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
Montahoton the lorde of Suggeres the lorde Johan Sayntre the lorde Guysshar de Dangle the lorde Argenton the lorde of Lymyers the lorde of Mountandre and dyuerse other Also the Uycount of Rocheuatt and the erle of Daunoy And of Burgone the lorde James of Beauyeâ— the lorde de la Castell Uilayn and other In another parte there was the erle of Uantadowre and of Mounpenser the lorde James of Burbone the lorde Johan Darthoyes and also the lorde James his brother the lorde Arnolde of Cernolle called the Archepreest armed for the yonge erle of Alansonne And of Auuergne there was the lorde of Marâ—â—ell the lorde de la Towre the lorde of Chalenton the lorde of Montague the lorde of Rochfort the lorde de la Chayre the lorde Dachone And of Lymosyn there was the lorde Delmall the lorde of Norwell the lorde of Pers Buffâ—er And of Pycardie there was the lorde Wyllyam of Nerle the lorde Arnolde of Renewall the lorde Geffray of saynt Dygier the lorde of Chamy the lorde of Heley the lorde of Mounsaunt the lorde of Hangyes and dyuers other And also in the kynges batayle ther was therle Duglas of ScotlaÌ„d who fought a season right valyantly but whan he sawe the dysconfyture he departed and saued hymselfe for in no wyse he wolde be takenne of the englysshmen he had rather ben there slayne On the englysshe parte the lorde James Awdeley with the ayde of his foure squyers fought alwayes in the chyefe of the batayle he was soore hurte in the body and in the vysage as longe as his breth serued hym he fought At laste at the ende of the batayle his foure squyers tooke and brought hym oute of the felde and layed hym vnder a hedge syde for to refresshe hym And they vnarmed hym and bounde vp his woundes aswell as they coulde On the frenche partie kynge Johan was that day a full right good knyght if the fourth part of his menne hadde done their deuoyers aswell as he dydde the iourney hadde bene his by all lykelyhode Howe be it they were all slayne and takenne that were there excepte a fewe that saued themselfe that were with the kynge There was slayne the duke Peter of Burbon the lorde Guyssharde of Beauieu the lorde of LaÌ„das and the duke of Athenes constable of Fraunce the bysshoppe of Chalons in Champayne the lorde WyllmÌ„ of Neell the lorde Gustace of Rybamont the lorde de la Towre the lorde Wyllyam of Montagu sir Guyuenton of ChaÌ„bley ser Ba 〈…〉 de la house and many other as they fought by companyes and ther were taken prisoners the lorde of Wodney the lorde of Pompador and the archpreest sore hurte the erle of Uandos the erle of Mons the erle of Genuyll the erle of Uandone sir Loyes of Melwall the lorde Pyers Buffyer and the lorde of Senerachet ther were at that brunt slayne and taken mo than two hundred knyghtes ¶ Of two frenchmen that fledde fro the batayle of Poicters and two englysshmen that folowed them Cap. C .lxiii. AMong the batayls recounterynges chases and pursuetes yâ— were made that day in the felde It fortuned so to sir Edwarde of Roucy that whan he departed fro yâ— felde bycause he sawe yâ— feld was lost without recouery he thought nat to abyde the danger of the englysshmen Wherfore he fledd all alone and was gone out of the felde a leage and an englysshe knyght pursued hym and euer cryed to hym and sayde retourne agayne sir knyght it is a shaÌ„e to flye away thus Than the knight tourned thenglysshe knight thought to haue striken hym with his speare in the targe but he fayled for sir Edwarde swarued a syde fro the stroke but he fayled nat the englysshe knyght for he strake hym suche a stroke on the helme with his swerde that he was astonyed and fell fro his horse to the yerth and lay styll Than sir Edward a lighted came to him or he coude ryse sayd yeld you rescue or no reseue or els I shall slee you the englysshman yelded and went with hym afterwarde was rauÌ„somed Also it fortuned that an other squyer of Picardy called Johan de Helenes was fledde fro the batayle and mette with his page who delyuerd hym a newe fresshe horse wheron he rode away alone The same season there was in the felde the lorde Bercle of Englande a yong lusty knyght who the same day had reryd his baner and he all aloue pursued the sayd Johan of Helenes and whanÌ„e he had folowed the space of a leage the sayde JohnÌ„ tourned agayne and layed his swerde in the rest in stede of aspeare and so came roÌ„nyng to warde the lorde Bercle who lyft vs his swerde to haue stryken yâ— squyer but whan he same the stroke come he tourned fro it so that the englysshman lost his stroke and Johan strake hym as he past on the arme that the lorde Berclees swerde fell into the felde Whan he sawe his swerde downe he lyghted so daynly of his horse came to the place wher his swerd lay as he stouped downe to take vp his swerd the frenche squyer dyd pycke his swerde at hym and by happe strake hym through both the thy â–ª es so that the knyght fell to the yerth and coude nat helpe hymselfe and Johan a lyghted of his horse and toke the knyghtes swerde that lay on the grounde and came to hym and demaunded if he wolde yelde hym or nat The knyght than demaunded his name sir sayde he I hyght Johan of Helenes but what is your name certenly sayde the knyght my name is Thomas and am lorde of Bercle a fayre castell on the ryuer of Seuern in the marches of Wales Well sir ê™ the squyer than ye shall be my prisonere and I shall bring you in sauegarde and I shall se that you shall be healed of your hurt Well sayde the knyght I am content to be your prisoner for ye haue by lawe of armes wonne me ther he swar to be his prisoner rescue or no rescue Than the squyer drewe forthe the swerde out of the knightes thyes and the wounde was opyn thafie he wrapped and bounde the wounde and set hym on his horse and so brought hym fayre and easely to Chaterlerant and there taryed more than fyftene dayes for his sake and dyde gette hym remedy for his hurt And whaÌ„ he was somwhat amended than he gate hym a lytter and so brought hym at his ease to his house in Picardy there he was more than a yere tyll he was perfetly hole and whan he departed he payed for his raunsome sire thousande nobuls so this squyer was made a knyght by reason of the profette that he had of the lorde Bercley ¶ Howe kyng JohnÌ„ was taken prisoner at the batayle of Poycters Cap. C .lxiiii. OFten tymes the aduentures of amours and of ear are more fortunate and maâ— uelous than any man canne thynke or wysshe truly this batayle the which was nere to Poycters in the
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
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
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
howe the realme of FrauÌ„ce was full of naueroyse cap. c lxxxxi ¶ Of the naueroyse that the Chanone Robersart disconfyted in Beauoyse nere to the towne of Craule Cap. c lxxxxii ¶ Of the naueroyse that yelded vp saynt Ualerys to the frenchmen after they had ben long besieged Cap. c lxxxxiii ¶ Howe sir Philyp of Nauer reysed vp a thre thousande naueroyse to haue reysed the siege before saynt Ualerys Cap. c lxxxxiiii ¶ Of the Naueroyse that sir Peter Audeley brought on a night to haue takenne the cytie of Chalons cap. c lxxxxv ¶ Howe the Erle of Roucy was taken prisoner the seconde tyme. Cap. c lxxxxvi ¶ Of the thre quenes the naueryse that were besieged by the duke of NormaÌ„dy in Melune Cap. c. lxxxxâ—ii ¶ Howe the lorde Broquart of Fenestrages other frenchemen ordayned their bataylles agaynst the lorde Eustace Dambreticourt the englysshmen in ChaÌ„payne Cap. c lxxxxviii ¶ Of the batayle of Nogent bytwene the lorde Broquart of Fenestrages of the nacyon of Lorayne on the freÌ„che partie and sir Eustace Dabretycourt of the nacyon of Heynalt on the Englysshe partie Cap. c lxxxxix ¶ Howe the robbers and pyllers that kept fortresses in Fraunce began to declyne by myracle Cap. cc. ¶ Howe the frenchemen refused the peace that the kyng had made in Englande Cap. cc .i. ¶ Howe sir Eustace DaÌ„bretycourt was delyuered out of prison by great raunsome cap. cc .ii. ¶ Howe sir Broquart of Fenestrages made hymselfe to be payed of his wages of the duke of Normandy regent of Fraunce Cap. cc .iii. ¶ Of the iourney that sir RobrÌ„t Canoll made in Berry and Auuergne and of the lordes and gentylmen of the countre that pursewed after hym Cap. cc .iiii. ¶ Of the almayns that abode the kyng of Englande at Calys to ryde with hym in to the realme of Fraunce kyng Johan beyng styll prisoner in Englande Cap. cc .v. ¶ Of the great host that the kyng of EnglaÌ„de brought in to FrauÌ„ce to make warr there kynge Johan beyng prisoner in Englande and of the order of the Englysshe hoost Cap. cc .viii. ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande departed fro Calys and of the order of his hoost in ridynge thorowe Picardy and so to the cytie of Reynes Cap. cc .vii. ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande besieged the cytie of Reynes and of the castell of Charigny taken by the Englysshemen And of the warre that began agayne bytwene the duke of Normandy and the kyng of Nauer Cap. cc .viii. ¶ Howe the lorde of Roy disconfyted the lorde of Gomegynes and howe the castell of Comercy was taken by the englysshmen Cap. cc. ix ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande as he wente wasted and distroyed the countrey and howe he came to Aguyllon and there taryed and of the great prouisyon that came after his hoost Cap. cc .x. ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande put the realme of Fraunce in to great trybulacion and of the prophecyes of the frere of Auygnon and of the ¶ Howe sir Robert Canoll sir Johan Chandos departed fro DoÌ„me without wynnyng of it and wâ—â— and toke Gauaches and Rochemador and dyuers other townes that were tourned frenche Cap. cc .lviii. ¶ Howe the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke toke by great aduyse the gaiyson of Bourdell Cap. cc .lix. ¶ Howe sir Robert Canoll sir Johan Chandos and sir Thomas Phelton ordered their people and retourned to the prince Ca. cc .lx. ¶ Howe the englysshe companyons tooke the castell of Bell perche therin the duke of Burbons mother and also they toke the stronge castell of saynt Seuere in Berry Cap. cc .lxi. ¶ Howe the castell of Roche sur yone was yelden vp to the englisshmen and howe the capyteyne therof was beheeded by the commaundement of the duke of Aniou Cap. cc. lxii ¶ Howe the duke of Burgoyne deê‘ted fro the cyye of Roen to th entent to fight with the duke of Lancastre howe they lodged eche agaynst other at Tournehen Cap. cc .lxiii. ¶ Howe sir JohnÌ„ Chandos brought the countre of Aniou in great trybulacion and howe he wasted distroyed the landes of the vycouÌ„t of Roch choart except the fortresses Ca. cc .lxiiii. ¶ Howe sir Loys of Sanxere came on therle of Penbroke and slewe dyuers of his men and besieged the erle in an howse Cap. ii C .lxv. ¶ Howe sir JohnÌ„ Chandos caÌ„e to the socoure and rescue of therle of Penbroke Cap. cc .lxvi. ¶ Howe quene Philyppe of Englande passed out of this mortall lyfe and of the thre requestes that she desyred of the kyng her husband or she departed Cap. cc .lxvii. ¶ Howe the duke of Burgoyne deê‘ted fro the duke of Lancastre without batayle howe the duke of LaÌ„castre went to Calys Ca. cc .lviii. ¶ Howe the countrey of Uermandoyse and the couÌ„tie of saynt Poule were wasted sir Hugh of Chastellone taken Cap. cc .lxix. ¶ Howe sir Johan Chandos was slayne in a batayle and finally the frenchmen discomfyted in the same batayle Cap. cc .lxx. ¶ Howe the lorde of Coucy the lorde of Pomyers wolde nat entre in to the warre nother on the one parte nor on the other and howe the lorde of Maleuale and the lorde of Marnayle tourned frenche Cap. cc .lxxi. ¶ The copy of the letters sent fro the kynge of England in to Acquitayne and howe Chastelerant was taken and Bell perche besieged by the frenchmen Cap. cc .lxxii. ¶ Howe the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke ledde a way fro the garyson of Bell perche the duke of Burbons mother all tho that were within Cap. cc .lxxiii. ¶ Howe the duke of Burbon gaue leaue to all his men to departe when he knewe that the lady his mother was ledde a way Cap. cc .lxxiiii. ¶ Howe the duke of Aniou came fro Tholouse to Parys and howe kynge Charles sent hym with the duke of Berry his brother in to Aquitayne agaynst the englisshmen Cap. cc .lxxv. ¶ Howe sir Bertram of Clesquy deê‘ted out of Spayne weÌ„t to Tholous where as the duke of Aniou receyued hym ioyously Ca. cc .lxxvi. ¶ Howe they of Monsac and of MouÌ„tpellyer yelded them to the duke of Aniowe and of the duke of Berry who layde siege before the cytie of Lymoges Cap. cc .lxxvii. ¶ Howe trewse was made bytwene England and Scotlande and howe sir Robert Canoll brent and eryled the countrey of Picardy and Uermandoyse Cap. cc .lxxviii. ¶ Howe they of Noyon toke the englysshmen that had set fyre in the bysshops bridge howe the frenche kyng sent for sir Bertram of Clesquy Cap. cc .lxxix. ¶ Howe they of Lymoges yelded them to the duke of Berrey and howe he brake vp his army Cap. cc .lxxx. ¶ Howe sir Robert Canoll entred in to the realme of FrauÌ„ce with a great nombre of men of armes and came nere to the cytie of Parys Cap. cc .lxxxi. ¶ Howe sir Bertram of Clesquy made great warre in the countie of Lymoges and
before Nautes and of the scrimysshe made there Cap. ccc .lxx. ¶ Of the scrumysshe that the Barroys of Barres and Almery of Clysson made on christmas cuyu agaynst thenglisshmen beyng at Nauntes Cap. ccc .lxxi. ¶ Howe the englysshmen departed fro the siege before Nauntes and of the fayre excuses that the duke of Bretayne made to the erle of Buckyngham Cap. ccc .lxxii. ¶ Of the dedes of armes done before therle of Buckyngham bytwene the englysshmen and frenchmen and the auswere made to the heraudes on their saueconductes Cap. ccc .lxxiii. ¶ Howe the duke of Bretayne made his peace with the frenche kyng and howe the englysshmen returned to their countreys and of a dede of armes bytwene a frenche squier and an englysshe Cap. ccc .lxxiiii. ¶ Howe the warre began agayne bytwene the erle of FlauÌ„ders and the flemynges and howe they of Ipre were discomfyted by abusshemeÌ„t Cap. ccc .lxxv. ¶ Howe they of Ipre and Courtrey turned to the erle of FlauÌ„ders parte and howe the towne of Gaunt was besieged Cap. ccc lxxvt ¶ Howe the erle of Flaunders reysed vp his siege fro the towne of GauÌ„t and of the batayle bytwene him the gauntoyse Cap. ccc .lxxvii. ¶ Howe the gauntoyse were brent in the churche of Nieule and howe the white hodes slewe dyuers noble men of the erle of FlauÌ„ders parte Cap. ccc .lxxviii. ¶ Howe the whyte hodes and their capitayne was slayne and howe Philyp Dartuell was chosen capitayne of Gaunt Cap. ccc .lxxix. ¶ Of the ordynaunce of Gaunt of the warre of Spayne and of Portyngale Cap. ccc .lxxx. ¶ Howe the erle of Cambridge departed out of Englande to go into Portyngale and how the comons of Englande rebelled agaynst the noble men Cap. ccc .lxxxi. ¶ Of the yuell dedes that these comons of Englande dyd to the kynges offycers and howe they sent a knyght to speke with the kyng Cap. ccc .lxxxii. ¶ Howe the comons of Englande entred in to London and of the great yuell that they dyd and of the dethe of the bysshop of Caunterbury and dyuers other Cap. ccc .lxxxiii. ¶ Howe the nobles of EnglaÌ„de were in great parell to haue bene distroyed and howe these rebels were punysshed and sent home to their owne houses Cap. ccc .lxxxiiii. ¶ Howe the duke of Lancastre kept hymselfe styll in Scotlande for feare of this rebellyon and howe the kyng punysshed of these treatours the chiefe maysters Cap. ccc .lxxxv. ¶ The yuell wyll that the duke of Lancastre conceyued in his courage for the refuse that was made him at Berwyke howe there of Cambridge arryued in Portyngale Ca. ccc .lxxxvi. ¶ Howe two valyaÌ„t men of GauÌ„t were slayne by Peter de boyse and by Philyppe Dartuell and of the rebellyon at Parys against the french kyng Cap. ccc .lxxxvii. ¶ Howe the lorde of Coucy apeased the discencyon and rebellyon of theÌ„ of Parys and of the preparacyon that the duke of Aniou made to make him selfe kynge of Naples Cap. ccc .lxxxviii. ¶ Howe thenglysshmen rode without any coÌ„maundement of the kyng of Porsyngale and howe the castel of Sigheyre in Portingale was taken Cap. ccc lxxxix ¶ Howe the chanoyne Robersarde his company returned to their garyson and of the maryage of the kyng of England to the doughter of the kyng of Bomayns Cap. ccc lxxxx ¶ Howe the frenche kyng coulde haue no money of the receyuoure of Paryg and howe the duke of Aniowe passed in to Italy and of his noble chyualry Cap. ccc .xci. ¶ Howe therle of Sauoy caused the enchaunters heed to be stryken of and howe the Chanoyne Robersarde and his company toke dyuers castels in Spayne Cap. ccc .xcii. ¶ Of the great pyllage and proies done by the Chanoyue Robersart his company agaynst the kyng of Castyle and of the discencyon that was amonge them Cap. ccc .xciii. ¶ Howe the kynges of Castyle and of Portingale assembled their puyssaunâ—es and howe the peace was made bstwene them agaynst the wyll of the englysshmen Cap. ccc .xciiii. ¶ Howe the kyng of Spaygne was maryed agayne to the kynge of Portyngales doughter Cap. ccc xch ¶ Of the great necessyte of vitaylles that they of Gaunt endured and howe they were socoured by them of Liege Cap. ccc .xcvi. ¶ The harde answere that the erle of Flaunders made to them of Gaunt and of the nombre of men of armes that were than at Parys in Fraunce Cap. ccc xchii ¶ Howe that fyue thousande gauÌ„toyse yssued out of Gaunt to fyght with the Erle and with them of Bruges after the answere that Phylyppe Dartuell hadde shewed them Cap. ccc .xcviii. ¶ Of the order of the Gauntoyse and howe they disconfyted the erle and them of Bruges and by what meanes Cap. ccc .xcix. ¶ Howe the towne of Bruges was taken by the gauntoyse and howe the erle of FlauÌ„ders saued hym selfe in apoore womans howse in the towne of Bruges Cap. cccc ¶ Howe they of Gaunt spared the marchauntestraungers and howe the erle departed fro Bruges and wente to Lysse and howe he was receyued there ioyoussy Cap. cccc .i. ¶ Of the great rychesse that the Gauntoyse fouÌ„de in Bruges and howe all the townes in Flaunders yelded them to Gaunt except Andwarpe Cap. cccc .ii. ¶ Howe the erle of Flaunders was at Lyste and howe And warpe was besieged by yâ— gauntoyse and slemynges Cap. cccc .iii. ¶ Howe the gauntoyse assayled the towne of Andewarpe dyuers tymes and howe they ran before Lysse and in the countre aboute on the realme of Fraunce Cap. cccc .iiii. ¶ Of the request that the duke of Burgoyne made to the frenche kynge and why the kynge toke on hym to beare the fleyng Hart. Cap. cccc .v. ¶ Of a Dreme that fortuned to the kynge the same season whyle he lay at Lysse by occasyon of whiche dreme he ordayned the deuyse of the styeng Hart. Cap. cccc .vi. ¶ Of the messangers that Philyppe Dartuell sent in to Englande and also in to FrauÌ„ce and of the dethe of sir Perducas Dalbreth Cap. cccc .vii. ¶ Howe the kynge of Englandes counsayle mocked yâ— slemynges and of the prisoners that were exchaunged Cap. cccc .viii. ¶ Letters sende to Philyppe Dartuell fro the commyssaries of the frenche kynge and howe the messaÌ„gers that bare the letters were taken and set in prison Cap. cccc .ix. ¶ Of the letters sent to Iourney fro Philyp Dartuell and howe the frenche kynge and his counsayle were enformed of the answers that the slemynges had made to the commyssaries Cap. cccc .x. ¶ Howe Philyppe Dartuell made the passages in Flaunders to be kept and howe dyuers frenche knyghtes were lost in Flaunders with out remedy Cap. cccc xi ¶ ThordynaÌ„ce that the frenche king made for to entre in to FlauÌ„ders after that the passages were stopped and broken Cap. cccc .xii. ¶ Howe the frenchmen coude nat passe by the bridge of Comynes howe they passed without knowlege of the slemyngê Cap. cccc .xiii. ¶ Howe the freÌ„chmen
in saue garde on euery mannes cariage his owne cognisauÌ„ce or armes Wherby euery maÌ„ myght knowe his owne And the lordes and genty lmeÌ„ were gladde Whan they had thus founde their cariages Thus they abonde two dayes in the cite of Durham and the oste rounde about for they coulde nat all lodge within the cite there theyr horses Were newe shoode And than they toke theyr Way to the cite of yorke and so with in .iii. dayes they came thither and ther yâ— kyng fouÌ„de the quene his mother who receyued hym with great ioye And so dyd all other ladyes damozelles burgesses and câ—â—mons of the Citie The kyng gaue lycence to all maner of people euery man to drawe home â—arde to theyr owne countreys And the kyng thanked greatly the Erles barones and knyghtê of theyr good couÌ„saile and and that they had done to hym in hys ioâ—ney And he retayned styll with hym ser JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte and all his company Who Were greatly feasted by yâ— quene and all other ladyes Than the knyghtis and other strauÌ„gers of hys company made a byll of their horses and suche other stuffe as they had lost in that iourney and delyuered it to the kyngis counsaile euery man by itselfe and in truste of the kyngis promyse ser JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte lorde Beamont bouÌ„de hymselfe to all his company that they shulde be content for euery thyng coÌ„prised in theyr owne bils within a shortspace For the kyng nor his counsaile coulde nar so soone recouer golde or syluer to content their desyres but he delyuered them sufficient by reason to pay all their small charges and to bryng them home withal into theyr owne countreis And anon after within yâ— same yere they were payd for euery thyng they could desyre Than they of Heynnaulte bought lytle â—agges to ryde at theyr case theyr lackettê and pagis and all their harneys and baggages by water in .ii. shippes that was deliuered to them the whiche shyppes with theyr 〈◊〉 arryued at Sluce in Flaundders and syr JohnÌ„ of Heynnaulte and his companye toke theyr leue of the kyng of the olde quene of the erle of Kent of yâ— erle of Lancastre and of all the other barones who greatly dyd honour theym And the kyng caused .xii. knightis and. C â–ª C. men of armes to coÌ„pany them for doubt of the archers of InglaÌ„d of Whome they were nat well assured for they muste needis passe through the busshopryke of LincolnÌ„ Thus departed siâ— JohnÌ„ of heynaulte and his rowte in the conduct of these knyghtis and rode so long iÌ„ theyr iourney that they came to Douer and ther entred into the see ishippis and vessels that they founde redy ther apparayled for them Than the â—adlist he knyghtis veparted fro thens and retourned to their owne houses and the henous arriued at Wysant and ther they soiourned .ii. bayes in makyng redy theyr horses and harneys And in yâ— mean tyme ser JohnÌ„ of Heynault and some of his company rode a pylgrimage to our lady of Bollayn and after they returned into Heynaulte and depted eche fro other to their owne howses countres ser JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte rode to therle his brother who was at Ualenciennes who receyued hym ioyously for greatly he loued hym To Whom he recounted all his tydyng is that ye haue hard here before ¶ Howe kyng Edward was maryed to my lady Philyp of Heynaulte Cap. xix HIt was nat long after but that the kyng and yâ— quene his mother therle of Kent his vncle therle of Lancastre sir Roger Mortymer and all the barones of Inglande and by the aduyce of the kyngis counsaile they sent a busshop and .ii. knyghtis banerettis with .ii. notable clerkê to ser JohnÌ„ of Heynault pray enghym to be a mean that theyr lord yâ— yong kyng of Ingland myght haue in mariage one of the ericâ— â–ª boughts of Heynault his brother named Phylyp For the kyng all the nobles of the realme had rather haue her than any other lady for the loue of hym ser JohnÌ„ of heynault lord Beamont feasted honored greatly these ambassadours brough them to UalencieÌ„nes to therle his brother who honorably receued them made them suche chere that it were ouer long here to reherse And whan they had shewed the content of theyr message Th erle said Sirs I thaÌ„ke greatly yâ— kyng your prince the quene his mother all other lordes of Ingland syth they haue sent suche sufficient ê‘sonages as ye be to do me suche honor as to treat for the mariage to the whiche request I am well agreed if our holy father the pope wyll coÌ„sent therto With yâ— whiche answer these ambassadours were right well coÌ„teÌ„t ThaÌ„ they sent .ii. knyghtê .ii. clerkê incoÌ„tinent to the pope to Auygnon to purchase a dispeÌ„sation for this mariage to be had for without yâ— popes licere they might nat marie for the linage of FraÌ„ce they were so nere of kyn as at yâ— .iii. degree for the .ii. mothers were cosyn Jermayns issued of ii brethernÌ„ whan these ambasadors were coÌ„e to the pope their requestê consideratioÌ„s well hard our holy father the pope with all the hole colledge consentyd to this mariage and so feasted them And than they departed and came agayne to Ualenciennes with their buls Than this mariage was concluded and affirmed on bothe parties Than was there deuysed and purueied for theyr apparaile and for all thyngê honorable that belonged to suche a lady who shuld be quene of Inglande and there this princesse was maryed by a sufficient procuration brought fro the kyng of Inglande and after al feast is and triumphes done Than thys yonge quene entred into the see at Wysant and arryued with all her coÌ„pany at Douer And JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte lorde Beamont her vncle dyd coÌ„duct her to the cite of London where there was made great feast and many nobles of Ingland and the quene was crowned And there was also great iustes tourneys daunsyng carolyng and great feastis euery day The whiche enduced the space of .iii. weekis The englisshe cronicle saith this mariage and coronation of the quene was done at Yorke with moche honour the sunday in the euyn of the coÌ„uersion of saynt Paule in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xxvii. In the whiche cronicle is shewyd many other thynges of the rulynge of the realme and of the deth of kyng Edwarde of Carnaruan and dyuerse other debates that were within yâ— realme as in the same Cronicle more playnly hit appereth the whiche the auctor of this boke speketh no worde of bâ—cause â—auenture he knew it nat for it was hard for a straÌ„ger to knowe all thyngis but accordyng to his wrytyng This yong quene Philyp aboode styll in Inglande with a â—â—â—all company of any â—sones of her owne couÌ„treâ— sauyng one who was named wandelet of Manny who aboode styll with the quene and was her karuer after dyd so many great prowesses in dyuerse places
great plentie yet for all this the duke of Brabant lefte nat but with great dyligence sent often messangers to kyng Philyppe as the lorde Loys of â—rauehen his chefe counsellour with dyuers other euer to excuse hym for the whiche cause this knight was often tymes sent and at the laste abode styll in the frenche court with the kyng to th entent alwayes to excuse hym agaynst all informacions that myght be made of hym The which knyght dyd all his detroyre in that behalfe ¶ Howe kynge Edwarde and all his alyes dyd defye the frenche kyng Cap. xxxv THus the wynter passed and somer came and the feest of saynt JohnÌ„ of Baptyst aproched And the lordê of englande and of Almayne apa relled themselfe to acoÌ„plyssh their enterprise and the frenche kyng wrought asmoch as he coude to the coÌ„trary for he knewe moch of their intentê Kyng Edwarde made all his prouisyon in Englande and all his men of warr to be redy to passe the see incoÌ„tynent after the feest of saynt JohnÌ„ and so they dyde Than the kynge went to Uyllenort and there made his coÌ„pany to be lodged as many as myght in the towne and the other without a long on the ryuersyde in tentes and pauylyons And ther he taryed fro Maudelyn tyde tyll our lady day in Septembre abyding wekely for the lordê of th empyre And specially for the duke of Brabant on whose coÌ„mynge all the other abode And whan the kyng of Englande sawe howe they came nat he sent great messangers to eche of them sommonyng them to come as they had promysed and to mete with hym at Machlyn on saynt Gyles day than to shewe hym why they had taryed so long Thus kynge Edwarde lay at Uyllenort and kepte dayly at his cost and charge well to the nombre of .xvi. hundred men of armes all â—â—e fro thother syde of the see and .x. M. archers besyde all other ê“ uysious The which was a matueylous great charge besyde the great rewardes that he had gyuen to the lordes and besyde the great armyes that he had on the see The frenche kynge on his part had set Genowayes normayns Bretons Pycardes and spanyardes to be redy on the see to entre into England assone as the warr were opened These lordes of Almayne at the kyng of Englande somons came to Machlyn and with moche besynesse finally they acorded that the kyng of Englande might well sette forwarde within .xv. dayes after and to th entent that their warr shuld be the more laudable Thei agreed to send their defyancê to the french kyng first the kyng of England the duke of Guerles the marques of Jullers sir Robert Dartoyse sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt the marques of Musse the marques of Blanquebourc the lorde of Faulquemont sir Arnold of Baquchen the archbys shop of Colayne sir Galeas his brother and al other lordes of th empyre These defyancê were written and sealed by all the lordes except the duke of BrabaÌ„t who sayd he wold do his dede by hymselfe at tyme conuenyent To bere these defyances into Fraunce was charged the bysshop of Lyncolne who bare theÌ„ to Parys And dyd his message in suche maner that he coude nat be reproched nor blamed and so he had a safe coÌ„duct to retourne agayne to his kyng who was as than at Machlyne ¶ How sir water of Manny after the defyances declared made the first iourney into FraÌ„ce Ca. xxxvi IN the firste weke that the frenche kyng was thus defyed sir water Manny assone as he knewe it he gate to hym a .xl. speres and rode through Brabant nyght and day tyll he came into Heynalt and entred into the wode of Blaton As than nat knowig what he shulde do but he had shewed to some of them that were moost priuyest aboute hym Howe he had promysed before ladyes and damoselles or he came out of Englande that he wolde be the first that shulde entre into Fraunce and to gete other towne or castell and to do some dedes of armes And than his enteÌ„t was to ryde to Mortaigne and to gete it if he might the which partayned thanÌ„e to the realme of Fraunce And soo rode and passed the wode of Blaton and came in a mornynge before the sonne risyng to Mortaygne and by aduenture he founde the wycket of the gate opynne Than he alyghtedde with his company and entred in and dyd sette certayne of his company to kepe the gate And so went into the hygh strete with his penon before hym and came to the great towre but the gate and wycket was fast closed And whan the watch of the castell harde the brunt and sawe them he blewe his horne cryed treason treason Than euery man a woke and made them redy kept them selfe styll within the castell than sir water of Manny went backe agayne and dyd set fyre in the strete ioyninge to the castell so that there were a threscore houses brent and the people sore a frayed for they wende all to haue been taken Than sir water and his company rode backe streight to Conde and ther passed the ryuer of Hayne Than they rode the way to Ualencennes and coosted on the ryght hande and came to Deuayne and so went to the abbay and soo passed forth towarde Bouhaigne And dyd somoche that the captayne dyd let them passe thorough by the ryuer Than thei came to astrong castell parteyning to the bysshoppÌ„ of Cambray called the castell of Thyne the which sodeÌ„ly they toke and the captayne and his wyfe win And the lorde Manny made a good garyson and set therm a brother of his called sir Gyles MaÌ„ny who afterwarde dyd moche trouble to the cytie of CaÌ„bray for the castell was within a leage of the towne Than sir Water Manny retourned into Brabant to the kynge his soueraygne lorde whom he founde at Machlyne and ther shewed hym all that he had done ¶ How that after the sayâ— defyances made the frenchmen entred in to England Cap. xxxvii AS sone as kynge Phylyppe knewe that he was vefyed of the kyng of England and of his alyes he reteyned men of warre on euery syde And sent the lord Galoys de â—a Bausyne a good knyght of Sauoy into the cyte of Cambray and made hym captayne ther and with hym sir Thybalt de Marneyle and the lorde of Roy. So that they were what of Sauoy and of FrauÌ„ce a .ii. hundred speres And kynge Philyppe sent and seased into his handes the countie of Pontyeu the which the kyng of Englande had before by reason of his mother And also he seÌ„t to dyuers lordes of th empyre as to therle of Heynalt his neue we to the duke of Lorrayne therle of Bar the bysshop of Metz the bysshop of Liege desy ryng them that they wolde make no yuell purchase agaynst hym or his realme The moost part of these lordes answered howe they wolde do nothyng that shuld be agaynst hym and the erle of Heynalt wrote vnto hym right courtessy how that
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
caÌ„e peple fro all ê“ties to sehym And than euery man shewed hym the damages the dystrueti on that kyng Edward and thenglysshmen had done in Scotlande than he sayd well I shal be well reuenged orels lose all my realme and my lyfe in the payne ThanÌ„e he sent messangers to all partes ferr and nere desyring euery man to helpe hym in his busynesse at his sendyng thyder came therle of Orkeney a great prince and a puyssaunt he had maryed the kynges suster he brought a great nombre of men a warr with hym and dyuers other lordes and knyghtes of Souegne of Melbegne and of Denmarche some for loue and some for wages so that whan they were all togyder they were a .lx. M. men a fote and on hackenayes a .iii. M. armed after their maner WhanÌ„e they were all redy they remoued to go into England to do ther asmoche hurt as they might for yâ— truse was as than expyred or els to fight with the kynge of Englande who had caused them to suffre moch dysease The scottes departed fro saynt Johannes towne and went to Donfremelyn and the next day ther they passed a lytell arme of yâ— see than they went with great dyligence and passed by Edenborowe and after by Rousburge the whiche was as than englysshe but they made none assaut ther bycause they wolde haue none of their coÌ„pany hurt nor to wast none of their artillary They thought to do a greatter dede or they retourned into Scotlande so after they passed nat ferre of fro Berwyke and went by without any assaut gyueng And so entred into the contrey of Northumberlande and came to the ryuer of Tyne brennyng all the coÌ„trey rouÌ„de about them and at last came to Newecastell vpon Tyne and ther he lay and all his people about the towne that night And in the mornig a certayne nombre of geÌ„tylmen that were in the towne yssued out to the nombre of C C. speres to make a skry in the scottysshe hoost they dasshed into yâ— scottyssh host right on therle of Morets tentes who bare in his armour syluer thre oreylles goules ther they toke hym in his bed and slewe many or thoost was moued and wan great pyllage Than they returned into yâ— towne boldely with great ioye and delyuerd therle Moret as prisoner to the captayne of the castell the lorde JohnÌ„ Neuell Whan the scottes were vp they armed them and ranlyke madde men to the barryers of the towne and made a great assaut the whiche endured longe but lytell it awayled them and they lost ther many men for ther were many good men of war within who defended theÌ„self so wysely that the scottes were fayne at last to withdrawe a backe to their losse ¶ Howe kynge Dauyd of Scotlande distroyed the cytie of Dyrrame Cap. lxxv WHan that king Dauyd and his counsayle sawe that his taryeng about Newcastell was daungerous and that he coude wynne therby nother profet nor honour than he departed and entred into the contrey of the bysshoprike of Dyrram and ther brent and wasted all byfore them And so came to the cyte of Dyrram layed siege rounde about it and made many great assautes lyke madde men by cause they had lost therle of Morette and they knewe well that ther was moche richesse in the cytie for all the contrey ther about was fledde thyder The scottê made ingens and instrumeÌ„tes to come to the walles to make the feercer assant and whan the scottes were gone fro New castell thanÌ„e sir JohnÌ„ Neuyll captayne there mounted on a good horse and toke away farre of fro the scottes and dyd somoche that within fyue dayes he came to Chyrtsay wher as kyng Edwarde lay as than ther he shewed the king tidynges of the scottes Than the kynge sende forth messangers into euery part coÌ„mauÌ„dyng euery man bytwene the age of .lx. and .xv. all excuses layd a part to drawe Northwarde and to mete hym in that contrey to ayde and defende his contrey that the scottes distroyed than lordes knyghtes squyers and all other drewe towarde the northe The kyng deê‘ted hymself hastely taryed for no man and euery man folowed aswell as they might in the meane season the scottes assauted the cytie of Dyrrame with ingens and other instrumentes so feersly that they within coude nat defende themself but that the cytie was wonne byforce and robbed and clene brent and all maner of people put to deth without mercy men women and chyldren monkes preestes and chanons so that ther abode a lyue no maner a person house nor church but it was distroyed the whiche was great pytie so to dystroy christen blode And the churches of godde wherin that god was honoured and serued ¶ Howe the scottes besieged a castell of therle of Salysburies Cap. lxxvi THan king Dauyd was couÌ„selled to drawe a backe a long by the ryuer of Tyne to drawe toward Carlyle as he went thyderward he loged that nyght besyde a castel of therle of Salysburies the whiche was well kept with men a warr captayne therof was sir WyllmÌ„ Montagu son to therle of Salysburis suster The next day the scottes dysloged to go towarde Carlyle they had moch cary age with them of such pyllage as they had won at DyraÌ„ Whan ser WyllmÌ„ Montagu sawe how the scottê passed by without restyng thaÌ„ he with .xl. with him yssued out a horsbacke and folowed couertly the hynder trayne of the scottes who had horses so charged with baggage that they might scaÌ„t go any gret pace And he ouertoke them at thêtryng into a wood set on them and ther slewe and hurt of the scottz mo than CC. and toke mo than sixscore horses charged with pyllage and soled theÌ„ toward the castell The cry and brunt of the flight came to the heryng of sir Wyllyam Duglas who had the charge of the reregarde and as than he was past the wood whan he sawe the scottes came fleyng ouer the dales and mouÌ„tayns he had great maruell and than he and all his coÌ„pany ran forth and rested nat tyll they caÌ„e to the fote of the castell and mounted the hyll in hast But or he came to the bayls theÌ„gly sshmen were entred and had closed the barryers put their pray in saftie than the scottes began to assayle feersly and they within defeÌ„ded theÌ„ ther these two WyllmÌ„s dyd what they might eche to greue other This assaut endured so long that all thoost came thyder kyng all whan the kyng and his counsell sawe how his men were slayne lyeng in the felde and the assaylantes sore hurt without wynning of any thyng than he coÌ„mauÌ„ded to cease thassaut and to lodge Than euery man began to seke for his logyng and to gader togyder the deed men and to dresse theym that were hurt The next day the kyng of scottes coÌ„maunded that euery man shulde be redy to assayle they within were redy to defende ther was a sore assautand a perylous ther might a
day be tymes they departed and left captayne in Auberoche a knight of Gascoyne called Alysander of Chamont this they rode to Burdeaux and ledde â–ª with them the moost part of their prisoners ¶ Of the townes that therle of Derby wanne in Gascoyne goyng towarde the Ryoll Cap. Cviii. THey of Burdeux wyst nat what ioye to make nor how to receyue therle of Derby and sir Gaultier of Man ny for the takyng of the erle of Laylle and mo than two hundred knyghtê with hym So thus passed that wynter without any more doynge in Gascoyne that ought to be remeÌ„bred and whan it was past Eester in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xlv. In the myddes of May â–ª therle of Derby who had layne all that wynter at Burdeaux made a great assemble of men of armes and archers to the entent to go and lay siege to the Ryoll the first day fro Burdeux he rode to Bergerath wher he founde therle of PeÌ„broke who had in like wyse made his assembly ther they taryed thre dayes and than departed and nombred their company and founde howe they were M. men of armes and two M. archers than they rode so longe tyll they came to saynt Basyll and layd siege therto They within consydred howe the greattest men and moost part of Gascoyne were prisoners sawe howe they shulde haue no socoure fro no parte so all thynges consydred they yelded themselfe dyd homage to the kyng of England Than therle passed forthe and toke they way to Aguyllone and in his way he founde the castell of Rochemyllone the whiche was well furnysshed with soudyers and artyllary howbeit therle of Derby coÌ„maunded to gyue assaut and so theâ— was a ferse assaut They within cast out great barres of yron and pottê with lyme wherwith they hurt dyuers englysshmen suche as aduentured themselfe to farr whan therle sawe his mâ—hurt and coude do nothyngâ— he withdrue the assaut The next day he made the vyllayns of the countrey to bring thyder fagottes busshes donge sâ—rawe and erth and fylled part of the dykes so that they might go to the walles and so they made CCC archers redy and. CC. men of the countrey to go before them with pauysshes and hauyng great pycares of yron and whyle they dyd vndermyne the wall the archers shuld shote and so they dyde that none within durste apere at their defence This assaut endured the moste part of the day so that finally the myners made a great hole through the wall so that ten men myght entre a front Thanne they within were sore a basshed some fledde into the church and somme stale away by a priue gate so this towne and castell was taken robbed and the moost parte slayne except suche as were fledde into the church â–ª the which therle of Derby caused to be saued for they yelded themself simply Thau therle sette there newe captayns two en 〈…〉 squyers Rycharde Wylle and Robert 〈◊〉 than therle went to Mountsegure and layâ— siege therto and taryed ther a fyftene day â—s captayne within was sir Hewe Bastefoll euery day there was assaut and great engyns were brought thyder â—ro Burdeaux fro Bergerath so that the stones 〈◊〉 they cast brake downe walles roffes and houses Th erle of Derby sende to them of the towne shewyng them that if they were taken byforce they shulde all dye if they wolde come vnder they obeysance of the kynge of Englande he wolde pardon them all and take them for his frendes They of the towne wolde gladly haue yelded theym and went and spake with their captayne in maner of couÌ„â—â—yle to se what he wolde say and he answered theym and sayd sirs kepe your defence we ar able to kepe this towne this halfe yere if nede be They departed fro hym in semyng well coÌ„tent but at nyght they toke and putte hym in prison sayeng howe he shuld neuer go out therof without so be he wold agre to make their peace with therle of Derby and whan that he had sworne that he wolde do his deuoyre they let hym out of prison and so he went to the barryers of the towne and made token to speke with the erle of Derby sir Gaultier of Manny was ther present and he went spake with him The knight sayd sir Gaultier of Manny ye ought natte to haue marueyle though we close our gates agaynst you â–ª for we haue sworne feaultie to the frenche kyng and I se well that ther is no persone in his behalfe that wyll stoppe you of your way but me thynke ye are lyke to go farther But sir for my selfe and for the menne of the towne I desyre you that we may abyde in coÌ„posicyon that ye make vs no warr nor we to you the space of a moneth and duryng that terme if the frenche kyng or the duke of Normandy come into this contrey so strong as to fyght with you than we to be quyte of our couenaunt and if they come nat or one of them than we shall put vs vnder 〈◊〉 obeâ— sance of the kyng of England Sir Gaultier of Manny went to therle of Derby to knowe his pleasure in that behalfe therle was content so that they within shuld make no fortifycation in that season and also yâ— if any of theÌ„glysshmen ther lacked any vitayls that they might haue it of them for their money To this they were coÌ„tent and sent â–ª xii burgesses of the towne to Burdeaux in hostage than thenglysshmen were refresshed with prouisyon of the towne but none of them entred Than they passed forth and wasted and exyled the contrey the which was plesant and frutefull and came to a castell called guyllon and the captayne therof came to therle and yelded vp the castell their lyues and goodâ— saued Wherof they of the contrey had gret marueyle for it was named one of the strongest castels of the worlde whaÌ„ the captayne that had yelded vp the castell so soone came to Tholoum the which was .xvii. leages thense they of that towne toke hym and layd treason to his charge and hanged hym vp The sayd castell stode bytwene two great ryuers able to bere shyppes yâ— erle of Derby newe repeyred yâ— castell and made captayne ther sir Johâ— of Gombray thaâ—e the erle went to an other castell called Segart the whiche he toke by assaut and all the soudyours within slayne and fro thense he went to the towne of le Ryoll ¶ Howe therle of Derby layd siege to the Ryoll and howe that the towne was yelded to hym Cap. C .ix. THus the erle of Derby 〈◊〉 before the Ryoll and layed siege therto on all sydes made basâ—yâ—es in the feldes and on the wayeâ—â— so that no prouisyon coulde entre into the towne a 〈…〉 he euery day ther was assaut the siege â—â—â—ured a longe space And whan the moneth was eâ—â—yred that they of Segur shulde gyue vp their towne the erle sent thyder and they of the â—owne gaue
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
kynges hoost but the soudyours made no count to the kynge nor to none of his offycers of the golde and syluer that they dyd gette they kept that to themselfe Thussir Godfray of Harecourt rode euery day of fro yâ— kynges hoost and for moost parte euery nyght resorted to the kynges felde The kyng toke his way to saynt Lowe in Constantyne but or he came ther he lodged by a ryuer abyding for his men that rode a long by the see syde and whan they were come they sette for the their caryage and therle of Warwyke therle of Suffolke sir Thomas Hollande and sir Raynolde CobhmÌ„ and their coÌ„pany rode out on the one syde and wasted and eriled the contrey as the lorde Hare court hadde done and the kynge euer rode bytwene these bataylles and euery nyght they logedde togyder ¶ Of the great assemble that the frenche kynge made to resyst the kyng of Englande Cap. C .xxiii. THus by theÌ„glysshmen was brent exyled robbed wasted and pylled the good plentyfull countrey of Normandy Thanne the frenche kyng sent for the lorde JohnÌ„ of Heynalt who caÌ„e to hym with a great nombre also the kyng sende for other men of armes dukes erles barownes knyghtes and squyers and assembled togyder the grettest nombre of people that had bensene in France a hundred yere before he sent for men into so ferr countreys that it was longe or they came togyder wherof the kynge of Englande dyde what hym lyste in the meane season The french kyng harde well what he dyd and sware and sayd howe they shuld neuerretourne agayne vnfought withall and that suche hurtes and damages as they had done shulde be derely reuenged wherfore he had sent letters to his frendes in th empyre to suche as wer farthest of and also to the gentyll kyng of Behayne and to the lorde Charles his son who fro thens for the was called kynge of Almaygne he was made kynge by the ayde of his father and the frenche kyng and had taken on hym the armes of th empyre The frenche kyng desyred them to come to hym withall their powers to thyntent to fyght with the kynge of Englande who brent and wasted his countrey These princes and lordes made them redy with great nombre of men of armes of almaynes behaynoes and luxambroses and so came to the frenche kyng also kyng PhilyppÌ„ send to the duke of Lorayne who came to serue hym with CCC speares also ther came therle samynes in Samynoes therle of Salebrugâ— the erle of Flaunders the erle Wyllyam of Namure euery man with a fayre coÌ„pany â–ª ye haue harde here before of the order of thenglysshmen howe they went in thre batayls the marshalles on the right hande and on the lyft the kyng and the prince of Wales his sonne in the myddes They rode but small iourneys and euery day toke their lodgynges bytwene noone and thre of the clocke and founde the countrey so frutefull that they neded nat to make no ê“uisy on for their hoost but all onely for wyne and yet they founde reasonably sufficyent therof It was no marueyle though they of the countrey were afrayed for before that tyme they had neuer sene men of warre nor they wyst nat what warre or batayle ment they fledde away as ferr as they might here spekyng of thenglysshmen and left their houses well stuffed and graunges full of corne they wyst nat howe to saue and kepe it yâ— kynge of Englande and the prince had in their batayle a thre thousand men of armes and sixe thousande archers and a ten thousande men 〈◊〉 fote besyde them that rode with the marshals Thus as ye haue harde the kyng rodeforth wastynge and brennyng the countrey without brekyng of his order he left the cytie of Constance and went to a great towne called saynt Lowe a rych towne of drapery and many riche burgesses in that towne ther were dwellyng an .viii. or nynescore burgesses crafty men â–ª Whanne the kynge came ther he toke his lodgyng without for he wolde neuer lodge in the towne for feare of fyre but he sende his men before and anone yâ— towne was taken and clene robbed It was harde to thynke the great ryches that there was won in clothes specially clothe wolde ther haue ben solde good chepe yf ther had ben any byers thaÌ„ the kynge went towarde Cane the which was a greatter towne and fall of drapery and other marchauntdyse and riche burgesses noble ladyes and damosels and fayre churches and specially two great riche abbeys one of the Crynyte another of saynt Stephyn And on the one syde of the towne one of the fayrest castels of all Normandy and capitayne therin was Robert of Blargny with thre hundred genowayes and in the towne was therle of Ewe and of Guynes constable of Fraunce and therle of Tankernyll with a good nombre of men of warr The king of England rode that day in good order and logedde all his batayls togyder that night a two leages fro Cane in a towne with a lytell hauyn called Naustreham and thyder caÌ„e also all his nauy of shyppes with therle of Huntyngdone who was gouernour of them The coÌ„stable and other lordes of France that nyght watched well the towne of Cane and in the mornyng armed them with all them of the towne Than the constable ordayned that none shulde yssue out but kepe their defences on the walles gate bridge and ryuer and left the subbarbes voyde bycause they were nat closedde for they thought they shulde haue ynough to do to defende the towne bycause it was nat closedde but with the ryuer they of the towne saybe howe they wolde yssue out for they were strong ynough to fyght with the kyng of Englande Whan the coÌ„llable sawe their good wyls he sayd in the name of god he it ye shall nat fyght without me Than they yssued out in good order and made good face to fyght and to defende theym and to putte their lyues in aduenture ¶ Of the batayle of Cane and howe thenglysshmen toke to towne Cap. C .xxiiii. THe same day thenglyssh men rose erly and apayrelled them redy to go to Cane the kyng harde noyse before the sonne rysing And than toke his horse and the prince his son with sir Godfray of Harcourt marshall and leader of the hoost whose counsayle the kyng moche folowed Than they drewe towarde Cane with their batels in good aray and so aproched the good towne of Cane WhauÌ„e they of the towne who were redy in the felde sawe these thre batayls commyng in good order with their baners and staÌ„deâ—des wauynge in the wynde and the archers the which they had nat ben accustomed to se they were sore afrayd and fledde away toward the towne without any order or good aray for all that the constable coulde do than the englysshmen pursued them egerly Whan the constable and the erle of of TaÌ„kernyll sawe that they toke a gate at the entry and saued theÌ„selfe and certayne with
theÌ„ for the englysshmen were entred into the towne some of the knyghtes and squyers of Fraunce suche as knewe the way to the castell went thyder and the captayne ther receyued them all for the castell was large TheÌ„glysshmen in yâ— chaselle we many for they toke non to mercy than the constable and the erle of Tankernyll beynge in the lytell towre at the bridge fote loked a longe the strete sawe their men â—â—ayne without mercy they douted to fall in their hand At last they sawe an englysshe knyght with one eye called 〈◊〉 ThomÌ„s Holand and afyue or sixe other knyghtes with hym they knewe theÌ„ for they had sene them before in Pruce in Grenade and in other vyages than they called to sir Thomas sayd howe they wold yelde theÌ„selfe prisoners Than sir Thomas came thyder with his coÌ„pany and mounted vp into the gate and there founde the sayd lordes with .xxv. knyghts with them who yelded theym to sir Thomas and he toke theÌ„for his prisoners and left company to kepe theym and than mouÌ„ted agayne on his horse and rode into the streates and saued many lyues of lavyes damosels and cloysterers fro defoylyng for the soudyers were without mercy It fell so well the same season for thenglysshmen that the â—â—â—er whiche was able to bere shyppes at that 〈…〉 e was so lowe that men went in and out besyde the bridge they of the towne were entred into their houses and cast downe into the strete stones tymbre and â—ron and slewe and hurte mo than fyue hundred englysshmen wherwith the kyâ—ge was sore dyspleased At night whan he hard therof he coÌ„maunded that the next day all shulde be putte to the swerde and the towne brent but than sir Godfray of Harecourt sayd dere sir for goddessake ass wage somwhat your courage and let it suâ—fice you that ye haue done ye haue yet a great voyage to do orye come before Calys whyderye purpose to go and sir in this towne there is moche people who wyll defende their houses and it woll cost many of yor men their lyues or ye haue all at yor wyll wherby paraueÌ„ture ye shall nat kepe your purpose to Calys the which shulde redowne to your rech Sir saue your people for ye shall haue nede of them or this moneth passe for I thynke verely your aduersary kyng PhilyppÌ„ woll mete with you to fight and ye shall fynde many strayt passages and rencouÌ„ters Wherfore your men and ye had mo shall stande you in gode stede and sir without any further sleynge ye shall be lorde of this towne men and women woll putte all that they haue to your pleasur Than the kyng sayd sir Godfray you ar our marshall â–ª ordayne euery thyng as ye woll than sir Godfray with his baner rode fro strete to strete and coÌ„mauÌ„ded in the kynges name non to be so hardy to put fyre in any house to slee any persone nor to vyolate any woman Whan they of the towne hard that crye they receyued the englysshmen into their houses and made theym good chere and some opyned their coffers and badde them take what them lyst so they might be assured of ther lyues howe be it ther were done in the towne many yuell dedes murdrers and roberyes Thus the englysshmen were lordes of the towne thre dayes ano wanne great richesse the which they sent by baâ—kesse and barges to saynt Sauyoure by the ryuer of Austrâ—hen a two leagê theus wher as all their nauy lay than the kyng sende therle of â—untyâ—gdon with two hundred men of armes and foure hundred archers with his nauy and prisoners and richesse that they had gotte backe agayne into Englande And the kynge bought of sir Thomas Hallande â–ª the constable of Fraunce and therle of Tankernyll and payed for them twentie thousande nobles ¶ Howe sir Godfray of Harecourte fought with theÌ„ of Amyens before Parys Cap. C .xxv. THus the kyng of England ordred his besynesse beynge in the towne of Cane and sende into England his nauy of shyppes charged 〈◊〉 clothes iewelles vessels of golde syluer and of other rychesse and of prisoners mo than .lx. knightes and thre hundred burgesses Than he departed fro the towne of Cane and rode in the same order as he dyde before brennynge and exilynge the countrey and toke the way to Ewreus and so past by it And fro thens they rode to a great towne called Louyets it was the chiefe towne of all Normandy of drapery riches and full of marchandyse theÌ„glysshmen soone entred therin for as than it was nat closed it was ouer ron spoyled and robbed without mercy there was won great richesse ThauÌ„e they entred into the countrey of Ewreus and brent and pylled all the countrey except the good townes closed and castels â–ª to the which the kynge made none assaut bycause of the sparyng of his people and his artillery On the ryuer of Sane nere to Rone there was the exle of Harecourt brother to sir Godfray of Harecourt but he was on the frenche partie and therle of Drâ—ux with hym with a good nombre of men of warre but thenglysshmen left Roon and went to Gysors where was a strong castell they brent the towne and than they brent Uernon and all the countrey about Roon and Pont de Lache and came to NauÌ„tes and to Meulence and wasted all the countrey about and passed by the stronge castell of Robeboyes and in euery place a long the ryuer of Sane they founde the briges broken At last they came to Poyssey and founde the brige broken but the arches and â—oystes lay in the ryuer the kyng lay there a .v. dayes In the mean season the brige was made to passe the hoost Wtout paryll thenglysshe marshals ranne a brode iust to Parys and brent saynt Germayne in Lay and Mountioy and saynt Clowde and pety Bolayne by Parys and the quenes Bourge they of Parys were nat well assured of theym selfe for it was nat as than closed Than kyng Philyppe remoued to saynt Denyse and or he went caused all yâ— pentessys in Parys to be pulled downe and at saynt Deuyse were redy câ—â— the kynge of Behayne the lorde JohnÌ„ of Heynalt â–ª the duke of Lorayne therle of Flaunderâ—â— therle of Bloyes and many other great lordes and knyghtes redy to serue the frenche kynge Whan the people of Parys sawe their kyng â—epart they came to hym and knâ—lyd downe and sayd a sir and noble kyng what woll ye do leue thus this noble cytie of Parys the kynge sayâ— my good people doute ye nat the englysshmen woll aproche you no nerer than they be why so sir ê™ they they be within these two leages and assone as they knowe of your departynge they woll come and assayle vs and we bâ—â—at able to defende them sir tary here styll and helpe to defende your gode cite of Parys Speke no more ê™ the kynge for I woll go to saynt Denyse to my men of warre for I woll encountre the
of the marshals retourned to the kynges hoost about noone and so lodged all toguyder nere to Cressy in Pouthieu the kynge of Englande was well enfourmed howe the frenche kyng folowed after hym to fight Than he said to his coÌ„pany lette vs take here some plotte of grouÌ„de for we wyll go no farther tylle we haue sene our ennemyes I haue good cause here to abyde them for I am on the ryght herytage of the quene my mother the which lande was gyuen aâ—her maryage I woll chalenge it of myne aduersary Philyppe of Ualoys and bycause that he had nat the eyght part in nombre of men as the frenche kyng had therfore he commaunded his marshals to chose a plotte of grounde som what for his aduauntage and so they dyde and thyder the kynge and his hoost went than he sende his currours to Abuyle to se if the frenche kyng drewe that day into the felde or natte They went forthe and retourned agayne and sayde howe they coude se none aparence of his commyng than euery man toke their lodgyng for that day and to be redy in the mornynge at the sound of the truÌ„pet in the same place Thus friday the frenche kynge taryed styll in Abuyle abyding for his coÌ„pany and sende his two marshals to ryde out to se the dealyng of thenglysshmen and at nyght they retourned sayde howe the englysshmen were lodged in the feldes â–ª that nyght the frenche kyng made a supper to all the chefe lordes that were ther with hym and after supper the kyng desyred them to be frendes â—â—h to other the kyng loked for the erle of Sauoy who shulde come to hym with a thousande speares for he had receyued wages for a thre monethes of them at Troy in Campaigne ¶ Of the order of the englysshmen at Cressy and howe they made thre batayls a fote Cap. C .xxviii. ON the friday as I sayd before the kyng of Englande lay in the feldes for the contrey was pleÌ„tyfull of wynes and other vytayle if nede had ben they had prouisyon folowyng in cartê and other caryages That night the kyng made a supper to all his chefe lordes of his hoost made them gode chere and whan they were all departed to take their rest Than the kynge entred into his oratorie and kneled downe before the auter prayeng god deuoutly that if he fought the next day that he might achyue the iourney to his honour than aboute mydnight he layde hym downe to rest and in the mornynge he rose be tymes and harde masse â–ª and the prince his sonne with hym and the moste part of his compaâ—â— were confessed and houseled And after the 〈…〉 asse sayde he commauÌ„ded euery man to be armed to drawe to the felde to the same place before apoynted than the kyng caused a parke to be made by the wodesyde behynde his hoost and ther was set all cartes and caryages and within the parke were all their horses for euery man was a fote And into this parke there was but one entre than he ordayned thre batayls In the first was the yonge prince of Wales with hym the erle of Warwyke and Canforde the lorde Godfray of Harecourt sir Reynolde Cobham sir ThomÌ„s Holande the lorde Stafforde the lorde of Maâ—uy the lorde Dalaware sir JohnÌ„ Chandos sir Bartylmewe de Bomes sir Robert Neuyll the lorde Thomas Clyfforde the lorde Bourchier the lorde de la Tumyer dyuers other knyghtes and squyers that I can nat name they wer an .viii. hundred men of armes and two thousande archers and a thousande of other with the walsshmen euery lorde drue to the felde apoynted vnder his owne baner and penone In the second batayle was therle of Northampton the erle of Aâ—â—dell the lorde Rosse the lorde Lygo the lorde Wylough by the lord Basset the lorde of saynt Aubyne sir Loyes Tueton the lorde of Myleton the lorde de la Sell and dyuers other about an eight hundred men of armes and twelfhundred archers The thirde batayle had the kyng he had seuyn hundred men of armes and two thousande archers than the kyng lept on a hobby with a whyte rodde in his hand one of his marshals on the one hande and the other on the other hand he rode fro reuke to reuke desyringe euery man to take hede that day to his right and honour He spake it so swetely with so good couÌ„tenance and mery chere that all suche as were dysconfited toke courage in the sayeng and heryng of him And whan he had thus visyted all his batayls it was than nyne of the day than he caused euery man to eate drinke a lytell and so they dyde at their leaser And afterwarde they ordred agayne their bataylles than euery man lay downe on the yerth and by hym his salet and bowe to be the more 〈◊〉 heâ— whan their ennemyes shulde come ¶ Th order of the frenchmen at Cressy and howe they behelde the demeanour of thenglysshmen Cap. C .xxix. THis saturday the frenche kynge rose â—â—tymes and hard masse in Abuyle in his lodgyng in the abbey of saynt Peter and he departed after the some rysing whan he was out of the towne two leages aprocâ—yng towarde his ennemys some of his lordes sayd to hym Sir it were good that ye ordred yor batayls and let all your fote men passe som what on before that they be nat troubled with the horsemen Than the kyng sent .iiii. knyghtê the Moyne Bastell the lorde of Noyers the lorde of Beauie we and the lorde â—am begny to ryde to a viewe thenglysshe hoste and so they rode so nere that they might well se part of their dealyng Thenglysshmen sawe the well and knewe well howe they were come thyder to a vieu them they let them alone and made no countena 〈…〉 warde theÌ„ and let them retourne as they came And whan the frenche kyng sawe 〈…〉 oure knyghtes retourne agayne he taryâ—â—â—â—ll they came to hym and sayd sirs what tidynges these four knyghtes eche of them loked on other for ther was none wolde speke before his coÌ„panyon finally the kyng sayd to Moyne who pertayned to the kyng of Behaygne and had done in his dayes somoch that he was reputed for one of the valyantest knightê of the worlde sir speke you Than he sayd sir I shall spekesyth it pleaseth you vnder the correction of my felawes sir we haue ryden sene the behauyng of your ennemyes knowe ye for trouth they are rested in thre batayls abidyng for you Sir I woll counsell you as for my part sauynge your dyspleasure that you and all your coÌ„pany rest here and lodg for this nyght for or they that be behynde of your â—oÌ„pany become hyther and or your batayls beset in gode order it wyll be very late and your people be wery and out of array and ye shall fynde your ennemis fresshe and redy to receyue you erly in the mornynge ye may order your bataylles at more leaser and aduyse your ennemis at
as ye thynke best yourselfe tyue hundred pounde sterlyng of yerely rent to you to your heyres for euer and here I make you squyer for my body ThanÌ„e the thyrde day he departed and retourned agayne into Englande whan he came home to his owne house he assembled to guyder his frendes and kynne and so they toke the kyng of Scottes and rode with hym to the cytie of yorke and there fro the kyng his lorde he presented the kyng of Scottes to the quene and excused hym so largely that the quene and her counsell were content Than the quene made good prouisyon for the cytie of yorke the castell of Rosbourg the cyte of Dyrham the towne of Newcastell vpon Tyne and in all other garysons on the marchesse of Scotlande and left in those marchesse the lorde Percy and the lorde Neuyll as gouernoure there thanne the quene departed fro yorke towardes London Than she sette the kynge of Scottes in the strong towre of London and therle Morette and all other prisoners and sette good kepyng ouer them Than she went to Douer and there tooke the see and had so good wynde that in a shorte space she arryued before Calays thre dayes before the feest of Alsayntes for whose coÌ„myng the kyng made a great feest and dyner to all the lordes ladyes that were ther the quene brought many ladyes and damoselles with her aswell to acompany her as to se their husbandes fathers bretherne and other frendes that lay at siege there before Calays and had done a longe space ¶ Howe the yonge erle of Flaunders ensured the kynges doughter of Englande Cap. C .xl. THe siege before Calais enduredde longe and many thynges fell in the meane season the whiche I canne nat write the fourthe parte The frenche kynge had sette men of warre in euery fortresse in those marchesse in the countie of Guynes of At thoyes of Boloyne and aboute Calays and had a great nombre of genowayes normayns and other on the see so that whan any of th 〈…〉 glysshmen wolde goo a forragynge other a 〈◊〉 or horsebacke they founde many tymes harde aduentures and often there was skirmysshing about the gates and dykes of the towne and often tymes some slayne and hurte on bothe parties some day yâ— one part lost and some day the other The kynge of Englande caused engyns to be made to oppresse theym within the towne but they within made other agayne to resist the so that they toke lytell hurt by them but nothynge coude come into the towne but by stelth and that was by the meanes of two maryners one called Maraunt and the other Mestryell and they dwelt in Abuyle by theym two they of Calays were often tymes reconforted and fresshed by stelth and often tymes they were in great â—yll chased and nere taken but alwayes they scaped and made many englysshemen to be drowned All that wynter the kyng lay â—â—yll at the siege and thought and ymagined euer to kepe yâ— commentie of Flaunders in frendshyppe for he thought by their meanes the soner to câ—e to his entent he sende often tymes to them with fayre promyses sayeng that if he myght gette Calys he wolde helpe them to recouer 〈◊〉 and Doway with all their appurtenaunces So by occasyon of sache promyses whyle the kyng was in Normandy towardes Cressey and Calays they went and layd siege to Bethwyn and ther captayne was sir Dedeart de â—onty who was banysshed out of Fraunce They helde a great siege before that towne and â—ore constrayned them by assaut but within were â—our knyghtes captayns set there by the frenche kyng to kepe the towne that is to say sir Gâ—ssray of Charney sir Ewstace of Rybamount sir Baâ—dwyâ— of Nekyn and sir JohnÌ„ of Landas they defended yâ— towne in suche wyse that the flemmynges waâ— nothyng ther but so departed and retourned agayne into Flaunders but whyle the kynge of Englande lay at siege before Calys he sent styll messaÌ„gers to them of Flanders and made them great promyses to kepe their amyte with hym and to oppresse the drift of the french kyng who dyde all that he coulde to drawe them to his opynyon The kyng of Englande wolde gladly yâ— the erle Loyes of Flaunders who was as than â—â—t fâ—fteâ—e yere of age shulde haue in marâ—age his doughter Isabell somoche dyd the kyng yâ— the fleÌ„mynges agreed therto wherof the kynge was gladde for he thought by that mariage the fleÌ„mynges wolde the gladlyer helpe hym and the fleÌ„mynges thought by hauyng of the kynge of Englande on their partie they might well râ—â—yst the frenchmen they thought it more necessary and profytable for them the loue of the kyng of Englande rather than the frenche kynge but the yong erle who had ben euer norysshed amoÌ„ge the noble men of France wolde nat agre and sayd playnly he wolde nat haue to his wyfe the doughter of hym that sleâ—e his father Also duke Johan of Brabant purchased greatly that yâ— erle of Flaunders shulde haue his doughter in maryage promysing hym that if he wolde take her to his wyfe that he wolde cause hym to enioy the hole erldome of Flanders other by â—ayre meanes or otherwyse Also the duke sayde to the frenche kyng sir if the erle of Flanders woll take my doughter I shall fynde the meanes that all the flemmynges shall take your part and for sake the kyng of Englande by the whiche promyse the frenche kyng agreed to that maryage Whan the duke of Brabant had the kyngê gode wyll than he sent certayne messaÌ„gers into FlaÌ„ders to the burgesses of the good townes and shewed them so fayre reasons that the counsayles of the good townes sent to the erle their naturall lorde certifyeng hym that if he wolde come into Flanders vse their counsayle they wolde be to hym trewe and good frendes and delyuer to hym all the rightes and iurysdictyons of FlaÌ„ders asmoche as euer any erle hadde The erle toke counsayle and went into Flaunders wher he was receyued with great â—oye and gyuen to hym many great presentes Ass one as the kyng of Englande harde of this he sende into Flaunders the erle of Northampton therle of Arundell and the lorde Cobâ—am they dyde somoche with the offycers and commons of Flaunders that they had rather that their lorde therle shulde take to his wyfe the kyng of Englandes doughter than the doughter of the duke of Brabâ—t And so to do they affectuously desyred their lorde shewed hym many fayre reasons to drawe hym to that way so that the burgesses that wer on the duke of Brabantes partie durste nat say the contrary but than the erle in nowyse wolde concent therto but euer he sayde he wolde natte wedde her whose father had slayne his though he myght haue halfe of the hole realme of Englande WhanÌ„e the flemmynges sawe that they sayd howe their lorde was to moche french and yuell counsayled and also sayd howe they wolde do no good to hym syth he wolde nat
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
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
Roy wherof they with 〈◊〉 the towne wer sore abasshed whan they saw theyr ennemyes so nere them The most parte 〈◊〉 them were vnarmed and spred abrode in the village so that they â—oude nat drawe together But there the frenchemen toke theym in theyr 〈◊〉 The chaâ—oâ—ne Robersart had ma 〈…〉 prisonners bycause he was knowen by his baner Some there were that fledde into a littell stronge howse enuyroned with water standynge at the townes ende And some of theym sayd howe it was best for them to kepe it affirmynge howe the house was strenge ynough to kepe tyl they might send worde what case they wer in to the kynge of Englande beyng at the siege of Reinnes nat doubtynge but that he woll than incontinent sende them some ayde Than some other sayd that so doynge was no suerte for theym seynge howe theyr ennemyes were rounde about them Thus they were in stryfe among them selfe what they myght do In the mean space theder came the lorde of roy and sayd to them sâ—rs yelde vp your selfe for and we assaile you ye are all but deed for incoÌ„â—ynent we shall take you per force So that by those workes and other the moost hardyest of them were abasshed and so they yelded theymselfe prysoners theyr lyues saued allouly they were all sent as prisoners to the castell of Coucy and to other frenche garysons This aduenture fell in the yere of our lorde M. CCC lix Wherof the kyng of Englande whan he knew it was sore displeased but he coude nat amend it as at that tyme. Nowe let vs returne to the siege of Reâ—nnes and speke of an aduenture yâ— fell to syr Bertilmewe of Brennes who had besieged the towne and castell of Comercy within was Capitayne a knyght of Champaygne called syr Henry Denoyr THe siege durynge before Reyns the lordes of the ost were lodged abrode in the couÌ„trey to lie the more at theyr ease and to kepe the wayes that no prouysion shulde entre into the citie And amonge other syr Bertilmewe de Bonnes with his Company of speares and archers were lodged nere to Comercy a strong castell parteynynge to the arâ—hebysshoppe of Reynes The whiche bysshop had made there a stronge garyson so that this castell doubted none assaute for therâ— was a square touâ—e thick walled and fensably fournisshed for the warre Syr Bartilmewe de Bonnes layde siege therto and sawe well howe he coulde nat wynne it by assaute he set a warke a certayne numbre of miners gaue them good wages they begaÌ„ to werk night day dyd so moche that they myned farre vnder the great towre and as they went they sette vp proppes so that they within knewe nothyng therof And whan the myners had made an ende so that the towre was 〈◊〉 to fall whaÌ„ they â—yst â–ª they came to ser Bar 〈…〉 and sayd Syr we haue so 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that the great towte shall fall whan it pleaseth you Well quoâ— the knyght ye haue well done â—o no more tyll I commaunâ—e you Than he toke Johsi de Guyltell with hym and went to castell and madesigne that he wold speke with some of them within Than syr Henry Denoyr capitayne there cameto the batâ—â—mentes of the yâ— walles demaunded what he wolde haue I woll sayd syr Bartilmewe that ye yeâ—â— york and all yours orels ye are all deed without remedy Howe so quod syr Henry and began to smyle we are prouyded of all thynges and ye wolde haue vs to yelde symply the whiche We woll nat do Well quod for Bartilmewe and ye knewe what case ye stande in ye wolde â—â—continent yelde vp withoute any 〈◊〉 wordes Why quod syr Henry what case be we in 〈◊〉 out quod the englysshe knyght and I shall shewe you and ye shall haue assurance to entre agayn if ye lyste Than syr Henry and .iiii. with hyâ—â— issued out and came to syr Bar 〈…〉 and to Johsi â—e Guyltelles and they brought hym to the myne and there shewed hym how the great toure stode but on stages of tymbre Whan the knyght sawe the parell that he was in and hys company he sayd Syr it is 〈◊〉 and this that ye haue done to me is of your great 〈◊〉 We yelde vs to your pleasure There syr Bartilme we toke them as his prisoners and made euery maÌ„ to come out of the castell and al theyr goodes and than he set â—yer into the myne and brent the stages and than the toure claue a souder and fell to the erthe Lo◠〈◊〉 syr 〈…〉 mewe to ser Henry beholde nowe yf I 〈◊〉 truth or nat Syr it is truesayd ser Hery we are your prisoners at your pleasure and thanke you of your courtesye for 〈◊〉 other than vs in this case we shulde nat haue been so delte with all Thus they of the garison of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 taken prisoners and the caâ—tell 〈◊〉 THe kynge of Englande laâ—e at the siege of Reinnes more than .vii. weekes but he made none assaute for he knew well he shuld but haue lost his payne And whan he ha◠〈◊〉 there so longe that he was werâ— and that hys men coulde fynde no more forage abrode and lost their horses and beganne to laâ—ke 〈◊〉 They on a bay departed in good 〈◊〉 and tâ—â—e the waye to Chaloâ—s in Champaygne and 〈◊〉 by Chalons 〈◊〉 so went to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—â—nged at Mery on the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 all his 〈…〉 the whiche is called .viii. leages And while the kynge laye at Mery his Counstable with the â—awarde went to saynt Florentyne Where syâ— Edwarde of Rency was capitayne Ther was a great assaute but no good they dyd Than the kynge came thither and lodged ther about the â—yuer of Mouson And than they departed and came to Tonnerre and toke the towne by assaute but nat yâ— castell In the whiche towne the englysshemen founde beyonde in M. 〈◊〉 of myne the whiche was necessary for the 〈◊〉 And within the Castell was the lorde Fyennes Constable of Fraunce with a great nombre of men of warre ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande as he went wasted and distroyed the countrey and howe he came to Aguilloâ— and there taried And of the great prouysyon that came after his â—ost The CC. 〈◊〉 Chapitre THe kynge of Englande and his oost â—ested at 〈◊〉 the space of .v. dayes 〈◊〉 of that good wynes they fouÌ„de there and ofteÌ„ tymes assayled the castell but therin were goode men of armes as syr Baudwyn â—â—neken maisteâ— of the crosbowes whan the kynge had well refresshed his oost in Tonuer he departed passed the ryuer of Armencon and lefte the waye to Aussetre on the ryght hande and toke the waye to Noyers to the entent to entre into Borgoyn and to be theâ— all the lente tyme. So they passed by Noyers without any assaute for he had the lorde therof prisoneâ— euer syth the bataâ—le of Poicters And so the kynge went to a towne called Moâ—t royall and so from thense to Aguillon on
the one was the seneshall of Aquitayne and the other constable And whan they were come to hym than he sayde to theym all smylynge sirs ye shall here newe tidynges out of Spaygne The kyng Dampeter our cosyn complayneth him greatly of the bastarde Henry his brother who hath taken fro him his enheritauÌ„ce hath put hym out of his realme as ye haue herde reported by theym that hath come fro thens and he requyreth vs instantly of our confort ayde as it apereth here by his letters And so than the prince reed the letters worde by worde a two tymes and these two knightes herde well all the mater and whan he had reed the letters than he sayd to them sirs ye two sir JohnÌ„ and ser Thomas ye are the most speciall of my counsell and in whome I haue most trust assyaunce wherfore I desyre you counsayle me what ye thynke were best to do Than these two knightê behelde eche other without any worde spekyng thaÌ„ the prince agayn sayd sirs speke hardely what ye thinke in this mater and ther the price was couÌ„selled by those two knightê as I was enformed that he shulde sende to the kyng DaÌ„peter men of warr to ColoÌ„gne wher he was acordinge to the tenor of the letters and also by the report of the messangers and the the men of warr shulde bring him to the cyte of Burdeur ther more playnly to knowe what he wolde say and than acordyng as they shuld here his wordê to take aduyce and to gyue hym suche couÌ„sell as of reason shuld suffyce him This answer pleased right well the prince thaÌ„ he desyred to go to ColoÌ„gne in that viage to bring in sauegard to hym the kyng DaÌ„peter First sir ThomÌ„s Felton as souerayne and chefe of that army sir Richarde of PoÌ„tchardon sir Neez Lornyche sir Symonde Burle sir WyllmÌ„â—rousealx and in that army ther shulde be .xii. shyppes furnisshed with archers and men of warr So these knightê made their ê“uisyon to go into Galice and than the messangers depted fro Burdeux and rode with them to Bayon and ther taried a thre or four dayes abyding for wynde and weder and the .v. day as they were deâ—tynge the kyng DaÌ„peter of castell aryued at Bayon himselfe for he was deê‘ted fro Colongue in great hast dout for he durst nat abyde ther any leâ—ger and brought but a fewe of his men with him and suche treasur as he had So the tidynges of his comyng was great ioye to thëglysshmen than sir Thomas Phelton and his coÌ„pany caÌ„e to hym and receyued hym right swetely shewed him how they were ther redy by the coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t of the prince their lorde to haue coÌ„e to him to ColoÌ„gne to any other place to haue broght him to the prince Of the whiche tidyngê the kyng DaÌ„peter was ryght ioyouse thanked gretly the prince and the knightes that were there ¶ The comyng of the king Dampeter thus to Bayon sir ThomÌ„s Phelton and the other knightes certifyed the price therof of the which he was right ioyouse within a short space after these knightes brought the kyng DaÌ„peter to the cyte of Burdeux And the prince who gretly desyred to se his cosyn the kynge DaÌ„peter and to do hym the more honoure feest yssued out of Burdeux acoÌ„panyed with dyuers knightê and squiers and went mette the kyng and dyd to hym great reuereÌ„ce bothe in worde dede the whiche he coude do right well for ther was no prince in his tyme the coulde shewe more honour than he And whan the prince had well feasted him than they rode to Burdeux the prince toke the kyng aboue him in no wyse he wolde do otherwise And as they rode togyder the kyng DaÌ„peter shewed to the prince how his bastard brother had chased him out of his realme of castell and also he pituously coÌ„playned hym of the vntrouthe of his men shewyng howe they had all forsaken him except one knyght the whiche was ther with hym called Damferrant of Castres The price right curtesly sagely recoÌ„forted him desyring him nat to be abasshed nor disconforted for though he had as than lost all he trusted it shulde be in the puyssance of god to restore hym agayne all his losse and moreouer to take vengeaunce of all his eneymes Thus as they talked togyder they rode so longe the they came to Burdeux and a lyghted at they abbey of saynt Andrues wher as the prince princes kept their house than the kyng was brought to a fayre chambre redy aparelled for hym and whan he was chaÌ„ged he went to the princesse to the ladyes who receyued him right curtesly as they coude right well do I might ouer longe make reporte to you of this mater what of their chere feestes sportes wherfore I passe it ouer brefely And shall shewe you how kyng DaÌ„petersped with the prince his cosyn whom he founde right amyable and curtesse and well coÌ„dyscended to his desyers howbeit ther were some of his counsell sayd vnto hym as ye shall here after ¶ Or that Dampeter came to Burdeaux some wyse and sage y maginatyue lordes aswell of Gascoyn as of England who were of tâ—â— princes couÌ„sell and had euer truly serued hym gyuen hym good counsayle and so thought euer to do They sayd to the prince Sir ye haue herde say dyuers tymes he that to moche enbraseth holdeth the wekelyer Hit is for a trouthe that ye are one of the princesse of the worlde moost praysed honoured and redouted and holdeth on this syde the see great landes and seignories thanked be god in good rest and peace Ther is no kyng nere nor farr of as at this present tyme that dare displease you ye are so renomed of good chiualry grace and good fortune ye ought therfore by reason to be coÌ„tent with that ye haue and seke nat to get you any enemyes Sir we say nat this for non yuell we knowell the kynge DaÌ„peter of Castell who is now driuen out of his realme is a maÌ„ of hye mynde right cruell full of yuell condycions for by hym hath ben done many yuell dedes in the realme of Castell and hath caused many a valyant man to lose his heed and brought cruelly to an ende without any maner of reason so by his vilayne dedes and coÌ„sent he is now disceyued put out of his realm and also besyde all this he is enemy to the churche cursed by our holy father the pope he is reputed and hath ben a great season like a tyrant and without tytell of reason hath alwayes greued and made warr with his neybours the kyng of Aragon and the king of Nauer and wolde haue dishetyted theÌ„ by puissance And also as the brute roÌ„neth throughout his realme by his owne meÌ„ howe he caused to dye his wyfe your cosyn doughter to the duke of Burbone Wherfore sir ye ought to thynke and consydre that all this that he nowe suffereth
reason for a valyant man and a good knyght acquitynge hym selfe nobly among lordes princes ought greatly to be recommended for that day he toke no hede for takyng of any prisoner with his owne haÌ„des but alwayes fought and went forwarde but there was taken by his coÌ„pany vnder his baner dyuers good knightes and squyers of Aragon and of FrauÌ„ce And specially sir Bertram of Clesquy sir Arnolde Dandrehen sir Begue of Uillaynes and mo than threscore prisoners So thus finally the batayle of sir Bertram of Clesquy was disconfyted and all that were therin taken and slayneâ— as well they of FrauÌ„ce as of Aragon Ther was slayne the Begue of Uillyers and taken the lorde Antoyâ—ge of Heynault the lorde Bresuell sir Gawen of Bayllieull sir Johan of Bergenettes sir Alemant of saynt UenaÌ„t and dyuers other Than drewe toguyder these baners the baner of the duke of Lancastre of sir Johan Chandos and of the two marshalles and the penon of saynt George And went all toguyder on the batayle of kyng Henry and cryed with a hygh voyce saynt George guyen Than the spanyardes and their coÌ„pany were sore puta backe the Captall of Beufz and the lorde Clysson fought valyantly and also sir Eustace Dambreticort sir Hughe Caurell sir Souldyche sir Johan Dureux and other acquyted theÌ„ selfe that day right nobly The prince shewed hymselfe lyke a noble knight and fought valyantly with his enemyes On the othersyde kyng Henry acquited hymselfe right valiaÌ„tly and recouered and tourned agayn his people that day thre tymes for after that the erle of Anxell and a thre thousande horsmen with hym were departed fro the felde the other began than greatly to be discoÌ„fyted and were euer redy to flye after their coÌ„pany but than euer kynge Henry was before theym and sayde Fayre lordes what do youâ— wherfore wyll ye thus forsake and betraye me sythe ye haue made me kynge and set the crowne on my heed and putte the herytage of Castell into my handes Retourne helpe to kepe and defende me and abyde with me for by the grace of god or it be night all shal be ours So that these wordes or suche lyke encoraged his people in suche wyse that it made theym to abyde lengar in the felde for they durst nat flye for shame whan they sawe their kynge their lorde so valiantly fight and speke so amyably So that there dyed mo than a thousande and fyue hundred persons that might well haue saued themselfe and haue taken the tyme to their aduantage and the loue that they had to their lorde and kynge hadde nat been WHan the batayle of the marshalles were passed throughe their ennemyes and had disconfyted the grettest nombre of theÌ„ so that the spanyardes coude nat susteyn nor defende them any lengar but began to flye away in great feare without any good array or order toward the cyte of Nauaret and so passeâ— by the great ryuer So that for any wordes yâ— kyng Henry coude say they wolde nat retorne and whan the kyng sawe the myschefe and disconfyture of his people and that he sawe no recouery Than he called for his horse and mounted theron and put hymselfe among them that fledde but he toke nat the way to Nauaret for feare of enclosynge but than toke another way â—schewyng all paryls for he knewe well that if he were taken he shulde dye wtout mercy ThaÌ„ the englysshmen and gascons lept a horsebake and began to chase the spanyardes who sledde away sore disconfyted to the great ryuer And at the entre of the bridge of Nauaret ther was a hydeous shedynge of blode and many a man slayne and drowned for dyuers lepte into the water the whiche was depe and hydeous they thought they had as lyue to be drowned as slayne And in this chase amonge other ther were two valyant knightes of Spayne beryng on them the abyte of relygion The one called the great priour of saynt James and the other the great maister of Calatrane They and their coÌ„pany to saue themselfe entred in to Nauaret and they were so nere chased at their backe by englysshmen and gascoyns that they wan the bridge so that ther was a great slaughter And thenglysshmen entred into the cytie after their enemyes who were entred into a strong house of stone Howbeit incontynent it was won byforce and the knightê taken and many of their men slayne and all the cyte ouerron and pylled the whiche was greatly to thenglysshmens profyte Also they wanne kyng Henries lodgynge wherin they founde gret richesse of vessell and iowelles of golde and syluer for the kyng was come thyder with great noblenesse so yâ— whan they were disconfyted they had no layser for to retourne thyder agayne to saue that they had left there So this was a hydeous and a terryble discoÌ„fyture and specially on the ryuer syde ther was many a man slayne And it was sayd as I herde after reported of some of them that were ther present that one might haue sene the water that ran by Nauaret to be of the coloure of reed with the blode of men and horse that were ther slayne This batayle was bytwene Nauer and Nauaret in Spayne The yere of the incarnacyon of our lorde Jesu Christ a thousande thre hundred threscore and sixe the thirde day of Aprill the whiche was on a saturday AFter the disconfyture of the batell of Nauaret whiche was done by noone The prince caused his baner to be reysed vp a highe vpon a busshe on a lytell hyll to the entent to drawe his people thyder and so thyder drue all those that came fro the chase Thyder came the duke of LaÌ„castre sir Johan Chandos the lorde Clysson the Captall of Beufz the erle of Armynacke the lorde Dalbret and dyuers other barones And had reysed vp on high their baners to drawe their people thyder and euer as they came they raynged them in the felde Also ther was Loyes kynge of Mallorques his baner before hym whervnto his company drue and a lytell there besyde was sir Marten de la Karr with the baner of his lorde the kynge of Nauer With dyuers other erles and barons the whiche was a goodly thinge to regard and beholde Than came thyder kynge Dampeter right sore chafed comynge from the chase on a great blacke courser his baner beten with the armes of Castell before hym And assoone as he sawe the princes baner he alyghted wente thyder And whan the prince sawe hym comynge he went and mette hym and dyde him great honour There the kyng Dampeter wolde haue kneled downe to haue thaÌ„ked the prince but the prince made great haste to take hym by the hande and wolde nat suffre him to knele ThaÌ„ the kynge sayd Dere and fayre cosyn I ought to gyue you many thaÌ„kes and prayses for this 〈◊〉 iourney that I haue attayned this day by your meanes Than the prince sayde Sir yelde thankes to god and gyue him all the prays for
and of Gascoyne but in any wyse he wolde that the companyons shulde take their way by some other passage and nat through Naurr Than the prince and his lordes whan they sawe that the way through Nauarr was more mete and necessary for theÌ„ than through Aragon thought nat to refuse the kynge of Nauars offre but so thanked hym greatly Thus the prince passed through the realme of Naurr and the kynge and sir Martyn de la Karr conueyed him tyll they came to the passage of Rounseualx and so from thens they passed by their iourneyes tyll they came to the cytie of Bayone wher he was receyued with great ioye And there the prince refresshed hym four dayes and than departed and rode to Burdeaulx Where he was also receyued with great solemnyte and my lady the princesse mette hym with her yonge sonne Edward who as than was of the age of thre yerê Than deê‘ted the lordes and men of warre one from another and the lordes of Gascoyne went home to their owne houses and the companyons came also into the pricipalyte abyding for their wages The prince was moche bouÌ„de to them and promysed to pay them to his power as soone as he had money though kyng Dampeter kepte nat his promyse with hym yet he said they shulde nat beare the losse therof sythe they had so well serued hym And kynge Henry the bastarde who was in the garyson of BaÌ„nyers in Bygoure Than he departed thens with suche men of warre as he had and wente into Aragon to the kynge ther who loued hym entierly and ioyously receyued him And ther taryed all the wynter and there made a newe alyaunce bytwene hym and the kynge of Aragon and promysed to make warr agaynst kynge DaÌ„peter and the bretons that were in their company As sir Arnolde Lymosyne sir Geffray Rycouns and sir yon 's de Lankaneâ— rode to the passages of Spaygne and made warr for kynge Henry ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of the delyueraunce of sir Bertram of Clesquy AFter that the prince of wales was returned into Acquitayne and his brother the duke of Lancastre into Englande euery lorde into his owne Sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy was styll prisoner with the prince and with sir Johan Chandos and coude nat come to his raun some nor fynaunce the whiche was sore displesaunt to kyng Henry if he might haue mended it And so it fortuned after as I was enformed that on a day the prince called to hym sir Bertram of Clesquy and demaunded of hym how he dyde he answered and sayd Sir it was neuer better with me It is reason that it shulde so be for I am in prison with the moost renowmed knight of the worlde â–ª With whome is that sayd the prince Sir ê™ he that is with sir Johan Chandos And sir it is sayd in the realme of FrauÌ„ce and in other places that ye feare me so moche that ye dare nat let me out of prison the whiche to me is full great honour The price who vnderstode well the wordes of sir Bertram of Clesquy and parceyued well howe his owne counsayle wolde in no wyse that he shuld delyuer him vnto the tyme that kyng Dampeter had payed hym all suche soÌ„mes as he was bounde to do Than he said to sir Bertram sir than ye thinke that we kepe you for feare of yoâ— chiualry Nay thynke it nat for I swere by sait George it is nat so therfore pay for your raunsome a hundred thousande fraÌ„kes and ye shall be delyuered Sir Bertram who desyred gretly to be delyuered and herde on what poynt he might depart toke the prince with that worde and sayd Sir in the name of god so be it I wyll pay no lasse And whaÌ„ the prince herde him say so he wolde than gladly haue repeÌ„ted hym selfe and also some of his counsayle came to him and sayd Sir ye haue nat done well so lightly to put him to his raunsome And so they wolde gladly haue caused the prince to haue reuoked that couenaunt but the prince who was a true and a noble knight sayd Sythe that we haue agreed therto we wyll nat breke our promyse It shulde be to vs a great rebuke shame and reproche if we shulde nat put hym to raunsome seyng yâ— he is content to pay suche a great somÌ„e as a hundred thousande fraÌ„kes So after this acorde sir Bertram of Clesquy was right besy and studyed dayly howe to get this somÌ„e for his rauÌ„some And dyde so moche with the ayde of the frenche kynge and of his frendes and of the duke of Aniou who loued him entierly that he payed in lesse than a moneth a hundred thousande frankes And so he departed and went to serue the duke of Aniou with two thousande fightyng men in Prouens where as the duke lay at siege before the towne of Tarraston the whiche helde of the kyng of Naples IN the same season there was a maryage concluded by twene the lorde Lyon duke of Clarence and erle of Ulseter sonÌ„e to the kynge of Englande And the doughter to the lorde Galyanche lorde of Myllan the whiche yonge lady was nere to therle of Sauoy and doughter to the lady Blanch his suster And thus the duke of ClareÌ„ce acoÌ„panyed with noble knightê squyers of England caÌ„e into FraÌ„ce wher as the king the duke of Burgon the duke of Burbone the lorde of Coucy receyued hym with great ioye in Parys And so he passed through the realme of France came into Sauoy wher as the gentyll erle receyued him right honorably at Chambrey and there he was thre dayes greatly feested with ladyes and damosels and than he deê‘ted and therle of Sauoy brought him to Myllan and ther the duke wedded his nece doughter to the lorde of Myllan the monday next after the feest of the holy Trinyte the yere of our lorde a thousande CCC .lxviii. ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to the busynesse of Fraunce Cap. CC .xl. YE haue well herde here before recounted the maner of the vyage that the prince of Wales had made into Spayne and howe he deê‘ted thens nat well coÌ„tent with the kyng Dampeter and howe he returned into Acquitayne So that whan he was thus returned all maner of men of warr folowed him bycause they thought nat to abyde behynde in Spayne bycause kyng Dampeter payed nat theÌ„ their wages as he had promysed And thus whan they were all returned the price had nat paymeÌ„t for them so redy as he wolde haue had for his vyage into Spayne had so sore mynisshed and wasted his richesse that it was marueyle to thynke theron And so soiourned these companyons vpon the countre of Acquitayne who coude nat absteyn theÌ„selfe fro robbyng of the couÌ„tre for they were well .vi. M. fightyng men And at the last the prince desyred theÌ„ to departe his realme for the countre was nat able to susteyn theÌ„ no leÌ„ger The capitayns of these coÌ„panyons were all englysshmen and gascoÌ„s As sir Robert Briquet Johan
his counsayle she wyng to them howe on their partie the peace dayly was but yuell kept aswell by reason of the warr that the coÌ„panyons had made all this sixe yere coÌ„tynually in the realm of France as by dyuers other accydentes wherof the frenche kyng was enformed and nat well coÌ„tent therwith The kyng of Englande caused these ambassadours to tary styll in England the space of two monethes and in the same space they declared dyuers artycles often tymes to the kyng wherof the kyng was sore displeased howbeit they set lytell ther by for they were charged by the french kyng his counsayle to shewe it And whan the french kyng had secrete and certayne knowlege howe they within Abuyle wolde become french and that the warres were opyn in Gascone howe all his people were redy aparelled and in gode wyll to make warr agaynst the prince to entre in to the principalyte Howbeit he thought as than to haue no reproche nor in tyme to coÌ„e to be sayd of hym that he shuld send his people into the kyng of Englande or princes lande or to take townes cyties castels or fortresses wtout defyaÌ„ce wherfore he was couÌ„selled to send to defy the kyng of England And so he dyd by his letters closed and a breton varlet bare theÌ„ And whan he came to Douer ther he founde the erle of Salebruce sir WyllmÌ„ of Dorman returnyng into FraÌ„ce and had acoÌ„plysshed their message to whome this varlet declared ê‘te of his message so he was coÌ„mauÌ„ded to do And whan they herde that they deê‘ted out of Englande as fast as they might passed the see were right ioyfull whan they were aryued at Bolen In the same season the prince had sent to Rome to pope Urbane sir Guysshard DaÌ„gle for dyuers maters touchyng Aquitayne And he fouÌ„de the pope right fauorable in all his sutes so returned agayne and by the way he herde howe the gascoyns frenchmen made warr agaynst the prince howe they ouerran the pricipalyte wherof he was sore abasshed in feare how he might returne without daÌ„ger Howbeit he caÌ„e to the geÌ„tyll erle of Sauoy whom he founde in PyemoÌ„t in the towne of Pyneroll for he made warr agaynst the marques of Saluces The erle of Sauoy receyued him ioyously all his company kept him two dayes gaue to them great gyftes specially to sir Guysshard Dangle for therle greatly honoured him bycause of his noble chinalry And so whaÌ„ he was deê‘ted aproched nerer to the bondes of Fraunce of Bolone he herde euer tidyngê worse worse to his purpose So that he saw well in that case that he was in he coude nat returne into Guyen he was to well knowen Therfore he gaue the gouernaÌ„ce of his coÌ„pany to a knight called ser iohnÌ„ I sore who had wedded his dought he was a good freÌ„chman borne in the marches of breten So he toke on him the charge to conduct home his father in lawes company and he went into the lande of the lorde of Beauieu ther he passed the ryuer of Some And there he acquyted hym selfe so with the lorde of Beauieu that he brought hym and all his company to Ryon in Auuerne to the duke of Berry and ther he offerd to be good freÌ„che as it was sayd so that he myght be brought peasably to his owne house into Bretayne And his father in lawe ser Guys shard Dangle disgysed hym selfe lyke a poore preest yuell horsed and arrayed and so passed by Fraunce the marchesse of Burgoyne and of Auuerne And dyde somoche with great payne that he entred into the pricipalyte and came to Angoleme to the price wher he was right welcome and another knight that went with him to Rome called sir WyllmÌ„ of Cens for feare As he came homwarde he came to the abbey of Cluny in Burgone and ther taryed more than fyue yeres after and durst neuer go oute of the house And yet at last he yelded hymsefe french Nowe let vs retourne to the breton yâ— brought the freÌ„che kyngê defyaÌ„ce to the kyng of EnglaÌ„d ¶ How the defyance was delyuered to the kyng of Englande and howe the erle of saynt Poule and the lorde of Chastellon conquered therldome of Poictou Cap. CC .xlvii. THis foresayd varlet dyde so moche that he came to London and vnderstode how the kyng and his couÌ„sayle was at WestmÌ„ holdynge there a great counsayle for the princes warres bytwene hym the barons and knightes of Gascone to se how it shulde be maynteyned and what men shulde be sent out of England to ayde hym And than ther came to them other newe tidynges the whiche made theÌ„ to haue other busynesse than they had before For this frenche varlet dyd somoch that he entred into the chambre wher the kyng and his counsayle was and sayd howe he was a varlet sent by the french kyng had brought letters to the kyng of Englande And so kneled downe to the kyng and offred hym the letters And the kynge who greatly desyred to knowe what they ment caused them to be receyued opyned and reed ¶ Than the kyng and all his conÌ„sayle had great maruell therof whan they vnderstode the defyance and behelde well the seale and sigue and sawe clerely howe it was of authorite Than they caused the varlet to departe sayeng to hym howe he hadde right well done his message Wherfore he might departe whan he wolde he shulde haue no let and so he returned assone as he might The same season ther were styll in England hostagers the erle Dolphyn of Auuergne therle of Porseen the lorde of Mallurer and dyuers other who wer in great heuynes of hert whan they herde those tidynges for they knewe nat what the kyng wolde do with them The kyng and his counsayle had great dispyte that a varlet shulde thus bringe his defyaÌ„ce and sayd howe it was nothyng aê‘tenant that the warr bytwene two such gret princes as the kyng of Englande and the frenche king shulde be publysshed by a varlet they thought it had ben more metely yâ— it shulde haue ben done by a prelat or by some valyaÌ„t man baron or knyght how beit they sawe there was no remedy Than they couÌ„sayled the kyng that incontynent he shulde sende a great army in to Poyctou to kepe the fronters ther and specially to the towne of Abuyle the whiche was in great danger of lesyng The kyng was content so to do and so ther was apoynted to go thyder the lorde Percy the lorde Neuyll the lorde of Carbeston and sir WyllmÌ„ of Wynsore with CCC men and. M. archers And in the mean season whyle these lordes made them redy and were coÌ„e to Douer to passe the see ther came other tidynges out of Poictou the which were nothyng ioyfull For assone as therle Guy of s Poule and sir Guy of Chastellon who were as than maisters of the crosbowes of France thought by all likelyhod yâ— the
kyng of Englande was defyed Than they drue toward Poictou and had sent secretly their coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t to the knightes squiers of Artoyse Heynalt Cambresis UermaÌ„dose Uyen and Picardy that they shuldê incoÌ„tynent come to theÌ„ and so they dyde to the nombre of sixscore speares came to Abuyle And they set vpon the gates for it was so determyned before and so the men of warre entred without doyng of any hurt to any of theÌ„ of the towne ThaÌ„ sir Hewe of Chastelon who was chefe leder of these men of warr went streyght wher as he thought to fynde the seneshall of Poictou ser Nicolas Louayng dyd somoche yâ— he fouÌ„de him toke him prisoner Also they toke a riche clerke a valyaÌ„t man tresourer of Poitou So that day the freÌ„chmen toke many a riche prisoner thenglisshmen lost all that they had in the towne of Abuyle And the same day the freÌ„chemen ran to saynt Ualery and entred therin and toke it and Crotay and also the towne of Derne on the see syde And anone after came the erle of saynt Poule to the bridge of saynt Remey on the ryuer of Somme whervnto ther were certayne englysshmen withdrawen The erle assayled them and there was a great scrymysshe and many noble dedes of armes done and atcheued And therle made knight ther Galetan his eldest sonne who dyde that day right nobly but thenglysshmen were ther so sore assayled that finally they were discoÌ„fyted slayne and takefie and the bridge and forteresse also And brefely to speke all the countre and couÌ„tie of Poictou was clene delyuered fro thenglysshmen so that none abode ther to do any hurte to the countre The tidynges came to the kyng of Englande to London howe they of Poyctou had forsaken hym and were become frenche Wherwith he was ryght sore displeased had many a harde ymaginacyon agaynst the hostagers of France that were styll with him at LoÌ„don Howe beit he thought it shulde be a great crueltie if he shulde bewreke his displeasur on them yet he sent the burgesses of cyties good townes of Fraunce whome he had in hostage into dyuers townes and fortresses in Englande and kept theÌ„ more strayter and harder than they were kepte before And therle dolphyne of Auuergne was raunsomed at .xxx. thousande frankes and therle Porseen at .x. thousand fraÌ„kes and the lorde of Roy was kept styll in prison in great daunger for he was nat well beloued with the kyng of Englande nor with none of his courte Wherfore it behoued hym to endure moche sorowe trouble vntyll suche season as he was delyuered by great fortune aduenture as ye shall here after in this hystorie ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande sent great nombre of men of armes in to the fronters of Scotlande and how the duke of Berry the duke of Aniou made their somoÌ„s to go agaynst the prince of wales Cap. CC .xlviii. WHan the kyng of Englande sawe that he was thus defyed by the frenche kyng and the couÌ„tie of Poictou lost the which had cost hym so moche the repayring of townes castels and houses for he had spent theron a hundred thousande frankes ouer and aboue the reuenewes therof sawe well howe he was lykely to haue warr on all parties Also it was shewed hym that the scottes were newly alyed with the freÌ„che kyng and were in purpose to make hym warre Wherof he was sore displeased for he douted more the warr of the scottes than of the freÌ„chmen for he knewe well the scottes loued hym nat bycause of the domages that he had done to theÌ„ in tyme past Than the kynge sentemen of warr to the fronters of Scotlande as to Berwyke Rokesborowe to Newcastell and into other places about the froÌ„ters Also he sent a great nauy to the see aboute Hampton Gernsey and the yle of Wyght for it was shewed hym howe the frenche kyng had apparelled a great nauy to go to the see and to come and lande in Englande so that he wyst nat on whiche part to take hede Thus thenglysshmen were than sore abasshed bycause of this sodayne warre ANd assoone as the duke of Aniou and the duke of Berry knewe that the defyance was made the warr opyn they thought nat than to slepe but made their speciall somoÌ„s the one into Auuerne and the other into Tholous to assemble and to make warr into the principalyte The duke of Berry had redy at his coÌ„maundement all the barownes of Auuergne of the bysshoprike of Lyon and of the bysshop ryke of Mascon Also he had the lorde of Beauteu the lorde of Uyllers the lorde of Tornon sir Godfray of Boloyne sir Johan of Armynacke sir Johan of Uyllemure the lorde MoÌ„tague the lorde of Talenson sir Hugh Dolphyn the lorde of Rochfort and dyuers other And incoÌ„tynent all these drewe into Towrayn and into the marchesse of Berry and began to make sore warr in the good countrey of Poyctou but they founde it well garnysshed with men of warre bothe knightes and squyers so that they had ther no great aduauntage And in the marchesse of Towrayne in the french garysons and forteresses there was sir Loyes of saynt Julyan sir Wyllyam of Bordes Carnet breton These thre were companyons and great capitayns of men of warr and they dyd feates of armes agaynst thenglysshmen as ye shall here after ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande sent the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke to the prince his soÌ„ne and howe they passed by Bretayne Capitulo CC .xlix. THe duke of Lancastre had by his enheritauÌ„ce in Champayn a castel betwene Troy and Chalons called Beauforte Wherof an englysshe squyer called Purceuaunt Damors was capitayne And whan this squier sawe that the warr was open bitwene the frenche kynge and the kyng of Englande Than he tourned hymselfe and became frenche sware from thens forth fayth and alligeance to the frenche kyng who greatly rewarded hym and left hym styll capitayne of the same castell accompanyed with another squier of Champayne called yuan So they .ii. were great companyons to gether and dyd after many feates to gether agaynst the englisshemen And also the chanoyn of Robersart who had always ben before a good frencheman al the renewyng of this warr he became englissh and dyd fayth and homage to the kyng of Englande who was ryght gladde of his seruice Thus the knyghtes and squiers turned theyr copies on both partes And the duke of Anion had so procured the companyoÌ„s of Gascoyn 〈◊〉 ser Perducas Dalbreth the lyttell Mechin the Bourg of Bertueil Aymon Dortingue Peter of Sauoy Raff Bray and Nandon of Pans that they became all freÌ„che wherof the englisshmen were sore displeased for theyr streÌ„gth dayly lassed And NaÌ„don of Bagerant the Bourg of Lespare the Burg Camus ser Robert Briquet Robert Thin JohnÌ„ Trenelle Gailard dela mote and Aymery of Rochecho art abode styll good Englysshe And these companyons englisshe and gascoyns and other of theyr accorde and
Poictou And his obsequy was solemply done in the cytie of Poicters the prince beyng ther personally And anone after at the request of yâ— barons and knightes of Poicton sir JohnÌ„ Chandos who was as than constable of Aquitayne was made seneshall of Poictou And so he weÌ„t and say in the cyte of Poiters and he made of ten yssues and iourneys agaynst the freÌ„chmen and helde theÌ„ so shorte that they durst nat ryde but in great routes and coÌ„panies In the same season was delyuered out of prison the vycont of Rochchoart whome the prince had kepte in prisone bycause he was had in suspect to haue tourned frenche So that at the request of his frendes in Poictou suche as were than aboute the prince the prince delyuered him and gaue him agayne all his landes And assoone as the same vycount was delyuered out of prisone he went priuely to Parys to the frenche kynge tourned and became frenche and than retourned into his owne lande without any knolege that he had been at Parys Than he set Thybault du pont a breton in his forteresse and in contynent sent and defyed the prince of Wales and made him great warre ¶ Nowe lette vs somwhat speke of the duke of LaÌ„castre ¶ Howe the duke of Burgoyne deê‘ted fro the cyte of Roane to th entent to fight with the duke of Lancastre and howe they lodged eche agaynst other at Tornehen Cap. CC .lxiii. WHan the duke of Lancastre was come to Calays as ye haue herde before and had well refresshed him his people ther. Than he thought nat to lye ther in ydelnesse but rather to do some dedes of armes in France And for that intent he departed fro Calays on a day with thre huÌ„dred speares and as many archers so passed besyde Guynes and rode so long tyll he passed the ryuer of Ostre ther spred abrode in the countre and toke their way towarde the abbey of Lynques and ther toke a great pray and ledde it to Calys And another day they toke another way and went towardes Boloyne dyde great domage to the playne countre and the same tyme therle Guy of saynt Poule and sir Galeran his sofie with a certayne noÌ„bre of men of warr lay in the cytie of Turwyn but they yssued nat out for all they herde that theÌ„glisshmen rode abrode in the couÌ„tre for they thought them selfe nat able to fight with them nor to kepe the felde agaynst theÌ„ A none tidynges came to the frenche kyng where as he lay at Roane and had made a great asseÌ„ble as ye haue herde before Howe the duke of Lancastre was come to Calais and howe dayly he and his men made rodes and yssues in to France Whan the frenche kyng herde that bothe he and his counsayle had newe ymaginacions and the same weke it was determyned that the duke of Burgoyne shulde haue taken the see to haue gone into England Than the kyng and his couÌ„sayle debated what was best to do in that case other to go and fight with thenglysshmen that were on that syde the see or els to kepe forthe their iorney into England And so ther it was fermely coÌ„cluded that euery man shulde dysloge and to make them redy to go towarde Calays with the duke of Burgoyne And so their first purpose was broken for they were determyned to go and fight with thenglysshemen on that syde the see wherof euery man was glad and aparelled theÌ„selfe And the duke of Burgone deê‘ted and all his coÌ„pany and toke his way to passe yâ— ryuer of Some at Abuyle dyde so moche by his iourneys that he came to Muttrell at Hedyn and at saynt Poule ther about the freÌ„ch men abode eche other Than it was shewed the duke of Lancastre how the freÌ„chmen aproched nere to him to fight wherof he was glad was yssued out of Calais for that intent toke his felde in the valey of Tornehen And he had nat ben ther long but that the gentyll knight ser Robert of Namur came thyder to serue him with a hundred speares well furnysshed of whose comyng the duke of Lancastre was right ioyfull and sayd to him A my fayre and dere vncle ye be right hartely welcome Sir it is shewed vs howe the duke of Burgoyne aprocheth sore to fight with vs. Sir ê™ he in goddes name so be it we wolde gladly se him Thus theÌ„glysshmeÌ„ were loged in the vale of Tornehen and fortefyed their campe with strong hedges and dayly ther came prouisyon to theÌ„ from Calais and their currors ran ouer the countie of Guyens for forage and other vitayls but lytell they gat there for all the playne countre was distroyed and lost before and euery thynge had in to fortresses Than came the duke of Burgoyne and his company and lodged on the hyll of Tornehen agaynst the englysshmen The frenchmen lodged them in good order toke a great space of grounde for as I herde say the duke of burgoyne had ther with him mo than foure thousande knightes Consydre than if the resydue were nat a great nombre Thus they were ech agaynst other a long space without any thyng doynge for though the duke of Burgoyne had that great noÌ„bre and sawe that ther was with hym of good men of warr seuyn agaynst one of the englisshmen yet for all that he wolde nat fight without leaue of the kyng his brother who was nat in mynde that he shuld fight And yet of trouthe yf the frenchmen had set forwarde to haue fought the englysshmen wolde nat haue refused them for they were redy euery daye to receyue them in good order Euery man fully determyned what they shulde do if they dyd yssue out but bycause they were so fewe in noÌ„bre and that they were in so stroÌ„g a place they thought nat to departe nysely oute of their aduantage And sundrie tymes dyuers on bothe parties wolde yssue and scrimysshe and somtyme wanne and somtyme lost as chaunce often falleth in suche aduentures In the same tyme Loyes the erle of Flaunders was greatly inclyned to the honoure and profyte of his sonne the duke of Burgoyne who lay the same season in a fayre house that he had newly buylded besyde Gaunt And often harde tidynges from the duke and he from hym by messaÌ„gers comynge and goynge and alwayes he counsayled the duke that he shulde in no wyse breke nor passe the ordynaunce of the kynge his brother nor of his counsayle ¶ Nowe let vs leue them thus and retourne to the busynesse of farther couÌ„treis where as knightes and squyers hadde ynough to do bycause the warres were more habundant there than in other places ¶ Howe sir Johan ChaÌ„dos brought the countre of Aniou in great trybulacion and howe he wasted and dystroyed the landes of the bycount of Rochchoart excepte the forteresses Cap. CC .lxiiii. IN the meane seasone while this iorney was thus made about TorneheÌ„ ther fell dyuers adueÌ„tures in poictou the whiche ought nat
Poictou of Xaynton prayeng and straitly coÌ„maundynge theÌ„ to come to hym to a certayne place lymytted All suche as his coÌ„maundemeÌ„t came vnto came towarde the Captall in all hast they coude there was the lorde of Partney sir Loys Harcourt sir Hugues of Uynou sir Perciuall of Colen sir Amery of Rochchoart sir Jaques of Surgeres sir Geffray of ArgeÌ„ton the lorde of Puissance the lorde of Rosyllon the lorde of Campenac sir JohnÌ„ Dangle sir Wyllyam of MoÌ„tender and dyuers other And whan they wer assembled togyder they were a nyne hundred speares and tyue hundred archers ¶ Howe they of saynt Seuere endutyng a great assaut yelded them vp to sir Bertram of Clesquy and how the cytie of Poicters tourned theÌ„selfe frenche Cap. C C C .iii. THese tidyndes came into the hoste before saynt Seuer to sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy and to the other lords there Howe that thenglisshmen poicteuyus aproched fast to them warde to th entent to reyse their siege Whan yâ— constable herd that he coÌ„maunded euery man to harnesse to go feirsly to the assaut so there was none that disobeyed his commauÌ„dement Than they cam frenchmen and bretons before the forteresse well armed and pauessed and so there began a great assaute euery lorde vnder his owne baner What shuld I say it was gret beauty to beholde them for ther were .xlix. baners and a great nombre of penons And there was the coÌ„stable and sir Loys of SaÌ„rere mat shall greatly traueyling to encorage their men to thassaut There aduauÌ„sed forthe knightes 〈◊〉 squiers of all nacions to encrease their honour and dyde marueyls marmes for some passed clene through the dykes which were full of water and so caÌ„e to yâ— walles And for all that they coulde do that were within they wolde nat recule backe but euer went forward And on the dykes there was the duke of Berrey the duke of Borbone the erle of Alenson the dolphyn of Auuergne and the other great lordes in couragyng their people bycause these great lordes behelde theÌ„ euery man auauÌ„sed hym selfe more wyllingly nat doutyng the parell of dethe sit Willyam Percy 〈◊〉 the two other squyers of honour capitayns of the fortresse sawe well how they were fersly assayled without any rest and so to contynue it was nat possyble for them to kepe the places and also they sawe no conforteâ— mynge to theym warde for any parte for they knewe none of their frendes nere to theÌ„ by the space of .x. leages And therfore they entred into a treaty with yâ— constable in eschewyng gretter domage Howe be it sir Bertram the cosstable was well enformed howe yâ— same nyght he shulde here tydinges of thenglysshmen therfore he agreed the soner with them of the castell and so receyued them sauynge their lyues and entred into the fortresse with great ioy 〈◊〉 made great feest Than he caused all his company to drawe in to the felde and to sette them in ordre of batayle redy to fight and sayd to theÌ„ Sirs auyse you well for our enemyes aprocheth fast I thynke yet or it be nyght we shall haue batayle therfore let euery man make hym redy Howbeit the englysshmen made no great haâ—â— whan they knewe that saynte Seuere was taken ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of them of Poicters and howe they maynteyned themselfe THe same season it fell so yâ— they of Poicters were in great discencyon among themselfe For thre partes of the towne wolde gladly haue tourned frenche But JohnÌ„ Reynalt mayre of the towne and parte of the comeÌ„tie wolde abyde styll englysshe howbeit yâ— rychest burgesses the meÌ„ of the churche wherof there were great pleÌ„tie wolde yâ— in any wyse yâ— constable of France shulde be sent for so they sent secretly to hym that he shulde come hastelye and take possessyon of the cytie for they promysed him to open the gate agaynst him wherfore the coâ—â—able was right ioyouse And shewed the mater to the duke of Berrey and to the duke of Burbone And so they agreed that the constable shulde depart fro thehoost with thre hundred of the best horsed men of their company And so he departed and rode that say and night folowyng with lytell rest more then .xxx. leages by a nother way than the englysshmen kepte And so in the mornyngethey arryued at Poitres and there founde the gates open and they redy there that shulde receyue them And if they hadde taryed lengar but the space of a leage ridyng they had come to late For John Reynalt suche of his part had sent in all hast for sir JohnÌ„ of Ubrues for sir Johan Percy who with a hundred speares and a hubreâ— archers were redy the within a leage of the cytie â—f the takynge thus of the good cytie of Poicters were the knightâ— and squyers of Gascone of Poictou of England sore abasshed suche as were assembled toguyder ther in Poyctou who were to yâ— nombre of viu C. speares and four huÌ„dred archers Than they drewe to couÌ„sayle to determyne howe to be ruled for they sawe well they were in greate parell and wyll nat well in whome to put their trust Than the barownes and knyghtes of Poycton spake a worde to conforte the englysshmen and sayd Surely sirs it greatly displeaseth vs the besy nesses of this countrey that we can nat ameÌ„de it But sirs be you in suertie yâ— as longe as we can endure and that there is any house or fortresse in Poycton that we may drawe in to we shall be true and faythfull to our naturall lorde the kyng of Englande to you Than the englyss he knightis yâ— were ther sayd Sirs that is our specy all trust and to dye in the quarell ye shall fynde vs euer true companyons So thus in the felde ther was great couÌ„sell among them and so all thynges consydred it was determyned that the poicteuyns shulde drawe to gyder one way and the englysshmen a nother way So ther they depted right amiably eche fro other that is to say the lorde of Pertenay the lorde of Thouars and of Rosilly sir Aymery of Rochchoart JohnÌ„ Dangle Loyes Harcourt Percyuall of Coloyne capitayn of Thowars Hughe Briane Reynalte of Thouars Wylliam of CaÌ„penac Jaques of Surgeres and other knightes toke the way to Thouars And the englysshmen that is to say sir Johan of Ubrues sir Richard of Pontchardon Thomas Percy Dangoses Geffray Dargenton Mathewe Fonques Thomas Gourney Water Hewet Johan Cresuell and other toke the way to Nyorth wher they thought to haue entred without any let But whan they came thyder they founde the gates shyt and the bridgs drawen they of the towne sayd to theÌ„ howe surely they shulde nat entre there Than they drewe togyder to counsayle and determyned nat to suffre that dealyng and so in good aray they assayled the towne and they within defeÌ„ded them Howebeit ther was within no gentylman that wyst what the warrement and so they were conquered by the englysshmen
sayd that if it wolde please the duke of Berrey the other lordes there to send theÌ„ a saue coÌ„duct to coÌ„e to Poiters wtinsixe dayes than they wolde bring their hole myndê in that behalfe The frenche messangers retourned to these lordes and shewed them the mynde of theÌ„ of the town of Rochell Than the coÌ„duct was grauÌ„ted theÌ„ and to Poycters went certayne of the burgesses of Rochell and sayd to these lordes of FraÌ„ce how they were well content to be vnder the frenche kynge so that they myght caste downe their castell to the erthe and that ther beneuet castell made there more And on that condicy on the towne of Rochell all rochellois shulde be for euer vnder the resort and demayne of the frenche kyng and neuer to be put away by maryage or any maner of peace that may happe to come to the realme of France or by what so euer coÌ„dycion it be And also they of the towne to haue a mynt to forge money bothe whyte blacke of the same forme and alay as is in Parys But the lordes of FrauÌ„ce wolde nat agre to all this tyll they knewe the frenche kynges pleasure in that behalfe And so the lordê gaue saue conduct to theÌ„ of Rochell to go the the kynge to knowe his pleasur And so .xii. of the burgesses of the towne went to Parys to the kyng who accorded to their desyre and feested them greatly and gaue theÌ„ great gyftes And whan they were retourned to Rochell they shewed their charters sealed by the kynge and confyrmed in the chaÌ„bre of the kyng of the peeres of FrauÌ„ce And so incoÌ„tynent was beaten rased downe to the erthe the great castell of Rochell And than they sent to the great lordes of FrauÌ„ce at Poicters that they shulde come to Rochell and that they wolde set open the gates to them And so thyder came the constable of Fraunce and two hundred men of armes with hym and there they were receyued with great ioye to hym they dyde feaultie homage as to the frenche kynge for he had good procuracion fro the frenche kyng to receyue it for the kynge hadde stablysshed hym in those parties of Pâ—â—ardye representyng his owne body ¶ Howe sir Bertram of Clesquy coÌ„stable of FrauÌ„ce toke dyuers castels in Rochelloys And howe the kynge of England toke the see to come and reise the sege at Thouars Cap. ccc .v. WHan the constable of Fraunce sir Bertram of Clesquy had be four dayes in the towne of Rochell and had shewed theÌ„ of the towne how they shuld ordre theÌ„selfe for thens forwarde Than he departed went to Poycters to the foresayd dukes and lordes And so with theÌ„ he went into the felde to conquere certayne fortresses on the marches of Rochell and he was to the nombre of thre thousand speares And so they departed fro Poyctres and went and besteged the castell of Benon whiche was a fayre castell and a stronge and so they sayde they wolde nat departe thens tyll they had it at their pleasure And in this castell there was a capitayn vnder the captall of Benon a squier of the countie of Foiz called WyllmÌ„ of Pons and with hym a knyght of Napless named sir James There the frenche lordes made dyuers assautes they within defended theÌ„selfe right valyauntly and nat farre thers there was the fortresse of Surgeres wherin there were certayne englysshmen yâ— kept it vnderthe captall so in an euennyng they sayd how they wolde go and a wake the frenche hoost And soo ther rode forthe a .xl. speares with some the they had sent for fro Marant and so they came sovenly into the constables lodgynge and dyde hurte dyuers of his men and specially they ssewe a squier of his Than the hoost began to styrre to arme them as soone as they myght and the englysshmen who hadde done their enterpryse without danger retourned agayne to their for tresse without any domage Wherof the constable was so sore displeased that he sware neuer to departe thens tyll he had taken the castell of Benon slayne all those within it And so the same mornyng he caused all maner of men to arme theÌ„ and to drawe for the all maner of a bylementes of assaut and gaue suche an assaut yâ— long before was nat sene suche another for thaÌ„men of armes and bretons entred into dykes nat sparynge them selfe And so came to the fote of the walles with pauesses on their heedâ— and myned the walles with pikes that it was marueyle to beholde them And they dyde somoche that they beate downe a great pane of the wall wherby they entred without danger so the castell was taken and all they within slayne as many as coulde be founde Than after the sayd constable caused the same castell to be agayn repayred and set therin a newe garyson of frenchmen Than he drewe to the castell of Morant and they within yelded them vp sauynge their lyues and goodes And than they went to Surgeres which also yelded vp to the obeysance of the frenche kyng but the englyshmen were deê‘ted for they durst nat abyde the comyng of the constable And so than after the constable went to the castell of Fountnay the countie whiche the wyfe of sir John Harpen dan kept and so they beseged the towne and castell and gaue therto dyuers assautes Finally they within by composicyon departed with the lady as many as wolde and so were by the constable coÌ„ueyed to Thouars So the freÌ„chmen had the possessyon of the towne castell of FouÌ„tuey and refresshed it with newe people THan the constable and lordes of FraÌ„ce went and layd sege to Thouars wher as the moost parte of the knightes of Poictou were As the vycont of Thouars the lordes of Pertney Pousanges Corse and Crupenac and sir Loyes of Harcourt Geffray Dargenton James of Surgeres and Percyuall of Coloyne And these frenche lordes had made at Poicters at Rochell dyuers engyns wher with they assayled and traueyled greatly the poicteuyns within Thouars And so all thynges consydred they entreated with the frenchmen to haue a peace for theÌ„selfe for their laÌ„dê syll the feest of saynt Michaell next folowyng whiche shulde be in the yere of our lorde M .iii. C .lxii. And in the meaue tyme they to sende to the kyng of England their lorde to certifye hym of their estate and coÌ„dycion so that if they were nat ayded by him or by one of his sonnes within the sayd terme than they to yelde them and their landes to the obeysance of the french 〈◊〉 This treaty was agreed vnto and than the knightes of France retourned to Parys thyder was brought the Captall of Beufz and put in prison vnder sure kepyng in a towre in the temple And the kyng who was right glad of his takyng caused to be delyuered to yâ— squyer that toke hym .xii. thousande frankes And so the messangers that went fro the poicteuyns came into Englande and
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
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
houses And specially they brake vp the kynges prisones as the Marshalse and other and delyuered out all the prisoners that were within and there they dyde moche hurt And at the bridge fote they thret them of London bycause the gates of the bridge were closed Sayenge howe they wolde brenne all the subarbes and so coÌ„quere London byforce and to slee and brenne all the commons of the cytie There were many within the cytie of their accorde and so they drewe toguyder and sayde Why do we nat let these good people entre in to the cyte they are our felowes and that that they do is for vs. So therwith the gates were opyned and than these people entred in to the cytie and went in to houses and satte downe to eate and drinke They desyred nothynge but it was incontynent brought to them for euery manne was redy to make theÌ„ good chere and to gyue them meate and drinke to apease them Than the capitayns as JohnÌ„ Ball Jacke Strawe and Watte Tyler wente through out London and a twentie thousande with them and so caÌ„e to the Sauoy in the way to Westmynster whiche was a goodlye house and it ê‘teyned to the duke of Lancastre and whan they entred they slewe the kepars therof and robbed and pylled the house And whaÌ„ they had so done than they sette fyre on it and clene distroyed and brent it and whan they had done that outrage they left nat therwith but went streight to the fayre hospytalle of the Rodes called saynt Johans and there they brente house hospytall mynster and all Than they went fro strete to strete slewe all the flemmynges that they coulde fynde in churche or in any other place ther was none respyted fro dethe and they brake vp dyuers houses of the lombardes and robbed theym toke their goodes at their pleasure For there was none that durst saye them nay And they slewe in the cytie a riche marchaunt called Richarde Lyon to whome before that tyme Watte Tyler had done seruyce in FrauÌ„ce And on a tyme this Rycharde Lyon had beaten hym whyle he was his varlet the whiche Watte Tyler than remembred and so came to his house strake of his heed and caused it to be borne on a spere poynt before him all about the cyte Thus these vngracyous people demeaned them selfe lyke people enraged and wode and so that day they dyde moche sorowe in London ANd so agaynst night they wente to lodge at saynt Katherins before the towre of London Sayenge howe they wolde neuer depart thens tyll they hadde the kynge at their pleasure And tyll he had accorded to them all that they wolde aske acomptes of the chauÌ„cellour of Englande to knowe where all the good was become that he had leuyed through the realme and without he made a good acompte to them therof it shulde nat before his profyte And so whan they had done all these yuels to the strauÌ„gers all the day at night they lodged before the towre YE may well knowe and beleue that it was great pytie for the daunger that the kyng and suche as were with him were in Forsome tyme these vnhappy people showTed and cryed so loude as thoughe all the deuylles of hell had bene among them In this euennynge the kynge was counsayled by his bretherne and lordes and by sir Nicholas walworthe mayre of London and dyuers other no table and riche burgesses that in the night tyme they shulde issue out of the towre and entre into the cyte and so to slee all these vnhappy people whyle they were at their rest and a slepe For it was thought that many of them were dronken wherby they shulde be slayne lyke flees Also of twentie of them ther was scant one in harnes And surely the good men of LoÌ„don might well haue done this at their ease for they had in their houses secretely their frendes and seruauntes redy in harnesse And also sir Robert Canolle was in his lodgyng kepyng his treasure with a sixscore redy at his coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t In likewise was sir Perducas Dalbret who was as than in London In so moche that ther myght well assembled toguyder an eyght thousande men redy in harnesse Howe beit ther was nothyng done for the resydue of the commons of the cytie were sore douted leest they shulde ryse also and the commons before were a threscore thousande or mo Than the erle of Salisbury and the wyse men about the kynge sayd Sir if ye can apese them with fayrnesse it were best and moost profytable and to graunt theym euery thynge that they desyre For if we shulde begyn a thynge the whiche we coulde nat atcheue we shulde neuer recouer it agayne But we oure heyres euer to be disheyrited So this couÌ„saile was taken the mayre countermaunded And so commaunded that he shulde nat styrre And he dyde as he was coÌ„maunded as reason was And in the cytie with the mayre there were .xii. aldermen wherof nyne of them helde with the kynge and the other thre toke parte with these vngracyous people as it was after well knowen the whiche they full derely bought ANd on the friday in the mornynge the people beyng at saynt Katheryns nere to the towre Began to apparell them selfe and to crye and shoute and sayd Without the kyng wolde coÌ„e out and speke with them they wolde assayle the towre and take it byforce and slee all them that were within Than the kyng douted these wordes and so was counsailed that he shulde issue out to speke with theÌ„ And than the kynge sende to them that they shulde all drawe to a fayre playne place called Myleende wher as the people of the cytie dyde sport them in the somer season And there the kyng to graunt theÌ„ that they desyred And there it was cryed in the kyngê name that who soeuer wolde speke with the kyng let hym go to the sayd place and ther he shulde nat fayle to fynde the king Than the people began to departe specially the coÌ„mons of the vyllages and went to the same place but all went nat thyder for they were nat all of one condycion For ther were some that desyred nothynge but richesse and the vtter distruction of the noble men and to haue LoÌ„don robbed and pylled That was the princypall mater of their begynnynge the whiche they well shewed For assoone as the towre gate opyned and that the kynge was yssued out with his two bretherne and the erle of Salisbury the erle of Warwike the erle of Oxenforthe sir Robert of Namure the lorde of Bretaygne the lorde Gomegynes and dyuers other Than Watte Tyler Jacke Strawe and Johan Ball and mo than foure huÌ„dred entred into the towre and brake vp chaÌ„bre after chambre and at last founde the archebysshoppe of Caunterbury called Symon a valyant man and a wyse and chefe chaunceller of Englande and a lytell before he hadde sayd masse before the kynge These Glottons toke hym and strake of his heed
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
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
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
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
obeysance without any meane or reseruacion The kyng than by the consent of his counsayle as he that thought to reduce the countrey by faire meanes if he myght receyued their offre on a coÌ„dicyon and that was this that they of Ipre shulde pay to the kynge .xl. thousande frankes towardes his charges comynge thyder to the whiche they of Ipre made no refuse but were ryght ioyfull therof Thus they of Ipre were taken to mercy and they desyred the kyng and his vncles to come in to their towne to refressh them wherof they sayd all the towne wolde be ryght gladde the kyng agreed therto consyde ryng howe fro thens he myght go in to Flaunders to whiche parte he wolde So thus they of Ipre returned in to their towne and the people therof were right ioyfull whan they knewe how they were receyued to mercy And so anon this .xl. thousande frankê was gadered among them and payed to the kynge or he entred in to Ipre ALl this tyme the kynge lay styll on the mount of Ipre and than there came tydynges to him howe that the parysiens rebelled and had determyned as it was sayde amonge them selfe to haue beaten downe the castell of Beautye standyng in the wode of Uyncenes and also the castell of Lowre and all the strong howses about Parys to th entent that they shulde nat be greued by any of them There was one amonge them thought to haue said well but he spake right yuell as it apered after for he sayd Sirs let vs nat do thus iyll such season as we knowe howe the kynge our lorde dothe in his iourney in FlauÌ„ders if they of Gaunt come to their entent as we trust they shall than it wyll be good tyme to do it let vs nat begyn a thyng and afterwarde repent vs. He that sayde this was called Nycholas the flemynge and so by his wordes the parysiens seased to do that outrage but they helde them selfe styll in Parys and prouided for all thynges as harnes and other abylmentê as richely as though they had bene great lordes And they were of harnessed men cape a pe lyke men of armes mo thaÌ„ .xxx. thousand and as many with malles and dayly they caused harnes to be made and solde to euery man that wold bye beholde and se what a myschiefe shulde haue fallen if the kyng the noble chiualry that was with hym had bene discomfyted in FlauÌ„ders it may be well thought that all noblenes shulde haue ben deed and lost in all Fraunce as well peraduenture in other places The rebellyon called the Jaquery was neuer so great nor horible as this was likely to haue bene In lykewise at Reynes at Chalons in Champayne and on the ryuer of Marewe the villayns rebelled and thretened the gentlemen ladyes and chyldren suche as were abydinge behynde the kynge Also at Orleance at Bloys at Rohan in Normandy and at Beau uoysen the dyuell was entred in to their heeddes to haue slayne all noblemen if god had nat purueyed of remedy as ye shall here afâ— in this hystorie Nowe let vs retourne to Flaunders WHan they of Cassell of Bergues of Bourbourcke of Grauelyns of Furnes of Dunkyrke of Propringe of Tourront of Uaylant and of Messyne vnder stode howe they of Ipre were become frenche and had yelded vp their towne vnder the obeysance of the frenche kyng and that gracyously he had receyued theym to his mercy they were greatly reioysed and recomforted And thus whanÌ„e they had well ymagyned all these sayd townes toke their capitayns and bounde them fast to th entent that they shulde nat skape and so they brought theym to the mount of Ipre to please the kyng and cryed hym mercy on their knees sayng Noble kyng we put our bodyes goodes and townes to be vnder youre obeysance and sir to shewe more playnly that ye be our ryght lorde we haue brought you here our chyefe capitayns that Philyppe Dartuell had sette to rule vs and agaynst our wylles to obey them sir do your pleasure with theÌ„ as it shall lyke you best for sir they haue ruled vs at their pleasure Than the kynge was counsayled to take them to mercy so that amonge them they shulde gyue to the kyng .lx. thousande frankes towarde his charges and therby all their catayls and other thynges that they had abrode in the feldes shuld be saued and nat brent nor distroyed Of the whiche coÌ„posicion they were ryght gladde and thanked the kynge and his counsayle that they were so skaped but all the capitayns that had bene sette by Philyp Dartuell in the sayd townes were all beheeded on the mounte of Ipre Of all these apoyntmentes and treaties the erle of Flaunders was nat made preuy to noue of them nor he was nat cal led to counsayle Somewhat it anoyed hym for all that voyage he and his men lay euer on a wynge bycause they were flemynges and it was ordeyned and coÌ„maunded in the kynges name on payne of dethe that no man in the hoost shulde speke any flemysshe ¶ Howe the frenche kynge departed fro the mouÌ„t of Ipre and howe Philyppe Dartuell and the flemynges apareled them selfe to fyght Cap. CCCC .xviii. WHan the frenche kyng with all his hoost vowarde and rerewarde had lyen on the mount of Ipre as longe as it hadde pleased him and that his men had solde there moche marchaÌ„dise of suche stuffe as they had won abrode in the countrey to them of Lysle of Doway and of Tourney they solde for a franke that was worthe foure and there were some bretons that thought to wyn more thanÌ„e other they charged their wagans and horses with stuffe as with cloth lynen and wollen golde and syluer plate and vessell and dyd sende it in to sauegarde ouer the ryuer of Lyse and some in to Fraunce by their seruauntes So than the kynge went to Ipre and lodged in the towne as many as myght and there they refresshed them a fyue or sixe dayes They of Bruges were well enfourmed howe the kyng was at Ipre and howe that all the countre to Grauelynge was yelded to hym so they wyst nat what to do outher to yelde or nat howbeit they dyd no more at that tyme. the moost priÌ„cypall cause that moued theÌ„ nat to yelde was bycause they hadde agreat nombre of their men of the towne with Philyppe Dartuell at the siege of Andwarpe to the nombre of seuen thousande and also in the towne of Gaunt they had lying in hostage of the moost notablest marchauntes of Bruges to the entent that Peter de Boyse shulde be the more surer to rule them Also Peter de Boyse and Peter de Myrt was there a monge them shewyng and sayeng to theÌ„ thus Fayre sirs and good men of Bruges dismay you nat though the kynge be come to Ipre ye knowe well howe auncyently all the puyssance that was sent by kyng Philyppe to Courtrey by our auncetours they were all discomfytted and slayne in lyke wise so shall they all
by water and arryued at Mydelborowe in zelande suche as were of Gaunt retourned to GauÌ„t and euery man home to their owne townes And FrauÌ„ces Atreman and his company beyng at Calis departed and went to Gaunt but that was nat as long as the frenche kyng was in FlauÌ„ders but as I was enfourâ—â—ed they retourned by zelande In the same season that the frenche kyng lay at Courtrey he had dyuers couÌ„sayls to knowe howe he shulde parceyuer in his warre whether he shulde go and ley siege to Gaunt or nat The kyng was well wyllyng to haue gone thyâ—er In lykewise so were the bretons and burgonyoÌ„s But the lordes coÌ„sydred howe it was in the moneth of Decembre and in the deed tyme of wynter and dayly it rayned Wherfore they thought it was no good hostyng tyll somer season And also they sawe well howe their horses were but feble by reason of the colde season and the ryuers great and large about GauÌ„t Wherfore they thought but a lost tyme to ley any sege there And also the lordes were wery sore traueyled with so long lyeng in the feldes in that colde tyme and tayny So all thynges consydred it was determyned that the kynge shulde go to Tourney and there to refresshe him and to kepe his Christmas And they of farr countreis as of Auuergne of Dolphyn of Sauoy of Burgoyne shulde returne home into their owne countreis fayre easely And the bretons normayns and frenchmen shulde abyde styll with the constable to attende on the kyng for it was thought that they shulde haue some busynesse with the parisyeÌ„s who had newly forged a great noÌ„bre of malles wherfore they thought to set another rule and order amonge theÌ„ And whan the kynge shulde departe fro Courtrey he and his counsayle forgate nat the gylt spurres that they founde in a churche there in Courtray the whiche of olde tyme parteyned to the noble men of FrauÌ„ce somtyme slayne with erle Robert of Arthoyse at the batayle of Curtrey So than the kyng ordayned that at his departyng the towne shulde be set a fyre distroyed Whan the knowledge therof came to the erle of Flaunders he thought to haue founde some remedy therfore And so came before the kyng and kneled downe and requyred hym to do none yuell to the towne of Curtrey The kyng answered howe that surely he wolde nat here his request And so therle durst speke no more of that mater but so departed and went to his logyng Before they fyre began the duke of Burgoyne caused an horaloge to be taken downe the moost fayrest and goodlyest that coude be founde on that syde of the see The whiche horaloge was taken downe by peces and layed in chares and the bell also And after it was caryed to Diyon in Burgoyne and there it was sette vp there sowneth the .xxiiii. houres of the day and night AT the departyng of the kyng fro Courtrey the towne was clene distroyed and brent And the knyghtes squyers and men of warre toke some of the men women and chyldren to raunsome And so the kyng rode came to Turney and was lodged in the abbey of saiÌ„t Martyne and they of the towne dyde great reuerence to the kynge as reason requyred And all they of the towne were arayed in whyte with thre barres of grene on the one syde The cytie was deuyded to lodge the lordê The kyng lay at saynt Martyns and his company had one quarter of the towne The duke of Berry was lodged in the bysshoppes lodginge the duke of Burgoyne at the crowne the duke of Burbone at the golden heed the coÌ„stable at saynt James heed Ther was a cry made in the kingê name on payne of dethe no man to do any hurt to the people of the cytie and that no manne take any thyng without he pay truely therfore and that none entre in to the countie of Heynaulte to do any hurte or domage there All these thynges were well kept and holden there the lordes refresshed theÌ„ well And they of the farr countreis departed and retourned homewarde some by Lysle some by Doway and some by UalenceÌ„nes The erle of Bloyse toke leaue of the kynge and of his vncles and of his companyon therle of Ewe and so returned to his herytage in Heynalte And he lay a day and a nyght at UalenceÌ„nes wher he was well refresshed For he had achyued entierly the loue of the good people of the towne for the seruyce that he dyde to the countre whan the bretons burgonyons and sauoy syns wolde haue ouerron the countre whiche was let by his meanes And also for sir Tyrrie of Disquemyne who helde them of Ualencennes in great feate Whiche mater was putte in to the erles handes and in to the lorde of Couces and so therby they were in peace Than the erle departed fro Ualencennes and went to LeÌ„decheries and ther he taryed a season with the lady Mary his wyfe and Lewes his sofie And the somer after he went to Bloyse but the couÌ„tesse his wife and his sonne taryed styll in Heynalt and for the moost parte lay at Beaumont ¶ Howe the frenche kyng caÌ„e to Parys and howe he caused to be putte downe the cheyns and harnes in the towne and howe the parisyeÌ„s were raunsomed at his pleasure Cap. CCCC .xxvi. IN lykewise the erle of Marche and sir James of Burbone his brother deê‘ted fro Tourney and went to refresshe them at Scluse in Heynault on their owne herytages Sir Guy de lauall breton went to Cheure in Heynault wher he had parte of enherytauÌ„ce for he and sir Robert of Namure were lordê therof And yâ— lorde of Coucy went to Mortayn on the ryuer of Lescalt and there refresshed hym and his coÌ„pany but for the most parte he hym selfe was with the kyng at Turney The erle of saynt Poule had coÌ„missyon to chastyce the Urbanystes wherof ther were many in that towne And so he fouÌ„de many and euer as he founde theÌ„ in the churche of our lady or els where they were taken put in prison and sore rauÌ„somed And by that meanes the erle of saynt Poule gathered toguyder in a shorte season more than seuyn thousande frankes For there was none that scaped hym but that payed or founde good suretie to paye And whyle that the kyng lay at Tourney they of Gaunt had a saueconduct to go and coÌ„e and to entreate for a peace But in all their treaties they were as harde and as proude as thoughe they had won the vyctorie of the batayle of Rosebeque They sayd they wolde gladly put theÌ„ selfe vnder the obeysaunce of the frenche kyng to holde of hym and to haue their resort to the court of Parys But they sayd they wolde neuer haue nor take to their lorde the erle Loyes For they sayde they coude neuer loue hym bycause of the great domages that they had receyued by hym and by his meanes All that euer the kyng and his counsayle coude do
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
speares passed forby the walles of the towne and taryed on the othersyde ryght agaynst the kynges host wher was the moost goodlyst men of armes that coude be ymagined Th entent of the lordes was to assayle the towne there were baners penons wauyng wiâ—h the wynd and euery lorde with his men vnder his owne baner The lordes of FrauÌ„ce shewed ther gret honoure and richesse There was the lorde of Coucy in great estate he hadde coursers trapped and barded with the auÌ„cyent armes of coucy and with other suche as he bare thanÌ„e And hym selfe on a goodly courser ridynge in and out settynge his men in array euery man that sawe hym praysed him for his goodly behauo â— So ther eue 〈…〉 shewed their estate there was made the 〈…〉 day mo than four hundred knightê and thâ— heraldes nombred the knightes that were there to a nyne M. there were in noÌ„bre a .xxiiii. M. men of armes knightes squyers ¶ Thenglysshmen that were in the towne of Burboure sawe the frenche kynges puissaÌ„ce they hoped well to haue an assaut of the which they were right well coÌ„forted But in that they sawe theÌ„ selfe enclosed in the towne which was closed but with palis they were nat therof well assured Howebeit lyke men of good coÌ„fort and great corage they ordred their people about the towne The lorde Beaumont who was an erle in Englande called HeÌ„ry with a. C. men of armes thre C. archers kept one warde sir Wyllyam Helmon with as many men kept another sir JohnÌ„ of Newcastell with the gascoÌ„s kept another the lorde Ferres of Englande kept another ward with .xl. men of armes as many archers so that thus the towne was set with meÌ„ rounde about sir Mathue Reedman ser wyllmÌ„ Fermton sir Nicholas tracton with two C. men of armes and as many archers kept the place before the mynster Also they ordayned a certayne nombre of men to take hede for fyre and to quenche it if nede were without disordringe of any of their wardes for thenglisshmen douted the fyre bycause the towne was than moost parte all the houses couered with strawe thus in this estate were the englysshmen ¶ Nowe shall I shewe you of an highe enterprese that 〈◊〉 rauÌ„ces Atreman dyde the same proper friday at night â–ª that the frenche kynge passed by Bergues and howhe wanne the towne of And warpe fRaunces Atreman Peter de Boyse Peter de Myrt and the capitayns of Gaunte whan they retourned fro the siege fro Ipre and came to Gaunte They studyed night and daye howe they might do any domage to their enemyes Than Fraunces Atreman vnderstode â–ª howe the capitayne of Ande warpe sir Gylbert of Lienghien was nat Wtin the towne â–ª nor no menne of warre but howe they were all with the kyng in his army for theerle of FlauÌ„ders had sende for them Wherfore Fraunces thought well that the towne of Andewarpe was but easly kept and howe the dikes to warde the medowes agayust theym were as than drie For the water had bene let out for the fysshe that was therin so that one might easely go with a drie fote to the walles of the towne by ladders to entre in to the towne The spyes of Gaunt had brought this worde to FrauÌ„ces Atreman They of And warpe were as than in no feare of them of Gaunt but in a maner had forgoten them whan Fraunces Atreman was iustely enformed howe it was he came to Peter de Boyse and sayd Peter thus in this case is the towne of And warpe at this tyme I wyll aduenture to gette it to scale it by night ther was neuer tyme so good as is nowe for the capitayne ther of and the men of warre are nowe with the frenche kynge in the fronters of saynt Omers and they are in feare of no body Peter so one agreed to his purpose and said If ye may come to your entent there was neuer man dyde suche a dede to haue prayse I can nat tell quod Fraunces what wyll happe my courage is good For my herte gyueth me that we shall haue this same night And warpe Than FrauÌ„ces chase out a foure hundred men in whom he had best truste and so departed fro Gaunte in the euenyng and toke the way to warde Andewarpe This was in the moneth of SepteÌ„bre whan nightes be of a resonable length and the wether fayre and clere And so about mydnight they came to the medowes of Ande warpe and had scalynge ladders redy with them And as they passed by the maresse there was a woman of the towne gaderynge grasse for her kene â–ª she bydde her selfe whan she herde noyse of men comyng that way She herde them well speke knewe well howe they were gauÌ„toyse comyng towarde the towne to scale it she sawe well the ladders This woman was sore abasshed at last sayd to her selfe I wyll go to And warpe shewe all that I haue herde and sene to yâ— wache menne of the towne And so leyd downe all her baggage and toke a preuy way that she knewe and stale to the towne or the gauntoyse caÌ„e ther and than she called and at last one that went on the walles fro gate to gate herde her and sayd What art thou I am quod she a poore woman I say to you â–ª herby is a certayne noÌ„bre of gauÌ„toyse I haue sene them they bringe with them ladders to steale this towne if they can Nowe I haue gyuen you warnyng I wyll retourne agayne for if they mete with me I am but deed Thus the poore woman departed and the man was abasshed and thought to abyde styll to se if yâ— woman sayd trouthe or nat The gauÌ„toyse who right priuely dyde their enterprise made no noyse nor had no trumpette but the noyse of their langage Than Fraunces Atreman sent foure of his company on before and sayde Go your way secretely Wtout any wordes or cough hynge to the towne walles and harken aboue and beneth if ye can parceyue any thynge And so they dyde and Fraunces and his companye abode styll in the marisshe and stode styll nere where as the woman was She sawe theÌ„ well and herde what they sayde but they sawe nat her These forsayd four men went to the dykes and behelde the walles and sawe nor herde nothyng Lo ye mayse what yuell aduenture fell to them within for if they had fortuned to haue had but a caÌ„dell lyght that the gauÌ„toyse might haue sene it they durst nat haue come ther. For than they wolde haue thought that there hadde ben good watche made THese four men returned agayne to FraÌ„ces Atreman and sayde Sir we canse nor here no maner of thynge I thynke well 〈◊〉 FrauÌ„ces I trowe the watche hath made theyr tourne and are nowe gone to their rest Let vs go this hyghe way towarde the gate and than entre lowe downe in to the dykes The poore woman where as she lay priuely herde all these wordê Than
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
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
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
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