cap. CCC .xviii. YE haue well herde here before howe the duke of Burgoyne made a viage into the marches of Picardy the which was right honorable for him profytable for that frenchmen howe he ordeyned in Arthoise in such castels as were in his possession capytens and men of warre to kepe them and specyally in the towne of Iper he stallysshed to abyde there the vycounte of Meaulx and the lorde of saynt Pee and they newly fortifyed the towne how be
forwarde to be good and trewe to the englysshe parte and to putte in to their handes all suche forteresses as he helde in Normandy And to do this message he coÌ„maunded a clerke to go in whom â—he had great trust called mayster â—aschall And sayde to hym maister Paschall go your wayes in to Englande and do so moche that ye may bring me good tidynges for fro heâ—s forthe I wyll be alyed with the englysshemen This clerke dyde as he was commanded and made hym redy and toke shyppyng and sayled so long that he arryued in Cornwall and than rode for the tyll he caÌ„e to Shene besyde London where the kyng of Englande was and so he spake with the kynge and recoÌ„maunded the kynge of Nauerr his mayster to hym And so there the kynge made hym good there and there was present the erle of Salisbury and sir Symond Burle who toke on him to speke and to gyue him his aunswere for that tyme and sayd Sir on suche a day the kyng wyll be at LoÌ„don and than send for all his couÌ„sayle at whiche tyme ye shall be herde And so at the day assigned mayster Paschall shewed to the kyng and to his counsayle theffect of his message and spake so sagely that he was well herde And he was answered by the counsayle that the kynge of Nauers offre ought nat to be refused howe be it to make so great alyance as the kynge of Nauer desyreth it behoueth than that he come hyder into Englande in his owne proper person to th entent that he may be herde speke hym selfe wherby the mater shulde take the better effect And so with that answere mayster Paschall departed and returned in to Nauer and shewed the kyng all that he had done and how it behoued hym to go in to Englande him selfe and to se the yong kyng of Englande and to speke him selfe with hym his couÌ„saile than the kyng of Nauer answered and sayd I am coÌ„tent to go theder Than he made redy for him a shyp called the Lyne the whiche wolde go on the see withall maner of wyndes without parell and so the kyng of Nauer toke this ship and entred in to the see with a preuy company how be it he had with hym sir Marten Carr mayster Paschall and sayled so longe that he arryued in Englande ¶ Of the alyences that the kynge of Nauer made with the kynge of Englande and howe the frenche kynge had men of warre in dyuers places Cap. CCC .xxix. ALytell before his deê‘tyng the frenche kynge had the kyng of Nauer in great hate and knewe couertly by some of the king of Nauers house all the secremesse bytwene hym and the kyng of Englande and howe that kyng Henry of Castell had defyed him and made warre agaynst him The kyng of Nauer left at his deê‘tynge behynde him the vycont of Chastellon the lorde of Lestrade father to Uyen and the Bascle great nombre of men of warr aswell of his couÌ„tre as of the countie of Foiz to kepe the froÌ„ters agaynst the spanyerdes ¶ And whan he was in the see he hadde wynde at wyll and arryued in Cornwall and so rode to Wynsore Where as kynge Richarde and his counsayle were who receyued hym with great ioye for they thought the better to spede of his lande in Normandy specially of the castell of Chierbourâ— wherof thenglysshmen desyred greatly to be lordes The kyng of Nauer shewed sagelye to the kyng of Englande the cause of his coÌ„mynge and he was well herde and so well conforted that he was content I shall shewe you howe this treatie went bytwene these two kynges One thyng there was the kynge of Nauer shulde fro thens for the alwayes be true englysshe and shulde neuer make peace with the realme of Fraunce nor with the kynge of Castell without the knowledge and consent of the kyng of Englande And if the kyng of Englande or any of his men by their puyssance coude gette any townes or castelles that the kynge of Nauer ought to haue in Normandy agaynst the frenchmen that the same townes or castels shulde abyde for euer to be englysshe the souerayntie euer reserued to the kynge of Nauerr The whiche thynge the englysshmen praysed moche bycause they thought by that meanes they shulde haue asayre entre into FrauÌ„ce thorough Normandy And the kyng of England shulde sende the same tyme a thousand speares and two thousande archers by the ryuer of Gyronde to Burdeur or to Bayone and the men of armes to entre in to Nauerr and to make warre agaynst the kyng of Castell And nat to departe fro the kyng of Nauer or out of his realme tyll he hadde made an ende of his warre with the spanyerdes And the men of warre so ones entred in to Nauer the kynge of Nauer than to pay them their wages and to stuffe theÌ„ sufficiently acordyng after the same rate that the kynge of Englande was wonte to paye his men of warre Dyuers treaties and alyaâ—nces were there made and ordayned and also written sealed and sworne to be kept on bothe partes And there were named suche as shulde go in to Normandy and suche as shulde go in to Nauer And bycause that the duke of LaÌ„castre and the erle of CaÌ„bridge were nat at this treatie it was ordayned that this treatie shulde be sent to them sealed to then tent that they shulde make hast to entre into Normandy The duke of Bretayne was present at this treatie RIng Charles of FraÌ„ce who was right sage and subtell and soo he well shewed hymselfe as longe as he lyued He was well enfourmed of the armye of Englande yet he knewe no certeÌ„tie but by suspecte whyder they wolde drawe in to Normandy or els into Bretayne And for dout therof he helde many men of armes in Bretayne wherof the lorde Clysson the lorde de Lauall the vycount of Rohan the lorde of Beaumanoyre the lorde of Rochfort were capitayns And had besieged Breest by bastydes and none otherwyse wherefore they might vitayle Brest whan they lyst And in the rowne was capitayne a valyant squyeâ— of Englande called James Clerke And bycause the frenche kyng knewe well that the kynge of Nauerr was alyed with Englande and thought surely that or his returne he wolde entre in to some treatie with his aduersary yâ— kyn of Englande And douted of this armye thus on the see lest they shuld take lande in NormaÌ„dy and entre into the castelles parteyninge to the kyng of Nauer Therfore he sent hastely to the lorde Coucy and to the lorde de la Ryuerr that they shulde as shortely as they coulde get by fayrnesse or by foulnesse suche castelles as were belongynge to the kynge of Nauer and specially suche as were nere to the seesyde Ne knewe well that Chyerbourge wolde nat caselye be wonne how be it by lande they coude nat â—euitayle it nor refresshe it with men out of the basse marches of Bretayne and of Normandy And so for the
baylye answered sayd What nedeth all these wordes for a maryner Say quod the baylye who had to name Roger Dauterne to them of Gaunt that thoughe he were a richer man ten tymes than he is he shall neuer go out of prison without my lorde the erle commaunde it I haue puyssance to arest but I haue no powere to delyuer The wordes of this Roger Dauterne were reported to them of GauÌ„t wherwith they were sore displeased and sayd howe he had answered right proudely By these answeres and insydentes as well for the pyoners of Bruges who wolde haue dygged agaynst the herytage and profyte of Gaunt And for suche other semblable dedes wherby the fraunchesses of GauÌ„te shulde haue bene hurte There began to ryn throughe the towne and abrode in the countrey these vnhappy rybaudes called the whyte hattes to the entent to be the more feared and renomed For it behoueth in a lynage that there be some folysshe and outragyous to maynteyne and sustayne the peasable THe tidynges of this maryner burgesse of Gaunt beyng in the erles prison at Erclo whome the baylyâ— wolde nat delyuer spredde abrode in the towne of Graunte And dyuers folkes beganne to murmure and to saye howe it was nat to be suffred For in syttynge styll and beynge to softe in maynteyninge of their fraunchesse they might lese all the whiche hath ben so noble Johan Lyon who entended alwayes but to one thynge and that was to sette in trouble the towne of Gaunt agaynst the erle their lorde In suche wyse that he shulde nat apease it agayne but with moch sorowe and great dommage wherfore he was nothynge displeased of these aduentures but he wolde alwayes that for one of them there had fallen threttie He put forthe his wordes and couertlye dyde so we them throughe the towne Sayeng howe that whan soeuer offyces be bought in a towne the iurysdictyons and priuyleges canne nat be well kepte For the erle receyueth nowe yerely thre or four thousande frankes beyonde the olde vsage or customes wherby the marchauntes and maryners greatly complayneth theym and leaueth to resorte to the towne of Gaunt bothe they of Ualencennes of Doway of Lyle of Bethayne and of Tourney And this maye be a thynge wherby the towne may be lost for lytell and lytell daylye the frauÌ„chesses be takenne away and auncyent priuyleges and yet there is no manne dare speke agaynst it GIlbert Mahewe and the ruler of the meane craftê who was of Gylbertes ê‘te herde with their owne eares dayly suche wordes knew well howe they dyde ryse by Johan Lyon but they durst nat remedy it for Johan Lyon hadde sowed throughout the towne the whyte hattes and gyuen them to suche coÌ„panyons hardy and outragyous in such wyse that none durst assayle them And also Johan Lyon wente neuer alone â–ª for whan soeuer that he went out of his house he had euer with hym a two or thre hundred whyte hattes about him nor he neuer wente abrode in the towne without it hadde bene for a great cause â–ª for he was greatlye desyred to haue his counsayle on the insydentes that fell within Gaunt and without conseruynge the fraunchesse of the towne and lyberties therof And whan he was in couÌ„sayle than he wold shewe a generall word to yâ— people He spake in soo fayre rethorike by so great craft that suche as herde hym were gretlye reioysed of his langage And wolde say all with one voyce that all was true that he sayd By great prudence Johan Lyon sayd to yâ— people Sirs I say nat that we shulde hurt or my nysshe any parte of my lorde the erles enherytaÌ„ce for though we wolde we cannaâ— For reason iustyce wolde nat suffre vs. Nor that we shulde seke any crafte or incydent wherby we shulde be in his displeasur or indygnacion for we ought alwayes to be in loue and fauoure with our prince and lorde and my lorde therle of FlauÌ„ders is our good lorde and a right hye prince feared and renomed and alwayes hath kepte vs in peace and prosperyte The whiche thynges we ought to knowe and to suffre the more largely More bouÌ„de we are therto than if he had traueyled vs or displeased vs or made warre or hared vs and to haue put to his payne to haue our goodes But howe soeuer it be at this present tyme he is yuell couÌ„sayled or enformed agaynst vs and agaynst the fraunchesses of the good towne of Gaunte In that they of Bruges be more in his fauoure than we It apereth well by the pioners of Bruges that he beyng there they came to take away our herytage and to take away the ryuer wherby oure towne of Gaunt shulde be distroyed And also he wolde haue made a castell at Donse agaynst vs to bring vs in danger and to make vs weaker And I knowe well howe they in Bruges had promysed hym in tyme paste tenne or .xii. thousande frankes yerely to haue to theym the easment of the ryuer of Lys. Therfore I counsayle lette this good towne of Gaunt sende to the erle some sadde and discrete personages to shewe hym boldely all these maters as well touchynge the burgesse of Gaunt in prisone in Erclo the whiche his baylye wyll nat delyuer as all other maters wherwith the good towne of Gaunte is nat content And also these matters herde than lette it be shewed hym also that he nor his counsayle thynke that we be so dull or deed but yâ— if nede be we may if we lyst make resystence there agaynst And so his aunswere ones herde Than the good towne of Gaunte maye take aduyse to punysshe the trespasse on them that shall be founde culpable agaynst theÌ„ And whanne Johan Lyon hadde shewed all these wordes to the people in the market place euery man sayd he saythe well And than went home to their owne howses At these woordes thus spoken by JohnÌ„ Lyon Gylbert Mahewe was nat presente for he douted the whyte hattes but his brother Stenuart was there alwayes â–ª he prophesyed of tyme to come whan he was retourned to his brother he sayd I haue alwayes sayde and say yet agayne howe yâ— JohnÌ„ Lyon shall distroy vs all Cursed be the hour yâ— ye had nat let me alone for I had slayne him he shulde neuer haue ouercoÌ„e vs nor coÌ„e soo lyghtly vp And nowe it is nat in our puyssance nor we dare nat anoy nor greue hym He is as nowe more greatter in the towne than the erle Gylbert answered and sayde Holde thy pease fole for whan I wyll with the erles puyssance all the whyte hattes shall be cast downe And suche there be that bereth them nowe that here after shall haue no nede of any hatte SO than there were charged certayne burgesses to go ambassade to the erle of the saddest men of the towne Gylbert Mahewe was one of them that was chosen to go and that caused Johan Lyon to the entent that if they spake any thynge contrary to the
erles displeasure that the erle shulde be displeased with him as well as with any other So they departed and founde the erle at Male and dyde somoche that fynally they accorded so well that the erle graunted them all their requestes as touchyng their prisoner at Erclo And promysynge to kepe and mayntayne the fraunchesses of Gaunt without brekyng of any of them and defended them of Bruges that they shulde nat be so hardy to dygge on the herytage of them of Gaunt And the better to please them of Gaunt he coÌ„maunded them of Bruges to fyll agayne the dykes that they had made and so they amy ably departed fro the â—rle returned to Gaunt and recorded all that they had done with therle their lorde and howe he woll mayntayne them in their fraunchesses without brekynge of any of them howe beit he desyred them by fayrnesse to laye downe the whyte hattes And with tho wordes the erles seruauntes brought agayne the prisoner fro Erclo so yelded him agayne as by the waye of restablysshing wherof they had great ioy At this answere makynge was Johan Lyon and a .x. or .xii. of the moste notable of his company and whan they herde that the erle requyred that the whyte hattes shulde be layd downe euery man held his peace Than Johan Lyon spake and sayd All ye good people that be here present ye know and haue sene but late howe the whyte hattes hath better kept your fraunchesses than outher reed or blacke hattes haue done or of any other colour Be ye sure and say that I sayd it assoone as the whyte hattes be layde downe by the ordynaunce that the erle wolde haue it so I wyll nat gyue for all your frauÌ„chesses after nat thre pens The whiche wordê blynded so the people that euery man departed thens and the most parte went home to their houses sayde Let them alone JohnÌ„ Lyon say the trouthe we haue nat sene in hym but good and profitable for our towne So the matter stode styll in the same case And Johan Lyon was than in more feare of his lyfe than he was before and imagined anone as it fell after for he thought that Gylbert Mahewe hadde wrought some mater agaynste hym his company in his last voiage with the erle bycause therle made so amyable an answere Than he thought to fynde some remedy and ordayned and made secretely capitayns of the whyte hattes as Senteners and Muquateners and to them sayd ss say vnto your coÌ„pany that they be day and nyght purueyed redy and assoone as they knowe or here any mouyng lette them come to me for it were better we slewe than to be slayne sythe we haue begon so farre and as he ordayned so it was done euery man redy ¶ Howe the whyte hattes slewe the bayly in the market place and of the goodê and howses of maryners that were distroyed and of the great brullynge that was than in Gaunt Cap. CCC .l. IT was nat long after but that the baily of Gaunt Roger Dauterne came too Gaunt with a two hundred horse and ordayned to do as the erle and Gylbert Mahewe and his bretherne had deuysed The bayly with two huÌ„dred men that be brought with hym came downe a longe the stretes with the erles baner in his hande And whan he came in to the market place he rested and set the baner before him Than anone drue to him Gylbert Mahewe and his brethern and the ruler of the meane craftê It was ordayned that his men of armes shulde go to Johan Lyons house and to take him as chiefe ruler of the whyte hattes and a .v. or sire other of his company of theÌ„ that were moost culpable and they to haue ben brought to the castell of GauÌ„t and ther to haue had their heedes stryken of Johan Lyon who thought no lesse and was well aduysed of this dede for he had spyes and watchesse in euery corner of the towne He knewe well of the comynge of the bayly knewe for certayne and so dyd all the whyte hattes yâ— the same iourney was set for them they all drewe togyder be tymes and came to Johan Lyons howse who was redy in the strete abydyng for them So there came .x.. than .xx. and euer as they came they fell in aray in the strete whan they were assembled to the nombre of four hundred Than JohnÌ„ Lyon departed as fyrse as a lyon and sayd let vs go on these traytours that wyll betray the good towne of Gaunt I thought well that all yâ— swete wordes that Gylbert Mahewe brought vs the last daye fro the erle was but disceyte and distructyon for vs but I shall make them repent it Than he and his company went a great pase and alweys his nombre encreased for there were dyuers that fell to his company that hadde no whyte hattes but they â—ryed treason treason came about by a strayt lane in to the market place where as the â—ayly was representyng yâ— erles parson And assoone as Gylbert Mahewe and his bretherne sawe Johan Lyon come in to the place they fledde a way as fast as they myght and so dyd all other except suche as the bayly brought with him As soone as JohnÌ„ Lyon was come in to the place the capytayne of the whyte hattes with agreat company with hym came to the bayly and with out any wordespekyng they toke and cast him to the erthe slewe him there And than the erles baner was cast downe to the grounde and torne all to peaces they touched no man there but the bayly And than they came all aboute JohnÌ„ Lyon And whan the erles men sawe the bayly deed and the erles baner all to torne they were greatly abasshed and so toke their horses and voyded out of the towne YE maye well knowe that Gylbert Mahewe and his bretherne who were enemyes to JohnÌ„ Lyon wer nat well assured of theÌ„ selfe in their owne houses wherfore they departed as fast as they myght and voyded the towne one after a nother and left behynde them wyfê chyldren and herytages and went assoone as they myght to the erle and shewed hym howe his bayly was slayne Of the whiche tydynges therle was sore displeased and gode cause why for they had done hym great dispyte and sayde and sware howe it shulde be greatly recompeÌ„sed or euer that he returned agayn in to Gaunt and that they shuld neuer haue peace with him in ensample to all other townes So Gylbert Mahewe and his bretherne abode styll with the erle And Johan Lyon and the whyte hattes perseuered styll in their outrage Roger Dauterne was thus slayne and all other departed and yâ— none apered before the whyte hattes to be reuenged than Johan Lyon who entented to ouer ryn the maryners bicause he loued theÌ„ nat â–ª sayd Sirs on a fore to these false traytours the Mahewes that wolde this dayâ— distroy the fraunchesse of the towne of Gaunt And so they ran alonge the stretes to their
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
for the erle is nat easy to be apeased for he hath about him suche as wyll rather styre hym to displeasure than to quyetnesse as Gylbert Mahewe his brethern ther is a huÌ„dred hyndrers of the peace rather than one forderer therfore it were good that we toke good hede to our selfe if we haue warre to knowe who shall ayde vs and howe we shall get vs loue among you rulers of suche a crafte and suche a craft Cause to morowe to come in to the feldes as many men as ye can get and ther we shall se howe able euery maÌ„ is and howe they be furnysshed it is better to be aduysed be tyme than to late this shall coste vs nothynge and yet we shall be the more feared and drad they all answered and sayd it is well deuysed so let it be done The next day they went out all at Bruges gate so went in to the feldes in a fayre playne without Gaunt called Andre hen Than Johan Lyon behelde them gladly for they were a .x. thousaÌ„de and all well armed than he sayd beholde here is a goodly company â–ª and whan he had ben there a certayne space and hadde gone all aboute them than he sayd Sirs I counsayle let vs go to the erles place here by syth we be so nere it for it is shewed me howe he maketh there great prouisyon it may fortune to be great preiudice to oure towne of Gaunt They all agreed therto and so came to Andrehen the whiche was as than without any great kepynge or defence so they entred and sought all about the house and a none this vngracious company pylled and robbed it of all that euer they founde there There was within it moche ryches for the erle had made there his warderobe Johan Lyon made semblant as thoughe he had bene sore displeased howe beit that was nat so as it apered for whaÌ„ they were departed fro the castell and come agayne in to the felde they loked behynde theÌ„ and sawe all the place a fyre and that the fyre was more than in xx places in the castell so that it was nat in the peoples puyssance to quenche it nor also they had no great wyll to do it Than Johan Lyon as though he had great mernayle sayd howe cometh yonder fyre in my lordes howse And some answered and sayd We can nat tellâ— but by aduenture well 〈◊〉 he we can nat thaÌ„ amend it it is better that it be brent by aduenture rather than by vs. And also all thynges considered it was a perylous neighbour to vs for my lorde might ther a set suche a garyson yâ— might haue done vs great domage if we shulde haue warr with him They all answered and sayd ye say trouthe And so retourned in to the towne of Gaunt and dyde no more that day for they had done yuell inough and to moche for it cost after mo than two hundred thousande mennes lyues And it was one of the princypall thyngê wherwith the erle was moost displeased And therfore Johan Lyon dyd it bycause he wolde haue no peace for he knewe well what soeuer treatie were made he was likely to lese his life This castell of Andrehen hadde cost the erle of FlauÌ„ders the bylding therof two huÌ„dred thousande frankes and he loued it best of all the houses he had The good men of Gaunt who deâ—yred to haue had peace was of this aduenture right sorouâ—ull howbeit they coude nat amâ—de it nor they durst make no wordes therof For the whyte hattes sayde howe the castell was brent by vnhappe and none otherwyse THese tidynges came to the erle of FlauÌ„ders who was atte Male and he that brought him worde sayd sir knowe for trouthe your fayre house of Andrehen the whiche hath cost you so moch and that ye so well loued is brent Brent 〈◊〉 the erle ye surely sir quod he And howe so 〈◊〉 the erle Sir by vnhappe as it is sayde A 〈◊〉 the erle that dede shall neuer haue peace in Flaunders as long as Johan Lyon lyueth He hath couertly made it to be sette a fyre but it shall be derely bought Than he made the burgesses of Gaunte to come before hym and sayde to them A ye yuell and vnhappy people ye pray me with swerde in the haÌ„de I haue grauÌ„ted to you all yor requestes as ye wyll your selfe and now your folkes haue breÌ„t my house the whiche I loued among all other Thynke they nat that they haue done me dyspyte ynoughe in sleynge my bayly for doynge his offyce and to teare there my baner and to treade it vnder their fete Knowe for trouth sauynge myne honoure and that I haue gyuen you saue conduct I shulde cause all your needê to be stryken of Departe out of my presence say to yonder vnhappy people of Gaunte that they shall neuer haue peace nor treatie with me tyll I haue of theym whome I wyll to stryke of their heedes and none shall haue mercy the burgesses who were fullsorâ—e of these tidyngê bycause they were natte culpable of that dede they began to excuse them but there was none excuse wolde serue for the erle was so sore displeased that he wolde nat here themspeke and so made them to auoyde his presence and they toke their horses to returne to Gaunt and shewed howe well they had spedde and had great peace and apoyntment and this castell had nat bene brent And also they shewed howe the erle gretly manasshed theÌ„ and send theÌ„ worde how they shulde neuer haue peace with hym tyll he had as many of the towne at his pleasur as he lyst to haue The good people of the towne sawe well howe the mater went but yuell for them and howe the whyte hattes had caused all but there was none so hardy that durst speke it ¶ Th erle of FlauÌ„ders went fro Male to Lyle and all his housholde and than he sente for all his lordes and knyghtes of FlauÌ„ders suche as helde of hym to haue their counsayle howe he myght do in all his besynesses and howe to be reuenged of them of Gaunte who hadde done him so many dispyghtes All the gentylmen of Flaunders sware to hym to be good and true as they ought to be to their lorde without any meane wherfore therle was greatly reioysed Than he sent men to all his castelles to Teremont Rypemont Aloes Gaures Andwarpe and all about he made great prouision ¶ Of the deth of Johan Lyon and of other capitaynes that the gauntoyse made of the good townes in FlauÌ„ders that alyed them selfe to Gaunt Cap. C C C .lii. IOhnÌ„ Lyon was greatly retoysed whaÌ„ he saw that therle of Flaunders wolde take no peace with them of Gaunte seyng he coude coÌ„e to no peace And he hadde than put the towne of Gaunt so forewarde in warre the they must nedes than whether they wolde or nat contynue the warre than he sayd openly Sirs ye may se and vnderstande howe our lorde the erle of
of the whyte hattes ther was suche a murmurynge and why sperynge that it might well be parceyued that it was for that cause Than therle desyred theym swetely euery man to drawe to their owne houses And soo euery man departed out of the place but the whyte hattes were the first that came thyder and the laste that taryed And whan the erle passed by theÌ„ they smyled and folisshely behelde hym and they made no reuerence to hym wherof the erle was sore displeased in his mynde and sayd to his knigh tes whan he came to his lodgynge I trowe I shall neuer come easely to myne entent against these whyte hattes they are vnhappye people My hert gyueth me that the mater wyll nat rest longe in the case that it is nowe in For as ferr as I canne parceyue they are likely to do many yuell dedes for though I shulde lese all I canne nat suffre theym in their pride and yuell doynges THus therle of FlauÌ„ders was there a foure or fyue dayes and than deê‘ted so that he retourned no more thyder agayne so went to Lysse and ther ordayned to lye all the wynter At his departyng fro Gaunt he toke leaue of no man but departed in displeasure wherwith dyuers of the towne were right yuell content and sayde Howe they sholde neuer haue any good of hym nor he wolde neuer loue theÌ„ nor they him And howe he was deê‘ted fro theÌ„ at that tyme as he had done in tyme past And that Gylbert Mahewe and his bretherne had counsayled him so to do Seyng he was departed so sodaynlye fro Gaunt Johan Prunaur Rase Harsell Peter de Boyse Johan Boule and the yuell capitayns were ryght ioyouse of his departyng and sowed lewde wordê about in the towne Sayeng howe that or somer coÌ„e therle and his men wyll breke the peace Wherfore they sayd it were good that euery maÌ„ toke hede to hym selfe and that they prouyde for the towne corne and other vitayls as â—esshe and salte and suche other thynges Sayeng howe they coulde se no suretie in the erle So they of Gaunt made prouision of dyuers thynges that was necessarie for theÌ„ and for the towne Wherof the erle was enfourmed and had great marueyle wherfore they douted them selfe in suche wyse To say trouthe all thynges coÌ„sydred in that I say or haue sayd before It may be marueyled howe they of Gaunt dissymuled them selfe so at the begynninge as they dyde The riche sage and notable persons of the towne can nat excuse them selfe of these dedes at the begynnyng For whan Johan Lyon beganne to bring vp first the white hattes they might well haue caused them to haue been layed downe if they had lyst And haue sent other maner of persons agaynst the pioners of Bruges than they but they suffred it bycause they wolde nat medell nor be in no busynesse nor prease All this they dyde and consented to be done the whiche after they derely bought and specially suche as were riche and wyse For afterward they were no more lordes of them selfe nor they durst nat speke nor do nothynge but as they of Gaunte wolde For they sayd the nother for JohnÌ„ Lyon nor for Gylbert Mahewe nor for their warres or enuyes they wolde neuer departe a sondre For whatsoeuer warre ther were bytwene one or other they wolde be euer all one and euerredy to defende the fraunchesses of their towne the whiche was well sene after for they made warre whiche endured seuyn yere In the whiche tyme there was neuer stryfe amonge them in the towne And that was the thynge that sustayned and kept theÌ„ moost of any thyng bothe within and without They were in suche vnyte that there was no dystaunce amonge them as ye shall herafter in this hystorie IT was nat long after that therle of Flaunders was departed fro Gaunt and returned to Lyle but that sir Olyuer Dauterne cosyn germayne to Roger Dauterne slayne before in Gaunt Sent his defyance to the towne of Gaunt for the dethe of his cosyn and in lykewise so dyde sir Philyppe of Mamynes and dyuers other And after their defyances made they fouÌ„de a fourtie shyppes and the maryners to them parteyninge of the burgesses of Gaunt who were comyng on the ryuer of Lescaulte charged with corne and ther they reuenged them of the dethe of their cosyn on these shyppes and maryners For they all to hewed the maryners and dyde putte out their eyen and so sent theym to Gaunt maymed as they were whiche dispyte they of Gaunt toke for a great iniury The lerned men of GauÌ„t to whome the complayntes came were right sore displesed and wyst nat well what to say Great murmuryng was in the towne and the moost parte of the people of Gaunt sayd howe therle of Flaunders had caused all so that ther durst no manne excuse hym And assoone as Johan Prunax herde these tidynges who was as thaÌ„ capitayn of the whyte hattes wtout any worde spekyng to theÌ„ of the lawe I can nat say whyder he spake with the capitayns of other coÌ„panyons or nat I thynke rather ye thaÌ„ nay So he toke the most parte of the whyte hattes and dyuers other folowers redy inoughe to do yuell and so departed fro Gaunt and came so daynly to And warpe Whan he entred first there was no watche nor kepers for they feared no man And so he and his company entred in at the gate to the nombre of fyue thousande and mo And the next mornynge he sette warkemen a warke carpentars and masons suche as were ther redy with hym to do his commaundement And so he ceassed nat tyll he had beaten downe two of the gates and the walles and towres bytwene them and layde them vp so downe in the dykes towarde Gaunt HOwe may they of Gaunt excuse theÌ„ selfe that thus coÌ„sented to this dedeâ— for they were at And warpe beatynge downe these walles gates more than a moneth If they had sent for these men to haue come backe agayne whan they herde of it first than they might well haue been excused but they dyde nat so They wynked rather with their eyen and suffered it tyll tidynges came to the erle who lay at Lysle howe JohnÌ„ Prunaur had by stelthe come in to Andwarpe and beten downe two of the gates with the walles and towres Of whiche tydinges the erle was sore displesed and also he had good cawse so to be and sayd A these vnhappy cursed people the deuyll I trowe is with them I shall neuer be in ioye as long as they of Gaunt haue any puissance Than he sent to Gaunt some of his counsayle shewynge theÌ„ the great outrage that they hadde done and howe they were no people to be beleued in makyng any peace seyng that the peace whiche the duke of Burgoyne had made to his great labour and payne was nowe thus broken by them The mayre and lerned men of Gaunt excused them selfe and sayd that sauynge the erles displeasure they neuer thought
for body And in the same chalenge they shulde haue thre strokes with the swerde so he had also thre swerdes borne after hym THe erle of Buckingham was enformed of this chalenge sayd Howe he wolde go and se it hym selfe And so he mouÌ„ted on his horse and the erle Stafforde and the erle Dymestre with hym and for this cause seased the assaut at Tourey â–ª the englysshmen drewe thyder to se these iustes than the englysshman caÌ„e forthe armed at all peces mouÌ„ted on a good horse Whan they were come in to the place there speares were delyuered them and so ran eche at other and myssed by reason of stryuinge of their horses The seconde course they met and ataynted Than therle of Buckyngham sayd hola cease for it is late And than he sayd to the constable cause theÌ„ to cease for they haue done ynough for this day They shall ende their enterprise another season at more leysar than we haue as nowe and take good hede yâ— the french squyer lacke nothyng but lette hym be as well kept as oure owne squyer And shewe or cause to be shewed to theÌ„ of the castell that they take no care for their squyer for he shall go with vs to ê‘forme his enterprise nat as a prisoner for if he scape a lyue he shall returne agayne with out parell The erles wordes were acomplyshshed and it was shewed to the squier by the marshall howe he shulde ryde with them without any daunger and whan the erle is content ye shall be delyuered sir quod the squyer as god wyll so be it And a haraude was sent to the castell to shewe all the mater to them within ¶ The next day they rode to yeÌ„uyll in Beause alwayes beyng in hope to fyght with their enemyes for well they knewe howe they were pursued and costed on all parties by the frenchmen who were as great a nombre as they were or greatter And to say the trouthe the frenche lordes knightes and squiers had great wyll and desyre to fight with the englysshmen and sayd among them selfe Howe it was a great shame to suffre them so longe vnfought withall And whan they spake to the kynge therof he sayd euer to them Sirs let theÌ„ alone to kepe on their waye they shall at lengthe lese them selfe So thus the englysshmen kept forthe their waye to th entent to entre in to Bretayne And as ye haue harde in yenuyll in Beause there were mo than thre hundred speres and all the hoost passed by before the barryers ther was a lytell scrimysshe and so passed forthe for they lost their payne and without yenuylle there was a fayre wyndmyll the whiche was beaten downe So the erle of Buckyngham came to ytâ—ruyll and alighted at the house of the teÌ„plers and the vouarde went to Puyset And they were aduertysed howe that there was a stronge towre and a xl companyons within Thenglysshmen went and assayled it â–ª it stode on the playne grounde with lytell defence So there was a great assaut but it endured nat longe for the englysshe archers shotte so holly toguyder that ther was none durst apere at any defence So the towre was taken and all they within slayne or taken And than thenglysshmen sette fyre in the towre and so passed forthe for they coulde fynde no good waters whiche was a great myschefe for them Than they came to Ermoyne and loged ther and fro thens wente and lodged in the forest of Marcheaunoy ¶ Of the iustê bytwene Gawen Mychaell fraunsois Joahym Cathore angloys and of the wordê that kyng Charles of Fraunce sayd on his deth bedde Cap. CCC .lxvi. WIthin the forest of Mar cheaunoye was an abbey of monkes Sesteause wherin were noble houses and buyldynges of olde tyme. it was edified bylded by a valyaÌ„t noble man therle of Bloys and he gaue thervnto reuene wes and rentes but the warres had sore mynisshed their lyuelode There the erle of Buckynghame lodged and herde masse on our lady day in Septembre And there it was ordayned that Gawen Mychaell shulde furnysshe his chalenge agaynst Joachym Cathore the nexte day the same day thenglysshmen came towarde Marcheau noy and within the towne ther was capitayne the same tyme a knyght of that countre called sir Wyllyam of saynt Martyne a ryght sage knyght and a valyant in armes Whan the englysshmen sawe the maner of that castell they withdrewe to their lodgynges The lorde Fitz water came before the castell of Uerby nat to gyue any assaute vnto it but to speke with the lorde therof at yâ— barryers bycause they knewe eche other They had ben toguyder before that tyme in Pruce So the lorde Fitz water knowledged hym selfe to the lorde of Uerby and desyred hym for olde acquayntance to sende him some of his wyne of his courtesy and promysed to saue all his landes fro brennyng and wastynge The lorde of Uerby sent hym wyne largely and thretie myches therwith for the whiche the lorde Fytz water gaue hym great thankes and kept well his promyse The next daye after our lady day Gawen Mychaell and Jochyme Cathore armed theym and mounted on their horses to performe their enterprise So they met at the speare poyntes rudely the freÌ„ch squyer iusted right plesantly the englysshman ranne to lowe for he strake the frenchman depe in to the thygh Wherwith the erle of Bucking ham was ryghtsore displeased and so were all thother lordes sayd howe it was shamefully ron Than eche of them strake thre strokes with their swerdes than therle sayd howe they had done ynough and sayd howe they shulde 〈◊〉 no moâ—â— tor he sawe the squyet blede sore â—han Gawen Mychaell was vnarmed and the erle sent hym by an haraude a hundred fraÌ„kes and gaue hym leaue to depte home agayn to his owne company Sendyng them worde howe he had acquyted hym right valiantly so this Gawen Mychaell retourned agayne to the frenche lordes and the englysshemen departed fro Marcheaunoy and toke the way towarde Uandoue but or they came there they lodged in the forest of Coulonbers YE haue herde before howe the freÌ„che kyng had sent dyuers treaties and couenauntes to certayne townes in Bretayne to the entent that they shulde nat open their townes to the englysshmen Shewyng theÌ„ that if they dyde otherwyse they shulde soore trespasse agaynst hym so yâ— it shulde be inê‘donable they of Naunces had sent to the kyng secretely that he shulde be in no doute of them Promysinge they wolde make no treatie that shulde be agaynst the kynge their lorde so that yf the englysshmen dyde aproche their towne than the kynge to sende them some socoure to the whiche the frenche kyng was well agreed and had charged his counsayle to take hede therto Of all these treaties sir Johan de Bulle hadde the busynesse therof vnder the duke of Aniou who lay at Anger 's The duke of Burgoyne was in the cytie of Mans and therabout and in the castelles and forteresses
forest of Colombiers There rode to gyder sir Thomas Triuet and sir willyam Clynton and with them a .xl. speres and by aduenture they encountred on the way the lorde of Hangest comyng fro Uandone with a xxx speares The englisshmen knewe incontynent that they were freÌ„chmen and so ran feirsly at them The frenchmen sawe they were ouer matched and thought nat therfore to abyde theÌ„ also they were nat farre of fro Uandone So they rode thyderwarde as fast as they myght and the englysshmen after and there was ouer throwen with a speare sir Robert of Hangest cosyn to the lorde of HaÌ„gest and JohnÌ„ of MoÌ„decryes and syxe other were takenÌ„e prisoners The lorde of Hangest came so to the barryers that they were opyn as his happe was and so entred in therat And than toke his speare and tourned hym to defence right valiantly but the englysshmen hadde a twelfe prisoners 〈…〉 The same dayâ—â—â—de forthe sir Robert Caâ—â—â—ll and his company who encountred the lorde of Mauuoyson defendyng him selfe right valiantlye Howe be it finally sir Robert Canoll toke hâ—m his owne handes the same daye the hoost passed by Uandone and wente to Ausey and the next day to saynt Cales and ther rested two dayes and than went to Pount Uolayne Thus the englysshmen rode forthe and founde no man that spake agaynst them so all the couÌ„trey was full of men of warre There were a great nombre in the cytie of Mauns and the duke of Aâ—â—ou rode by Towres in Tourayne by Bloyes and by Orlyaunce and so came to Parys For he had knowledge howe his brother the kynge laye in great ieopardy and nat likely â—o scape wherfore he thought to be at his dyeng His men of armes kepte styll their garysons and pursued thengâ—ysshmen The men of armes of Fraunce ordayned to trouble the englysshmen as moche as they might Thynkynge to enclose them in the countrey and so to â—amysshe them if they coude and than to fyght with them at their aduantage whyder the frenche kynge wolde or nat And they made on the passage of the ryuer of Sartre where as they thought the englysshmen shulde passe great defence and brought thyder great pyles of wode and draâ—e them downe by force in to the ryuer wherby no man coude passe there And also at the yssuinge out of the ryuer they made great and depe dykes so that no maÌ„ coude passe out The erle of Buckyngham and his coÌ„pany departed fro Pount Uolayne and came to the ryuer of Sartre and there rested for they coulde fynde no passage for the ryuer was great and depe and yuell to passe but at certayne places The vowarde rode a longe the ryuer coulde fynde no passage but there as the pyles were driuen in the water Than the lordes a lyghted and aduysed well the passage and sayde We must nedâ—s passe this same waye if we wyll go any farther Therfore let vs go to it â–ª by force drawe out these pyles Thanne ye shulde haue sene lordes knyghtes and squyers entre in to the ryuer at aduenture and toke great payne â—r they coulde gette out these pyles Howe be it finally they drewe them out and so opyned the passage with great payne NOwe ye may coÌ„â—ydre that if the french men had as than pursewed them and knowen oâ— their dede they might haue 〈◊〉 thâ— great 〈…〉 age For the formast coude nat haue ben ayded with them that came after bycause of the great marysses that they hadde past but so moche dyde the englysshe men that they passed ouer and so came to Noyen on the ryuer of Sartre ¶ The same day that the englisshmen passed the ryuer of Sartre Charles the frenche kynge dyed in his house of saynt Poule in Parys And as soone as the duke of Aâ—io we his brother knewe that his eyen were closed he toke and seased all the kynges iewels the whiche were without nombre â–ª and dyde put them in to saue kepynge to his behoue Thynkyng how they came right well to passe to ayd hym in his warres that he thought to make for he wrote hym selfe kynge of Cycell of Pulle of Calabre and of Hâ—erusalem THe frenche kynge was caryed through the cytie of Parys with open visage discouered his bretherne and his two sonnes behynde hym to the abbey of saynt Denyse and there he was buryed right honourably in lyke maner as he hadde ordayned in his lyfe tyme and sir Bertram of Clesquy his constable laye at his fete And though that kynge Charles in his lyfe tyme had well ordayned for the gouernyng of the realme howe it shulde haue ben ordayned yet the duke of Aniou folowed nothinge that ordynaunce For he toke on hym incontynent the gouernynge and reygned aboue all his bretherne Howe be it he wolde that Charles his nephewe shulde be kynge but he wolde haue the gouernyng of the realme aboue all other bycause he was the eldest And there was none in Fraunce that durst saye agaynst hym Thus the kynge dyed about Myghelmas Anone after his discease the lordes of FrauÌ„ce aduysed that sone after Halowen tyde they wolde crowne the yonge kyng Charles at Reynes to the which coronacy on the thre vncles to the kynge were well agreed That is to saye the duke of Aniowe the duke of Berrey and the duke of Burgoyne so that they myght haue the gouernynge of the realme tyll the kynge came to the age of one and tweÌ„tie yeres To this sware all the nobles and prelates of Fraunce Than knowledge of the coronacyon of this yong kinge was gyuen in to outwarde partes as to the duke of Brabant to duke Aubert of Bauyer â–ª and to the erle of Sauoy to the erle of Bloyes to the duke of Guerles to the duke of Julyers to the erle of Armynake and to the erle of Foim â–ª The duke of Barle the duke of Lorayne the lorde of Coucy and the erle Dolphyne of Auuergne were styll in the pursute of the englysh meÌ„ wherfore they were nat sent for to be at this coronacyon The erle of Flaunders was desyred to coÌ„e thyder the day was assigned on Alhalowen day the whiche was on a sondaye as it fell that yere Of the dethe of the frenche kynge were they of Gaunt ryght sorie for he dyde theÌ„ moche good in their warre for he loued but lytell the erle of Flaunders ¶ Nowe let vs speke of the englysshmen and leaue the coronacyon of the frenche kyng ¶ Howe the englisshmen arryued in Bretayne and howe the duke excused hym selfe of his long taryenge fro them Cap. CCC .lxviii. ALl this season the englysshmen knewe noâ—hynge of the parell that the frenche kyng was in and were passed the ryuer of Loyre and were lodged at Nogen and than departed and wente to Porle a two leages fro Sable and all the power of France was as than in the cite of MaÌ„s and therabout but they dyde nothynge but alwayes coosted the englysshmen Some sayde they wolde fight with theym but whan
slayne bycause he had nat holpen Rase de Harsels at the batayle of Nieule Peter de Boyse excused hymselfe and sayd howe he had sende to Rase that in no wyse he shulde fight with the erle without he were in his company bycause the erle had so great a puissauÌ„ce but Rase dyde the clene contrary And therfore though yuell become to hym I can nat do therwith And sirs knowe surely that I am as sorie and as moche displeased for his dethe as any man may be For the towne of Gaunte hath lost of hym a right valyant man and a sage capitayne Therfore it is conuenyent to seke out for another discrete sage and of good renome or els let vs all put our selfe vnder the obeysaÌ„ce of the erle And he shall distroye vs all make vs to dye a villayne dethe beholde nowe chose what ye wyll do outher perceyuer and coÌ„tynue as we haue done or els to put vs in to the erles mercy And as than ther were none that answered hym but as for the batayle of Nieule and of the dethe of Rase de Harselles he was excused And bycause they gaue hym none answere to that he sayde he was sore dyspleased in his mynde And specially he was nat content with some of the burgesses that were ther present of the best and moost notablest of yâ— towne As sir Guysbert Grut and sir Symonde Brette He made as than to them no semblant but he shewed well his displeasure to theÌ„ or the yere past as yeshall here after wHan the lorde DaÌ„ghien and the lorde Montigny the Hase of Flaunders and their routes were retourned from Nieule to the erle and had shewed him all that they had sene Than therle departed and went to Bruges and sent home his people of yâ— good townes and he sende them of Franke with the lorde DaÌ„ghien to And warpe And whan they of Gaunte vnderstode that the Erle was gone backe to Bruges and that his people were departed fro hym Than by the styrring and mouyng of Peter de Boyse they of Gaunt drewe togyder for he sayd to theÌ„ Sirs let vs go forwarde let vs nat be this a colde to make warr let vs shewe ourselfe lyke people to do an entprise And so there deê‘ted out of GauÌ„t mo than fyftene M. and so came strongly before Courtray and layd siege to the towne whyle yâ— feest and processyon was at Bruges The whiche was the yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .lxxxi. There they were ten dayes and breÌ„t the subbarbes and the countrey about whan the erle herde therof he sente for all his gentylmen and garisons and for the coÌ„mons of Ipre and Franke. and so departed fro Bruges and he was to the nombre of xxb. thousande and so he toke the waye towardes Courtray to fyght with the gauntoyse and to reyse the siege And whan Peter de Boyse and the gauÌ„toyse herde how the erle was comyng to them warde with so great a noÌ„bre than they determyned no lenger to kepe the siege but so departed and went and lodged at Douse and at Nieule Sayeng howe they wolde abyde the erle there and sent worde of their estate to Gaunt and sent for the rerebande to the entent to be the stronger and to haue the more people And so there departed agayne fro Gaunte to the nombre of .xv. thousande and so came to their company to Nieull and to Douse and there lodged all togyder in the feldes abydinge the erle And whan the erle was come to Harlbecke besyde Courtrey than he vnderstode that the gauntoyse were departed to wardes Gaunte and were lodged about Nieule and Douse Than the erle was couÌ„sayled nat to pursue them and so gaue leaue to his men to departe and he sent the lorde DaÌ„ghien and heynowers his bastarde sonne the Hase of FlauÌ„ders to And warpe in garyson whan the gauntoyse sawe that therle came nat on theÌ„ than they departed fro Nieule and fro Douse and toke the highe way by And warpe to come to Gaunt And the same daye that they passed they sente to And warpe a certayne nombre of their men of whom Arnolde Clerke was capitayne to yâ— barryers of the towne to scrumysshe with them within the towne and the knightes and squyers that were within coulde nat absteyne theÌ„selfe but came and scrimysshed with them so that ther were hurt and slayne dyuers on bothe parties and at last they departed and entred into GauÌ„t euery maÌ„ to his owne house And thre dayes after Arnolde Clerke was ordayned to go to Gaures with a .xii. hundred of the whyte hobes to lye in the castell and ther about in maner as a countre garysone agaynst And warpe And so thyder went Arnold clerke with his coÌ„pany and he had nat ben ther long but he vnderstode that certayne knyghtes and squyers were issued out of And warp to seke aduentures Than Arnolde Clerke departed fro Gaures and with him a. xb. C. and so layd theÌ„ selfe in a busshment to mete with them that were issued that mornynge out of And warpe wherof there were dyuers gentylmen as the lorde of Cornayse the lorde of Remseles sir Johan of Uyllayns the lorde Danghien the Galoys of Mamynes the bastarde of Cornayse and the Blancharde of Calemey And as these knightê and squyers were retournynge to And warpe the busshment brake out on theÌ„ And ther were dyuers slayne hurt and ouerthrowen for the gauÌ„toyse toke non to mercy Ther these knightes and squiers horses dyde them good seruyce for they broched their spurres to their horses so retourned to And warpe and at the barriers of the towne they a lighted and put them selfe to defence abyding for their company and var lettes yet they coude nat entre so clene but that there were slayne mo than thre score And than Arnolde clerke retourned and lodged the same night at an abbey therby called Chem. And in the abbey they fouÌ„de Peter Destonehoyr the Galoys of mamynes and a. C. of their copany with them Than Arnolde Clerke assayled the abbey and with great payne the Galois of mamynes saued hym selfe and departed out at a backe posterne and entred in to a bote and by night tyme went to And warp and shewed the lorde Danghien the lorde Montigny and sir Danyell of Halwyn and the other knightes yâ— were ther. How the same night Arnolde clerke and the whyte hodes were in thabbey of Chem and had slayne dyuers of their company said howe he thought verily that Peter Destonehoix was there slayne so he was in dede For Arnolde clerke his coÌ„pany made him to leape out at a wyndowe ther was receyued with glayues and slayne whiche was great domage ¶ Howe the white hoodes and their capitayn were slayne and how Phylyppe Dartuell was chosen capiteyn of Gaunt Cap. CCC .lxxix. WHan the knightes and squyers that were within Andwarpe vnderstode that Arnolde Clerke and the whyte hodes to the nombre of .xii. hundred
And specially by the archebysshop of Caunterbury his chauÌ„celler wherof they wolde haue accompt This knight durst do none otherwise but so came by the ryuer of Thames to the towre The kynge and they that were with hym in the towre desyrynge to here tidynges seyng this knyght comyng made him way and was brought before the kynge in to a chambre And with the kynge was the princesse his mother and his two bretherne therle of Kent and the lorde JohnÌ„ Holland the erle of Salisburye the erle of Warwyke the erle of Oxenforthe the archebysshop of Caunterbury the lorde of saynt Johans ser Robert of Namure yâ— lorde of Uertaigne the lorde of Gomegynes sir Henry of Sauselles the mayre of London and dyuers other notable burgesses This knight sir Johan Moton who was well knowen amonge theÌ„ for he was one of the kynges offycers He kneled downe before the kynge and sayd My right redouted lorde lette it nat displease your grace the message that I must nedes shewe you For dere sir it is byforce and agaynst my wyll Sir JohnÌ„ sayd the kyng say what ye wyll I holde you excused Sir the commons of this your realme hath sente me to you to desyre you to come and speke with them on Blacheth for they desyre to haue none but you And sir ye nede nat to haue any dout of your persone for they wyll do you no hurte for they holde and wyll holde you for their kynge But sir they say they wyll shewe you dyuers thynges the whiche shall be ryght necessarie for you to take hede of whanne they speke with you Of the whiche thynges sir I haue no charge to shewe you But sir it may please you to gyue me an answer suche as may apease theÌ„ and that they may knowe for trouth that I haue spoken with you for they haue my chyldren in hostage tyll I retourne agayne to theym And without I retourne agayne they wyll slee my chyldren incontynent Thasie the kyng made hym an answere and sayd Sir ye shall haue an answere shortely Than the kyng toke counsayle what was best for hym to do it was anone determyned that the next mornyng the kynge shulde go downe the ryuer by water and without fayle to speke with theÌ„ And whan sir Johan Moton herde that answere he desyred nothynge els And so toke his leaue of the kyng and of the lordes and retourned agayne in to his vessell and passed the Thames went to Blackeheth where he had left mo than threscore thousande men and ther he answered theÌ„ that the next mornynge they shulde sende some of their counsayle to the Thames and ther the kyng wolde come and speke with them This answere greatlye pleased theym and so passed that night as well as they might And yâ— fourthe part of them fasted for lacke of vitayle for they had none Wherwith they were sore displeased whiche was good reason ALl this season therle of Buckynghame was in Wales for there he had fayre herytages by reason of his wyfe who was doughter to yâ— erle of NorthuÌ„berlande and Herforde but the voyce was all through London howe he was amonge these people And some sayd certaynlye howe they had sene hym there amonge them And all was bycause there was one Thomas in their companye a man of the countie of Cambridge that was very lyke the erle Also the lordes that lay at Plummouth to go in to Portyngale were well infourmed of this rebellyon and of the people that thus began to ryse Wherfore they douted lest their vyage shulde haue bene broken or els they feared lest the comons about Hampton Wynchestre and AruÌ„dell wolde haue come on them Wherfore they wayed vp their ancres and yssued out of the hauyn with great payne for the wynde was sore agaynst them and so toke thesee and there cast ancre abyding for the wynde and the duke of Lancastre who was in the marches of Scotlande bytwene Morlane and Roseburg entreatyng with the scottes where it was shewed hym of the rebellyon Wherof he was in doute For he knewe well he was but lytell beloued with the comens of Englande Howe be it for all those tidynges yet he dyde sagely demeans hym selfe as touchynge the treatie with the scottes The erle Duglas therle of Moret the erle of Surlant and therle Thomas Uer say and the scotes that were there for the treatie knewe right well yâ— rebelly on in Englande howe the comen people in euery parte began to rebell agaynst the noble men wherfore the scottes thought that Englande was in great daunger to be lost and therfore in their treaties they were the more styffer agayne the duke of Lancastre and his counsayle ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of the commons of Englande and howe they perceyuered ¶ How the coÌ„mons of Englande entred in to London and of the great yuell that they dyde and of the dethe of the bysshoppe of CauÌ„terbury and dyuers other Cap. CCClxxxiii IN the mornyng on corpus christy day kynge Rycharde herde Masse in the towre of LoÌ„don and all his lordes and than he toke his barge with therle of Salisbury therle of Warwyke yâ— erle of Suffolke certayn knightê so rowed downe a longe Thames to Redereth wher as was disceÌ„ded downe the hyll a .x. M. men to se yâ— kyng and to speke with him And whan they sawe the kynges barge comyng they beganne to showt and made suche a crye as though all the deuylles of hell had ben amonge them and they had brought with them sir Johan Moton to the entent that if the kynge had nat coÌ„e they wolde haue stryken hym all to peces so they had promysed hym And whan the kynge his lordes sawe the demeanour of the people The best assured of them were in drede And so the kynge was counsayled by his barownes nat to take any landynge there but so rowed vp and downe the ryuer And the kyng demaunded of them what they wolde and sayd howe he was come thyder to speke with them And they said all with one voyce we wolde that ye shulde coÌ„e a lande and than we shall shewe you what we lacke Than the erle of Salisbury aunswered for the kyng and sayd Sirs ye be nat in suche order nor array that the kynge ought to speke with you And so with those wordes no more sayd And than the kyng was counsayled to returne agayne to the towre of LoÌ„don and so he dyde And whan these people sawe that they were enflamed with yre and retourned to the hyll where the great bande was And ther shewed theÌ„ what answere they had and howe the kynge was retourned to the towre of London Than they cryed all with one voyce Let vs go to London and so they toke their way thyder And in their goyng they beate downe abbeyes and houses of aduocates of men of the court and so came in to the subbarbes of LoÌ„don whiche were great and fayre and ther bete downe dyuers fayre
and also they beheded the lorde of saynt Johans and a frere mynour maister in medicyn ê‘teyning to the duke of Lancastre they slewe hym in dispyte of his maister and a sergeant at armes called JohnÌ„ Laige And these four heedes were set on foure logn speares and they made theÌ„ to be borne before theÌ„ through the stretes of London And at last set theÌ„ a highe on LoÌ„don bridge as though they had ben traytours to the kyng to the realme Also these glottous entred in to the prices chambre and brake herhed wherby she was so sore afrayed that she sowned and ther she was taken vp and borne to the watersyde and put in to a barge and couered and so conueyed to a place called the quenes Warderobe And there she was all that daye and night lyke a woman halfe deed tyll she was conforted with the kyng her sonne as ye shall here after ¶ How the nobles of England were in great paryll to haue ben dystroyed howe these rebels were punisshed and sende home to theyr owne houses Cap. CCC .lxxxiiii. WHan the kyng came to the sayd place of Myleende without London he put out of his company his two bretherne the erle of Kent sir Johan Holande and the lorde of Gomegynes for they durst nat apere before the people And whan the kynge and his other lordes were ther â—he fouÌ„de there a threscore thousande men of dyuers vyllages and of sondrie countreis in Englande So the kynge entred in amonge them sayd to them swetely A ye good people I am your kyng What lacke ye What wyll ye say Than suche as vnderstode him sayd We wyll that ye make vs free for euer our selfe our heyres and our landes and that we be called no more boÌ„de nor so reputed Sirs sayd the king I am well agreed therto Withdrawe you home into your owne houses and into suche villages as ye caÌ„e fro and leaue behynde you of euery vyllage .ii. or thre and I shall cause writynges to be made and seale theym with my seale the whiche they shall haue with them conteyning euery thynge that ye demaunde And to th entent that ye shal be the better assured I shall cause my baners to be delyuered in to euery Bayliwyke shyre and countreis These wordes apeased well the coÌ„mon people suche as were symple and good playne men that were come thyder and wyste nat why They said it was well said we desyre no better Thus these people beganne to be apeased and began to withdrawe them in to the cyte of LoÌ„don And the kyng also said a worde the whiche greatly contented them He sayde Sirs amonge you good men of Kent ye shall haue one of my baners with you ye of Essexe another ye of Sussexe of Bedforde of CaÌ„bridge of Germeney of Stafforde of Lyneche of you one And also I pardon euery thinge that ye haue done hyder to so that ye folowe my baners and retourne home to your houses They all answered how they wolde so do thus these people departed and went in to London Than the kynge ordayned mo than .xxx. clerkes the same fridaye to write with all dilygeÌ„ce letter patentes and sayled with the kyngê seale and delyuered them to these people And whan they had receyued the writynge they departed and retourned in to their owne countreis but the great venym remayned styll behynde For Watte Tyler Jacke Strawe and JohnÌ„ ball sayd for all that these people were thus apesed yet they wolde nat departe so and they had of their acorde mo than .xxx. thousande So they abode styll and made no prese to haue the kynges writyng nor seale for all their enteÌ„tes was to putte the cytie to trouble in suche wyse as to 〈◊〉 all the riche and honest persons to robbe and pylle their houses They of London were in great feare of this wherfore they kepte their houses preuily with their freÌ„des and suche seruauntes as they had euery man accordynge to his puyssaunce And whanÌ„e these sayde people were this fridaye thus somewhat apeased and that they shulde departe assoone as they hadde their writynges euerye manne home in to his ownâ— countrey Than kynge Rycharde came in to the Royall where the quene his Mother was â—â—ght sore afrayed So he coÌ„forted her as well as he coulde and taryed there with her all that night YEt I shall shewe you of an aduenture that fell by these vngracyous people before the cyte of Norwiche by a capitayne among them called Guillyam Lystre of Stufforde THe same daye of Corpus Christy that these people entred in to London and brent the duke of Lancasters house called the Sauoye the Hospytall of saynt Johannes and brake vp the kynges prisons And dyd all this hurte as ye haue herde before The same tyme there assembled toguyder they of Stafforde of Lynne of Cambridge of Bedforde and of Germeney And as they were comynge towardes London they hadde a capitayne amonge them called Lystre And as they came they rested them before Norwiche and in their comynge they caused euerye man to ryse with them so that they left no villayns behynde theÌ„ The cause why they rested before Norwyche I shall shewe you There was a knight capitayne of the towne called sir Robert Sale He was no gentylman borne but he had the grace to be reputed sage and valyant in armes And for his valyauntnesse kynge Edwarde made hym knight He was of his body one of the biggest knightes in all Englande Lyster and his company thought to haue had this knyght with them and to make hym their chife capitayne to the entente to be the more feared and beloued So they sende to hym that he shulde coÌ„e and speke with theÌ„ in the felde or els they wolde brenne yâ— towne The knight consydered that it was better for hym to go speke with theÌ„ rather thanÌ„e they shulde do that outrage to the towne than he mounted on his horse and yssued oute of the towne all alone and so came to speke with theÌ„ And whan they sawe hym they made him gret chere and honoured hym moche desyring hym to a lyght of his horse and to speke with theym and so he dyde wherin he dyde great folly For whanÌ„e he was a lyghted they came rounde about hym and began to speke fayre to hym and sayde Sir Robert ye are a knight and a man greatlye beloued in this countrey and renowmed a valyaunt man And thoughe ye be thus yet we knowe you well ye be no gentylmanne borne but sonne to a villayne suche as we be Therfore coÌ„e you with vs and be our maister and we shall make you so great a lord that one quarter of Englande shal be vnder your obeysauÌ„ce Whan the knight herde them speke thus it was greatlye contraryous to his mynde for he thought neuer to make any suche bargayne and answered them with a felonous regarde Flye away ye vngracyous people false and yuell traytours that ye be Wolde you that
faythe sayd Wat tyler I shall neuer eate meate tyll I haue thy heed And with those wordes the mayre of London came to the kynge with a .xii. horses well armed vnder theyr cootes and so he brake the prease And sawe and harde howe Watte Tyler demeaned hym selfe and sayde to hym Ha thou knaue howe arte thou so hardy in the kynges presence to speke suche wordes It is to moche for the so to do Than the kynge began to chafe and sayd to the mayre Sette handes on hym And while the kynge sayde so Tyler sayd to the mayre A goddesname what haue I sayde to displease the yes truely quod the mayre thou false stynkynge knaue shalt thou speke thus in the presence of the kynge my naturall lorde I commytte neuer to lyue without thou shalte derely abye it And with those wordes the mayre drewe oute his swerde and strake Tyler so great a stroke on the heed that he fell downe at the feete of his horse And as soone as he was fallen they enuironed hym all aboute wherby he was nat sene of his cōpany Than a squyer of the kynges alyghted called John̄ Standysshe he drewe out his sworde and put it in to Watte Tylers belye and so he dyed Than the vngracious people there assembled perceyuynge theyr capytayne slayne beganne to mourmure amonge them selfe and sayde A our capitayne is slayne lette vs go and slee them all And therwith they araynged them selfe on the place in maner of batayle and theyr bowes before theym Thus the kynge beganne a great outrage howe be it all turned to the beste for as soone as Tyler was on the erthe the kynge departed from all his company and all alone he rode to these people and sayde to his owne men Syrs none of you folowe me let me alone And so whan he came before these vngracious people who put them selfe in ordinaunce to reuenge theyr capitayne Than the kynge sayde to theym Syrs what ayleth you ye shall haue no capitayne but me I am your kynge be all in rest and peace And so the moost parte of the people that harde the kynge speke and sawe hym amōge them were shamefast and beganne to waxe peasable and to departe But some suche as were malicious and euyll wolde nat departe but made semblant as though they wolde do somwhat Thā the kynge returned to his owne company and demaūded of theym what was best to be done Than he was coūsailed to drawe into the feld for to flye awaye was no boote Than sayd the mayre it is good that we do so for I thynke surely we shall haue shortely some comforte of them of London and of suche good men as be of our parte who are pourueyed and haue theyr frēdes and men redy armed in theyr houses And in this meane tyme voyce and bruyte ranne through London howe these vnhappy people were lykely to sle the kynge the maire in Smythfelde Through the whiche noyse all maner of good men of the kynges partye issued out of theyr houses and lodgynges well armed and so came all to Smythfelde and to the felde where the kynge was And they were anone to the nombre of .vii. or .viii. thousande men well armed And fyrste thyther came syr Robert Canoll and ser Perducas Dalbret well accompanyed and dyuers of the aldermen of London and with theym a .vi. hundred men in harneys And a pusant man of the citie who was the kynges draper called Nicholas Mēbre and he brought with hym a great company And euer as they came they raynged them a foote in ordre of bataylle And on the other parte these vnhappy people were redy raynged makynge semblaunce to gyue batayle and they had with theym dyuerse of the kynges baners There the kynge made .iii. knyghtes The one the mayre of London sir Nycholas walworthe syr Johan Standysshe and syr Nycholas Braule Than the lordes sayde amonge theym selfe what shall we do we se here our ennemyes who wolde gladly slee vs if they myght haue the better hande of vs. Sir Robert Canoll counsayled to go and fight with them and slee them all yet the kyng wolde nat cōsent therto butsayd Nay I wyll nat so I wyll sende to theym commaundynge them to sende me agayne my baners and therby we shall se what they wyll do How be it outher by fayrnesse or otherwise I wyll haue thē that is well sayd sir quod therle of Salysbury Than these newe knightes were sent to them And these knightes made token to them nat to shote at them And whan they came so nere thē that their speche might be herde they sayd ss the kyng commaundeth you to sende to him agayne his baners and we thynke he wyll haue mercy of you And incontinent they delyuered agayne the baners and sent them to the kyng Also they were commaūded on payne of their heedes that all suche as had letters of the king to bring them forthe and tosende them agayne to the kynge And so many of them delyuered their letters but nat all Than the kyng made them to be all to torne in their presence And as soone as the kynges baners were delyuered agayne these vnhappy people kept none array but the moost parte of them dyde caste downe their bowes and so brake their array retourned in to London Sir Robert Canolle was sore dyspleased in that he myght nat go to slee them all But the kyng wolde nat consent therto but sayd he wolde be reuenged of them well ynough and so he was after THus these folysshe people departed some one way and some a nother And the kyng and his lordes and all his company ryght ordynately entred in to London with great ioye And the firste iourney that the kynge made he wente to the lady princesse his mother who was in a Castell in the Royall called the quenes wardrobe And there she hadde taryed two dayes and two nightes right sore a basshed as she had good reasone And whan she sawe the kyng her sonne she was greatly reioysed and sayde A fayre sonne what payne and great sorowe that I haue suffred for you this day Than the kynge answered and sayd Certaynly madame I knowe it well but nowe reioyse your selfe and thanke god for nowe it is tyme. I haue this day recouered myne herytage and the realme of Englande the whiche I hadde nere lost Thus the kyng taryed that day with his mother and euery lorde went peaseably to their owne lodgynges Than there was a crye made in euery strete in the kynges name that all maner of men nat beyng of the cytie of London and haue nat dwelt there the space of one yere to departe And if any suche be founde there the sonday by the sonne risyng that they shuld be taken as traytours to the kyng and to lose their heedes This crye thus made there was none that durste breke it And so all maner of people departed and sparcled abrode euery man to their owne places Johan Balle
sayde Gylbert Gente howe durste you be so bolde to make suche agrement as to sende two hundred of oure men of Gaunte in to the towne of oure enemye in great rebuke and shame to all the towne of Gaunt It were better Gaunte were turned vp so downe than they of Gaunt shulde haue suche reproche as to make warre ende it so shamefully We that haue herde you may we ll knowe that ye shall be none of the two huÌ„dred prisoners nor also Symon Bet. ye haue chosen for youre selfe nowe than we wyll chose for ourselfe On for the Philyppe Dartuell set handes on these false traytours that wolde betray and dyshonour the towne of Gaunt Ther with Peter de Boyse drewe oute his dagger came to Gylbert Gent and strake hym into the belly and so he fell downe deed And Philyppe Dartuell drewe out his dagger and he strake Symon Bet and slewe hym in lykewise And than they cryed treason treason And they that were slayne hadde of their men aboue and beneth for they were men of great lygnage and the richest men of the towne but they gette theÌ„ selfe out of the towne to saue them selfe so that there was no more done but they two slayne But to apease the people and to bringe them to their beleue They sende out of their men cryenge and sayenge These false traytours Gylberte Gente and Symone Bette wolde haue betrayed the towne of Gaunte Thus the mater passed these two notable men were slayne and no man to reuenge them And whan therle of FlauÌ„ders beyng at Bruges herde of these tidynges he was sore displeased and sayd At the desyre of my cosyns of Brabante I lightly agreed to haue peace with them of Gaunt and nowe and before this tyme they haue wrought falsely But I wyll they knowe that they shall neuer haue peace agayne with me but I wyll haue them at my pleasure THus ther was slayne in the towne of Gaunte these two balyant men ryche and sage They might eche of them spende of their owne patrimony two thousande fraÌ„kes yerelye They were sore be moned priuely but non durst speke of theym openly Thus the warre was more feyrsare than it was before for they of the garysons about Gaunte were night and day busye to stoppe all prouisyon comynge to Gaunt So that they of Brabant nor of Haynalde dutst nat aduenture to bring any thyng to Gaunt For if the erles men mette any vitaylers they wolde slee their horses and bring theÌ„ prisoners in to Ande warpe or to Teremonde So that all vitaylers feared the parell therof ¶ In the same season the commons of Parys rose and rebelled agaynst the kyng and his couÌ„sayle bycause the kyng and his couÌ„sayle wolde generally reyse vp throughe all Fraunce ayedes fo wage tayles and subsydes such as had rynne in the dayes of Charles father to yâ— king as than The parisyens rebelled sayde howe that the kynge last disceassed had quyte them in his lyfe tyme. And howe the kyng his sonne at his coronacyon at Reynes had acorded to yâ— same Than the kyng and his counsayle auoyded Parys and went lay at Myeulx in Bric As soone as the kyng was departed fro Paris the coÌ„mons rose in harnesse and slewe all those that had ceassed the aydes And brake vp yâ— prisons and dyuers houses in the towne and robbed pylled theÌ„ and toke all yâ— euer they fouÌ„de and so came to the bysshoppe of Paris house brake vp his prisons delyuerd Hugh Aubert who hadde bene prouost of Parys in the tyme of Kynge Charles Who was in his dayes by iust sentence condempned to prison for dyuers yuell dedes that he hadde done and consented to do At whiche tyme some wolde haue hadde hym brent but these parisyens delyuered him This happe he had by the rebellyon of the commons and so he departed the towne assoone as he myght for feare leest he shulde be takenne agayne And so he went into his owne countrey of Burgoyne and ther shewed his frendes all his adueÌ„ture These people of Parys duryng their rebellyon dyde moche hurte But there were many good menne that were happy that they fell nat to their rebellyon and company for and they had the mater had bene moche worse than it was Thus the kynge was at Myeulx and his thre vncles with hym the duke of Aniowe the duke of Berrey and the duke of Burgoyne who were sore dyspleased with this rebellyon Than they determyned to sende thyder the lorde of Coucy who was a sage knight to treate with the commons and to apease them for he coulde do it better than any other ¶ Howe the lorde of Coucy apeased the discencion and rebellyon of them of Parys And of the great preparacyon that the duke of Aniou made to make hym selfe kynge of Napoles Cap. CCC lxxxviii THan the lorde of Coucy called Enguerrant came to Paris nat with an army but in peasable maner with his owne seruauntes and so lyghted at his lodgynge than he sende for some of theÌ„ that were chiefe begynners of the rebellyon whan they were come to hym he shewed them in fayre manere Howe they hadde done ryght yuell to slee the kynges officers as they hadde done And broken the kynges prisons and delyuered the kynges prisoners Sayeng howe that if the kyng and his counsayle wolde be hastye and rygorours they shulde sore repent it The whiche the kyng wolde nat bycause he loueth Parys so well for he was borne therin also it is the chife cytie of his realme Therfore he wyll nat distroye the people that be therin Shewynge theym howe he was come thyder as to be a meane to bringe them to peace Promisynge them howe he wolde desyre the kynge and his vncles to ê‘done all that euer they had done Than they aunswered and sayde Howe they wolde none yuell nor to haue warre with the kynge nor with his vncles But they wolde that these imposycions subsedyes and gables shulde be layde downe in all Parys and that the cytie shulde be exempte fro all suche maters Sayenge howe they wolde ayde the kynge in some other manere In what manere quod the lorde of Coucy They answered and sayd We wyll be content to pay a certayne golde and syluer euery weke to a certayne man apoynted to receyue it to helpe to paye the Soudyers and men of warr in Fraunce What somme wyll ye paye quod the lorde of Coucye Suche somme quod they as we shall agree vpon And so the lorde of Coucy treated so the mater with them that with their owne good wylles they ceased theym selfe to paye wekely a tenne thousande florence to a certayne man admytted to be receyuoure therof And so thus the lorde of Coucy departed fro them and wente to Myeulx in Brie to the Kynge and to his vncles and shewed them what he had done Than the kynge was counsayled for the best to receyue this offre of the Parisyens Sayenge howe it
the .xx. day of Christmas at which there was great feast tryuÌ„phe holden And euer syth she deê‘ted first out of Almayne the gentle and noble knight sir Robert of Namur left her nat tyll she was maryed to the kyng of Englande Wherof he hadde great thanke bothe of the kyng of Englande and of the kyng of Almayne And so the kyng of England after his maryage brought the quene his wyfe to the castell of Wyndsore and there kept a great house And so there they were ioyously togyder And my lady princes the kynges mother abode styll with the quene And also the same tyme there was in the court with the quene the duches of Bretayne suster to kyng Rycharde for Lois her husband duke of Bretayne coude nat haue her delyuered out of EnglaÌ„de for the kyng of Englande nor his counsayle wolde in no wyse coÌ„sent to sende her in to Bretayne bycause her husbande the duke was become french For the lordes and knightes in England sayd the same tyme. That the duke of Bretayne acquyted hymselfe fasly to the erle of Buckyngham and to our men nowe at this last vyage yâ— they made in FraÌ„ce And for all he hath sent for his wyfe yet wyll nat we sende her to hym but wyll rather send thyder his .ii. enemies JohnÌ„ and Guy of Bretayne Who were chyldrene to saynt Charles of Breten who hath more right to the herytage of Bretayne than he hath for he is duke but by reason of our puyssaunce ayde and be semyng he coÌ„sydreth but yuell the goodnes yâ— we haue done to hym wherfore we must in lykewise shewe hym the vylany that he doth to vs. Trewe it was these two lordê JohnÌ„ and Guy of Bretayne children to saynt Charles of Bloyse were prisoners in Englande and kept in a stronge castell in the kepynge of sir Peter Dambreticourt And they were desyred in curtes maner by the kyng of Englande his counsayle that they shulde holde Bretayne by fayth and homage of the kynge of Englande And if they wolde thus do than the kyng of England promysed to recouer their right in Bretayne and JohnÌ„ to haue to his wife the lady Phylippe of Lancastre wydowe But they answered in no wyse they wolde do so nor for sake to be freÌ„che to dye in prison So thus the materhanged And after the kynge of Englande knewe ones fermly their myndes they were no more desyred therto ¶ Howe the french kyng could haue no money of the receyuour of Parys And howe the duke of Aniowe passed in to Italye of his noble chyualry Cap. CCC xCi LE haue herd here before howe the parysiens were a greed with the kyng to pay a certayne soÌ„me of florens euery weke This some of floreyns was payed to a certayne receyuour apoynted by them but the kyng had it nat nor it weÌ„t nat out of Parys And so it happed that the kynge had besynes with money to pay his men of warre suche as he sent in to Castell wherto he was bouÌ„de by the aliaunces that was made before And so the kyng sent to Parys to his receyuour that he shulde prepare for hym a hundred thousande frankes for he sayd he wold comforte and ayde kyng JohnÌ„ of Castell The receyuour answered the kyngê letters and message right graciously and sayd howe he had money mough howe beit he myght delyuer none without the hole consent of the towne of Parys These wordes pleased nothyng the kyng but he sayde he wolde puruey right well for remedy whanne he myght and so he dyd And so for his entente as at that tyme he purueyed hym of other money by the helpe of his good townes in Pycardy Thus there was a great disceÌ„cion bytwene the kyng and them of Parys and so the kyng wolde nat come to Parys but he abode at Mieulx at Senles or at Compayne there a bout wherof they of Parys were sore displeased And the greatest sure tie and meane that they hadde was the duke of Aniou who wrote hym selfe kynge of Cecyll and of Hyerusalem and had taken on hym the armes therof This duke most comonly lay at Parys and there he gate moche good to helpe hym to his viage He gate toguyder so great a soÌ„me of money that it was sayd that he had at Roquemore besyde Auignon two myllions of florens He entreated so them of Parys by his fayre langage and by that he had the soueraynte aboue all his bretherne bycause he was eldest that he had of them the soÌ„me of a hundred thousande frankes But the kyng coude gette none of them nor his vncles of Berrey nor of Burgoyne and whan the duke of Aniou had made his prouision in the springyng tyme of the yere he toke his iourney so passed the realme and came to Auignon wher as he was greatly feasted with the pope and with the cardynals and thyder came to hym the barones and rulers of the good townes of Prouence receyued hym for their lorde and dyd hym homage feaulte and dyd put them selfe in to his obeysance and thyder came to him the gentle erle of Sauoy his cosyn with certayne lordes and knightes who were also well receyued of the pope and cardynals And there the duke of Aniou delyuered to the erle of Sauoy a great soÌ„me of money for theÌ„ of Sauoy who were a great nombre So than the duke and therle toke leaue of the pope and departed and toke the way to the dolphyn of Uien and so in euery good towne they had good chere And so their men of warre went on before and at last they entred into Lombardy the whiche passage was redy open And so the duke entred in to Lombardy in euery towne had great feast and chere and specially at Myllayne There they were honored beyonde measure of sir Galeas and sir Barnabo and they had of them great riches and iuels that it were marueyle to recounte it And in euery place the duke of Aniowe helde astate lyke a kynge and euer as he went he made money floreyns and whyte money to pay his menne of warre And whan they came in to Coustane and aprochyd Rome than they kept them selfe nerer togyder than they dyde before For the romayns who knewe right well of their comyng were greatly fortifyed agaynst them and the romayns had a capitayn an englisshman called sir JohnÌ„ Haâ—onde who hadde longe lyued amonge the romayns and knewe all the fronters and hadde many so wdyours in the felde atte the wages of the romayns as almayns and other nacyons in the quarell of pope Urban who was at Rome He was nothynge afrayde of the comynge of the duke of Aniowe and whan any spake to hym and shewed hym howe the duke of Aniou with the erle of Sauoy in his company was comyng to Rome warde by lykelyhode to put hym downe fro his siege apostolyke bycause they were all clementyns He wolde than aunswere and saye Christe protege nos Christ helpe
Englandes counsayle that sir Perducas Dalbret who had well serued yâ— kynges of EnglaÌ„d bothe Edwarde Richarde and the prince and all the countre of Burdeloyse more than .xxx. yer wherfore it was thought he was well worthy to haue that lande and was well able to defende kepe it fro all men Sir Perducas dalbret whan he receyued this laÌ„des He sayd vnto the kyng in the presens of his couÌ„sayle and other noble men sir I take and receyue this herytage to me and to myne heyres on the condycion to serue you agaynst all men except the house of Dalbret fro whens I am come For agaynst them shall I neuer make warre if they suffre myne heritage to be in rest and peace the kyng answered and sayd he was content And so put hym in possessyon of the lande Nowe shall I shewe you what fell of this Parducas Dalbret Whan he was come in to Gascoyne and had taken possessyon of the landes and the seneshall of Burdeloyse had gyuen hym possessyon Than the lorde Dalbret had great ioy therof for he thought well than that his cosyn wolde make hym no warr And so yâ— landes of Dalbret and Chaumont abode in good loue rest And the lorde Dalbret held in great loue his cosyn for he hoped euer after his dyssease he wolde put hym in possessyon of the sayde landes of Chaumounte But this sir Parducas was nat so mynded for at last whan he lay on his deth bed and that he sawe he must nedes dye he called before him all his men and dyd seÌ„de for a yong squier of his a proper man of armes called Parduche and sayd to him I gyue the here in the presence of all my men all the landê of ChaumoÌ„t so thou be euer good englysshe and true faythfull to the kyng of Englande but I wyll that the house of Dalbert out of the whiche we become that thou make there agaynst no warre wtout they do some outrage to the. The squier answered sayd sir your coÌ„mauÌ„dement shal be done this Perduche of Albert was lorde of ChaumoÌ„t in gascone thus dyed sir ê‘ducas I can shewe no more of hym ¶ Howe the kyng of Englandes couÌ„sayle mocked the flemynges and of the prisoners that were exchaunged Cap. CCCC .viii. WHan these gauntoyse were come to London the kynge his counsayle was certifyed therof so he sent to them to knowe what they wold haue and so they came all in a company to the palays of Westmynster and there they founde redy the duke of Lancastre the erle of Buckyngham therle of Salisbury and the moost parte of the kynges counsayle Howe be it the kynge was nat present at their first comynge These men of Flaunders and of Gaunte enclyned them to the lordes of Englande and than the clerke that was chosen bysshop of GauÌ„t spake for them all and sayde My lordes we become hyder and sent fro the towne of Gaunt fro the hole countre of flaunders To haue counsayle confort and ayde of the kyng of EnglaÌ„de Upon certayne artycles and good reasons of the auÌ„cyent alyauÌ„ces bytwene Englande and FlauÌ„ders They desyre nowe to renewe yâ— same for it is nowe nedefull to the couÌ„tre of FlauÌ„ders the which is as now without a lorde The good townes and the couÌ„tre hath as nowe but a gouernour the whiche is a man called Philyp Dartuell who recommaundeth hym principally to the kyng and to you all yâ— be of his counsayle he desyreth you to take in gre this offre that we shall make to you And that is whan soeuer it shall please yâ— kynge of Englande to arryue in Flaunders he shall fynde the countre opyn to receyue him And there to rest and refresshe hym as longe as it shall please hym And also he shall haue at his commaundement of the countre of flauÌ„ders a hundred thousande men armed redy to do hym seruyce Moreouer my lordes the couÌ„tre of Flaunders maketh one request and that is this To haue agayne two hundred thousande crownes that somtyme Jakes Dartuell and the good townes of FlauÌ„ders lent to king Edwarde of good memorie At the sege of turney and at the siege of Calais For it is the entencyon of the good townes of FlauÌ„ders that or this alyauÌ„ce passe any farther to be first repayed of this sayd som And that done than yâ— king of England all his may well say yâ— they the flemyngê are frendes togyder and yâ— they haue fre entre into Flaunders to go where as it shall please them And whan the lordes of Englande herde those wordes and request they began eche of theÌ„ to regarde other and some smyled Than the duke of LaÌ„castre sayd Fayre lordes of FlauÌ„ders your wordes and demaunde requyreth to haue couÌ„sayle Go your wayes to London to your logynges and the kyng shall take aduyse on your requestes and shall so answere you that ye ought to be contente The gauntoyse answered and sayd God graunt it and so they departed fro the counsayle and the lordes abode styll to guyder began to laughe amonge them selfe and sayd Haue ye nat sene these fleminges and herde their requestes that they make They demande to be conforted say howe they haue nede therof and yet for all that they demaunde to haue our money It is no resonable request that we shulde both ayde and pay So thus they reputed the flemynges right proude and presumptuous â–ª to demauÌ„de to haue agayne two hundred thousande crownes of so olde dette as they sayd of a .xl. yere paste There was neuer a better poynt for the frenche kyng if he wyll than to come into flauÌ„ders For if the flemynges had nat as than demaunded the foresayd somme of crownes but haue desyred the kyng of his confort and ayde The kyng wolde haue gone or sent into FlauÌ„ders so puissauntlye to haue bydden batayle with the ayde of the flemynges to any prince of the worlde But it wente otherwyse as ye shall herafter in the storie UIdynges came into Fraunce to the couÌ„sayle there Nowe that Philyp Dartwell whose courage was all englysshe and yâ— countre of Flaunders had sent in to Englande certayne of their men to make aly auÌ„ces with thenglysshmen And the voyce ran and the comon renome that the kyng of Englande with a great puissauÌ„ce shulde come in that season aryue in FlauÌ„ders â–ª and to lye in Gaunt these tidinges were lightly to be beleued howe that the flemynges wolde fortify them selfe â–ª in some maner awyse Than it was deuysed yâ— the messanger that was come fro Philyppe Dartuell whoÌ„e they helde in prison â–ª shulde be delyuered And to say the trouthe ther was no cause why to retayne hym so he was delyuered sent to thost before And warpe The same season they of Bruge â–ª had taken certayn burgesses of turney and kept theÌ„ in prison The flemynges she wed well howe they had as lyue haue warre with FrauÌ„ce as peace And whan they of Tourney sawe that
coude neuer tourne them fro that opinyon They wolde neuer make other answere butsayde Thoughe they had lyued this two or thre yere in payne trouble and daunger yet they trusted at laste to recouer it and to bringe vp their towne agayne in to great prosperyte and welthe than it was shewed them they might departe whan they lyst And so they deê‘ted fro Tourney and retourned to Gaunt and so the mater hanged styll in warre The frenche kyng and his lordê toke great payne to cause the countie of Flaunders to be good Clementyns to obey to pope Clement But the good townes and churches were so sore anexed and bounde to the opinyon of pope Urbane that they coude nat be turned Th erle of Flaunders hym selfe was of the same opinyon and so they answered by the couÌ„sayle of therle to take aduyce and to answere detmynatly by the feest of Ester and so thus the matter hanged The kynge kept his Christmas at Turney and whan the kyng deê‘ted he ordayned the lorde of Guystell to be capitayn of Bruges the lorde of saynt Pye at Ipre the great lorde of Guystell to be regarde of Flaunders sir JohnÌ„ of Jumont to be capitayne at Courtrey And he sent two C. speres bretons and other in garyson to Andeburge to Andwarpe he sent sir WyllmÌ„ of Langhien and about a. C. speares with hym in garyson Thus the garysons of FlauÌ„ders were purueyed for to kepe garyson warr all wynter and none otherwise tyll the next somer These thynges thus ordred the kynge departed fro Tourney and went to Arras and his vncles with hym and the Erle of Flaunders in his company The kyng taryed at Arras the cytie was in a great aduenture to haue ben ouer ron and robbed with the bretons For there was great wages owyng to them Also they had endured great traueyle in that voyage they were nat well content with the kyng it was great payne to refrayne them fro doyng yuell The coÌ„stable and marshals of Fraunce apesed them promysyng howe they shulde be clerely payed of their wages whan they came to Parys so thus the kynge deê‘ted and went to Peron The erle of Flaunders toke leaue of the kyng and went to Lyle so long the kyng iurneyed that he passed Peron Noyon and CoÌ„payne and so came to saynt Lyse and there rested And all his men of warre were lodged in the vyllages bytwene saiÌ„t Lyse and Meaulx in Bry and on the ryuer of Marne and about saynt Denyce so that all the countre was full of men of warre And so than the kyng departed fro saynt Lyse and went towarde Paris and he sent before his officers to prepare for hym his lodgynge at the castell of Loure And also his thre vncles sent of their seruauntes to prepare their lodgynges in lykewise so dyd other lordê And all this was done for a cautell and wyle for the kyng nor these lordes were nat determyned to entre so sodenly in to Parys for they douted them of Parys But they dyde this to proue what countenance order they of Paris wolde make at the kyngê entre they thought they wold make this assay be fore The seruauÌ„tes that went before were commaunded to say if any man demauÌ„ded of theÌ„ if the kyng were comyng that they wolde be ther incoÌ„tynent By the whiche the parisyens aduysed among them selfe to be armed and to shewe the kyng at his entre what puyssance they were of what men of warr they were able to make to serue the kyng whan it pleased him but they had ben better to haue sytten styll in their houses for the shewe that they made was coÌ„uerted to their great seruytude as ye shall here after Ther sayd they dyde it for good but it was taken to yuell And wher as the kyng shulde haue lodged at Lour he made his lodgynge to be prepared at Bourgell And than voyce ran thorough Parys how the kyng was nere at haÌ„de to entre in to Parys Than mo than .xx. thousande parisyens armed them and yssued out in to the feldes and ordred themselfe in a fayre batayle bytwene saynt Lader Parys towarde Mount martyr And they had with them crosbowes pauesses and malles redy apparelled as thoughe they shulde haue fought incoÌ„tynent in batayle The kyng was as than at Borgell and all the lordes thider to them was broght all the tidynges of all the demeanoure of them of Parys Than the lordes sayde A ye may se the pride of these rybauldes Wherfore do they nowe shewe their estate yf they wolde haue serued the kynge in the same poynt as they be in nowe whan the kynge went into Flaunders ThanÌ„e had they done well but they hadde no mynde so to do They rather prayed to god that we shulde neuer retourne agayne the whiche wordes dyuers that were ther helped well forwarde to th entent to greue the parisyens sayeng if the kyng be 〈◊〉 counsayled he shall nat aduenture hym selfe â—o come among suche people as cometh agaynst hym with an army arrayed in batayle They shulde rather haue coÌ„e humbly with processyon and haue rong all the belles in Parys In thankynge god of the vyctorie that the kyng had in Flaunders Thus the lordes were abasshed howe they shulde meÌ„tayne them selfe Finally it was apoynted that the constable of Fraunce the lorde Dalbret the lorde of Coucy sir Guy of Tremoyle and sir Johan of Uyen shulde go and speke with theÌ„ And demaunde of them the cause why they be issued out of Parys in so great a noÌ„bre armed in order of batayle agaynst the kyng the whiche thynge was neuer sene before in Fraunce And vpon their aunswere the lordes sayde the kynge shulde take aduyse They were wyse ynoughe to order as great a mater as that was and gretter So these said lordes departed fro the kyng without harnesse for the more suretie of their busynesse they toke with theÌ„ thre or foure herauldes and sende them somwhat before to the parisyens and sayd Sirs go ye on before to yonder people of Parys demauÌ„de of them a saue conduct for vs to go and coÌ„e tyll we haue spoken with them fro the kyng THese heraudes departed rode a great pace and caÌ„e to these people And whan the parisiens sawe them comyng they thought full lytell they hadde come to haue spoken with them they thought they had but rydden to Parys as other dyde The heraudes had on their cote armures and whan they aproched nere to the parisyens they sayd on high Where be the maysters Wher be the rulers Whiche of you be capitayns We become to you sende fro the lordes Than some of them of Parys parceyued well by these wordê that they had nat done well They cast downe their heedes and sayde Here be no maysters we are all of one accorde and at the kynges commaundement and the lordes Therfore sirs saye in goddes name what ye wyll to vs. Sirs quod the heraudes the lordes that
sente vs hyder and named them they knowe nat what ye thynke or entende They requyre you that they may peasably without parell come and speke with you and retourne agayne to the kyng and shewe hym the answere that ye make to them otherwyse they dare nat come to you By oure faythes sirs quod they they ought to say no suche wordes to vs but of their geÌ„tylnesse we thynke ye do but mocke vs. Surely sirs quod the heraudes we speke it in good certentie Than quod the parisyens go your way and say to them that they may come at their pleasure to vs without daunger or parell for they shall haue no hurt for none of vs for we are all redy to fulfyll their commaundementes Than the herauldes retourned to the lordes and shewed them as ye haue herde thaÌ„ the four lordes rode for the and their company and came to the parisyens whome they founde in good array and order of batayle and there were mo than .xx. thousande malles and as the lordes passed by them and behelde theym well within them selfe they praysed moche their maner also as they passed by euer the parisyeÌ„s enclyned them selfe to theÌ„ And whan these lordes were as in the myddes amonge them than they rested and stode styll And the Constable spake a highe and sayde ye people of Parys what hath moued you to issue out of the cytie in this order of batayle It semeth ye wyll fyght agaynst the kynge our souerayne lorde whose subgettes ye be or shulde be Sir quod they saue youre grace We were neuer of wyll to do any thynge agaynst the kynge But sir we be yssued out for non other cause but to shewe the kyng what puyssance the parisyens be of The kyng is but yonge he neuer as yet sawe it and without he se it he can nat knowe it nor how he may be serued if nede be Sirs quod the coÌ„stable ye speke well But we saye vnto you fro the kynge that as at this tyme he wyll not se you in this maner for this that ye haue done suffyseth Therfore we counsayle you to retourne agayne peaseably to Parys euery man to his owne lodgynge and do of youre harnesse if ye entende that the kynge shall come hyder Sir quod they we shall with right a good wyll fulfyll youre commaundement And so therwith they all retourned in to Parys euery man to his owne house to vnarme hym And the sayde four lordes retourned to the kyng and shewed vnto hym all the wordes that ye haue herde before Than it was determyned that the kyng his vncles and lordes and certayne men of armes with them shulde entre in to Parys And the great bande to â—yde without the cyte rouÌ„de about to gyue the more feare to the parisyens And the lorde of Coucy and the marshall of saÌ„xere were ordayned that assoone as the kynge were entred in to Parys that they shulde take downe the leaues of the gates of the four princypals of the cytie towarde saynt Denyce and saynt More So that the gates myght stande open day night for all maner of men of warrÌ„ to entre in and out at their pleasur to th entent to mayster them of Parys if nede were And also they to take downe all the chenesse in euery strete to ryde in and out at their pleasure And as it was ordayned so it was done And so the kyng entred in to Parys and lodged at Loure and his vncles by him and thother lordes in dyuers logynges So thus the gates were taken out of the gouges layd downe on the grounde and the chenesse of euery strete taken downe brought in to the palayes Than the parisyens were in great dout and feared that they shulde be ouer ron so that none of them durst loke out in to the strete nor open dore nor wyndowe thus they were a thre dayes in great parell and feare to receyue greatter domage as they dyd for it cost many of them great fynance and rauÌ„ some For they were called in to the chambre of counsayle one after another suche as the lordê wolde haue And so there they were rauÌ„somed some at sixe thousande frankes some at thre some at one So that ther was leuyed in Parys to the kynges profyte to his vncles and to his mynisters the soÌ„me of foure hundred M. frankes Ther was nothyng demauÌ„ded of the poore people but of the great maysters suche as might bear it They were right happy that might escape with payeng of rauÌ„some And euery man by him self was fayne to bring their harnesse in sackes to yâ— castell of Beautie other wise called the castell of UyceÌ„nes and there it was closed in a great towre their mals also thus the parisyeÌ„s were deltâ—all to gyue ensaÌ„ple to all other good townes of FraÌ„ce and ther were reysed vp subsydê gabels aydê fouages douzimes trezimes all other suche thyngê also all the playne couÌ„tre about cleneryfled ¶ Howe dyuers notable men of Paris were beheeded with mayster Johan Marettes at Parys in dyuers other townes of Fraunce and of the warrÌ„ of the gauÌ„toise that was newe begon agayne Cap. CCCC .xxvii. THere were also diuers taken and put in prison and many drowned and than to apease the remynant there was a crye made in the cyte that none on payne of dethe shuld do any hurt to any parisyen nor ro 〈…〉 nor take any thynge out of any house without payeng therfore This cry apeased greatly them of the cyte Howe be it on a day there were dyuers persones ledde out of the castell iudged to dye for their defaulê for styrring vp of the comons Howbeit there was great marueyle made of mayster Johan Marettes who was reputed and renoumed a sage and a notable man Some said he had wrong to be iudged to dye for he had alwayes bene a man of great wysedome and good counsayle And was one of the moost auteÌ„tyke men of the court of parlyameÌ„t and had serued kyng Philyppe kyng Johan and kynge Charles and was neuer founde in no defaute Howe be it he was than iudged to be beheeded and a .xii. in his company And as he was caryed on a charet to the place of execusion He spake and sayd Where be they that hath iudged me to dye Let them come forthe shewe the cause why Thus he preached to the people as he went to his execusyon The people had great pyte on him but they durst speke no worde He was brought to the markette place of the halles and there first were beheeded suche as were brought thyder with hym There was one called Nicholas flamant a draper and ther was offred to saue his lyfe threscore thousande frankes but it wolde nat be taken but there he dyed And whan they came to mayster Johan Marettes they sayde to hym Mayster Johan crye mercy to the king to forgyue you your mysdedes Than he tourned hym and sayde I haue serued kyng
to bringe the treaty toguyder So moche she dyd alegynge and she wynge so good reasons specially to the duke and duches of Burgoyn that finally they went through and concluded that yâ— sonne and doughter of the duke of Burgoyne shulde be maryed to the sonne and doughter of the duke Aubert of Bauiers And yâ— let of the mater fyue dayes before was for a mater that the duke of Burgoyns couÌ„sayle feared for they vnderstod that duke Aubert had nat bene in trewe possession of Heynalt but in possibylite therof for as than lyued erle Willyam of Haynault his brother and lay sore sycke at Ouesnoy the whiche erle myght recouer and ouerlyue duke Aubert his brother and if he so dyd they thought clerely and feared greatly that his other bretherne shulde haue the gouernynge of Haynault and the chyldren of duke Aubert to be put clene out For this dought they made a delay in this maryage the space of fyue dayes tyll at last it was clerely knowen that duke Aubert hadde no mo bretherne but the Erle of Haynault so that he coulde nat put the herytage fro duke Aubertes chyldren WhanÌ„e these thynges were knowen there was thanÌ„e no lenger delay but these maryages were sworne couenaunted that WillymÌ„ of Haynalt shulde haue in maryage Margaret of Burgoyne And Johan of Burgoyne to haue to his wyfe Margarete of Haynault and that all these shulde retourne to Cambray â—o parforme the solempnisacion of these maryages at the vtas of Ester than next after In the â—ere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred four â—ore and fyue ¶ Hâ—we the frenche kynge the lordes of FrauÌ„ce and of Heynalt made their â—rouisyon to be at CaÌ„bray And of â—â—nessage of the duke of Lancastre 〈…〉 it to the erle of Haynalt and of the 〈…〉 yages of the chyldren of Haynalt a 〈…〉 Burgoyne â—p CCCC .l. THus euery man departed fro Cambray the duke of Burgoyne returned in to Fraunce to the king and the duches his wyfe returned to Arras the duke Aubert and the duches his wyfe retourned to the towne of Ouesnoy in Haynalt And the lady of Brabant in to her countrey Than warkmen were sette awarke to make redy lodgynges in the cytie of Cambray and men were sent thyder to make prouisyon so great and so costly that it was marueyle to consydre This feast was cryed publysshed abrode to be holden at Cambray the weke after the vtas of Easter Whan the frenche kyng was enfourmed of this besynes he sayd he wolde be at the maryages of his cosyns And so he seÌ„t to CaÌ„bray the stewardes of his howse to make prouisyon for him acordyng The bysshopes palays was taken vp for the duke of Burgoyne and his prouysion made there howbeit they were fayne to delyuer it vp for yâ— kyng Than carpenters and masons were set a warke in the palays to make it after astate royall whiche warke as yet apereth for before this feast it was nat in remembrauÌ„ce of man nor harde of two hundred yere before so great a feast and solempnyte as was than aê‘elled For the lordes to make theÌ„ fresshe and gorgious to exalte their estates spared no more money than it had fallen fro the clowdes and euery man helped other Tidynges of these mariages came to Englande the duke of Lancastre who alwayes hoped that Willyam of Haynalt shulde haue had to his wyfe his doughter at leest he was borne so in hande â–ª he was right pensyue and sore troubled with those newes And whanÌ„e he had well ymagined to knowe the trouthe therof he sent certayne persons of his howse to GauÌ„t to speke wiâ—h duke Auberte And whanÌ„e these messangers came to Gaunt there they fouÌ„de sir JohnÌ„ Bourchier and the aldermen of Gaunt Peter du Boyse and Fraunses Atreman who made them right good chere And so ther they taryed two dayes and fro thence they went to Mons in Heynalt and so to Quesnoy and there they came to the duke and he and the duches and his children receyued them goodly for the honour of the duke of Lancastre and made them good chere And in lykewise so dyd the lorde of Gouuighen Than the mayster of the byenge of the wolles of Englande spake first after he hadde de lyuered his letters of credence recoÌ„maunded the duke of Lancastre to the duke Auberte his cosyn And than he spake of other thynges as he was charged to do And amonge other thynges he demaunded of duke Auberte as I was enfourmed if it were his entent to perceyuer in the maryage with yâ— chyldren of the duke of Burgoyne With those wordes the duke a lytell chaunged colour and sayd ye sir truely by my faythe wherfore do you demaunde Sir 〈◊〉 he I demaunde it bycause the duke of Lancastre hathe alwayes hoped vntyll this tyme that my lady Philyp his doughter shuld haue had my lorde Willyam your sonne ThanÌ„e the duke sayd coÌ„panyon say to my cosyn yâ— whan soeuer he mary his chyldren I shall nat marueyle nor be dismayed therat â–ª no more he hath to do to take any care for the maryenge of any of my children nor whether I wyll mary them or nat nor whan nor to whome This was the answere yâ— thenglisshmen had of duke Aubert So thus they toke theie leaue departed and went the same nyght to Ualencennes and the next day to Gaunt Of them I can tell no more but I thynke they retourned in to Englande WHan Easter came as than acounted a thousande thre hundred fourscore and fyue yeres of our lorde the freÌ„che king the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Burbon the duke Aubert the duches his wyfe the duches of Brabant the duches of Burgoyne sir Willyam and sir JohnÌ„ of Namure came to Cambray The kynge went to yâ— palys that was his lodgynge euery man drewe to their lodgynges ye may well beleue and knowe that where the frenche kyng was and where as there was many noble princes great ladyes there was great and noble chiualry The king entred the monday at none and all lordê and ladyes met him without the towne and so he was conueyed with trompettes and great plenty of mynstrels And so brought to the palys The same monday in the presence and before all the great lordes was renewed the couenauntes of maryages and WillmÌ„ Dorset shulde haue the countye of Ostrenant the lady Margaret his wyfe was endowed with the lande of Acque in Brabant And yâ— duke of Burgoyn gaue his doughter a hundred thousande frankes Thus they made their porcyons The tuysday at the hour of Masse they were wedded in the cathedrale churche of our lady of Cambray with great solempnyte The bysshoppe of Cambray dyd the obseruaunce who was called Johan Borne of Brucels At the dyner ther was shewed moche noblenes The kyng caused the two lordes and the two ladyes newly maryed to syt at his table and other lordê serued There sate at dyner the constable of Fraunce the marshall of FrauÌ„ce sir
and Jaques Strawe were founde in an olde house hydden thinkyng to haue stollen away but they coulde nat For they were accused by their owne men Of the takyng of them the kyng and his lordes were gladde and thanne strake of their heedes and watte Tylers also and they were ser on LoÌ„don bridge and the valyaunt mennes heedes taken downe that they had sette on the thursday before These tidynges anone spredde abrode so that the people of the strange countreis whiche were comyng to wardes London retourned backe agayne to their owne houses and durst come no farther ¶ Howe the duke of Lancastre kepte him selfe styll in Scotlande for feare of this rebellyon And howe the kynge punysshed of these traytours the chefe maisters Cap. CCC .lxxxv. NOwe lette vs speke how the duke of Lancastre in the meane season of this rebellyon was in the marchesse of Scotlande treatyng for a peace with therle Duglas and the other lordes of Scotlande The Scottes knewe right well of this rebellyon in Englande and in likewise so dyde the duke of Lancastre Howe be it he neuer made any semblant ther ofto the scottes but was as sore in his treatie as thoughe Englande had ben in good rest and peace So longe this treatie was debated amonge them that at last a truse was taken to endure thre yer bytwene Englande and Scotland and whan this truse was thus accorded the lordes of eche parte made good chere eche to other Than the erle Duglas sayd to the duke of LaÌ„castre Sir we knowe right well of the rebellion of the comon people in England and the parell that the realme of England is in by that incideÌ„ce Sir we repute take you for ryght sage a valiant man sith ye haue coÌ„tinued your treaty so frely as ye haue done for ye wolde neuer make any semblant therof Sir we say to you that we offre ourselfe yfye haue nede to be redy to ayde you with .v. or .vi. C. speres and to do you seruice by my faith sayd the duke fayre lordes I thaÌ„ke you I woll nat refuse your offre howe be it I thynke veryly that the kynge my lorde hath so good counsayle that the mater shall right well come to passe how be it I desyre you to haue a salucconducte for me and myne to returne in to your couÌ„trey if nede be tyll the mater be apeased The erle Duglas and the erle Moret who had the kynges auctorite grauÌ„ted hym his desyre and so than thy departed The scottes returned to Edenbourge and the duke his went to Berwyk wenyng to the duke to haue entred in to the towne for whan he passed that waye ther he left all his prouision but the capitane of the towne called ser Mathue Redmayn refused to hym the entre and closed the gates agaynst hym and his sayng howe he was so comauÌ„ded by the erle of Northumberlande who as than was princypall and soueraygne of all the marches and frounters of Northumberlande And whan the duke herde those wordes he was sore displeased sayd how so Mathue Redmayn Is ther in NorthuÌ„berlande a gretter soueraygne than I am that shall lette me to passe this way and left all my prouisyon with you what meaneth these tydyngê By my faith ser sayd the knyght This is true that I say and by the coÌ„maundement of the kynge Sir this that I do to you is ryght sore agaynst my wyll how be it I must nedes do it Therfore ser for goddessake holde me excused for I am thus commaunded on payne of my lyfe that ye shall nat entre in to this towne nor none of yours yE may well knowe that the duke of LaÌ„castre hadde great marueyle and was sore displeased with these wordes but nat with the knyght all onely but with theym that ordeyned that mater seyng that he hadde traueyled for the besynes of England and than to haue hym in suche suspecte As to stoppe fro hym the first to wne bytwene England Scotlande And so imagyned greatly in hymselfe discouered nat all that he thought in his courage so he made no more prease on the knyght and thought well the knyght wolde nat so do without some expresse commaundemeÌ„t and so brake out of that mater and sayd ser Redâ—ayn haue you any knowlege of the tidyngê iÌ„ EnglaÌ„d ser sayd he I know none but that the countrey is sore meuyd and the kyng our soueraigne lorde hath written to all the lordes knyghtes and good townes of this contrey to be all redy to come to him whan soeuer he sendith for them all coÌ„stables and kepars of cyties townes and castelles in NorthuÌ„berland he hath sent strayt commaundement on payne of deth to suffer no man to entre in to any place vnder theyr rules and to take good hede of theyr charge And as for the comon people that rebelleth about London I knowe no certayn worde of theÌ„ but that the offycers of the bysshopryche of Lincolne of Cambridge of Stafforde of Bedford and of Norwich haue writen how that the comon people vnder them haue great desyre that the mater shuld go euyll that ther shulde be trouble in England ya sayd the duke what here you of our countreys of Lancastre Derby and Lynsetur here you of any rebellion ther Sir sayd the knyght I here no thynge that they passe Lyncolne Than the duke mused a lytle and deê‘ted fro the knyght and toke his way to Roseburge and there he was receyued of the constable for whan he passed he set him ther. Then the duke of Lancastre was couÌ„sayled bycause he knewe nat surely how the maters dyd in Englande nor of whome he was beloued nor hatyd That he shuld send to the lordes of Scotland desyring them to send a quantite of men of warre to conuey hym in to Scotlande with a saueconduct And so thus he sent to the erle Duglas who lay as than at Alquest and whan the erle sawe his lettre he had great ioy and made great cher to the messaÌ„ger And sent worde therof to the erle Moret and to therle de la Mare his brother desyring them incontinent without any delay to mete with him at Morlane the thyrd day after with a certayne nombre well horsed aparellyd Assone as these lordes knewe this they sent for theyr men and frendes and so came to Morlan and ther they fouÌ„de the erle Duglas and so they rode all together to the nombre of v. C. speres and came to the abbey of Mauros a .ix. lytle myle fro Roseburge And on the way they met the duke ther they made great chere eche to other And so longe they rode together tyll they came to the cite of Edenbourge wher as the kynge of scottes was And for the moost parte euer the kynge lay there for there was a good castell a bigge towne and a fayre hauyn but as at that tyme the kyng was nat there He was in the wylde scottysshe There the duke of Lancastre was