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
therle mouÌ„tfort answered howe he wolde take counsell and aduyce in the mater and gaue them day of answere And in the meane season these thre lordê went and lay at the cytie of Reyns Than the erle Mountforte sent into Englande the lorde Latymer to shewe to the kyng of England the treaty of the frenchmen desyringe hym to haue his couÌ„sell in that behalfe And the kyng of Englande whan he was enfourmed of the mater sayd howe that he wolde counsell therle MouÌ„tfort to haue peace so that alwayes he might be duke of Bretayne and somwhat to recoÌ„pence the lady callynge her selfe duchesse with some honest thynge assignynge her some certayne rent yerely to be payd out of some place wher she myght be sure to haue it without daunger Than the lorde Latimer brought worde agayne to therle of the kynges answere and so after his letters reed and his answere herde the erle of Mountfort and his counsell sent for the frenche messangers to come to his hoost and theyr answere was made them right courtesly And it was sayd to theym howe the erle Mountfort wolde in no wyse departe nor forsake his chalenge of the duchy of Bretayne but that he wolde abyde duke of Bretayne and so to be called But wher as the freÌ„che kyng wolde haue hym to opyn peasably his cyties townes castels and to make faithe and homage to him and all other ryghtes as the dukes of Bretayne haue done in tyme paste He is content so to do and gladly to knowlege the frenche kyng for his naturall lorde and to do to hym homage and seruyce in the presens of the peres of FrauÌ„ce And also to gyue ayde and helpe and to reconforte his cosyn the wyfe of therle Charles trepassed and to helpe to delyuer his cosyns her sonnes out of prison in Englande This answere pleased right well these lordes of FrauÌ„ce than they toke day and tyme this mater to coÌ„clude or nat Than incontynent they sent to the duke of Aniou who was as than at Angiers to whome the frenche kyng had gyuen full power and auctoryte to conclude this treaty or els to leaue it at his pleasur And whan the duke of Aniousaw the effect of this mater he toke counsell a longe space but finally he was counsayled to accepte the treaty and the two knightes that were sent to him retorued agayne with his answere writen and sealed And than these lordes of Fraunce departed fro Reyns and went to the siege before Campacorentyne and ther finally the peace was made agreed and sealed by therle MouÌ„tfort and he abode as duke of Bretayne condycionally that if he had no chyldren of his body laufully begoten than the duchy to retourne to the chyldren of the lorde Charles of Blois and the lady wyfe to the lorde Charles of Bloys disceassed shulde be countesse of Poynteure the whiche lande was of yerely rent about .xx. M. frankes And also the lorde Mountfort shulde come in to Fraunce whan soeuer the kyng sent for hym to do his homage and to holde the duchy of Bretayne of hym And for the confyrmacion herof there were charters and instrumentes publyke made and sealed on bothe parties Thus therle of Mountfort entred into the duchy of Bretayne and abode as duke therof a certayne space of tyme tyll other tidynges of warr came as ye shall herafter in this history ANd also by the ordynaunce of the same peace the frenche kyng restored agayn 〈◊〉 the lorde of Chsson his lande yâ— whiche was taken fro hym by kyng Philyp somtyme kyng So thus the lorde of Clysson aquaynted hym so with the frenche kynge that he dyde what he wolde and wtout him nothyng was done So thus the couÌ„tte of Bretayne was right ioyous whan they sawe that they were in rest peace and the duke toke faythe and homage of the cy â–ª ties good to wnes and castels and of all prelates and other gentylmen And within a space after the duke maryed the doughter of the princes of Wales â–ª the whiche she had before by the lorde Thomas Hollande and this maryage was made in the good rytie of Nauntes right nobly Also it fortuned yâ— same wynter yâ— queue Jane aunt to the kyng of Nauer quene BlaÌ„che her sustre dyd somoch yâ— a peace was made bytwene yâ— french kyng the king of Nauer by yâ— ayde wysoome of the lorde captall of Beufz who dyde all that he might to conclude yâ— peace and therby he was aquyted out of prison And the frenche kyng shewed hym in dede great sygne of loue and gaue hym yâ— fayre castell of De nemoux with all the appurtenaunces the whiche was well worthe of yerely reuenewes thre thousande frankes and so the Captall became liegeman to the frenche kyng of whose homage yâ— kyng was right toyouse for he loued well the seruyce of suche a knyght as yâ— captall was in his tyme. But yâ— seruyce endured no longe season for whan he came into the principalyte to the prince who was enformed of the case as it stode Greatly he blamed hym and sayd how that he coude nat acquyte hym selfe trewely to serue two lordes and that he was to couetous to take lande in Fraunce wher he was nother be loued nor honoured And whan the Captall sawe hymselfe in that case and home he was taken and reputed by the prince his naturall lorde he was sore a shamed and excused hymselfe sayeng sir I am nat so sore bounde to the frenche kyng but that I may soone for do agayne all that I haue done or ê“mysed And so he sent a seruaunt of his to the kyng and renounced al that the kynge had gyuen hym and he taryed styll hym selfe with the prince for he was aquyted of his prison by the composycion of yâ— peace taken bytwene the frenche kyng and the kyng of Nauer And the frenche kyng had by coÌ„posicyon the townes of Maunt and Meulecke the kyng rendred hym therfore other castels in Normandy In this season deê‘ted out of frauÌ„ce the lorde Loys of Nauer and went into LoÌ„bar dy to mary the quene of Naples but at his departyng he had of the frenche kynge for certayne castels that he delyuered vp in Normandy the somme of threscore thousande frankes And the same lorde Loys after he had wedded the quene of Naples lyued no longe tyme god forgyue hym all his fautes for he was a right good knight and a courtesse IN this season yet was ther styll in FrauÌ„ce great nombre of the companyons the whiche as than wyst nat what to do seyng the warres of Bretayne were ended These coÌ„panyons pursued euer after dedes of armes and takynge of pyllages at their aduauntages fro the whiche they coude nat nor wolde absteyne and all their chefe recours was in Fraunce for they called the realme of Fraunce their chambre They durst do no hurte in Acquitayne for the lande wold nat suffre them and also to say trouthe moost parte of the capitayns were
go and adueÌ„ture their bodyes they wyst nat wher better to enploy their season than in the realme of ScotlaÌ„de and so they deê‘ted fro scluse and toke a shyp left their horses behynde theÌ„ for danger of the see and for the long iorney the maryners knewe well they coude nat arryue at the haueÌ„ of EdeÌ„borowe at DoÌ„bare nor at non of those hauyns nere for thenglisshe army was aswell by see as by lande And the englysshmen were lordes maisters of the first portê of scotlande bycause their ê“uisyon might folowe theÌ„ by see In this season the freÌ„che ambassadours caÌ„e in to Englande to go to Scotland and the kyng his vncles made them great chere the first day somwhat dissimuled with theÌ„ to delay the tyme bicause their men were makyng war in Scotlande and whan they vnderstode that their men hadde done their enterprise and that they retourned agayne in to Englande Than they let the frenche ambassadours departe and gaue them saueconduct to passe through the realme in to Scotlande and made townes castels to be opyned agaynst their comynge So they departed and went towarde Scotlande So long these men of warre that went fro Scluse sayled by the see costyng HolaÌ„de En glande eschewyng the ê‘els of thesâ—e for encouÌ„tryng of theÌ„glysshmen that at last they aryued in ScotlaÌ„de at a lytell porte called MoÌ„stres whan the scottes that dwelt in the towne knew howe they were frenchemen that were come to exercise dedes of armes they made them good chere and dyde helpe to get them all that they neded And whan these knightes and squyers had refresshed them there two dayes and had lerned tidynges They dâ—ê‘ted rode on hakeneis and caÌ„e to Dondem so fro thens to saint Johans a good towne in Scotlande on the ryuer of Tare there is a good hauen to sayle whyder a man wyll And whan they were coÌ„e thyder they vnderstode howe the englysshmen were withdrawen and howe the kynge of scottes and his lordes were at EdeÌ„borowe at a couÌ„sayle Than they ordayned that sir Garnyer of Cuissangyn and Mychaell de la Bare shulde go to Edenborowe to speke with the kyng and his counsayle to knowe what they shulde do at leest to shewe theym the good wyll that they had to come out of FlauÌ„ders in to Scotlande And sir Geffray de Charney the other wolde abyde there tyll they had worde agayne And as they ordayned so it was done and so they departed and went to EdeÌ„borowe wher the kyng was and therle Duglas called James for his father Wyllyam was newly disceased There was also the erle of Moret therle of Orkeney the lorde of Uersey the lorde of Lynde yâ— lorde of Surlant and sixe bretherne of therle of Orkenes all knightes These lordes of ScotlaÌ„de made good cher to the knightes of FraÌ„ce than sir Garnyer shewed to the kyng and to the barons of Scotlande thentencyon of his coÌ„panions and the cause of their comynge in to the realme Than the ambassadours of Fraunce caÌ„e thyder sir Hemart de Percy ser Peter Framell and Janequyn ChaÌ„penoise and they brought the truse that was deuysed bytwene FraÌ„ce and Englande but the scotteshelde agaynst it and sayd howe they came to late and yâ— they wolde haue no truse bycause theÌ„glysshmen in that season had done them moche hurt And thus while the king and the knightes were at differeÌ„ce the erle Duglas and therle Moret the chyldren of Lindsey and dyuers other knightê squiers of Scotlande desyringe to be armed helde a secrete counsayle togyder in the churche of EdeÌ„borowe and the knightes of Fraunce were sent for to theÌ„ As sir Michaell de la bare sir Garnyer Desyring them to go to their coÌ„panyons and to shewe theÌ„ their entent and to kepe their purpose secrete So these two knightes returned to saynt Johans towne and shewed their company all that they had herde and sene ¶ Howe the barons and knightes of Scotlande and they of FrauÌ„ce made apoyntment to entre in to the realme of EnglaÌ„de without the knowlege of the kyng of Scottes who was at Edenborowe Cap. CCCC .xlv. OF these tidinges sir Geffray de Charney the other knyghtes and squiers greatly reioysed so deê‘ted thens and came to Edenborowe and made no knowlege of that they shulde do They had nat bene ther two dayes but that the erle Duglas sende for them to come to his castell of Alquest and sent to them horses and so they came to him the next day And incontynent he brought them to a certayne place wher the scottes assembled so in thre dayes they were mo than .xv. thousande a hors backe armed after yâ— vsage of their couÌ„tre Than they sayd they wolde make a iourney in to Englande and reueng their hurtes and domages that had ben done to theÌ„ So they went forthe and passed forestes and woodes of their countre and entred in to NorthuÌ„berlande into the lande of the lorde Percy and there they began to brinne to robbe and to steale And than retourned by the lande of therle of NotynghmÌ„ and the lorde Moubray and dyde there moche hurt passed by Rosebourg â–ª But they taryed nat there bycause they had great pyllage with theÌ„ as well of prisoners as of catell And so retourned without daunger in to their couÌ„tre agayne for the Englysshmen were all withdrawen and coude nat so soone agayne assemble toguyder to fyght with the scottes Therfore it behoued them to beare that brunt for they had gyuen be fore suche another to the scottes Of this iourney the kynge of scottes myght ryght well excuse hym selfe for of the assemble nor of their departyng he knewe nothyng and thoughe he had knowen therof he coulde natte haue let it whan they were ones onwarde For all these iorneys yâ— was thus made bothe in to Scotlande in to Englande there abode styll with kyng Robert sir Hamarde de marse sir Peâ— framell bycause they wolde be layde in no faut to breke the truse that was taken bytwene Englande Fraunce and Castell The kynge of Scottes and the ambassadours of Fraunce sende an heraude of armes in to EnglaÌ„de and whan he was coÌ„e before the kyng of Englande and his vncles he founde the countre sore moued to ryde agayne in to Scotlande The duke of Lancastre and the erle of CaÌ„bridge who desyred greatly in that yere to go in to Portyngale and in to Castell or els one of them with a great puyssaunce of menne of armes For they helde theÌ„ selfe heryters therof by ryght of their wyues children of Castell To renewe the war bytwene the kynge of Portyngale and yâ— kyng of Castell for as than kyng FeraÌ„do was deed And the portyngales had crowned dan Johan a bastarde brother a valyaunt man who desyred nothynge but warre with the spanyerdes so he myght haue alyaunce with the Englysshemen and their confort and ayde Therfore the duke of Lancastre dyde with his freÌ„des as moche as
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
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
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
byforce and had stayne in prisone the kynge of Mallorques in a cytie called Barselone Therfore this yonge kyng James to reuenge the dethe of his father and to recouer his herytage was fledde out of his owne realme to the prince and he had maryed yâ— quene of Naples The prince made hym great there and greatly conforted him and whan the kyng had shewed the prince all the reasons and occasyons of his comyng and parceyued yâ— wronge that the kynge of Aragon had done to hym as in kepyng fro hym his enherytaunce and also slayne his father Than the prince sayd ser king I promyse you faithfully that after my return out of Spaygne I shall entende to sette you agayne into your herytage outher by treaty or by force This promyse pleased greatly yâ— king and so he taryed styll with the prince in Burdeaux abydinge his departynge as other dyde And the prince to do hym more honour caused to de delyuered to hym all that was for hym necessary bycause he was a straÌ„ger and of a farr countre and had nat ther of his owne after his appetyte And dayly ther came great coÌ„playntes to the prince of the companyons howe they dyde moche hurt to men and women of the couÌ„tre wher they lay so that the people of that marchesse wolde gladly that the prince shuld auauÌ„ce forthe in his viage to the whiche the prince was right desyrous Howe be it he was counsayled that he shulde sustre the feest of Christmas first to passe to th entent that they might haue wynter at their backes To the whiche counsayle yâ— prince inclyned and soÌ„ what bycause the princes his wyfe was great with chylde who toke moche thought for his departyng wherfore the prince wolde gladly seher delyuered or he departed and she on her part was gladder to haue him a byde All this meane season ther was gret prouysion made for this viage bycause they shuld entre into a realme wher they shulde fynde but small prouisyon and whyle they thus soâ—orned at Burdeaur and that all the countre was full of men of warr The prince kepte often tymes great counsayle and among other thynges as I was enformed the lorde Dalbreth was couÌ„termaunded with his thousande speares and a letter was scut to hym fro the prince conteynyng thus Sir Dalbreth sythe it is so that we haue taken on vs by our voluÌ„tary wyll this vyage the whiche we entend shortely to procede Consydring our great busynesse charges and diseases that we haue as well by straungers suche as entred into our seruyce as by great nombre of the companyons the whiche nombre is so great that we wyll nat leaue theym behynde vs for parels that may ensue and also to se howe the lande may be kepte in myne absence for all may nat go nor yet all abyde behynde Therfore it is ordayned by vs and by our counsayle that in this viage ye shall serue vs but with it hundred speares and discharge you of the resydue and let them do what them lyste And thus god kepe you fro Burdeux the .vii. day of Decembre These letters sealed with the princes gretseale were sent to the lorde Dalbreth who was in his owne countre right besy to prepare him towarde this viage for it was sayd that yâ— prince shulde departe shortely Whan he sawe the princes letters he opened theÌ„ and reed them two tymes ouer the better to vnderstande theÌ„ for he had great marueyle of that he had fouÌ„de written in theÌ„ and was in his mynde marueylusly displeased and sayd Howe is it that mylorde the prince iapeth and mocketh thus with me sythe he wolde that I shulde gyue leaue to departe .viii. hundred speares knightes squiers whome by his coÌ„maundement I haue retayned and haue let them of their profyte dyuers other wayes And incontynent in that displeasur he called for his clerke and caused him to write a letter to yâ— prince in this maner Dere sir I am greatly marueyled of the letters ye haue sent me and sir I can nat well fynd nor take counsayle howe I oughtor can answere you in that behalfe for it tourneth to my great preiudyce and blame and to all my company whom I haue by your owne ordynaunce and coÌ„mauÌ„dement retayned And they are all redy aparelled to do you seruyce And I haue letted them of takynge their profyte in other places where as they might haue had it For some of theym were determyned to haue gone ouer thesee into Spruce to CoÌ„stantyne and to Jerusalem as all knyghtes and squyers dothe to auaunce them selfe Sir they haue great marueyle and are sore displeased that they shulde thus be put out and in lykewise I haue gret marueyle therof and 〈◊〉 what maner I haue deserued it Dere sir please it you to knowe I can nat assure you of any of them deuyded fro their coÌ„pany I am the lest and worst of them all if any departe I am in surety they wyll alldepte God kepe you in his sauegarde Written c. Whan the prince herde this answere he toke it of great presumpcyon and so dyd dyuers knightes of England that were ther of his counsayle Than the prince shoke his heed and sayde in englysshe as I was enfourmed for I was than in Burdeux Asayd the prince the lorde Dalbreth is a great maister in my countre whan he wyll breke the ordyuaunce that is deuysed by my counsayle By god it shall nat go as he weneth lette him a byde and he wyll for without his thousand speres I trust to god I shall furnysshe my viage Than certayne knightes of Englande that were ther said sir ye knowe full lytell the myndes of these gascoyns nor howe proude they be nor they loue vs but lytell nor neuer dyde Sir remembre ye nat howe highly and greatly they bare theÌ„selfe agaynst you in the cyte of Burdeux whan that kynge Johan of Fraunce was fyrst brought thyder They said than and maynteyned playnly that by them all onely ye atteyned to achyue that viage in takyng of the kyng and that right well apered for ye were in great treaty with them the space of four monethes or they wolde consent that the frenche kynge shulde be caryed into Englande First it behoued you to satisfy their myndes to kepe them in loue And at those wordes the prince helde his peace howbeit his thought was neuerthelesse This was the first occasyon of the hatered that was after bytwene the prince the lorde Dalbreth Thus the lorde Dalbreth was in great parell for the prince was high and of great courage and cruell in his herte for he wolde other by ryght or wronge that euery lorde vnder his coÌ„maundement shulde holde of hym But therle of Armynake vncle to the sayd lorde Dalbreth whan he herde of this displeasure bytwene the prince the lorde Dalbreth his nephue Than he came to Burdeux to the prince and sir Johan Chandos and sir Thomas Phelton with hym by whose counsayle the prince was moche ordred And
was alyed suche breton knightes and squyers as foloweth Firste sir Arnolde of Lymosyn sir Gesfray Rycons sir Pouns of Lakonette Sylueâ—â—re Buddes Alyot de Calays Alayne de saynt Poule and thesemen of armes and bretons rode ouer the mountaynes and entred into Bygoure in the principalyte and there toke by scalynge a towne called Bannyers And thanÌ„e they fortifyed and repayred it well and strongly and than ouer rode the princes lande and dyd great hurt and domage therin ThanÌ„e the princesse dyde send for sir James Audeley who was abydinge behynde the prince in Acquitayne as chiefe soueraygne gouernoure to kepe the countrey Howe be it this sayd kynge Henry the bastard and the bretons dyde great hurte and domage in the countrey for dayly their power entreased more and more ¶ Nowe lette vs retourne to the prince of Wales and to his company who was in the vale of Olyfes and there aboute abydnge the comynge of kyng Dampeter of Castell THus whan the prince hadde soiourned in the vale of the Olyffes vntyll the feast of saynt Johan the Baptyst in somer abydinge for the coÌ„myng of kynge Dampeter who came nat nor coude nat here no certayne tidynges of hym where with the prince was right soore troubled and called all his counsayle togyder to knowe what was best to do in that behalfe Than the prince was counsayled to sende two or thre knyghtes to the kynge to demaunde of hym why he kepte nat his day as he hadde assigned And on this message was sende sir Nowell Lornyche sir Rycharde of Pontchardon and sir Thomas Balaster And they rode so long by their iourneis that they came to the cytie of Cyuyle where as they founde kyng Dampeter and by semblant he right ioyously receyued them These knightes dyd their message as they hadde in charge by their lorde the prince Than the kynge answered them in excusyng of himselfe and sayd Sirs certaynly it greatly displeaseth vs that we cannat kepe the promyse that we haue made with oure cosyne the prince the whiche we haue often tymes shewed vnto our people here in these parties But our people excuseth themselfe and say the how they canne make no somÌ„e of money as longe as the companyons be in the countrey for they haue thre or foure tymes robbed oure treasourers who were commynge to oure cosyne the prince with oure money Therfore we requyre you to shewe our cosyne fro vs that we requyre hym that he wyll withdrawe and putte out of this oure realme these yuell people of the companyons and that he do leaue ther some of his owne knyghtes to whoÌ„e in the name of hym we wyll paye and delyuer such somes of money as he desyreth of vs and as we are bounde to paye hym This was all the aunswere that these knyghtes coulde haue of hym at that tyme. And so they departed and wente agayne to the price their lorde and than recounted to hym and to his counsayle all that they hadde herde and sene with the whiche answere the prince was moche more dyspleased than he was before For he sawe well how that kynge Dampeter fayled of his promyse and varyed fro reason The same season yâ— the prince thus abode in the vale of Olyffes where as he hadde bene more than the space of four monethes nighe all the somer The kyng of Mallorques fell sicke sore diseased and lay sycke in his bedde Than there was putte to raunsome sir Arnolde Dandrenhen the Begue of Uyllaynes and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers of Fraunce and of Bretaygne who were taken at Nauaret And exchanged for sir Thomas Pheltone and for sir Rycharde Centon and for sir Hughe Hastynges and dyuers other But sir Bertram of Clesquy abode styll as prisonere with the prince for the englysshemen counsayled the prince and sayde that yf he delyuered sir Bertram of Clesquy he wolde make hym greatter warre than euer he had done before with the helpynge of the bastarde Henry who as than was in Bygour and had takenÌ„e the towne of BaÌ„nyers and made great warr in that quarter Therfore sir Bertram of Clesquy was nat delyuered at that tyme. WHan that the prince of Wales herde the excusacyons of kynge DaÌ„peter than he was moche more displeased thanÌ„e he was before and demaunded counsayle in that behalfe of his people who desyredde to retourne home for they bare with full great trouble the heate and the infectyue ayre of the countrey of Spaygne And also the prince hymselfe was nat verry well at case and therfore his people counsayled hym to retourne agayne Sayeng howe kynge Damepeter hath greatly faylled hym to his blame and great dishonour Than it was shewed openly that euery man shulde retourne And whan the prince shulde remoue he sent to the kyng of Mallorques sir Hugh Cortnay and sir Johan Chandos shewynge hym howe the prince wolde depart out of Spayne desiryng hym to take aduyce if he wolde deê‘te or nat for the prince wolde be lothe to leue hym behynde Than the kyng of Mallorques said sirs I thanke greatly the prince but as at this present tyme I can nat ryde nor remoue tyll it please god Than the knightes sayde sir wyll you that my lorde the prince shall leue with you a certayne nombre of men to wayte and coÌ„duct you whan ye be able to ryde Nay surely sir ê™ the kyng it shall nat nede for I knowe nat how long it wyll be or I be able to ryde And so they departed and retourned to the prince she wyng him what they had done Well sayd the prince as it please god and hym so be it Than the price departed and all his company and went to a cytie called Madigray and ther he rested in yâ— vale called Foyrie bytwene Aragon Spayne And ther he taryed a moneth for ther were certayne passages closed agaynst him in the marchesse of Aragon And it was sayd in the hoost that the kynge of Nauarr who was newly retourned out of prison was agreed with the bastarde of Spayne and with the kynge of Aragon to let the princes passage but yet he dyde nothyng as it apered after Howe be it the prince was in doute of hym bycause he was in his owne countrey and came nat to hym In this meane season ther were sent to a certayn place bytwene Aragon and Spayne certayne persons of bothe parties and so had great comunyng togyder dyuers dayes Finally they so agreed that the kyng of Aragon shuld opyn his countre and suffre the princes people to returne and passe peasably without any lette of any of the couÌ„tre payeng courtesly for that they toke THan came to the prince the kyng of Nauer and sir Martyn de la Kar whan they saw the mater go in suche wyse bytwene the kynge of Aragon and the prince and they made to the prince all the honoure that they coude deuyse and offred passage for hym and for his dere brother the duke of Lancastre and for dyuers other knyghtes of Englande
who were coÌ„myng fro an enterprise that they had done bytwene Mirebel and Lusignen And so at a broken way the frenchemen came out on them and were to the noÌ„bre of .v. C. and ser JohnÌ„ de Bueil and ser Wyllyam de Bourdes ser Loys of saynt Julian and Carnet the BretoÌ„ were capitayns of that company there was a sore fight and many a man reuersed to the erth for the englisshemen right hardely fought and valiantly defeÌ„ded them selfe as long as they myght endure ser Symon Burle and ser Angouse proued yâ— day noble knyghtes Howe be it finally it auayled them nothyng for they were but a haÌ„dful of meÌ„ as to regard the frenche partye So they were discomfitted and per force caused to flee and ser Angouse saued hym selfe as well as he myght entred into the castell of Lusignen and ser SymoÌ„ Burle was so sore pursewed that he was taken prisoner and all his companye eyther taken or slayne but a fewe that skaped And than the freÌ„chemen returned into theyr garisons right ioyous of theyr aduenture and in lyke wyse was the frenche kynge whan he herd therof and the prince rightsore displeased and sorowefull for the takynge of ser Symon Burle whom he loued entierly and had good reason and cause so to do for he had euer ben a right noble and a coragious knyght and had alwayes right valyantly borne hym selfe in the susteynynge of the kynge of Englandes parte so had beÌ„ al the other companyons that were slayne and taken at that skrymysshe wherof the prince and al they of his parte were right sorowfull The whiche was no meruayle for it is comonly sayde that one is worthe a. C. and a. C. is nat worthe one And truely sometyme it fortuneth that by one man a hole countrey is saued by his wytte and prowes and by a nother a hole countrey loâ—â— Thus the fortune chaunces of the world ofteÌ„ tymes falleth ¶ Howe sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos toke Tarriers and howe the erle of Piergourt and dyuers othe knyghtes besieged Riamulle in Quercy Ca. CC .li. AFter thys aduenture that thus fell bitwene Mirebel and LusigneÌ„ as ye haue herd before the englisshemeÌ„ and theyr companyons rode more wiselier together And nowe letvs speke of ser JohnÌ„ Chandos and ser Guysshard Dangle and their coÌ„panies who were at MoÌ„taban a .vii. leages from Tholouse and made many horrible enterpryses and whan they sawe they had layne there a longe space and thought they had nat enployed well their season except in kepyng of the froÌ„ters therfore they determined to go and lay siege to Tarriers in Tholousayn so they prepared all thyng redy and departed fro MoÌ„taban and went to Tarriers and besieged it rounde about And they perceyued well howe they coude nat geat it by noassaute nor none other wayes at their ease without it were by mynynge than they sette theyr mynours a warke who atcheued theyr warke so well that on the 〈◊〉 day after they toke and entred into the towne and all they within slayne and the towne robbed and spoyled And in the same iourney they had thought to haue taken another towne a. iii leages from Tholouse called Lauall and had layde a busshement there by in a Wodde And than a .xl. of them couertly armed vnder the ha bytes of villaynes of the countrey were goyng to the towne but they were disceyued by a villayne boye that was a foote in theyr company he discouered theyr enterprise and so they fayled of their enteÌ„t and returned agayne to MoÌ„taban In the same season there was abrode in the feldes the erle of Piergourt therle of Comynges the erle of Lisle the Uicount of Carmayn the Uicount of Brunikel the Uicount of Lautre ser Bertram of Tharide the lorde de la Barde the lorde of Pincornet ser Perducas Dalbreth the Bourge of Lespare the Bourge of Bertueill Ayemon Dortingue Jaquet de Bray Perrot of Sauoy Arnolde of Pans and they were to the nombre of .x. M. and they entred into Quercy by the coÌ„maundement of the duke of Aniou who was as than in the cite of Tholouse and they brought that lande into great tribulacion and brent and exyled the couÌ„trey and than they came to Riamulle in Quercy and besieged the towne but the seneschall of Quercy had well prouyded for the towne in all maner of thynges and had therin many good englisshe men the whiche wold nat yelde vp the towne to dye therfor how be it they of the towne wolde gladly haue gyuen it vp Than the lordes and knyghtes of France sent for .iiii. great engins to the cite of Tholouse and whan they were come they were dressed and reised vp and they caste nyght and day stones great peces of tymber into the fortresse and besyde that they set mynours a warke who made theyr boste to wynne the towne breuely And alwayes the englysshemen within lyke noble and valiant men comforted eche other and set but lytell by theyr mynynge ¶ Howe the archebysshoppÌ„ of Tholouse conuerted to the frenche kynge by his prayer and request the citie of Caoure and dyuerse other townes and howe the duke of Guerles and the duke of Julliers defied the french kynge Cap. CC .lii. IN the meane season whyle these frenche knyghtes were thus in Quercy in the marches of Lymosyn Auuergne the duke of Betrey was in Auuergne with a great nombre of menne of warre as syr JohnÌ„ of Armynac hys vncle the lorde JohnÌ„ of Uillemur Roger of Beaufort the lorde of Beauiew the lorde of Uillers the lorde of Sergnac the lorde of CaleÌ„con ser Griffith of MoÌ„tague and sir Hugh Dolphin with a great nombre of other good knyghtes squiers and so they ouerran the marches of Rouergue of Quercy and of Lymosyn dyd great domage and enpouerysshed greately the countrey for nothynge helde agaynste them and so by the meanes of the duke of Berrey the archebysshop departed out of Tholouse who Was a right good clerke and went to Caours wher of his brother was bysshoppÌ„ and there he preched and publysshed in suche wise the frenche kyngis quarell that by his meanes the citie of Caours turned frenche and sware faythe homage from thence forthe to the frenche kynge Than the sayd archebisshop rode forth further and preched and declared the Frenche kynges right title and quarell in suche wise that al the countrey became frenche he caused to turne mo than .lx. townes cities castelles and fortresses by the helpe and ayde of the duke of Berreys company of men of warr as syr JohnÌ„ of Armi nake and other who rode abrode in the couÌ„trey they caused to turne frenche Sigac Gaignac capedonac and diuers other good townes and strong castelles For he preched that the frenche kynge had so great ryght and iuste cause in his quarell that the people that harde hym beleued hym And also naturally the people were in their myndes rather frenche than englisshe the whiche helped moche to the matter In lyke
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
hast to gette the bridge they dyde in lykewyse Howbeit theÌ„glysshmen gate it first and lighted all a fote so raynged theÌ„selfe in good order to defende the bridge The freÌ„chmen likewyse lighted a fote and delyuered their horses to their pages coÌ„maundynge them to drawe a backe And so dyde put theÌ„ selfe in good order to go assayle theÌ„glysshmen who kept theÌ„selfe close togider were nothyng afrayed though they were but a handfull of men as to yâ— regard of the freÌ„chmen and thus as the freÌ„chmen bretous stuyed ymagined howe by what meanes to their aduantage they might assayle the englisshmen Therwith ther came behynd theÌ„ sir Johan Chandos his baner displayed berynge therin syluer a sharpe pyle goules Jakes of Lery a valyant man of armes dyd bere it and he had with hym a .xl. speares he aproched fiersly the freÌ„chmen And whan he was a thre forlonges fro the bridge the frenche pages who sawe them comynge were afrayed and so ran away with the horses and left their maists ther a fote And whan sir JohnÌ„ Chandos was come nere to them he sayd harke ye freÌ„chmen ye are but yuell men of warr ye ryde at youre pleasur and ease day and night ye take wyn townes foteresses in Poyctou wherof I am seneshall ye raunsome poore folke without my leaue ye ryde all about clene armed it shulde seme the couÌ„tre is all yours But I ensure you it is nat so ye sir Loyes and Carlonet year to great maisters It is more than a yere a half that I haue sette all myne entent to fynde or encountre with you and nowe I thanke god I se you and speke to you no we shall it be sene who is stronger other you or I. It hath ben shewed me often tymes that ye haue greatly desyred to fynde me nowe ye may se me here I am JohnÌ„ Chandos aduyse me well your great feates of armes wherwith ye be renowmed by goddes leaue no we shall we proue it Whyle suche langage was spoken sir JohnÌ„ Chandos coÌ„pany drewe toguyder and sir Loyes and Carloner kept them selfe close togyder makyng semblaÌ„t to be glad to be fought withall And of all this mater sir Thomas Percy who was on the othersyde of the bridge knewe nothynge for the bridge was hyghe in the myddes so that none coude se other ¶ Whyle sir Johan Chandos reasoned thus with the frenchmen ther was a breton toke his glayue and coude for bere no leÌ„ger but caÌ„e to an englysshe squyer called Sunekyn Dodall strake him so in the brest that he cast hym downe fro his horse Sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos whan he herde the noyse besyde him he tourned that way sawe his squyer lye on the erth and the freÌ„chmen layeng on him ThaÌ„ he was more chafed thaÌ„ he was before and sayd to his company Sirs howe suffre you this squyer thus to be slayne a fote a fote And so he lepte a fote and all his company and so Sunekyn was rescued and the batayle begone Sir Johan ChaÌ„dos who was a right hardy and a coragyous knight with his baner before him his company about him with his cote of armes on hym great and large beten with his armes of whyte sarcenet with two pylies goules one before and an other behynde so that he semed to be a sufficyent knyght to do a great feate of armes as one of the formast with his glayue in his hande marched to his ennemyes The same mornyng ther had fallen a great dewe so that the grounde was som what moyst and so in his goyng forwarde he stode and fell downe at the ioyning with his enemyes and as he was arysing ther light a stroke on him gyuen by a squier called Jakes of saynt Martyn with his glayue the whiche stroke entred in to the flesshe vnder his eye bytwene the nose and the forheed Sir JohnÌ„ Chandos sawe nat the stroke commyng on that syde for he was blynde on the one eye He lost the sight therof a fyue yere before as he hunted after an hart in the laundes of Burdeaur And also he had on no vyser the stroke was rude and entred into his brayne the whiche stroke greued him so sore that he ouerthrue to the erthe and tourned for payne two tymes vp so downe as he that was wouÌ„ded to dethe for after the stroke he neuer spake worde And whan his men saw that mysfortune they were right dolorouse ThaÌ„ his vncle Edward Clifforde stepte and bestrode him for the freÌ„chmen wolde fayne haue had him and defended him so valyantly and gaue rounde about him such stokes that none durst aproche nere to him Also 〈◊〉 JohnÌ„ Chambo and sir Bertram of Case semed lyke men out of their myndê whan they saw their maister lye on the erth The bretons freÌ„chmen were gretly coÌ„forted whan they sawe the capitayne of their enemyes on the erthe thynking verily that he had his dethes wouÌ„de Than they auaunced them selfe and sayd ye englyshmen yelde you for ye are all ours ye canne nat scape vs. Ther the englyshmen dyd marueyls in armers aswell to defende themselfe as to reueng their maister sir JohnÌ„ Chandos whome they sawe lye in a harde case and a squyer of ser JohnÌ„ Chandos spyed Jaques of saynt Martyn who hadde gyuen his maister his mortall stroke and ran to hym fiersly and stroke hym with suche voylence that his glayue pearsed through bothe his thyes howe be it for all that stroke he lefte nat styll to fight If sir Thomas Percy and his coÌ„pany had knowen of this aduenture who were on the othersyde of the brige they shulde well haue socoured hi but bycause they knewe nothyng therof nor herde no more of the frenchmen wenyng to them they had ben gone backe Therfore he and his company departed and toke the waye to Poycters as they that knewe nothynge of that busynesse Thus the englysshmen fought styll before the bridge of Lusac and there was done many a feat of armes breuely the englysshmen coude endure no lenger agaynst the freÌ„chmen so that the moost parte of them were disconfyted and taken but alwayes Edwarde Clyfforde wolde nat depte fro his nephue there as he lay So thus yf the frenchmen hadde ben so happy as to haue had their horses ther redy as they had nat for their pages were ronne away fro them before orels they might haue departed with moche honour and profite with many a gode prisoner and for lacke of them they lost all wherfore they were sore displeased and sayd among them selfe A this is an yuell order for the iourney is ours yet through faute of our pages we can nat departe Seyng we be heuy armed and sore traueyled so that we caÌ„nat go a fote through this countre the whiche is full of our enemyes and contrary to vs. And we are a sixe leages fro the next forteresse that we haue and also dyuers of our coÌ„pany be sore hurt and we may nat leaue
to Thounyns on the ryuer of Garon And so the frenchmen rode at their ease folowynge the ryuer and so came to the porte saynt Mary the which incoÌ„tynent tourned frenche And in euery place the frenchmen put in people and made garisons bothe the towne and castell of Thounyns yelded theÌ„ vp and became french and ther they set a newe capitayne and .xx. speares with hym Than after they toke they way to MouÌ„tpellyer and to Iguyllon brennyng and distroyeng the countre And whan they were come to the good towne of Mountpellyer they within were sore afrayed of the duke of Aniou and so yelded theÌ„ selfe vp to the frenche kyng Than they went to the stronge castell of Aguyllon and there they were four dayes for within was sir Gaultyer of Manny and his coÌ„pany and so yelded hym selfe and the castell to the duke of Aniou wherof they of Bergerath had great marueyle that they yelded theÌ„ selfe so soone Capitayne within Bergerath was the captall of Beufz and sir Thomas Phelton with a hundred speares englysshe and gascoyns And in lyke maner as yâ— duke of Aniowe and his company were entred in to the princes lande in the countre of Agen and Tholousen Lyke wise the duke of Berry the same tyme and his company rode in Lymosyn with a .xii. hundred speares a horsebacke and a thre thousande a fote conquerynge townes and castels brennyng and exilyng the couÌ„trey And with hym was the duke of Burbon the erle of Alenson sir Guy of Bloyes sir Robert of Alenson erle of Perche sir JohnÌ„ Darmynake sir Hugh Dolphyn sir JohnÌ„ of Uyllemore the lorde of Beauieu the lorde of Uyllers the lorde of Senar sir Geffray MoÌ„tagu sir Loyes of Malleuall sir Rayman of Marnell sir JohnÌ„ of Boloyne sir Godfray his vncle the vycont Duzes the lorde of Sully the lorde of Talenton the lorde of CoÌ„fant yâ— lorde Dappecher the lorde Dacon sir JohnÌ„ Damenue ymbault of Peschyn dyuers other good barons knightes and squyers These men of armes entred in to Lymosyn dyd ther great 〈…〉 uries and so came and layed siege to Lymoges Within yâ— towne ther were a fewe englyshmenê the whiche sir Hugh Caurell had left therin garison for he was seneshalll in the countre THe prince of Wales who was in yâ— towne of Angoleme was well enformed of those two great armyes aswell of the duke of Aniou as of the duke of Berry and howe they were entred with great strength into his countre in two ê‘ties And also it was shewed hym how by all likelyhod they wolde drawe towarde Angoleme and to besiege him and the princesse within the towne The prince who was a valyant man and ymaginatyfe answered and sayd howe his enemyes shulde nat fynde hym closed nother within towne nor yet castell but said howe he wolde mete theÌ„ in the playne felde Than he caused letters to be written and sente forthe to all his true frendes and subgettes in Poictou in Xaynton in Rochell in Rouergue in Quercy in Gore in Bygore in Agenoise Desyring and commaundyng them to come to hym in all hast with as moche power of men of warre as they coude make to mete with hym at the towne of Cougnac for ther he hadde stablysshed his assemble And so anone after he departed fro the good lady pricesse his wyfe and had with hym Richarde his yonge sonne And in the meane season that the prince made thus his assemble the frenchmen rode on forthe wastyng and distroyeng the couÌ„tre before them so came to Lynde a good towne standyng on the Ryuer of Dordone a leage fro Bergerath And capitayne therof was sir Thomas of Batefoyle a knight of Gascoyne who was within the towne set ther to defende it And so the duke of Aniowe the erle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret the erle of Pyergourt the vy count of Carmayn and all the other barons and knyghtes came thyder and so layed siege to the forte resse Sayeng howe they wolde neuer depart thens tyll they had the forteresse at their commaundement The towne was good strong and well furnysshed with artillary for the captall of Beufz and sir ThomÌ„s Phelton had ben ther nat past a .xv. dayes before and had so refresshed yâ— garyson that they thought well that they within might kepe well yâ— fortresse yf they lyst Consydering the ayde and helpe that they might haue shortely fro Bergerath if nede requyred Howbe it the people of the towne were sore enclyned to become frenche and had great desyre to harken on the promysses that the duke of Aniou made vnto theÌ„ So that finally the capitayn sir ThomÌ„s of Batefoyle was fayne to agre to them And also by a certayne somme of money that he shulde haue and great ê“fyte yerely of the duke of Aniowe and ther vpon to become good frenche and so it was ordayned that in a mornynge he shulde let the frenchmen entre into the towne This treaty and couenaÌ„t was nat so close kepte but that it was knowen in Bergerath the nyght before that the towne shulde be delyuered in the mornynge And the same tyme in to the towne of Bergerath there was come the erle of CaÌ„bridge with two hundred speares and he was present whan reporte was made of those tidynges The Captall of Beufz and sir Thomas Phelton hadde great marueyle therof and sayd how he wolde be at the delyuere of the towne And so after mydnight they departed fro Bergerath and rode towarde Lynde and at the brekyng of the day they came thyder and caused the gate to be op â–ª ned so rode through the towne tyll they came to the other gate where as the freÌ„chmen shulde entre At whiche tyme they were a entrynge sir Thomas Batefole redy to make them way to entre Than the Captall of Befz stept forthe his swerde in his hande and lighted a fote nere to the gate and sayd A sir Thomas Batefole false traytour thou shalt dye first thou shalte neuer do trayson more and therwith stroke at hym with his swerde in suche wyse that he fell downe deed to the erthe Whan the frenchmen parceyued the Captall and his baner and sir ThomÌ„s Phelton they knewe well they fayled of their entent wherfore they reculed togyder and turned their backes and fledde away So the towne abode styll englysshe was in gret parell to haue ben robbed and brent by the englysshmen and all the men within slayne bycause they consented to the trayson Howe be it they excused them selfe sayd howe they dyde nothyng nor consented to do nothynge but for very feare and priÌ„cipally for feare of their capitayne So this passed ouer and these two lordes abode styll ther a long season tyll the duke of Aniou and his coÌ„pany departed thens and toke another way ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of the state and ordynaunce of Englande and of the army that sir Robert Canoll made in the realme of Fraunce ¶ How trewse was made bytwene Englande and Scotlande and
fete And in the mornyng they came to a frenche fortresse where they were receyued ioyfully with theym of the forteresse to whome sir Raymon recounted all his aduenture wherof they all thanked god IT was of trouthe that the next mornyng whaÌ„ it was knowen how they were gone men a horsebacke folowed after but it was to late Thus sir Raymon scaped and retourned into Lymosyn and shewed to all his frendes howe the englysshe squyer had shewed to hym great curtesy And soeuer after thenglysshman was greatly honoured and cherysshed among them And sir Raymon wolde haue delyuered to hym the one halfe of his herytage accordynge as he had promysed to him before but the englisshe squyer wolde in no wyse take so moche And so he toke all onely but. C C. â—t of yerely reuenewes sayenge it was sufficyent for hym to maynteyne ther with his astate ¶ Howe the prince of wales lefte the duchy of Acquitayne in the kepyng of the duke of Lancastre and howe four breton knightes toke the castell of Mount Paon Cap. C C .lxxxvii. THe same season in the cyte of Burdeaux dyed the eldest sonÌ„e of the prince and princesse wherof they were right sorie as reasone was Than the prince was counsayled yâ— he shulde retourne in to Englande into his owne countre to th entent the rather therby to recouer his helth this counsayle was gyuen hym by his phisycions surgyons that knewe his disease The prince agreed well therto and sayd he was well content so to do and thervpon made his prouision And as I vnderstode the erle of CaÌ„bridge his brother and the erle Johan of Penbroke were ordayned to retourne with him to kepe him coÌ„pany And whan the prince shulde departe out of Acquitayne and that his shippes were redy in the tyuer of Garon and in the hauen of Burdeaur The prince and pricesse and their yong sonne Richarde beyng ther Than he made a speciall somons at Burdeaux of all barownes and knightes of Gascoyne and Poictou and in all other places where as he was lorde And they vnder his obeysaunce whan they were all come toguyder in a chambre before the prince Than he shewed to them how he had ben their lorde and had kepte them in peace as moche as lay in his power and had maynteyned them in great prosperyte puysance agaynst all their enemyes Shewyng them that to recouer his helthe wherof he had gret nede he was in purpose to retourne in to Englande Desyring theÌ„ to beleue serue and obey his brother the duke of Lancastre in lyke maner as they had done hymselfe Trustynge they shulde fynde hym a good lorde curtesse requyringe theÌ„ to couÌ„sell assyst hym in all his busynesse The barones of Acqtayne Gascoyne Poictou and of Xainton promysed and sware on their faythe 's that there shulde neuer defaute be founde in any of theÌ„ And so there they dyde fealtie homage to the duke and promysed him their loues seruyce and obeysance that they sware to vpholde and kepe in the presence of the prince and so kyst his mouthe And after this order taken yâ— prince taryed nat long in the cytie of Burdeux but entred into his shyppe and the pricesse and their chyldren the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke with theÌ„ And with him there was a fyue hundred fightynge men besyde archers So long they sayled without danger or domage that they aryued at Nampton Ther they toke lande and refresshed them two dayes than they tooke their horses and the prince in a lytter and so came to wyndsore wher the kynge was who receyued swetely his chyldreÌ„ â–ª and so ther he was enformed by theÌ„ of al the state of Guyen And whan the prince had ben with the king as long as it pleased them than the prince tooke his leaue and went to his owne house of Camestades ¶ Nowe let vs leaue to speke of the prince and shewe somwhat of the besynesse of Acquitayne ANone after that the prince was departed fro Burdeux the duke of Lancastre made the obsequy of his cosyn Edwarde sofie to the prince his brother the whiche was nobly done in the cytie of Burdeux And therat were all the barons of Gascoyne and Poictou such as had sworne obeysance to him In the meane season of this obsequy and that all these lordes were at Burdeux ther yssued out of the fortetesse of Pyergourt a two hundred speares bretons the whiche were sente thyder by the duke of Aniowe Of the whiche company ther were four knightes capitayns right hardy and valyant knightes called sir Wyllyam of LoÌ„uall sir Alayne of Aussay sir Loyes of Mally and the lorde Darcy These lordes rode with their companyes to a stronge castell called Mount paon perteyning to a knight And whan these bretons were coÌ„ethyder and had ronne to the barryers they made semblant to assayle the castell Than the capitayn within called sir Wyllyam of Mount paon who shewed himselfe to haue rather a freÌ„che hert than an englysshe He tourned and yelded vp the place and receyued the bretons in to his castell who sayd they wolde kepe that place agaynst all the worlde than they newe repayred and fortifyed it These tydynges anone was knowen at Burdeux than the duke of Lancastre sayd to the lordes about hym sirs we do nat our beuoyre as we shulve do for the bretons are a brode and haue taken the fortresse of Mountpaon marchyng nere to them Of the whiche takynge the duke and all the lordes about hym had great shame 〈◊〉 than they ordayned all to go thyder And so departed fro Burdeaur on a wedntsday and with yâ— duke of Lancastre was the lorde of Pons the lorde of Parteney sir Loys Harcourt sir guys sharde Dangle sir Percyuall of Culoyue sir Godfray DargeÌ„ton sir Jaques of Surgeres sir Maubrune of Linyers sir WyllmÌ„ of Montendre sir Hugh of Uinoy the lorde of Crupenacke and dyuers other barons and knightes of Poictou and Xaynton And of gascon there was the captall of Befz the lorde of Pomyers the lorde of Chamount the lorde of Mountserant the lorde of Langueron the souldyche of Lestrade sir Bernard Dalbret the lorde of getonde sir Amery of Charse and dyuers other And of Englande ther was sir ThomÌ„s Phelton sir ThomÌ„s Percy the lorde Rose sir Mychell de la Poule the lorde Wyloughhy ser Wyllyam BeauchaÌ„pe sir Richarde Pontchardon sir Bandras of Franuyll sir DaÌ„goses and dyuers other They were aseuyn hundred speares and fyue huÌ„dred archers And so they rode right ordinatly towarde Mountpaon and so came thyder And whan sir Wylliam of MouÌ„t paon knewe of the comyng thyder of the duke of Lancastre and of his coÌ„pany and sawe how he was by them besieged He thought him selfe than in no surety for he knewe well that yf he were takenne by force heshulde nat escape fro dethe thinkynge surely he shulde nat be taken to mercy bycause of the forfet that he had done in gyueng vp the place before
bothe knightes and squyers prisoners though I myght haue for them a hundred M. frankes I wyll saue neuer a one of theÌ„ And whan the haraude was departed and hadde made his reporte The duke of Aniou called forthe the hangman and made to be brought forthe the hostagê two knightes and asquier and caused their heedes to be stryken of nere to the castell so that they within might se it and knowe it Incontynent sir Robert Canoll made a borde to be put out of a wyndowe of the hall and brought thyder four prisoners that he had thre knightes and a squyer for whome he might haue hadde great rauÌ„some But he made their four heedes to be stryken of and dyde cast them downe into the dykes the bodyes one way and their heedes a nother way Than they brake vp their siege all maner of men went into FrauÌ„ce and namely the duke of Aniou went to Parys to the kyng his brother The constable the lorde Clysson and other rode toward the cyte of Troyes for the englysshmen were in that marches were passed the ryuer of Marne and toke their waye towarde Anxere The same tyme pope Gregory the .xi. had sent into FrauÌ„ce in legacyon the archbysshoppe of Rohan and the bysshoppe of Carpentras for to treat for a peace yf it might be bytwene the frenche kyng and the kynge of Englande These prelates had moche laboure to ryde in and out bytwene the frenche kynge and his bretherne and the duke of Lancastre but alwayes the englysshmen rode forthe thorough the countreis of Forestes of Auuergne of Limosyn and the ryuer of Loyre to Dordone and to Lothe Thenglysshmen were nat all at their ease in that iourney nor in lykewise were nat the frenchmen that folowed and costed them In the which pursute ther dyed thre knightes of Heynault sir Fateres of Berlaumount Bridoll of Montague and the begue of Uerlan and also of the englysshe part there dyed some Solonge the dukes of Lancastre and of Bretayne rode forwarde that they cam to Bergerath a four leages fro Burdeux And alwayes the frenchmen had pursued them the duke of Aniou and the coÌ„stable rode aboue towarde Rouuergue Roddes and Tholouse were come to Pyergourt And ther the two for sayd prelates rested and rode euer prechynge bytwene the parties and layed many reasons to bring them to acorde but both parties were so harde that they wolde nat condiscende to no peace without a great aduaÌ„tage and so about christmas the duke of Lancastre came to Burdeux and ther bothe dukes lay all that wynter and the lent folowynge and some of his company departed Whan the iourney was paste there retourned in to Englande the lorde Basset and his company wherwith the kyng was nat content but reproued hym bycause he retourned and nat the duke his sonne THan anone after the feest of Easter the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred and .xiii. The duke of Aniou beynge at Pyergourt assembled a great army with hym was the constable of Fraunce and the most parte of all the barones and knyghtes of Bretayne of Poictou of Aniou and of Tourayne Also there was of Gascoyne sir Johan of Armynake the lordes Dalbret and Pyergourt The erles of Comynges and of Narbone the vycountes of Carmayne Uyllemure and of Thalare the erle Dolphyn of Auuergne and the moost parte of the lordes of Auuergne and of Limosyn the vycount of Myndone the lordes de la Barde and Pyergourt and sir Robert de Charde They were a .xv. thousande menne a foote and also they had a great nombre of geneways cros bowes and tooke their way towardes highe Gascoyne and came before saynt Syluere wherof an abbot was lorde Howe beit that there was a stronge towne yet the abbot douted yâ— he shulde lose it by force Therfore he fell in a treaty with the duke of Aniou for he thought nother hym selfe nor his laÌ„de shulde abyde the warre nor be in the dukes indygnacion Sayeng to him how his town nor fortresse was but a small thynge as in regard of the townes castels in hygh Gascone whyder he supposed the duke was goyng Therfore he desyred hym to leue him in rest peace by certayne composycion yâ— he nor none of his men shulde make any warre so that non were made to him and also to do in lyke maner as herytours and lordes of Gascoyne dyde The duke accorded to hym and hadde hostages in that behalfe and sent them to be kepte in Pyergourt Than all the hoole hoost wherof the duke of Anio we was chiefe drewe towardes Mount Marsen and to the towne of Lourde in highe Gascone wherof sir Arnold de Uyre was capitayne Than the freÌ„chmen layd siege therto and demaunded if they wolde yelde theÌ„ vp to the duke of Aniowe They of the towne were soone agreed therto but the knyght that kept it sayde howe the erle of Foiz delyuered hym the place wherfore he sayde he wolde delyuer it to none other person Whan the constable herde that he caused euery man to assaute the Castell in suche wyse that it was wonne by force and the capitayne slayne and dyuers other bo the men and women and the towne ouerron and robbed and so left it and at their deê‘tyng they left men therin Than the frenchmen entred in to the lande of the castell Bone and ouerran it And thaÌ„ passed by the lande of the castell Neufe whiche they assayled and so went for the towarde Byenre and came to the entre of the lande of the lorde of Lescute rode so forwarde that they came to a good towne and to a good castell called Sault which held of the countie of Foiz and all his landes arere fees in Gascoyne The prince of Wales before he went in to Spayne was in mynde to haue made warr agaynst the countie of Foiz bycause they wolde nat holde of hym And also the duke of Aniou who had coÌ„quered the moost part of all Acquitayne shewed hymselfe as lorde ther wolde haue had it in possessyon So he layd siege before the towne of Sault in Gascoyne whiche was nat easy to wyn and within there was capitayn sir WyllimÌ„ of Pans And whan the erle of Foiz sawe howe the frenchmen conquered his landes and arerefees the which by reason he shuld other holde of the french kyng orels of the kyng of Englande He sent for the vicount of the castell Bone and for the lordes of Mersalte of castell Neufz of Lescute for the abbot of saynt Syluere And whanne they were come to him than he sent for a saue coÌ„duct to go and speke with the duke of Aniowe who lay styll at siege before Saulte the duke accorded therto Than he and the other lordes went to the hoost to the duke and there agreed that they and their landes shulde abyde in a respite of peace tyll the myddes of August at the which tyme ther shulde apere before the towne of MoÌ„sac
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
bretons sir Olyuer Clysson was capitayne and for the normayns sir Diuoye and sir Percyuall ¶ Of the siege that the lorde Coucy and the lorde de la Ryuer layd to Carentyne and of the castelles and townes that the kynge of Nauerre lost in Normandy Cap. CCC .xxx. THe 〈◊〉 and the lorde de la â—yuer besieged Carentyne with great puyssaunce and they of Caâ—â—tyne hadde as than no capitayne of name nor had nat sithe the deth of sir Eustace Dambreticourt who dyed ther. He had been capitayne ther foure yere So they hadde no conforte nor counsayle but of them selfe they sawe well agaynst them a great nombre and also the admyrall of Fraunce sir Johan of Uyen and the admyrall of Spaygne and with them a great nombre of menne of warre before Chyâ—rbourge They knewe nothynge of the treatie of the kyng of Nauerr nor howe he hadde spedde in Englande And they were dayly assayled two wayes the one by armyes and the other way by wordes for the lorde Coucy and the lorde de la Ryuer wolde gladly haue had the towne of Carentyne And at last they dyde so moche that they had it by treatie so it was gyuen vp to the obeysance of the frenche kyng the right reserued of the true enhery toure who was the kyng of Nauers sonÌ„e In all treaties the lordes of Fraunce acorded to reserue yâ— chyldes right for they cared nat so they might haue the townes and castels in their possessyon Thus they had Carentyne put therin newe men of warre and than departed and went to the castell of Molmeur and within thre dayes they had it by treatie And than they wente to Couches and lay by the fayre ryuer of Dorne whiche rynneth to Cane and ther they taryed tyll they knewe the myndes of theÌ„ of Couches and so they yelded vp by treatie The lorde of Coucy and the lorde de la ryuer had alwayes with them the chylde of Nauer whiche helped moch their mater euer whan any yelded vp to the french kyng or to his coÌ„myssioners it was euer in the treatie by condycion yâ— they might depart whan they lyst and whyder they wolde Suche as departed went no farther but to Eureur wherof Done Ferant naueroyse was capitayne ¶ After the conquest of Couches they departed and weÌ„t to Past and ther made assaut and dyuers hurt on bothe parties but the same day it was yelded vp and so yâ— castell became frenche And finally all that euer yâ— kynge of Nauer had in Normandy excepte Eureux and Chyerbourge was yelded vp and become french And whan they had wonne all castels and small holdes and that all the countre was vnder their obeysaunce Than they went and layed siege to Eureux and ther be were wente to be of olde vsage the moost strongest naueroyse in all Normany and they of Deureur neuer loued perfitely none other lorde but the kyng of Nauer So Eureux was besieged right puissantly and endured a long season for within was Feraudo capitayne who dyde many a feate of armes with his owne handes THe same season the kynge of Nauerre was retourned in to his owne countre and trusted some what to haue been ayded by the englysshmen howe be it they dyde hym no profyte as apered For the duke of Lancastre and the erle of Cambridge hadde the wynde agaynst them to come in to Normandy And alsoo the armye that was made in Englande of the foure thousande men of armes and eyght thousande archers Assoone as they were come to Hampton they entred in to their shyppes before the feest of saynt Johan the Baptyst and so departed and they founde at Plommouthe the erle of Salisbury and sir Johan of Arundell who shulde haue gone in to Bretayne to haue refresshed theÌ„ of Brest and of Hanybout but they coulde haue no wynde before And so they entred in to the duke of Lancasters army and toke lande in the yle of Wight where they taryed a longe space to here tidynges outher out of Bretayne or oute of Normandy Than they herde tidynges howe the army of Fraunce was one the see wherfore they sent sir JohnÌ„ of Arundell with two hundred men of armes and foure hundred archers to Hampton to eschewe all the parels that might fall by the see ¶ Of the men of warrÌ„ that the duke of Aniou retayned agaynst theÌ„glisshmen and of the siege that the spanyerdes helde before Bayone Cap. CCC .xxxi. BIcause of this the freÌ„che kyng thought to ê“uyde for remedy to resyst his enemies for it was shewed him by the normayns that the englysshmen were on the se with a great puyssance but he coude nat tell whyder they wolde go Than be sent a specyall commauÌ„dement through out his realme that euery man knightes and squyers shulde be redy apparelled for the warre to go and to come where he commaunded them In lykewise the duke of Aniou had all that season retayned men of warre on all sydes to the entent to haue layde siege to Burdeux And in his company was his brother the duke of Berrey and the Constable of Fraunce and all the flour of chiualry of Gascone Auuergne Poictou and Limosyn And the better to come to his entent and to haue yâ— more nombre of men of warre by the consent of the kyng his brother he had gathered in Languedoc to the somme of two huÌ„dred M. frankes Howbeit he coude nat do his enterprice in that season for yâ— kyng sent for the duke of Berrey his brother and for the constable of FrauÌ„ce and for all other barones suche as he thought shulde do hym seruyce For well he knewe that the englysshmen were on the see but he wyst nat whyder they wolde drawe And though this enterprice in Laquen doc were broken yet the poore men that hadde payed great sommes of money for that entent had nat their money agayne THe same season yâ— kyng of Castell with xx thousaÌ„de spanyerdes and catelayns helde siege before Bayone and ther lay all the wynter And many a feate of armes was there done bothe by lande and by water for Radigâ— de Rour and Dampe Ferrant of Castell Ambrose Bouchenoyr and Peter Bascle lay at ancre before Bayone with two hundred vessels 〈◊〉 dyde moche trouble to them of Bayone Of the whiche towne there was capitayne a valyant knight of Englande called sir Mathewe Gorney His wytte and prowes conforted them of the towne greatly how be it some sayd of them that were within that the spanyerdes had had their entent at length yf a dethe had nat fallen among them For ther fell suche a mortalyte in the hoost that of fyue ther dyed thre and kyng Henry of Castell had there with hym a â—ygrâ— maÌ„cer of Tollet who sayd yâ— the ayre ther was so enuenomed corrupted that ther was no remedy but that they were all in great danger parell of dethe And bycause of that doubt the kynge dyslodged and brake vp yâ— siege but the spanyerdes
sir James of Mountmore sir Percyuall Deyneuall Wylliam of Mountcountour and sir James of Surgeres were capitaynes and wold nat leaue the siege for the dethe of yuan of Wales who was their souerayne capitayne they had great desyre to reuenge his dethe on them of the forteresse Also ye haue herde howe sir ThomÌ„s Triuet sir WyllmÌ„ Scrope sir Thomas Berton sir Wylliam Sendrue a great nombre of men of armes and archers were ordayned to go in to the marches of Burdeaux for the reskewe of them of Mortayne And sir Mathewe Gornay who was at Bayon and was dayly occupyed therabout in the marches agaynst the gascons and suche as helde forteresses there These sayd four knyghtes their companyes had layen at Plomouthe .vii. monethes and could haue no wynde to serue them to go in to Gascoyne wherof they were ryght sore displeased but they coulde nat amende it Also ye haue harde howe the lorde Neuyll of Englande was ordeyned with a great nombre of men of armes and archers to go and comforte the kyng of Nauer agaynst the spany ardes for he was ordeyned to be seneshall of Burdeux so he founde all these other men of warrÌ„styll at Plomouth and eche of them were glad of other anon after the lord Neuels comyng they had wynde at wyll Than they toke shippynge and sayled towardes Gascoyne and so they were in one flete a sixe score vesselles and xl barkes there myght well be a thousaÌ„de men of armes and two thousande archers they hadde no let on the see but good wynde and so they entred in to the hauen of Burdeux the euen of our Lady in Septembre the yer of our sorde a thousand thre hundred .lxxvii. Whan the bretons and poicteuyns that laye at siege before Mortaygne sawe suche a flete of shippes passe by makynge great feast brunt and so wâ—ynge of trompettes they were ryght pensyue and they within the castell ryght ioyfull for they hoped well than to be shortely reskewed or elles their enemyes to haue batayle for they thought surely they were nat come thyder for nought but for to do some great feate of armes Than sir James of Mountmore and the capitaynes of the hoost drewe to guyder to counsayle to determyne what was best for theÌ„ to do Than they repented theÌ„ of the forsakyng of the treaty that was offred theÌ„ before for but a lytell before the Soudic of Lestrade offred to rendre vp the forteresse so they myght departe to Burdeur their lyues and goodes saued but the frenchmen wolde nat therof So than they sent a â—â—â—aulde to the castell shewyng theÌ„ howe they were content to receyue their treatie The Soudic answered howe they were than in no mynd to fall to no treatie for their socour was come wherfore they wolde frely departe or a â—yde at their pleasure so the siege lay styll The lorde Neuyll and his company came to Burdeaâ— they were ioyfully receyued of sir Wylliam â—â—â—man seneshall of Landes sir Johan of Multon mayre of the cytie of the archbysshop there and of the burgesses ladyes and 〈◊〉 The lorde Neuyll was lodged in the abbey of saynt Andrewes and so was seneshall of Burdeur Than anone after he made an assemble of knyghtes and squiers gascons suche as helde of the englisshe parte so that he was a four thousande And he ordeyned shyppes and vesselles on the ryuer of Garon and so departed fro Burdeux to go and reyse the siege before Mortayne Anone these tydynges were knowen in the frenche hoost howe thenglysshmen gascons were comyng downe the ryuer of Garon to reyse their siege or elles to â—yght with them Than the capitayns drewe to counsayle all thynges considered it was thought they were nat able to abyde yâ— puyssance wherfore it was determyned that they shulde rather lâ—â—e â—he tyme that they hadde spent than to put themselfe in to a farder daunger parell And so sowned then disâ—ogyng without any thyng doyng farder and so drewe in to Poictou but all departed nat for a certayne bretons walshmen that were parteynynge to yuan of Wales sayd howe they were able to abyde all the world and to kepe the fortresse of saynt Leger and so they entred into it drue in all their artyllary THe knightes of Englande and Gascon who were comynge with full sayles in barges by the Ryuer of Garon they rested at thentre before Mortayne and so toke lande lytell and lytell And as they landed they put theÌ„selfe in order redy to assayle yâ— fortresse of saynt Leger wherin the bretons were And so at the first comyng ther was a sore assaut and whyle they were at the assaut the lorde Neuyll sent a haraude to Mortayn to the Soudic to knowe howe he dyde The haraude dyde as he was coÌ„mauÌ„ded and brought worde agayne how they dyd rightwell but that they had no showes on their fete The assaut before saynt Legerendured well thre houres and wan nothing but had dyuers of their men sore hurt and so lodged theÌ„ that night And it was their myndes nat to depart thens tyll they had wonne that holde and were sore displeased that the lord of MoÌ„tmore and the other french knightes had nat ben â—in the fortresse of saynt Leger but they were wiselye departed and left ther the bretons ¶ Howe the englysshmen recouered dyuers castelles on the frenchmen in Burdeloys Cap. CCC .xxxv. ANd in the next mornyng the lorde Neuyll the knightes of England ordayned to gyue assaut to saynt Leger and so sowned their truÌ„pettê to the assaute and aproched to the fortresse and ther began a sore assaut The fortresse stode so on a rocke yâ— none coude easely aproche therto and on yâ— wekest syde ther were dyuers great dykes so that none coude easely aproche The assaylers traueyled sore and wanne but lytell but dyuers of their men were sore hurt some slayne Than thassaut ceased and it was thought best to fyll the dykes to haue the more aduantage togyue assaut so with great payne the dykes were fylled Than the bretons that were within seyng that douted more than than they dyde before and good reason why so fell to entreat The englysshmen who had great mynde of the kyng of Nauers busynesse and also â–ª thought to delyuer certayne fortresses in Burdelois holden by the frenche bretons agreed to their treatie and so the holde of saynt Leger was gyuen vp so that they within departed whyder they lyst their lyues and goodes saued Thus saynt Legers was englysshe and than the lordes wente to the castell of Mortayne and founde yâ— Soudic of Lestrade in the same case as the haraud had reported to theÌ„ before So than they were refresshed of euery thyng that they neded and the castell newe furnysshed with meÌ„ And than they retourned agayne to Burdeaux the same way they caÌ„e by water by the ryuer of Garon wHan they were come agayne to Burdeaux and refresshed in the meane season they had
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
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
to aske or demaunde but folowed eche other lyke beestes as the shepherdes dyde of olde tyme. Sayeng howe they wolde go conquere the holy lande and at last all came to nothynge In lykewise these villayns and poore people came to London a hundred myle of .lx. myle .l. myle .xl. myle and .xx. myle of and fro all couÌ„treis about London but the moost part caÌ„e fro the countreis beforenamed and as they came they demaunded euer for the kyng The gentylmen of the countreis knightes and squyers began to doute whan they sawe the people began to rebell and though they were in dout it was good reason For a lesse occasyon they might haue bene afrayed So the gentylmen drewe toguyder aswell as they might ¶ The same daye that these vnhappy people of Kent were comynge to London there retourned fro Canterbury the kynges mother princes of Wales comynge from her pylgrimage She was in great ieopardy to haue ben lost for these people came to her chare and delt rudely with her Wherof the good lady was in great doute lest they wolde haue done some vilany to her or to her damosels Howe be it god kept her and she came in one day fro Caunterbury to London for she neuer durst tary by the waye The same tyme kyng Richarde her son was at the towre of London There his mother founde hym with hym there was the erle of Salisbury the archebysshoppe of Caunterbury sir Robert of Namure the lorde of Gomegines and dyuers other Who were in dout of these people that thus gadered toguyder and wyst nat what they demaunded This rebellyon was well knowen in the kynges courte or any of these people began to styre out of their houses But the kyng nor his couÌ„sayle dyde prouyde no remedy therfore whiche was great marueyle And to th entent that all lordes and good people and suche as wolde nothing but good shulde take ensample to correct them that be yuell and rebellions I shall shewe you playnlye all the mater as it was ¶ The yuell dedes that these comeÌ„s of Englande dyde to the kynges offycers and howe they sent a knight to speke with the king Ca. C C C lxxxii THe monday before the feest of Corpus Christy the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred .lxxxvii. these people yssued oute of their houses to come to LoÌ„don to speke with the kynge to be made fre for they wolde haue had no boÌ„de man in Englande and so first they caÌ„e to saynt Thomas of Caunterbury And there Johan Balle had thought to haue founde the bysshop of Canterbury but he was at London with the kyng Whan Wat Tyler and Jacke Strawe entred in to Canterbury all the comon people made great feest for all the towne was of their assent And there they toke counsayle to go to London to the kyng and to sende some of their coÌ„pany ouer the ryuer of Thames in to Essexe in to Sussexe and in to the counties of Stafforde and Bedford to speke to the people that they shulde all come to the farder syde of London and therby to close London rounde about so that the kynge shulde nat stoppe their passages and that they shulde all mete toguyder on Corpus christy day They that were at Caunterbury entred into saynt ThomÌ„s churche and dyde there moche hurte and robbed and brake vp the bysshoppes chambre And in robbynge and bearing out their pyllage they sayd A this chauÌ„celler of Englande hath had a good market to gette toguyder all this richesse He shall gyue vs nowe accompte of the reuenues of Englande and of the great profytes that he hath gathered sythe the kynges coronacyon Whan they had thys monday thus broken the abbey of saynt Uyncent they deê‘ted in the mornyng and all the people of Canterbury with them so toke the way to Rochester sende their people to the vyllages about And in their goynge they beate downe and robbed houses of aduocates and procurers of the kynges courte and of the archebysshoppe and had mercy of none And whan they were come to Rochester they had there good chere for the people of the towne taryed for them for they were of the same secâ—e and than they went to the castell ther and toke the knyght that had the rule therof he was called sir Johan Moton and they sayde to hym Sir it behoueth you to go with vs you shall be our souerayne capitayne and to do that we wyll haue you The knight excused hymselfe honestly and shewed them dyuers consyderacions excuses but all auayled hym nothyng for they sayde vnto hym Sir Johan if ye do nat as we wyll haue you ye are but deed The knyght seyng these people in that fury and redye to slee hym He than douted dethe agreed to theÌ„ and so they toke hym with them agaynst his inwarde wyll And in lykewise dyd they of other countreis in Englande as Essexe Sussexe Stafforde Bedforde Warwyke euyn to Lyncolne For they brought the knightê and gentylmen into suche obeysance that they cansed them to go with them wheder they wolde or nat as the lorde Molayne a great barone sir Stephyne of Hales and sir Thomas of Guysighen and other NOwe beholde the great fortune If they might haue come to their ententes they wolde haue distroyed all the noble men of Englande And therafter all other nacyons wolde haue folowed the same and haue taken fote and ensample by them and by them of Gaunte and Flaunders who rebelled agaynst their lorde The same yere the parisyens rebelled in lykewyse and founde out the mallettes of yron of whom ther were mo than .xx. thousande as ye shall herafter in this hystorie but first we wyll speke of them of Englande WHan these people thus lodged at Rochester deê‘ted and passed yâ— ryuer and came to BraÌ„forde alway kepynge styll their opynions beatyng downe before theÌ„ and all about the places and houses of aduocates procurers and strikyng of the heedes of dyuers ê‘sons and so long they went forwarde tyll they came within a foure myle of London and ther lodged on a hyll called Blacheth and as they went they sayd euer they were the kynges men and the noble comons of Englande and whan they of London knewe that they were come so nere to them The mayre as ye haue herde before closed the gates and kept straitely all the passages This order caused the mayre who was called Nicholas Walworthe and dyuers other riche burgesses of the cyte who were nat of their sect But ther were in London of their vnhappy opinyons mo than .xxx. thousande Than these people thus beyng lodged on Blacheth determyned to sende their knight to speke with the kyng And to shewe hym howe all that they haue done or wyll do is for hym his honour And howe the realme of Englande hath nat ben well gouerned a greet space for the honoure of the realme nor for the comon profyte by his vncles and by the clergy
and also they beheded the lorde of saynt Johans and a frere mynour maister in medicyn ê‘teyning to the duke of Lancastre they slewe hym in dispyte of his maister and a sergeant at armes called JohnÌ„ Laige And these four heedes were set on foure logn speares and they made theÌ„ to be borne before theÌ„ through the stretes of London And at last set theÌ„ a highe on LoÌ„don bridge as though they had ben traytours to the kyng to the realme Also these glottous entred in to the prices chambre and brake herhed wherby she was so sore afrayed that she sowned and ther she was taken vp and borne to the watersyde and put in to a barge and couered and so conueyed to a place called the quenes Warderobe And there she was all that daye and night lyke a woman halfe deed tyll she was conforted with the kyng her sonne as ye shall here after ¶ How the nobles of England were in great paryll to haue ben dystroyed howe these rebels were punisshed and sende home to theyr owne houses Cap. CCC .lxxxiiii. WHan the kyng came to the sayd place of Myleende without London he put out of his company his two bretherne the erle of Kent sir Johan Holande and the lorde of Gomegynes for they durst nat apere before the people And whan the kynge and his other lordes were ther â—he fouÌ„de there a threscore thousande men of dyuers vyllages and of sondrie countreis in Englande So the kynge entred in amonge them sayd to them swetely A ye good people I am your kyng What lacke ye What wyll ye say Than suche as vnderstode him sayd We wyll that ye make vs free for euer our selfe our heyres and our landes and that we be called no more boÌ„de nor so reputed Sirs sayd the king I am well agreed therto Withdrawe you home into your owne houses and into suche villages as ye caÌ„e fro and leaue behynde you of euery vyllage .ii. or thre and I shall cause writynges to be made and seale theym with my seale the whiche they shall haue with them conteyning euery thynge that ye demaunde And to th entent that ye shal be the better assured I shall cause my baners to be delyuered in to euery Bayliwyke shyre and countreis These wordes apeased well the coÌ„mon people suche as were symple and good playne men that were come thyder and wyste nat why They said it was well said we desyre no better Thus these people beganne to be apeased and began to withdrawe them in to the cyte of LoÌ„don And the kyng also said a worde the whiche greatly contented them He sayde Sirs amonge you good men of Kent ye shall haue one of my baners with you ye of Essexe another ye of Sussexe of Bedforde of CaÌ„bridge of Germeney of Stafforde of Lyneche of you one And also I pardon euery thinge that ye haue done hyder to so that ye folowe my baners and retourne home to your houses They all answered how they wolde so do thus these people departed and went in to London Than the kynge ordayned mo than .xxx. clerkes the same fridaye to write with all dilygeÌ„ce letter patentes and sayled with the kyngê seale and delyuered them to these people And whan they had receyued the writynge they departed and retourned in to their owne countreis but the great venym remayned styll behynde For Watte Tyler Jacke Strawe and JohnÌ„ ball sayd for all that these people were thus apesed yet they wolde nat departe so and they had of their acorde mo than .xxx. thousande So they abode styll and made no prese to haue the kynges writyng nor seale for all their enteÌ„tes was to putte the cytie to trouble in suche wyse as to 〈◊〉 all the riche and honest persons to robbe and pylle their houses They of London were in great feare of this wherfore they kepte their houses preuily with their freÌ„des and suche seruauntes as they had euery man accordynge to his puyssaunce And whanÌ„e these sayde people were this fridaye thus somewhat apeased and that they shulde departe assoone as they hadde their writynges euerye manne home in to his ownâ— countrey Than kynge Rycharde came in to the Royall where the quene his Mother was â—â—ght sore afrayed So he coÌ„forted her as well as he coulde and taryed there with her all that night YEt I shall shewe you of an aduenture that fell by these vngracyous people before the cyte of Norwiche by a capitayne among them called Guillyam Lystre of Stufforde THe same daye of Corpus Christy that these people entred in to London and brent the duke of Lancasters house called the Sauoye the Hospytall of saynt Johannes and brake vp the kynges prisons And dyd all this hurte as ye haue herde before The same tyme there assembled toguyder they of Stafforde of Lynne of Cambridge of Bedforde and of Germeney And as they were comynge towardes London they hadde a capitayne amonge them called Lystre And as they came they rested them before Norwiche and in their comynge they caused euerye man to ryse with them so that they left no villayns behynde theÌ„ The cause why they rested before Norwyche I shall shewe you There was a knight capitayne of the towne called sir Robert Sale He was no gentylman borne but he had the grace to be reputed sage and valyant in armes And for his valyauntnesse kynge Edwarde made hym knight He was of his body one of the biggest knightes in all Englande Lyster and his company thought to haue had this knyght with them and to make hym their chife capitayne to the entente to be the more feared and beloued So they sende to hym that he shulde coÌ„e and speke with theÌ„ in the felde or els they wolde brenne yâ— towne The knight consydered that it was better for hym to go speke with theÌ„ rather thanÌ„e they shulde do that outrage to the towne than he mounted on his horse and yssued oute of the towne all alone and so came to speke with theÌ„ And whan they sawe hym they made him gret chere and honoured hym moche desyring hym to a lyght of his horse and to speke with theym and so he dyde wherin he dyde great folly For whanÌ„e he was a lyghted they came rounde about hym and began to speke fayre to hym and sayde Sir Robert ye are a knight and a man greatlye beloued in this countrey and renowmed a valyaunt man And thoughe ye be thus yet we knowe you well ye be no gentylmanne borne but sonne to a villayne suche as we be Therfore coÌ„e you with vs and be our maister and we shall make you so great a lord that one quarter of Englande shal be vnder your obeysauÌ„ce Whan the knight herde them speke thus it was greatlye contraryous to his mynde for he thought neuer to make any suche bargayne and answered them with a felonous regarde Flye away ye vngracyous people false and yuell traytours that ye be Wolde you that
.iiii. sir Guy de Hancourt ¶ Item the names of them that offred the helmes of warre First the lorde of Maylly The seconde sir Wyllyam de Hornes and sir Ansell de Salyns The thyrde sir Johan Doppeyn and the Chatelayn of saynt Omers The .iiii. sir Guy de Guystels and the Galoys Daunoy ¶ IteÌ„ for the helmes of CoÌ„uoy First sir Joise de Hallayn and sir Olyuer de Guffey The .ii. the lorde of Dysobeque the thyrde the lorde de Lalayne The fourthe sir Trystram de Boys and sir Johan of Jumont ¶ The names of theÌ„ that offred the baners of warre First the lorde of Lystrenayle The .ii. sir Leoncell Dareynes The thyrde sir Gyles de la Goneufe the .iiii. sir JohnÌ„ de Lysolom ¶ Item for the baners of Conuoy Firste sir Orenges of Rely the seconde sir Rafe Alayne The thyrde sir Johan Disquenyue The .iiii. sir Uyllayns de la Clycque ¶ The names of them that after the obsequy done layde the body of the erle in the erthe sir JohnÌ„ de Uyen admyrall of Fraunce the lorde of Guystell sir Ualerant of Raneuall the Chatelayne of Disquenyue the lorde of Ray and sir Ansell of Salyns ¶ The names of them that layd the countesse body in the erthe Sir Guy de la Tremoyle the lorde of Chatellon the seneshall of Burgoyn the lorde Gerarde of Guystles sir Henry Datoygne and the Chatellon of Furnes And all suche as entred in to the churche of saynt Peter in the euenyng were at the offyce in the day at masse aswell the knightê armed as those that bare the baners also the squyers yâ— led the horses ¶ Item there were that went with the bodyes of the erle and of the countesse through the towne of Lysle to the churche of saynt Peter to the noÌ„bre of four hundred men all in blacke euery man bearyng a torche and they helde the same torches the nexte day all the masse tyme they were all marchaÌ„tes of good townes or officers of his house and tharchbysshop of Rayns sang the masse acoÌ„panyed with the bysshop of Parys the bysshop of Turney the bysshop of CaÌ„brey the bysshop of Arras with them .v. abbottes ¶ IteÌ„ there was also in the churche duryng the obsequy .vii. C. candels or therabout euery taper coÌ„teyning in weyght .i. â—i of waxe And on the trayle of the herse ther were fyue baners in the myddes the baner of Flaunders on the right syde the baner of Arthoys on the lyfte syde the baner of Burgoyne the .iiii. the baner of Newers the .v. of Rethell The trayle on the one syde was poudred with the scochyns of the armes of FlauÌ„ders and on the lyft syde of the lady the scochyns of Flaunders and of Brabant and downe a long in the mynster ther were .ii. huÌ„dred and .xxvi. candels lyke vnto theÌ„ of the herse Ther was nother lady nor damosell but the gouernors wyfe of Lysle Ther was a great dyner and the costes of all the knightes squiers were borne quyte for the nyght and day of the obsequy they had all blacke gownes and whan all this was done euery man returned to their owne the duke of Burgoyne left in the garysons of Flaunders knightes and squyers for all the truse that was taken bytwene EnglaÌ„de and Faunce for all that euery man toke hede to his charge And the lady his wyfe taryed styll for a season in Arthoyse ¶ Howe the erle of NorthuÌ„berlande the erle of Notyngham and the Englysshmen made a iorney in to Scotlande And of the ambassadours of Fraunce that were sende in to Scotlande to notify the truse that was taken bytwene Englande and FrauÌ„ce Cap. CCCC .xliiii. LE haue well herde here before how the lordes of FraÌ„ce whaÌ„ they made the truse with englysshmen They were charged at their deê‘ting to signify the truse to theÌ„ of Scotlande to the entent that no hurt shulde be done bytwene theÌ„ of EnglaÌ„de nor Scotlande Howe be it to saye the trouthe thy of Fraunce dyde nat their dilygence in that mater as they ought to haue done for they shulde haue sende incontynent but they dyde nat I thynke the let therof was bycause of the great busynesse that the duke of Burgoyne had for the obsequy of his father in lawe therle of Flaunders as ye haue herde here before Also they thought full lytell that the englysshmen wolde haue done as they dyde for anone after Ester the erle of NorthuÌ„berlande the erle of Notyngham the barons of the northe couÌ„tre made an army of two thousande speares and sixe thousande archers and passed by Rosebourge and entred in to Scotlande and began to brinne the countre and the lande of therle Duglas and of the lorde of Lynsey and left nothyng vnbrent to Edenborowe The lordes and knyghtes of Scotlande was nothyng ware of this iourney and toke the mater in great dispyte sayeng howe they wolde ameÌ„de it to their powers For they said as they herde reported they shulde haue had truse with the englysshmen Howe be it they were nat warned therof wherfore they knewe well the warr was opyn ye wotte well tidynges wyll sprede anone abrode wherby it was shortely knowen in Flaunders and specially at Scluse by marchantes that caÌ„e out of the realme of ScotlaÌ„de Howe thenglysshmen were entred in to Scotlande and howe that kynge Robert of Scotlande and the lordes of the realme dyde somon their people to asseÌ„ble to fight with thenglysshmen Also it was knowen in FrauÌ„ce that the englysshmen were in the felde and the scottes also that in short tyme they were likely to mete The dukes of Berrey and of Burgoyne the couÌ„sayle of FraÌ„ce whan they vnderstode these tidynges they sayd they had folysshly done in that they had nat sende worde of the treuse in to Scotlande be tymes as they had promysed to do Than was it ordayned that sir Hamart de Marse shulde go in to Scotlande who was a sage and a discrete knight sir Peter Framell a sergiant of armes who was of the nacyon of the scottes called Janequyn ChaÌ„penoyse He went bicause he knewe the laÌ„gage the couÌ„tre In the meane season yâ— these ambassadours ordayned them selfe to go in to Scotlande the englysshmen ouer ran the couÌ„tre of ScotlaÌ„de ther was the same tyme at Scluse men of war of FrauÌ„ce that lay styll and slept and wyst nat what to do for the truse bytwene EnglaÌ„de and flaÌ„ders styll endured And they herde howe theÌ„glysshemen and scottes made warre eche with other and it was sayd at Scluse for certayne that hastely ther shulde be batayle bytwene theÌ„ There was sir Geffray of Charney sir JohnÌ„ of Plasy sir Hughe of Boloyne sir Sayng of Uyllers sir Garnere of leborne sir Garnere of GussaÌ„guyn sir Oden of Metyn sir Robert of CaÌ„pyhen Jakes of mouÌ„tfort JohnÌ„ of heluyn JohnÌ„ of Melles Michell dela bare Gyllam Gobert they were a .xxx. men of armes knightes squyers They made promyse togyder to
.xv. dayes In the meane season whyle this treate was ther fell in England great myschife and rebellion of mouyng of the comon people by which dede England was at a poynt to haue ben lost without recouery Ther was neuer realme nor countrey in so great aduentur as it was in that tyme. all bycause of the ease and ryches that the comon people were of whiche moued them to this rebellion as somtyme they dyd in Fraunce the which dyd moche hurt for by suche incidentes the realme of Fraunce hath ben greatly greued IT was a marueylous thing and of poore foundacion that this myschife began in Englande And to gyue ensample to all maner of people I wyll speke therof as it was don as I was enfourmed and of the incideÌ„tes therof Ther was an vsage in England yet is in diuerse countreys that the noble men hath great frauÌ„ches ouer the comons and kepeth them in seruage that is to say their tenauÌ„tes ought by custome to laboure the lordes landes to gather and bring home theyr cornes some to threshe and to fanne and by suage to make theyr hey and to heaw their wood and bring it home all these thyngê they ought to do by seruage And ther be mo of these people in Englande than in any other realme thus the noble men and prelates arre serued by them and specially in the countie of BreÌ„dpest Sussetter and Bedford These vnhappy people of these sayd countreys began to styrre bycause they sayde they were kept in great seruage And in the begynning of the worlde they sayd ther were no bonde men Wherfore they maynteyned that none ought to be bonde without he dyd treason to his lorde as Lucifer dyde to god But they sayd they coude haue no such batayle for they were nother angelles nor spirittes but men fourmed to the similytude of their lordes sayng why shuld they than be kept so vndre lyke bestê the which they sayd they wold no lengar suffre for they wolde be all one and if they labored or dyd any thyng for theyr lordes they wold haue wages therfor aswell as other And of this imaginacion was a folisshe preest in the couÌ„tie of Rent called Johan Wall for the which folysshe wordes he had ben thre tymes in the bysshop of Canterburies prison For this preest vsed often tymes on the sondayes after masse whanne the people were goynge out of the mynster to go in to the cloyster preche and made the people to assemble a dout hym and wolde say thus Aye good people the maters gothe nat well to passe in Englande nor shall nat do tyll euery thyng be coÌ„mon and that there be no villayns nor gentylmen but that we may be all vnyed toguyder that the lordes be no greatter maisters than we be What haue we deserued or why shulde we be kept thus in seruage We be all come fro one father and one mother Adam and Eue. Wherby can they say or shewe that they be gretter lordes than we be sauynge by that they cause vs to wyn and labour for that they dispende they are clothed in Ueluet and chamlet furred with grise and we be vestured with poreclothe they haue their wynes spyces and good breed and we haue the drawyngout of the chaffe drinke water They dwell in sayre houses and we haue the payne and traueyle rayne and wynde in the feldes And by that that cometh of our labours they kepe and maynteyne their estates We be called their bondmen and without we do redilye them seruyce we be beaten And we haue no seuerayne to whom we may coÌ„playne nor that wyll here vs nor do vs right Lette vs go to the kyng he is yonge shewe hym what seruage we be in and shewe him howe we wyll haue it otherwyse or els we wyll prouyde vs of some remedy And if we go togyder all maner of people that be nowe in any bondage wyll folowe vs to th entent to be made fre And whan the kyng seyth vs we shall haue some remedy outher by fayrnesse or otherwyse Thus JohnÌ„ Wall sayd on sondayes â–ª whan the people issued out of the churches in the vyllages Wherfore many of the meane people loued him suche as entended to no goodnesse sayde howe he sayd trouth and so they wolde murmure one with another in the feldes and in the wayes as they went togyder Affermyng howe Johan Wall sayd trouthe The archebysshoppe of Canterbury who was enformed of the sayeng of this JohnÌ„ Wall caused hym to be taken and put in prison a two or thre monethes to chastice hym Howbeit it had ben moche better at the begynnyng that he had ben coÌ„dempned to perpetuall prison or els to haue dyed rather than to haue suffred hym to haue ben agayne delyuered out of prisone but the bysshop had conscience to let hym dye And whan this Johan Wall was out of prison he retourned agayn to his errour as he dyde before Of his wordes and dedes there were moche people in London enformed suche as had great enuy at them that were riche and suche as were noble And than they beganne to speke among them sayd Howe the realme of Englande was right euyll gouerned and how that golde syluer was taken fro theÌ„ by theym that were named noble men So thus these vnhappy men of London began to rebell and asseÌ„bled theÌ„ togyder and sent worde to the forsayd countreys that they shulde come to London and bring theyr people with them Promisyng them howe they shulde fynde London open to receyue them and the comons of the cytie to be of the same acorde sayeng how they wolde do so moche to the kynge that there shulde nat be one bondman in all Englande THis promise moued so them of Kent of Essex of Sussex of Bedforde and of of the countreis about that they rose and came towardes London to the nombre of lâ— thousande And they had a capitayne called Water Tyler and with him in company was Jaques Strawe and Johan Balle These thre were chefe soueraygne capitayns but the heed of all was Water Tyler and he was in dede a tyler of houses an vngracious patron Whan these vnhappy men began thus to styre they of London except suche as were of theyr bande were greatly afrayed Than the mayre of London and the riche men of the cytie toke counsayle togyder And whan they sawe the people thus comynge on euery syde they caused the gates of the cite to be closed and wolde suffre no man to entre in to the cytie But whan they hadde well imagyned they aduysed nat so to do For they thought they shulde therby put their subbarbes in great parell to be brent And so they opened agayne the cytie and there entred in at the gates In some place a hundred two hundred bytwentie and by .xxx. And so whan they came to London they entred and lodged And yet of trouthe the thirde parte of these people coude nat tell what