Bolayne and dyuerse other that kyng 〈◊〉 had sent thyder and some yâ— canme of there owne good wylles to serue sir Charles of Bloys 〈◊〉 than the strong castell of Alroy was nat wonne but ther was suche famyn within that .vii. dayes before they had eten all their horses and the lorde Charles de Bloys wolde nat take them to mercy without he might haue them simpley to do his pleasur And whan they within sawe no other remedy secretely in the night they yssued but and by the wyll of god went through thoost on the one syde yet some were ê‘ceyued slayne but sir Henry of Pennefort and sir Olyuer his brother scaped by a lytle wood that was therby and went streyght to Hanybout to the couÌ„tesse So thus wansir Charles of Bloyes the castell of Alroy whan he had layne at siege .x. wekes than he newly fortifyed the place and set therin newe captayns and men of warr Than he departed and went layed siege to UaÌ„nes wherin sir Geffray of Maletrayt was captayne the next day certayne soudyers of the countesses of Mountfort beyng in the towne of Ployremell yssued out on the hope somwhat to wynne and came sodenly in the mornyng into the host of sir Charles de Bloys but they aduentured themselfe so farr that they were closed in and lost many of their folkes and thother fledde away and were chased to the gates of Ployremell the whiche was nat ferr of fro UaÌ„nes And whan they of the hoost were retourned fro the chase incontynent they made assaut to UaÌ„nes and byforce wanne they bayles harde to the gate of the cyte ther was a sore skirmysshe and many hurt and slayne on bothe parties the assaut endured tyll it was night than ther was a truse taken to endure all the next day The burgesses yâ— next day yelded vp the towne whyther yâ— captayne wold ornat who whan he sawe it wold be none other wyse departed out of the towne as secretly as he coude and went to Hanybout Sosir Charles of Bloys and the frenchmen entred into UaÌ„nes and taryed ther fyue dayes than they went and layd siege to an other cytie called Traiz ¶ Howe sir water of Manny dysconfited sir Loyes of Spayne in the felde of Camperle Cap. lxxxiiii NOw let vs returne to sir Loyes of Spayne who whan he was at the porte of Guerand by the seesyde he and his coÌ„pany sayled forth tyll they came into Bretayn bretonaunt to a port called Camperle right nene to Quypercorentyn and to saynt Mathue of Fyne Portern Than they yssued out of the shyppes and landed and brent all the countrey about and gate moche rychesse the whiche they conueyed into their shyyppes Whan sir Gaultyer of Manny and sir Arnold of Clysson vnderstode those tidynges they determyned to go thyder and shewed their myndes to sir Gyles of Tribyquedy and to the Cathelayne of Guyngnape The lorde of Landreman sir WyllmÌ„ of Caducall the two brethern of Penneforde and to the other knyghtes that were ther in Hanybout and all they agreed to go with good wylles than they toke their shyppes and toke with theym a thre thousande archers and so sayled forthe tyll they came to the port wher as the shyppes of sir Loys of Spaynes lay IncoÌ„tynent they toke theym and slewe all that were within theym and they founde in them suche rychesse that they had maruell therof than they toke lande and went forthe brent dyuers townes and houses before them and departed themselfe into thre batayls to the intent the soner to fynde their ennemys and left a thre hundred archers to kepe their shippes and that they had wonne Than they sette on their way in thre partes these tidynges anone came to sir Loyes of Spayne than he drewe togyder all his company and withdrue backe towarde his shyppes in great hast and encountred one of yâ— thre batayls thanÌ„e he sawe well he must nedes fyght he sette his men in order and made newe knyghtê as his nephue called Alphons Than sir Loys sette on fiersly and at the first rencouÌ„ter many were ouerthrowen and likely to haue ben dysconfyted and the other two batels had nat come on for by the cry and noyse of the people of the contrey they drewe thyder Than the batayle was more seerser thenglysshe archers shotte so holly togyder that the geneuoyes and spanyardes wer dysconfited and all slayne for they of the coÌ„trey fell in with staues and stones so that ser Loys had moche a do to scape and dyd flee to the shyppes and of .vi. M. there scaped with hym but thre huÌ„dred and his nephue was slayne And whan he caÌ„e to the shyppes he roud nat entre for the archers of England kept hym of so he was fayne with gret ieopardy to take a lytell shyppÌ„ called Lyque suche of his coÌ„pany as he couÌ„de get to him and sayled away as fast as he might Whan sir Gaulter and his coÌ„pany caÌ„e to the shyppes they entred into the best ship they had and folowed in the chase of sir Loyes of Spayne who euer fledde so fast before them that they coude nat ouertake hym Sir â—oyes at last toke port at Redon and he and all his entred into the towne but he taryed nat there for incontynent â–ª thengly sshmen landed at the same place so that sir Loyes and his company were fayne to get such horses as they might and rode thens to Renes the which was nat ferre thens and such as were yuell horsed were fayne to fall in the handes of their ennemyes so that sir Loys entred into Renes and thenglysshmen and bretons retourned to Redone and there lay all nyght The nexte day they toke agayne the see to sayle to Hanybout to the countesse of MouÌ„tfort but they had a contrary wynde so that they were fayne to take lande a thre leages fro Dynant Than they toke their way by lande and wasted the countrey about Dynant and tooke horses suche as they coude get some without sadyls and so caÌ„e to Rochprion Than sir Gaultier of Manny saydsirs yf our company were nat so soretraueled I wolde gyue assaut to this castell the other knyghtes answered hym and sayd sir set on at your pleasure for we shall nat for sake you to dye in the quarell and so they al went to the assaut Than Gerarde of Maulyn who was captayne ther made good defence so that there was a perylouse assaut Sir Johan Butler and sir Mathewe of Fresnoy were sore burte with many other ¶ Howe sir Gaultier of Manny toke the castell of Gonyin the forest Cap. lxxxv THis Gerarv of Maulyn hadde a brother called Rengne of Maulyn who was captayne of a lytel for tresse therby called Fauet And whasie he knewe that theÌ„glysshmen and bretons were assayling of his brother at Rochprion to th entent to ayde his brother he yssued out toke with hym a .xl. coÌ„panyons And as he came thyderwarde through afayre medowe by a wood syde he fouÌ„de
Spayne on the see Cap. lxxxxi SIr Robert Dartoyes erle of Rychmont and with hym therle of Pennefort the erle of Salisbury therle of Suffolke therle of Quenfort the baron of Stafford the lorde Spenser the lord Bourchier and dyuers other knyghtes of Englande and their coÌ„panyes were with the countesse of Mountfort on the see And at last came before the yle of Gernzay than they ê‘â—eyued the great flete of the genowayes wherof sir Loys of Spaygne was chiefe captayne Than their marynars sayd sirs arme you quickely for yonder be genowayes and spaniardes that woll set on you than thenglysshmen sowned their trumpettes and reared vp their baners and standerdes with their armes and deuyses with the baner of saynt George And sette their shippes in order with their archers before and as the wynd serued them they sayled forth they were a xlvi vessels great and small but sir Loys of Spaygne had .ix. greatter than any of the other and thre galyes And in the thre galyes were the thre chiefe captaynes as sir Loyes of Spayne sir Charles and sir Othes and whan they aproched nere togyder the genowayes beganne to shote with their crosbowes and the archers of Englande agaynst theym there was sore shotynge bytwene them and many hurte on bothe parties And whanÌ„e the lordes knyghtes and squyers came nere togyder there was a sore batayle the countesse that day was worth a man she had the harte of a lyon and had in her hande a sharpe glayue wherwith she fought feersly The spanyardes and genowayes that were in the great vessels they cast downe great barres of yron and peaces of tymbre that which troubled sore thenglysshe archers this batayle beganne about the tyme of euynsonge and the nyght departed them for it was very darke so that one coude scant knowe an other Than they withdrewe eche fro other and cast ankers and abode styll in their harnes for they thought to fight agayne in the mornynge but about mydnight ther rose suche a tempest so horryble as though all the worlde shulde haue endedd There was none so hardy but wold gladly haue ben a land the shyppes dasshed so togyder that they went all wolde haue ryuen in peaces The lordes of Englande demaunded counsayle of their maryners what was best to do they aunswered to take lande assone as they might for the tempest was so great that if they toke the see they were in daunger of drownyng Than they drewe vp their ankers and bare but a quarter sayle and drewe fro that place the genowayes on the other syde drewe vppÌ„ their ankers and toke the depe of the see for their vesselles were greatter than thenglysshe shyppes they might better abyde the brunt of the see for if the great vessels had coÌ„e nere the lande they were lickely to haue ben broken And as they deê‘ted they toke foure englysshe shyppes laded with vytell and tayled them to their shyppes the storme was so hedeouse that in lasse than a day they were driuen a hundred leages fro the place wher they were be fore and the englysshe shyppes toke a lytell hauen nat ferre fro the cytie of Uannes wherof they were ryght gladde ¶ Howe sir Robert Dartoys toke the cytie of Uannes in Bretayne Cap. lxxxxii THus by this tourment of the see brake and departed the batell on the see bytwne sir Robert Dartoyes and sir Loyes of Spayne No man coude tell to whome to gyue the honour for they departed agaynst bothe their wylles thenglysshmen toke lande nat farre of fro Uannes and brought all their horse and harnes a lande thaÌ„ they deuysed to sende their nany to Hanybout and to go theymselfe and ley siege to Uannes therin were captayns sir Henry of Leon Olyuer of Clysson and with them the lorde of Turmyne and the lord of Loheac Whan they sawe thenglysshmen come to besiege them they toke good hede to their defences bothe to the castell and to the walles and gates and at euery gate they set a knyght with .x. men of armes and .xx. crosbowes ¶ Nowe let vs speke of sir Loyes of Spayns and his company they were sore tourmented on thesee and in great daunger all that nyght and the nexte day tyll noone and loste two of their shyppes menne and all ThanÌ„e the thirde day about prime the see apeased than they demaunded of the maryners what parte of lande was nexte they aunswered the realme of Nauarre and that the wynde hadde driuen theym out of Bretayne more than sirscore leages thaÌ„ there they cast anker and above the fludde and whan the tyde came they had good wynde to retourne to Rochell So they costed Bayon but they wolde nat come nere it and they met foure shippes of Bayon coÌ„myng fro Flaunders they sette on them and toke theym shortly and flewe all that were in them than they sayled towardes Rochell and in a fewe dayes they arryued at Gueâ—rande Ther they toke lande and hard ther howe sir Robert Dartoyes lay at siege be fore Uannes Than they sent to the lorde Charles of Bloyes to knowe his pleasure what they shuld do sir Robert Dartoys lay at siege with a thousande men of armes and thre thousande archers and wasted all the countrey about and brent to Dynant and to Gony la Forest so that none durst abyde in the playne countrey there were many assautes and skirmysshes at the barryers of Uannes The countesse of Mountfort was styll with sir Robert Dartoys at the siege also sir Gaultier of Manny who was in Hanybout delyuered the kepynge of the towne to sir Wyllyam Caducall and to sir Gerard of Rochfort and toke with hym sir yues of Tribyquedy and a. C. men of armes and. CC. archers and deê‘ted fro Hanybout and went to the siege before Uannes Than inconâ—ynent there was made a great assaut in thre places all at ones the archers shotte so thycke that they within scante durst apere at ther defence this assaut endured a hole day and many hurt on bothe parties agaynst night thenglysshmen withdrue to their lodgyngê And they within in likewyse sore wery of trayuell and they vnarmed theÌ„ but they of the hoost without dyd nat so for they kept on styll their harnes except their heed peces and so dranke and refresshed them And than by the aduyse of sir Robert Dartoyes they ordayned agayne thre batayls and two of them to assaute at the gates and thethirde batayle to kepe theÌ„selfe priue tyll the other two batayls had assayled long So that all the strength of the towne shulde be ther by all lickelyhoâ—e to defend thaÌ„ it was ordayned that this thyrde batayle shuld sette on the moost feblest place of all the towne with ladders ropes and hokes of yron to caste on the walles And as they deâ—ysedde so it was done sir Robert Dartoys with the first batell came and made assaut in the night at one of the gates and therle of Salisbury with the seconde batell at an other gate bycause it
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„
night they lay togider made gode wache and went neuer past thre leages a day None went before the marshals baners without coÌ„mauÌ„dement and so they passed by Motrell wherof the lorde of Handboure was capitayne but they made ther none assaut so past by saynt Omer after by Turwyn The currours brent the lande of therle of saynt Poule and than went nere to Arras And the two dukes lodged in the abbey of mount saynt Eloy and ther taryed two dayes Than they departed and costed Arras but they assayled it nat for they knewe well they shulde but lese their labour and so they went to Bray on the ryuer of Some ther the two marshals made a great assaut before the gate Within ther were in garyson good knightes squyers of Picardy of whome the vicont of Mealx was capitayne sir Rafe of Menac The chanon of Robersart that day strake downe with his glayue thre to the erthe before the gate where ther was a sore scrimysshe Howbeit the freÌ„chmen kept so well their forteresse that they lost nothynge so the englysshmen passed by coostynge the ryuer of Some thynking to passe ouer at Ham in Uermandois at saynt Quintynes THus went forthe thenglysshe host wher of the duke of Lancastre was chefe gouernour by the ordynauÌ„ce of the kyng of England his father Than the lorde Bousyers of Heynalte caÌ„e in to FrauÌ„ce and he passed by the bridge of Ham there they of the towne desyred him effectuously that he wolde be reteyned with theÌ„ and to helpe to ayde theÌ„ agaynst thenglysh men he agreed to them and ther he taryed a two dayes tyll the englysshmen were all past who toke their way aboue to entre into vermaÌ„ doys to passe the ryuer of Some at a strayter passage And whan the lorde of Bousyers knewe that thenglysshmen were nygh all past ouer howe that they drue towarde saynt Quintynes and Rybamont wher the lorde of Clyn whose doughter he had in mariage was the which lorde had ther fayre lande herytage also he had hym self ther fayre lande by the right of his wyfe and knewe well how the castell of Rybamont was vnpurueyed of men of warr Than he toke leaue of them of Ham and they greatly thanked him of his seruice that he had done to them so he departed with suche nombre as he had whiche was no great noÌ„bre and he rode so long that he came to saynt Quintynes in great parell for the countrey was full of englysshmen He came in suche danger that he was no soner entred but that the englisshe currours chased hym in at the gate And the lorde of Bousyers founde in the towne sir Wylliam of Bourges who was capitayne there vnder the french kyng who receyued him ioyously desyring hym to a byde there to helpe to defende the towne The lorde of Bousiers excused him selfe and sayde howe he hadde enterprised to enter in to the towne of Rybamont to kepe the towne and fortresse there bycause it was with out capitayne wherfore he desyred so sore the sayd sir Wylliam that he hadde of hym out of saynte Quintynes .xii. cros bowes and so departed and he went nat farre past but that he spyed a company of englysshmen but he toke another lowe way beside theÌ„ for he knewe well the countre So the same day he rode in great parell towardes Rybamount and as he rode he encouÌ„tred a knight of Burgoyne called sir Johan of Bulle who was goynge towardes saynt Quitynes but whan he had ones spoken with the lorde of Bousyers he retourned with hym to Rybamount and so they were about a .xl. speares and .xx. crosbowes And thus they aproched Rybamont sent before one of their currours to enforme them of the towne of their comyng to helpe to ayde and to defende their towne And in the meane season they sawe wher there was comyng a company of englisshmen to the nombre of fourscore Than the frenchemen sayd beholde yoÌ„der be our enemys who are comynge fro their pyllage let vs go before them Than they dasshed their spurres to their horse sydes and galopped forthe as fast as they might cryeng our lady of Rybamont And so came in amonge the englysshmen and disconfyted and slewe the moost parte of theym for he was happy that myght escape And whan the frenchemen hadde thus ouerthrowen the englysshmen they went to Rybamont where they founde the lorde of Chyne who was come thyder but a lytell before with .xl. speares and xxx crosbowes And as they were before the castell and their company in their lodgyngê vnarmed they herde the watchman of the castell cryeng to harnesse sirs meÌ„ of armes aprocheth your towne Than they drewe togyder and demaunded of the watchman what noÌ„bre by like lyhode they were of he answered sayd howe they were aboute the nombre of fourscore men of armes than the lorde Bousyers sayd sirs it behoueth vs to go out and fyght with them for it shuld be a great blame to vs to sulfre theÌ„ goby so nere to our fortresse The lord of Chin sayd a fayre sonne ye say trouthe cause oure horses to coÌ„e out and display my baner Than sir JohnÌ„ of Bulle sayd lordes ye shall nat go without me but my counsayleis yâ— we go wyse lye for parauenture they be but currours whiche the marshalles of Englande or the constable hath sent hyder to cause vsto go out of our fortresse our issuyng parauentur may tourne to folly The lorde Bousiers sayd if ye wyll be leue me we shall go out and fight with them 〈◊〉 that brefely happe what may befall I wyll go out and fight with theym And so dyde on his helme and lepte on his horse and so yssued out and with hym a sixscore and the englysshmen were about fourscore and they were of ser Hugh Caurelles company but he was nat there hymselfe he was styll with the duke of Lancastre Howbeit there were sixe knightes many squiers and they were come thyder to reueÌ„ge their companye that were ouerthrowen before As soone as the frenchemen were out of the gate they founde incontynent the englisshmen who couched their speares and ranne in among the frenchmen and the frenchmen opyned and let them passe through them so they dyd wherby there rose suche a dust that one coude nat se nor knowe another Than the frenchmen closed them selfe agayne toguyder and cryed our lady of Rybamont there was many a man ouerthrowen on bothe ê‘tes The lorde of Chyn had a plummet of leed in his hande wherwith he brake bassenetes suche as he attayned vnto for he was a bygge and a goodly knyght and well formed of all his membres At last he had suche a stroke on the helme that he had nere fallen and a squyer had nat kept hym vp whiche stroke greued hym after as longe as he lyued Ther were dyuers englysshmen had gret marueyle in yâ— they saw his penonsemblable to the armes without difference of
for that uyght went to Douaing laye in the abbeye And in the mornynge after masse he lepte on his horse and came agayn to the quene Who receyued hym with great Joye by that tyme she had dynedde and was redy to mounte on her horse to departe with hym and so the quene departed from the castell of Dambrety courte and toke leue of the knyght and of the lady and thanked them for theyr good there that they hadde made her and sayd that she trusted oones to se the tyme that she or her sonne shulde well remembre theyr courtesye Thus departed the quene in the company of the sayd syr JohnÌ„ lorde Beamont who ryght ioyously dyd conducte her to Ualencyenues and agaynst her came many of the Burgesses of the towne and receyued her right humbly Thus was she brought before the Erle Guyllaume of Heynaulte Who receyued her with great ioye and in lyke wyse so dyd the couÌ„tesse his wyfe feasted her ryght nobly And as than this Erle hadde foure layre doughters Margaret Philypp Jane and Isabell Amonge whome the yong Edwarde sette mo 〈…〉 hiâ— loue and company on Phylypp And also the yong lady in al honour was more conuersâ—â—nt with hym than any of her susters Thus the quene Isabell abode at Ualencyennes by the space of .viii. daies with the good Erle and with the couÌ„tesse Jane be Ualoys In the meane tyme the quene aparailed for her needis and besynesse and the said syr JohnÌ„ wrote letters ryght effectuously vnto knyghtis and suche companyans as he trusted best in all Heynaulte in Brabant and in Behaigne and prayed them for all amyties that was bitwene theym that they wolde god 〈◊〉 hym in this entreprise in to Inglande and so there were great plentye what of one countrey and other that were content to go with hym for his loue But this sayd syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte was greatly reproued and counsailed the contrarye bothe of the Erle his brother and of the chief of the counsaile of the countrey bycause it semed to theym that the entreprise was ryght hygh and parillouse seynge the great discordis and great hates that as than was bytwene the barones of Inglande amonge them selfe And also consyderyng that these 〈…〉 hemen most commonly haue euer great enuy at straungers Therfore they doubted that the sayd syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte and his company shulde nat retourne agayne with honour But howeso euer they blamed or couÌ„sailed hym the geÌ„tle knyght wolde neuer chaunge his purpose but layd he hadde but one dethe to dye the whiche was in the wyll of god And also sayd that all knyghtê ought to ayd to theyr powers all ladyes and da mozels chased out of theyr owne countreys beyng without counsaile or comfort ¶ Howe that the quene Isabell arryued in Inglande with syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte in her company Cap. x. THys was syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte moued in his courage made his assembly prayed the 〈◊〉 to he redy at haleâ— y◠〈◊〉 at Bredas and the Hollanders to be at â—uchryghte at a daye lymytted Than the quene of Juglande tooke leue of the erle of Heynault and of the couÌ„tesse and thanked theym greatly of their honour seaâ—t and good chere that they hadde made her kyssynge theym at her departynge Thus this lady departed and hersonne all her company with syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte Who With great peyne gatte leue of his brother Sayng to hym My lorde and brother I am yong and thynke that god hath pourueyed for me this entrepryse for myn aduancemeÌ„t I beleue and thynke verely that wroÌ„gfully and synfully this lady hath been chased out of Inglande and also her soÌ„ne hit is almes and glory to god and to the worlde to comforte and helpe them that be comfort 〈…〉 and specyally so hyghe and so noble a lady as this is Who is doughter to a kyng and desceudyd of a royall kyng We be of her bloodde and she of oures I hadde rather renounce and forsake all that I haue and go serue god ouer the see and neuer to retourne into this countrey rather than this good lady shulde haue departed from vs Withowte comforte and helpe Therfore dere brother suffre me to go with yor good Wyll wherin ye shall do nobly and I shall huÌ„bly thanke you therof and the better therby I shall accomplysshe all the voyage And Whan the good Erle of Heynaulte hadde 〈◊〉 harde his brother and parceued the great desyre that he hadde to his entrepryse and sawe 〈◊〉 hyâ— myght tourne hym and his heyres to great honoure here after Sayd to hym My fayre brother god forbyd that your good purpose shulde be broken or lerte Therfore in the name of god I gyue you leue and kyste hym 〈…〉 ynge hym by the hande insygne of great loue Thus he departed and roode the same nyghte to Mounce in Heynnaulte With the Quene of Inglande What shulde I make long processe They dyd so moche by they re Journeys that they came to Durdryght in Holande Wher as theyr specyall assembly was made And there they purueyed for shyppys great and small suche as they coulde get and shypped their horses and harneys and purueyaunce and so com 〈…〉 ded them selfe into the kepyng of god and toke theyr passage by see In that coÌ„pany there were of knyghtis and lordis Fyrst syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte lord Beamond syr Henry Daâ—toâ—g syr Michell de Ligne the lorde of GoÌ„meg 〈…〉 syr Parceualde Semeries ser Robert de 〈◊〉 syr Saures de Boussoit the lorde of 〈◊〉 the lord of Pocelles the lord Uillers the lord of heyn The lorde of Sars the lorde of Boy 〈…〉 the lorde of DaÌ„bretycourte the lorde of 〈◊〉 and syr Oulpharte of Gustelle and diuers other knyghtis and squyers all in great desyre to serue theyr maister and whan they were all departed fro the hauyn of Durdryght it was a fayre flete as for the quantite and well ordred the season was fayre and clere and ryght temperate and at theyr departynge With the fyrsteflodde they came before the Dignes of Holande and the next day they drewe vppe theyr sayles and toke theyr waye in costynge zelande and theyr ententis were to haue taken land at Dongport but they coulde nat for a tempeste toke them in the see that put them so farre out of theyr course that they wist nat of two dayes wher they wer of the whiche god dyd them great grace For if they had takyn lande at the porte where as they had thought they had ben all loste for they had fallen in the hand is of they re ennemyes Who knew well of theyr commyng and aboode them there to haue putte theym all to dethe So hit was that about the ende of two dayes the tempest seased and the maryners parceyued lande in Inglande and drewe to that parte right ioyously and there toke lande on the sandes Withoute any ryght hauyn orporte at Harwiche as the Inglysshe cronicle sayth the .xxiiii. daye of Septembre the yere
passages agayn Wherfore they could nat seÌ„de to know where as they were nor where to haue any forage or lytter for theyr horses nor brede nor drynke for their owne sustinauÌ„cis but so all yâ— nyght they were fayne to fast nor theyr horses had nothyng but leues of trees herbesâ— they cut downe bowes of trees with theyr swerdê to tye withall their horses to make themselfe lodges And about noone some poore folkê of yâ— countrey were founde and they said howe they were as than .xiiii. myle from Newcastell vpon Tyne and .xi. myle froÌ„ Carlyle and that there was no towne nerer to them wheri they might fynde any thyng to do theym ease withall And whan this was shewed to yâ— kyng to the lordê of his couÌ„sell incontinent were sent thither horses and sompters to fetche thens some pâ—ueyaÌ„ce and there was a crye in the kyngis name made in yâ— towne of Newcastell yâ— who so euer wolde bryng brede or wyne or any other vitaile shulde be payd therfore incontinent at a good price that they shulde be conducted to the oste in saue garde for it was publisshed openly that yâ— kyng nor his oste wolde nat departe from the place yâ— they were in tyll they had some tydyngâ— where their ennemies were become And the next day by noone suche as had bensent for vitaile returned agayne to the oste with suche purueyauÌ„cis as they coulde gette that was nat ouer moche and with them came other folkis of the couÌ„trey with lytle nagges charged with brede euyll bakyn in panyers and smalle pere wyne in barels and other vitaile to sel in the oste wherby great part of the oste were well refresshed eased and thus they coÌ„tinued day by day the space of .viii. dayes abidyng eueryday yâ— retournyng agayn of yâ— scottâ— who knew no more where yâ— englissh ostelay thaÌ„ they knewe where they wer so eche of them were ignoraÌ„t of other Thus .iii. dayes and .iii. nyghtis they were in maner withowte brede wyne candel or lyght â—oder or forage or any maner of purueyauÌ„ce otheâ— for horse or mâ— and after the space of .iiii. dayes a lotte of brede was solde for .vi. d. the whiche was worthe but â—i d. And a gallon of wyne for .vi. grootis that was worth but .vi. d. And yet for all that there was suche rage of famin that eche toke vitailes out of others handis wherby there rose diuers batels and stryffes bitwene sondry companyoÌ„s and yet beside all these mischieffis it neuer seased to rayne all the hoole weeke Wherby they re saddels pannels and countresyngles were all rottyn and brokeÌ„ and most part at their horses hurt on their backê nor they had nat wherwith to shoo them that were vnshodde nor they had nothyng to couer them selfe withall fro yâ— rayne and colde but grene busshes and their armour Nor they had no thyng to make fyre withal but grene bowes yâ— whiche wolde nat burne bicauof the rayne In this great mischief they were all the weeke without heryng of any worde of the scottis vpon trust they shuld repasse agayn into theyr owne countreis the same way or uere ther about Wherby great noyse and murmour began to ryse in the oste for some said and layd it to others charge that by theyr counsaile the kyng and all they were brought in to that dauÌ„ger and that they had done it to betraye yâ— kyng and all his ooste Wherfore it was ordeyned by the kyng by his counsaile that the nexte mornyng they shulde remoue the ooste and repasse agayne the ryuer about .vii. myle thens wher as they myght passe more at their ease Than was it cried through out the oste that euery maÌ„ shulde be redy apparailed to remoue the nexte day by tymes Also there was a crye made that who so euer coulde bryng to the kyng certayne knowledge where the scottê were he yâ— brought fyrst tydyng is therof shuld haue for his labour a C .li. lande to hym and to his heires for euer and to be made a knyght of the kyngis hande Whan this crye was made in the oste diuers englisshe knyghtis and squiers to the nombre of â—xv or .xvi. for couetyse of wynnyng of this promyse they passed the ryuer in great parell and rode forth throughe the mountaignes and departed eche one from other takyng their adueÌ„ture The next mornyng the oste dislodged and rode fayre and easely all the daye for they were but euyll apparailed and dyd so moche that they repassed agayn the ryuer with moche payn and trauaile for the water was depe bicause of the rayn that had fallen wherfore many dyd swym and some were drowned And whan they were alouer than they lodged the oste and ther they founde some forage medowes feldis about a lytle village the whiche the scottâ— had breÌ„t whâ— they past that way and the nerte daye they departed frothens and paste ouer hyls and dales all day tyll it was noone and than they founde some villages brent by the scottis and there about was some champyon countrey with corne and medowes and so that nyght the ost lodged ther. Agayn the .iii. day they rode forth so that the most parte of the oste wist nat whiche way for they knewe nat the countrey nor they coulde here no tydyng is of the scottis And agayn the 〈◊〉 day they rode forth ilyke maner tyl it was about the houre of iii and there came a squyer fast tydyng toward the kyng said And it like your grace I haue brought you parfit tydyngê of the scottê your ennemies surely they be within .iii. myle of you lodged on a great mouÌ„taine abidyng ther for you ther they haue ben all this .viii. dayes nor they knewe no more tidyngis of you than ye dyd of them ser this yâ— I shew you is of trouth for I aproched so nere to them that I was takyn prisoner brought before yâ— lordes of their oste and there I shewed them tydyngis of you and how that ye seke for them to thenâ—ent to haue batell the lordis dyd quyt me my rauÌ„som prison whan I had shewed them howe your grace had promised a C .li. sterlyng of rent to hym yâ— brought fyrst tydyng is of them to you and they made me to promise that I shuld nat rest tyll I had shewed you thys tydyngys for they sayde they had as great desyre to fyght with you as ye had with theym and ther shall ye fynde them without faulte and as soone as the kyng had harde this tidynges he assembled all his ooste in fayre medowe to pasture theyr horses besidis ther was lytle abbey yâ— whiche was all brent called in yâ— dayes of kyng Arthur le Blanche land Ther the kyng confessed hym and euery man made hym redy The kyng caused many masses to be song to howsell all suche as had deuotion therto And incontyuent he assigned a C .li. sterlyng of rent to the squier that
that it were harde to make mencion of them all ¶ Howe kyng Robert of Scotland dyed Cap. xx ANd whan that the scottis were departed by nyght from the mountaigne where as the kyng of Ingland hadde beseged theym as ye haue harde here before They went .xxii. Myle throughe that sauage countrey without restyng and passed the riuer of â—yne right nere to Carlyle And the next day they went into theyr owne lande and so departed euery man to his owne mansion â–ª and within a space afâ— there was a peace purchased bitwene the kyngis of Ingland and Scotland and as the englysshe cronicle sayth it was done by the speciall counsell of the olde quene and ser Roger Mortymer for by theyr meanes there was a plyament holden at North hampton at the whiche the kyng being within age grauÌ„ted to the scottis to release all the feaulties and homages that they ought to haue done to the Crowne of Inglande by his Charter ensâ—aled And also there was delyuered to the scottis an endenture the whiche was called the Ragmon wherin was coâ—teyned all the homages and feaulties that yâ— kyng of scottis and all the prelatis erles and barones of Scotlande ought to haue done to the crowne of Inglande sealed with all their sealis with all other rightis that sondry barones and knyghtis ought to haue hadde in the realme of Scotlanâ— And also they delyuered to them agayn the blacke crosse of Scotland â–ª the whiche the good kyng Edwarde conquered brought it out of the abbey of Scoue the whiche was a precious relique and all rightis and enteresses that euery baron had in Scotlande was than clene forgyuen and many other thyngis were done at that parlyament to the great hurt and preiudice of the realme of Ingland and in maner ageynst the wyls of all the nobles of the realme saue onely of Isabell the olde quene the busshop of Ely and the lord mortymer They ruled the realme in suche wyse that euery man was myscontent So that the erle Henry of Lancastre and syr Thomas Brotherton erle marshall and syr Edmund of Wodstocke the kyngê vncles and dyuerse other lordes and coÌ„mons were agreed to gether to amende these faultes if they myght And in that meane tyme yâ— quene Isabell syr Roger MortymÌ„ caused a nother parliament to be holden at Salysbury at the whiche parliament Roger Mortymer was made erle of Marche ageynst all the baroÌ„s wyls of InglaÌ„d in preiudice of the kyng his realme and sir JohnÌ„ of Eltham the kyngis brother was made erle of Cornewal To the whiche â—liameÌ„t there Henry of LaÌ„castre wold â—at come wherfore the kynge was broughte in beleue that he wold haue distroyed his parson for the whiche they assembled a great hoste and went to ward Bedforde Where as the Erle Henry was with his companye Than the Erle Marshall and therle of Kent the kyngis brother made a peace bitwene the kyng the erle of LaÌ„castre on whose part was Henry lorde Beamont syr Fowke Fitzwayn Thomas Rocellin ser WilliaÌ„ Trussell Syr Thomas Wyther and abowte a C. knyghtis who were all exyled out of Inglande by the counsaile of quene Isabell and the Erle MortymÌ„ for he was so couetous that he thought to haue the most part of all their landis into his owne handis as it is more playnly shewen in the inglisshe cronicle â–ª the whiche I passe ouer and folowe myn auctour The forsaid peace whiche was purchased bitwene Ingland and ScotlaÌ„d was to endure .iii. yere And in the meane tyme it fortuned that kyng Robert of Scotland was right sore aged feble â–ª for he was greatly charged with the great sickenes so that ther was no way with hym but deth And whan he felte that his ende drew nere he sent for suche barones lordis of his realme as he trusted best shewed them how there was no remedy with hym but he must nedis leue this transetory lyfe CoÌ„mauÌ„dyng them on the faith and trouth that they owed hym truly to kepe the realme and ayde the yong prince Dauid his sonne and that whan he wer of age they shulde obey hym and crowne hym kyng and to mary hym iÌ„ suche a place as was coÌ„uenient for his astate Than he called to hym the gentle knyght sir William Duglas sayde before all the lordes Sir William my dere freÌ„d ye knowe well that I haue had moche a do my dayes to vphold and susteyne the ryght of this realme and whaÌ„ I had most a do I made a solemne vow the whiche as yet I haue nat accomplysshed wherof I am right sory The whiche was if I myght acheue and make an ende of al my warres so that I myght ones haue brought this realme in rest and peace than I promysed in my mynd to haue gone and warred on Christis ennemies aduersaries to our holy christen faith To this purpose myn hart hath euer eateÌ„ ded but our lorde wolde nat coâ—sent therto for I haue had so muche a do in my dayes nowe in my last entreprise I haue takyn suche a malady that I can nat escape And syth it is so that my body can nat go nor acheue that my hart desireth I Wyll sende the hart instede of the body to accomplyhssmyn auowe and bycause I knowe nat in all my realme no knyght more valyaunt than ye be nor of body so Well furnysshed to accoÌ„plysshemyn avowe in stede of my selfe Therfore I require you myn owne dere aspeciall freÌ„de that ye wyll take on you this voiage for the loue of me and to acquite my soule agaynst my lord god For I trust so moche in your noblenes and trouth that and ye wyll take on you I doubte nat but that ye shall achyue it and than shall I dye in more ease and quiete so that it be done in suche maner as I shall declare vnto you I woll that as soone as I am trepassed out of this worlde that ye take my harte owte of my body and enbawme it and take of my treasoure as ye shall thynke sufficient for that entreprise both for yor selfe and suche company as ye wyll take With you and present my hart to the holy Sâ—pulchre Where as our lorde laye Seyng my body can nat come there And take with you suche company and purueyaunce as shal be aparteyuyng to your astate And where so euer ye come let it be knowen howe ye cary with you the harte of kyng Robert of Scotland at his instauÌ„ce and desire to be pÌ„sented to the holy sepulchre ThaÌ„ all the lordes that harde these wordes wept for pitie And whan this knyght syr William Duglas myght speke for wepyng he sayd I gentle noble kyng a C. tymes I thanke your grace of the great honour that ye do to me Sith of so noble and great treasure ye gyue me in charge And syr I shall do with a glad harte all that ye haue coÌ„mauÌ„ded me to the best of my true power
a letter that he layd forth the whiche was nat true as it was sayde Wherfore the kyng was in suche displeasure that yf hadde takyn hym in his ire surely it hadde coste hym his lyfe Without remedye So this syr Robert was fayne to boyde the realme of Fraunce and went to Namure to the Erle JohnÌ„ his Nephewe Than the kyng toke the Erles wyfe and her two sonnes who were his owne nephewes JohnÌ„e and Charles and dyd put them in prison and were kept straytly and the kyng sware that they shuld neuer come out of prison as long as they lyued The kyng is mynde wolde nat be turned by no maner of meanes Than the kyng in his furye sente hastely to the busshopp Laoul of Liege 〈…〉 desired hym at his instauÌ„ce that he wolde befye and make warre agaynst the erle of Namure without he wolde put out of his countrey 〈◊〉 Roberte erle of Artoyse ¶ And this busshoppe Who greatly loued the kynge of Fraunce and but lytle loued his neyghbours dyda 〈…〉 yâ— kyng desired hym Than the erle of Namure sore ageynst his wyll caused the erle of Artoyse to auoyde his lande Than this erle 〈◊〉 Robert went to the duke of Brabant his cosyn who right ioyously receyued hym and dyd hym great coÌ„forte And as soone as the kyng of FrauÌ„ce knew that he sent worde to the duke that if he wold susteyue maynteyn or susâ—re the erle of Artoyse in his coâ—trey he shulde haue no greatter ennemy than he wold be to hym and that he wolde make warre ageynst hym and al his to the best of his power with all the realme of Fraunce Than the duke sent the erle of Artoyse pryuely to Argeâ—tuel to then tent to se what the kyng wold do forther in the case And anon the kyng knew it for he had spyes in euery corner The kyng had great dispyte that the duke shuld so dele with hym and within a brief space after the kyng pourchased so by reason of his golde syluer that the kyng of Behaigne who was cosin iermayn to yâ— duke of Brabant and the busshop of Liege the arche bysshop of Coleyn the duke of Guerles the matques of Julyers the erle of Bare the lord of Los the lorde Fawkmount and diuers other lordes were alied to guyther al ayenst the duke of Brabant and defyed hym and entred with a great oste in to his countrey by Esbayng and so 〈◊〉 to Hanut brent twyse ouer the couÌ„trey where as it pleased them And the kyng of FrauÌ„ce sent with them therle of Ewe his Constable with a great oste of men of armes Than the 〈◊〉 〈…〉 liaÌ„ of Heynaulte sent his wy 〈…〉 〈◊〉 kyng and his brother 〈◊〉 JohnÌ„ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈…〉 de Beamont into Fraunce to t 〈…〉 peace sufferauÌ„ce of warr bitwene the kyng and the duke of Brabant And at last the kyng of FraÌ„ce wisâ—y moche warke consented therto vpon condition that the duke shulde put hym selfe vtterly to abyde the ordynaunce of the kyng of FrauÌ„ce and of his counsaile in euery mater that the kyng 〈◊〉 all suche as had befyed hym had ageynst hym And also with in a certayn day lymitted to auoyde out of his couÌ„trey the erle of Artoyse to make shorte al this the duke dyd sore ayenst his wyll ¶ Howe kyng Edwarde of Ingland toke the towne of Berwyke ageynst the Scottis Cap. xxvi YE haue harde here before recited of the truce bitwene Inglande and Scotland for the space of .iii. yere and so the space of â—â—ue yere they kept well the peace so that in CCC yere before there was nat so good peace kept Now beit kyng Edward of Ingland was enformed that the yong kyng Dauid of Scotland who had wedded his suster was seaâ—ed of the towne of Berwyke the whtche ought to apperteyn to the realme of Ingland for kyng Edward the first his graunfather had it in his possession peasably Also the kyng was e 〈…〉 〈◊〉 the realme of Scotlande shulde holde in chief of the Crowne of Inglande and how the yong kyng of scottis had nat done as thaÌ„ his homage Wherfore the kyng of Ingland sent his ambassad to the kyng of scottis desyryng hym to leue his handis of the towne of Berwyke for it parteyned to his heritage for kyngis of Inglande his predecessours haue ben in possession therof And also they somoned the kyng of Scottis to come to the kyng of Ingland to do his homage for the realme of Scotland Than the kyng of Scottis toke counsaile howe to answere thys mater And finally the kyng answerde the Engliâ—â— he ambassadours and sayd Syrs both I and all the nobles of my realme meruaile greatly of that ye haue requyred vs to do for we fynd nat auncientely that the realme of Scotlande shulde any thyng be bounde or be subgiet to the realme of Ingland nother by homage or any other wayes Nor the kyng of noble memorye our father wolde neuer do homage to the kyngê of Ingland for any warre that was made vnto hym by any of 〈◊〉 No more in like wyse I am in wyll to do And also kyng Robert our father conquered the towne of Berwyke by force of armes agaynst kyng Edwarde father to the kyng your maister that nowe is And so my father helde it all the dayes of his lyfe as his good heritage And so in lyke maner we thynke to do to the best of our power Howe be it lordes We require you to be meanes to the kyng your master whose suster we haue maryed that he wyll suffre vs peaseably to enioye our frauÌ„ches and ryghtis as his auncetours haue done here before And to lette vs enioye that our father hath woune and kept it peaseably all his lyfe dayes and desyre the kyng your maister that he wold nat beleue any euyll counsaile gyuen hym to yâ— contrary For if ther were any other prince that wolde do vs wrong he shuld aide succour and defende vs for the loue of his suster Whom We haue maryed Than these ambassadours answerd and said Syr we haue well vnderstand your answere we shall shewe it to the kyng our lorde in lyke maner as ye haue said and so toke theyr leaue and returned into Inglande to the kyng With the whiche answere the kyng of Ingland was nothyng content Than he somoned a parliament to be holden at WestmÌ„ where as all the nobles wyse men of the realme were assembled to determine what shuld be best to be done in this mater And in this meane tyme ser Robert erle of of Artoys came into Inglande dysguysed lyke a marchaunt and the kyng rereyued hym right ioyously and reteyned hym as one of his counsaile and to hym assigned the Erledom of Rychemount And whan the daye of the parliament aproched and that all the nobles of the lande were assembled about LondoÌ„ ThaÌ„ the kyng caused to be shewed the message and howe he had wrytten to the kyng of scottis and of the answere of the same
kyng Wherfore the kyng desyred all the nobles of his realme that they wolde gyue hym suche counsaile as shulde aê‘teyne to the sauyng of his honour and ryght And whan they were all assembled in counsaile they thought that the kyng myght no lenger bear by his honour the iniuryes and wronges that the kyng of Scottê dyd hym dayly and so they reported their aduise to the kyng exortyng hym to prouyde for his force and strength of men of warre to atteyne therby the towne of Berwike And to entre into the realme of Scotland in suche wyse that he shulde constrayne the kyng of Scottis to be ioyfull to come do his homage to hym And so all the nobles and coÌ„mons of the realme of Ingland sayd they wold gladly and willyngly go with hym in that iourney And of theyr good wyls the kyng thaÌ„ked them greatly desired them to be redy aê‘ailed at a daye assigned to asseÌ„ble to gyther at New castell vpon Tyne And than euery man went home and pÌ„pared for that iourney Than the kyng sent agayn other ambassadours to the kyng of scottê his brother in lawe sufficiently to soÌ„mon hym and if he wolde nat be other wyse aduysed than the kyng gaue them full auctorite to defie hym And so the day of the assembly of the kyngê oste aproched at yâ— whiche day the kyng of InglaÌ„de and all his ost aryued at New castell vpoÌ„ Tyne and there taried .iii. dayes for the residue of his oste that was comyng after And on the fourth day he departed with al his oste toward Scotland and passed through the landes of the lord Persy and of the lorde Neuell Who were two great lordes in Northumberland and marched on the scottis And in like wyse so dyd the lorde Rosse and the lorde Ligy and the lorde Mombray Than the kynge and all his oste drew toward the cite of Berwyke For yâ— kyng of Scotland made no other answere to these .ii. messengers but as he dyd to the fyrst wherfore he was opeÌ„ly defied and somoned And so the kyng of Ingland and his oste entred into ScotlaÌ„d for he was couÌ„sailed that he shuld nat tary at siege at Berwike but to ryde forth and to burne the Countrey as his graund father dyd and so he dyd In whiche iourney he wasted distroyed all the playn countrey of Scotland and exiled diuerse townes that were closed with dykê and with pales toke the strong cattell of Enyagburth and sette therin a g 〈…〉 passed the secund 〈◊〉 in ScotlaÌ„d 〈…〉 lyn and ran ouer all the countrey there abowte to Scone distroyed the good towne of Douf fremlyn but they dyd no euyll to the abbey for the kyng of Ingland coÌ„maunded that no hurte shuld be done therto and so the kyng coÌ„quered all the countrey to Dondieu and to â—oubreten a strong castell staÌ„dyng on the marches ayenst the wylde scottis where as the kyng of Scottê and the quene his wyfe were withdrawen vnto for suretie For there were no scottis yâ— wolde appere afore the englisshe men for they were all drawen into the forelf of Ged worth the whiche wer inhabitable and specially for them yâ— knew nat the countrey wherin all the scottis wer and all theyr gooddis And so they set but a lytle by all the reÌ„uant And it was no maruaile thoughe they were thus dryuen for the kyng their lorde was but .xv. yere of age and the erle of Morrey was but yong and the nephew of Willyam Duglas that was slayne in Spayn was also of the same age So as at yâ— tyme the realme of Scotland was dispurueyed of good capiteyns And whan the kyng of Ingland had ronouer all the playne countrey of Scotlande and taried ther the space of .vi. monethes and sawe that none wold come agaynst hym Than he garnysshed diuers castels that he had wonne and thought by them to make warre to all the other Than he withdrew fayre and easely toward Berwike And in his returnyng he wan the castell of Aluest parteynyng to the heritage of the erle Duglas it was a .v. leagis fro EdeÌ„burge and ther in the kyng set good capitayus and than rode small iourneis tyll he came to Berwike the whiche is at the entre of Scotlande and there the kyng layd rounde about his siege and sayd he wolde neuer depart thens tyll he had wonne it orels the kyng of Scottis to come and to reyse his siege parforee And within the towne there were good men of warre set there by the kyng of Scottis Before this cite ther were many assaultis and sore skrymysshes â—ygh euery daye for they of the cite wolde nat yelde them vp symply for alwaies they thought to be reseued how be it there was no succour appered The scottê on mornyng is and nyghtis made many sâ—ryes to trouble the oste but lytle hurte they dyd for the englysshe oste was so well kept that the scottis coulde nat entre but to theyr dammage and often tymes loste of theyr men ¶ And whan they of Berwike sawe that no comfort nor ayde came to them fro any part that theyr vitayles began to fayle howe they were enclosed both by water and by lande Than they began to fall in a treate with the kyng of Ingland and desired a truee to indure a moneth and if within the moneth kyng Dauid theyr lorde or some other for hym come nat by force to reyse the siege thaÌ„ they to rendre vp the cite their lyues and gooddis saued and that the soudiers within myght safly go into theyr countrey without any dammage This treaty was nat lightly grauÌ„ted for the kyng of Ingland wolde haue had them yelded symply to haue had his pleasure of some of them bicause they had hold so loÌ„g ayenst hym But finally he was content by the counsaile of his lordê And also ser Robert of Artoys dyd put therto his payne who had ben all that iourneye with yâ— kyng had shewed hym alwayes home he was uert enheriter to the crowne of Fraunâ—â— he wolde gladly that the kyng shuld haue made warre into FrauÌ„ce a left the warres of Scotland So his wordes others inclined greatly the kyng to coÌ„discend to the treaty of Berwike So this truee and treaty 〈…〉 s grauÌ„ted Than they within the cite sent worde to their kyng in what case they stode but for all that they coulde fynde no remedy to reyse the siege So the cite was delyuered vp at th ende of the moneth and also the castell and the Marshals of the osâ— toke possession for the kyng of Ingland and the burgesses of the cite came and dyd theyr feaute and homage to the kyng and sware to hold of hym Than after the kyng entred with great solempuite and taryed there .xii. dayes and made a capitayn ther called syr Edward Bailleul and whan the kyng departed he lefte with the sayde knyght certayne yong knyghtis and squiers to helpe to kepe the landis that he had conquered of
without respyte All such great men as knyghtes squires or burgeses of good townes as he thought fauourable to therle in any maner he banysshed them out of Flaunders And wolde leuey the moyte of their landes to his owne vse and thother halfe to their wyuess and chyldren such as were banysshed of whome there were a great noÌ„bre abode atsaynt Diners To speke properly there was neuer in Flaunders nor in none other contrey prince duke nor other that ruled a countrey so pesably so long as this Jaques Dartuell dyd rule Flaunderss He leuyed the rentes wynages and rightes that pertayned to therle through out all Flanderss and speÌ„ded all at his pleasure without any acompt makyng And whaÌ„he wold say the he lacked money they byleued hym and so it behoued them to do for none durst say agaynst hym Whan he wold borowe any thynge of any burgesse there was none durst say hym nay These englyssh embassadours kept an honourable estate at the towne of Ualencennes They thought it shulde be agreat comforte to the kynge their lorde yf they might gette the flymmynges to take their part Than they toke counsell of therle in that mater and he answered that truely it shulde be one of the grettest aydes that they coude haue But he sayd he thought their labour in that behalfe coude nat preuayle without they gette first the goodwyll of Jaques Dartuell Than they said they wolde assay what they coude do so thervpon they departed fro Ualenceunes and went into Flaunders and departed into thre or foure coÌ„panies Some went to Bruges some to Ipre and some to GauÌ„t And they all kept such port made so large dyspeÌ„ce that it semed that syluer and golde fell out of their haÌ„des and made many great promyses and offers to them that they spake to for that mater And the bysshoppÌ„ with a certayne with hym weÌ„t to Gaunt and he dyd somuch what with fayre wordê and otherwyse that he gate thacorde of Jaques Dartuell And dyd gette great grace in the towne and specially of an olde knyght that dwelt in Gauut who was ther right well beloued called the lorde of Courcisyen a knight baneret and was reputed for a hardy knight had alwayes serued truely his lordes This knyght dyd moche honour to thenglysshemen as a valyant knyght ought to do to all straÌ„gers Of this he was accused to the french kyng who incontynent sent a strayt commaundement to therle of Flaunders that he shulde send for this sayd knyght and assone as he had hym to strike of his hed Th erle who durst nat breke the kynges coÌ„manndemeÌ„t dyd somoch that this knyght came to hym at his sendyng as he that thought non yuell and incontyneÌ„t he was taken his heed stryken of Wherof many folkes were sorie and were sore dysplesed with therle for he was welbeloued with the lordes of the contrey These englysshe lordes dyd somoche that Jaques Dartuell dyuerse tymes had togyder the counselles of the good townes to speke of the besynes that these lordes of Englande desyred and of the frauÌ„chyses and amyties that they offred them in the kyng of EnglaÌ„des byhalfe So often they spake of this mater that fynally they agreed that the kynge of Englande myght come and go into Flaunders at his pleasure Howe beit they sayd they were so sore bouude to the french kyng that they myght nat entre into the realme of Fraunce to make any warre without they shulde forfayt a great somme of florens and so they desyred that they wold be coÌ„tent with this answere as at that tyme. Thenglysshe lordes retourned agayne to Ualencennes with great ioy often tymes they sent worde to the kyng of Englande how they spedde and euer he sent theym golde and syluer to berâ— their charges and to gyue to the lordes of Almaygne who desyred nothyng els In this season the noble erle of Heynalt dyed the .vi. day of June the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xxxvii. and was buryed at the friers in Ualencennes The bysshoppe of CaÌ„braysang the masse ther were many dukes erles and barownes for he was welbeloued and honoured of all people in his lyfe dayes After his dyscease the lorde Wyllyam his sonne entred into the counteis of Heynalt Hollande and zelande Who had to wyfe the dougther of duke JohnÌ„ of BrabaÌ„t and had to name Jahane She was endowed with the lande of Bynche the which was a right fayre heritage and a profitable And the lady Jahan her mother went to Fontnels on Lescault and ther vsed the resydue of her lyfe in great deuotion in thabbey ther and dyd many good dedes ¶ How certayne nobles of FlauÌ„ders kept the yle of Cagaunt agaynst thenglysshemen Cap. xxx OF all these ordynaunces and confortes that the kyng of England had get on that syde the see Kyng PhylippÌ„ of Fraunce was well enformed of all the mater wolde gladly haue had the flemmyngê on his part But Jaques Dartuell had so surmounted all maner of people in FlauÌ„ders that none durst say agaynst his opynion nor the erle hym selfe durst nat well abyde in the countrey For he had sent the countesse his wyfe and Loys his sonne into Fraunce for dout of the fleÌ„mynges In this season ther were in the yle of Cagant certayne knyghtes and squyers of FlaÌ„ders in garyson As sir Dutres de Haluyn syr JohnÌ„ de Radays and the sonnes of Lestriefe They kept that passage agaynst theÌ„glysshmen and made couert warre wherof thenglysshe lordes beyng in Heynalt were well enformed and how that if they went that way homewarde into England they shulde be met withall to their dyspleasure Wherfore they were nat well assured howbeit they rode and went about the countrey at their pleasure All was by the confort of Jaques Dartuell for he supported and honoured them as moche as he might And after these lordes went to Doudrech in Holande and ther they toke shypping to eschue the passage of Cagaunt Wher as the garison was layd for them by the commaundement of the frenche kyng so these englisshe lordes caÌ„e agayne into England as priuely as they coude And came to the kyng who was right ioyouse of their commyng and whan he harde of the garyson of Cagaunt He sayd he wolde prouyde for them shortly and anone after he ordayned therie of Derby ser Water Manny and dyuerse other knyghtes squiers with fyue hundred men of armes and two thousande archers and they toke shippyng at London in the ryuer of Tames The first tyde they went to Grauesende the next day to Margate and at the thyrde tyde they toke the see sayled into FlauÌ„ders So they aparelled them selfe and came nere to Cagaunt ¶ Of the batell of CagauÌ„t bytwene thenglysshmen and the frenchmen Cap. xxxi WHan thenglysshmen sawe the towne of Cagaunt before theÌ„ they made theÌ„ redy and had wynd and tyde to serue them And so in the name of god and saint George they approched and blewe vp their trumpettes
they rodde forthe brennynge and pyllynge the countrey a thre or foure leages a day and euer toke their logynge be tymes And a company of englysshmen and Almaygnes passed the ryuer of Somme by the abbey of â—ermans and wasted the countrey al about An other company wherof sit JohaÌ„n of Heynalt the lorde FaulquemoÌ„t and sir Arnold of Barquehen were chefe rode to Drigny saynt Benoyste a good towne But it was but easely closed incontynent it was taken by assaut and robbed and an abbey of ladyes vyolated and the towne brent Than they departed and rode towarde Guys and Rybemont and the kynge of Englande lodged at â—ehories and ther taryed a day and his men ranne abrode and dystroyed the countrey Than the kynge toke the way to the Flammengerie to come to Lesche in Thyerasse and the marshals and the bysshoppÌ„ of Lpncolne with a fyue hunderd speres passed the ryuer of Trysague and entred into Laonnoys towarde the lande of the lorde of Couâ—y and bret saynt Gouuen and the towne of Matle And on a nyght lodgedde in the valey besyde Laon and the nerte day they drewe agayne to their hoost for they knewe by some of their prisoners that the frenche kyng was come to saynt â—uyntines with a. C. thousand men and there to passe the ryuer of Somme So these lordes in their retournynge brent a good towne called Crecy and dyuerse other townes and hamelettes ther about ¶ Now let vs speke of ser JohnÌ„ of Heynalt and his company who were a fyue hundred speres he came to Guys and brent all the towne and bete downe the mylles And with in the fortresses was the lady Jane his owne doughter wyfe to therle of Bloys called Lewes she desyred her father to spare therytage of the erle his son in lawe But for all that sit JohnÌ„ of Henalt wolde nat spare his enterprise and so than he retourned agayne to the kyng who was lodged in thabbey of Sarnaques and euer his peple r 〈…〉 ouer the countrey And the lorde of Falquemont with a. C. speres came to Lonnion in Thyerasse a great towne and the men of the towne were fled into a great wood and had all their goodes with them And had fortifyed the wood with fellyng of tymbre about theÌ„ the Almayns rode thyder and there mette with them Sir arnolde of Baquehen and his company so ther they assayled them in the wood who defeÌ„dyd theÌ„ aswell as they might but finally they were coÌ„quered and put to flight And ther wer slayne and sore hurt mo than .xl. and lost all that they had thus the contrey was ouer ryden for they dyd what they lyst ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande the french kyng toke day of iourney to fight togyder Cap. xâ— THe kyng of Englande depted fro Sarnaques and went to Muttrell And ther loged a nyght the next day he went to the FlameÌ„gery made all his meÌ„ to loge nere about hym Wherof he had mo than .xl. thousande and there he was couÌ„selled to avyde kyng 〈…〉 lyp and to fyght with hym The french kyng depted fro saynt Duyntines and dayly men came to hym fro all partes so caÌ„e to UyroÌ„fosse There the kyng taryed sayd howe he wold nat go thens tyll he had fought with the kynge of Englande with his alyes seyng they were within two leages toguyther And whaÌ„ therle of Heynalt who was at Duâ—lnoy redy purueyed of men a warr knewe that yâ— frenche kyng was at Uyronfosse thynkyng there to gyue batayle to thenglysshmen He rode forthe tyll he caÌ„e to the french hoost with .v. C. speres and preseÌ„ted hymself to the kyng his vncle who made hym but small cher vycause he had ven with his aduersary before Cambray Howe ve it the erle excused hymselfe so sagely that the kynge and his counsayle were well coÌ„tent And it was ordayned by the marshals that is to say by the marshall Bertrame and by yâ— marshall of Try that the erle shulde be lodged next the englysshe hoost Thus these two kynges were lodged bytwene â—yroÌ„fosse and FlameÌ„gery in the playne feldes without any aduauntage I thynke ther was neuer sene before so goodly an assemble of noble men togyder as was there Whanne the kynge of England beyng in the chapell of Thyerasse knewe how that king Phâ—â—yppÌ„ was with in two leages than he called the lordes of his host togyder and demauÌ„ded of them what he shuld do his honour saued for he sayd that his enten cyon was to gyue batayle Than the lordes behelde eche other and they desyrâ—dde the duke of BrabaÌ„t to shewe first his entent The duke said that he was of the accorde that they shulde gyue batayle for otherwyse he sayd they coude nat depart sauyng their honours Wherfore he counsayled yâ— they shulde sende harauloes to the frenche kyng to demaunde a day of batayle Than an haraulde of the duke of Guerles who coude well the langage offrenche was enformed what he shulde say and so herode tyll he came into yâ— frenche hoost And than he drewe hym to kynge Philyppe and to his counsayle and sayd ser the kynge of Englande is in the felde and desyreth to haue batell power agaynst power The whiche thyng kyng Philyppe graunted and toke the day the friday nextafter and as thaÌ„ it was weduisday And so the haraude reâ—ourned well rewarded with good â—urred gownes gyuen hym by the french kyng and other lordes bycause of the tidynges that he brought So thus the iourney was agreed knowledge was made therof to all the lordes of bothe the hoostes and so euery man made hym redy to the matter The thursday in the mornyng there were two knyghtes of therâ—e of Heynaultes the lorde Sanguinelles and the lorde of Tupeney They mounted on their horses and they two all onely depted fro the frenche hoost and rode to a viewe yâ— englyssh hoost So they roâ—e coâ—â—yng the hoost and it fortuned that the lorde of Sanguynelles horse toke the bridell in the tethe in suche wyse that his maâ—â—ter coud nat rule hym And so why ther he wolde or nat the horse brought hym into thenglysshe hoost and there he fell in the handes of the 〈…〉 maynes who perceyued well that he was none of their company and set on hym and toke hym and his horse And so he was prisoner to a fyue orsixe gentylmen of 〈…〉 mayne a none they set hym to his raunsome And whan they vnderstode that he was a â—aynome theâ— demaunded of hym if he knewe ser Johâ— of Hepnalt and he answered yes and desyred them for the loue of god to bring hym to his presens for he knewe well that he wolde quyte hym his rauÌ„some Therof were the Almaygns ioyous and so brought hym to the lorde Beaumounde who incontynent dyde pledge hym out fro his maisters handes And the lorde of Sanguynelles retourned agayne to therle of Heyualt and he had his horse agayne delyuered hym at the request of the lorde
a brige ouer this ryuer wherby he his myght passe ouer I pray you bring me agayne an answere and I shall tary here tyll ye retourne Than the lord of MaubussoÌ„ strake his horse with the spurres and rode to the kyngê tent where as the duke of Normandy and many other lordê were ther he shewed his message he had a short answere for he was coÌ„maunded to tell hym that sent him thyder that in the same case as they had helde the erle in likewyse so they wold coÌ„tynue Sayng how they wold make hym to sell his lande and that he shuld haue warr on euery syde whan we lyst we woll entre into Heynalt so farr that we woll bren all his eoÌ„trey This answer the lorde of Maubusson reported to the lorde BeamoÌ„d who thanked hym of his labour so retourned to therle whom he found playng at chesse with therle of Namur and assone as therle sawe his vncle he a rose and harde the answere that the frenche kynge had sent hym wherwith the erle was dysplesed and sayd well I trust it shall nat be as he purposeth ¶ Of the batell on the see before Sluse in FlauÌ„ders bytwene the kynge of England and the frenchmen Ca. l. NO we let vs leaue somwhat to speke of therle of Henalt and of the duke of Normandy and speke of the kyng of England Who was on the see to the intent to arryue in Flaunders and so into Heynalt to make warr agaynst the freÌ„chmen This was on mydsomer euyn in the yer of our lorde M. C C C .xl. all thenglyssh flete was departed out of the ryuer of Tames and toke the way to Sluse And the same tyme bytwene Blanqueberque and Sluse on the see was sir Newe Kyryell sir Peter Bahuchet and Barbnoyr and mo than sirscore great vessels besyde other and they wer of normayns bydaulr genowes and pycardes about the noÌ„bre of .xl. M. Ther they were layd by the french kyng to defend the kyng of Englandes passage The kyng of England and his came saylyng tyll he caÌ„e before Sluse and whan he sawe so great a nombre of shippes that their mastes semed to be lyke a gret wood he demauÌ„ded of the maister of his shyp what peple he thought they were he answered and sayd sir I thynke they be normayns layd here by the frenche kyng and hath done gret dyspleasur in Englande brent your towne of Hampton and taken your great shyppe the Christofer a ê™ the kyng I haue long desyred to fyght with the freÌ„chmen and nowe shall I fyght with some of theÌ„ by the grace of god and saynt George for truly they haue done me so many dysplesurs that I shall be reuenged I may Than the king set all his shyppes in order the grettest befor well furnysshed with archers euer bytwene two shyppes of archers he had one shyppÌ„ with men of armes than he made an other batell to ly a lofe with archers to confort euer theÌ„ that were moost wery yf nede were And ther were a great nombre of countesses ladyes knyghtê wyues other damosels that were goyng to se the quene at Gaunt these ladyes the kyng caused to be well kept with thre hundred men of armes and .v. C. archers ¶ Whan the kyng and his marshals had ordered his batayls he brewe vp the seales and canâ— with a quarter wynde to haue the vauntage of the sonne And so at last they tourned a lytell to get the wynde at wyll and whan the normayns sawe them recule backe they had maruell why they dyde so And some sayd they thynke them selfe nat mete to medyll with vs wherfore they woll go backe they sawe well howe the kyng of England was ther personally by reason of his baners Than they dyd appareyle their flete in order for they wer sage and good men of warr on the see and dyd set the Christofer the which they had won the yer before to be formast with many trumpettes and instrumentes and so set on their ennemies Ther began a sore batell on bothe partes archers and crosbowes began to shore and men of armes aproched and fought bande to hande and the better to come togyder they had great hokes graperss of prou to cast out of one shyppe into an other And so tyed theÌ„ fast togyder ther were many dedess of armes done takyng and rescuyng agayne And at last the great Christofer was first won by theÌ„glysshmen and all that were within it taken or slayne Than ther was great noyse and cry and thenglysshmen aproched and fortifyed the Christofer with archers and made hym to passe on byfore to fyght with the genoweyss This batayle was right fierse and terryble for the batayls on the see at more dangerous and fierser than the batayls by lande For on the see ther iss no reculyng nor sseyng ther is no remedy but to fight and to abyde fortune and euery man to shewe his prowes Of a trouthe sir Newe Kyriell and sir Bahuchet and Bathe Noyer were ryght good and expert men of warre This batayle endured fro the mornyng tyll it was noone theÌ„glysshmen endured moche payne for their ennemies were foure agaynst one and all good men oâ— the see ther the king of England was a noble knight of his ownehandê he was in the stouer of his yongh In like wyse so was the erle of Derby PeÌ„broke Herforde HuÌ„tyngdon Northampton and Glocetter sir Raynolde Cobham sir Rycharde Stafforde the lorde Percy sir water of Manny sir Henry of Flaunders sir JohnÌ„ Beauchamp the lorde Felton the lorde Brasseton sir Chandos the lorde Dalawarre the lorde of Multon sir Robert Dartoys called erle of Rychmont and dyuerse other lordes and knyghtess who bare themselfe so valy antly with some socours that they had of Brugê and of the countrey there about that they obtayned the vyctorie So that the freÌ„chmen normaynss and other were dysconsetted slayne and drowned there was nat one that scaped but all were slayne WhanÌ„e this vyctorie was atchyued the kyng all that nyght abode in his shyppe before Sluse with great noyse of truÌ„pettes and other instrumentes Thyder came to se the kynge dyuers of Flaunders suche as had herde of the kynges coÌ„myng and than the kyng demaunded of the burgesses of Bruges howe Jaques Dartuell dyd They answered that he was gone to yâ— erle of Heynalt agaynst the duke of NormaÌ„dy with .lx. M. ssemynges And on the next day yâ— which was mydsomer day the kyng and all his toke lande and the kyng on fote went a pylgrimage to our lady of ArdeÌ„bourge and ther herd masse and dyned and thanÌ„e toke his horse and rode to Gaunt where the quene receyued hym with great ioye and all his caryage caâ—e after lytell and lytell Than the kyng wrote to therle of Heynault and to theym within the castell of Thyne certyfieng them of his arryuall And whan therle knewe therof that he had dysconfyted the army on the see he dylloged and gaue
of the hoost ranne after theÌ„ lyke madde men Than Gaultier sayd let me neuer be beloued with my lady without I haue a course with one of these folowers and therwith tourned his spere in the rest and in likewyse so dyd the two bretherne of L â–ª dall and the haz of Brabant sir yues of Tribyquedy sir Galeran of Landreman and dyuerse other companyons they ran at the first comers ther myght well a ben legges sene tourned vpwarde ther began a sore medlynge for they of the hoost alwayes encreased Wherfore in behoued thenglysshmen to withdrawe towarde ther fortresse ther might well a ben sene on bothe ê‘ties many noble dedes takyng and rescuyng yâ— englysshmen drewe sagely to yâ— dykes and ther made a stall tyll all their men wer in sauegard and all the resydue of the towne yssued out to rescue their coÌ„pany and caused them of the hoost to recule backe So whan they of the host sawe how they coude do no good they drewe to their lodgynges and they of the fortresse in likewyse to their lodgynges than the countesse disceÌ„dyd downe fro the castell with a gladde chere and came and kyst sir Gaultier of Manny and his companyons one after an other two or thre tymes lyke a valyant lady ¶ Howe the castell of Conquest was wonne two tymes Cap. lxxxii THe next day sir Loys of Spayne called to counsell the vycont of Rohayne the bysshoppe of Leon the lorde Henry of Leon and the master of the geneuoys to know ther aduyse what was best to do they sawe well the towne of Hanybout was marueylously strong and greatly socoured by meanes of tharchers of England they thought their tyme but lost to abyde there for they coude nat se howe to wynne any thyng ther. Than they all agreed to dyslodge yâ— nexte day and to go to the castell of Alroy where sir Charles of Bloys lay at siege the next day betymes they pulled downe their lodgynges and drewe thyder as they were purposed And they of the towne made great cryeng and showtyng after theÌ„ and some yssued out to aduenture theÌ„ selfe but they were sone put a backe agayne and lost some of their company or they coude entre a gayne into yâ— towne Whan sir Loys of Spayne caÌ„e to sir Charles of Bloys he shewed hym the reason why he left thesege before Hanybout than it was ordayned that sir Loys of Spayne and his coÌ„pany shulde go and ley siege to Dynant the which was nat closed but with pales water and maresse and as sir Loyes went towarde Dynant he came by a castell called Conquest And captayne ther for the countesse was a knyght of NormaÌ„dy called sir Mencon and with hym dyuers soudyers sir Loys came thyder and gaue a great assaut and they within defended them so well that thassaut endured tyll mydaight and in the morning it began agayn thassaylantes persed so nere that they came to yâ— wall and made a great hole through for the dykes were of no depnesse And so byforce they entred and slewe all them within the castell except the knyght whome they toke prisoner and stablysshed ther a newe Chatelayne and a .lx. soudyers with hym thaÌ„ sir Loys departed went and layed seige to Dynaunt The countesse of Mountfort had knowledge howe sir Loyes of Spayne was assautyng of the castell of Conquest than she sayd to sir Water of Manny and his company that if they might rescue that castell they shuld achyue great honour They all agreed therto and deê‘ted the next morning fro Hanybout so yâ— ther abode but fewe behynde in the towne they rode so falt yâ— about noone they came to the castell of Conquest wherin was as than yâ— frenche garyson for they had won it the day before Whan sir Water of Manny sawe yâ— and howe that sir Loyes of Spayne was gone he was sory bycause he might nat fight with hym and sayd to his company sirs I wyll nat deê‘te hens tyll Ise what company is yander within the castell and to knowe howe it was wonne Than he and all his made them redy to the assaut and the frenchmen and spanyardes same that they defended theym selfe aswell as they might the archers helde them so short that then glysshmen aproched to the walles they found the hole in the wall wherby the cattell was won before and by the same place they entred slew all within excepte .x. that were taken to mercy than thenglysshmen and bretâ—ns drue agayne to Hanybout they wolde set no garyson in CoÌ„quest for they sawe well it was nat to he holden ¶ Howe sir Loyes of Spayne toke the towne of Dynant and of Gerande Cap. lxxxiii NOwe let vs retourne to Loys of Spayne who belieged the towne of Dynant in Bretayne and than he caused to be made lytell vessels to make assautê bothe by water and by lande And whan yâ— burgesses of the towne sawe howe they were in daÌ„ger to lese their lyues goodes they yelded theÌ„self agayne the wyll of their capten sir Raynalt Guyngnap whoÌ„ they slewe in the myddes of the market place by cause he wolde nat consent to them And whan sir Loyes of Spayne had ben ther two dayes and taken fealtie of the burgesses and set ther a newe capyten a squyer called Gerard of Maulyne whom they founde ther as prisoner and the lorde Pyers Portbeufe with hym Than they went to a great towne on the see syde called Gerand they layd siege therto and founde therby many vessels and shyppes laded with wyne that marchaÌ„tes had brought thyder fro Poycton â—ochell to sell the marchantes anon had solde their my nes but they were but yuell payed Than Loys caused some of the spanyardes and geneunys to entre into these shyppes and the next day they assayled the towne bothe by lande and by water so that they within coude nat defend theÌ„ selfe but that they were lightly wonne byforce and the towne robbed and all the people put to the swerde without mercy men women and chyldren and fyue churches brent and vyolated Wherof sir Loys was sore dyspleased and caused .xxiiii. of them that dyd yâ— dâ—de to be hanged for their labours Ther was moche treasoure won so that euery man had more than he coude bere away for it was a riche towne of marchan dyse Whan this towne was won they wyst nat whyder to go farther than sir Loys of Spayn and with hym sir Othes â—orne and certayne genowayes and spanyardes entred into yâ— shyppes to aduenture along by the see syde to seâ— they might wynne any thyng ther and the vycont of Rohayne the hysshoppe of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—en ry of Leon his nephue and all the other retourned to choost to sir Charles of â—loys who lay slyll before the castell of Aâ—lroy And ther they founde many knyghtes and lordes of Fraunce who were newely come thyder as sir Loyes of Poycters therle of Ualence therle of Aucerre therle of Porcyen therle of Joigny the erle of
was darke to thyntent to make them within the more abasshed they made great fiers so that the brightnesse therof gaue lyght into the cytie Wherby they within had wende that their houses had ben a fyre and cryed treason many were a bedde to rest them of their trayuell the day before and so rose sodenly and ran towardes the lyght without order or gode aray and without counsell of their captayns euery man within armed them Thus whyle they were in this trouble therle of Quenefort and sir Water of Manny with the thyrde batell came to the walles wher as there was no defence made and with their ladders mounted vp and entred into the towne the freÌ„chmen toke no hede of them they were so ocupyed in other places tyll they sawe their ennemis in the stretes Than euery maÌ„ fledde away to saue themselfe the captayns had no leaser to go into the castell but were fayne to take their horses yssued out at a postern happy was he that might get out to saue hymselfe all that euer were sene by thenglysshmen were taken or slayne and the towne ouer ron and robbed and the countesse and sir Robert Dartoyes entred into that towne with great ioy ¶ Howe sir Robert Dartoys dyed and where he was buryed Cap. lxxxxiii THus as I haue shewed you the cyte of Uannes was taken and a fyue dayes after the countesse of Mountfort sir Gualtier of Manny sir yues of Tribiquedy and dyuerse other knyghtê of englande and of Bretayne returned to Hanybout and therle of Salysbury therle of Pennefort therle of Suffolke therle of Cornwall departed fro Uannes fro sir Robert Dartoyes with thre thousandemen of armes and thre M. archers and went and layed siege to the cytie of Renes And sir Charles de Bloyes was departed thens but foure dayes before and was gone to Nantes but he had left in the cytie many lordes knyghtes and squyers And styll sir Loys of Spayne was on the see and kept so the fronters agaynst Englande that none coude go bytwene Englande and Bretayne without great danger They had done that yere to Englande great damage for the takyng thus of Uannes by thenglysshmen the countrey was sore abasshedde for they thought that there hadde been suche capitaynes that had ben able to haue detended de it agaynst all the worlde they knewe well the towne was stronge and well prouyded or men of warre and artyllary for this mysadnenture sir Henry of Leon and the lorde Clysson were sore a basshedde for their ennemyes spake shame agaynst theym These two knyghtes were so sore dyspleased with the mater that they gette togyder a company of knyghtes and soudyours so that at a day apoynted they met before the cytie of Uannes mothan .xii. thousande of one and other thyder came the lorde Robert of Beaumanoyre marshall of Bretayn they layd sege to the cite on all sydes and than assayled it fersly Whan 〈◊〉 Robert Dartoys sawe howe he was besieged in the cytie he was nat neglygent to kepe his defence and they without were fierse by cause they wolde nat that they that laye at siege at Renes shulde nat trouble theym They made so feerse assaute and gaue theym within so moche a do that they wan the barryers and after the gates and so cutted into the cytie by force The englysshmen were put to the chase and dyuerse hurte and slayne and specially sir Robert Dartoyes was sore hurte and scapedde hardely vntaken he departed at a posterne and the lorde Stafforde with hym the lorde Spencer was taken by sir Henry of Leon but he was so sore hurte that he dyed the thyrde day after Thus the frenchemen wanne agayne the cytie of Uannes sir Robert Darteyes taryed a season in Hanybout sore hurte and at laste he was counsayled to go into Englande to seke helpe for his hurtes but he was so 〈◊〉 handled on the see that his soores rankeled and at laste landed and was brought to London and within a shorte space after he dyed of the same hurtes and was buryed in London in the church of saynt Poule the kynge dyd as nobly his obsequy as though it had ben for his owne proper cosyne germayne therle of Derby his dethe was greatly be moned in Englande and the kyng of Englande sware that he wolde neuer rest tyll he had reuenged his dethe And sayde howe he wolde go hym selfe into Bretayne and bringe the countrey in suche case that it shulde nat be recouered agayne in fortie yere after Incontynent he sent out letters throughout his realme that euery noble man and other shulde come to hym within a moneth after And prepared a great nauy of shyppes and at the ende of the moneth he toke the see and toke landyng in Bretayne nat farre fro Uannes there as sir Robert Dartoyes ariyued he was thre dayes a landyng of all his prouisyon the .iiii. day he went towarde Uannes And all this season therle of Salisbury and therle of PeÌ„broke were lyeng at siege before Renes ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande came into Bretayne to make warre there Cap. lxxxxiiii AFter the kyng of Englande had ben a lande a certayne space he went and layed siege to UaÌ„nes And with in the towne ther was sir O lyuer of Clysson and sir HeÌ„ry of Leon the lorde of Turmyne sir Geffray of Malestrayet and sir Guy of Lohearc they supposed well before that the kyng of Englande wolde come into Bretayne wherfore they had prouyded the towne and castell with all thyngs necessary The kyng made a great assaut that endured halfe a day but lytell good they dyd the cyte was so well defeÌ„ded WhanÌ„e the countesse of Mountfort knewe that the kyng of Englande was come she departed fro Hanybout accompanyed with sir Gaultier of Manny and dyuers other knyghtes squyers and came before UaÌ„nes to se the kyng and the lordes of thoost and a foure dayes after she retourned agayne to Hanyboute with all her owne company ¶ Nowe let vs speke of sir Charles of Bloyes who was in Nauntes and assone as he knewe that the kyng of England was aryued in Bretayne he sent worde therof to the frenche kyng his vncle desyring him of socour Whan the king of England sawe this cyte so strong and hard reported howe the countrey ther about was so poore and so sore wasted yâ— they wyst nat wher to get any forage nother for maÌ„ nor beest ThaÌ„ he ordayned to deuyde his nombre first therle of Arundell the lorde Stafforde sir water of Manny sir yues of Tribyquedy and sir Rychard of Rochfort with .vi. C. men of armes vi M. archers to kepe styll the siege before UaÌ„nes to ryde and distroy the contrey all about And the kyng went to Renes wher he was ioy fully receyued with them that lay at siege there before and had done a long season And whan the kyng had ben ther a fyue dayes he vnderstode that sir Charles du Bloyes was at Nantes and
garter and a feest to be kept yerely at wynsore on saynt Georges day And to begynne this order the kynge assembled togyder erles lordes and knyghtes of his realme and shewed them his inteÌ„cyon And they all â—oyously agreed to his pleasur bycause thei sawe it was a thyng moche honourable wher by great amyte and loue shulde growe and encrease than was ther chosen out a certayne noÌ„bre of the moost valyantest men of the realme And they sware and sayled to mentayne the ordr naunces suche as were deuysed and the kyng made a chapell in the castell of wynsore of saynt George and stablysshed certayne chanous ther to serue god and enduyd them with fayre rent Than the kyng sende to publysshe this feest by his heraldes into Fraunce Scotlande â–ª Burgone Heynault Flaunders Brabant and into th eÌ„pyre of Almayne gyueng to euery knight and squyer that wolde come to the sayd feest xv dayes of saule conduct before the feest And after the whiche feest to begynne at wyndsore on saynt George day nexte after in the yere of our lorde M. CCC 〈◊〉 and the quene to be ther acâ—panyed with 〈◊〉 C. ladyes and damosels all of noble lynage â–ª and aparelled acordingly ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande delyuerd out of prison sir Henry of Leon. Cap. C. 〈◊〉 WHyle the kynge made this preparacion at wyndsore for this sayd feest tidynges came to hym howe the lorde Clysson and dyuers other lordes had lost their heedes in FrauÌ„ce wher with the kyng was sore dyspleased In so moch that he was in purpose to haue serued sir Henry of Leon in lyke case whom he had in prisonne but his cosyn the erle of Derby shewed to hym before his counsayle suche reasons to asswage his yre and to refrayne his cou rage Sayeng sir though that kyng Philyppe in his hast hath done so foule a dede as to put to dethe such valyant knyghtes â–ª yet sir for all that blemysshe nat your noblenesse and sir to say the trouth your prisoner ought to bere no blame for his dede but sir put hym to a resouable raunsoÌ„e Than the kynge sent for the knyght prisoner to come to his presence and than sayd to hym a sir Henry sir Henry myne aduersary Philyppe of Ualoyes hath shewed his feleny right cruell to put to dethe suche knyghtes wherwith I am sore dyspleased and it is thought to vs that he hath done it in dyspite of vs. And if I wolde regarde his malyce I shulde serue you in lyke maner for ye haue done me more dyspleasure and to myne in Bretayne than any other person but I woll suffre it and let hym do his worst for to my power I woll kepe myne honour and I am content ye shall come to a lyght ransome for the loue of my cosyn of Derby who hathe desyred me for you so that ye woll do that I shall shewe you The knyght answered and sayd sir I shal do all that ye shall coÌ„maunde me than sayd the kyng I knowe well ye be one of the richest knyghtes in Bretaygne and yf I wolde sore cease you ye shulde pay me .xxx. or .xl. M. â—â—utes but ye shall go to myne aduersary PhilyppÌ„ of Ualoyes and shewe hym on my behalfe that syth he hath so shamefully putte to dethe so valyant knyghtes in the dispyte of me I say and woll make it good he hath broken the truse taken by twene me and hym wherfore also I renownce it on my parte and defye hym fro this day forewarde And so that ye woll do this message yoâ— raunsome shal be but .x. M. scutes the which ye shall pay and sende to Bruges within .xv. dayes after ye he past the see and moreouer ye shall say to all knyghtes and squyers of those partes that for all this they leaue nat to coÌ„e to our feest at wyndsore for we wolde gladly se theym and they shall haue sure and saue coÌ„duct to retourne â—v dayes after the feest Sir sayd the knyght to the beste of my power I shall accomplysshe your message and god rewarde your grace for the courtessy ye shewe me and also I humbly thanke my lorde of Derby of his goodwyll And so sir Henry of Leon departed fro the kyng and went to Hampton and ther toke the see to thyntent to arryue at Harâ—â—ewe but a storme toke hym on the see which endured systene dayes and lost his horse whiche were caste into the see and sir Henry of Leon was so sore troubled that he had neuer helth after howe be it at laste he toke lande at Crotoy And so he and all his coÌ„pany went a fote to Abuyle and ther they get horses but sir Henry was so sicke that he was fayne to go in a lytter and so came to Parys to kynge PhilyppÌ„ and dyd his message fro poynt to poynt and he lyued nat long after but dyed as he went into his countrey in the cytie of Angyers god assoyle his soule ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande sent therle of Derby to make warre into Gascoyne Cap. C .ii. THe day of saynt George approched that this gret feest shuld be at Wynsore ther was a noble company of erles barownes ladyes and damoselles knyghtes and squyers great tryumphe iustynge and tournayes the which endured fyftene dayes and thyder came many knyghtê of dyuerse contreis as of Flanders Heynalt and Brabant but out of France ther came none This feest duryng dyuerse newse came to the kynge out of dyuers contreis thyder came knyghtes of Gascoyne as the lorde of Lesâ—are the lorde of Chaumount the lorde of Musydent â–ª sende fro the other lordes of the countrey suche as were englysshe as the lorde de Labreth the lorde of Punyeâ—s the lorde of Mountferant the lorde of Duâ—as the lorde of Carton the lorde of Grayly and dyuerse other and also ther were sent messangers fro the cytte of Bayon and fro Bourdeaux These messangers were well feested with the kynge and with his counsayle and they shewed hym howe that his countrey of Gascoyne and his good cytie of Bourdeaux were but febly conforted wherfore they desyred hym to sende thyder suche a captayne and suche men of warr that they might resyste agaynst the frenchemen who were in a great army and kept the feldes Than the kyng ordayned his cosyn the erle of Derby to go thyder he to be as chiefe captayne and with hym to go therle of Penbroke therle of Quenforde the baron of Stafforde sir Gaultier of Manny the lorde Franque de la Hall the lyeure de Brabant sir Hewe Hastynges sir Stephyn de Tombey the lorde of Manny sir Rychard Haydon the lorde Normant of Fynefroyde 〈◊〉 Robert of Lerny sir JohnÌ„ Norwyche sir Rycharde Rocklefe sir Robert of Quenton and dyuers other they were a fyue hundred knyghtes and squyers and two thousande archers the king sayd to his cosyn therle of Derby take with you golde and syluer ynough ye shall â—at lacke and depart largely therof with your men of warr
but they so agreed that the towne shuld be vnder the obeysance of the kyng of Englande and that they shulde sende twelfe of their burgesses into the cytie of Burdeaur for hostage And the lordes and knightes of Fraunce departed vnder saue conduct and went to the Ryoll ¶ Howe therle of Quenfort was taken in Gascoyne and delyuerd agayne by exchaung Cap. C .v. AFter this conquest the erle of Derby went to Bonu all and there made a great assaute and many hurte on bothe parties finally it was taken̄e and newe refresshed with captaynes and men of warre Than therle passed farther into the coūtie of Pyergourt and passed by Bordall without any assaute and laboured so longe that at laste he came before Pyergourt Th erle of that countrey was in the towne and the lorde Roger of Quenfort his vncle and the lorde of Duras with a sixscore knyghtes and squyers of the countrey The erle of Derby aduysed howe he myght best assayle the towne to his aduauntage for he same well it was stronge soo that all thynges consydred it was thought nat beste to enploy his people there in that ieopardy And so went and lodged a two leages thense by a lytell ryuer to the intent to assayle the castelle of Pelagrue about mydnight yssued out of Pyergourt a two hundred speares and are it was day they came into the lodgynges of thenglyssh men and slewe and hurte many and came into the erle of Quenfortes tent and founde hym armynge and he was so sharpely assayled that he was taken prisoner and thre other of his house Than the gascoyns went backe or the host were more styred and drewe agayne to their towne as it was nedefull for theym they founde their gates opyn for they were hotely pursued and driuen home into their barryers Than the gascons a lyghted and defended their barryers and fought hande to hande so that they lost nothyng Than thenglysshmen retourned to their hoost and the erle of Derby went to Pelagrue and ther was sixe dayes and made many great assautes ther was the delyuerance made of the erle of Quenfort and his company by exchang for the vycount of Bonquentyne the vycount of Chastellone the lorde of Lescue and of the lorde of Newcastell on the condycion that the landes of Pyergourt shulde abyde thre yeres in rest and peace but the lordes and knyghtes of the countrey might well arme themselfe with out any forfette but nothyng to be robbed and brent within the countrey durynge that space Thus thenglysshmen departed fro before Pelagrue for that pertayned to the countie of Pyergourt than the erle of Derby went to Auberoche a fayre castell and a stronge pertayninge to the bysshoppe of Tholouz Thenglysshmen lodged theymselfe there about as thoughe they were mynded to abyde there a longe space and dyde sende them worde within to yelde thēselfe for if they were taken byforce they were all but deed without mercy they within hadde great dout of their lyues and they sawe no socour cōmynge fro no partie than they yelded themselfe and became subgettes to the kyng of England Than the erle of Derby drewe towarde Burdeaux and left in garyson in Aube coche sir Frāque de la Halle and sir Alayne of Fynefroyde and sir John̄ of Lynedall Than̄e in his way he came to a good towne called Lyburne twelfe leages fro Burdeaux and layde siege about it and sayde howe he wolde nat depart thense tyll he had it They within tooke counsayle so that all thynges consydred the good and yuell they yelded them to therle of Derby and dyd homage and ther therle taryed a thre dayes and left the erle of Penbroke the lorde Stafforde sir Stephyn of Courey and sir Alysander Hausayle styll in Lyborne than therle of Derby ▪ the erle of Quenfort sir Gaultier of Manny and other rode streyght to Bourdeaux ¶ Howe therle of Layle layde siege before Auberoche Cap. C .vi. AT the retournynge of therle of Derby to Bourdeaux he was ioyefully receyued and mette with processyon and offeredde hym euery thyng in the towne at his pleasure there he taryed sported hym with the burgesses ladyes and damosels of the towne ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of the erle of Laylle who was at the Ryoll whan̄e he vnderstode that the erle of Derby was at Burdeaux and lay styll and no lickelyhode that he wolde styrre any farther that season Than he wrote to the erle of Pyergourt of Carmaynye of Couynes and of Breuniquele and to all the other lordes of Gascoyne of the frenche partie that they shulde assemble their men and come and mete hym before Auberoche for his mynde was to ley siege therto they all obeyed hym for he was as kynge in those parties of Gascoyne The lordes and knyghtes within Auberoche was nat ware of any siege tyll it was layd rounde about them so that none coude yssue out nor entre without parceyuinge The frenchemen brought with them four great engyns fro Tholouz the whiche dyd caste day and night they made no other assaut so within sixe dayes they had broken the roffes of the towres and chambers that they within durste nat abyde but in lowe vautes the intent of them of the host was to slee them all within or els to haue them yelde simply Th erle of Derby had knowledge howe the siege lay before Auberoch but he knewe nat that his company wer so sore oppressed as they were Whan sir Franque de Hall sir Aleyne de Fyneforde and sir John̄ of Lyndall who were thus besieged within Auberoche sawe thēselfe thus hardly bestadde they demaunded among their varlets if their were any for a good rewar de wolde bere a letter to therle of Derby to Bur deux one varlet stepped forth and sayd he wold gladly bere it nat for the aduantage of his rewarde but rather to helpe to delyuer them out of daunger In the nyght the varlette toke the letter sealed with their seales and thanne went downe the dykes and so past through the hoost there was none other remedy he was met with the firste watche and past by them for he spake good gascoyne and named a lorde of the hoost and sayd he parteyned to hym but than agayn he was taken among the tentes and so brought into the herte of the hoost he was sherched and the letter founde on hym and soo he was kepte saue tyll the mornynge that the lordes were assembled togyder Than the letter was brought to therle of Layle they had great ioye whanne they perceyued that they within were so sore cōstrayned that they coude nat long endure than they toke the varlet and hanged the letter about his necke and dyd put hym into an engyn and dyde cast hym into the towne The varlette fell downe deed wherwith they within were sore troubled the same season therle of Pyergourt and his vncle sir Charles of Poyters and the vycount of Carmany and the lorde of Duras were a horsbacke and passed by the walles of
the towne as nere as they might and cryed to them within and sayd in mockery sirs demauÌ„de of your messanger where he founde therle of Derby syth he went out but this nyght and is retourned agayne so shortly Than sir FraÌ„que de Hall sayde sirs though we be here in closed we shall yssue out whan it shall please god and the erle of Derby as wolde to god he knewe in what case we be in for and he knewe it there is none of you that durste kepe the felde and if ye wolde sende hym worde therof one of vs shall yelde hymselfe prisoner to you to be raunsomed as a gentylman ought to be the frenchmen answered nay nay sirs the mater shall nat go so The erle of Derby shall knowe it well ynough whan with our engyns we haue beaten downe the castell to the yerthe and that ye haue yelded vp simply for sauyng of your lyues Certaynly quod sir Franque we shall nat yelde our felfe so we woll rather dye here within so the freÌ„chmen retourned agayne to their hoost and the thre englysshe knyghtes were sore abasshed for yâ— stones yâ— fell in the towne gaue so sore strokes that it semed lyke thondre falled fro heuyn ¶ Howe therle of Derby toke before Auberoch therle of Layle and dyuers other erles and vycountes to the noÌ„bre of .ix. Cap. C .vii. ALl the mater of taking of this messaÌ„ger with the letter and necessytie of theÌ„ with in Auberoch was shewed to the erle of Derby by a spye that had been in the frenche hoost Than therle of Derby sent to the erle of Penbroke beyng at Bergerath to mete with hym at a certayne place also he sende for the lorde Stafforde and to sir Stephyn Tombey beyng at Lyborne and the erle hymselfe with sir Gaultier of Manny and his company rode towardes Auberoche and rode so secretely with suche guydes as knewe the coÌ„trey that therle came to Lyborne and there taryed a day abydinge the erle of Penbroke and whan he sawe that he came nat he went forth for the great desyre that he had to ayde them in Auberoch Thus therle of Derby therle of Quenforde â–ª sir Gaultier of Manny sir Rychard Hastynges sir Stephyn Tombey the lorde Feryers and the other yssued out of Lyborne and rode all the night and in the mornyng they wer within two lytell leages of Auberoche They entred into a woode and lyghted fro their horses and tyed their horses to pasture abydinge for the erle of Penbroke and there taryed tyll it was noone They wyste nat well than what to do bycause they were but thre hundred speres and sixe hundred archers and the frenchmen before Auberoch were a .x. or .xii. thousande men yet they thought it a great shame to lese their coÌ„panyons in Auberoche finally sir Gaultier of Manny sayde sirs lette vs leape on our horses and let vs coost vnder the couert of this woode tyll we be on the same syde that ioyneth to their hoost and whan we be nere put yâ— spurres to the horses and crye our cryes we shall entre whyle they be at supper and vnware of vs ye shallse them be so dysconfited that they shall kepe none aray All the lordes and knightes agreed to his sayeng than euery man toke his horse and ordayned all their pages and baggage to abyde styll ther as they were so they rode styll a long by the wode and came to a lytell ryuer in a vale nere to yâ— french host Than they displayed their baners and prnons and dasshed their spurrê to their horses and caÌ„e in a fronte into the frenche hoost among the gascoyns who were nothyng ware of that busshment They were goynge to supper and some redy sette at their meate thenglysshmen cryed a Derby a Derby and ouerthrewe tentes and pauylions and slewe hurte many the frenchmen wyst nat what to do they were so hasted whan they caÌ„e into the felde and assembled togyder They founde the englysshe archers ther redy to receyue theym who shotte so feersly that they slewe man horse and hurt many therle of Layll was taken prisoner in his owne tent and sore hurte and the erle of Pyergourt and sir Roger his vncle in their tentes ther was slayne the lorde of Duras sir Aymer of Poyeters and therle of Ualentenoys his brother was taken euery man sledde that myght best but therle of Conynes the vycount of Car mayne of Uillemny and of BruÌ„quell and yâ— lorde de la Borde of Tarydeâ— and other that were loged on the othersyde of the castell dreme backe and wente into the feldes with their baners Thenglysshmen who had ouercome all yâ— other basshed in feersly among them ther was many a proper feat of armes done many taken and rescued agayne whan they within the castell harde that noyse without and sawe thenglysse baners and penons In contynent they armed them and yssued out and russhed into yâ— thyckest of the preace they gretly refresshed the englysshmen that had fought ther before wher to shulde I make long processe and tho of therle of Laylles partie were nygh all taken or slayne yf the night had nat come on ther had but fewe scapedde ther were taken that day what erles and vycountes to the nombre of .ix. and of lordes knyghtes and squyers taken so that ther was no englysshman of armes but that had .ii. or .iii. prisoners Thisbatell was on saynt Larans nyght the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xl. and foure thenglysshmen delt lyke good coÌ„panyons with their prisoners and suffred many to depart on their othe and promyse to retourne agayne at a certayne day to Bergerath or to Burdeaux Than the englysshmen entred into Auberoche and ther the erle of Derby gaue a supper to the moost part of the erles and vycouÌ„tes prisoners and to many of the knyghtes and squyers theÌ„glysshmen gaue lande to god in yâ— that a thousande of them had ouercome .x. M. of their ennemyes and had rescued the towne of Auberoche and saued their coÌ„panyons that were within who by all lickely hod shulde haue ben taken within .ii. dayes after The next day anone vpon sonne rysing thyder came therle of Penbroke with his company a thre hundren spe res and a foure thousande archers Thatie he sayd to therle of Derby certaynly cosyn ye haue done me great vncourtesy to fight with our ennemyes without me seyng that ye sent for me ye might haue ben sure I wolde nat fayle to coÌ„e fayr cosyn ê™ therle of Derby we desyred gretly to haue had you with vs we taryed all day tyll it was ferr past no one And whan we sawe that ye came nat we durst nat abyde no lenger for if our ennemyes had knowen of our coÌ„myng they had ben in a great aduantage ouer vs nowe we haue the aduantage of them I pray you be content and helpe to gyde vs to Burdeaux So they taryed all that day and the nexte nyght in Auberoche and the next
and sayde JohnÌ„ howe is it with you woll you yelde your selfe sir 〈◊〉 he I am nat so yet determyned but sir I wold desyre you in the honoure of our lady whose day shal be to morowe that ye wolde graunt a truse to endure all onely but to morowe so that you nor we none to greue other but to be in peace yâ— day The duke sayde I am content and so they departed the nere day which was Candelmas day â–ª JohnÌ„ Norwiche and his company armed them and trussed all that they had to bere away Than they opyned their gate and yssued oute than they of the hoost began to styrre than the captayne rode on before to them and sayd sirs beware do no hurt to none of vs â–ª for we woll do none we haue trusâ— for this day all onely agreed by the duke your caiptayne If ye knowe it nat go and demaunde of hym for by reason of this trewse we may ryde this day whyther we woll The duke was demanded what was his pleasure in that mater the duke answered and sayde let them depart whyder they woll a goddesname for we can nat let them for I woll kepe that I haue promysed Thus JohnÌ„ Norwych departed and all his company and passed the french hoost without any damage and went to Aguyllon And whan the knightes ther knewe howe he had saued hymselfe and his company they sayde he had begyled his ennemyes â–ª by a good subtyltie The next day after they of the cytie of Angolesme went to counsayle and determyned to yelde vp the towne to the duke they sent to hym into the hoost certayne messangers who at last spedde so well that the duke toke theÌ„ to mercy and pardoned them all his yuell wyll and so entred into the cytie and into the castell and toke homage of the cytizens and made captayne ther Antony Uyllers and set a hundred soudyers with hym than the duke went to the castell of Damassâ—ne where he helde siege .xv. dayes and euery day assaut finally it was won and all that were within slayn The duke gaue that castell and the landes therto â–ª to a squyer of Beausse called the Bourge of Mulle than the duke came to Thomyus on the ryuer of Garon and there lay at siege a certayne space at laste they within yelded vp their goodes and lyues saued and to be sauely conducted to Burdeaur So the strangers departed but they of yâ— towne came vnder the obeysaunce of the duke the duke taryed aboute the ryuer of Garon tyll it was past Ester And than he went to port saynt Mary on the same ryuer and there were a two hundred englysshmen that kept the towne and the passage and was well fortisyed but it was taken with assaut and all they within than ther were set newe captayns and men of warr and newe repayred the towne and thanne the duke went to Aguyllone ¶ Howe the duke of Normandy layd siege to Aguyllon with a hundred thousande men Cap. C .xx. THe duke of NormaÌ„dy and these lordes of Fraunce dyd somoche that they came to the castell of Aguyllone there they layde their siege aboute the fayre medowes along by yâ— ryuer able to bere shyppes euery lorde amonge his owne company â–ª and euery constable by hym selfe as it was ordayned by the marshals This sege endured tyll the feest of saynt Remy ther were well C. thousande men of warr a horse backe and a fote they made lightly euery day two or thre assautê and moost coÌ„menly fro the mornyng tyll it was nere nyght without ceasynge for euer there caÌ„e newe assauters that wolde nat suffre them with in to rest the lordes of Fraunce sawe well they coude nat well come to the froÌ„ters without they passed the ryuer the which was large and depe Than the duke coÌ„maunded that a bridge shuld be made whatsoeuer it coste to passe the ryuer there were sette a warke mo than thre hundred workemen who dyde worke day and nyght Whan the knyghtê within sawe this brige more than halfe made ouer the ryuer they decked thre shyppes and entred into theym a certayne And so caÌ„e on the workemen and chased them away with their defenders and ther they brake all to peaces that had ben longe a makynge WhanÌ„e the frenche lordes sawe that than they apayrelled other shyppes to resyst agaynst their shyppes and than the workemen beganne agayne to worke on the bridge on trust of their defenders And whan they had worked halfe a day more sir Gaultier of Manny and his company entred into a shyppe and came on the workemen and made them to leaue warke to recule backe and brake agayn all that they had made This besynesse was nygh euery day but at last the frenchmen kept so well their workemen that the bridge was made perforce And thanne the lordes and all their army passed ouer in maner of bataylle and they assawtedde the castell a hole day togyder without ceasyng but nothynge they wanne And at nyght they retourned to their lodgynges and they within amended all that was broken for they had with them worke men ynoughe The next day the frenchmen deuyded their assauters into foure partes yâ— first to begynne in the mornyng and to contynue tyll nyne the seconde tyll noon they thyrde to euyn song tyme and the fourth tyll night After that maner they assayled the castell sire dayes togyder howe be it they within were nat so sore traueyled but alwayes they defended themselfe so valyantly that they without wanne nothynge but onely the bridge without the castell ThanÌ„e the frenchmen toke other counsayle they sende to Tholouz for eyght great engyns and they made there foure gretter and they made all xii to cast day and nyght agaynst yâ— castell but they within were so well ê‘auysshed that neuer a ston of their engyns dyde they many hurt It brake somwhat the coueryng of some houses they wtin had also great engyns the which brake downe all the engyns without for in a shorte space they brake all to pecys sixe of the greattest of theÌ„ without Duryng this siege often tymes ser Water of Manny yssued out with a hundred or sire score coÌ„panyons and went on that syde the ryuer a foragynge and retourned agayne with great prayes in the syght of them without On a day the lorde Charles of MomoreÌ„cy marshall of the host rode forthe with a fyue hundred with hym and whanÌ„e he retourned he draue before hym a great nombre of beestes that he had get togyder in the countrey to refresshe thoost with vytayle And by aduenture he encountred with sir Gaultier of Manny there was bytwene theÌ„ a great fight and many ouerthrowen hurte slayne the frenchemen were fyue agaynst one tidynges therof came vnto Aguyllon than euery man that myght yssued out Th erle of Penbroke first of all and his company and whan he came he founde sir Gaultier of MaÌ„ny a fote enclosed with his ennemyes and dyde meruayls in armes In contynent
he was rescued and remounted agayne and in the meane season some of the frenchemen chased their beestes quyckely into the hoost or els they had lost them for they that yssued out of Aguyllon set so feersly on the frenchmen that they putte theym to the slyght and delyuerd their company that were takenne and tooke many frenchemen prisoners And sir Charles of MomoreÌ„cy had moche warke to scape than thenglysshmen retourned into Aguyllon Thus euery day almoost there were suche rencounters besyde yâ— assautes on a day all the hole hoost armed them and the duke commaunded that they of Tholouz of Carcassone of Beaucayre shulde make assaut fro the mornynge tyll noone and they of Remergue Caours Agenoys fro noone tyll night And yâ— duke promysed who soeuer coude wynne the brige of the gate shulde haue in rewarde a hundred crownê also the duke the better to mentayne this assaut he caused to come on the ryuer dyuerse shyppes and baâ—ges some entred into them to passe the ryuer and some went by the bridge At the last some of theym toke a lytell vessell and went vnder the brige and dyde cast great hokes of yron to the drawe bridge and than drewe it to them so sore that they brake the chenes of yron yâ— helde the bridge and so pulled downe the bridge parforce Than the frenchmen lept on the bridge so hastely that one ouerthrewe an other for euery man desyred to wyn the hundred crownes they within cast downe barres of yron peces of tymbre pottes of lyme and hote water so that many were ouerthrowen fro the bridge into the water and into the dykes and many slayne sore hurt Howbeit the bridge was wonne perforce but it cost more than it was worthe for they coude nat for all that wyn the gate than they drewe a backe to their lodgynges for it was late thanÌ„e they within yssued out â–ª and newe made agayne their drawe bridge stronger thanÌ„e euer it was before The next day ther came to the duke two connyng men maisters in carpentre and sayde sir if ye woll let vs haue tymbre and workemen we shall make foure scaffoldes as hygh or hyer thanÌ„e the walles The duke coÌ„maunded that it shulde be done and to get carpenters in the coÌ„trey and to gyue them good wagê so these four scafoldes wer made in four shyppes but it was long first and cost moch or they were finysshed than such a shulde assayle the castell in theÌ„ were apoynted and entred And whan they were passed halfe the ryuer they within the castell let go four martynetes that they had newely made to resyst agaynst these scafoldes these four martynettes dyd cast out so great stones and so often fell on the scafoldes yâ— in a short space they were all to broken so that they that were within them coulde nat be pauysshed by theym so that they were fayne to drawe backe agayne and or they were agayne at lande one of the scafoldê drowned in yâ— water the moost part of theÌ„ that were Win it the which was great damage for therin were good knyghtes desyringe their bodyes to auauÌ„ce Whan the duke sawe that he coude nat come to his entent by that meanes he caused the other thre scafoldes to rest Than he coudese no way howe he might gette the castell and he had promysed nat to departe thense tyll he had it at his wyll without the kyng his father dyd sende for hym Than he sende the constable of France and the erle of Tankernyll to Parys to the kyng and there they shewed hym the state of the siege of Aguyllone the kynges mynde was that the duke shulde lye there styll tyll he had won them by famyn syth he coude nat haue theÌ„ by assaut ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande came ouer the see agayne to rescue them in Aguyllone Cap. C .xxi. THe kyng of Englande who had harde howe his meÌ„ 〈◊〉 constrayned in the castell of Aguyllon than he thought to go ouer the see 〈◊〉 to Gascoyne with a great 〈…〉 my ther he made his 〈◊〉 syon and sent for men all about his real 〈…〉 in other places wher he thought to spe 〈…〉 money In the same season the lord◠〈◊〉 of Harecourt came into Englande who was banysshed out of FrauÌ„ce he was well receyued with the kynge and retayned to be about hym and had fayre landê assigned hym in Englande to mentayne his degree Than the kynge caused a great nauy of shyppes to be redy in the hauyn of Hampton and caused all maner of men of warr to drawe thyder about the feest of saynt John Baptyst the yere of our lorde god M. C C C .xiv. the kynge deê‘ted fro the quene and lefte her in the gydinge of therle of Cane his cosyn And he stablysshed the lorde Persy and the lorde Neuyll to be wardyns of his realme with the archebysshoppe of yorke the bysshoppe of Lyncolne and the bysshoppÌ„ of Durham for he neuer voyded his realme but that he lefte euer ynough at home to kepe and defende the realme yf nede were Than the kyng rode to Hampton and there taryed for wynde than he entred into his shyppe and the prince of wales with hym and the lorde Godfray of Harecourt and all other lordes erles barownes and knyghtê with all their coÌ„panyes they were in nombre a foure thousande men of armes and ten thousande archers besyde Irysshmen and walsshmen that folowed the host a fote ¶ Nowe I shall name you certayne of the lordes that went ouer with kyng Edwarde in that iourney First Edward his eldest sonne prince of wales who as thanÌ„e was of the age of .xiii. yeres or there about the erles of Herforde Northamptone Arundell Cornewall warwyke HuÌ„tyngdon Suffolke and Oxenforth And of barons the lorde Mortymer who was after erle of Marche the lordes JohnÌ„ Loyes and Roger of BeauchaÌ„pe and the lorde Reynold Cobham Of lordes the lorde of Mombray Rose Lucy Felton Brastone Myllon Labey Maule Basset Barlett and wylloughby with dyuers other lordê And of bachelars there was JohnÌ„ Chandoys Fytzwaren Peter and James Audelay Roger of Uertuall Bartylmewe of Bries Rycharde of Penbruges with dyuers other that I can nat name fewe ther were of staÌ„gers ther was the erle Hauyou sir Olphas of Guystels and .v. or .vi. other knyghtes of Almayne and many other that I can nat name Thê° they say 〈◊〉 â—â—rth that day in the name of god they were 〈◊〉 〈…〉 warde on their way towarde Gascone 〈◊〉 on the thirde day ther rose a coÌ„trary wynde 〈…〉 them on the marches of Cornewall 〈…〉 lay at ancre .vi. dayes In that space 〈…〉 had other counsell by the meanes of 〈◊〉 Godfray Harcourt he counselled the kyng nat to go into Gascoyne but rather to set a lande in Normandy and sayde to the kyng sir the couÌ„tre of Normandy is one of the plentyous countreis of the worlde Sir on ieoê‘dy 〈◊〉 my heed if ye woll lande ther ther is none thaâ— shall
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 their currours ranne to yorke and brent as moche as was without the walles and retourned agayne to their host within a dayes iourney of Newcastell vpon Tyne ¶ Of the batayle of New castell vpon Tyne bytwene the quene of England and the kyng of scottes Cap. C .xxxviii. THe quene of England who desyred to defende her contrey came to Newcastell vpon Tyne and there taryed for her meÌ„ who came dayly fro all â—tes Whan the scottes knewe that the englysshe men assembled at Newcastell they drue thyderwarde and their currours came rennynge before the towne and at their retournynge they brent certayne small hamelettes there about so that the smoke therof caÌ„e into the towne of Newcastell some of the englysshmen wolde a yssued out to haue fought with them that made the fyers but the captayns wolde nat sulfre theym to yssue out The next day yâ— kyng of scottes with a .xl. thousande men one and other came and lodged within thre lytell englysshe myle of Newcastell in the lande of the lorde Neuyll and the kyng sent to them within the towne that if they wolde yssue out into the felde he wolde fyght with theym gladly The lordes and prelates of England sayd they were content to aduenture their lyues with the ryghtand herytage of the kynge of Englande their maister than they all yssued out of the towne and were in nombre a twelfe hundred men of armes thre thousand archers and seuyne thousande of other with the walsshmen Than the scottes came and lodged agaynst theym nere togyder than euery man was sette in order of batayle than the quene caÌ„e among her men and there was ordayned four batayls one to ayde another The firste had in gouernaunce the bysshoppe of Dyrham and the lorde Percy the seconde the archbysshoppe of yorke and the lorde Neuyll the thyrde the bysshoppe of Lyncolne and the lorde MoÌ„bray The fourth the lorde Edwarde de Baylleule captayne of Berwyke the archbysshopp of Canterbury and the lorde Rose euery batayle had lyke noÌ„bre after their quantyte the quene went fro batayle to batayle desyring them to do their deuoyre to defende the honoure of her lorde the kyng of Englande and in the name of god euery man to be of good hert and courage promysyng them that to her power she wolde remeÌ„bre theym aswell or better as thoughe her lorde the kyng were ther personally Than the quene departed fro them recoÌ„mendyng them to god and to saynt George than anone after the bataylles of the scottes began to set forwarde and in lyke wyse so dyd theÌ„glysshmen than the archers began to shote on bothe parties but the shot of the scottes endured but a shortspace but the archers of Englande shot so feersly so that whan the batayls aproched there was a harde batell They began at nyne and endured tyll noone the scottes had great ares sharpe and harde and gaue with them many great strokes howbeit finally thenglysshmen obtayned the place and vyctorie but they lost many of their me There were slayne of the scottes therle of Sys therle of Ostre the erle Patrys therle of Surlant therle Dastredare therle of Mare therle JohnÌ„ Duglas and the lorde Alysaunder Ramsey who bare the kynges baner and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers And there the kynge was taken who fought valiantly and was sore hurt a squyer of Northumberland toke hym called JohnÌ„ Coplande and assone as he had taken the kynge he went with hym out of the felde with .viii. of his seruaunces with hym and soo rode all that day tyll he was a fyftene leages fro the place of the batayle and at nyght he caÌ„e to a castell called Oryulus And than he sayde he wolde nat delyuer the kyng of scottes to no man nor woman lyueyng but all onely to the kynge of Englande his lorde the same day there was also taken in the felde the erle Morette the erle of Marche the lorde Wyllyam Duglas the lorde Robert Uesy the bysshoppe of Dadudame the bysshoppe of saynt Andrewes and dyuers other knyghtes barownes And ther were slayne of one and other a .xv. thousande and the other saued themself as well as they might this batell was besyde Newcastell the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xlvi. the saturday next after sayur Mychaell ¶ How JohnÌ„ Copland had the kyng of Scottes prisoner and what profet he gatte therby Cap. C .xxxix. WHan the quene of Englande beyng at Newcastell vnderstode howe the iourney was for her and her men she than rode to the place where the batayle hade ben thanÌ„e it was shewed her howe the kyng of scottê was taken by a squyer called JohnÌ„ Coplande and he hadde caryed away the kyng no man knewe whyder Than the quene wrote to the squyer coÌ„maundyng hym to bring his prisoner the kyng of scottes and howe he had nat well done to depart with hym without leaue all that day thenglysshmen taryed styll in the same place and the quene with them and the next day they retourned to New castell Whan the quenes letter was brought to Johan Coplande he answered and sayd that as for the kyng of scottes his prisoner he wolde nat delyuer hym to no maÌ„ nor woman lyueng but all onely to the kynge of Englande his souer ayne lorde As for the kynge of scottes he sayd he shuld be sauely kept so that he wolde gyue acompte for hym thanne the quene sende letters to the kyng to Calays wherby the kyng was enfourmed of the state of his realme than the kyng sende incoÌ„tynent to Johan Coplande that he shulde come ouer the see to hym to the siege before Calays Than the same Johan dyd putte his prisoner in saue kepynge in a stronge castell and so rode through England tyll he caÌ„e to Douer and there toke the see and arryued before Calays Whan the kyng of Englande sawe the squyer he toke hym by the hande and sayd a welcome my squyer that by your valyantnesse hath taken myne aduersary the kyng of Scottes the squyer kneled downe and sayde sir yf god by his grace haue suffred me to take the king of scottes by true conquest of armes sir I thynke no man ought to haue any enuy there at for aswell god may sende by his grace suche a fortune to fall to a poore squyer as to a great lorde and 〈◊〉 I requyre your grace be nat myscontent with me though I dyde nat delyuer the kynge of Scottes at the coÌ„maundement of the quene Sir I holde of you as myne othe is to you and nat to her but in all good maner the kyng sayd Johan the good seruyce that ye haue done and your valyantnesse is somoche worthe that hit must counteruayle your trespasse and be taken for your excuse and shame haue they that bere you any yuell wyll therfore ye shall retourne agayne home to your house and thaâ—â—e my pleasure is that ye delyuer your prisoner to the quene my wyfe and in a rewarde I assigne you nere to your house where
of the empyre for his wages So that he had a thre thousande speares and so went and layed siege to Parys towarde saynt Antoyne a long by the ryuer of Sayne was lodged hymselfe at saynt More and his men ther about and euery day they ran skirmysshing to the walles of Parys And som tyme the duke lay at ChareÌ„ton and another season at saynt More so that nothyng caÌ„e to Parys on that syde nother by lande nor by water for the duke caused bothe the ryuers of Sayne and Marne to be surely kept and brende all the villages about Parys suche as were nat closed the better therby to chastyce theym of Parys And if Parys had nat than ben fortifyed with walles and dykes it had bene distroyed none durst go into Parys nor go out for feare of the dukes men who rode on bothe sybeâ—â— the ryuer of Sayne at his pleasure ther were none to resyst them The prouost kept styll in loue the kyng of Nauerr and toke of hym counsayle and the commons day and nyght dyd worke on the defence of the cytie and kept a great noÌ„bre of men of warre naueroyse and englysshe archers and other companyons There was in the cytie certayne well dysposed persons as JohnÌ„ Mayllart and Symonde his brother and dyuerse of their lynage that were sore dyspleased of the duke of NormaÌ„dyes yuell wyll but the prouost had so drawen to his opynion all maner of men that none durst say contrary to hym without he were slayne without mercy The kyng of Nauer seyng the varyaunce bytwene them of Parys and the duke of Normandy thought and supposed that the maner coude nat long endure in that state And he had no great trust to the coÌ„montie of Parys and so he departed thense as curtesly as he myght and went to saynt Denyce and there he kepte with hym a good nombre of soudyers at the wages of them of Parys The duke thus lay a sixe wekes at Charenton and the kyng of Nauerre at saynt Denyce they pylled and eate vp the countre on euery syde bytwene these parties entreated for a peace the archbysshoppe of Senus the bysshoppe of Ausser the bysshoppe of Beaumoys the lorde of Momorency the lorde of Fyenes and the lorde of saynt Uenant And so often they went bytwene the ê‘ties and so sagely demeaned their busynesse that the kyng of Nauerre with his owne good wyll without constreynt went to Charenton to the duke of NormaÌ„dy and excused hymselfe of that he was had in suspecte First of the dethe of the two knightes and of maister Symonde Bucy and of the dispyte that the prouost had â—one to hym in the paleys of Parys And they he sware that it was vnknowen to him and there promysed the duke to stycke with hym in good yuell and there peace was made bytwene them And the kynge of Nauersayde howe he wolde cause them of Parys to make amendes for that they had done The duke was content that the commons of Parys shulde haue peace soo that he myght haue the prouost and .xii. other burgesses suche as he wolde chose within Parys to correct theym at his pleasure All these thynges agreed the kynge of Nauer retourned to saynt Denyce and the duke went to Meaulx in Bry and gaue leaue to all his men of warre to dept Certayne burgesses of Parys suche as hadde holpen to make the sayd treaty desyred the duke to come to Parys sayeng howe they shulde do hym all the honoure they myght The duke answered and sayd he wolde kepe the peace made and that he had sworne vnto without any brekyng of his part but to entre into Parys surely he sayd he wolde neuer tyll he had satysfacryon of theym that had dyspleased hym The prouost of the marchantes and his sect often tymes visyted the kyng of Nauerre at saynt Denyce and shewed hym howe they were in the in dygnacion of the duke of Normandy for his sake bycause they delyuered hym out of prison and brought hym to Parys Therfore they sayd to hym â—ir for goddessake haue no great truste in the duke nor in his counsayle The kynge sayd certaynly frendes ye shall haue none yuell but my part shal be therin seyng ye haue as nowe the gouernaunce of Parys I wolde counsayle you to prouyde your selfe of golde and syluer so that if ye haue nede by that ye may euer helpe your selfe And hardely sende it hyder to saynt Denyce on the trust of me and I shall kepe hit well and shall alwayes entertayne men of warrÌ„ secretly that if ye haue nede shall make warre a gaynst your ennemyes So thus after this the prouost two tymes a weke sende euer to saynte Denyce two somers charged with floreyns to the kynge of Nauerr who receyned the money with gladde chere ¶ Of the parisyens that were slayne at saynt Clude by theÌ„glysshmen that had besodyers in Paris Ca. Clxxxvi ALl this season there were in Parys a great nombre of men of warre englysshe and naueroyse retayned in wagê by the prouost and by the coÌ„mons of the cytie to ayde theÌ„ agaynst the duke of NormaÌ„dy who bare themselfe right well the warr duâ—yng but whan yâ— peace was made bytwene the parisyens and the duke Certayne of these soudyours departed fro Parys and some abode there styll suche as departed went to the kynge of Nauer who receyued them into wages ther abode styll in Parys a thre hundred they sported them and spende merely their money On a day a stryfe fell bytwene theym and they of Parys and ther were slayne of theym a threscore wherof the prouost blamed greatly them of the cytie Howe beit to apease the coÌ„mons he toke mo than a hundred and fyftie and put theym in prison in thre gates and sayd to the commons howe they shulde all be slayne and corrected acordyng to their trespaces wherby the coÌ„mons were apeased But whan nyght came the prouost caused them to be delyuered out of prison and put them out of the towne at their lybertie And so they went to saynt Denyce to the kynge of Nauer and he receyued and retayned theym all In the next mornynge whan they of Parys knewe the delyueraunce of the englysshmen out of prison they were greatly dyspleased with the prouost but he lyke a wyse man dyssembled the mater â–ª tyll it was forgoten These englysshe naueroyse soudyers whan they were toguyder at saynt Denyce they were mo than thre huÌ„dred they determyned to be reuenged of them of Parys for the dispyte done to them Than they defyed theym of Parys and made eger warre agaynst theym and to slee all maner of people of Parys that yssued out so that they durst nat go out of their gates Than they of the cytie desyred the prouost that he wolde cause parte of the commons to be armed and to yssue out into the feldes to fyght with the englysshmen The prouost agreed therto and sayd howe he wolde go with them
he knewe well he shulde encountre his enemys So there were none yâ— went before the marshals batayls but suche currours as were apoynted so thus the lordes of bothe hostes knewe by the report of their currours that they shulde shortely mete So they went forward an hostyng pase eche toward other whan the son was risyng vp it was a great beauty to beholde the batayls and the armurs shinynge agaynst the son So thus they went forward tyll they aproched nere togyder than the prince and his coÌ„pany went ouer a lytell hyll in the disceÌ„dyng therof they ê‘ceyued clerely their enemyes comyng towarde theÌ„ And whan they were all disceÌ„ded down this mouÌ„tayne than euery man drue to their batayls kept theÌ„ styll and so rested theÌ„ and euery man dressed and aparelled hymselfe redy to fight Than sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos brought his baner rolled vp togyder to the prince sayd Sir beholde here is my baner I requyre you dysplay it abrode and gyue me leaue this day to rayse it for sir I thanke god and you I haue lande and herytage suffycient to maynteyne it withall Than the prince and kynge Dampeter tooke the baner bytwene their handes and spred it abrode the which was of syluer a sharpe pyle goules and delyuered it to him and sayd sir Johan beholde here your baner god sende you ioye and honoure therof Than sir Johan Chandos bare his baner to his owne coÌ„pany and sayd Sirs behold here my baner yours kepe it as your owne And they toke it were right toyfull therof and sayd that by the pleasure of god and saynt George they wolde kepe and defende it to the best of their powers And so the baner abode in the handes of a good englysshe squyer called WyllmÌ„ Alery who bare it that day and aquaynted himself right nobly Than anon after thenglysshmen and gascoins a lighted of their horses and euery man drewe vnder their owne baner and standerd in array of barayle redy to fight it was great ioye to se and consyder the baners and penons and the noble armery that was ther. Than the bataylles began a lytell to auaunce and than the prince of Wales opened his eyen and regarded towarde heuen and ioyned his handes togyder and sayd Uary god Jesu Christ who hath formed and created me coÌ„sent by your benygne grace that I may haue this day victory of myne enemyes as that I do is in a ryghtfull quarell to sustayne and to ayde this kynge chased out of his owne herytage the whiche gyueth me courage to auaunce my selfe to restablysshe hym a gayne into his realme And than he layed his right hande on kyng Dampeter who was by hym and sayd Sir kynge ye shall knowe this day if euer ye shall haue any part of the realme of Castell or nat Therfore auaunce baners in the name of god and saynt George with those wordes the duke of Lancastre and sir Johan Chandos aproched and the duke sayde to sir Wylliam Beauchamp Sir Wylliam beholde yonder our enemyes this day ye shall se me a good knyght or els to dye in the quarell And therwith they aproched their enemyes first the duke of Lancastre and sir Johan Chandos batayle assembled with the batayle of sir Bertram of Clesquy and of the marshall sir Arnold Dandrehen who were a foure thousande men of armes So at the first brunt ther was a sore encountre with speares and sheldes and they were a certayne space or any of them coude get within other ther was many a dede of armes done and many a man reuersed and cast to the erthe that neuer after was relyued And whan these two first barayls were thus assembled the other batayls wolde nat longe tary behynde but aproched and assembled togyder quickely And so the prince and his batayle came on the erle of Anxes batayle and with the prince was kyng Dampeter of Castell and sir Marten dela Care who represented the kynge of Nauer And at the first metynge that the prince mette with the erle of Anxes batayle therle and his brother fledde away without order or good array and wyst nat why and a two thousand speres with hym So this seconde batayle was opened and anone disconfyted for the captall of Beufz and the lorde Clysson and their company came on them a fote and slewe and hurt many of theÌ„ Than the princes batayle with kyng Dampeter came and ioyned with the batayle of kynge Henry wher as there were threscore thousande men a fote and a horsebacke There the batayle began to be fierse and cruell on all partes for the spanyardes and castillyans had slynges wher with they cast stones in such wise that ther with they claue and brake many a bassenet and helme and hurt many a man and ouerthrue them to the erthe and the archers of Englande shotte fiersly and hurtespanyardes greuously and brought them to great mischefe The one parte cryed Castell for kynge Henry and the other parte saynt George guyen And the first batayle as the duke of Lancastre and sir Johan Chandos and the two marshals sir Guyss harde Dangle and sir Stephyne Consenton fought with sir Bertram of Clesquy with the other knightes of FrauÌ„ce and of Aragon ther was done many a dede of armes so it was harde for any of them to open others batayle dyuers of theÌ„ helde their speares in both their handes foyning and presing eche at other and some fought with shorte swerdes and daggers Thus at the beginnynge the frenchmen and they of Aragon fought valiantly so that the good knightê of Englande endured moche payne That daye sir Johan Chandos was a good knight and dyde vnder his baner many a noble feate of armes he aduentured himselfe so farre that he was closed in amonge his enemyes and so sore ouerpressed that he was felled downe to the erthe and on hym there fell a great and a bygge man of Castell called Martyne Ferrant who was gretly renomed of hardynesse amonge the spanyardes and hedyde his entent to haue slayne sir Johan Chandos who lay vnder hym in great danger Than sir Johan Chandos remembred of a knyfe that he had in his bosome and drewe it out and strake this Martyne so in the backe and in the sydes that he wounded him to dethe as he lay on him Than sir Johan Chandos tourned hym ouer and rose quickely on his fete and his men were there aboute hym who had with moche payne broken the prease to come to hym wher as they sawe hym felled THe saturday in the mornynge bytwene Nauer and Nauaret was the batayle right fell and cruell and many a man brought to great myschefe Ther was done many a noble dede of armes by the prince and by the duke of LaÌ„castre his brother and by sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos sir Guysshard DaÌ„gle the captall of Befz the lorde of Clisson the lorde of Raix sir Hugh Caurell sir Mathue Gourney sir Loys Harcourt the lorde of Pons the lorde of Partney And of
Treuell Robert Ceny sir Gaylarde Uyger the Bourge of Bertuell the Bourge Camus the Bourge of Lespare Nandon of Bergerant Bernard de la Sale and many other whiche wolde nat displease the prince But yssued out of the principalyte as shortely as they might and entred into the realme of FrauÌ„ce the whiche they called their chambre and passed the ryuer of Loyre and so came in to Champayne and in to the bysshopriche of Raynes and alwayes their nombre encreased And to adueÌ„ture them selfe they serched all aboute the realme of Fraunce and dyde many yuell trybulacions and vilayne dedes wherof the complayntes came dayly to the frenche kynge and to his counsayle Howe beit they coude fynde no remedy for they durst nat fight with them and the people all about marueyled greatly that the prince of Wales wolde sende theym thyder to make warre Than the frenche kynge sente for the lorde Clysson and made him great capitayne agaynst those yuell companyons bycause he was a good knyght and a hardy and the kynge had hym in great loue and fauoure And in the same season there was a maryage made bytwene the lorde Dalbret and the lady Isabell of Bourbone of the whiche the prince was nothynge gladde for he had rather that the lorde Dalbret had ben maryed in some other place For the whiche cause the price spake great wordes agaynst hym but the greattest of his counsayle aswell knightes as squyers excused hym all that they might Sayeng to the prince howe that euery man wyll be gladde to auauÌ„ce himselfe as nere as he can and that a gode knight ought nat to be blamed though he purchase his owne honour and profyte so that he leaue nat therby to serue his price or maister in that he is bounde to do So by these wordes or suche semblable the price was somwhat apeased howe be it what so euer semblant he made he was nat very well content for he thought verily that the same maryage shulde be cause of with drawynge of loue fro hym and fro theym that toke his parte the whiche was of trouthe as ye shall here afterwarde in this hystorie ¶ Howe the barons of gascone complayned to the freÌ„che kyng of the price of wales and how kyng Henry retourned into Spayne and of the alyaunces that kynge Dampeter made and of the couÌ„sayle that sir Bertram of Clesquy gaue to kyng Henry and howe kynge Dampeter was disconfyted Cap. CC .xli. IN the same season that these companyons turmented thus the realme of FrauÌ„ce the prince was counsayled by some of his couusayle to reyase a fowage through out all Acquitayne and specially the bysshoppe of Bades for the state of the price and princesse was so great that in all christendome was none lyke So to this counsayle for reysinge of this fowage were called all the noble barownes of Gascoyne of Poyctou of XayntoÌ„ and of dyuers other cyties and good townes in Acquitayne And at Nyorte where this parlyament was holden there it was shewed specially and generally by the bysshoppe of Bades chauncellour of Acquitayne in the presens of the prince howe and in what maner this fowage shulde be reysed Declarin ge howe the prince was nat in mynde that it shulde endure any lengar than fyue yeres to ronne throughout his countrey And that the reysing therof was for thyntent to pay suche money as he ought by reason of his iourney into Spayne To the whiche ordynaunce were well agreed the poyctous and they of Xaynton Lymosyn Rouergne and of Rochell On the condycion that the prince wolde kepe the cours of his coyne stable .vii. yere but dyuers of other marchesse of Gascoyne refused this purpose As the erle of Armynacke the lorde Dalbret his neuewe the erle of Gomynges the Uycount of Carmayne the lorde de la Barde the lorde of Cande the lorde of Pyncornet and dyuers other great barownes Sayenge howe that in tyme past whan they obeyed to the frenche kynge they were nat than greued nor oppressed with any subsydes or inposicyons and no more they sayde they wolde as than as long as they coude defende it Sayeng howe their landes and segnyories were fre and excepte fro all dettes and that the prince haddesworne so to kepe and maynteyne them Howe be it to departe peasably fro this parlyament they aunswered that they wolde take better aduyse and so retourne agayne bothe prelates bysshoppes abbottes barownes and knyghtes And the prince nor his couÌ„sayle coude haue as than none other answere Thus they departed from the towne of Nyort but it was commaunded theym by the prince that they shulde returne agayne thyder at a day assigned THus the barownes and lordes of Gascoyne retourned into their countrees agreed fermely toguyder that they wolde nat retourne agayne to the prince nor suffre the fowage to rynne in the landes thauÌ„e they made warre agaynst the prince therfore Thus the countrey beganne to rebell agaynst the prince and the lorde of Armynacke the lorde Dalbret the lorde of Gomegynes the erle of Pyncornet and dyuers other prelates barownes knyghtes and squyers of Gascoyne went into FrauÌ„ce and made great complayntes in the frenche kynges chambre The kyng and his peres beynge present of the greffes that the prince of Wales wolde do to them sayeng howe their â—e sorte ought to be to the frenche kynge and to drawe to him as to their souerayne lorde And the kynge who wolde nat breke the peace bytwene hym and the kynge of Englande began to dyssemble and sayd Sirs surely the inrysdictyon of our herytage and of the crowne of Fraunce we wyll alwayes kepe and augment but we haue sworne to dyuerse artycles in the peace of the whiche I remembre nat all Therfore we shall visyte and beholde the tenoure of the letters and in as moche as we may do we shall ayde you and shall be gladde to agre you with the prince our dere nephue for parauenture he is nat well counsayled to put you or yoâ— subgettes fro their fredoms and fraunchesses So with the answere that the kynge made theÌ„ at that tyme they were content and soo abode styll at Parys with the kyng in purpose nat to retourne agayne into their owne countrees with the whiche the prince was nothynge well content but alwayes he styll perseuered in the purpose of reysinge of this fowage Sir Johan Chandos who was one of the greattest of his counsayle was contrary to this opinyon and wolde gladly that the prince wolde haue left it but whan he sawe that the prince wolde nat leue his purpose to thyntent that he wolde bere no blame nor reproche in the mater He tooke his leaue of the price and made his excuse to go in to Normandy to visyte the lande of saynt Sauyoure the Uycount wherof he was lorde for he had nat been there in thre yeres before The prince gaue hym leaue and so he departed out of Poyctou and went to Constantyne and taryed in the towne of saynt Sauyour more
to be forgotten For sir Johan Chandos who was seneshall ther lyke a hardy and a valyaÌ„t knight euer desyringe to fynde the frenchmen to fyght with them He assembled togyder at Poicters a certayne nombre of men of armes sayenge howe he wolde ryde in to Aniou and retourne agayne by Towrayne and se the frenchemen in the marchesse and fronters there The whiche purpose he signifyed to therle of Penbroke who lay at Mortaygne in garyson with two hundred speares Of the whiche tidynges the erle was ioyfull and was well content to haue rydden forthe but some of the knightes of his counsayle brake his purpose and sayde Sir ye be as yet but yong your noblenesse is yet to come and sir if you put your selfe in to the coÌ„pany of sir JohnÌ„ Chandos whatsoeuer ye do he shall haue the brute and voyce therof for ye shall be reputed but as his companyon Therfore sir it is better for you sythe ye be so great a lorde as ye be that ye do your enterprises by your selfe a parte And let sir Johan Chandos do his by him selfe sythe he is but a bacheler as to the regarde of your estate So these wordes and other abated the erles desyre so that therby he had no more wyll to go forthe with ser Johan Chandos and so made an excuse to hym Howebeit sir JohnÌ„ Chandos wolde nat breke his purpose in goyng forth to do his enterprice but made his assemble at Poicters and so deê‘ted with thre hundred speares of knyghtes and squyers and two hundred archers With hym was sir Thomas Percy sir Stephyn Gosenton sir Richarde Pountchardon sir Eustace DaÌ„bretycourt sir Richard TeÌ„con ser ThomÌ„s Spens sir Nowell Lornysshe sir Dangoses sir Thomas Balastre sir Johan Tryuell sir WyllmÌ„ Mountendre sir WyllmÌ„ Manbrius of Lymers sir Geffray DargeÌ„ton and dyuers other These men of armes and archers rode forthe in good ordynaunce and passed Poitou and entred into Aniou Than they sent forthe their currours before them to bren and exyle the playne countrey So they dyde many yuels in that good plentyfull countrey of Aniowe and none came to fight with them and taryed ther the space of .xv. dayes and specially in the plentyfull coâ—â—re called Londonoys And than they cetourned agayne bytwene Aniou Tourayn a long by the ryuer of Creuse And so entred in to the lande of the vycont of Roche choart and brent and wasted the countre all about for they left nothyng abrode without the fortresse And so came to the towne of Roch choart and assay â—ed it right valyantly howbeit they wanne nothyng ther for the towne was well fortifyed 〈◊〉 good men of warr Thybault of pont and He lyons of Talay were capitayns within the towne so than theÌ„nglysshmen passed forthe Than sir Johan Chandos had knowledge howe the marshall of FraÌ„ce sir Loyes of Sanxere with a great nombre of men of warr was at Hay in Tourayne ThaÌ„ he had great desyre to go thy 〈◊〉 sent worde therof to therle of PeÌ„broke de syringe him to go with hym to yâ— Hay in Tourayne and to mete with hym at Casteleraulte And Chandos the heraude wente on this message and he founde therle at Mortayne who had redy assembled a certayne nombre to then tent to make a iourney on his enemyes And yâ— erle made his excuse by counsayle of his knightes sayeng he might nat coÌ„e to sir JohnÌ„ Chandos as at that tyme. Than the heraude retourned and fouÌ„de his maister at Casteleraut and there shewed hym his answere fro therle of PeÌ„broke And whan sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos herde that he was nat well content in his mynde for he ê‘ceyued well howe therle left that enterprice by presumpcion and pride Than he sayde well a goddes name so be it And so than gaue leaue to the moost parte of his company to departe and he went agayne to the cytie of Poicters ¶ Howe sir Loyes of Sanxere caÌ„e on therle of Penbroke and slewe diuers of his people and besieged the erle in a house Cap. CC .lxv. NOwe let vs shewe soÌ„ what of therle JohnÌ„ of PeÌ„broke what he dyde assone as he knewe that sir Johan Chandos was gone backe agayne to Poycters had gyuen leue to his men to departe Than the erle prepared to ryde forthe with hym a thre huÌ„dred speares englysshe and poâ—ctenyns and so departed fro Mortaygne Ther were certayne knightes and squyers of Poictou of Xaynton and some of England who had ben with sir Johan Chandos Than they came to the erle of Penbroke went forth in his company So they rode forthe and passed through Poyctou and toke the same waye that sir Johan Chandos had taken before and so entred into Aniou and brent and exyled the countre and toke all that was lefte and so they taryed a certayne space in the countre of LoÌ„do noyse And than tooke their way into the lande of the vycont of Roche choart wher they dyde great domage and hurt Than whan yâ— frenchmen who were in the garysons in the marches of Tourayne Aniou and Poyctou herde of these two iourneys thus made in the countrey of Aniou And herde howe that for pride therle of PeÌ„broke who was but a yonge man disdayned to go forthe in the coÌ„pany of sir JohnÌ„ chandos Than they determyned to encountre him if they might thinkyng more easely to disconfyte him than sir Johan Chandos Than they assembled togyder secretely a certayne nombre out of euery garyson ther aboute they made their capitayne sir Loys of Sanxer marshall of France And so secretely in a night they went forthe by Roche Poizay in Poictou the which was frenche and in that company was sir Robert of Sanxere cosyn to the marshall ser Johan of Uyen sir Johan of Bulle sir Wyllyam of Bordes sir Loys of saynt Julyan and Carnet the breton they were to the nombre of .vii. hundred Than the erle of Penbroke had done his iourney and was retournynge and entred agayne in to Poyctou and had made an ende of the brennyng of the vycont of Rochâ—hoartes landes And in his company was sir Bauden of Fanuyll seneshall of Xaynton sir Thomas Percy sir Thomas Spenser sir Dangoses sir Johan Ornych sir JohnÌ„ Herpedan sir James Surgeres sir Johan Couson sir Thomas of saynt Albyn sir Robert Twyforde sir Symon Ausagre sir JohnÌ„ of Mortayne sir JohnÌ„ Couchet and dyuers other Thus these englysshmen and poyctenyns rode forthe with out dismay and herde no maner of tidynges of any men of warr and so with great pyllage praye entred agayne in to Poyctou And on a day they came about hye noone to a village called Puiernon toke their lodgynge wenyng to them to be in surety and there varlettê weâ—â— settyng vp of their horses and dressing of their supper Than sodenly the freÌ„chmen who were well aduysed of that they shulde do came in to the towne their speares in the reest and cryed their cryes our lady of Sanxere for the marshall of Fraunce
a great scrimysshe at the gate but theÌ„glysshmen rested nat ther greatly but passed by and went and lodged on the morres of Hersault And on the thirde day they came to Turwyn within the towne was therle Guy of saynt Poule with a great noÌ„bre of men of warr And thenglisshmen passed by toke the way to Hedyn and that day they loged on a lytell ryuer And whan the erle of saynt Poule sawe that thenglysshmen weÌ„t towarde his countre he knewe well they went nat thyder for his profyte for they hated hym moche Than he departed in the night and delyuered the cyte to the lorde of saynt Pye and to sir Johan of Ray and so he rode tyll he cam to the towne of saynt Poule And in the nexte mornynge the englisshe men came thyther and made there a great skrymysshe so that the commynge thyther of the erle of saynt Poule was happy for them of yâ— towne for by hym and his company the towne was kept and saued or els it had ben in a great adueÌ„ture of lesyng Thus the duke of Lancastre and his companye toke theyr pleasure in the couÌ„tie of saynt Poule and burned and exiled all the playne countrey and dyd there great domage and he was before the castell of Perides where as the lady of Dowaire was and as the duke aduysed the castel he gauged the depnesse of the dyche with a speare howe be it he assyed it nat but made a good face so to do and so passed by came to a fayre castell called Lucheu the whiche perteyned to the erle of saynt Poule and so they burned the towne and dyd nothynge to the castell Than they passed further and came to saynt Require The englisshemen rode on a day nat past a .iii. or foure leages but euer they burned the countrey as they went and so they passed the ryuer of Somme at the planchesse vnder Abbeuille And than they entred into the countrey of Uimeu in purpose to go to Harfle we on the ryuer of Seyne to burne the frenche Nauy The erle of saynt Poule and ser Moreau of Fiennes constable of France with a great nombre folowed pursued in costynge the englysshe hust wherfore the englisshemen durst nat ryde farre abrode out of the high waye but euer kepte themselfe close to gether redy to fight with theyr enemies if nede were And so thus they rode through Uimeu and the countie of Ewe and entred into yâ— archeby sshopryke of Roan passed by Depe and rode so longe that they came to Harflewe and there lodged The erle of saynt Poule was goteÌ„ before them and was entred into yâ— towne with .ii. C. speares So thus the englisshmen laye before Harflewe but they assayled it nat The .iiii. daye after they dislodged and made theyr retourne through the lande of the lorde of Stouteuille and so burned vp the moost parte of all his countrey and than they came through Francquesin and drewe toward Oysemont to repasse the riuer of Somme at Blanchetache The same season there was in the towne of Abuille as capitayne there Hugh of Chastellon maister of the crosbowes in France and whan he perceyued that the duke of Lancastre wolde repasse the riuer of somme he armed hym and caused a .x. or .xii. of his company in lyke wyse to arme them no mo And so mouÌ„ted on their horses sayeng howe he wolde go and se the kepyng of the gate of Rowray to th entent that if thenglisshmen passed by they shulde nat se but that it were well kepte This was early in the mornyng it was a great myst And the same tyme Sir Nicholas Louuaing who in tyme paste before had ben seneschall of Poictou and the same yere before ser Hugh of Chastellon had taken hym prysoner and raunsomed hym at .x. M. fraÌ„kes the which stacke sore in his mynde and had great desyre in his entent to be reuenged and to geat agayne that he had loste The same mornynge he and .xx. with hym were departed fro the duke of LaÌ„castres host he knewe right wel all the passages and straytes there aboute for he had well vsed them the space of .ii. or .iii. yeres to gether And so thought to putte hym selfe at auenture in a busshement bitwene Abbeuille and the castell of Rouuray so passed by a lyttell streyght way through a maryse and rested hym in certayne olde wast broken howses a man wolde neuer haue thought that any company of englisshemen wolde haue lyen in a busshement so nere to the towne So thus there this ser Nicholas and his company kepte them selfe preuy And so at last through the same waye came ser Hugh of Chastellon with x. with hym all armed except his bassenet the whiche his page bare after hym on a great courser and so passed ouer the lyttell ryuer that was there and thought to haue gone to haue spoken with the crosbowes that kepte the gate to knowe yf they had harde any thyng of the englisshemen And whanne sir Nicholas of Louuayng sawe hym he knewe hym wel he coude nat haue ben more ioyous if one had gyuen hym .xx. thousaÌ„d frankes Than he came out of his busshement and sayd to his company come on syrs lustely beholde yonder is he that I desire to haue it is the maister of the crosbowes I desyre to haue hym aboue all creatures lyuynge Than he set the spores to his horse sydes and cowched hys speare in the reste and came towarde sir Hugh of Chastellon and sayd yelde the Chastellon or thou arte but deed Syr Hugh had great meruayle from whens those men of warre came so sodaynly vpon hym for he had no leaser to put on his bassenet nor to mount on his courser whaÌ„ he sawe he was in so hard a case he sayd to whom shuld I yelde me Sir Nicholas answered to Lauuainge Than syr Hugh to eschewe the perel of deth for he sawe wel he coude nat flee sayde I yelde me Than he was takeÌ„ and sir Nicholas sayde come on and ryde with vs behold yonder cometh the duke of LaÌ„castre and his company who wyll passe here foreby at the same brunt ther was slayne a valyaÌ„t burgresse of Abuyle called Laurence Dancons the which was great domage Thus by great fortune was sir Hugh of Chastellon maister at yâ— tyme of the crosbowes in france and capitayn of Abuyle taken by sir Nicholas of Louuayne of whose takynge the duke of Lancastre was right ioyfull and so were all the englysshmen Sir Hugh of Chastellons frendes and yâ— men in the towne of Abuyle were right sorie for his takyng but they coude nat amend it as at that tyme. Than the englysshmen passed the ryuer of Some at blanchtache and than drue towardes the towne of Rue on the see syde and so to Monstrell and dyde somoche by their iorneys that they retourned agayne and caÌ„e to the towne of Calays And than the duke of Lancastre gaue all the strangers leaue to deê‘te and
him selfe greatly to go to that viage so dented out of Heynalt and wente to Parys presented hym selfe to the kyng who was glad to se him apoynted him to go with the duke of Berry with a certayne noÌ„bre of meÌ„ of armes knightes squiers And so ser Guy of Bloys deê‘ted fro Paris rode to ward Orlyance to go into Berry In lyke maner as the freÌ„che kyng ordayned his armies the king of England also set forth two great armyes The duke of LaÌ„castre was ordeyned with .iiii. C. men of armes as many archers to go into the duchy of Acqtayne to coÌ„fort ayde his bretherne for it was thought surely that in those ê‘ties grettest warr shulde be made by the freÌ„che king Also the kyng of England by thaduyse of his couÌ„sell made another army to go into Picardy of the which ser RobrÌ„t Canollshuld be chefe gouernour for it was thought he was a knight metely to be the leder of men of armes for he had long tyme vsed the warr sene great experieÌ„ce ther in Therfore he was desyred thus to do by the kynge of Englande who ioyously condiscended therto And so toke on him that voyage to go to Calays and so into France to fight with the frenchmen if he might mete with theÌ„ in the felde of the whiche he thought to be sure And so he prouided for his iourney and all suche as went with him In the same season was delyuered out of prison the duke of Burbons mother in exchaunge for sir Symon Burle and ser Eustace Dambreticourt dyde helpe moche in that treaty wher of the duke of Burbone the frenche quene thanked him greatly All this season ther had ben great treatyes bytwene the frenche kynge and the kynge of Nauarr who lay at Chierbourge And so moche dyde they that were treaters of the peace bytwene them that they shewed the frenche kyng that it was than no tyme for hym to kepe warre with the kynge of Nauarre for they sayd he had ynough to do to kepe warre agaynste the englisshemen sayenge howe he were better to let some what go of his owne rather than any greatter euyls shuld ryse For if the kynge of Nauarre shulde suffre the englysshemen to arryue and passe through his fortresses of Cloux of Constantyne they shuld therby greatly greue the countre of Normandy whiche thynges they sayd ought greatly to be redoubted and consydered So moche they enduced the kynge that he agreed to the peace and went to the towne of Roan and ther the peace was confyrmed And to the kynge of Nauarr ther went the archebysshop of Roan the erle of Alenson the erle of Salebruche syr Wylliam of DormaÌ„s and ser Robert of Lorrys they fouÌ„d the kyng of Nauar at Uernon ther was made great feastê and thaÌ„ they brought the kyng of Nauarr to Roan to the frenche kyng and ther agayne was confyrmed all the aliauÌ„ces confederacions sworne put in writyng and vnder seale as I vnderstode the kyng of Nauar in makyng of this peace shuld renouÌ„ce all ê“mysses of loue that had ben bytwene hym and the kyng of England and that after his returne agayne into Nauarr he shulde defye the kyng of EnglaÌ„d and for the more surete of loue to be holden and kept bitwene hym the freÌ„che kyng the kyng of Nauarr went withâ— that freÌ„che kyng fro Roan to Paris there were agayne new feastê and soleÌ„pnities And whan they had inough sported them thaÌ„ leaue was taken and the kynge of Nauer departed amyably fro the freÌ„che kyng and left behynde him his two sonnes with the kyng their vncle And than he weÌ„t to MouÌ„tpellyer so in to the countie of Foi after into his owne countre of Nauer Nowe let vs retourne to the busynesse of Acqtayne ¶ Howe sir Bertram of Clesquy deê‘ted out of Spayne went to Tholous where as the duke of Aniou receyued him ioyously Ca. CC .lxxvi. VE shall knowe as it hath ben sayd before how the duke of Aniou had ben in France and was agreed that assone as he was returned in to laÌ„guedoc he shulde entre byforce in to Guyen for he coude in no wyse loue yâ— prince nor thenglyssmen nor neuer dyde And before his departyng the frenche kyng sent letters with great messangers in to Castell to kyng Henry Desyring hym to sende in to Fraunce sir Bertram of Clesquy also the kyng and the duke of Aniou wrote to sir BertraÌ„ that he shulde fynd the meanes to come shortely into Fraunce So these messangers dyd their message and the kynge of Spayne thought nat to kepe him ayenst the frenche kynges desyre and so wolde make non excuse And so sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy made him redy as shortely as he coude and toke leue of kyng Henry and dyd somoche that he came to Tholou wher the duke of Aniou was and had ther assembled a great nombre of knight squyers and men of warr and taryed for nothynge but the comynge of sir Bertram So that by his comyng the duke and all his were greatly reioysed and than they ordayned to de parte fro Tholous and to entre into the prices lande The same season was come to HaÌ„pton in England the duke of LaÌ„castre with .iiii. C. men of armes and as many archers their shippes vessels redy withall their purueyance were in mynde to sayle to Bourdeaux so they myght haue wynde And with the duke there was the lorde Rose sir Michell de la poule sir Robert Rouxe sir Johan of saynt Lowe and sir Wyllyam Beauchampe ¶ Howe they of Monsac of MouÌ„tpellyer yelded theÌ„ to the duke of Aniou And of the duke of Berry who lay at siege before the cytie of Lymoges Cap. CC .lxxvii. THan the duke of Aniou deê‘ted fro the cyte of Tholou in great aray in good order and with hi there was therle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret therle of Piergourt the erle of Comynges the vycont of Carmayne yâ— erle of Lyle the vycont of Brune Kyell the vycont of Narbon the vycont of Talar the lorde de la barde the lorde of Pyncornet sir BertraÌ„ Tande the seneshalles of Tholous Carcassone of Beauchair and dyuers other They were a .ii. M. speares knightes and squyers vi M. a fote with lauÌ„ces and pauesses And sir Bertram of Clesquy was chefe capitayne of all that company and so tooke the way to Dagenoise And by the way they founde in the feldes mo than a. M. of the coÌ„panyons who all that season had ben in Quercy and as than were rydinge to warde Agen. The first forteresse that they came to was Monsacke and the countre was in suche feare by reason of the commynge of the duke of Iniou with suche a great noÌ„bre that dyuers townes and forteresses trymbled for feare and were nat in wyll to holde warre agaynst him And so assoone as they were come before Moysac they yelded them and became frenche and than they wente
vyctorie agaynst the englysshmen so that they were all slayne and taken none escaped â–ª except pages and boyes and suche as lept on their maysters horses and saued them selfe Ther was taken sir Thomas GraÌ„tson sir Gylbert Gyfford sir Geffray Drsell sir WyllinÌ„ Mesuyll sir Philyp Courtney sir Hugh Spens and dyuers other knightes and they were all ledde as prisoners to the cyte of Mans. These tidynges were anon brought to sir Robert Canoll to sir Hugh Caurell â–ª and to sir Robert Briquet and their companyons wherof they were sore difpleased and so brake their enterprice bycause of that aduentur And they of saynt Mors on Loyre came nat forthe but kept styll their logyng And sir Robert Canoll and sir Alayne Boucquesell withdrue theÌ„ backe and brake vp that iourney and entred in to Bretayne And sir Robert went to his owne castell of Doruall gaue leaue to all his men of armes and archers to depart and take their aduaÌ„tage wher as they thought best So they departed and some went ouer agayne into England And sir Alayne BoucqÌ„sell went to wynter in the towne of saynt Sauy our the vycont whiche the kyng of Englande had gyuen him ¶ Howe pope Urbane dyed howe Gregory was chosen And howe sir Raymon of Marneyll was taken by the englysshmen Cap. CC .lxxxvi. AFter this disconfyture thus at Pont Uolant wher as parte of the englysshmen were ouerthrowen wherby their iourney was broken Than sir Bertram of Clesquy who in the noueltie of his offyce as coÌ„stable of France had done this dede wherby he gate great renome and laude and so came agayne in to France and the lord of Clysson with him And led with him a great parte of the englysshe prisoners and brought them to the cytie of Parys without daunger there courtesly raunsomed theym without constraynt and dyde let them go on their faythes They putte them nat in stockes noryrons nor yet in prison as these almaygnes do their prisoners to gette of them the greater raunsome Cursed be they they are people without pytie or honour therfore there is none that ought to take any mercy of them The frenchmen kepte good company with their prisoners and raunsomed them courtesly without any greuaunce to them ¶ Of this discoÌ„fytur the prince of Wales was right sore displeased and the duke of LaÌ„castre and all their coÌ„pany beyng at Congnac After the recoÌ„queryng of Lymoges about the tyme of Christmas pope Urbane the fyft dyed at Auygnon who had ben a valyaunt clerke and a wyse and a good frenchman Than the cardy nals entred into the CoÌ„claue and dyde chose amonge them a newe pope who was cardynall of Beauforde and was called Gregory the .xi. of whose creacyon deuyne prudeÌ„ce the freÌ„che kynge was ryght ioyoule bycause he semed to be a good frenchman at whose creacyon there was with hym at Auygnon the duke of Aniou who dyde great payne to cause him to be pope ¶ The same season ther fell to sir Eustace DaÌ„ bretycourt an harde aduenture he rode in Lymosyn and in an euenynge he came to yâ— castell of the lorde Pyer Buffyer whome he reputed to haue ben his speciall frende and louer for a good englysshman But he dyde put sir Thy balt du pont a man of armes a breton into his castell and caused hym to take sir Eustace prisoner as he that tooke no hede of hym And so heledde him away with him as his prisoner afterwarde raunsomed hym at .xii. thousande frankes wherof he payed four thousande and his sonne Frances abode in hostage for the resydue with the duke of Burbone who repledged hym and dyde moche payne for his delyuerance bycause that sir Eustace before dyde his payne to delyuer the lady his mother whome the coÌ„panyons had taken at Bell perche And so after sir Eustace delyuerance he went lay at Carenten beyonde the waches of saynt Clement in base normandy in a good towne the whiche the kynge of Naucr had gyuen him ther he dyed god haue his soule for as longe as he lyued he was a right valyant knight THe same season ser Raymon of Maruell depted fro Parys to go in to his owne countre the which newly was retourned frenche and by the way he met an harde aduentur for him For he founde a great rout of englysshmen of sir Hugh Caurelles which were ledde by a knight of Poytou Hesell so in this knightes handes that he coude nat scape so he was taken prisoner and brought in to Poyctou to the sayde knightes castell The takynge of sir Raymon was anone knowen in Englande so that the kynge was enformed therof Than the kyng wrote to the knight that had him coÌ„mauÌ„dyng him incoÌ„tynent to sende hym his enemy and false traytour sir Raymon Marnell â–ª sayeng howe he wolde take suche vengeance on hiÌ„ that all other shulde take ensample by him promysing the knight to gyue hym for the takyng of him .vi. M. frankes The knyghê was called sir Geffray Dargenton who wolde nat disobey the kyng his maisters commauadement but said he wolde fulfyll his pleasur Sir Raymon of Marnell was enformed howe the king of Englande wolde haue him and had sent for hym and howe his mayster was determyned to sende hym ouer in to Englande And whan he knewe that he was more abasshed than before and good cause why Than in his prison he began to make the moost lameÌ„table coÌ„playntes that coulde be deuysed in so moche that he that kept hym who was an englysshman had great pyte on hym and right swetely reconforted hym Sir Raymon who sawe no conforte in the danger that he was in seyng that be shulde be ledde into Englande to the kynge Than he discouered his sorowe to his kepar and on a day sayd to hym My dere freÌ„de if ye wolde delyuer me out of the daunger that I am in I promyse you on my faythe and trouthe to departe with you the halfe of all my landes and make you enheryter therto and neuer to fayle you The englysshman who was but a poore man consydered howe sir Raymon was in parell of his lyfe and howe he had promysed him great curtessy He had of hym great pytie and coÌ„passyon and sayd Sir I shall do my payne to saue you Than ser Raymon who was right ioyfull of that answere sware to him his faytlâ— to kepe his promyse and farthermore if he wolde desyre it And than they deuysed howe they might accomplysshe their entences And whan it was nyght the englysshman who bare the kayes of the castell and of the towre wherin sir Raymon was prisoner and hadde they kay of the posterne He dyde so moche that he let hym out in to the feldes And so toguyder they went in to a great woode to the entente they shulde nat be folowed That night they suffred as moche payne as coude be thought for they went a seuyn leages a fote the same nyght and it was harde frost wherby they cutte their
Englande wherof kyng Henry was ryght sore displeased and called all his counsayle toguyder Than was it counsayled hym that he shulde sende great messangers to the frenche kynge to treate with hym to whiche counsayle the kynge agreed And sente wyse and sufficyent personages into Fraunce And so they departed and dyde so moche by their iourneys that they came to the cytie of Parys wher they fouÌ„de the kyng who receyued them with great ioye and feest And so bytwene the kyng these counsaylours of kyng Henry who hadde procuracyons sealed to treate and to procede in all causes in the name of their lorde in any plyament treaty counsayle secrete or otherwise to take effect Finally the same season ther were a corded ordayned and confyrmed alyaunces and confederacions right great and large and sworne soâ—eÌ„ply on bothe parties to holde fermly nat to breke nor to do agaynst it by no maner of way but that those two kyngê to abyde fermly in an vnyte of peace loue alyaÌ„ce and there the frenche kyng sware by the worde of a kyng that he wolde ayde and helpe the kyngs of Castell in all his busynesse and to make no maner of peace nor acorde with the kyng of Englande but that he shulde be comprised in the same To this treaty sir Bertram of Clesquy helped greatly for he loued enterely the kynge Henry After these thynges confyrmed and agreed the embassadours departed and retourned into Spaygne and founde their lorde at Lyon in Spaygne who was right ioyouse of their comynge home and that they had so well sped And by reason of this alyaunce kyng HeÌ„ry thought hymselfe better assured and conforted than he was before ¶ Howe the duke of LaÌ„castre ordayned gouernours in Guyen and ledde his wyfe with hym in to Englande and howe the kyng of Englande ordayned the erle of Penbroke to be gouernour in Poitou Ca. C C lxxxxvi NOwe let vs retourne to the duke of Lancastre who was in the cyte of Burdeux so about the feest of saynt Mychaell he thought to re tourne in to Englande the better to enforme the kynge his father of the besynesse of Acquitayne And so a lytell before his depture he ordayned therfore and assembled in the cytie of Burdeux all the barownes and knightes of Guyen such as were englysshe And than he shewed them how he was purposed to retourne in to Englande for certayne maters for the profyte of theym all and of the countre of Acquitayne and that the next somer after he wolde come thyder agayne yf the kynge his father were so pleased These wordes pleased them all Than the duke ordayned the lorde Captall of Beufez and the lorde of Musydent with the lorde Lespare to be gouernours of all the countre of Gascoyne that was englysshe And in Poytou he ordayned to be gouernours sir Loyes Harcourt the lorde of Parteney and in Xaynton sir Loyes Dargentou and sir Wyllyam of MouÌ„tendre left all â—is seneschals and offycers as they were before And it was ordayned that there shulde go with the duke into Englande certayne persons of Gascoyne Xaynton and Poictou to shewe to the kyng of England the state and besynesse of Aquitayne As sir Guyssharde Dangle the lorde of Pynan and sir Aymery of Tarse and to abyue for theym the duke taryed a certayne space and whan they were all redy apparelled they entred in to their shyppes in the hauyn of Burdeux So the duke departed with a great company of men of armes and archers he had a threscore vessels with his company and purueyauÌ„ce and ledde with hym his wyfe and her suster And they spedde so well on the see had so good wynde that they arryued at Hampton in England and there yssued out of their shyppes and entred into the towne And ther rested them the space of two dayes and than departed and rode to wyndsore where the kynge receyued the duke his sonne and the ladyes damosels and knyghtes strangers with great feest and specially he was gladde to se ser Guysshard Dangle ¶ The same season dyed the gentyll knyght sir Gaultier of Manny in the cytie of London wherof all the barones of Englande were right sorie for the trouthe and good couÌ„sayle that they had alwayes sene and herde in him He was buryed with great solempnyte in the monastery of the charterhouse besyde London and at the day of his obsequy there was the kyng and all his chyldren and the prelates banrons and knightes of Englande And so all his landes bothe in Englande and beyonde the see fell to the erle Johan of Penbroke who hadde to wyfe the lady Anne his doughter and heyre So the erle of Penbroke sent to entre in to the lande that was fallen to him in Heynault by ii of his knightes who dyde so well their deuorâ— with the duke Aubert who as than helde the erldome of Heynalt in rule that they atteyned their purpose ALl that wynter ther were dyuers counsayls in Englande among the lordê for the state of the realme and howe they shulde meÌ„tayne the warr the next somer folowynge And so were of enteÌ„t to make two viages the one in to Guyen and the other into France by Calys way and the kyng sought for frendes in all parties aswell in Almayne as in the marches of the empyre wher as he gate dyuers knightes and squyers of his acorde also he made a marueylous great apparell for his hoost that the lyke had nat ben often sene before The freÌ„che kyng had knowlege of their secretes and what they were in purpose to do whervpon he toke counsayle and made prouisyon and fortifyed his cyties townes and castels in Pycardy and sette in euery place great garysons of men of warre to th entent to defende the countre fro all mysaduenture Whan that somer was come and that kyng Edwarde of England hadde holden his feest and solemnyte of saynt George at wyndsore as was his vsage yerely to do And that ser Guyssharde Dangle was entred into the same fraternyte with the kyng and his chyldren and other barons of Englande the whiche were called in the fraternyte knightê of the blue garter THan the kyng went to LoÌ„don to his palays of westmynster and there he had a great couÌ„sayle for the orderyng of the realme And bycause that the duke of Lancastre shulde that season passe in to Fraunce by the playnes of Pycardy the erle of Cambridge with him The kyng at the desyre of sir Guyssharde DaÌ„gle and of them of Poyton Ordayned that the erle of Penbroke shulde go in to Poictou to vysyte that countre and to make warre agaynst the frenchmen on that syde For the gascoyns poicteuyns had requyred the kyng by their letters and by the mouthe of sir Guyssharde DaÌ„gle that if he wolde nat send any of his sonnes that he wolde sende the erle of Penbroke whoÌ„e they greatly loued and desyred to haue for they knewe him for a good knight and a hardy and so
ther was the Captall of Beufz ser Beras de la Launde sir Peter of Landuras sir Soudyc and sir Bertram de Franke. And of englysshmen ther was sir Thomas Percy sir Richarde of Pontchardon sir WyllmÌ„ Ferryton sir Dangoses sir Baudwyn of FraÌ„uyll sir Water Hewet sir Johan Deureur Whan these lordes and their coÌ„pany who were to the nombre of sire hundred men of armes were coÌ„e to Rochell they of the towne made them good chere outwarde bycause they durst do none otherwyse Than they were enformed by sir Jaques Surgeres of the batayle of the spanyerdes on the see and shewed theym howe he was him selfe at the same batayle taken and raunsomed Of these tidynges were the barones and knightes ryght sorie and displeased and reputed theym selfe right vnfortunat that they had nat ben ther and complayned greatly the losse of the erle of PeÌ„broke and of sir Richard DaÌ„gle So thus they taryed at Rochell I can nat say howe longe to take counsayle and aduyse howe they shulde do and maynteyne forthe the warr ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue a lytell whyle to speke of them and lette vs speke of sir yuan of Wales howe he dyde the same season ¶ Howe â—ir yuan of wales discoÌ„fited thenglisshmen in the yle of Gernsay and howe the frenche kyng sent into Spayne for men of warrÌ„ to lay sege to Rochell Cap. CCC THis yuaÌ„ of Wales was son to a prince of Wales whom kynge Edwarde had put to dethe I caÌ„ nat say for what cause And so gaue the principalyte to his sonÌ„e made hym prince of Wales So this yuan came into Fraunce complayned to kyng Charles of Fraunce of the iniuryes that the kynge of Englande had done to hym as in slayeng of his father takyng away of his he rytage So the frenche kyng retayned him aduaunsed him greatly and made him gouernour of certayn men of warr And so the same somer the kyng delyuered him four thousande fightyng men and sent him to the see and toke shippyng at Harflewe and so sayled forthe towarde Englande so came to they le of Gern â–ª say agaynst NormaÌ„dy wherof Aymon Rosse a squyer of honour with the kyng of England was capitayne And whan he knewe yâ— the frenchmen were aryued in the yle and yuan of Wales with them he was nothynge content And so made his somons through the yle the which is nat great in quantyte and so he assembled what of his owne and of them of the yle to the nombre of .viii. hundred And so came to a certayne place and ther fought with the sayd yuan where there was a sore batayle and endured along space Howe beit finally the englysshmen were disconfyted and flayne in the same place mo than four huÌ„dred And so this Aymon fled away or els he had ben deed or taken so he saued him selfe with moche payne and entred into a lytell castell a two leages thens called Cornette the whiche the same Aymon had well fortifyed before Than after this disconfytur the sayd yuan drewe togyder his men and hadde knowledge howe that Aymon was entred into the castell of Cornette Than he drewe thyder and layd siege therto and made dyuers assautes but the castell was strong well purueyed with good artyllary so that it was nat easy to be wonne Duryng this siege before Cornette the aduentur fell on the see of the takyng of the erle of Penbroke and sir Guyssharde Dangle and their company before Rochell as ye haue herde before Of the whiche tidynges whan the french kyng herde therof he was right ioy ouse and entended thereby the rather to pursue the warre in Poictou For than he thought that yf the englysshmen began ones a lytell to declyne that lightly the cyties townes wolde gyue vp and rendre theÌ„selfe to him Than the frenche kynge desermyned that in to Poyctou Xaynton and Rochelloyse he wolde sende for that season his constable thyder with certayne men of armes and to make hote warr in those countrees bothe by lande and by see sayenge that the englysshmen ther as than had no capttayne nor chefe ruler Than the frenche kynge sent his letters to the sayd yuaÌ„ who lay at sege before the castell of Cornet in the yle of Gernsay Of the whiche siege the kyng was well enformed and howe the castellby lykelyhod was in preignable Therfore the kyng commauÌ„ded hym after the sight of his letters to deê‘te and breke vp his siege And to entre into a shyppe the whiche the kyng sent hym for the same purpose and so to sayle into Spayne to kyng Henry to gette of hym barkes and galeys and his admyrall and men of warre to come and to lay siege by the see to the towne of Rochell Whan the sayd yuan sawe the kynges message and coÌ„mauÌ„dement he obeyed therto and so brake vp the siege and gaue leaue to his company to departe and delyuered them shyppes to bring theÌ„ to Harflewe And himselfe entred into a great shyppe and toke his course towarde Spayne Thus befell of the siege before Cornette in the yle of Gernsay ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande was sore displeased of the takyng of therle of Penbroke and how sir Bertram of Clesquy toke the castell of Mount morillon Cap. CCC .i. THe kyng of England was sore displeased whaÌ„ he herde how the army that he had sent in to Poictou was ouerthrowen by the spanyerdes on the see and so wer all suche as loued hym how be it they coude nat amâ—de it for that tyme. thaÌ„ the sages of therealme thought surely that the countre of Poictou and of Xaynton was likely to be lost by reason of the sayd mysse happe this they shewed to the kyng and to the duke of Lancastre So they were long in counsayle on the mater and so determyned as than that the erle of Salysbury with fyue hundred men of armes shulde go thyder But what sâ—â—uer 〈◊〉 sâ—yle or aduyse was taken ther was nothyng done for there came other busynesses in hande out of Bretayne that letted that iourney wher of the kyng repented him after whan he coude nat remedy it So it was that the spanyerdes who had taken the erle of Penbroke as ye haue herd before they taryed a certayne space on the see bycause the wynde was contrary to theÌ„ Howbeit at last they arryued at the porte saynt Andrewe in Galyce and so entred into the towne about noone And so brought all their prisoners in to the Castell all bounde in cheanes of yron acordyng to their custome for other courtesy they can nat shewe They are like vnto the almaynes THe same day yuan of Wales was arryued with his shyppe in the same porte so toke lande and entred in to the same house wher as Domferant of Pyon and Cabesse of Wakadent had brought the erle of Penbroke and his knightes And so it was shewed yuan as he was in his chambre howe the englysshemen were in the same
by yâ— day certayne nombre of men of warre other of the french kynges parte or of the kyng of Englandes part And that party that coude kepe the felde of him they wolde holde their laÌ„des in peace for euer Whiche couenant to parforme therle of Foiz and the other lordes layd good hostages Than the duke of Aniou went to Pyergourte with all his hole army gaue lycence to no man to departe IN that season ther was an exchange made of certayne landê for prisoners in spaygne whiche landes the kynge of Spayne had gyuen to the constable of FrauÌ„ce and the lorde of Manny for suche seruyce as they had done in Spayne The coÌ„stable gaue the lande of saryen castell in exchange for the erle of PeÌ„broke who was taken prisoner before Rochell and ser Olyuer of MaÌ„ny gaue his lande of Grece for the lordes sir Richarde Dangle and WyllimÌ„ his nephue and for Othes of GraÌ„tsone JohnÌ„ de Gremeres and Tanyboton The same season there began a treatie bytwene the duke of Aniou and the duke of Lancastre at Pyergort by assurances towarde the duke of Aniou for the duke of Lancastre helde himselfe as kynge and regent of theÌ„glysshe marches And so ther was a respyte of warre agreed bytwene them and all their ayders to endure tyll the last day of August So that these two dukes shulde be at the begynning of SepteÌ„bre in the marches of Picardy the duke of Aniou at saynt Omers and the duke of LaÌ„castre at Calys After this truce thus taken the duke of LaÌ„castre and the duke of Breten therles of Warwyke of Suffolke Stafforde the lordes Spenser Wyl loughby Chanoyne Robersart Henry Percy and the lorde of Mauue and all other lordê and knightes the .viii. day of July deê‘ted fro Burdeux and returned into Englande And whan the capitayns of Bercerell sir Johan of Pert and Johan of Cornwall had kept the for tresse the space of a yere agaynst the freÌ„chmen that lay there at siege and sawe no socoure nor ayde comyng to them warde and that their vytayls began sore to mynisshe Than they toke aduyse togyder and deâ—myned to make some composycion than they fell in treaty with the lordes of Hambuye of Stonuyll Blaynuyll and Franuyll The lordes of Normandy that lay there at siege were right wery and wolde gladly haue fallen into some treaty howe beit first they wolde knowe the kyngê mynde who acorded right well therto So that if the duke of Bretayne were nat personally bitwene that tyme and the feest of Allsayntes next comyng after before the towne of Bercerell in such wise able to reyse the siege els they within to yelde them vp For which composycion ther were de lyuered hostages therle of Penbroke was put to raunsome of sixe thousande frankes lomberdes in Bruges becaÌ„e dettours therfore and promysed payment therof assoone as he were hole and in good poynt So the erle rode vnder the conduct of the constable through FrauÌ„ce so that the feuer and sickenesse toke hym by the way and so in a horse lytter he was brought to the cyte of Arras there his sickenesse toke hym so sore that he lay in his bedde and final lye dyed there and so the constable lost his money And therle of Penbroke left behynde hym a sonne of the age of two yere and sir Richarde DaÌ„gle made his finauÌ„ce as I shall shewe you ye haue herde here before howe yâ— lorde of Roy was prisoner in EnglaÌ„de who had no children but a doughter who was his heyre The frendes of the sayd lorde of Roy fell in treaty with sir Olyuer of Manny a knyght of Bretayne and nephue to sir Bertram of Clesquy for the delyueraunce of the lorde of Roy by this meanes by exchaunge for one of his prisoners and he to haue to his wyfe the lorde of Roys doughter who was of great lynage ThaÌ„ sir Olyuer of MaÌ„ny sent to yâ— kyng of EnglaÌ„de to knowe what knyght he wolde gladlyest haue delyueced for the lorde of Roye the kyng enclynod to haue sir Rychard Dangleê and so they were delyuered quyte eche for other And the lord MaÌ„ny wedded the doughter of the lorde of Royes and the sayde lorde of Roye after maryed the doughter of the lorde of Wille and of Floren 〈◊〉 in Heynalt And yâ— other knyghtes as sir Tanyboton sir Othes of Grantson and Johan of Gruners were put to their fynauÌ„ce and by the meanes of sir Olyuer of Manny they passed with easy and courtesse rauÌ„some ¶ Howe dyuers townes yelded vp to the french kyng in Gascon how sir Hugh of Chastellon retourned fro prison and howe the castell of Bercerell in NormaÌ„dy yelded them vp freÌ„che Cap. CCC .xii. WHan the myddes of August began to aproche and that the iourney shulde hold before Monsac the duke of Anioue came thyder with a great noÌ„bre of men of warr and so came and lay before Monsac sixe dayes and thyder came no body to apere of the other parte for the englysshmen thought that by reason of the treaty that was made bitwene the duke of Aniou and the duke of Lancastre that iourney shulde haue ouerpast but the duke of Aniou and his counsayle was nat of that mynde Than the duke sent to the erle of Foiz the vicount of Chatell Boine to the lordes of Marsen of Chatell Neufe of Lescute to the abbot of saynt Syluere that they shuld holde their couenauÌ„t or els the duke sayd he wolde sle all the hostagê that he had for that entent and wolde entre in to their landes with suche puyssaunce that he wolde compell them to cry for mercy Than these lordes putte them selfe their landes vnder the obeysance of the frenche kyng and they of Monsac opened their towne whiche was a fayre garison went and presented the keys to the duke of Aniou and to hym dyde fealtie and homage And so the duke and his company entred and there taryed .xviii. dayes in the meane season â—oke counsayle to what parte they shulde drawe as soone as the myddes of August shulde be past and that the truce shulde be expyred and whan the daye was past the duke of Aniou went before the Ryoll and whan he had layen there at siege thre dayes than they of the Ryoll put themselfe vnder the obeysaunce of the frenche kyng than they went before Langon whiche also yelded vp and after saynt Marquayre Condose Basylle the towre of PrudeÌ„ce Mauleon and the towre of Drowe and to the nombre of a .xl. townes and castels tourned them selfe frenche in the same viage the last that tourned frenche was Dauberoth in euery place the duke layd newe garisons And whan he had ordayned euery thyng accordyng to his pleasure than he retourned in to Fraunce and the constable in lykewise for the kyng sent for them and so they gaue lycence to the moost parte of their company to departe and the lordes of Clisson of Beaumauoyre of Dauangourt of Ray of Ryon
sir James of Uien the admyrall of Fraunce the doulpoyu of Auuergne sir Johan of Bulle and dyuerss other lordes And all these helde their iourney and day before Bercerell but none came thyder to apere before them and so the forte resse was yelded vp and euery man departed who wolde and so sir JohnÌ„ Apert and his men of Cornewall tooke the see and retourned in to Englande and the lordes of FrauÌ„ce toke possessyon of the forteresse of Bercerell and newe repayred it and refresshed it with men artyllary and other puruyances And anone after by the coÌ„mauÌ„dment of the french king all these men of warre went and layd siege before saynt Saluyour the vicount in CoÌ„stantyne whiche parteyned before to sir Johan Chandos and after his dethe the kyng of Englande gaue it sir Alayn of Boucquesell who as thaÌ„ was in Englande and he hadde lefte a capitayne there a squier called Charenton with him sir Thomas Cornet Johan de Bourge and the thre bretherne of Maulurier and with them there were a sixscore men of warr and so saynt Sauiour was besieged by see by sir Johan of Uien admyrall of FrauÌ„ce and by lande by the other lordê of Bretayne and Normandy Ther was a great hoost and they dressed vp engyns agaynst the towne whichesore traueyled them within the forteresse NOwe let vs speke of the lordê that 〈◊〉 at Bruges to entreat for a peace of the freÌ„che parte The dukes of Anion and of Burgoyne the erle of Salebruch the bysshoppe of Amiens the chiefe of Bayeux And on the englisshe parte there was the duke of LaÌ„castre the erle of Salisbury and the bysshop of LoÌ„don So at last to th entent that none yuell nor trouble shulde coÌ„e to any of these lordes nor to none of their men that rode in out dayly bytwene the parties Therfore they agreed on a truce to endure to the fyrst day of May next after in all the marches of Calais and to the ryuer of Some and other landes to be styll in warre Than there was sent in to Bretayne the lorde Clysson and the lorde de Lauall with all their companyes to kepe the fronters there about ¶ Howe the duke of Bretayne arryued in Bretayne where he tooke dyuers castels and forteresses by force and of the trewce that was made bytwene the french kyng and the kyng of Englande and their alyes Cap. CCC .xiii. WHyle these lordes were entreatyng for peace at Brugê The duke of Bretayn who was in Englande as ye haue herde here before sawe well howe his countre was in great trybulacion nighe all the countre turned agaynst hym And as than the countesse his wyfe was in the castell of Alroye and him selfe about the kyng of EnglaÌ„de who right hertely loued him and to hym sayd Fayreson I knowe well howe for the loue of me ye haue put in balance your landes and are put out of your seignory fayre herytage but be ye in certayne that I shall right well recouer it you agayne for I woll make no peace with the freÌ„chmen without ye be coÌ„prssed therin and you to haue agayne your herytage The duke huÌ„bly thaÌ„ked hym And so yâ— same season the duke of Bretayne assembled toguyder at HaÌ„pton thre M. archers And they were all payed their wages by the ordynance of the kyng of Englande for halfe a yere with theÌ„ two M. men of armes And in that iorney there went therles of CaÌ„bridge and of Marche the lorde Spenser sir ThomÌ„s HolaÌ„de Nicholas Camoire Edwarde Twyford Richarde Pontchardon Johan â—esselle Thomas Grantson Hugh Hastyngê the lordê of MaÌ„ue of Pole and diuers other knightes squiers the duke of Bretayne with all his company arryued at saynt Mathewes of tyne Potern in Bretayne and so toke lande and in contynent assayled the castell which was without the towne the castell was nat greatly fortifyed nother with men nor artillery and so the engylsshmen toke it by force and slewe all them that were within and whan they within the towne of saynte Mathewes knewe therof they opened their gates receyued in the duke as their lord Than thenglisshmen went to the towne of Polle de Lyon whiche was stronge and well closed There they made a great assaute and the archers beyng on the dykes shot so holy togyder that fewe or none durst shewe them selfe at defence so the towne was wonne ouerron and exyled than they went to Brue de Uaulx which was well fortifyed with men of armes other purueyaunces for the lordes of Clysson and Beaumanoyre the vycount of Rohan and dyuers other lordes of Bretayne had been there but a lytell be fore had refresshed the fortresse with euery thing that neded and so the duke and the englisshmen layd siege therto And whan they of saynt Sauyour the vicouÌ„t vnderstode howe the duke of Bretayn and these lordes of Englande were arryued in Bretayne they trusted that they wolde come thyder and reyse the siege about them whiche they greatly desyred for they were greatly coÌ„streyned by their engyns which dyde cast day and nyght so that they wyst nat where to kepe theÌ„selfe out of danger Than they toke aduyse to entreat with the freÌ„chmen to haue a truse to endure to Ester the yere of our lorde M. thre hundred .lxxv. whiche was but .vi. wekes after so that within that tyme they shulde be fought withall orreysed fro the sege or els to yelde vp the forteresse their lyues and goodê saued this truce was taken but they lay styll at siege but they made no warre eche to other duryng that season THe vicont of Rohan the lordê of Clisson and of Beaumanoyre who laye in fronter agaynst the duke of Bretayne and theÌ„glisshmen who lay at sege before saynt Bru de Uaulx and they herde reported howe sir JohnÌ„ Deureux was nere to Campelly made great warre in the countre and had newly repayred and fortifyed a lytell fortresse wherin he was and made there his garyson and called it the Nouell for t so that they of CaÌ„pelly coulde nat issue out of their towne without trouble And so they sent worde therof to the lorde Clysson who was at Lamballe than he and his company departed thens and left men behynde them to kepe the towne and rode so longe that they came to the newe forters and layd seige therto whiche tidynges came to the duke of Bretayn where as he was at siege before saynt Brue de Uaulx where as the duke had made a myne the which had bene a makyng the space of .xv. dayes and at the same tyme they had loste their myne and labour And whan the duke and the lordes of his hoost knewe that they sayd all thynges consydered they thought they loste their tyme to abyde there any lenger wherfore they sayd it were better for them to go and ayde sir JohnÌ„ Deureux for if we may fynde them in the felde that hath layde siege to hym we trust we
quene dyed and as the pâ—ysicyons sayde through her owne faulte for she laye in chyld bed of a fayre lady named â—ateryne who was after duches of Berrey the qwene beyng in chyldbed was nat well at ease and her physicions had defeÌ„ded her in any wyse that she shulâ—e â–ª nat enter in to no bayne for they sayd it was contrary to her dissease and ryght perylus for her All that nat withstandyng she wolde nedes be bayned and so she was and so fell sycker and dyed And so kyng Charles of Fraunce was a wydower for he neuer maryed after ¶ Howe the warre began agayne bitwene the naueroyse and the frenchemen and of the begynning of the cisme of holy churche Ca. CCC .xxvi. AFter the deth of the freÌ„che quene dyed also the qwene of Nauer suster germayne to the frenche kyng And after the deth of this qwene of Nauer great murmuryng rose bytwene the sagemen customyers of the countie of Uire whiche is in Normandy the whiche by ryght successyon of their mother shulde â—all to the kyng of Nauers children who were as than within age and vnder the rule and kepynge of their vncle kynge Charles of FrauÌ„ce and kyng Charles of Nauer was had in such suspect before tyme in that he had made and consented and reysed so many euilles and incoÌ„uenyences in the realme of Fraunce that he was nat worthy to holde any herytage in the realme of Fraunce vnder the shadowe of his children The same season ther came out of Acquitayne the constable of FrauÌ„ce who hadde ben all that season with the duke of Aniou and brought with him in his company the lorde Mucydent of Gascon to se the kyng and to be acquaynted with him and so he dyd Bytwene the kyng and the constable ther was many secrete couÌ„sayls of the state of the realme of Fraunce and of Nauer whiche was nat sodenly knowen we shall shortly speke of that mater But iustly to cronycle all matters that fell in the same season in the worlde I shall shewe you of the begynning of the pestylence and inconuenyens that began in the churche of god wherby all christendome was in great trouble and varyance and therby many great mischefes grewe and folowed yE haue harde here before howe pope Gregorie the .xi. of that name was in the cytie of Auygnon whan he sawe that he coude finde no maner of peace to be had bitwene the kynges of Englande and FrauÌ„ce wherwith he was in great dyspleasure for he had greatly trauelled there about had made his cardynalles to do the same Than he aduysed him selfe and had a deuocion to go and reuyset Rome and the see apostolyke the whiche saynt Peter and saynt Poule had edefyed He had made before promyse that if euer he came to the degre to be pope he wold neuer kepe his see but there as saynt Peter kepte his and ordayned it This pope was a man of feble complection and sickly and endured moche payne more than any other And he thus beyng in Auignon was so sore lette with the besynesses of Fraunce and so sore traueyled with the kyng and his brethern that with moch payne he had any leyser to take hede any thyng to him selfe or to his churche Than he sayd to him selfe he wolde go farther of fro them to be at more rest and so he caused prouysyon to be made on the ryuer of Gennes and all the wayes as he shuld passe as it apertayned to suche an highe astate as he was and than he sayd to his cardynals Sirs make you redy for I woll to Rome of that mocyon his cardynalles were sore abasshed and displeased for they loued nat the romayns and so they wolde fayne haue tourned his purpose but they coude nat And whan the frenche kyng knewe therof he was sore displeased for he thought he hadde the pope nerer at hande there than in any other place than the kyng wrote incoÌ„tynent to his brother the duke of Aniowe who was at Tholouse signyfieng him that after the syght of his letters he shulde go to Auignon to the pope and breke his voiage to Rome if it were possyble The duke dyd as the kyng commaunded him and so came to Auignon wher the cardynalles receyued him with great ioy and so was lodged in the popes palays the ofter therby to speke with the pope ye may well knowe he spake with the pope and shewed him dyuers reasons to haue brokeÌ„ his purpose but the pope wolde in noo wyse consent therto nor take any hede of any besinesses on this syde the mouÌ„tayns But the pope gaue the duke full puyssance to do what he myght reseruyng certayne cases papall the whiche he myght nat gyue to no man nor put them out of his owne handes Whan the duke sawe he coude nat come to his entent for no reason nor fayre wordê that he coude shewe he toke leaue of the pope and sayd at his departyng Holy father ye go into a good countre among suche people where as ye be but lytle beloued ye woll leue the fouÌ„tayne of faithe and the realme wher as holy churche hath moost fayth and exellence of all the worlde and sir by your dede the churche may fall in gret trybulacion for if ye dye there the which is right likely and so say the phisycions Than the romayns who be malycious and traytours shal be lordê and maysters of all the cardynalles and shall make a pope at their owne wyll howe beit for all these wordes and many other the pope neuer rested tyll he was on his way and so came to Marcyll where as the galeys of GeÌ„nes were redy to receyue him and the duke retourned agayne to Tholouse Pope Gregorie entred into the see at Marcyll with a great company and had good wynde and so tooke lande at Gennes and there newe refresshed his galays so toke the see agayne and sayled tyll he caÌ„e to Rome The romayns were ryght ioyfull of his comynge and all the chiefe of Rhome mounted on their horses and so brought him in to Rome with great tryumphe and lodged in saynt Peters palys and often tymes he vysited a churche called our lady the great within Rome Wherin he had great pleasure dyd make therin many costly warkes And within a whyle after his comynge to Rome he dyed was buryed in the sayd church and there his obsequy was made as to a pope aparteyned ANon after the dethe of the pope Gregory the cardynalles drewe them in to the conclaue in the palays of saynt Peter Anone after as they were entred to chose a pope acordyng to their vsage such one as shuld be good and profytable for holy churche the romayns assembled theÌ„ togyder in a great nombre and came in to the bowrage of saynt Peter They were to the nombre of .xxx. thousand what one and other in the entent to do yuell if the mater went nat accordynge to their appetytes And they came
of Castell beyng in his owne countre had sent a .xv. dayes past for his sonne to breke vp the siege So thus yâ— spanyerdes dysloged and departed and set fyre in their lodgynges and so drewe towardes Groyng and to saynt Domynikes in Castell And whan they within Panpylone sawe them deê‘t they were right ioyfull for they had nat ben at all tymes at their ease ¶ Tidynges came to the kynge of Nauer to thenglysshmen beyng at saynt Johans towne howe the spanyerdes were all goone in to their owne countrees by semyng they were therw t right sore displeased for gladly they woloâ— haue fought with the spaynyardes so they dyslodged and went towarde Panpilon and ther they founde the vicount of Chastellon the lorde Lescute and other who receyued them ioyfully And whan they had refresshed them there a two or thre dayes than they determyned to â—eparte and go and lye in garysons to be at more large for the mountayns in Nauer arre ryght colde in wynter bycause of the great snowes So thaÌ„ it was ordayned that the englisshmen shulde go and lye at Tudela and the lorde Lescute at Pont de la Royne and the erle of Pulloys and sir Roger his brother to go to Corell and the lorde Chastellon to Mundon Thus these men of warre departed and the kynge of Nauer abode styll in Panpylone in his owne palys and the garysons of Nauer were kepte in peace without doynge of any thynge for in the wynter they wolde nat ryde abrode in lyke wyse all the spanyardes departed and kynge Henry went to Cyuell and with him his wyfe and his chyldren Sir Thomas Tryuet and his company beynge at Tudela remembring howe he had done nothyng sythe he came in to Nauer and he had worde by his espyes howe the spanyardes were departed with drawen Than he thought to ryde towarde Spaygne soÌ„ what to enploy his tyme and to veserue his wages And so secretely he gathered togyder a certayne nombre of men of armes and archers and he sent worde therof to the erle of Pulloys and to sir Roger his brother who came to him with two C. speares and thre huÌ„dred pauesses They assembled togyder at Tudela so yâ— they were a .vii. C. speares and .xii. C. archers and as many of other brigantes And so they charged on somers great plentie of vitayls and deê‘ted loged on Christmas euyn in afayre medowe by a ryuersyde at the fote of the mouÌ„tain called mouÌ„t Cane the whiche deê‘ted thre realmes Nauer Castell and Aragone and on yâ— other syde of the mouÌ„tayn was a countre called the vale of Sorie the same day was a marueylous hote day for that tyme of the yere ¶ Howe the englysshmen and naueroyse ran in to the realme of Spayne and of the pillage that they gat there Cap. CCC .xl. ANd whan they hadde dyned they went to couÌ„sayle to knowe if they shulde do any thyng yâ— day ornar bicause it was Christmas euyn seyng they were entryng in to yâ— lande of their enemyes Than it was determyned that they shulde ryde at night so yâ— by the mornyng on Christmas day they might be redy to scale yâ— cytie of vale de Sorie This counsayle was kept and euery man made him redy to the same entente and it was ordayned that there shulde goo to do this enterprice but thre hundred speares and the resydue with all the fotemen shulde lye styll ther as they lay tyll yâ— mornyng that they had worde howe their company had spedde Th erle Pulloys with a. C. speres sir Thomas Tryuet his coÌ„pany they had gydes to bring theÌ„ thyder and they shulde â—yde in foure coÌ„panyes yâ— more secretlyer to do their entprice the more easly to come to their ententê And so about two houres within night they armed them and lept a horsbacke had no truÌ„pettes but the capitayns and gydes knewe well wher they shulde mete agayn and so they mounted the hyll were in a fayre playne and sodenly ther fell suche an hayle and snowe that it was marueyle for all the grounde was couered with snowe so they rode tyll the morning or they coude fynde eche other This vnhappy wether for the englisshmen fell well for them in the cyte who toke no hede of that bushment for they were nat ware therof for if thenglisshmeÌ„s apoyntment had kept at their houre apoynted they had nat fayled to haue wonne the towne ¶ Whan sir ThomÌ„s Tryuet sawe that he had fayled of his purpose he was sore displeased in his mynde and so gathered togyder his coÌ„pany as well as he might Than they tooke newe counsayle and so dranke and eate a lytell and after dyner whiche was but shorte Sir Raymon of Balgette naueroyse was chosen with a fortie speares to go and rynne before the towne to drawe oute some of the genyciens that were within And so the knight rode before the cytie and caÌ„e to the barryers and there was a great scrimysshe For the genyciens who were a two hundred yssued oute and began to shote and to cast at the men of armes who euer lytell and lytell drewe backe to bringe them farther of fro the towne They had yuell handled those men of armes if their busshmeÌ„t had nat drawen forward but they caÌ„e feirsly with their speres strake in among theÌ„ bete theÌ„ downe many were slayue driuen in to the towne agayne to their great â—â—mage ThaÌ„ they closed their barryers and gates and mounted to the walles for they wende surely to haue had assaut but theÌ„glysshmen thought to retourne by day light And so they retourned agayne to their lodgyng wher they fouÌ„de the rest of their men and so lay there that night And the next mornyng whiche was saynt Stepbyns day they drue to a towne called Quasquam in Normandy And there they founde the kyng of Nauer who was come thyâ—er on Christmas day but as the englysshmen â—aÌ„e to Quasquam the same day they brent certayne vyllages and specially they brent robbed a great vyllage called Nygret ¶ Howe the peace was made bytwene the kyng of Spayne and the king of Nauer and of the dethe of kynge Henry of Spayne and of the coronacyon of Johan his sonne Cap. C C C .xli. TIdynges came to kyng Henâ—y of Castell who was at Cyuell in the hert of his realme howe that the englisshmen had brent the towne of the Uale de sorie in makyng of warr for the kyng of Nauer wherof he was sore displeased and sware it shulde be amended Than he wrote letters to JohnÌ„ of Castell his sonne that he shulde make a somons throughout his realme and to assemble to guyder the noble men Sayeng howe he wolde be shortely in Spayne to reuenge hym of the kyng of Nauer for the excesse that he had done to hym The chylde of Castell wolde nat disobey the coÌ„maundement of the kyng his father but sent out his commaundement and so drewe to hym all maner of
slayne and hurte Within the towne ther were an .viii. C. speares of knyghtes and squiers right valiant men and also .vii. baroÌ„s as the lorde of Guystels the lorde Uillers the lorde Hullut the lorde Scornayse flemynges and heno wayes the lorde Danghen the lorde Dantoing the lorde Bosnell the lorde of Taux the lorde of Gomegines and the thre bretherne sir Johan sir Dannyell and sir Josse the lord of Stanburge the lorde Carue sir Gerrarde of Marquelles the lorde of Cohen sir Rafe Monteney sir Henry of Hamede sir Johan of Gres. And so many knightes that they were a hundred fyue and they made good watche and hadde no trust on them of the towne and caused them to haue their wyfes and chyldren in to the mynsters and churches and the burgesses to kepe their owne houses for feare of the gonnes and fyre the which the flemynges cast often tymes in to the towne to haue set the towne a fyre wherfore they within caused the howses to be couered with erthe to the entent that the fyre shulde do no hurte THis siege thus beynge before Andewarpe the flemynges and capitayns that were there had knowledge howe their lorde the erle was at Teremonde and the duke of Mons his cosyn with hym than the gauntoyse sent a sixe thousand of their men to go thyder and to gyue assaut to Teremonde and Rase of Harsell was their capitayne and so they came on a tuesdaye at nyght to a lytell village a leage fro Teremond by the ryuer of Ture and there they lodged The flemynges had ordayned a certayne nombre of shyppes to come downe the ryuer so to assayle it by water as well as by lande And anone after mydnyght they armed and made theÌ„ redy to fyght incoÌ„tynent whan they were ones come to Teremonde and so thought to take the lordes in their beddê and so they went forthe But some men of the countre that were aduertysed howe the flemynges were goynge by night to Teremond they went gaue warnyng to the wachemen of Teremonde Saynge sirs take good hede for certayne gauntoyse lyeth this nyght nat farre hens we can nat tell what they purpose to doo Than the kepars of the gate went and shewed this to the knyght of the wach called sir Terrey of Bredero a holandre whan he knewe therof he toke the better hede made the surer watche and gaue warnyng therof to theÌ„ of the castell to euery house in the towne wher as the knightes were lodged And at the poynt of the daye lyght the flemynges came bothe by lande by water and were reoy to the assaute And whan they of the towne and castell sawe them aproche than they began to sownde their trompettes to awake all their company and so there were the moost parte of all the knyghtes and squiers redy armed And the erle who lay and slept in the castell whan he vnderstode that the flemynges were come thyder to gyue hym assaut he rose and armed him and issued out of the castell with his baner before him The same tyme ther was with him sir Gossuyn of Urle great bayly of FlauÌ„ders and the lorde of Gau sir Gerard of RaseÌ„ghen sir Philyp of Mamynes and dyuers other as sir Philyp of Rungi burgonyon all these lordes drewe vnder the exles baner and went to the assaut whiche was than begone ryght ferse and cruell for the flemynges had brought with them in their shyppes gonnes and crosbowes where with they shote so great quarelles that whosoeuer they hyt he dyed of the stroke But agaynst the shot of quarelles they within had a great nombre of pauesses and also the erle had within many good crosbowes the whiche dyde moche hurt amonge the flemynges The duke of Mons was there with his baner before hym and in his company there was the lorde of Bredero sir Josse and sir Terey de la ware sir Wyuant of Chuperoyse and dyuers other euery man doynge ryght well their deuoyre And at a nother gate within there was sir Robert Dalle sir Johan Uillayne and the lord of Wyndscot with sir Robert marshall This was a sore assaute bothe by lande and by water the flemynges had many hurte and so ther were of bothe partes howe beit moost of the flemynges for they aduentured them selfe somtyme folisshly This assaut endured without cease fro the mornyng erly tyll it was none and there was slayn a knyght of the erles parte called sir Hugh de Reny a burgonyon which was great domage and sore complayned for by his hardynesse he was slayne Without there was Rase of Harsell who dyde beare hym selfe right valiantly with his wordes aswell as with his dedes whiche greatly encoraged the gauntoyse ¶ Of the assautes made before Andwarpe of the peace that was made bytwene the flemynges and therle of FlaÌ„ders by the means of the duke of Burgoyne by his great wyt and aduyse Cap. CCC .liiii. THan at afternoon the assawte seased for Rase of Harsell sawe well how they traueyled in vayne howe the within Teremond there were many good and valyantmen of armes wherby he parceyued it was nat easy to get them and also his men began to be wery Than he sowned the retrayte and withdrewe a long the ryuer fayre and easly and toke agayne their nauy and the next day went agayne to Andwarpe The siege lay long styll there and the flemynges that were there were lordes of the feldes and of the ryuer so that no prouisyon coude entre in to the towne without great parell of the syde towarde Haynaulte howe be it somtyme vitaylers wolde aduenture them selfe for wynnyng whan the hoost was a slepe to put them selfe within the bailes of Andwarpe and so had in to the towne And amonge the assautes that were made there was one that endured a hole day and there were made dyuers newe knyghtes within the towne of Heynalt of FlauÌ„ders and of Artoyse and so the newe knyghtes came and fought with the gauntoyse at the barryers There was a good scrimysshe and many a feate of armes doone and dyuers flemynges slayne and hurte but they made lytell therof for lytell they feared the dethe wherby they aduentured them selfe the more largely for whan they that were before were slayne hurte they that folowed wolde pull them backe and sette themselfe before shewed hardy visage Thus contynued that assaut whiche endured tyll it was nere nyght Than they of Andwarpe retourned in to their towne and closed their gates and barryers and than buryed them that were dedde and dressed busely them that were hurte THe flemynges that lay thus at siege before Andwarpe trusted by their sege to coÌ„quere the towne and them that were within by famyne or assaut for they knewe well their siege lay so rounde about that nothynge coude come in to the towne nother by lande nor water and the longe lyeng there coulde nat greue them moche bycause they were in their owne countrey and nere
offyce of the masse right solempnely and the archbysshop of Reynes sange the masse and there the yonge kynge was in habyte ryall in a chayre lypt vp on high apparelled with clothe of golde and all the yong newe knyghtes on lower scaffoldes at his fete couered with clothe of golde There was the newe constable of FrauÌ„ce sir Olyuer of Clysson who was but late before chosen to that offyce who dyde right well his offyce as it aparteyned THe great lordes of Fraunce were there richely aparelled The kynge sat in his magestie â—oyall with a right precyous ryche crowne on his heed The church that day was so full of noblenesse that a man might nat a remoued his fete And so at this newe begynninge of this yong kyng to reioyse therby the people of Fraunce All maner of imposycions aydes gabelles fowages subsydies and other thynges yuell taken wherby the realme was hurt enpouerisshed were vtterly layd downe and sette a part the whiche greatly pleased the people After masse they weÌ„t to the palais and bycause the hall was to lytell to receyue suche a nombre of people There was made in the court of the palais a hyghe and a great stage couered where as the dyner was ordayned there satte the yonge kyng and his fyue vncles Brabant â–ª Aniowe Berrey Burgoyne and Burbone at the same table a farre of fro the kynge and the archbyshop of Reyns and other prelatê sat on his ryght hande great lordê serued theÌ„ all The lorde Coucy the lorde Clisson ser Guy de la Tremoyll admyrall of the see and dyuers other on great coursers trapped to the erthe in clothe of golde Thus in all honour that daye contynued and the next day many of the great lordes toke leaue of the kyng his vncles and so retourned in to their owne countrees The same day the kynge went and dyned at the abbey of saynt Therrey two leages fro Reynes for they of the abbey shulde gyue hym that dyner and they of Reynes the day whan he is sacred Thus ended the feest of the coronacyon of kynge Charles of Fraunce tHan the kynge went to Parys where as he was greatly feested at his entre And after all this feest and solempnyte there was a great counsayle on the gouernynge of the realme and there it was ordayned that the duke of Berrey shulde haue the gouernyng of Languedocke the duke of Burgoyne of all Picardy and Normandy and the duke of Aniou to abyde about the kyng and to haue the princypall gouernynge and mynistracyon of the realme Than the erle of saynt Poule was repealed agayne who had been out of the fauour and grace of the kyng Charles last disceased And the duke of Aniowe and the duke of Brabant made his peace at Reyns in whose fauoure greatlye was the erle of saynt Poule and so he departed fro Hanne on the ryuer of Hewre in the bysshopriche of Leage where as he hadde layne a longe space Than he retourned in to Fraunce and his wyfe with hym and so brought her vnto the castell of Bouhaygne And so put out all those that ocupyed his landê and toke them agayne to his owne profyte ¶ Nowe let vs a lytell leaue spekynge of these sayd maters and retourne to the insydentes of Bretayne and to the erle of Buckyngham ye knowe howe the couenauÌ„tes and treaties were made bytwene the duke of Bretayne and the erle of Buckyngham as to besege NauÌ„tes Whan the duke of Bretayne was departed fro Reynes the lorde of Mounbrousyer sir Stephyn Guyon the lorde Houssey in his company rode to Uannes and towarde Hanyboute And the erle of Buckyngham and his company ordayned to go to the sege at Nauntes and so departed fro Reynes and ther about where as they were lodged and went the same day lodged at Castell Briant and the nexte day at Bayne and the thirde day at Tyeull and the fourthe lodgyng they toke in the foubours of Nauntes And the erle was lodged at the gate of Saluetout and the lorde Latymer coÌ„stable of the hoost the lorde Fytzwater and the lorde Basset were loged at the gate saynt Nicholas on the ryuersyde and sir WyllmÌ„ Wynsore and sir Hughe Caurell were lodged amonge their folkes ryght honourably as nere to the erle as they might Within the towne was a great noÌ„bre of knightes and squyers of Bretaygne of Beause of Aniou and of Mayne who entended to defende the towne So they had all the charge therof in so moche that they of the towne had no busynesse therwith And it was so yâ— on saynt Martyns nyght sir Johan of Barroys of Barres styred and moued some of his company within the towne and sayde Sirs we se well our enemyes are nere vs and as yet we haue nat waked them Therfore I couÌ„sayle that this night we go and scrimysshe with theÌ„ Certaynly sir ê™ they ye speke nobly shewe vs what ye wyll haue vs to do and we shall do it So they gadered toguyder the same euenyng to the nombre of sixscore of choyse men Than they opyned the gate of saynt Peter where as the constable The lorde Bassette and the lorde Fytwater were lodged So the frenchmen set good order at the gate bycause of their retrayt Capitayns of that company was the Barrois of Barres Johan of the castell Morant and the capitayne of Clysson and so they came on the hoost as they were at supper had to their crye the barres So they entred in to their lodginges and beate downe and hurt many than anone the englysshemen were raynged before their lodgynges And whan the freÌ„chmen sawe that they retourned and kept theym toguyder ryght sagely and so retourned to their towne Than the englysshmen came thyder and scrymysshed ther was entryng and puttyng backe and beatynge on bothe parties and so the frenchemen entred into their barryers Ther were dyuers slayne and hurt on bothe sydes but the Barroyes of barres entred agayne the towne with lytell domage And so this scrimyshe was reputed to be well done on bothe parties ANd on saynte Martyns daye at nyght the Barroyes of Barres spake to his company and sayde Sirs I thinke it were well done that tomorowe early we toke a sixe or seuyn great barges and two hundred men and two hundred crosbowes and let vs go by the ryuer and visyte our ennemyes They take but lytell hede on that syde So they were all agreed and the same nyght the gote their coÌ„pany toguyder so by day they were entred their besselles and so rowed downe the ryuer and toke lande besyde the lodgynges Sir Johan Harleston was lodged therby and had a great lodgyng and at the brekyng of the day the frenchemen were rounde about his lodgynge and assayled it Anone sir Johan Harlston and his company were armed and redy at their defeÌ„ce right valiantly and archers shotte agaynst the crosbowes There was a sore scrimysshe and dyuers hurt and surely that lodgyng had ben taken
that he dyde enclyne rather therto for the profyte than for any deuocyon But they said howe the bisshop of Norwiche represented the pope and was by hym instytuted Wherby the greattest part of Englande gaue to hym great faythe and the kyng also And so there was ordayned at the wages of the churche to go with this bysshoppe Henry Spensar dyuers good knightes and squyers of Englande and of Gascoyne As the lorde Beaumont sir Hugh Caurell sir Thomas Tryuet sir Wyllm̄ Helmon sir Johan Ferres sir Hugh Spensar cosyn to the bysshoppe sonne to his brother sir Wyllyam Fermeton sir Mathewe Reedman capytayne of Berwike all these were of Englande And of gascoyns there was the lorde of Newcastell and sir John̄ his brother Raymon marsen Guyllonette de Pauxe Garyot Uyghier Johan de Cachytan and dyuers other and all counted they were a fyue hundred speares and fyftene hundred of other men And a great nōbre of preestes bycause the mater touched the churche and moued by the pope THese men of warr prouyded themselfe for the mater and passage was delyuered them at Douer and at Sandwyche And this was about Ester and so they passed ouer lytell and lytell as they lyst this voiage was in the maner of a Croysey Thus they passed the see or the bysshoppe and other capitayns were fully redy For the bysshop and sir Hugh Caurell sir Thomas Tryuet and sir Wyllm̄ Helmon were with the kynge and his counsayle there they sware solempnely in the kynges presens to bringe truely to an ende their voyage Nor to fight against no man nor countrey that belde with pope Urbayne but to fight make warre agaynst them that were of the opinyon of Clemēt Thus they sware and than y◠kyng by the aduyse of his counsayle sayd to them sir bysshoppe and all ye whan ye come to Calais I wyll ye soiourne there in that fronter y◠space of a moneth and in that terme ▪ I shall refresshe you with newe men of warr of armes and archers And I shall sende you a good marshall a valyant man sir Wyllyam Beauchampe for I haue sende for hym he is in the Marche of Scotland wher as he kepeth fronter agaynst the scottes for the trewse bytwene the Scottes and vs falleth nowe at saint Johans tyde and after his retourne ye shall haue hym in youre cōpany without any fayle Therfore I wolde ye shulde tarye for hym for he shall be to you ryght necessarie bothe for his wysedome and good counsayle The bysshoppe and his company promysed the kynge so to do And thus they departed fro the kynge and toke the see at Douer and arryued at Calayes the .xxiii. day of Aprill the yere of our lorde god a thousand thre hundred fourscore and thre tHe same season there was capitayne at Calais sir Johan Deluarnes who receyued the bysshoppe and his company with great ioye And so they landed lytell and lytell all their horses and baggage and so lodged in Calays and there about in bastylles that they made dayly And so there they taryed tyll the fourthe day of May abidyng for their marshall sir Wylliam Beauchampe who came nat of all that tyme. Whan the bysshoppe of Norwiche who was yonge and couragious and desyrous to be in armes for he neuer bare armure before but in Lumbardy with his brother Thus as he was at Calays sawe how he was capitayne of so many men of armes he sayde one day to his company Sirs why do we soiourne hereso long and tary for sir Wyllyam Beauchāpe who cometh nat The kyng nor his vncles I trowe thynke lytell of vs. Let vs do some dedes of armes sythe we be ordayned so to do Lette vs enploy the money of the churche truely whyle that we lyue let vs conquere somewhat of our enemyes That is well sayd sir quod all those that herde him speke let vs warne all oure company that we wyll ryde forthe within this thre dayes And let vs take aduyse whiche way we shall drawe we can nat issue out of the gates but we entre in to the landes of oure enemyes for it is frenche all aboute on euery parte we were as good to go towardes Flaunders as to Boloyne For Flaunders is a lande of conquest conquered by the puyssaunce of the frenche kyng We can nat bestowe our tyme more honourably all thynges consydred than to conquere it agayne And also the erle of Flaunders hath done of late a great dispyte to men of our countre for without any tytell of reason he hath banysshed and chased thē out of Bruges and out of all Flaūders It passeth nat two yere sythe that he wolde haue ben lothe to haue done so but as nowe he is fayne to obey to the pleasure of the frēche kyng wherfore quod the bysshop if I may be beleued the first iourney y◠we shall make shal be into Flaūders Sir quod sir Thomas Tryuet and sir Wylliam Helmone ye shall be well beleued Lette vs ryde into that partie within this thre dayes for it is of the lande of our enemys To this counsayle they all agreed and gaue war nynge eche to other ¶ Howe the englysshe men toke the towne and mynster of Grauelynge and howe the erle of Flaunders sent to speke with thē Cap. CCCC .xxx. AT all this agremēt was nat sir Hugh Caurell for he was gone to se a cosin of his the Capitayne of Guynes called sir Johan Droithton and so he was there all day and retourned agayne the nexte day Than the bysshoppe sent for hym to the castell for the knightes had sayd to the bysshoppe howe they wolde haue the aduyse of sir Hughe Caurell or they dyde any thynge bycause be had moost sene vsed the warre than the bysshop sayd to hym as ye haue herde before and commaunded hym to say his aduyse Than sir Hughe answered hym and sayde sir ye knowe well on what condycion we be departed out of Englande Our enterprise toucheth no thynge the warre bytwene the kynges ▪ but all onely agaynst the Clemētyns for we be soudyers of pope Urbane Who hath clene assoyled vs from all synne and payne if we do oure power to distroy the Clementyns If we go in to Flaunders thoughe the countrey hath bene conquered by the frenche kyng and the duke of Burgoyne yet for all that we shulde do amysse For as I vnderstande the Erle of Flaunders and all the flemynges be as good Urbanystes as we be Also sir we haue nat men ynowe to entre in to Flaunders for they are all redy and vsed in the warre and they are a great nombre of people They haue done nothyng els but lyned in warre this thre or foure yere and also it is a stronge countrey to entre in to Also the flēmynges haue done vs no trespasse But sir yf we shall ryde lette vs ryde in to Fraunce there be our enemyes in two maners The kyng our lordes warr is nowe opyn And also the frenchmen are
stode the towne of Mardyke a great vyllage on the see syde vnclosed And thyder came some of the englysshmen and scrimysshed And so thus came to Grauelynge sir Johan Uyllayne and sir Johan de Moulyne for the Erle of Flaunders by a saueconduct that he had attayned fro the bysshoppe or he came fro Burbourcke Than they came to the bysshoppe of Norwiche who made to theym by semblaunt ryght good chere He had with hym at dyner yâ— same day all the lordes of the host for he knewe well the erles knightes shulde come to hym the same tyme. And his mynde was how he wolde that they shulde fynde them all toguyder than these two knightes beganne to speke and sayd Sir we be sende hyder to you fro the Erle of Flaunders our lorde What lorde quod the bysshoppe They answered agayne and sayde fro the erle there is none other lorde of FlauÌ„ders By the good lorde quod the bysshoppe we take for the lorde of Flaunders the frenche kynge or els the duke of Burgoyne our enemys For by puyssance but late they haue conquered all the countre Sir quod the knightes sauyng your displeasure The lande was at Tourney clerelye rendred agayne and put in to the handê and gouernyng of the erle of Flaunders who hath sent vs to you Desyring you that we two who haue pensyon of the kynge of Englande may haue a sauecoÌ„duct to go in to EnglaÌ„de to speke with the kynge to knowe the cause why without any defyaunce he maketh warre agaynst the erle and his countre of FlauÌ„ders Sirs ê™ the bysshop we shall take aduyce and answere you to morowe So thus they went to their logynge and left the englysshmen in counsayle so all that day they toke counsayle togyder and concluded as ye shall here ¶ The aunswere that the bysshoppe of Norwyche made to the knightê of Flaunders and of the assemble that they of Cassell and of the countrey about made agaynst thenglysshmen Cap. CCCC .xxxi. ALl thynges consydred regarded they sayde they wolde graunt no safecoÌ„duct to theÌ„ to go in to Englande for it was to farre of For or they coude retourne agayne the couÌ„tre wolde be sore styrred greatly fortifyed And also therle shulde by that tyme sende worde therof to the frenche kyng to the duke of Burgoyne wherby they might come with suche noÌ„bre of people against them that they shulde nat be able to resyst theÌ„ nor to fight with them So on this determynacyon they rested Than it was demaunded amonge theÌ„ what answere they shulde make to the knightes of Flaunders the next day Than sir Hugh Caurell was coÌ„mauÌ„ded to speke and to gyue his aduyce Than he sayde thus to the bysshoppe Sir ye are our chefe capitayne sir ye may saye to them howe ye be in the lande of the duchesse of Bare who is Clementyne and howe for Urbane ye make warre and for no body els And offre theÌ„ that if this lande with the churches and abbeys wyll become good Urbanystes and to ryde with you and to bring you throughe the countre ye wyll than cause all yor company to passe through the countre pesably and to paye for all that they shall take But as touchyng to gyue them saueconduct to go in to Englande ye wyll nat grauÌ„t therto in no wise For ye may say that youre warre toucheth no thyng the warre of Englande nor of Fraunce but that we be soudyers of pope Urbane Sir as I thynke this answere shulde suffyce Euery man agreed well to this and specially yâ— bysshoppe who had mynde of nothynge that was sayd but to fight and to warre on the countrey Thus the mater abode all night And in yâ— mornyng after masse the two sayd knightes of the erles Desyringe to haue an answere caÌ„e to the bysshoppes lodgynge and abode there tyll he came out to go to masse And so than they stept forthe before hym and there he made theÌ„ good chere by semblant And deuysed with them a lytell of other matters to delay the tyme tyll his knightê were come about hym And whan they were all assembled toguyder than the bysshop sayd to them Sirs ye tary for an aunswere ye shall haue it on the request that ye make for the erle of Flaunders I say vnto you ye may retourne agayne whan ye lyst to the Erle your mayster or els to go to Calais on your ieoê‘dy or in to Englande but as for sauecoÌ„duct ye get none of me For I am nat the kyng of EnglaÌ„de nor I haue nat so farr authorite so to do I and all my company are but soudyers of pope Urbane and of wages of hym take his money to serue him truely And nowe we be in yâ— lande of the duchesse of Bare who is a Clementyne and yf the people be of that opynion we wyll make them warre And if they wyll go with vs and take our parte they shall haue part of our pardons and absolucyons For Urbayne oure pope for whom we are in voiage hath assoyled vs clene frome payne and frome synne and all those that wyll ayde to distroy the ClemeÌ„tyns Whan the knightes herde these wordes sir Johan Uillayns sayd Sir in that as touchynge the pope I thynke ye haue nat herde the coÌ„trary but that my lorde therle of Flaunders hath ben alwayes good Urbanyst Wherfore sir ye do yuell to make warr to hym or to his couÌ„tre Nor I thynke the kyng of Englande yoâ— lorde hath nat charged you so to to for he is so noble that if he wolde haue made hym warre first he wolde haue defyed him With those wordes the bysshoppe began to were angry and said Well sirs go to your erle and saye vnto hym that he getteth nothyng els of vs. And if ye wyll sende in to Englande to knowe the kynges pleasure do as ye lyst but as for this way nor by Calys they shall nat 〈…〉 sse And whan these knyghtes sawe they coulde nat attaygne to their purpose none otherwise they departed and returned to their lodgynge and dyned And after dyuer departed went the same night to saynt Omers THe same day that the knyghtes deê‘ted there came tidynges to the bysshoppe yâ— there was at Donkyrke and theraboute a .xii. thousande men in harnesse and the bastarde of Flaunders in their company as their chefe capitayne and dyuers other knightes and squiers with them In somoche it was shewed him that on the thursdaye before they had scrimysshed with his companye and slayne a hundred of them Lo quod the bysshoppe ye may se wheder the erle do medyll in this mater or nat it is he that dothe all He entreateth for peace with the swerde in his hande Let vs ryde forthe to moro we and go to Donkyrke and se what people they be that be there gadered Euery man agreed therto and the same day there caÌ„e to the bysshoppe two knightes the one fro Calys the othe â–ª fro Guysnes and with them a .xxx. speares and threscore
great richesse parteyning to Fraunces Atreman It was sayd it amouÌ„ted to a fyftene thousande frankes THese tâ—â—ynges were sone knowen in dyuers places howe Andwarpe was takeÌ„ the truse duryng by the frenchmen And specially they of GauÌ„t were sore displeased therwith as it was reason for it touched theÌ„ right nere Than they toke counsayle togyder and determyned to sende to the duke of Burgoyne shewyng hym howe in the assurauÌ„ce of peace Andwarpe had ben taken fro hym desyring him yâ— it might be restored agayne or els yâ— truse was broken So they sende to hym but the duke excused hym and sayd that he medled nothynge with that mater and so prayed god to helpe theÌ„ For he sayd he knewe nothyng of the lorde Destornayes enâ—prise but he sayd he wolde write to hym with a good wyll and so he dyde commaundynge hym to rendre agayne Andwarpe to the gauÌ„toyse Sayeng howe it was nat honourable to take any towne castell or fortresse duryng the peace The lorde of Destornay answered to the dukes letter and sayd to the messangers Sirs alwayes the garysone of Andwarpe hath made me warre bothe in the warr season and in peace tyme and hath takeÌ„ fro me myne herytage and as for me I neuer agreed to be at peace with them Thus I haue taken Andwarpe by good feate of warre and I purpose to kepe it as my proper herytage tyll FlaÌ„ders and Gaunt be all one for I haue nothyng els for all is lost by the warre So thus the mater abode the gauÌ„toyse coude get nothyng els Of the yuell kepynge of Andwarpe Fraunces Atreman was sore blamed and specially of the lorde of Harsels so that there were great heynous wordes bytwene them Fraunces sayde howe he had done better seruice to Gaunt than euer he dyde Their laÌ„gage multiplyed so farr that eche of them belyed other with foule wordes And anone after the lorde of Harsels was slayne some sayd it was by the meanes of FraÌ„ces Atreman Peter de Boyse for enuy The same season the gauÌ„toyse made a request to the kyng of Englande â–ª to haue some noble man of his blode to be gouernoure of Gaunt So the kyng and his counsayle sende to Gaunt a valyant knyght and ryght sage to haue the gouernyng of Gaunt he was called sir Johan Bourchyer he had the gouernynge of Gaunte more than a yere and an halfe ¶ Howe the duke of Aniou dyed in a castell besyde Naples and howe the quene of Cicyle was counsayled to go to the pope Cap. CCCC .xlviii. VE haue herde here before howe the Duke of Aniowe wrote hymselfe kyng of Cicyle and Hierusalem And went to Puyle and to Calabre and conquered all the countre to Naples but the neapolytaÌ„s wolde neuer tourne to his parte but they euer sustayned and helde with sir Charles de la Payx the duke of Aniou abode in this vyage thre yeres whiche was a great cost and charge Though a man be neuer so riche men of armes warre wasteth all For he that wyll haue seruyce of meÌ„ of warre they must be payed truely their wages or els they wyll do no thynge aueylable Certaynly this sayde iourney cost the duke of Aniou so moche that it canne nat be well estemed And they that wasted confouÌ„ded moost of his richesse was the erle of Sauoy and the sauosyns Howe be it the erle of Sauoy and a great parte of his company dyed in this viage whiche was great pytie so that the duke of Aniowe began to waxe feble bothe of men and of money and for those two causes he sende for so coure in to Fraunce to his two bretherne the duke of Berry and the duke of Burgoyne Desyring them nat to fayle him at his nede but to socour hym with men and money and so they sayd they wolde ThaÌ„ they aduysed what men were mete to be sende on that voyage And all thynges consydred they ymagined that they coude not sende a better nor one that knewe better all men of warre thanÌ„e the gentyll lorde of Coucy and with hym the lorde DaÌ„ghien erle of Conuersant whiche Erldome is in Puylle These two lordes were desyred by yâ— kyng and by his vncles to take on theÌ„ that iourney to the whiche they wyllingly agreed and thought it was for theÌ„ right honorable And so they made them redy went forthe as sone as they myght with their men of warre But whan they were come to Auignon and inteÌ„ded to their besynes and made their men to passe forthe Tydinges than came to them howe yâ— duke of Aniou was deed in a castell besyde Napoles Whan yâ— lorde of Coucy harde the tydinges he wente no farther forth for he sawe well than that his voyage was broken But the lorde Conuersant passed forthe farther for he had moche a do in his couÌ„trey in Puylle and in Conuersant Tydinges was knowen anon in FrauÌ„ce of the dethe of the duke of Aniou So thus the dethe of yâ— kyng of Cicyle was passed ouer as well as it might be WHan the duches of Aniowe beynge at Anger 's harde of the dethe of her lorde and husbande ye may well beleue she was sore discomforted And as sone as the erle Bloys who was his cosyn germayne knewe that the duke was deed he deparred fro Blois with all his trayne and came to his cosyn to Anger 's and helde hym with her in comfortynge and counsayling her to the best of his power Than she came in to FrauÌ„ce writyng her selfe quene of Napoles of Cicyle of Puylle of Calabre of Hierusalem to speke with the kyng the duke of Berrey the duke of Burgoyne to haue couÌ„sayle comforte of them and brought with her her two sonnes Loys and Charles The lady was counsayled of yâ— nobles of FrauÌ„ce and of her blode that she shulde go to Auignon to the pope and promyse him the possessyon of the erledome of Prouence whiche lande parteyned to the kyng of Cicyle The lady beleued their counsayle and ordeyned her selfe to go to Auignon and to leade with her her eldest sonne Loyes who was thanÌ„e called kynge by succession of his father but these maters were nat ouersone accomplysshed as I shall deuyse to you ALl this wynter the frenchmen ordeyned to sende in to Scotlande an armye to â—rowble the realme of Englande The truce bytwene Fraunce and Englande was relonged 〈…〉 d all their adherentes fro Mighelmas to the 〈…〉 st day of May. There was great prouysion 〈…〉 e by lande by see The entent of the counsayle of Fraunce was that the next somer they wold make EnglaÌ„de great warre on all sydes and the admyrall of Fraunce to go in to Scotlande with two thousande speares knyghtes and squiers and the duke of Burbone and the erle de la Marche with other two thousand to go and conquere certayne castels holden by the Englisshmen whiche ryght sore traueyled the countrey And the frenche kyng caused a great nombre of axes to be made in Picardy