sir Guy shewe forthe your charge the knyght spake ryght sagely by great leysar shewed the kyng his couÌ„saile how the frenche kyng with his army royall wyll come in to the froÌ„ters of Almayne nat to make any warre agaynst hym but agaynst his enemy the duke of Guerles who had highly defied the kyng their maister with shamfull wordes out of the style of all other defyauÌ„ces the whiche the frenche kyng nor his couÌ„saile can in no wyse suffre Wherfore sir ê™ they the kyng requyreth you as ye be a noble king of his blode and he of yours as all the worlde knoweth that ye wyll nat sustayne ayde nor mentayne the pride of this duke but ye to holde the aliances and coÌ„fyrmacions soÌ„tyme done sworne bytwene thempire of Almayne the realme of FrauÌ„ce the whiche he wyll fermly kepe on his ê‘te Than the kyng answered said sir Guy we are enformed that our cosyn the freÌ„che kyng wyll assemble togider great noÌ„bre of people He neded nat for so smal a mater to assemble suche people to spende so moche to seke his ennemy so farr of for if he had desired me with lesse trauayle I coude well haue caused the duke of Guerles to hame coÌ„e to mercy reason sir ê™ the knight we thanke you that it pleaseth you to say so but the kyng our maister regardeth but lytell his expenses nor trauell of his men but he regardeth his honour to this his couÌ„saile is agreed syth that you nor your couÌ„sayle is nat myscontent with our maister who wyll in no wyse violate nor breke the ordinauÌ„ces confirmacioÌ„s of olde tyme made bitwene the two realmes of FrauÌ„ce almain but kepe mentayne it on the paynes the is ordayned therfore sir we be sent nowe to you Well ê™ the kyng I beleue you well as for our cosyn the frenche kyng shal be welcome in to these ê‘tes as forme I thynke nat to styrre Ther with the messaÌ„gers were ryght ioyous thought they had sped very well thaÌ„ they desyred to haue letts agayne the kyng said they shulde haue That day they taryed dyned with the kynge had good chere after dyner they wente to their lodgynges Wherto shulde I make long ê“cesse they sped so well that they had letters suche answere as pleased theÌ„ well Than they toke leaue of the kyng of Almayne retourned the same way they came Nowe let vs speke of the freÌ„che kyng ¶ Howe therle of Bloys sent to the frenche kyng .ii. C. speares the duke of Loraine and the lorde Henry of Bare came to the kyng And howe the dukes of Iullyers and Guerles knewe that the Frenche kyng came on them Cap. C .xxxix. TO accoÌ„plyshe this vyage euery lorde in FrauÌ„ce aê‘elled theÌ„ selfe of euery thyng nedefull the lordê knightes squiers other men of warre departed fro thir owne places as well fro Auergne couergne quercy lymosyn poytou xaynton as fro Bretayne normaÌ„dy aniou tourayn chaÌ„payn and fro all the lymitacioÌ„s of the realme of FraÌ„ce Fewest men came out of fardest couÌ„treis and the most noÌ„bre out of Burgoyn picardy bare lorayne bicause they of the body of FrauÌ„ce were in the waye therfore they were best trauelled It was ordayned by the kyng his couÌ„sayle that no man shulde take any thyg in the couÌ„tre wtout payeng therfore to theÌ„cent that the pore men shulde nat be greued but for all that ordinauÌ„ce the whiche was well knowen and sprede abrode vpon payne of great punissyon yet the men of warre ofte tymes sore trauelled the couÌ„tries as they passed through they coude nat absteyne for they were but yuell payde of their wages and they must nedes lyue That was their excuse whan they were blamed for their pyllage by the constable marshalles or capitaynes The erle of Bloyes was sente vnto to sende two hundred speares of chosen men and was promysed well to be payde I can nat saye howe he was dalte with all but he sente to serue the kynge two hundred speares out of the countie of Bloyes And capitayns of them was the lorde of Vyenne sir Guyllyam of saynt Martyne sir Wyllyam of Chaumont and the lorde Montigny these foure had the gouernaunce of the erle of Bloys bande They drewe lytell and lytell towardes ChaÌ„payne thyder they were ordayned to go Than the Frenche kynge departed from Moustreau Faulte yon and tooke the waye to Chalous in Champayne As than the duke of Berrey was nat come for or his departyng he loked to here tidynges fro sir Helyon of Lignacke whom he had sente to the duke of Lancastre to Bayon to haue to his wyfe the dukes doghter as ye haue herde before But he had her nat For the duke of Lancastre dissymuled with hym and helde styll the knyght with hym at Bayon He treated with two parties but he rather enclyned to the kynge of Castyle than to the duke of Berrey and in lyke wyse so dyde the lady Custaunce his wyfe The duke made good chere to bothe parties to the entent to enflame them the soner to the maryage of his doughter The kyng of Castyls messangers sore traueyled in treatyng of this maryage They rested nat to ryde in and out bytwene the parties They offered great gyftes to those messangers but they of fred nothynge to sir Helyon of Lignacke Whan it was knowen in the realme of FrauÌ„ce that the kyng was at Chalous on his waye towardes the duchy of Guerles than euery man departed fro their houses and drewe after the kyng Than came the duke of Berrey and lodged at Espinay and the duke of Burbone at another place the erle of Marche the erle Dolphyn of Auergne the erle of saynt Pole and the erle of Tourayne And with the kynge was the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Lorayne the duke of Tourayne the constable of Fraunce sir Guye of Tremoile sir Iohan of Beull And the countrey about Chalous and Raynes more than .xii. leages all about was clene eaten vp with the men of warre As than the lorde of Coucy was nat retourned fro the pope Than retourned sir Wyllyam of HaÌ„court and mayster yues Orient and founde the kynge and his vncles at Chalous The kyng was ioyouse of their coÌ„myng and demaunded tidynges They shewed the kyng what they had founde done and sayd howe the kynge of Almaygne had made them good chere and said to the kyng Sir whan the kyng had reed the copye of the defyaunce that the duke of Guerles had sent to you bothe he and his couÌ„sayle were yuell coÌ„tent therwith and sayd howe it was done by great presuÌ„pcyon and pride And we can parceyue none other but he and his couÌ„saile is well content with your enterprice and ye shall haue no let by hym the kynge is well content to vpholde and maynteyne the auncient alyauÌ„ces that is bytwene the empyre and FrauÌ„ce he saythe ye shall haue no
alwayes he had auaunsed his sonne of Ostrenaunt towardes the kyng and his couÌ„saile This mater was nat forgotten but incontinent the Frenche kyng wrote sharpe letters to therle of OstrenauÌ„t who was at quesnoy in Heynaulte coÌ„maundyng hym to come to Parys to do his homage before the kynge and the other peeres of Fraunce for the coutie of Ostrenaut or els the kyng wolde take it fro hym and make hym warre Whan the erle had well ouersene these letters and parceyued howe that the Frenche kyng and his counsayle were displeased with hym to make his answere he assembled his counsayle as the lorde of Fountayns the lorde of Gomegynes sir Wyllyam of Hermes the lorde of Trassegnies the bayly of Heynaulte the lorde of Sancelles sir Rase of Montigny the abbot of Crispyne Iohan Sulbart Iaquemart Barrier of Valencennes These wysemen counsayled togider what answere might be made to the kynges letters There were many reasons alleged at last all thynges consydred they thought it for the best to write to the Frenche kynge and to his counsayle to take a daye to answere clerely to all maner of demaundes by the mouthe of certayne credyble ê‘sons and none by writyng And in the meane season they sente certayne notable personages to the erle of Heynaulte and duke Aubert of HolaÌ„de to haue their couÌ„sayles what answere to make Thus they dyde They wrote swetely and courtesly to the kynge and to his counsayle so that with those fyrst letters the kyng and his couÌ„sayle was well content Than therle and his couÌ„sayle sent in to Hollande the lorde of Trassegines and the lorde of Sancelles Iohan Semart and Iaques Barrier They rode to the erle of Heynault and shewed hym the state of the countie or Heynault and the letters that the Frenche kyng hadde sent to his sonne the erle of Ostrenaunt the erle of Heynaulte had marueyle of that mater and said Sirs I thought neuer otherwyse but that it shulde come thus to passe Wyllyam my sonÌ„e had nothyng to do to go in to EnglaÌ„de I haue delyuered hym the rule and gouernaunce of the couÌ„tie of Heynaulte he might haue done vsed hym selfe accordyng to the counsayle of the countrey Sirs I shall tell you what ye shall do Go to my fayre cosyn the duke of Burgoyn for it lyeth well in his power to regarde and to sette an order in all thynges demaunded by the Frenche kynge I canne gyue you no better counsayle With this answere they departed out of Hollande and came in to Heynault and there shewed what answere they had wherwith the erle his counsayle were content There was assigned to go in to FrauÌ„ce to the duke of Burgoyne the lorde of Trassegnies sir WyllmÌ„ of Hermyes sir Rase of Montigny Iohan Semart and Iaques Barrier To shewe and declare all the processe and sute that they made at the Frenche courte shulde be ouer longe to resyte But finally all thynges concluded for all that the duke of Burgoyne coude do there was non other remedy but that the erle of Ostrenaunt must come personally to Parys and to knowe his homage due to the Frenche kyng for the countie of Ostrenaunt or els surely to haue warre The lorde of coucy sir Olyuer of Clysson toke great payne for the erles sake but sir IohnÌ„ Mercier and the lorde de la Ryuer labored on the contrarye syde as moche as they might ¶ Nowe let vs leaue to speke any more of this mater and retourne to speke of the lordes knyghtes of Fraunce who were at the siege before the strong towne of Aufryke agaynst the sarazyns ⸫ ⸫ ¶ Howe and by what incydent the siege was reysed before the towne of Aufryke and by what occasyon and howe euery man retourned to their owne countreis Cap. C.lxxiiii YE haue herde here before howe the christen men had besieged the stronge towne of Aufryke by lande by see Settyng all their ententes howe to conquere it for they thought if they might wyn it the brute therof shulde sounde to their great honours and prayse and howe they myght there kepe them selfe toguyder and to resyst agaynst their ennemyes sayenge howe they shulde alwayes haue conforte of the Christen men and specially of the Frenche kyng who was yong and desyrous of dedes of armes consydring howe he had truce with the Englysshmen for two yeres to coÌ„e the sarazyns feared the same wherfore dayly they made prouysyon for the towne and refresshed alwaies their towne with newe fressh men hardy aduenturers accordynge to their vsage Thus the season passed on and after the christen men hadde suffred the great losse of their companyons with lytell wynnynge or aduauntage on their partye all their hole hoost were in a maner dyscomforted for they coulde nat se howe to be reuenged Than many of theym beganne to murmure sayenge we lye here all in vayne as for the skrymysshes that we make therby shall we neuer wyn the Towne of Auffryke for if we slee any of them for eche of them they wyll gette agayne ten other They be in their owne countrey they haue vytayles and prouysyons at their pleasure and that we haue is with great dauÌ„ger and parell What shall we thynke to do if we lye here all this wynter longe and colde nyghtes we shal be morfounded and frosen to dethe Thus we shall be in a herde case by dyuers wayes first in wynter no man dare take the see for the cruell and tyrryble wyndes and tempestes of the see for the sees and tempestes are more fierser in wynter than in somer and if we shulde lacke vytayles but eight dayes togyther and that the see wolde suffre none to come to vs we were all deed and lost without remedy Secondly though it were so that we had vytayles and all thynges necessary with out daunger yet howe coulde our watche endure the payne and traueyle contynually to watche euery night the parell and aduenture is ouer herde for vs to beare for our enemyes who be in their owne countrey and knowe the countrey may come by nyght and assayle vs to their great aduauntage and do vs great domage as they haue done all redy Thyrdly if for faute of good ayre of swete fresshe meates wherwith we haue been norysshed that mortalyte hap to fall in our hoost we shall dye euery man fro other for we haue no remedy to resyst agaynst it Also furthermore if the genouoys turne agaynst vs which are rude people and traytours they may be nyght tyme entre in to their shyppes so leue vs here to pay for the scotte All these doutes are to be consydred by our capytaynes who lye at their ease and regarde nat the case we be in â–ª and also some of the genouoys spared nat to speke and sayd in raylynge to the crysten men What men of armes be ye frenche men whan we departed fro Genne we thought that within fyftene dayes that ye had layen at siege before the towne of Aufryke ye shulde haue conquered
to Venyce and of the ysles they founde by the waye Capi. CC.xxiiii ¶ Howe after the retourne of the lordes of Fraunce the Frenche kynge entended what he myght to sette a concorde and peace in the churche Cap. CC.xxv ¶ Of the dethe of the duke of Gloucestre and of the erle of Arundell and howe the kynges vncles and the Londoners tooke the mater Cap. CC.xxvi ¶ Of the great armye that was made in the cytie of Reynes as well by the Emperoure as of the realme of Fraunce on the state of holy churche Cap. CC.xxvii ¶ Howe the erle Marshall in Englande apealed by guage of vttraunce therle of Derby sonne to the duke of Lancastre in the presence of the kynge and his counsayle Cap. CC.xxviii ¶ Howe kyng Richarde gaue senteÌ„ce wherby he banysshed out of Englande the erle of Derby forten yere and therle Marshall for euer Cap. CC.xxix ¶ Howe the erle of Derby departed fro LoÌ„don to go in to Fraunce and the erle Marshall went in to FlauÌ„ders and so in to Lombardy Cap. CC.xxx. ¶ Howe the lorde Guyllyam erle of Ostrenaunt sent to his cosyn the erle of Derby certayne messangers and howe the erle came to Parys and howe he was receyued Capi. CC.xxxi ¶ Howe the treatie that had been at Reynes bytwene the Frenche kynge and the kyng of Almaygne concernyng the vnyte of the churche was folowed and howe the bysshoppe of Cambrey was sent by the sayd kynges to Rome and to Auignon to them that wrote them selfe popes to th entent that they shuld depose themselfe fro their papalytees submytte them to the order of these two kynges Cap. CC.xxxii ¶ Howe the FreÌ„che kyng assembled the prelates and other noble meÌ„ or his realme with the vnyuersyte of Parys to take counsayle howe they shulde order pope Benedic at Auignon Cap. CC.xxxiii ¶ Of the answere of the duke of Lancastre to the knight sent to hym fro his sonne therle of Derby and howe the duke of Lancastre dyed Capi. CC.xxxiiii ¶ Howe the dethe of the duke of Lancastre was knowen in Fraunce the kynge of Englande wrote in maner of ioye to the Frenche kynge therof and wrote nothyng therof to therle of Derby who was the dukes son Capi. CC.xxxv ¶ Of the treatie of a maryage bytwene the erle of Derby the duke of Berreys doughter and howe kyng Richarde of Englande dyde lette it by the erle of Salisbury Cap. CC.xxxvi ¶ Howe kynge Richarde ordayned to go in to the marchesse of Irelande Cap. CC.xxxvii ¶ Howe the archebysshoppe of Caunterbury was sente in to Fraunce to therle of Derby fro the Londoners and other counsayls of Englande to haue hym to retourne in to Englande Cap. CC.xxxviii ¶ Howe the erle of Derby toke leaue of the Frenche kyng and went to his cosyn the duke of Bretayne Cap. CC.xxxix ¶ Howe the erle of Derby arryued in Englande and howe he was receyued of the LoÌ„doners Capi. CC.xl. ¶ Howe tidynges caÌ„e to kynges Rycharde or the coÌ„myng of therle of Derby with great puissaunce Capi. CC.xli ¶ Howe kyng Richarde of Englande resined the crowne and the realme in the handes of the erle of Derby duke of Lancastre Cap. CC.xliiii ¶ Of the coronacyon of kynge Henry duke of Lancastre by the consent of the realme the maner of the feest Cap. CC.xlv ¶ Howe newes of the takyng of kyng Rycharde was knowen in Fraunce by the commynge thyder of the lady Coucy and howe the Frenche kynge was displeased Cap. CC.xlvi ¶ Howe the Frenche kyng reysed vp an armye to sende vpon the tronters of EnglaÌ„de Cap. CC.xlviii ¶ Of the dethe of kynge Richarde of Englande and howe the â—reuse bytwene Englande and Fraunce was renewed and also of the deposycion of pope Benedic at Auignon Cap. CC.xlix ¶ Finis ¶ Howe sir IohnÌ„ Bourchier gouernour of Gaunt during the truse had newe vitayled the towne of Gaunt And howe a maner of people called comporsels dyde moche hurte in the countre Capitulo Primo SIr IohnÌ„ Bourchier who had the gouernyng of GauÌ„t vnder kynge Rycharde of Englande the capiteyns of the coÌ„montie of the towne as Peter de Boyes fraÌ„ces Atreman and Peterle Myttre They prouyded surely for the warre and duryng the truse they had greatly vitayled and refresshed the towne with all prouision parteyning to the warre and also the castell of Gauure and other places vnder their rule In the same season there was a coÌ„pany of rutters gadered togyder in the wode of Respayle and there they had fortifyed a house so that it coude nat lightly be wonne They were people chased out of Alos of Grantmount and out of other places in FlauÌ„ders and had lost all that euer they had and wyst nat how to lyue but by robbyng and pillyng wheresoeuer they coude gete it so that there was as than no spekynge but of these pygges of Respayle This woode is bytwene Reguays and Grauntmount Anghien and Lysen they dyde moche hurt in the lordship of A the in the lande of Floberge and of Lyssues and in the lande of Danghien and these pyllers were borne out by them of Gaunt for vnder the coloure of them they dyde moche hurt as in robbynge and sleynge They wolde go in to Heynalte and take men and women in their beddes and leade them to their forteresse and raunsome theÌ„ at their pleasure they made warre to euery man The capitayne of A the who was called Baudrius dela Mocte layde often tymes awayte for them but he coude neuer trappe them they knewe so many shyftes They were so feared in the froÌ„ters of Heynalte and Brabant that none durst go that waye in to the countre THe duke of Burgoyne on the other parte for the warâ— that he loked for he garnysshed and prouided for all his townes in FlaÌ„ders There was capitayne of Bruges the lorde of Guystelles and of Courtrey sir Iohan Ieumount and sir Willyam of Namure As than sir WillmÌ„ of Guystels was lorde of Dan and of Courtray sir Iohan Ieumount and sir Peter of Neyper In lykewise in all the townes on the fronter of Fraunce there were men of warre set by the duke of Burgoyne In the towne of Ardenbourcke there was in garyson sir Guy of Pontaillyer marshall of Burgoyn sir Ryflarte of Flaunders sir Iohan of Ieumont sir Henry of Coynge the lorde of Montigny in Ostrenant the lorde of Longueuall sir Iohan Barnet sir Peter Baylleull Philpot Gany Raoleyn dela Foley and dyuers other These men of armes were two hundred and so they toke aduyse toguyder and were in wyll to ryde in to the foure craftes and distroy that countre for moche vitayle came fro thens in to GauÌ„â— And so on a day they departed and toke that way and the same day that the frenche men were rydden forthe there was rydden forthe out of Gaunt a two thousande men mete for the warre and FrauÌ„ces Arreman was their capitayne And so sodainly they mette with the frenchmen in a village and whan
knowe nat howe to saue my selfe if they owe me any yuell wyll But I haue done no trespasse to my nephue wherby that I ought to flye awaye so alwayes they of the busshement drewe nerer nerer streight vpon hym There was a knight of Almaygne with sir Barnabo and whan he sawe this company approche towarde his maister He had sir Barnabos swerde in his haÌ„de and drewe it oute of the sheth and tooke it his maister and sayd Sir defende your selfe and than the knight drewe out his owne swerde lyke a valyant man to stande at his defence how be it all aueyled hym no thyng For incoÌ„tynent he was enuyroned and his mayster also with their ennemyes and the sayd knight was theâ— slayne bycause he putte hym selfe to defence wherof sir Galeas was afterwarde ryght sore displeased So sir Barnabo was there taken for he made no defence nor none of his men so he was brought to a castell wheâ— his nephue was who was gladde of his comynge The same day ser Barnabos wyfe and chyldren were taken who were to mary and they were kepte in Myllayne in prison Than sir Galeas toke all the seignories townes and castels that parteyned to sir Barnabo in all Lombardy to his possessyon and his vncle dyed I can nat saye howe I thynke he was lette blode in the necke accordynge to the blode lettyng in Lombardy whan they wyll auauÌ„ce a mannes ende Anone these tidynges sprang abrode some were glad therof and some were sorte For this sir Barnabo hadde done in his tyme many cruell and horryble dedes and pytuous iustyce withoute reason so that but fewe people complayned his trouble but sayde He hadde well deserued it thus ended sir Barnabo who had in his dayes raygned puissauntly in Lombardy ¶ Nowe lette vs retourne to the duke of Burbons and the Erle of Marchesse army what they dyde in Poictou and in Lymosyn THey depted fro Moleyns in Burbonoyse and so rode forthe with great reuell And the duke had in his company his nephewe Iohan of Harcourte The specyall nombre of his army came out of Berry Auuergne Poictou Rouergue Xaynton and Lymosyn And they met togider at Nyorte a .xii. leages fro Poicters In this meane season sir WyllmÌ„ of Lynacke a right valyant knyght seneschall of Xaynton who was as than gouernoure of Myllayne in those marchesse and so he came in to Angoulinoys with a certayne nombre of men of armes a two hundred He rested before the castell of the Egle in the whiche were Englishemen And all the wynter and somer past before had greatly domaged the countre than this sir Wyllyam lyghted a fote and so dyd all his coÌ„pany and valyantly assayled the castell It was a sore assaute and well contynued for they within defeÌ„ded them selfe for feare of their lyues Sir Wylliam hym selfe that day dyde right nobly and gaue ensample howe his men shulde assayle withoute any sparynge This assaut was so well contynued that the Castell was taken byforce the Frenche men entred in by ladders all that were within slayne and taken Thus this sir Wylliam of Lygnac dyde the first enterprise in that season abydinge for the duke of Burbone and his route _wHan the duke of Burbone was come to Nyorte and his company There he founde a great nombre of men of warre abydinge for hym And there was redy his cosyn the erle of Marche with a great noÌ„bre and also the Vycount of Tonnere and sir Henry of Thouars seneschall of Lymosyn the lorde of Pons the lorde of Parteney the lorde of Thouars the lorde of Puyssaunce and dyuers other barons of Poytou and of Xaynton And than sir William of Lignacke came to the duke who had newly wonne the Castell of the Egle wherfore the duke gaue hym great thankes Whan all these men of warre were assembled toguyder they were a seuyn hundred speares besyde the Geneuoys and other varlettes They were in nombre two thousande fightynge men Thasie they toke aduyse whyder they shulde go outher to Vertuell or to Taylboure or to Mountlewe And all thynges consydered they determyned to go to Mountlewe by cause it was a castell standyng on the laundes of Burdeaur They thought if they might get that castellâ— all other shulde be the more easyer to wynne And also than shulde no man come out of Burdeaur without their knowledge so they rode thyderwarde and passed Angolesme and so came before Mountlewe and they layd their siege The chefe leaders of all the dukes hoost was sir Iames Pounsarte and Iohan Bonne Launce Incontynent they made redy to assyle the castell and so enuyroned the castell aboute and gaue assaulte with great courage and they within defended them selfe valiantly Surely there was an harde assaute well contynued and many a proper dede of armes done For the frenchmen dilygently mouÌ„ted vp on their ladders and fought with daggers hande to hande on the walles So moche dyde the frenche men that by pure assaute they wan the castell and they within slayne There were but a fewe that were saued Whan the freÌ„ the men had possession of MouÌ„tlewe they new lye furuysshed it with men of warre and other prouisyon And than they toke the waye to tayl bourcke of the whiche forteresse Dynaudon of Perat was capitayne a proper man of armes he made but lytell counte of the frenchmen and whyle the duke laye at siege before this castell his company wanne two lytell fortresses whiche had sore harryed the fronters of Poictou Lymosyn by reason of the Englyssâ—men that were in them These two fortresses were called Troucet and Archat and all that were within were slayne and the castelles delyuered to theÌ„ of the countre and they dyde beate theÌ„ downe to the grounde ⸪ ⸪ ¶ Howe the bridge of Taylbourcke was wonne by the frenche men and howe the Englysshe men fortifyed themselfe against the comyng of the frenche men And howe the admyrall of Fraunce and his rout arryued at Edenborowe in Scotlande Cap. secundo THus the siege was layd before Tailbourcke by four bastedes â–ª there was in Tail bourcke a bridge on the ryuer of Charent and the Englysshe men and Gascoyns had well fortifyed it so that all the season before they coude no shyppe passe to Rochell nor in to Xaynton without dauÌ„ger or by truage Than the frenche lordes aduysed to wynne the bridge to haue the lesse to do and to lye the more surer in their bastydes They caused to come to Rochellshippes by the ryuer of Charent and in theym certayne Geneuoys and crosbowes and made them to scrymysshe with them of the bridge There was a sore assaute for the Englysshe men and gascons had ryght well fortifyed the bridge and valyantly dyde defende theÌ„selfe So they were assayled by lande and by ryuer ¶ Iohan the sonne of the erle of Harcourt was there made knight and reysed his baner the duke of Burbone his vncle made him knight This assault was well coÌ„tinued and many a feate
other countreis The yonge kynge enclyned lightely to his wordes for he loued him with all his hart bicause they had been norisshed vp toguyder And this erle had great alyaunces with dyuers lordes and knightes of Englande for he dyde all his maters by the counsayle of sir Symon Burle sir Robert Treuelyen ser Nicholas Brambre sir Iohan Beauchampe sir Iohan Salisbury and sir Mychaell de la pole And also sir Thomas Tryuet and sir Wylliam Helmon were named to be of the same ê‘te so that by the dyffernes and discorde bitwene the kynge and his vncles and the nobles and commons of the realme many yuels came therby in EnglaÌ„de as ye shall here hereafter in this hystorie IT was nat longe after that the erle of Cambridge departed out of Portyngale but that the kynge Feraunt felle sicke and so contynued a hole yere and dyed than he had no mo chyldren but the Quene of Spayne Than kynge Iohan of Castell was enformed of his deth and howe that the realm of Portyngale was fallen in to his haÌ„des and howe that he was ryghtfull heyre thervnto by reason of the dethe of the kynge Sother was dyuers couÌ„sayls kept on that mater and some sayd howe that the Portingales were so harde harted people that they wold nat be had without it were by conquest And in dede whan the portyngales sawe howe they were without a kyng than they determyned by counsayle to sende to a bastarde brother of the kynges a sage and a valyant man called Deuyse but he was a man of relygton and was mayster of the hospytals in all the realme They sayd they had rather be vnder the rule of this maister Denyse than vnder the rule of the kynge of Castell for they reputed hym no bastarde that hath good corage to do well Whan this mayster Denyse vnderstode the coÌ„mens wyll of foure chiefe cyties of Portyngale for they hadde great affectyon to crowne hym kyng wherof he had great ioye and so wrote secretely to his frendes and came to Lurbone whiche is the kay of the realme The people of the towne receyued hym with great ioye and demauÌ„ded of hym if they crowned him kyng wheder he wolde be good to theÌ„ or nat and kepe the lande in their fraunchese And he aunswered and sayd he wolde be to theÌ„ as they desyred and that they had neuer a better kynge than he wolde be Than they of Luxbone wrote to Connubres to Pount de portugale and to them of Dourke These were the kayes of the Realme and so they determyned to crowne to their kyng this mayster Denyse who was a sage a valyant man and of good gouernauÌ„ce and was brother to kyng Ferant for they sawe well the realme coude nat be longe without a kyng as well for feare of the spay mardes as of the myscreaÌ„tes of Granado and of Bongie who marched on them So these sayde townes and certayne of the lordes of the lande enclined to him but some of the lordê sayd that it was nat mete a bastarde to be crowned kyng And the people of the good townes said that it shulde be so for of necessyte they must so do sithe they had none other and seyng that he was a valyant and a sage man bothe in wyâ—te and in dedes of armes And they toke ensample by kynge Henry who was crowned kyng of Castell by electyon of the countrey and for the coÌ„mon profyte and that was done kynge Peter beynge a lyue So thus the electyon abode on this maister Denyse and solemynely he was crowned in the Cathedrall churche of Connubres by the accorde and puyssaunce of the coÌ„mons of the realme And there he sware to kepe iustyce to do ryght to his people and to kepe and maynteyne their frauncheses and to lyue and dye with them wherof they hadde great ioye Whan these tidynges came to the hearyng of don Iohan kyng of Castell he was sore displeased therwith and for two causes The one was bycause his wyfe was enheryter there the other bycause the people by election hadde crowned maister Denyse kynge there Wherfore this kyng Iohan toke tytell to make warr and to demauÌ„de of them of Luxbone the soÌ„me of two hundred thousande florens whiche Ferant promysed hym whan he toke his doughter to his wyfe So than he sende the Erle of Terme therle of Ribydea and the bysshoppe of Burges in to Portyngale as his ambassadours to them of Luxbone whan they were at saynt prayne the laste towne of Castell towarde Luxbone Than they sent an haraulde to the kyng and to them of Luxbone to haue a saue conducte to go and come and to furnysshe their voyage whiche was graunted lightly so they came to Luxbone and so the towne assembled their counsayle toguyder and the ambassadours shewed why they were come thyder and finally sayde ye sirs of Luxbone ye ought iustely nat to marueyle if the kyng our souerayne lorde demaundeth of you the soÌ„me of money that ye are bounde for And is nat coÌ„tent that ye haue gyuen the noble crowne of Portyngale to a clerke a man of relygion and a bastarde It is a thynge nat to be suffred for by rightfull election there is non nerer to the crowne thaÌ„ he And also ye haue done this without the assent of the nobles of the realme Wherfore the kyng our maister saythe that ye haue done yuell And without that ye shortely do remedy the make he wyll make you sharpe warâ— To the whiche wordes don Feraunt Gallopes de vyle fois a notable burgesse of the cyte answered and sayd Sirs ye reproche vs greatly for our electyon but your owne election is as moche reprouable for ye crowned in Spaygne a bastarde sonne to a iewe And it is clerely knowen that to the ryghtfull election your kynge hath no right to the realem of Portyngale for the right resteth in the doughters of kyng Peter who be in Englande maryed bothe ConstauÌ„ce and Isabell maryed to the duke of I an castre to therle of Cambridge Wherfore sers ye may departe whan ye wyll and retourne to them that sent you hyder and say that our electyon is good whiche we wyll kepe and other kyng we wyll haue none as long as he lyste to be our kyng And as for the soÌ„me of money that ye demauÌ„de of vs we say we are nothyng bouÌ„de therto take it of them that were bouÌ„de therfore and of suche as had the profyte therof At this answere the kynge of Portyngall was nat presentâ— howbeit he knewe well what shulde be sayd And whaÌ„ these ambassadours sawe they coude haue non other answere they toke their leaue and departed and retourned to Cyuell where they lafte the kyng and his couÌ„sayle to whom they shewed all the said answere Than the kyng of Spayne toke couÌ„sayle what was best to do in this mater Than it was determyned that the kyng of Portyngale shulde be desied and howe that the kyng of Spayne had a good
and assembled men of warre for the great desyre that I had to se hym I departed fro my garyson with a .xii. speares and I fell in company with sir Iohan Ioell sir Iaques Planchyn And without any busynesse or reencounter we came to the captall I thynke sir Iohan ye haue all redy the knowlege what became of that busynesse That is true quod I for there was taken the captall of Beusz and sir Iohan Ioell slayne and sir Iaques Planchyn That is true quod the Bâ—tefoyle of Manlyon there I was also taken howe be it I fortuned metely well ther was a cosyn of myne who was called Bernard of Terryde he dyed after in Portyngale at the batayle of Iuberot this Bernarde who was as than vnder sir Aymenon of Pomyers he toke me and rauÌ„somed me in the felde at a thousande frankes gaue me a good sauecoÌ„ducte to retourne to my garyson of Bec Dalyer assoone as I came to my castell I sent a seruaunt of myne with a thousande frankes to my cosyn to Parys and had my quytaunce for the same The same season sir Iohan Aymery an Englysshe knight and the greattest capitayne that we had rode forthe costyng the ryuer of Loyre to come to Charite and he was encouÌ„tred by abusshment of the lorde RugemoÌ„t and the lorde of Wodnay by some of the archprestes men They were farre stronger than he and so there he was taken and ouerthrowen raunsomed to a .xxx. thousande frankes which he payed incontynent Of his takyng and losse he was sore displeased and sware that he wold neuer entre in to his owne garyson tyll he had won agayne as moche as he had lost Than he assembled togyder a great nombre of companyons and came to Charyte on Loyre and desyred the capitayns ther as Lamyt and Carsnell and the burge of Piergourt and me for I was there as than to sporte me Ther he desyred vs all to ryde forthe with hym We demaunded of hym wheder he wolde ryde By my faythe ê™ he we wyll passe the ryuer of Loyre at saint Thybalte and lette vs scale and assayle the towne castell of SaÌ„xere For quod he I haue sworne and auowed that I wyll nat entre in to no fortresse that I haue tyll I haue sene the chyldren of Sanxere And if we maye gette that garyson and the erles chyldren within IohnÌ„ Loys and Robert Than we shall be well reuenged and therby we shal be lordes of the countre and I thynke we shall lightly come to oure entent for they take no hede of vs and this lyeng styll here dothe vs no maner of ê“fyte That is true sir quod we so all we promysed to ryde with hym and incontynent we made vs redy And so it fortuued the all oure purpose was knowen in the towne of Sanxere The same tyme ther was â–ª there a capitayn a valyant squyer of But goyne of the lowe marchesse called Guyssharte Albygon who toke great hede to kepe well the towne and castell of Sanxer and the chyldren within This sir Guysshart had a moÌ„ke to his brother of the abbey of saynt Thybalt whiche is nere to Sanxere This monke was sent to Charyte on the ryuer of Loyre for his brother to beare a certayn rauÌ„some thider that the townes owed by couynant so we toke no hede to him he knewe all our ententes howe I can nat tell and all our names that were capitaynes there and what nombre we were of and what houre we shulde departe and howe we were determyned to passe the ryuer at the porte of saynt Thybalte And so he retourned and went to Sanxere and shewed his brother all oure myndes Than therle there and his bretherne prouyded for remedy and they sente for knightes squyers of Berry and Burbonoyse and to the capitayns garysons therabout so that they were a foure hundred speares of good men of warre and made abusshment of two hundred speares without the towne of Sanxere in a wode and we knewe nothyng of all this and at the sonne goynge downe we departed fro Charyte and rode a good pase tyll we came to Penly and at the porte there we hadde redy bootes barges to passe vs ouer oure horses And so we paste ouer the ryuer of Loyre as we had ordayned and we were ouer by mydnight and bycause the daye came on we ordayned a hundred speares to abyde there to kepe oure horses and bootes and the remynaunt of vs passed forthe forâ— by the frenche busshment Whan we were paste a quarter of a myle than they brake out of their busshment and rode to them that we had lefte behynde vs at the ryuer syde anone they had disconfyted them and all slayne or taken our horses wonne and the botes arested and than they mounted on our horses and came after vs on the spurres and were as soone in the towne as we They cryed our lady of SaÌ„xere for the erle was there hym selfe with his men and his bretherne sir Loyes and sir Robert had made the busshement So thus we were inclosed on all partes for they a hors backe assoone as they caÌ„e to vs they a lighted afote and assayled vs fiersly And the thynge that moost greued vs was we coude nat enlarge our selfe to fight we were in suche a narowe waye closed on bothe sides with hay hedges and vyngardes also some of our enemyes suche as knewe the couÌ„tre were rydden about and gette in to the vyngardes and dyd hurt vs sore with castyng of stones and we coude nat go backe moche payne to gette to the towne it stode so hygh on a mouÌ„tayne So we were sore traueyled sir IohnÌ„ Aymery was hurt our souerayne capitayn by the haÌ„des of sir Guysshart Albygon who toke hym prisoner had moche a do to saue his lyfe he put hym in to a house in the towne and made hym to be layde on a bedde and sayd to the owner of the house kepe well this prisoner and se his woundes staunched for if he lyue he shall paye me .xx. thousande frankes so sir Guysshart lefte his prisoâ—er and retourned to the batayle and quytte hymselfe lyke a good man of armes there was with the chyldren of SaÌ„xere come thider to their ayde and to the countreis sir Guysshart dalphyn the lorde Marney sir Gerarde and sir Wylliam Burbone the lorde of Cousant the lorde de la Pier the lorde de la Palys the lorde of Neutry the lorde de la coise and the lorde of Syette and dyuers other I say sir to you this was a batayle right fell and cruell we defeÌ„ded our self as long as we might so that on bothe partê there were slayne dyuers persones and many hurte for by that they shewed they had rather haue taken vs a lyue than to slee vs and finally we were all taken Carsayle launt Nandon le bourge de Pyergourt Espyot the burge of Lespare Angerot le mouÌ„t gyse
And he hadde passed bytwene the castell of Monestrole and Mountfaucon and so came aboute the countre towarde a vyllage called Batery bytwene Nonnay and saynt Iulyane And in the wode there was a streyght passage whiche he musteâ— nedes passe or els to go by Nonnay at whiche streight laye the lorde of Voult with two hundred speares and Loyes Rambalt toke no hede tyll he was among them Than the lorde of Voulte who was redy to do his enterprise layde the speare in the rest and came cryinge la Voulte and dasshed in among the companyons who rode abrode withoute good arraye And so at the first metyng many of them were ouerthrowen to the erthe and Loyes RaÌ„baulte was stryken fro his horse by a squyer of Auuergne called Amblardon so he toke hym prisoner and all other taken or slayne none scaped And ther they fouÌ„de in boiettes a thre M. frankes whiche Loyes RaÌ„balte had receyued at Anse for trybute of certayne vyllages therabout wherof they were gladde for euery man had his parte And whan Lymosin sawe Rambalt this trapped he came before hym and sayd in reproche Loyes Loyes here fauteth company Remembre ye of the blame shame that ye dyde put me to at Bride for your maystres I wolde haue thought lytell for a woman ye wolde haue put me to that ye dyd For if ye had done as moche to me I wolde nat haue been so angry for two suche coÌ„panyoÌ„s in armes as we were myght haue past our tyme well ynoughe with one woman With those wordes the lordê laughed but Loyes RaÌ„balt had no sporte herat By the takyng thus of this Loyes RaÌ„balte Bride was delyuered to the seneshall of Auuergne for after they had lost their capitayne and the chefe men they had they wolde kepe it no leÌ„gar And in lykewise so dyde they of Anse and other fortresses in Velay Forestes that was on their parte for they within any of these for tresses were right ioyouse to yelde vp their holdes to saue their lyues Than Loyes RaÌ„balte was brought to Nonnay and there set in prisone and the freÌ„che kyng had great ioye of his takyng as I herde reported he was beheeded at Newcastell besyde Auygnon Thus Loys Rambalt dyed god haue mercy on him Thus sir quod the Bastot of Manlyon I haue holde you with talkyng to passe awaye the night how be it sir all that I haue said is true Sir quod I with all my herte I thanke you Sir I trust your sayenges shall nat be loste For sir god suffre me to retourne in to myne owne countre all that I haue herde you saye and all that I haue sene and founde in my voyage I shall put it in remembraunce in the noble cronycle that the erle of Bloys hath set me a warke on For I shall write it cronycle it by the grace of god to the entent it shal be in parpetuall remembraunce Than the Bourge of Compayne called Erualton began to speke wolde gladly that I shulde parceyue by hym that he wolde I shulde recorde his lyfe and of the Bourge Englysshe his brother and howe they had done in Auuergne and in other places But as than he had no leysar for the watche of the castell sowned to assemble all meÌ„ that were in the towne to come vp to the Castell to suppe with the erle of Foiz Thanne these two squyers made them redy and lyghted vp torches and so we wente vp to the Castell and so dyde all other knightes and squyers that were lodged in the towne ⸪ ⸪ ¶ Of the state or ordynaunce of the erle of Foyz and howe the towne of yran rebelled for the great traueyle domage and outrage that was don there to Cap. xxxi OF the astate and order of the erle of Foiz can nat be to moche spoken nor praysed For the season that I was at Ortaise I fouÌ„de hym suche and moche more than I can speke of But whyle I was there I sawe herde many thynges that turned me to great pleasure I sawe on a ChristeÌ„mas day sytting at his borde four bysshoppes of his countre two Clementynes and two Vrbanystes the bysshoppe of Pauyers the bysshoppe of Lescalle Clementynes they satte highest Than the bysshoppe of Dayre and the bysshop of Rone on the fronters of Burdeloys and Bayon Vrbanestes Than satte therle of Foiz and than the vycount of Roquebertyn of Gascone and the vycount of Brunyquell the vycount of IosserauÌ„t and a knight of EnglaÌ„d of the duke of Lancasters who as than laye at Narbone the duke had sent hym thyder The knight was called sir Wyllyam Wylloughby And at another table satte fyue abbottes two knightes of Arragon called sir Raymonde de Mount florentyne and sir Marten de Ruane And at another table satte knightes and squyers of Gascone and of Bigore First the lorde of Daychin than sir Gaylari de la Mote sir RaymoÌ„de of Newcastell the lorde of ChamoÌ„t Gascone the lorde of Compane the lorde de la Layne the lorde of Mountferant sir Wylliam Bernarde sir Peter of Corton the lorde of Valenchyn and sir Aungalle named the Basell at other tables knightes of Bierne a great noÌ„bre and the cheife stewardes of the halle were sir Espaygne of Leon sir Siquart de Boyes Verdune sir Nonnans of Nonnallys and sir Peter of Vaulx of Bierne and the two Erles bastarde bretherne serued at the table sir Erualton Guyllame and sir Peter of Byerne And the erles two sonnes sir yuan of Leschell was shewer and sir Gracyen bare his cuppe And there were many Mynsttelles as well of his owne as of straungers and eche of them dyde their deuoyre in their faculties The same day therle of Foiz gaue to harauldes and minstrelles the soÌ„me of fyue hundred fraÌ„kes and gaue to the duke of Tourayns mynstrelles gownes of clothe of golde furred with Ermyns valued at two hundred frankes This dyner endured foure houres Thus I am gladde to speke of the erle of Foyz for I was there in his house a xii wekes and well entreated in all thynges whyle I was there I might lerne and here tidynges of all countreis And also the gentyll knyght sir Espaygne of Leon in whose company I entred in to the countre He caused me to be acquaynted with knyghtes and squyers suche as coude declare to me any thyng that I roude demaunde For I was enformed of the busynesse of Portingale and of Castell what maner of warre they had made and of the batayls and rencounters bytwene those two kynges and their assysters of whiche busynesses I shall make iuste report yE haue herde here before Howe kynge don Iohan of Castell hadde besieged the castell of Luxbone the king Iohan of Portyngale therin whom the good townes had crowned to their kyng for his valyantnesse howe be it in dede he was a bastarde And also ye haue herde how the same kyng sende in to Englande to the duke of Lancastre and to the erle of
assawte the Frensshe men entred in to the castel of Conual theyr swordes in theyr handes chasynge theyr enemyes there were many slayne the other taken then euery maÌ„ entred in at the gates then it was demaunded of syr Gaultyer what sholde be done with theÌ„ that were taken By saynt George sayd he I wyll they be all hanged and incontynent his commaundement was done and Espaygnoy let began fyrst So the lordes dyned in the castel and the other people in the towne there they taryed all that dayâ— And syr Gaultyer delyuered agayne to the lorde of Conuall his towne castell then ordeyned to departe thens THus after the takynge of the castell of Conuall as ye haue herde the Frenssh men wente to another holde called Mastull whiche had done grete domage to the countrey with other there they made assawte they wtin defended themselfe but that was not longe for by clene assawte they were wonne and the castell also and all that was within slayne hanged vp And when they of Ratchfort and of other castelles knewe howe syr Gaultyer had wonne so many castelles and that he toke none to mercy but outher slayne or hanged they doubted moche for comynge to the same ende wherfore they departed in the nyght tyme I can not tell whether they wente vnder the grounde or aboue for bytwene the castell of Rochefort and the castell of Royr were caues vnder the erthe for auncyently they perteyned to Raynolde of Mountalban So the Frensshmen founde these castelles clene voyde when they came thyder then they newely repeopled it with men of warre prouysyon Then they toke theyr way towarde Tholous to go in to Bygore for on the fronter of Tarbe there were two castelles the one called Thedos Iulyan and the other Nauaret whiche gretely trauayled the countrey and the good towne of Tarbe and the londes of the lorde Dauchyn WHen syr Gaultyer of Pasac and the lordes of Fraunce and of Languedoc had well refresshed theym in the Cyte of Tholous then they departed toke the waye in to Bygore and so came before the castell of ledos Iuly aÌ„ there taryed sayd they wolde goo no further tyll they had wonne it thyder came to syr Gaultyer of Pasac the Seneshal of Nobâ—san perteynynge to the Erle of Foys for syr Gaultyer had sente for hym to helpe to dryue out of the countrey the pyllers and robbers who had renne as well in the countrey of Nobessan as in other places Also the Erle of Foys consented that he sholde so do or elles he durst not haue done so they were before dos IulyaÌ„ xv dayes or they had it that castell was stronge and a good capytayne therin a squyer of Gascoyn called Bruer de Brome ¶ Howbeit they at the last hadde it not by assawte but by treaty they within departed theyr lyues and goodes saued And also they were falsely conuayed to Lowrde by a squyre called Bertram of Mountdyghen And when these lordes of Fraunce had Dos Iulyen then they toke aduyse whether they myght kepe it styll or rase it downe to the erthe then it was counsayled to bete it downe bycause of them of Lowrde who were crafty and subtyle fearynge that wheÌ„ they sholde be gone that they wolde wynne it agayne so it was better downe and as yet the stones lye on a hepe lykely neuer to be buylded agayne thus became of Dos Iulyan theÌ„ they wente before Nauaret wherin there was also companyons adueÌ„turers who had kepte it more then a yere when they knewe howe they of dos IulyaÌ„ were departed in lyke wyse dyde they and had a saufconduyte wente to lowrde whiche was theyr chefe refuge for they knewe well no man wolde seke theÌ„ there with out they wolde lese theyr payne for the castell of Lowrde was impossyble to be taken by force WHen the Frensshe men had rased the castel of Dos IulyaÌ„ then they wente to Nauaret and founde it all voyde then it was ordeyned to be beten downe so it was Wherof they of Tarbe were nothynge myscontent for that garyson had done theÌ„ grete domage then they wente to the castell of Dauchen in Bygore standynge amonge the mountaynes in the entre of Byerne And there they were a .xv. dayes and in that season made dyuers assawtes and wanne the base courte and al theyr horses but there was a stronge towre on the rocke that coulde not be wonne And wheÌ„ the lordes sawe howe they lost there but theyr payne that Wyllyam Morenton who kepte the holde wolde not yelde it vp nor sell it nor herkeÌ„ to no treatye theÌ„ they departed retourned to Tarbe then syr Ganltyer of Passac gaue leue to all his men of warre to departe they were payde of theyr wages or had suffycyent sygnement so that they were pleased he wente to Carcasson and theraboute and refresshed hym And whyle he lay there tydynges came to hym out of Fraunce and a coÌ„maundement fro the kynge that he sholde drawe to the garyson of Bounteuyll Xainton on the marches of Burdeloys Poyctou whiche garyson was kepte by a capytayne called Saynt Foy a gascoyne And it was sayd in fraunce that syr IohnÌ„ Harpedan seneshall of Burdeaus made a grete assemble of men of warre at Lyborne to rayse the bastydes that they of Poictou of Xainton hadde layde before Bounteuyll To the kynges commaundement obeyed syr Gaultyer as it was reason and toke with hym a .lx. speres and a C. crosse bowes Geneuoys and so departed fro Carcasson passed by Rouergue Agen and costed Pierregourt and so came to Bounteuyll and founde there the seneshalles of Rochel of Poictou of Pierregourt and of Dagen and a grete nombre of men of warre ¶ In farre countres it maye be well meruayled of the noble royalme of Fraunce therin is so many Cytees townes castelles whiche be without nombre and that as well in farte partyes therof as in the harte of the royalme ye shall fynde goynge from the cyte of Tholous to the cyte of Burdeaus stondynge on the ryuer of Garon Fyrst Langurant Rions Caldiac Bangou saynt Macayre the castell of Dorthe Candoch Geronde larull myllant saynt Basyll Marmande CoÌ„mont Tannus Lemnas Dagenes Montour Agyllon thouars porte saynt Mary clermont Agen ambyllart castell sarasyne Iehedo verdun and vell mote and then takynge the way by the ryuere of Dordone whiche falleth in to Garon ye shall fynde these castelles on the one syde on the other Brouech Frousach liborne saynt Milion Chatellon the mote saynt Pesant Montremell saynt Foy Bergerach Mortquinormons and the castell oftene And these castels some were Englysshe some Frensshe so contynewed all the warre season the Gascoynes wolde haue had it none otherwyse to haue chosen for in .xx. yere they neuer made othe nor promyse to ony man true it was of the Gascoynes Fyrst by theyr meanes kynge Edwarde had chefe possessyon of Gascoyne and also the prynce his
myght haue an answere Laurence sayd the duke or this tyme â–ª I haue shewed you and yet agayne I say it that your comynge and these tydynges doth me grete pleasure and ye shall not departe fro me tyll ye be satysfyed of all your requestes well answered in that ye be come for syr sayd the squyer I thanke you then the duke called for wyne spyces so toke theyr leue wente to theyr lodgynge to Arcorch to the house of the Fawcon in London there they were lodged with Thomelyn of Colebrunque ANd it was not longe after but that the duke of Lancastre and the erle of Cambrydge his broder had counsayle togyder of that busynes â–ª of Castell and Portyngale wherof the erle of Cambrydge was well contente for he had ben in that countrey before more then a yere and he was glad to here of the condycyons tytles of the kynge of Portyngale and of the quene of Castell and sayd to his broder syr when kynge Ferrant lyued the Chanon Robsart and syr Wyllyam Wyndesore and dyuers other knyghtes that were there with me shewed me as it is nowe fallen for they sayd how they had herde dyuers of the same couÌ„trey murmure on the quene of Castelles tytle to Portyngale therfore I toke away with me my sone had no grete affeccyon to that maryage In the name of god sayd the duke the squyer that is here of Portyngale hathe declared all the matter and I thynke we can not haue so fayre an entre in to Castell as by Portyngale for the royalme of Aragon is ferre of and also the kynge there and his chyldren haue alwayes ben more fauourable to the frensshe partye thenne to vs Therfore it were not good syth the kynge of Portyngale maketh for vs this good 〈◊〉 to refuse it So on a day for this matter there was a parlyament holden at Westmynstre there it was accorded that the duke of Lancastre sholde haue at the costes of the royalme bitwene a M. .xii. C. speres of chosen men .ii. M. archers a M. of other yomen they were all paydein hande for halfe a yere therwith all the kynges vncles were well contente specyally the duke of Lancastre to whom pryncypally the matter touched as he that sholde be chefe of the armye and to dyspatche these ambassadours of Portyngale the kynge of Englande wrote to the kynge of Portyngale louynge letters conteynyng grete amyte that he wolde bere to Portyngale grete gyftes were gyueÌ„ to the mayster of saynt Iaques in Portyngale to Laurence Fongase who was alwayes with the duke of Lancastre with the erle of Cambrydge so on a day these ambassadours toke theyr leue of the kyng his couÌ„sayle dyned that daye with the duke of Lancastre the erle of Cambrydge the nexte day they were delyuered as I vn derstode the duke of Lancastre sente letters to the kynge of Portyngale also by credence that he sholde sende a .vii. galeys an .xviii. or .xx. other vesselles to the porte of Brystowe on the fronters of Wales for hym his company to passe in to Portyngale so the ambassadoures departed wente to Hampton there founde theyr shyp that taryed for them so entred in to the see had wynde at theyr wyl so entred in to the hygh Spaynysshe see within .v. dayes they were in the hauen of the porte of Portyngale at whiche tyme the kynge was there and was ryght ioyfull of theyr comynge ANd there the grete mayster of saynt Iaques in Portyngale Laurence Fongase shewed the kynge his counsayle al that they had sene herde in Englande as well of the kynge as of his vncles delyuered theyr letters whiche certefyed al theyr saynges then anone after the kynge of Portyngale Who gretely desyred the ayde out of Englande to the entente to cause his enemyes to haue the more fere determyned with his couÌ„sayle that mayster Alphons Vâ—etat chefe patron mayster of all his shyppes and galeys in Portyngale that he sholde prepayre redy .vii. galeys and .xviii. other grete Chyppes to sayle in to Englande to fetche the duke of Lancastre his coÌ„pany so Alphons was coÌ„maunded thus to do he incontynent dyd so and so on a daye departed fro the porte of Portyngale and in .vi. dayes he arryued at Brystowe at whiche season the lordes of Englande for the moost parte were aboute the marches of Wales for the kynge was there when the duke of Lancastre knewe of the comynge of these shyppes he was ryght ioyfull Then knyghtes squyers and al suche as sholde go with hym were sente for so that in the porte of Brystowe there were CC. vesselles with the flete of Portyngale redy apparelled for the duke and his company and the dukes entencyon was to haue with hym his wyfe his chyldreÌ„ to make with them some good maryages in castel in Portyngale or his retourne agayne in to Englande for he thought not shortely to retourne for he saw the busynes in Englande lykely to be harde and sharpe how the kyng his neuewe was yonge and had aboute hym peryllous counsayle wherfore he was the gladder to be gone or he departed in the presence of his bretherne he ordeyned his sone the lorde Henry erle of Darby his lieutenaunt of all that he had in Englande set aboute hym wyse sad counsayle he was a lusty yonge knyght was sone to the duches of Lancastre the lady Blaunche doughter to quene Phylyp of Englande I neuer sawe .ii. better ladyes nor of more noble condycyon nor neuer shal thoughe I sholde lyue this thousande yeres whiche is impossyble WHen duke IohnÌ„ of Lancastre had ordred all his busynes in Englonde theÌ„ he toke leue of the kyng of his bretherne and so he wente to Brystowe there taryed a .xv. dayes shypped all his horses bagages mo then .ii. M. with hay lytter and fresshe water for them Then the duke entred in to a galey well apparelled had by hym a grete shyp yfnede were for hym for the duches Constaunce his wyfe who wente in this iourney with a good courage for she trusted then to recouer her herytage of Castell and to be quene there or she retourned agayne she had with her a doughter called Katheryne by her fyrst husbande .ii. other doughters Izabel and Phylyp whiche Phylyp was maryed to syr IohnÌ„ Holande who was constable of the oost the marshall was syr Thomas Morâ—aur who had also in maryage one of his doughters howbeit she was a bastarde was moder to the lady mercell damoysel Mary of saynt Hyllary of Hauman admyral of the dukes nauey was syr Thomas Percy also there was syr yon fythwaren the lorde of Lucy syr Henry Beaumond de poumins syr IohnÌ„ of But nuell the lorde Talbot the lorde Basset syr Wyllyam Beaâ—champ syr Wyllyam Wyndefore syr Thomas
of Englande dukes erles barons and counsayle of the good townes Than it was sayde to hym Sir Symon ye haue alwayes ben a notable knight in the realme of EnglaÌ„de and ye were well beloued with my lorde the prince And ye and the duke of Irelande haue had in a maner the gouernynge of the kyng We haue sene all your maters and well examyned them the whiche be nother good nor faire which gretly displeaseth vs for your owne sake It is clerely determynyd by the hole generall counsayle that ye must go to prison in to the towre of London there to remayne tyll ye haue brought into this chambre the money of the kynges and of the realmes that ye haue gathered the whiche as it apereth by the treasourers rolles draweth to the some of two hundred and fyfty thousande frankes Nowe loke what ye wyll say Than syr Symon was halfe discomforted and said Sirs I shall with a good wyll And also it behoueth me so to do to fulfyll yoâ— coÌ„maundement I shall go where as ye commaunde me But my lordes I require you let me haue a clerke assigned to me that he maye write all suche expenses as I haue layde oute in tyme past in Almayne in Beame in procurynge the kinges maryage And if there be any reast I beseche you let me haue the kynges grace and yours that I may haue reasonable dayes to pay it Sir quod the lordes we are content Thus syr Symon Burle was in prison in the towre of London THan the constable spake of ser Willyam Helmon and of sir Thomas Tryuet for they were nat greatly in the fauour of some of the barones of Englande nor of the commontie of the realme for the vyage that they made in to Flaunders For it was sayd that neuer Englysshmen made so shamefull a vyage The bysshoppe of Norwyche and sir Hughe Caurell that was as than capitayne of Calais were excused layde to the others charge howe they hadde taken money for the gyueng vp of Burbourcke and Grauelyng Some sayd that that dede was trayson they were sent for and sir Wylliam Helmon came but sir Thomas Tryuer was excused I shall shewe you howe ¶ The same weke that he was sente for beyng in his owne house in the Northe ê‘te he rode out into the feldes vpon a yonge horse that he hadde and spurred hym so that the horse ranne awaye with hym ouer busshes and hedges and at laste fell in a dyke and brake his necke and so sir Thomas Triuet dyed whiche was great doÌ„mage and his dethe was greatlye complayned with many good menne of the realme yet for all that his heyres were fayne to paye a certayne somme of Floreyns to the Counsayle to the kynges behoue as they sayde But the chiefe encytyng of those maters came by the kynges vncles and by the generall counsayle of the couÌ„trey as it appered after in Englande For of trouthe thoughe the duke of Gloucestre was the yongest brother in age yet he was moost auncyent in the busynesse of the realme for he drewe to that opinyon that moost of the noble menne and prelates and the commons helde Whan that sir ThemÌ„s Tryuettes coÌ„posicion was made after his dethe by the maner as ye haue herde here before therby the penauÌ„ce of sir Wylliam Helmon was greatly asswaged He entred with the counsayle and by the meanes of the valyantnesse of his body and the good seruyce that he had done dyuers tymes for Englande as well in Bourdeloyes as in Guyen and in Picardye where he was alwayes proued a good knight There was nothynge layde to his reproche but takynge of the money for the delyuerauÌ„ce of Burborcke and Grauelynge Than he excused hymselfe with fayre and swete wordes and made dyuers reasonable reasons sayd My lordes who so euer were in lyke case as we were in that tyme in the garyson of Bourburke I thynke wolde do as we dyd I haue herde sir IohnÌ„ Chandos and sir Gaultier of Manny say dyuers tymes who were right wyse and of gret valure Howe that a man ought of two or iii. wayes chose the best waye and wherby most to endomage his enemyes And thus sir Thomas Tryuet and I beyng in the garysons of Bourburke and Grauelyng and sawe howe we were enclosed on all parties and no conforte aperyng to vs from any parte And parceyued well howe we coulde nat endure many assautes for they that laye about vs were as chosen men of armes as euer I sawe or I trowe any other Englysshemenne For as I knewe iustely by the reporte of our harraude they were at leest a syxtene thousande men of armes knyghtes and squyers and a .xl. thousande of other And we were nat paste a thre hundred speares and as many archers And also our garysone was of suche cyrcuyte that we coude nat enteÌ„de on euery place And that we well ê‘ceyued by an assaut that was made vs on a daye For whyle we were at oure defence on the one parte they caste in fyre on the other parte wherby we were gretly abasshed and that our ennemyes right well parceyued And therfore to saye the trouthe the Frenche kyng and his counsaile wrought by great geÌ„tylnesse seyng the case that we were in to gyue vs trewse For if they had gyuen vs another assaute the nexte daye as they were ordayned to do I thynke they hadde taken vs at their pleasure yet for all this they courtesly treated with vs by the meanes of the duke of Bretayne who tooke great payne in that mater And where as we shulde haue gyuen theym money for our raunsommes if we hadde ben taken as it was lykely they gaue vs money wherby we dyde them dommage and it was in them to haue endomaged vs. We thought we conquered greatly on them whan we had of their money and departed oure selfe safe and withoute trouble and hadde with vs all that we had won in all the warre tyme on the fronters of FlauÌ„ders And my lordes besyde that to pourge me of all blame if there be any ê‘sone in Englande or without knight or Esquyer Except the ê‘sons of my lordes the dukes of LaÌ„castre yorke Glocester that wyll saye and abyde therby that I haue done any vntrouthe to the kynge my naturall lorde or accuse me of any trayson I am here redye to receyue his gauge and to putte my body in aduenture by dedes of armes to proue the coÌ„trarye as the Iudge therto assigned shall ordayne These wordes and suche other and the valyauntnesse of the knighte excused hym greatlye and saued hym frome the parell of dethe And afterwarde he retourned agayne in to his fourmer estate and was after that a ryght valyaunt knyght and auaunsed in to the kynges Counsayle But as at that tyme sir Symon Burle was nat delyuered out of prisone for the kynges vncles hated hym gretlye and soo dyde all the commontie of Englande The kyâ—ge dyde all that he myght to haue hadde hym delyuered all the
henedeth nat to tary here for any warre that is apatente for as for Galice the recouery therof shall be but a small mater for vs. Thus they of the kynges counsayle comuned eche with other and further they said If we ones receyue these people they must be payed of their wages if nat they will pyll and robbe all the realme for the comon people all redy begynneth to complayne therfore we thynke it were best to gyue theÌ„ an honest congy to departe This counsayle was vpholden and the kynge well consented there to for he sawe well it was the most proftye for his people and realme for they coulde take no hurte but it shulde be to his domage and preiudice So that one daye in the kynges presence the archebysshop of Burgus to the duke of Burbon before many of the knightes of Fraunce shewed and declared to theym their ententes as ye haue herde before And the duke of Burbon and dyuers other knyghtes of Fraunce who had rather retourne than to a byde there for the countrey was nat mete for their complerions were well contente to retourne and prepared themselfe thervpon and bycause the duke of Burbone was laste that came he retourned first and toke his leaue of the kynge and said howe he wolde returne by the realme of Nauerre There were great gyftes gyuen him or he departed and might haue had more if he wolde haue taken it but he refused euery thynge except mules and mulâ—tteâ— and dogges of Spayne Than it was publisshed that all frenchmen might at their pleasure departe out of Spayne and retourne in to Fraunce but there taryed styll sir Olyuer of Clesquyn constable of Spayne and the marshals and a thre hundred speares of bretons poicteuyns and xayngtons Thus the duke of Burbone returned Whan he had taken his congy of the kynge and the quene and of other lordes of Castyle he was conueyed to Groyne and so in to Nauarre And where so euer he came he was welcome and well receyued for the duke of Burbone was gracyous curteyse honorable and well renomed And the kynge of Nauer receyued him louyngly and neuer shewed any maner of yuell wyll towardes the frenche kynge in that he had taken a way fro him his enherytauÌ„ce of the countye of Eureur in Normandy for he sawe well the frenche kyng that was as than nephewe to the duke of Burbon was in no defaute therof for whaÌ„ it was done he was but yonge But swetely he shewed the duke all his busynesse desyringe hym to be a good meane bytwene hym and his cosyn the frenche kynge The duke promysed hym so to be Than the duke departed and passed thorough the realme of Nauer peasably and all other suche as wolde passe and thus they passed the mountayns of Rouseaulx all alonge the countrey of Bastelles and so entred in to Bierne and in to Saluaterra ¶ Howe therle of Foize receyued honourably the duke of Burbon and of the great giftes that he gaue him and how sir willyam of Lygnac and sir Gaultier of Passackes coÌ„pany departed out of Spayne and of the incydent that fortuned in the towne of saynt Phagon Cap. C.viii. WHan the Erle of Foyz beynge at Ortays vnderstode that the duke of Burbon was at Saluaterra he was glad therof and sente for his knightê to be aboute him And on a day in great araye he rode with a fyue hundred knyghtes and squyers two leages out of Ortays and mette with the duke of Burbon who in lykewyse rode with a great rout of knyghtes and squiers and there they met amyably as great prynces ought to do And whan they had comuned togyther a certayne space as it was shewed me whan I was at Ortays The erle of Foize drewe hym a parte in the felde with all his company and the duke abode styll in a nother parte Than the Erle sente to the duke thre knyghtes named syr Espayne de Lyon sir Peter Capestan and sir Menaunt of Nowalles And whan they came before the duke they sayd Sir here is a present that my lorde the erle of Foiz hath sent to you at your returnynge out of Spayne for he knoweth well ye haue been at great dyspence Therfore syr he dothe gyue you at your entring in to his countrey of Bierne eyght thousande frankes and this mulette and two coursers and two palfreys Syrs quod the duke I thanke the erle of Foyze But as for the floreyns I wyll take none as for the other presente I wyll receyue them with a good wyll thus the florens were refused and the Mules and horses receyued Than the erle of Foyz came to the duke and brought hym in to the towne of Ortays and lodged him in his owne place all other were lodged in the towne the duke was thre dayes in Ortays and had great there with dyners and suppers And there the Erle of Foize shewed the duke a great parte of his estate On the fourthe daye the duke departed and the erle gaue to the knightes and squiers great gyftes As it was shewed me the comynge thyder of the duke of Burbon coste the erle of Foize ten thousande frankes Thus the duke departed and went in to Fraunce and rode by Mountpelyer by the cytie of Puy and by the countye of Forestes wherof he was lorde by the lady his wyfe FOr all the departyng of the duke of Burben as ye haue herde out of Spayne sir Willyam Lignac and sir Gaultier of Passac departed nat so soone nor the companyes to the nombre of a thre thousande speares and syre thousande of other men of warre and lytell and lytell euer they departed They were many out of wages and wery of the warres and so retourned yuell horsed and yuell aparelled all to torne and ragged The metynge with suche people was nothynge profytable for they vnhorsed whome soeuer they met and made warre to all marchauÌ„tes and to men of the churche and to poore people of the countre where any thinge was to gette These rutters sayde howe the warre had vndone them and howe the kynge of Castyle hadde yuell payed theym their wages wherfore they sayde they wolde pay themselfe And surely suche cyties castels and good townes as were nat stronge in Castyle douted them greatly and agaynst them townes and cyties closed their gates for feare of parels for all was hauocke with them without it were well defended Suche knightes and squyers as came by the erle of Foyze to se hym were well receyued and had gyftes and rewardes gyuen them ryght largely As it was shewed the comyng and retournynge of men of warre that passed by therle of Foize for the sayd iourney coste hym the some of .xl. thousande frankes THis season there fell an incydent in the towne of saynt Phagon in Spaygne after the departynge of the duke of Burbone the whiche coste fyue hundred mennes lyues So it was that whan sir Gaultier of Passar and sir Willyam of Lignac entred firste in to Spayne
gathered their company togyder and departed aboute mydnyght and rode a rounde pase too this towne and had guydes that brought them to Seaule by that tyme it was daylight Than they rested them apoynted what they wolde do And as it was shewed me syr Geruays with .xxx. speares went on before for to wynÌ„e the gate and sir Willyam of Tremoyle to folowe after bycause they feared if they shulde haue rydden all togyder to haue been spyed but they thought how they of the towne shulde thynke none other but that they shulde be a certayne nombre of men of armes sent thyder by the duke of Guerles to refresshe the garyson Thus this knyght sir Geruays with .xxx. speares rode before to the towne of Seaulle In the mornynge they founde men and women goynge to the towne for it was markette day they saluted theym in the langage of Almayne and rode forthe The poore men went surely they had been men of the countrey perteynynge to the duke of Guerles that were rydynge to the garyson Syr Geruays and his company rode forthe tyll they came to the gate and founde it open with a small warde it was so erly that the moste parte of the people were in their beddes They rested there and were lordes of the gate Than incontynent sir Willyam of Tremoyle and his route came galopynge thyder as faste as they myght and entred into the towne cryed their cryes Thus the towne was wonne without any defeÌ„ce for the men of the towne thought full lytle that the freÌ„chmen wolde haue done such an enterprise and the moste parte of theÌ„ were in their beddes ¶ Howe the frenche men after they had brente and ryfeled the towne of Seaulle retourned to their garyson and of the ioy that the duke of Burgoyne and the duches of Brabante made for that dede howe sir IohnÌ„ Boesme launce discomfyted the englysshmen Cap. C.xvii THis enterprise was done on the nyght of saynt Marten in wynter and a thre dayes before there came thyder a knyght of EnglaÌ„de with ten speares and .xxx. archers sente by the kynge of Englande This knyght was called syr Guylliam Fykaole Whan the larum began he was rysinge out of his bed He herde that the towne was wonne and demauÌ„ded by whome he was aunswered that it was done by bretons Ah ê™ the knight bretons are yuell people they wyll burne and pyll the towne than departe What crye do they crye syr ê™ they they crye on Tremoyle Than the englysshe knyght closed the castell and helde hym selfe his company within to se if any reskewe came but euery man was so abasshed that they fled hyther thyder The poore people fledde in to the mynster and some auoyded the towne by another gate the frenchmen sette fyre in the towne in dyuerse places howe be it there were many howses of stone and bricke that the fyre coulde nat lighty burne them The moste parte of the towne was brent pylled and robbed so that nothyng was lefte that was good the rychest men of the towne taken prisoners The englysshe knyght was taken at laste For whan he sawe that all was lost he opened the howse that he was in for he douted the fyre whan he sawe the flames and smoke in euery corner of the towne and so came out with his penon before hym and his company archers and other and there valiauntly defended them selfes a longe season But fynally he was taken and yelden prisoner to sir Guylliam of Tremoyle and all his company taken but fewe slayne Whan the frenchemen had done their wylles with the towne of Seaulle in Guerles and their varlettes driuing their pyllage before them they departed for they thought it foly too a byde there and went to their garison fro wheÌ„ce as they came Thus the duke of Guerles had the first buffet and domage wherwith he was sore dyspleased whan he knewe therof and so came thyder with a great nombre of menne of warre and thought well to haue founde there the frenche men but they were gone Than he newe renpayred the towne and furnished it with newe men of warre who were more dilygeÌ„t to kepe the towne thanne they that were there before Thus daily the adueÌ„tures of warre fell some loste one daye and some another The duches of Brabante and all tho of her countrey were gretly reioysed of this aduenture and sir Gillyam of Tremoyle and syr Geruais of Merande atchyued great grace Than they of the countrey sayde that in the nexte sommer folowyng they wolde wynne it agayne Whan the duke of Burgoyne herde these tydinges and howe that his men that were in garyson in Brabant dyd well and valyauntly he was gladde therof and to incorage theym he wrote pleasaunt letters often tymes to syr Guylliam his knyght Thus they taryed there all that wynter kepinge well their fronters defendynge them selfe fro domage And after the castelles and forteresses of Guerles were better taken hede vnto than they were before Nowe shall I shewe you of another enterprise that Perote of Bernois dyde in Auuergne where he gate gret profite and by what meanes he dyd it I shall shewe we you at lenght IT fortuned the same yere and season aboute the tyme of the myddes of Maye a .xl. companyons aduenturers issued out of Caluset the whiche Perot of Bernoys helde This fortresse stode in Lymozyn These companyons rode forthe at aduenture in to Auuergne and a Gascoyne squyer was their capytayne called Geronet Durante an experte man of armes And bycause the countrey was alwayes in doute of the men of warre that were on the fronters of Burbonoys there was a knyght of the duke of Burgoynes called syr Iohan Boesme Launce a gracyouse and an amorous knyght hauynge great corage to auaunce hymselfe Whyle these englysshe men rode a brode he demanÌ„ded what nombre they were of And it was shewed hym howe they were aboute a .xl. speares What quod he it is lytell to regarde for .xl. speares I wyll set as many against them and so departe fro thence as he was as than and went there as his chefe charge was and that was before Vandachor He gate togyder a .xl. or a fifty speares of Lymozyn and Auuergne and Burbonoyse and with hym there was a knyght called sir Loys Dambter and also sir Loys Dabton and the lorde of saynte Obyse And so toke the feldes without kepyng of any high way they knewe the countrey came to a passage where their enemyes muste nedes passe by reasone of the mountaynes and ryuers whiche were greate and depe by occasion of the snowe fallyng fro the mountayns They had nat ben there halfe an hour but that thenglysshment came thyder and was nat ware of that rencountre Than Boesme launce and his coÌ„pany cauched their speares and came agaynst their enemyes and cryed their cryes whan the englisshment sawe howe they must nedes fight they turned their faces to their enemyes defended them selfe There was a sore rencountre
their prisoner they make great ioye therof and wyll conuey hym in to Boesme or in to Austryche or in to Xasenne and kepe hym in some castell inhabytable They are people worse than sarazins or paynyms for their excessyue couetousnesse quencheth the knowledge of honoure Lette vs go and put the kynge in daunger amonge these people and if any thynge happen to fall a mysse as the chaunces of fortune are maruaylous what shall be sayde than howe we haue brought the kynge thyder to betray him and to the dystructyon of the realme and nat for the augmentynge therof God defende the realme fro all domage and parell If the kyng go he muste haue parte of his noble men with hym And if mysse fortune fall the realme of Fraunce is loste without recouery Therfore loke wysely if it be good to counsayle the kyng to go that voyage in to Almayne Than some other suche as had wysely coniected all parelles in their imagynacyons sayd In the name of god lette nother the kynge go nor yet sende thyder no puyssaunce For though the duke of Guerles who is but yonge and that youthe of wytte haue made hym to defye the kynge whiche was nat done by no greate wysdome nor good counsayle but rather done by folissh pride of yonge people who wolde flye or they haue wynges And sythe he hathe thus defyed the kynge lette hym alone and suffre hym to pursewe his desyaunce the realme of Fraunce is great if he entre in to the realme in any maner of wyse the kinge shall sone be enfourmed therof and than he shall haue a iuste cause to styre vp his people and to go and fyght agaynste hym where so euer he fynde hym or els to make hym flye or yelde hym in the felde and therby the kynge shall haue more honour and lesse charge than to go in to Guerles for suche as knowe the countrey saye that or we can come to the duke if he lyste we must passe a foure great ryuers the lyste of them as great as the ryuer of Loyre at Namurs or Charite Also they say it is a fowle countrey and yuell lodgynges THe noble men and counsaylouts of Fraunce were thus in dyuers imagynacyons on this voyage that the kynge wolde make in to Almayne and surely it had ben auaunsed the soner forwarde and they had nat douted the venym that myght growe by the occasyon of Bretayne and of the duke there that mater drewe theym a backe And indede they had good cause to doute it for the duke of Bretayne was well infourmed of the defyaunce that the duke of Guerles hadde made to the Frenche kynge and howe that the yonge kinge Charles wolde go in to Almayne The duke loked for nothyng els but that the kynge shulde be ones departed out of his Realme of Fraunce he hadde ordeyned and concluded bytwene hym and the englysshe men to suffre the englisshe army to entre in to his countrey And also he had by subtyle meanes drawen to his acorde the moste parte of the good townes of Bretaygne and specyally Nauntes Wennes Rennes Lentriguier Guerrādo Lambale saynte Malo and saynte Mathewe defyn poterne but the noble men he coulde nat gette to his opynyon Than the duke imagyned if the lordes shulde go with the constable of Fraunce in to Almayne thanne his warre and entente shulde the soner come to passe He caused his townes and castels to be well prouyded for with vytayles and artyllary and he shewed well howe he inclyned rather to the warre than to haue pease Also he had great alyaunce with Charles they yonge kyng of Nauerre and the duke promysed hym that if he might come to his entent to haue puyssaunce of men of armes and archers out of Englāde he wolde bringe them streight in to Normandy and recouer fyrst the good townes and castels that kynge Charles of Fraunce vncle to the kynge of Nauerre had taken fro hym by his men as the lorde of Coucy and outher Of this the kynge of Nauer had great trust and by reason therof he helde in humble loue the duke of Lancastre who was at Bayon for bytwene theym was great alyaunces And of all this I sawe great apparence as I shall shewe after IN the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred fourscore and eyght the seuenth daye of Aprell it was concluded by the kynge of Englande and his counsayle and by his vncles the duke of yorke and the duke of Glocestre that the erle Rycharde of Arundell shulde be heed and chefe of an army on the see with hym a thousande men of armes and thre thousande archers and to be at Hamton the fyftene day of May and there to fynde his nauy redy apparelled And euery man that was apoynted to go to be there redy at that daye And the kynge of Englande on saynte Georges daye nexte after helde a great feast at his castell of Wyndesore And there were the chefe lordes that shulde go with therle of Arundell and there they toke their leaues of the kynge and of the quene and of all other ladyes and so came to Hampton at their daye apoynted and entred in to their shyppes the twenty day of May whiche was a fayre clere day There was the erle of Arundell the erle of Notyngham the Erle of Deuonshyre syr Thomas Percy the lorde Clifforde sir Iohn̄ of Ware wyke sir Willyam de la Selle the lorde Cameux syr Stephyn de Libery syr Willyam Helman syr Thomas Moreaur syr Iohan Dambreticourt syr Roberte Sere sir Peter Mountbery sir Loys Clombo sir Thomas Coq syr Willyam Pulle and dyuers other They were of good men of armes a thousand speares and aboute a thre thousande archers They had with theym no horses for they trusted if they might come to their ententes to entre in to Bretayne and there to refresshe them where as they shulde fynde horses ynowe at a good price to serue them The daye that they departed fro Hampton was so fayre and peasable that it was meruayle they drewe towardes Normādy nat purposyng to lande in any parte but to passe by the fronters of Normandy and Bretayne tyll they herde other newes They had in their nauy certayne vessels called Ballengers who sayled on before to se if they myght fynde any aduenture in lyke maner as knyghtes do by lande go before the bataylles to dyscouer the coūtrey and enbusshes ¶ Nowe we shall leaue a season of spekynge of this army and speke somwhat of the busynesse of Guerles Brabant and shewe howe the siege was layde to Graue ¶ Howe the brabansoys layde siege to the towne of Graue And howe the constable of Fraunce toke saynte Malo and saynte Mathewes and set there men in garyson and howe the duke of Lancastre was at Bayon greatly dyscomforted in that he coulde gette no maner of ayde Cap. C.xxvi AS it hath been shewed here before of the auncyent dukes of Guerles howe the eldest sonne of the duke of
duke of Bretaygne sawe howe his excuses coude nat be taken nor herde sayde Well sirs if I go to Parys it shal be greatlye agaynst my wyll and to my preiudyce For whan I come there I shall fynde and se daylye before me sir Olyuer of Clyssone whom I can nat loue nor neuer dyde nor he me who shall attempte me with rygorous wordes My lordes regarde well what inconuenyentes shall ensue of my goynge thyder Sir ê™ the duke of Burgoyne fayre cosyn haue ye no dout therin for we shall swere solempnely to you that withoute it shall be your owne pleasure ye shall nouther se nor speke with the Constable nor with Iohan of Mountforde as longe as ye shall be there Of this sir ye shall be sure but ye shall se the kynge who desyreth to se you and other lordes knyghtes and squyers of Fraunce who shall make you good chere And whanne ye haue done that ye loke for ye shall retourne agayne without peryll or dommage Wherto shulde I make longe processe So moche the duke of Bretayne was desyred with faire wordes that he consented to go to Parys on the promyse that the Constable nor Iohan of Mountforde shulde nat come in his preseÌ„ce the whiche the dukes sware faythfully to vpholde and thervpon he ê“mysed to go to Parys A fyue dayes these dukes were at Bloyes and eche of them feested other ryght nobly and the couÌ„tesse and her chyldren in lyke maner And whan euery thyng was accomplysshed the two dukes toke leaue of the duke of Bretaygne and retourned to Parys But sir Wylliam of Heynaulte retourned nat to Parys with the duke of Burgoyne his faire father but rode first with the countesse of Bloyes who made hym right good chere and taryed there a thre dayes than toke his leaue and retourned in to Fraunce by the Castell Dune and Bonyuall ⸫ ⸫ ¶ Howe Lewes kyng of Cycyle entred in to Parys in estate royall and howe the duke of Bretayne entred on the nyght of saynt IohnÌ„ the Baptyst The yere of grace a thousande thre hundred fourscore seuyn and of a dede of armes doone before the kyng at Mountereau faulte you bytwene a knyght of Englande called sir ThomÌ„s Harpingham and a frenche knyght named sir IohnÌ„ de Barres Cap. C.xxxi THe duke of Bretaygne rode to Boygency on the ryuer of Loyre there he ordered his businesse to go to Parys The same tyme before the duke of Bretaygne entered in to Parys there entred the quene of Cycyll and of Hierusalem somtyme wyfe to the Duke of Aniou who was called kynge of those countreis and also of Naples and with her was her yonge sonne Lewes who was as thanne in all Fraunce named kynge of all the said landes And in their company was Iohan of Bretaygne brother to the lady She sente worde before of her coÌ„mynge to the dukes of Berrey and of Burgoyne aduertysyng theÌ„ howe she brought in her company her yonge son Lewes their nephue desyring to knowe whether he shulde entre into Paris as a kynge or elles symply as Lewes of Aniou The two dukes sente her worde aduisynge and couÌ„sayling her that he shulde entre as kyng of Naples of Cycyle and of Hierusalem And sente her worde that thoughe he were nat as thanne in possessyon of the Realmes yet they wolde entyse the Frenche kyng that he shulde ayde hym to conquere them for so they sware to do to their brother kyng Lois After this maner the lady prepared for her selfe and came and entred in to Parys and made her sonne to ryde throughe the hyghe stretes by saynt Iaques so to his lodgynge in grene in estate royall accompanyed with Dukes erles and prelates a great nombre There the lady taryed with her sonne and thanne wente to se the kynge at his castell of Loure abydinge there the commynge of the duke of Bretaygne ⸫ ⸫ ¶ Howe the duke of Bretaygne entred in to Parys and came to the castell of Loure to the Frenche kynge Cap. C.xxxii WHan the duke of Bretayne aproched nere to Parys he rested one nyght at the quenes Bourge and the nexte daye he entred in to Paris great lokyng for hym was in Paris bycause he had before putte in daunger the Constable of Fraunce and had ben sente for dyuers tymes and wolde neuer come tyll than Men spake therof dyuersly and on a sondaye beynge Mydsomer daye at tenne of the clocke afore noone the duke of Bretaygne entred the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre huÌ„dred fourscore and eight in to Parys at hell gate and passed a long the strete of the Harpe and ouer the bridge saynt Michell and so before the palais well accompanyed with lordes and knyghtes There was sir Wyllyam of Heynaulre erle of Ostrenaunt his faire brother Iohan of Burgoyne and before him roode sir Wyllyam of Namure Thus he came to the Castelle of Loure and there alyghted as he rode throughe the stretes he was greatelye regarded of the common people And whan the duke was a lyghted and entred in at the gate he remembred what he shulde do and saye And before hym was the lorde of Coucy the erle of Sauoy sir IohnÌ„ of Vyen sir Guye de la Tremoyle sir IohnÌ„ of Vernayle the erle of Meauir sir Iohan of Voye sir Iohan of Barres and nere to hym was sir Wyllyam of Namure Iohan of Burgoyne and the erle of Ostrenaunte And behynde hym the lorde Mountforde of Bretayne and the lorde of Malestroyt they were of his kynne and priuy couÌ„sayle there was great preace to se hym and the halle but lytell and the boordes were couered for the kynge to go to dyner And the kynge stoode there redy before the table and his .iii. vncles besyde hym dukes of Berrey of Burgoyne and of Burbone As soone as the duke was entred euery man made place so that the duke myght se the kynge Firste he made one curtesy and so passed forthe a renne or .xii. paces Than he made the seconde curtesy and rose agayne and so passed forthe tyll he came before the kynge Than the thirde tyme he kneled downe bare heeded and saluted the kyng and sayd Sir I am come to se your grace god maynteyne youre prosperyte I thanke you sir quod the kyng and we haue great desyre to se you We shall se and speke with you at more leysar and therwith toke hym vp by the armes Than the duke enclyned hym self to all the other princes eche after other than he stode styll before the kynge without spekynge of any worde The kyng sore behelde hym Thanne the Stewardes and offycers came forthe with water and the kyng wasshed and the duke of Bretaygne putte his hande to the bason and to the towell And whan the kyng was sette the duke toke his leaue of the kyng and of his vncles and the lorde of Coucy and the erle of saynt Poule with other lordes conueyed hym in to the court where his horses were and there
brought before Perotte and dyde well his message wherof Perot had great ioye For he greatly desyred to here tidynges of the army on the see Than he sayd to the Breton thou arte welcome Bothe I and all my companions haue great desyre to ryde forthe abrode and so shall we do and accomplysshe that thou hast shewed vs. THus Perotte le Bernoys made hym prest and sente to Carlate to the Bourge of Champaygne to the capitayne of Ousacke Olyue Barbe and to the capitayn of Aloyse besyde saynt Floure Aymergotte Marcell and to other capitayns a longe the countrey in Auuergne an Lymosyn oesyryng all these to make theÌ„ redy for he wolde ryde oute abrode for he sawe it than a good season for them coÌ„maundynge them to leaue sure men in their garisons tyll their returne These companyons who hadde as great desyre to ryde abrode as Perot for they coulde nat ware ryche withoute some other loste made theÌ„ redy and came to Chalucet where they assembled They were well to the nombre of foure hundred speares they thought themselfe suffycient to do a great feate they knewe no lorde in the countrey as than able to resyste them nor to breke their enterprice for the siege of Vandachore of sir Wyllyam of Lignacke nor of Boesme LauÌ„ce was nat defeated as than Thus they rode forthe and were lordes of the feldes and passed Auuergne on the ryght hande and tooke the ryght waye to Berrey for they knewe well the duke was nat as than there but was in Fraunce with the kyng at MouÌ„tereau or faulte you ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of Perot le Bernoys and of his enterprice and speke of the erle of Arundell and of his armye on the see and shewe howe he perceuered after he was departed fro the cost of Bretayne WHan the erle of Arundell suche lordes as were with hym were departed fro the cost of Bretayne they sayled with good wynd and wether for the tyme was fayre pleasunt and goodly to beholde the shippes on the see They were a sixscore one and other with baners and stremers wauynge in the wynde glytrynge with the lordes armes agaynst the sonne Thus they went saylyng by the see fresshly like a horse newe coÌ„myng out of the stable brayeng and cryeng and fomyng at the mouth The see was so prompt and so agreable to theÌ„ as thoughe by fygure the see shulde haue said to them be mery sirs I am for you and I shall bring you to good porte and hauen without peryll Thus these lordê sayled frontyng Poyctou and Xaynton cast ancre before Rochell in the hauen towarde Marant Than some of their coÌ„pany seyng the fludde coÌ„myng entred or it were full water in to bottes mo than two hundred one and other and arryued nere to the towne of Marant The watche of Marant had spied the Englysshe flete and sawe howe the bottes were commyng to lande warde with the fludde Than he blewe his truÌ„pe and made great noyse to awake the men of the towne to saue them selfe so that many men and women toke their goodes and wente and saued them in the Castell the whiche came well to passe for them or els they had lost all Whan they sawe the Englysshmen come at their he lys they toke that they had and lefte the rest and saued their bodyes The Englysshe archers and other entred in to the towne fell to pyllage therfore they came thyder but lytell they founde there sauyng coffers voyde and emptye all their goodes was withdrawen in to the Castell As for Corne wyne salte becone and other prouision they fouÌ„de ynoughe for there was more than four hundred tonne of wyne in the towne Wherfore they determyned to abyde there a certayne space to kepe that prouisyon It came well to passe for them for they sayde if they shulde departe thens all shulde be withdrawen in to the fortresses and caryed awaye by the ryuer to Fountney as moche as they myght and the reste distroyed They taryed all that night in the towne They came thyder in the euenyng and sente worde to them on the see what case they were in and the cause why they taryed The erle of Arundell and the other lordes sayde howe they had done well This nyght passed The nexte mornynge whan the tyde began to retourne they disancred all their small vesselles and euery man wente in to them and putte all their harnesse in to bottes and barges and lafte their great shippes styll at ancre for they coude nat cum nere to the lande for lacke of water and they laste an hundred men of armes and two hundred archers styll there to kepe their shippes whiche laye at the mouthe of the hauyn thaÌ„ with their smalle vesselles they arryued at Marant and toke lande at their leysar and so lodged all bytwene Marant and the towne of Rochell the whiche was but four leages fro thens Tidynges spredde abrode in the countrey howe the Englysshe men were arryued at Barante a four hundred fightyng men the playne countrey the good townes and castelles were a srayde and made good watche Than they of the vyllages fledde amaye and caryed their goodê in to Forestes and in to other places as shortely as they myght ⸫ ⸫ ¶ Howe they of Marroys and Rochellois were sore afrayed of the Englysshmen that were a lande how they of Rochell made a serimysshe with them and howe after the Englysshmen had pylled the countrey about Marant they drewe agayne to the see with their pyllage whiche was great Cap. C.xxxiiii IF the Englysshmen had ben furnysshed with horses it had been greatly to their profyte for the countrey as than was vnproâ—â—ded of men of warr namely of suche as were able to haue merre with them True it was the lord of Parteney the lorde of Pons the lorde of Lymers that lorde of Tanyboton sir Geffray of Argenton the lorde of Montendre sir Aymery of Roch chouart the vycont of to wars and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers of Poictou and of Xaynton were as than in the countrey but they were nat toguyder for euery man was in his owne fortresse for they were nat ware of the Englysshe mens commynge thyder If they hadde knowen a moneth before that the Englysshe menne wolde haue ryued there they wolde haue prouyded therfore but they knewe it nat This fell sodaynly wherfore they were the more afrayde and euery man toke hede to kepe his owne the men of the countrey to gette in their cornes for it was about the begynnynge of Auguste Also there was no heed Capitaygne in the countrey to bringe menne toguyder The duke of Berrey who was cheife soueraygne of Poittou was but newely gone to Parys The seneschall of Xaynton was nat in the countrey And the Seneschall of Rochell sir Helyon of Lignacke was nat at Rochell nor in the countrey He was in great busynesse to ryde in and out bytwene the duke of Berrey and the duke of Lancastre By
well the scottes Than the lordes and knyghtes of Scotlande determyned ones agayne to reyse vp an army and to make a iourney in to Englande they sayde it was as than good tyme and houre for they sawe the Englysshmen were nat all of one accorde And where as often tymes past they had receyued great buffettes than they sayd it was good tyme for them to be reuenged And to the entent that their purpose shulde nat be knowen they ordayned a feest to be holden on the fronter of the wylde scottes at a cytie called Berdane where assembled in maner all the lordes of Scotlande At this feest they concluded and made full promyse that in the myddes of August the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred fourscore ano eight They shulde mete all with their puyssaunce on the fronters of Gales at a castell in the hyghe forest called Gedeours Thus at that tyme they departed eche fro other And of this couenauÌ„t there was none of them that made their kyng priuy therto For they sayd amonge themselfe their kyng was no manne of warre There came to Gedeours at the day apoynted first the erle Iames Duglas sir Iohan of Morette erle of Marche and or Donbare sir Wyllyam de Fu and sir Stephyn Erle of Monstres sir Aucebauce of Duglas sir Robert Auerceque sir Marke Odremneu sir Wyllyam Lymsey sir Iames his brother Thomas of Berry sir Alysaunder Lymsey the lorde of Sechyn sir Iohan of Sobelas sir Patryke of DoÌ„bare sir IohnÌ„ Senclere sir Patryke of Hoteborne sir Iohan sonne to the lorde Momogomercy sir Adam of glas diuyn sir Wyllyam Reduryn sir Wyllyam Stonacke sir IohnÌ„ of Halpe breton sir Alider and sir Robert Lander sir Stephyn freseyle sir Alysander Ramsey and sir Iohan his brother sir WyllmÌ„ Morbereth sir Maubert Here sir Wylliam of Waleran sir IohnÌ„ Amonstan and Dauy his sonne Robert Colemney and dyuers other knightes and squiers of Scotlande In threscore yere before there was nat assembled toguyder in Scotlande suche a nombre of good meÌ„ they were a .xii. huÌ„dred speares and .xl. thousande men besyde with their archers but iÌ„ tyme of nede the scottes can lytell skyll with their bowes They rather beare axes wherwith they gyue great strokes WHan they were thus mette togyder in the marchesse of Gedeours they were mery and sayd they wolde neuer entre againe in to their owne houses tyll they had ben in Englande and done suche dedes there that it shulde be spoken of .xx. yere after And to the entent to make sure poyntment they assigned a daye to mete at a churche in a fayre lauÌ„de called zedon Tidynges came in to Northumberlande as nothynge can be hydde if men putte to their dilygence to knowe bothe to therle and to his chyldreÌ„ to the seneschall of yorke and to sir Mathue Redman capitayne of Berwike of this gret feest that had ben at Bredane And to theÌ„rent to knowe wherfore it was these lordes sente to sertche couertly by heraudes mynstrels The scottes coude nat do their maters so secrerly but the lordes of EnglaÌ„de knewe howe men rose in scotlaÌ„de how they shulde mete agayne at Gedeours Brute of this came to Newcastell vpontyne And whan the lordes knewe of this euery man toke good hede to his charge and prouyded them selfe redy to assemble if nede were and this they dyde secretly bycause their enterprice shulde nat be broken Euery man helde hym selfe in their owne houses and were determyned to mete toguyder as soone as they knewe that the scottes came forwarde and sayd If the scottes come forthe we shall haue knowlege therof If they drawe towardê Carlyle we shall entre at another parte in to their countrey and we shall do them more dommage than they can do vs for their countrey is all open We maye go where we lyst and our countre is strong and the townes and castelles well closed And the better to knowe the state of the scottes they sent a gentylman of EnglaÌ„de who knewe ryght well the marchesse of Scotlande and specially the forest of Gedeours where the scottes shulde assemble And the Englisshe squyer went so forwarde that without espyeng he came to the churche of zedon where the scottyss he lordes were And he encred in amonge them lyke one of their seruauntes and there he herde and knewe a great parte of thententes of the scottes and at th ende of their counsayle the squyer went to a tree where he hadde tyed his horse and thought to haue fouÌ„de him there but he was gone for a scotte who be great theues had stollen hym awaye He durste nat speke for hym but so went forthe a fote boted and spurted And whan he was gone fro the churche two bowe shotte than there were two scottyss he knyghtes deuysed bytwene them selfe and sayd one to another felowe I haue sene a marueyle beholde yonder a man gothe alone and as I thynke he hath lost his horse for he came by and spake no worde I wene he be none of our company lette vs ryde after hym to proue my sayeng They rode after hym and soone ouertoke hym WhanÌ„e he sawe them coÌ„mynge he wolde gladly haue ben thens They came to hym and demaunded whether he wolde and from whens he came and what he had done with his horse He began to varry in his sayeng and answered nat directely to their purpose They turned hym and sayde he shulde go and speke with their lordes They brought hym again to the churche of zedon and presented hym to the erle Duglas and to other lordes they examyned hym and parceyued well he was an Englysshe man Than they sayde they wolde knowe the trouthe why he came thyder He was yuell wyllynge to shewe the trouthe but they handled hym in suche wise that he was fayne to shewe all the mater for they bare hym in hande withoute he wolde shewe the trouthe incoÌ„tynent he shulde lese his heed and if he wolde shewe the trouthe he shulde haue none yuell There they knew by hym that the lordes of Northumberlande had sente hym thyder to knowe the estate of their entÌ„price and whiche waye they wolde drawe Herof the scottes were right ioyous and wolde nat for a great good but that they had spoken with this squyer Than they demaunded agayne of hym in what parte the Englysshe lordes were and whyder there were any aparence that they wolde assemble toguyder and what wayâ— they wolde take to entre in to Scotlande Outher by the see syde by Berwyke or els by Donbare or els the highe waye by the countie of Monstres towarde Streuelyn The squyer answered and sayde Sirs sithe it behoueth me to say the trouthe I shall Whan I departed from them fro Newcastell there was none aparence of their assemblyng but they be on a redynesse to departe as well to daye as to morowe And as soone as they knowe that ye set forwarde and entre in to Englande they wyll nat come to mete with you for
and the lorde of Mountcombre a valyaunt knyght of Scotlande fought togyther hande to hande ryght valyauntly without lettynge of any other for euery man had ynough to do So longe they two fought that perforce of armes syr Henry Percy was taken prisoner by the sayde lorde of Mountcomber THe knyghtes squiers of Scotlande as sir Mare Adremench sir Thomas Auernesquyn syr Willyam syr Iames and sir Alysander Lymsey the lorde of Faulcon for Iohan of saynte de Laur syr Patryke of Donbare sir Iohan and syr Water Saynte clere sir Iohan Makyrcll sir Guystewarde syr Iohan Halebreton syr Alysaunder Ramsey Roberte Colounnie and his two sonnes Iohan and Roberte who were there made knyghtes and a hundred knyghtes and squyers that I can nat name All these ryght valyauntly dyd acquyte them selfe And on the englysshe parte before that the lorde Percy was taken and after there fought valyauntly syr Rafe Longeble syr Mathewe Redman syr Thomas Ogle sir Thomas Gray sir Thomas Hekon sir Thomas Abreton sir Iohan Lyerbon sir Willyam Walsyngham the baron of Helcon sir Iohan of Culpedup the seneschall of yorke and dyuers other fotemen Wherto should I write longe proces this was a sore batayle and well foughten And as fortune is alwayes chaungeable though the englisshmen were more in nombre than the scottes and were ryght valyaunt men of warre and well experte and that at the fyrste fronte they reculed backe the scottes yet fynally the scottes optaygned the place and vyctory and all the foresaid englysshmen taken and a hundred mo sauynge sir Mathewe Rodman capytayne of Berwyke who whan he knewe no remedy nor recoueraunce and sawe his company flye fro the scottes and yelded theym on euery syde than he toke his horse and departed to saue hym selfe The same season aboute the ende of this dyscomfyture there was an englysshe squyer called Thomas Veleton a goodly and a valyant man and that was well sene for of all that nyght he wolde nother flye nor yet yelde hym It was sayd he had made a vowe at a feest in Englande that the first tyme that euer he sawe englisshe men scottes in batayle he wolde so do his deuoyre to his power in suche wyse that eyther he wolde be reputed for the best doer on bothe sydes or els to dye in the payne he was called a valyaunt and a hardy man and dyd so moche by his prowes that vnder the baner of the erle of Morette he dyd suche valyauntnesse in armes that the scottes hadde maruayle therof and so was slayne in fyghtynge The scottes wolde gladly haue taken hym alyue but he wolde neuer yelde he hoped euer to haue been rescewed And with him there was a scottysshe squier slayne cosyn to the kynge of scottes called Symon Glaudyn His dethe was greatly complayned of the scottes This batayle was fierse and cruell tyll it came to the ende of the discomfyture but whan the scottes sawe the englysshmen recule and yelde theÌ„selfe than the scottes were curtes and sette theym to their raunsome and euery manne sayde to his prysoner Syrs go and vnarme you and take youre case I am your mayster and so made their prisoners as good chere as though they had ben brethren without doyng to theÌ„ any doÌ„mage The chasâ—â—ndured a fyue englysshe myles and if the scottes had been men ynowe there had none scaped but outher they had ben taken or slayne And if Archambault Duglas and the erle of Fen the erle Surlant and other of the great coÌ„pany who were gone towardes Carlyle had ben there by all lykelyhode they had taken the bysshoppe of Durham and the towne of Newcastell vpon tyme. I shall shewe you howe The same euenyng that the Percyes deê‘ted fro Newcastell as ye haue herde before the bysshop of Durham with the rerebande caÌ„e to Newcastell supped And as he satte at the table he had ymagmacion in hym selfe howe he dyd nat acquite hym selfe well to se the Englysshe men in the felde and he to be within the towne Incontynent he caused the table to be taken away and coÌ„maunded to sadell his horses and to sowne the truÌ„pettes called vp men in the towne to arme them selfe and to mount on their horses and foote men to order them selfe to departe And thus euery man departed out of the towne to the nombre of seuyn thousande two thousande on horsebacke and Fyue thousande a fote They toke their waye towarde Ottenbourg where as the batayle had ben and by that tyme they hadde gone two myle from Newcastell tidynges came to theym howe their men were fightynge with the scottes Ther with the bysshoppe rested there and incontynent came mo flyeng faste that they were out of brethe Than they were demauÌ„ded howe the mater wente they aunswered and sayde Right yuell We be all disconfyted Here cometh the scottes chasynge of vs. These tidynges troubled the Englysshmen and began to doute And agayne the thirde tyme men came flyeng as fast as they might WhanÌ„e the men of the bysshoprike of Durham herde of these yuell tidynges they were abasshed in suche wise that they brake their array so that the bysshoppe coude nat holde togyder the nombre of fyue huÌ„dred It was thought that if the scottes had folowed them in any nombre seyng that it was night that in thentryng in to the towne the Englissh men so abasshed the towne had ben won The bysshope of Durham beyng in the felde had good wyll to haue socoured the englysshmen recoÌ„forted his men asmoche as he coude but he sawe his owne men flye as well as other Than he demaunded cousaile of sir Wyllyam Lussey and of sir Thomas Clyfforde and of other knyghtes what was was best to do These knyghtes for their honoure wolde gyue hym no counsayle For they thought to retourne agayne and do nothyng shulde sowne greatly to their blame and to go for the myght be to their great doÌ„mage and so stode styll wolde gyue none answere and the lengar they stode the fewer they were for some styll stale awaye Than the bysshoppe sayd Sirs all thynges considred it is none honour to putte all in parell nor to make of one yuell dommage twayne We here howe our company be disconfyted we can nat remedy it For to go to recouer them we knowe nat with whom nor with what nombre we shall mete Lette vs retourne fayre and easely for this night to Newcastell and to more we lette vs drawe toguyder and go loke on our enemyes Euery man answered as god wyll so be it Therwith they retourned to Newcastell Thus a man maye consyder the great defaute that is in men that be abasshed and disconfyted For if they had kepte them togyder and haue turned agayn suche as fledde they had disconfyted the scottes This was the opynion of dyuers And bycause they dyde nat thus the scottes had the vyctorie ¶ Howe sir Mathue Reedman deê‘ted fro the batayle to saue hym selfe and howe sir Iames Lymsaye was taken
he shulde go with him and thought that this companyons yet shulde se that he had founde somwhat and thought the same manne shulde do them some seruyce in their lodgynges and so Godynos rode on before on a lowe hackeney and the almayne folowed hym a foote with a hewynge axe on his necke wherwith he had wrought in the wode Godinos page lepte on his maysters courser and bare his bassenette and speare and folowed them halfe slepynge bycause he had rysen so early And the almayn who knewe nat whyder he shuld go nor what they wolde do with hym thought to delyuer hymselfe and came fayre and easely to Godynos and lyfte vp his are and strake hym suche a stroke on the heed that he claue it to the teth and so ouerthrewe hym starke deed the page knewe nat therof tyll he sawe his mayster fall Than the vyllayne fledde in to the wode and saued hymselfe This aduenture fell to Godinos wherwith suche as knewe hym were sore dyspleased and specyally they of Auuergne for he was the man of armes that was moste doughted of the englisshmen in those parties and he that dyd them most domage If he had been in prisone he shulde haue ben quyted out and if it had been for twenty thousande frankes ¶ Nowe lette vs retourne to the duke of Iulyers ¶ Howe the duke of Iuliers and the archebysshop of Coloygne departed fro the frenche kynge and wente to Nymay to the duke of Guerles and howe by their meanes he was reconsyled and brought to peace with the frenche kynge and with the duches of Brabante Cap. C.xlix YE knowe well as it hathe ben shewed here before howe the duke of Iulyers made his peace with the frenche king by meanes of the bysshoppes that treated in that behalfe and also to saye the trouthe the duke of Lorayne his cosyn toke great payne in the mater And as ye haue herde the duke promysed to go to his sonne the duke of Guerles and to cause hym to come to the kynges mercy or els to make hym warre Thus the duke of Iulyers was fayne to promyse or els all his countrey had ben loste Thus the duke of Iulyers and the archbysshoppe toke their iourney to go in to Guerles and passed the ryuer and came to Nymay where as the duke was who receyued his father with great ioye as he was bounde to do for there is nothynge so nere a man as his father and mother But he was nothynge glad of that he herde howe that the duke his father was agreed with the frenche kynge Than the duke of Iuliers and the bysshop shewed hym at length the hole mater in what case he and his lande stode in He made lytle therof for he was so sore alyed with the kynge of Englande that he wolde nat forsake hym for his herte was good englysshe and so excused hym selfe greatly and sayde to his father syr let me alone I wyll abyde the aduenture and if I take domage by reason of the frenche kynges comynge I am yonge ynough to beare it and to be reuenged herafter on some parte of the realme of Fraunce or vppon my neyghbours the brabansoys there is no lorde canne kepe warre without some domage sometyme lese and sometyme wynne Whan his father the duke of Iulyers herde hym so styffe in his opynyon he was sore dyspleased with him and sayd Sonne Willyam for whome make you youre warre and who be they that shall reuenge your domage Syr quod he the kynge of Englande and his puysaunce and I haue gret maruayle that I here no tydynges of the englysshe army that is on the see for if they were come as they haue promysed me to do I wolde haue wakened the frenche men oftener thanne ones or this tyme. What quod his father do you trust and abyde for the englysshmen they are so besyed in euery quarter that they wote nat to whome to entende The duke of Lancastre our cosyn lyeth at Bayon or at Burdeaux and is retourned out of Spayne in a small ordre and hath lost his men and tyme and he hath sente in to Englande for to haue mo men of armes and archers and he can nat get to the nombre of .xx. speares Also the englysshe men haue had but late in playne batayle a great domage in Northumberlande for all their chyualry aboute Newcastell vpon Tyne were ouerthrowen and slayne and taken so that as nowe the realme of Englande is nat in good quyete nor reste Wherfore it is nat for you to trust at this tyme on the englysshe men for of them ye shall haue no comforte Wherfore I coūsayle you to be ruled by vs and we shall make your peace with the frenche kyng shall do so moche that ye shall nouther receyue shame nor domage Syr quod the duke of Guerles howe may I with myne honoure acorde with the Frenche kynge though I shulde lese all my hole lande go dwell in some other place surely I wyll nat do it I am to sore alyed with the kinge of Englande and also I haue defyed the frenche kynge Thynke you that for feare of hym I shulde reuoke my wordes or breke my seale ye wolde I shulde be dyshonored I requyre you let me alone I shall defende my self right well agaynst them I set lytell by their thretenynges The waters and raynes and colde wethers shall so fight for me or the tyme of Ianyuer come that they shall be so wery that the hardyest of theym shall wysshe them selfe at home in their owne houses THus at the begynnynge of this treatie the duke of Iuliers and the bysshoppe of Coloyne coulde nat breke the duke of Guerles purpose and yet they were with hym a sixe dayes and euery day in counsayle And whan the duke of Iulyers sawe no otherways he began sore to argue against his sonne and sayd Sonne if ye wyll nat byleue me surely I shall dysplease you and as for your enherytaunce of the duchy of Iulyers ye shall neuer haue one foote therof but rather I shall gyue it to a straunger who shall be of puyssaunce to defende it agaynste you ye are but a foole if ye wyll nat beleue my counsayle Whan the duke of Guerles sawe his father inflamed with ire than to apease his displeasure sayd Sir than counsayle me to myne honour and at your desyre I shall leane therto for syr Iowe to you all obeysaunce and wyll do Than the duke of Iulyers sayde Sonne nowe ye speke as ye shulde do and I shall loke for your honoure asmoche as I wolde do for myne owne Than it was deuysed by great delyberacion of counsayle that for to saue the honoure on all parties that the duke of Guerles shulde go to the frenche kynge and to do hym honoure and reuerence as he ought to do to a Kynge and to make his excuse of the defyaunce that he had sente to the kynge and to say after this maner Syr trewe it is there was a letter
tyme there rose suche a tempeste that it sperkled abrode the englysshe nauy in suche wyse that the hardyest marynere there was sore abasshed so that perforce they were constreyned to seke for lande And the erle of Arundell with .xxvii. vesselles with hym whether they wolde or nat were fayne to caste ancre in a lytell hauen called the Palyce a two small leages fro Rochell and the wynde was so streynable on see borde that they coude nat departe thence Whanne tydynges therof came to Rochell they were in great dought at the fyrste leste the englisshmen wolde come on them and do them great domage and closed their gates and helde them shytte a day and a halfe Than other tydynges came to them fro them of Palyce howe the englysshemen were but .xxvii. vesselles and came thyder by force of wynde and wether and taryed for nothynge but to de parte agayne and that the Erle of Arundell was there and the lorde Henry Beamonde sir Willyam Helmen mo than thyrty knyghtes of Englande Than they of Rochell tooke counsayle what thynge was beste for them to do and all thyng consydered they sayd howe they shulde but easly acquyte themselfe if they went nat to skrymysshe with them The same season before the castell of Bouteuyll was syr Loys of Xansere mershall of FrauÌ„ce and had besieged within the fortresse Gylliam of saynt Foye a gascon and with the marshall a great company of Poictoâ— of Xayntone of Piergourt of Rochell and of the lowe marches for all were nat gone in to Almayne with the knig This sir Loys was soueraygne capytayne ouer all the fronters bytwene Mountpellyer and Rochell tyll the retourne of the lorde Coucy They of Rochell sent worde to the marshall of the englysshmens beynge at Palyce Whan he herde therof he was ryght ioyfull and sent to theym that they shulde make redy seuen or eyght galees and to man them forthe for he wolde come by lande and fyght with the Englisshmen They of Rochell dyd as they were commaunded and sir Loys departed fro his siege and brake it vp for he thought it shulde be more honorable for hym to fyght with the erle of Arundell and the englysshe men rather thanne to contyne we styll his siege Thus be wente to Rochell and all knyghtes and squyers folowed hym I can nat tell by what inspyracyon the erle of Arundell had knowledge howe the marshall of Fraunce with a greate puyssaunce of knyghtes and squyers was comynge to fyght with hym at Palyce whiche tydynges were nat very pleasaunte to the erle of Arundell howe be it the wynde was some what layde and the see aueyled Than the erle wayed vp ancres and sayled in to the see in suche good season that if he had taryed longe after he had been enclosed in the hauen and euery man taken for in contynent thyder came the galees of Rochell well manned and furnysshed with artyllery and gonnes and came streyght to the hauen of the Palyce and fouÌ„de the englisshe men departed They pursued after a two leages in the see and shotte gonnes howebeit they durst nat longe folowe for feare of enbusshmentes on the see Than the frenche shippes returned and the marshall of Fraunce was sore dyspleased with theym of Rochell that they sente hym worde so late The erle of Arundell toke the waye by the ryuer of Garon to come to Burdeaux and therby the siege before Bowteuyll was defeated for Gillonet of saynt Foy prouyded his garyson of that he neded in the meane tyme the the marshall went to fyght with the englysshe men NOwe let vs retourne somwhat to speke of the duke of Lancastre howe he was in treatie with the spanyardes and also with the Duke of Berrey for the maryage of his doughter The kynge of Castyle treated with hym for his sonne the prince of Castyle to the entent to haue a peace with the englisshe men Also the duke of Berrey treated to haue the duke of Lancasters doughter for hymselfe for he had great desyre to be maryed And the duke of Lancastre lyke a sage imagynatâ—â—e prince sawe well howe it was more profitable for Englande and for hym to mary his doughter in to Castyle rather than to the duke of Berrey for therby he thought to recouer the herytage of Castyle in tyme to come for his doughter And if he shulde gyue her to the duke of Berrey and the duke fortune to dye his doughter than shulde be but a poore lady to the regarde of other bycause the duke of Berrey had chyldren by his fyrst wyfe who shulde haue all the profyte Also the duchesse of Lancastre enclyned to the kynge of Castyles sonne So that whan sir Helyon of Lignac was departed fro the duke of Lancastre and retourned to the duke of Berrey beynge as that in Almayne than the king of Castyls messaÌ„gers were well herde in suche wyse that their wordes were noted and their offers accepted and the couenaunte made and sworne bytwene Kateryn of Lancastre and the kynge of Castylles sonne and writynges and publike instrumentes and oblygatory bondes made and concluded with out reâ—le or repentaunce So that the duches of LaÌ„castre after euery thyng set in ordre shulde bring her doughter Kateryn in to Castyle All this season the frenche kynge was styll in the fronters of Iulyers concludynge with the duke of Guerles as ye haue herde before and howe they departed And as the frenche men retourned it fortuned on the fronteres of Almayne on a nyght aboute mydnyght as the mone â—hone fayre certayne almayns robbers and pyllers that dyd sette nother by peace nor warre but alwayes sought for their aduauntage some pertaynynge to the lorde of Blaqueneuen and to sir Peter of Conebech they were well horsed and came and aduysed the french hoost and where they might haue most profyte and aduauntage and so passed by the lodgyng of the vycount of Meaulx and sawe no styringe and returned without any noyse makynge outher passynge or retournynge and came agayne to their enbusshe and shewed them what they had sene and foundeâ— and incontynente these almayns came and entred at their aduauntage in to the frenchmens lodgynges and ouerthrewe I can nat tell howe many and toke .xiiii. menne of armes prisoners There was taken the lorde of Viesuile and the lorde of Mountkarell This aduenture the frenche men hadde the same nyght by reason they made but easy watche and were but yuell ordred The next day whan these tydinges were knowen howe the lorde of Viesuille and the lorde of Mountkarell were taken the frenche men were sore displeased and toke better hede after Whan the frenche kynge departed fro the countrey of Iulyers none taryed behynde euery man drewe to their garysons sir Guylliam of Tremoyle and sir Geruays Furrande and all other and the braban soys by the waye euery man wente home And in the retournynge of the frenche men it was ordeyned by great delyberacion of couÌ„sayle that the frenche kynge who had ben vnder the
and so wente throughe the stretes to the kynges lodgynge called saynt Polle on the ryuer of Sayne with the quene there were mo than a thousande horses And the kyng went fro the palays to the ryuer of Sayne toke there a barge wente by water to his house of saynt Polle And for all that the house was great and large well amended yet the kyng had caused in the great court nere to the gate fro the Ryuer to be made a great halle whiche was couered ouer with clothes of the armes of Normandy And the walles were haÌ„ged with clothes of arras of sondrie hystories In this hall the kynge gaue the ladyes a supper but the quene kepte her chaÌ„bre she was no more sene that nyght The other ladies and the kyng and the lordes daunsed and reuelled all that nyght nerchande tyll it was daye in the mornyng Than euery person departed and went to their lodgynges to slepe for it was good tyme. Nowe I shall shewe you what gyftes and preseÌ„tes they of Parys gaue on the Tuesday before noon to the quene and to the duchesse of Thourayne who was but newly come in to Fraunce oute of Lombardy for she was doughter to the duke of Myllayne and she had the same yere wedded Loyes duke of Thourayne She was named Valentyne she had neuer before ben at Parys therfore the burgesses of Parys gaue her her welcome ON this Tuesday aboute .xii. of the clocke about a .xl. burgesses of Parys of the most notablest persons of the cytie all in one sute of clothynge came to the kynges house of saynt Polle brought a present for the quene through the stretes of Parys The present was in a lytter richely wrought and borne bytwene two strong meÌ„ properly apparelled lyke two auncient sage persones The lytter had a celler of a thynne fyue clothe of sylke so that the iewelles that were in the litter might well be sene through Whan they came to saint Polle first they caÌ„e in to the kynges chambre whiche was redy apparelled to receyue them for alwayes suche as bringeth any thyng are welcome thaÌ„ these burgesses sette downe the lytter on two trestels in the myddes of the chambre Than they kneled downe before the kyng and said Right dere lorde and noble kyng your burgesses of Parys presenteth your grace these iewelles here in this lytter in the welcomyÌ„g of your grace into the gouernauÌ„ce of your realme of Fraunce Than the kyng sayd good men I thaÌ„ke you they are right goodly and riche than the burgesses rose drewe backe therwith toke their leaue Whan they were gone the kynge sayd to sir Wyllyam of Lordes and to Montague who were by hym Sirs let vs go nere to this lytter se these presentes more nerer Than the kynge well regarded them Fyrst there were foure pottes of golde sixe lauers of golde sixe plattes of golde All this vessell wayed a huÌ„dred and fyftie marke of golde In lyke maner a nother sorte of burgesses richely apparelled all in one lyuerey came to the quene and presented her another lytter whiche was borne in to her chambre shewynge howe the good men of Parys dyde recoÌ„mende them to her grace and sent her that present Whiche present was a shippe of golde two great flagoÌ„s of golde two dredge boxes of golde two saltes of golde sixe pottes golde sixe lauers of golde .xii. Lampes of syluer two basons of syluer The soÌ„me was thre hundred marke what golde what syluer This present was brought in a lytter bytwene two men one in semblaunce of a Beare and the other in semblaunce of an Vnycorne The thirde present in lykewise was brought in to the duches of Thourayns chambre by two men fygured in the fourme of two blacke Moores richely apparelled with white towelles about their heedes lyke sarazins The lytter was fayre and riche couered with a fyne clothe of sylke and brought by .xii. burgesses all in one apparell who gaue this present to the sayd duchesse In the whiche presente there was a shippe of golde a great potte of golde two ewers golde two great plattes golde two saltes golde sixe pottes syluer two dosin saucers sylner two dosyn boules syluer SoÌ„me golde and syluer two huÌ„dred markes This present greatly reioysed the duches of Thourayne as it was reason for it was goodly riche and curtesly she thanked them of their gyfte Thus this Tuesdaye these presentes were gyuen to the kyng the quene and to the duchesse of Thourayne It was greatly to be consydred the valeur of these presentes also the puyssaunce of the parisyens For it was shewed me by one who sawe all these pÌ„sentes that they cost the parisiens more than threscore thousande crownes of golde After these presentes this delyuered it was tyme to go to dyner But that daye the kynge and the quene other ladyes dyned in their chambres the soner to haue done For at thre of the clocke at after dyner they shulde drawe in to the felde of saynt Katheryne where as there was ordayned stages and scaffoldes a great nombre for the kynge and the quene and other to beholde the iustes ¶ Nowe shall I name by order the knyghtes that were called the kynges knyghtes of the sonne of golde there were thyrtie of theÌ„ FIrste the duke of Berrey the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Burbone the erle de la Marche sir Iaquemarte of Burbone his brother the lorde Guillyam of Namure sir Olyuer of Clysson constable of FrauÌ„ce syr Iohan of Vien sir Iames of Vien lorde of Espaigny syr Guy of Tremoyle sir Gillyam his brother sir Phylyp of Bare the lorde of Rocheforde bretone the lorde of Raies the lorde Beamond syr Iohan of Barbencon the hazle of FrauÌ„ce the lorde of Tourty norman syr Iohan of Barres the lorde of Nantoyllet the lorde of Rochfoucaâ—t the lord of Garanciers sir Iohan of Harpedante the barone Dinury syr Willyam Marcyell syr Raynolde of Roye syr Geffrey of Caryn syr Charles of Changeet and sir Gylliam of Lignac All these knyghtes were armed and sheldes lyke there in the sonne raye and aboute thre of the clocke they were in the place of saint Kateryne and thyder was come ladyes and damosels And firste the quene came thyder in a chare rychely aparelled and all other ladyes in good ordre and entred into the scaffoldes that were ordeyned for them Than came the frenche kyng redy apparelled to iuste whiche pastyme he loued ryght well he was well accompanyed Than the iustes beganne there were many lordes of dyuers countreys Syr Gyllyam of Heynalt erle of Ostrenant iusted ryght goodly and so dyd suche knyghtes as came with hym as the lorde of Gomminies sir Iohan of Andregenes the lorde of Cautan syr Ausell of Transegynes and sir Clinquart of Hermo all dyde well their deuoyre to the prays of the ladyes Also there iusted well the duke of Irelande who was all that seasone with the frenche kynge Also there iusted well a knyght of
vs ye truely sirs quod they on a condycion that is to gyue vs ten thousande fraÌ„kes for the prouisyons that is in the castell for we are wery of the warre we wolde drawe in to Bretayne These two knyghtes were ryght gladde of those wordes and sayd Ah ye speke to vs of marchandyse and we shall here you gladly But as nowe we haue nat here the money redy we shall prouyde for it Well sirs ê™ they of Vanchador whan ye are redy gyue vs knowledge and we shall kepe couenaunt But sirs kepe this mater secretly and sagely for if it were knowen amonge myne owne company they wolde take vs perforce and slee vs than shulde bothe you and I fayle of our ententes Syr quod they dought nat therof we shall so conuey the mater that ye shall take no domage Therwith they departed one fro a nother the bretons entred in to Vanchador and the frenche knyghtes retourned to their bastydes SIr Willyam Butler and syr Iohan Boesme lauÌ„ce in this mater thought nothynge but good supposynge that the bretons wolde nat dysceyue theym as to haue their money and to betraye them also in contynente they wrote to the duke of Berrey who was as than at Ryon in Auuergne they sent with the letter a gentleman named Guyomell of saynte Wydall and infourmed hym of all the mater thynkyng howe it shulde be ioyouse tydynges to the duke for he greatly desyred to haue that castell This squyer tooke the letter and departed fro the bastydes and rode so longe through Lymosyn Auuergne that he came to Ryon and there he founde the duke of Berrey and delyuered hym his letters fro the two knyghtes The duke reed the letters and whan he had well vnderstande the contentes therof the duke was gladde and anone after the duke called his counsayle and his treasourers and said Sirs beholde here is newe tydynges our knyghtes that kepeth the bastydes before Vanchador haue written to vs that they are in certayne treatie with the capytayns within the castell they offer to yeld vp the fortresse for the soÌ„me of tenne thousande frankes that is no great soÌ„me for euery yere it coste them of Lymosyn and of Auuergne to kepe warre against them more than threscore thousande frankes We wyll accepte their offre betymes leste they repente them herafter therfore my treasourers make vp the soÌ„me of tenne thousande frankes we wyll lende them to the countrey and whan I am in possession of the castell I wyll rayse a tayle in Lymosyn and in the fronters whiche were vnder their patesynge they shall pay me the double Sir quod the treasourers it shall be made redy within these fyue or syxe dayes Well quod the duke I am contente Thus that matter was concluded The tresourers made redy the money in crownes of the sonne and put it in to foure cofers The same daye that the money shulde haue been sente there came to Ryon to the duke of Berry the Dolphyn of Auuergne and the lorde of Reueyll for certayne maters touchynge them selfe They were welcome to the duke and the Duke was so ioyfull of the treatie for Vanchador that he coude nat kepe it secrete but shewed to these two knightes the letters sente to hym fro syr Willyam Butler and syr Iohan Boesme Launce Whan they herde it they studyed a lytell Than the duke sayde syr wheron do yemuse se you any suspectiousnes in this mater I pray you shewe me or I sende the money Syr quod the erle Dolphyn ye know well howe therle of Army nake and I were ordeyned to by and to gette agayne as many fortresses as we coude in the couÌ„treys of Auuergne Carnesyn Rouergne and Lymosyn With dyuers we made treatyes but for all that euer we coulde do we coulde neuer brynge them of Vanchador to herkyn or to leane to any maner of treatie nother to gyue it vp nor to selle it Whan we spake therof they wolde skante make vs an aunswere and syr I knowe if they nowe wyll make this treatie with you it is nat for defaute of vitayles for if none came to theym this eyght yere yet they haue ynough wherfore we haue maruayle what shulde moue them therto at this presente tyme therfore it maketh vs to doute of traysone for men of warre inclosed in fortresses are sore imagyners and whan their imaginacion inclyneth to any yuell dede they wyll craftely colour it wherfore sir take good aduyse Well syrs quod the duke ye haue sayd well we shall prouyde for the mater more substancyally than I thought to haue done THanne the duke of Berrey called to hym one of his knyghtes called syr Peter Mespyn and sayde to hym Syr ye shall go with this money to the bastydes before Vanchadore and saye to syr Wyllyam Butler to syr Iohan Boesme launce that in the mater they wrote to me of that they deale therin substancyally and that they trust nat to moche in the bretons within Vanchador and shewe them that we haue herde more tydinges than they be ware of wherfore lette theym be well aduysed of all poyntes Thus this knyght departed fro Ryon with the money he rode with his company tyll he came to the bastydes whyther he was welcome The somers with the money were dyscharged and put in sauegarde Than syr Peter Mespyn opened his message and said Syrs my lorde the duke of Berrey sendeth you worde by me that as touchynge the treatye that ye are in hande withall touchyng the garyson of Vanchador he coÌ„maundeth you to worke wysely that ye lese nat bothe your bodyes and the money that he hath sent you also he sayth he hath herde tydynges that pleaseth hym nothynge wherfore he wyll ye take good hede be well aduysed for he douteth of trayson he sayeth that often tymes the couÌ„trey of Auuergne and Lymosyn wolde haue gyuen for the fortresse of Vanchadore threscore thousande frankes and nowe to offre it for ten thousande causeth my lorde the duke and his counsayle to haue suspecte The two knightes whan they herde that they were pensyue and aunswered and sayde We se well double wytte is better than syngle ye say well we thanke you of your aduyse and ye shall abyde here styll with vs and helpe to counsayle vs as it is reason within these two daies we shall se howe the mater shall come to passe he sayde he was contente so to do Thanne anone after these two knyghtes sente a varlet to the castell of Vanchador for it was as than treuce bytwene the parties signyfyed to Alayne Rour and to Peter Rour that the tenne thousande frankes were redy and desyringe theym to kepe their promesse And they answered the varlet that they wold kepe their promesse surely and that whan so euer they wolde come to sende theym worde therof ALayne and Peter Rour who thought no good as it was knowen and ê“ued whan their purpose was broken and knowen for they had deuysed to haue taken sir Willyam
Butler and syr Iohan Boesme launce as they shuld haue entred in to the castell of Vanchador by reasone of a great towre that was within the castell the whiche was always able to beate the castell These two knyghtes bretons who entended nothynge but malesse layde in busshement in this towre thyrty men in harnesse to the entent that whan the frenche men were entred in to the castell thynkynge to be lordes therof that in the night these thyrty shulde issue out and slee take the frenche men at their pleasure Whan they had thus ordayned than they sente to syr Willyam Butler and to sir Iohan Boesme launce that they shulde come and bringe with them their money and they shulde haue the castell opened Of these newes the frenche men were ioyous and sayd to the messanger Retourne to your maysters and shewe them that to morowe in the mornyng we shall come thyder The messanger retourned and shewed this to his maysters The frenche knyghtes wente to counsayle togyder and dyd cast more doutes than they dyd before by reason of the wordes that the duke of Berrey had sente them by six Peter Mespyn Than they ordeyned and concluded to lay a busshemente of their men nere to the castell and than they with thyrty of their men harnessed vnder couert shulde go before and entre into the castell and to regarde wyselye the castell within and to cast all maner of doutes and than if they se any thynge to suspecte than one of them to blowe a horne and to kepe the bridge and gate open and at the sowne of the horne the busshement to come to the gate as faste as they canne and to entre and take season of the castell Thus as it was ordayned so it was done The next mornyng euery man was redy the busshement layde of a syxe score speares and the two knyghtes with thyrty in their company couertly armed came to Vanchador and syr Peter Mespyn was with them with the money trussed properly in thre panyers vpon two somers they founde the two bretons redy at the barryers who opened the barryers agaynste their comyng Whan they were entred and within the gate than the two bretons wolde haue closed the gate after them but the frenche knyghtes said Nay syrs nat so be ye true marchauntes or nat ye knowe well ye muste yelde vp to vs this castell for the payeng of the sōme of tenne thousande frankes the which is here redy ye maye se them here vpon this somer if ye kepe trouth with vs so shall we do with yon With those wordes Alayne and Peter Rour wyste nat what to say but to bringe the frenche men out of suspecte they aunswered Syrs ye saye well we are contente as ye please Thus they wente forthe and lefte the barryers open for if it hadde ben closed the busshment coulde nat haue entred to haue come tyme ynough to haue resysted the false turne that the bretons had deuysed For ymagyners shulde haue euery thyng as they lyst and if there were nat counter ymaginers agaynst thē Bothe the frenche men and bretons entred in at the gate than Alayne and Peter Roux wolde haue closed the gate but than the frenche men sayd Syrs let the gate alone we wyll haue it open it is reason we are redy to delyuer you our money acordynge to our promesse Well syrs quod the bretons lette se laye forthe the money With a good wyll quod the frenche men There they layde forthe a couerlet and the florens layde abrode In the meane season whyle Alayne and Peter Roux behelde the fayre sōme of florēce the frenche knyghtes went aboute to se the maner of the castell Thanne syr Peter Mespyn came to syr Willyam Butler sayd syr cause this great towre to be opened or ye paye all your money for there may be within it a busshmente wherby we maye be atrapped and lose bothe our bodyes and the money also Than syr Willyam sayd to Alayne Syr open this towre we wyll se it open or we delyuer our money Syr quod Alayne I canne nat do so the keyes be lost With those wordes the frenche knightes had more suspecte in the mater than they had before and said Alayne it can nat be that ye shulde lese the keyes of the soueraygne towre of this castell open it with fayrenesse or els we shall open it perforce forye haue promised and sworne to rendre to vs the castell as it is without fraude or male engyn and therfore you to haue ten thousande frankes the whiche sōme is here redy to be delyuered than Alayne aunswered agayne and sayd I wyll nat open it tyll I haue receyued the money and layde it in sauegarde than whan I haue receyued the money I shall serche for the keys Sirs quod they we wyll nat abyde so longe we se clerely by your wordes that your meanyng is nat good for you wyll dysceyue and betraye vs wherfore we lay our hādes on you Alayne and on your brother Peter in the name of the kynge our soueraygne lorde and the duke of Berrey we wyll haue this towre incontynent opened perforce and serche euery place within this castell bothe aboue and beneth to se if ye haue layde any busshemente or nat and if we fynde in the castell any thyng done by you that ought nat to be done ye are loste without redempcyon or pardone for reasone wyll so and if we fynde the castell as it ought to be we shall kepe our bargayne with you well truely and shall conducte you whyder ye lyste to the gates of Auignon if ye wyll whan Alayne and Peter Roux sawe howe the mater wente and that they were arested they were sore abasshed and were as halfe deed repented them that they had doone so moche for they sawe well they were dysceyued Than the frenche knightes perceyued well howe they were culpable and that the mater was nat well than they made a signe to hym that bare the horne to blowe so he dyd Whan the french busshement herde it they came to the castell as faste as their horses coulde ryn sayd Go we to Vanchadore they blowe for vs it semeth our men hath nat founde the castell acording as it was promysed we thynke there be some trayson anon they were come to the castell for they were nat farre of the barryers were open and kept by the frenchmen for the bretons within were nat maysters of the castell for their busshemente were within the towre The Frenche men entred and founde the capytaynes in the courte comunynge with the bretons THan Alayne and Peter were sore abasshed seynge so many of their enemyes aboute them And as for them that were within the towre knewe nothynge of the besynesse nor coude se nor here nothyng the towre was so thycke some that were with in sayde Harke syrs me thynke I here moche murmurynge without we may be dysceyued frenche men be subtyle we
a hundred thousande frankes besyde other botyes Thanne he shewed his vncle Guyot du Sall all his purpose who answered him and sayd Sir I se in this nothynge but good for otherwyse we can nat be delyuered fro these frenche men Well vncle ê™ Aymergot I shall do this message my selfe syth ye counsayle me therto but I shall desyre you of one thynge or I departe What is that quod he It is so quod Aymergot that what so euer skrymysshe that the frenche men do make issue you in no wyse out of the gates nor open nat your barryers for and ye do ye may rather lese than wynne Sir quod Guyot I shal be ware ynough ther of we shall kepe our selfes close here within tyll your retourne or that we here tydynges fro you Well fayre vncle I requyre you so to do for they canne nat displease vs none otherwayes as for their assautes or skrymysshes ye nede nat feare so ye kepe your selfes close within Thus within thre dayes after Aymer gote departed fro the Roche of Vandoys all onely acoÌ„panyed with a page he passed forth without daunger of the frenche men his entensyon was to brynge thyder companyons aduenturers to rayse the siege many of them that were within the house knewe nothyng of his departure for he myght departe whan he lost without knowlege Euery day there was skrymysshynge and assautes at the barryers and within a fyue or sixe dayes after the departure of Aymergot there was a great assaute made by the frenche men in thre partes This Guyot du Sall was a good man of armes and longe tyme had vsed the exercisyng therof howe be it as on that day he fortuned yuell by reason of a lytell pryde for he brake the ordynaunce that his cosyn Aymergot had set or he departed for he had charged hym that for any maner of assaute he shulde nat issue out of the barryers At this assaute there were thre squyers of the french party two of Auuergne and one of Bretayne who were skrimysshing valyauntly vpon a pane of a wall nere to the fortresse These thre squyers aboue all other that daye dyd moste valyauntly they of Auuergne were called Rycharde de la Violecte and Lubinet of Rochfort and the breton was named Monadyke who was taken before in Lymosyn in the castell of Vanchador was parteynynge to sir Willyam Butler The assaute endured tyll nyght These thre squyers atcheued there great laude and prayse but for all their traueyle payne they wan nothyng Than at another assaute the vicount of Meaulx made a busshment of twelue men of armes and their companyes and layde them in an olde house without the fortresse and commauÌ„ded another sorte to go and skrymysshe at the barryers sayenge I thynke surely we shall se them within issue out for they are couetouse to wyn if they do so than withdrawe your selfe lytâ—ll and lytell tyll they be past our busshment than they shall breke out and also retourne you agayne thus they shall be enclosed and taken or slayne This is the best way that I can se for our aduauntage thus as the vicount had deuysed ordeyned it was done they were named that shulde lye in the busshment as Loys of Lesglynell Robert of Bertencourte Guylliam de Saulsoy Pyer du saynt Vydall Guyonet Villeracque Pier of Colle and IohnÌ„ Salmage with other to the nombre of twelue They layde themselfe in an olde house without the fortresse and another sorte went and skrimysshed at the barryers as Belynot of Rochfort Rycharde of Violecte and the Monadyke with other They were fresshly armed and aparelled to th entent that they within shulde haue the more corage to issue out to them they were also twelue alonly Whan they came to the bartyers they began to skrymysshe but fayntly and lyke suche persones as coulde but lytell skyll of feates of armes Wherfore Guyot du Sall made lytell force of them but issued out and sayde to his companyons â–ª by saynt Marcell we wyll issue out for at the barryers be a sorte of yonge coÌ„panyons for by that they shewe they knowe but lytell of dedes of armes but we shall teche them to knowe it they shal be all our prisoners they can nat escape vs. Therwith they opened the barryers and issued out fyrste Guyot du Sall and remembred nochynge the charge that Aymergot had gyuen hym at his departynge for the great desyre that he had to do dedes of armes and to wynne somwhat made him to begyn the skrymysshe whan the french men sawe that Guyot du Sall and his company were come out of their barryers they were ryght ioyfull than they began to drawe backe lytell and lytell and they of the fortresse pursewed them and they wente so farre that they passed the busshment whan they sawe their tyme they brake out of their busshment bytwene them and the fortres cryeng Coucy the vycount Thus they of the fortresse were inclosed both before and behynd whan Guyot sawe that he knewe well he had doone a mysse and sawe well it was harde for hym to scape than he reculed to get agayne to his garyson but the frenchemen were in his waye Whervnto shulde I make longe processe they were all taken nat one escaped They were brought to the vycountes lodginge before the knyghtes who hadde great ioye of their takynge THus by the counsayle of the bycount of Meaulx Guyot du Sall and his company were atrapped taken and brought before the lordes of Fraunce and Auuergne Whan the vycount sawe Guyot du Sall he demaunded where Aymergot Marcell was and charged hym to saye the trouthe for he thought he had ben still in the fortresse Guyot du Sall aunswered howe he coulde nat tell where he was for he was departed a twelue dayes paste Than the lordes thought surely that he was gone to purchace some ayde than the prisoners were coÌ„maunded a parte and the vicount demauÌ„ded of the knightes of Auuergne what were beste to do with Guyot du Sall and with his company sayenge howe he wolde vse hymselfe acordyng to their counsayle Than syr Willyam Butler aunswered and sayde Syr quod he I suppose that Aymergot is gone for socour and to rayse by the companyons in the garysons of Pyergourt Pierguyse for he shall fynde some alwayes there to come vpon vs earely or late or we beware of theym wherby they maye do vs domage for any peace or trewce that is taken This Aymergot is a subtyle man syr let vs do one thyng shew vnto Guyot du Sall and his company that without they cause they fortresse to be rendred in to your handes that ye wyll stryke of all their heedes incontynente and without they do thus let it nat be spared This counsayle is good quod the vycounte for in dede the chefe occasyon that we become hyder for is to haue this fortresse and though we can nat haue at this tyme Aymergot Marcell another season shall fortune ryght well
Aufryke and bycause I myght truely write the maner and fascion of this enterprice Alwayes I desyred suche knyghtes and squyers as had ben at the same voyage to enforme me of euery thyng And bycause I had been oftentymes in my dayes at Calays I demaunded also of suche there as had ben at the sayde voyage And it was shewed me of a suretie that the sarazyns amonge them selfes sayde howe the Christen men that were there were expert and subtyle men of armes Whervpon an auncyent sarazyn sayd to all his company Sirs all thynges coÌ„sydred it is best that the Christen men at the begynnyng se nat our strength and puissaunce nor also we haue nat men suffycieÌ„t to fyght with them but daylye men wyll coÌ„e to vs. Wherfore I thynke it best to sufâ—re theÌ„ to take laÌ„de they haue no horses to ouer ron the countrey they wyll nat sprede abrode but kepe togyder for feare of vs. The towne is stronge ynoughe and well prouyded we nede nat feare any assautê The ayre is hote and wyll be hotter They are lodged in the sonne and we in the shadowe and they shall dayly wast their vitaylles and shal be withâ—ute hope to recouer any newe and they lye here any long season And we shall haue pleÌ„tie for we be in our owne countrey and they shall ofteÌ„tymes be awaked and scrimysshed withall to their doÌ„mage and to our aduauntage Lette vs nat fight with them for other wyse they can nat disconfyte vs. They haue nat ben vsed with the ayre of this countrey whiche is contrary to their nature I thynke this the best waye TO the saieng of this auÌ„cient knight sarazyn all other agreed ThanÌ„e it was coÌ„maunded on payne of dethe that no man shulde go to the see syde to scrymysshe with the Christen men without they were coÌ„maunded but to kepe them selfe close in their lodgynges suffre the christen men to take lande This determynacion was vp holde none durst breke it And they sent a certayne of their archers in to the towne of Aufryke to ayde to defende it The Sarazyns shewed theme selfes nothyng as though ther had been no men in the countrey The Christen men lodged all that night in the mouthe of the hauyn of Aufryke and the nexte mornynge the wether was fayre and clere and the ayre in good temper and the sonne rose that it was pleasure to beholde ThanÌ„e the Christen men began to styrre and made theÌ„ redy hauynge great desyre to approche the towne of Aufryke and to take lande Than trumpettes and claryons began to sowne in the Gallees and vesselles and made great noise and about nyne of the clocke whan the christen men had taken a lytell refress hynge with drinke than were they reioysed lighted And accordyng as they had apoynted before they sent in fyrst their lyght vesselles called Brigandyns well furnisshed with artyllary They entred in to the hauyn and after them came the armed Galees and the other shyppes of the flete in good order and tournyng towardes the lande by the see syde ther was a strong castell with hyghe towres and specially one towre whiche defended the see syde and the lande also And in this towre was a bricoll or an engyn whiche was nat ydell but styll dyde cast great stones amonge the Christen mens shyppes In lyke wise in euery towre of the towne agaynst the See syde there were engyns to caste stones the sarazyns had well prouyded for their towne for they loked euer longe before whane they shulde be besieged Whan the Christen men entred in to the hauen of Aufryke to take lande it was a plesaunt syght to beholde their order and to here the claryons and trumpettes sounde so hyghe and clere dyuers knightes and valyaunt men of the realme of FrauÌ„ce sprede abrode that day their baners with dyuers other newe made knyghtes The lorde Iohan of Lignye was there firste made knight He was of the countrey of Chauny He was made by the handes of a cosyn of his named sir Henry Dantoygne and there he sprede abrode first his baner The felde golde a bende of goules And in his companye was his cosyn germayne the lorde of Hauret in Chauny Thus the lordes knyghtes and squyers with great desyre auaunced them toke lande and lodged on the lande of their enemyes in the sight of the false sarazyns on a wednisdaye in the euenyng of Mary Magdaleyne in the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred fourscore And as they toke laÌ„de they were lodged by their marshalles The sarazyns that were within the towne praysed moche the christen meÌ„nes order and bycause that the great Galees coulde nat aproche nere to the lande the men yssued out in bottes and toke lande and folowed the baner of our lady THe Sarazins that were within the towne and suche as were abrode in the countrey suffered the Christen men pesably to take lande for they sawe well it shulde nat be for their aduauntage to haue fought with them at their landyng The duke of Burbone who was as chefe of the christen armye there was lodged in the myddes of his company ryght honorably his baner displayed poudred full of Floure du Lyces with an ymage of our Lady in the myddes and a scochynne with the armes of Burbone vnder the fete of the ymage ¶ Fyrste on the ryght hande of the duke there was lodged his brother sir Guylliam of Tremoyle with his penon and the lorde of Bordenay with his baner and sir Helyon of Lygnacke with his penon the lorde of Tourse with a penon And than the Henowers with the standerde of the lorde Wyllyam of Heynaulte as than erle of Ostrenaunt eldest sonne to the duke Aubert of Bauyere erle of Heynaulte Of Hollande and of zelande the deuyse in the standerde was a Herse golde standyng on a bell goules There was the lorde of Haureth with his baner the lorde of Ligny with his baner and than sir Philyppe Dartoys erle of Ewe with baner the lorde of Mateselon with baner the lorde of Calam with penon the Seneschall of Ewe with penon the lorde of Lynyers with baner the lorde of Thune with baner the lorde of Ameuall with baner sir Water of Champenon with penon sir Iohâ— of the Castell Morant with baner the marshall of Sanxeres brother with penon the lorde of Coucy with baner beste apoynted nexte the duke of Burbone sir Stephyne of Sanxere with penon Than the FreÌ„che kynges penon with his deuyce and therby was sir Iohan of Barroys with the penon of his armes Than sir Guylliam Morles with baner and the lorde of LoÌ„gueuall with penon sir Iohan of Roye with baner the lorde of Bourse with penon the Vycount Dausney with baner the lorde admyrall with baner called Iohan of Vyen ¶ Nowe here after foloweth they on the dukes lyfte hande ON the lyfte hande of Loyes duke of Burbone were lodged as foloweth First the lorde of Ausemont of Bauyere and sir
Iohan of Beauforde bastarde sonne to the duke of Lancastre with his baner displayed sir Iohan Butler Englysshe with a penon sir Iohan of Crama with a baner the Souldyche of Lestrade with penon sir Iohan Harcourt with baner and the lorde Beraulte erle of Cleremount and the Dolphin of Auuergne with baner and sir Hugh Dolphyn his brother with penon the lorde of Bertencourt with penon the lorde Pyer Buffyer with baner the lorde of saynt Semere with baner the lorde of Lauuart marshall of the hoost with baner the lorde Bergue of Beausse with penon the lorde of Louuy with baner sir Gerarde of Lymoâ—yn his brother with penon the lorde of saynt Germayne with baner And than the penon and staÌ„derde with the deuyce of the duke of Burgoyn sir Philyppe of Barre with baner sir Geffray of Charney with baner sir Loyes of Poicters with penon sir Robert of Calabre with penon the vycount of Ses with baner the lorde Montague with baner the lorde of Vyle Neufe with penon sir Wyllyam of Molyne with penon the lorde of LoÌ„gny with penon sir Angorget Damboyse with penon sir Aleyne of ChaÌ„payne with penon all these baners and penons were sette in the front before the towne of Aufryke and besyde that a great nombre of other knyghtes and squyers ryght valyaunt men and â—fhighe corage were lodged abrode in the felde I cannat name them all also it wolde be to long a writyng There were a fourtene thousande all gentylmen It was a companye to do a great feate and to susteyne a great batyle if the sarazyns had come forthe to haue gyuen them batayle whiche they dyd nat for as on that day they shewed no maner of defence but castyng out of their towres great stones WHan the Christen men were lodged as well as they myght refresshed them selfes with suche as they had brought with them for they myght nat ryn abrode in the countrey to gather bowes of trees to make with all their lodgynges â—or it had ben to their domage if they had aduentured themselfe abrode The lordes had tentes and pauilioÌ„s that they had brought with them fro Geane Thus they lodged in good order the crosbowes of the genouoys were lodged on the wynges and closed in the lordes They occupyed a great space of grouÌ„de for they were a great nombre all their prouisyons were in the galees and all the day the maryners conueyed their stuffe to â—ande by bottes And whan the christen ysles adioynyng as Naplesâ— Cicyll and also the mayne landes as Puylle and Calabre Whan they knewe howe the Christen men had besieged the strong castell of Aufryke they dyd what they coude to vitayle the christen army some to haue aduauÌ„tage therby and some for loue and affection that they had to the genouoys fro the ysle of Caude came to them the good malueysies in great plenty without whiche conforte they coude nat longe haue endured for they were a great nombre and good drinkers and good caters Howe be it their prouisâ—ons came nat alwayes to theÌ„ in lyke maner for somtyme they had plentie and some season they wanted ¶ Nowe I shall somwhat speke of the sarazyns aswell as I haue done of the christen men as it is reason to coÌ„clude all thynges Trewe it was that they of Aufrike and of Barbary knewe longe before howe the genowayes hadde thretned them and they loked for none other thyng but the same yere to be besieged as they were in dede They hadde made prouisyon to resyst agaynst it whan the tidynges were sprede abrode in the countrey howe that the christenmen were come to Aufryke they were in dout for he is nat wise that feareth nat his ennemyes thoughe they be neuer so fewe Howe be it the sarazyns reputed the christen men right valyant good men of warre wherfore they greatly douted them and to the entent to resyst to defende the fronters of their countreys they assembled toguyder of dyuers parties as they of the lande and seignorie of Aufrike and of the realme of Maroche and of the realme of Bougye the best men of warre in all those countreis and suche as leest feared dethe Thus they came and lodged on the sandes agaynst the christen men and they had behynde them an highe wode to th entent that they shulde receyue on that syde no doÌ„mage by meanes of busshmentes or scrimysshes These sarazins lodged them selfes right sagely surely they were of men of warre a .xxx. thousande good archers and ten thousande horsemen and mo Howe be it the Christen men coude neuer knowe surely what nombre they were for they supposed they had a greater nombre lodged in the woodes whiche myght ryght well be For they were in their owne couÌ„tre and might go and come in to their host at all houres without paryll or dommage at their owne lybertie They were often tymes refresshed with newe vitayls brought to them on somers and camelles And the secoÌ„de day that the Englysshe men had been a lande in the mornyng at the breke of the day and that the same nyght the lorde Henry Dautoygne had kepte the watche with two hundred men of armes and a thousande crosbowes genowayes The sarazyns came to awake and to scrimysshe with theym whiche endured the space of tow houres There were many dedes of armes atchyued but the sarazins wolde nat ioyne to fyght hande to hande but they scrimysshed with castyng of dartes and shotynge and wolde nat folysshely aduenture theÌ„selfes but wisely and sagely reculed the christen hoost than apparelled them to go to the scrimysshe and some of the great lordes of Fraunce came thyder to se the deme anour of the sarazyns therby to know a nâ—ther tyme their maner in skrymysshynge Thus the sarazyns drewe to their lodgynge and the crysten men to theirs And durynge the siege the crysten men were neuer in suretie nor rest for outher euenynge or mornynge the sarazyns wolde awake them and skrymysshe Amonge the sarazyns there was a yonge knight called Agadingor Dolyferne he was alwayes well mounted on a redy and a lyght horse it semed whan the horse ranne that he dyd flye in the ayre The knyght semed to be a good man of armes by his dedes he bare always of vsage thre fedred dartes and ryght well he coulde handle them and acordynge to their custome he was clene armed with a long whyte to well aboute his heed His aparell was blacke and his owne coloure browne and a good horseman The crysten men sayde they thought he dyd suche dedes for the loue of some yonge lady of his countrey And trewe it was that he loued entyrely the kynge of Thunes doughter named the lady Azala she was enherytour to the realme of Thunes after the discease of the kyng her father This Agadingor was sonne to the duke of Olyferne I can nat tell if they were maryed togyther after or nat but it was shewed me that this knyght for loue of
a voyage for you thanne to go to Rome with a great puyssaunce of men of armes and pull downe and dystroy that antepaye whome the romayns by force hath created and set in the seate cathedrall of saynt Peter if ye wyll ye maye well accomplysshe this voyage and we suppose ye can nat passe your tyme more honorably And syr ye maye well know that if this antepape and his cardynals knowe ones that ye be mynded to come on them with an army they wyll yelde them self aske mercy The kynge remēbred hym selfe a lytell and sayd howe he wolde do as they had deuysed for surely he said he was moche bounde to pope Clement for the yere past he had ben at Auygnon where as the pope and his cardynals made hym ryght honourable chere and had gyuen more than was demaunded bothe to hym selfe to his brother and to his vncles wherfore the kynge sayd it hadde deserued to haue some recompence and also at his departure fro Auignon he had promysed the pope to helpe to assyst hym in his quarell At that season there was at Parys with the kyng the dukes of Berrey and Burgoyne than it was agreed and concluded that the nexte Marche after the kynge shuld departe fro Parys and take the way towardes Sauoy and Lombardy and the erle of Sauoy to sende his cosyn Germayne with hym and the kynge to haue vnder his charge the duke of Tourayne his brother with four thousande speares and the duke of Burgoyne with two thousande speares and the duke of Berrey two thousāde the constable of Fraunce two thousande speares with the bretons raintoners and lowe marches the duke of Burbon a thousāde speares the lorde of saynt Poll and the lorde of Coucy a thousande speares all these men of armes to be payed in hande for thre monethes and so fro terme to terme And whan those tydynges were knowen in Auignon pope Clement and his cardynals were greatly reioysed and thought in a maner their enterprise atcheued Also the kinge was coūsayled nat to leaue the duke of Bretayne behynde hym but to sende and to desyre hym to prepare hym selfe to go with him in this voyage The kyng wrote notably to hym and sent his letters by a man of honour an offycer of armes signyfyenge the duke in his letters the state of this voyage Whan the duke had red these letters he turned hym selfe smyled and called to hym the lorde of Mountboucher and sayd Syr harke and regarde well what the frenche kyng hath written to me he hath enterprised to departe this next Marche with a great puissaunce to go to Rome and to distroy suche as take parte with pope Bonyface As god helpe me his iourney shall tourne to nothynge for in shorte space he shall haue more flax to his dystaffe than he can well spynne I thynke he wyll leaue soone his folyssh thought And also he desyreth me to go with hym with two thousande speares howebeit I wyll honour him as I ought to do and I wyll write to him ioyously bycause he shall be contente and shewe hym howe if he go in this voyage he shall nat go without me seyng it pleaseth him to haue my company howe be it sir of Moūtboucher I say vnto you I wyll nat traueyle a man of myne for all that the kyng hath purposed and sayd nothynge shall there be done in that behalfe The duke of Bretayne wrote goodly letters and swete to the frenche kynge and the officer of armes returned with theym to Parys and delyuered them to the kynge who redde them and was well contented with the aunswere ⸫ ⸫ ¶ Of the Englysshe knyghtes that were sente to Parys to the frenche kynge fro the kynge of Englande and his vncles to treate for a peace Cap. C .lxxv. THe wyll and purpose of the frenche kynge none wolde breke for it pleased greatly all the knyghtes squyers of Fraunce bycause they wyst nat where better to enploy their season and euery man prepared towardes that voyage and namely the clergy of all the prouynces of the realme ordayned and graunted a tayle to sende at their costes and charges men of warre with the kynge Howe be it this voyage tourned to nothynge as the duke of Bretayne had sayd before and I shall shewe you by what incidence About the feest of Candelmas came other tydynges to the Frenche kyng and to his counsayle whiche they loked nothynge for Certayne of the kynge of Englandes coūsayle and suche as were of his priuy chambre were sent nobly to Parys to the frenche kyng and they that were chefe of this legacyon was syr Thomas Percy syr Loys Clyfforde and sir Robert Briquet with dyuers other knyghtes in their company but I herde as than no mo named Whan these thre knyghtes were come to Parys to hym than the french kyng was desyrous to knowe what it myght meane that the kynge of Englande dyd sende so hastely of his counsayle to hym These knyghtes of Englande syr Thomas Percy and other alyghted in Parys in the streate called the Crosse at the signe of the castell The frenche kynge as than lay in the castell of Lowere his brother the duke of Tourayne with hym and his other thre vncles in other lodgynges in the cytie and the cōstable syr Olyuer Clysson It was nere hāde noone whan the englysshe men came to Parys and they kept their lodgynge all that day nyght after and the next day aboute nyue of the clocke they lept on their horses ryght honorably and rode to the castell of Loure to the kyng where he with his brother and vncles the Erle of saint Poll the lorde of Coucy the constable of Fraūce sir Iohan of Vien sir Guy de la tremoyle with dyuers other barons of Fraunce were redy to receyue the englysshe ambassadours who alyghted at the gate and entred in and there receyued them the lord de la Ryuer syr Iohan Mercyer sir Lyon of Lignach sir Peter Villers sir Willyam of Tremoyle and syr Marcell there they receyued them honourably and brought theym in to the chambre where the kynge taryed for them Than they dyd of their bonettes and kneled downe syr Thomas Percy hadde the letters of credence that the kynge of Englande had sente to the frenche kynge he delyuered them to the kyng who tooke them and caused the knyghtes to stande vp than they stepe some what backe The kynge opyned the letters and red them and sawe well that they had credence than he called to hym his brother and his vncles and shewed them the letters than his vncles sayd Syr call forthe the knyghtes and here what they wyll say Than they aproched and were cōmaunded to declare their credence than si◠Thomas Percy spake and sayd Dere sir the entencyon of our souerayne lorde the kinge of Englande is that he wolde gladly that suche of his specyall counsayle as his vncles dukes of Lancastre yorke and Glocestre and other prelates of
Armynackes Squyer brought to hym fro sir Iohan Hacton and of the Wordes that were written within the letter The Erle was greatly reioysed and sayd that he trusted to make suche warre to the duke of Myllayne that he wolde bring hym to reason or elles to dye in the payne Whan all his company were passed the straytes of the mountayns and were in the good countrey of Piemounte nere Thouraygne Than they rode abrode and dyde moche hurte in the vyllages suche as coude nat holde agaynst them Than the erle layde sige before Aste in Pyemount entended to rary there for sir IohnÌ„ Hacton Prouisyon came to them fro all partes and also the companyons wan certayne small holdes and toke the vitayls that was within them The countre of Pyneroll and the landes of the Marques Mount feraunt were opyned and apparelled to delyuer vytayles other thynges nercessary for the hoost bothe for men and horse And also great prouisyon came to them out of the Dolphyne and out of the countie of Sauoy Many folkes greatly enclyned to the erle of Armynake bycause they sawe his quarell was good iust and also bycause the erle of Vertues had caused to be slayne his owne vncle sir Bernabo for enuy to sette agayne the lordes of Lombardy in to their herytages and disheryted his cosyn germayns wherof many great lordes thoughe they spake but lytell therof yet they hadde great pytie of the case Whyle the erle laye thus at siege before Aste he herde tidynges of sir IohnÌ„ Hacton wherof he was greatlye reioysed The tidynges was that the florentynes were come to the popes mercye and also the Venisyens And howe that the sayd sir IohnÌ„ shulde haue threscore thousande Floreyns for hym and his company And that money ones payde receyued and delyuered where as it shulde be departed than he promysed with a fyue hundred speares and a thousande brigans a fote to come in to the fronter of GeÌ„nes and to passe ouer the ryuer wheder their ennemeys wolde or natte and so to come to the erle of Armynake where soeuer he shulde be These tidynges greatlye reioysed the erle of Armynake and all his company for the ayde of this sir IohnÌ„ Hacton was right pleasaunt Than the erle of Armynake was counsailed to deê‘te thens and to go and laye siege before a great cytie called Alexandre at the entryng of LoÌ„bardy and whanÌ„e they had won that than to go to Bresuell whiche was also a good cytie and a fayre THus the erle of Armynake and his company layde siege before the cyte of Alexaundre standyng in a fayre countrey and a playne at the departyng out of Pyemount and at the entrynge of Lombardy and the way to go to the ryuer of GeÌ„nes These men of warre passed the ryuer of Thesyn and lodge at their ease at large for the countrey was good and plesaunt there aboute The Lorde Galeas lorde of Myllayne and erle of Vertues was as than in a towne called the cytie of Pauy and daylye herde tidynges what his enemyes dyde but he had marueyle of one thynge howe therle of Armynake coude gette the rychesse to pay wages to so many men of warre as he hadde brought with hym but his counsayle answered hym and sayde Sir haue no marueyle therof for the men that he hath be suche companyons that desyreth to wynne and to ryde at aduenture They haue vsed longe to ouerron the realme of FrauÌ„ce and to take holdes and garysons in the countrey so that the countrey coude neuer be delyuered of them And so it is that nowe of late the duke of Berrey and the Dolphyn of Auuergne to whose couÌ„treys these rutters dyde moche doÌ„mage for they kepte them there against the lordes wylles and ouer ranne the best parte of their he rytages and made theym warre And they caused the Erle of Armynake to treate with these companyons so that the Frenche kyng shulde suffre theÌ„ to come in to this your coutrey to make warre And therby and by meanes of certayne money gyuen to them they are auoyded oute of all the forteresses in the countrey And also besyde that the Frenche kynge hath ê‘doned all suche as made warre agaynst hym on the coÌ„dycion that they shulde serue the erle of Armynake in his warres all that they coude get shulde be their owne They demaunde none other wages And suche be named men of armes amonge theym with a fyue or sixe horses that if they were in their owne countreys they wolde go a foote and be but as poore men It is great parell and ieopardy to fyght agaynst suche men also lightly they be all good men of warre Wherfore sir the best counsayle that we can gyue you is to kepe your townes and fortresses they be stronge and well prouyded for and your ennemyes haue none artyllary nor engyns for the saute to be regarded They maye well come to the barryers of your townes and scrimysshe other doÌ„mage they can do none And this appereth well for they haue ben in your couÌ„trey this two monethes as yet haue taken no fortresse lytell nor gret Sir let them alone and they shall wery theÌ„ selfe and be distroyed at the ende so ye fyght nat with them And whan they haue distroyed the playne countre and haue no more to lyue by They shall than be fayne to returne for famyne without any other yuell fortune fall on them in the meane tyme. And it shall be well done that your men of warre in your fortresses kepe toguyder to ayde eche other in tyme of nede And sir sende to suche places as ye thynke your enemyes wyll besiege to resyst theÌ„ for townes men haue but small defeÌ„ce for they be nat so vsed nor accustomed to warre nouther to assaut nor to defende as men of armes knightes and squyers be who are norisshed brought vp therin sir sende your men of warre to the cytie of Alexandre Therby ye shall haue double profyte your cytie shal be defended and your people shall loue you the better whan they se ye do ayde and confort them And sir therto ye be bouÌ„de sithe ye haue gouernaunce ouer them that they paye to you their rentes subsydies aydes that ye haue demaunded of them dyuers tymes your enemyes can nat be so strong in the felde before Alexaundre that the towne shulde be closed in rounde about they haue no suche nombre to do it wherfore your men shall entre in to the towne at their case And whan they of the towne shall se them selâ— e refresshed with your men of warre they shall haue the more corage and loue you moche the better and shall putte out of their hertes all maner of treatie with your ennemyes To this counsaile the lorde of Mayllayne greed and incontynent he assembled toguyder his men of warre a fyue hundred speares And he made capitayne of theÌ„ an auncient knight called sir Iaques of Byerne an expert man of armes and they rode through the couÌ„trey priuely
and there were the two bastarde soÌ„nes of the erle of Foiz sir yuaâ— and sir Gracien and the Vicount of Chastelâ—on and all the barons of Bierne and some of Foiz But assone as the seruyce was done they of Foiz departed and rode the same daye to dyner to Herytell two myles fro Orthais and the next day be tymes the bysshoppe of Palmes deê‘ted he wolde nat be at the generall ê‘lyament whiche was the same daye a monge them of Bierne Thus the erle was buryed in the freers before the hyghe aulter So there is no more mencion made of hym god haue mercy vpon his soule ¶ Nowe let vs speke of the order that was taken at Orthais AS it was enformed me it was said to the Vycount of Chatelion Sir we knowe well that as next of blode ye ought to succede in the herytagê as well of Bierne as of Foiz But as nowe we can nat receyue you as oure lorde for therby we myght bring the lande of Bierne in to great trouble warre and daunger For as we do vnderstande the Frenche kynge who is our good neighbour dothe seÌ„de hyder of his couÌ„sayle we knowe nat for what entent tyll we here them speke We knowe well so do you that our lorde the erle whome god pardone was this last yere at Tholous with the frenche kyng and had secrete coÌ„munycacion toguyder the whiche firste hath nede to be declared for if he haue gyuen and released to the FreÌ„che kyng Foiz and Bietne the kyng than with puissance wyll haue optayne it Wherfore or we do any thing we wyll know the artycles for we of Byern be in other case of other coÌ„dycion than they of Foiz We be all fre without homage or seruytude and the countie of Foiz is holden of the Frenche kynge and also the people of Foiz their hertes be so Frenche that lightly they wyll receyue the frenche kyng to their lorde and soucraygne For they haue sayde sithe the erle was deed he hath none heritour of his body laufully gotten Wherfore the countie of Foize they saye shulde parteyne to the ordynauÌ„ca of the Frenche kyng But sir we shall kepe our holde and we wyll serue no lorde but suche as we ought to do wheder it be the freÌ„ch kyng or you But sir we wyll counsaile you to worke wysely in this busynesse by treatie or otherwyse Than the Vycount said sirs by what meanes wyll ye couÌ„sayle me to worke for I haue promised to worke by your aduyse in euery thyng accordyng to reason sir quod they we wyll aduyse you to desyre sir Roger of Spaygne your cosyn to kepe you company at your cost and charge And go in to the countie of Foiz and treate with the prelates and noble men and with theym of the good townes that they wolde receyue you to their lorde or elles to sytte styll and dissymule the mater tyll ye haue apeased the french kyng and taken with hym some coÌ„posicion by meanes of golde and siluer that ye might haue the enheritaunce in rest and peace if ye do thus than do ye wisely and if ye maye be herde with them that be sente fro the Frenche kynge in to the countie of Foize thoughe it cost you a hundred thousande or two huÌ„dred thousande frankes ye shall fynde ynoughe to paye it with all For the erle that is deed hath lefte ynoughe behynde hym Howe beit sir in any wyse we wyll that his two bastarde sonnes haue parte largely of his goodes Than the lorde answered and sayde Sirs I am content as ye wyll And here is my cosyn sir Roger of Spaygne and in all youre presences I desyre hym to ryde with me in this iourney Than sir Roger answered and said Sir I am content to ryde with you to be as meane bytwene bothe ê‘ties But if the Frenche kyng my souerayne lorde or his ambassadours desyre me to be of their couÌ„sayle orels coÌ„mauÌ„de me nat to medell than I must nedes leaue you The Vycount was content and saide Cosyn I trust they wyll nat agaynst your will take you fro me and if I may haue you nere me I thynke to make a good ende of all my busynesse THan as I was enformed the Vycount of Chastellon made a request before theÌ„ all to borowe fyue or .vi. thousande frankes to performe his iourney Also the two bastardes made their request that they might haue parte of their fathers richesse Than the couÌ„sayle toke aduise togider at last acorded that the VicouÌ„t shulde haue fyue thousande frankes And the two bastardes of Foiz eche of them two thousaÌ„de frankes and incoÌ„tynent the treâ—ourers were coÌ„maunded to delyuer the money All offycers that were in the Erles dayes were suffred to occupy styll without any chaungyng and than kepers were sette to kepe the castell of Orthais and the richesse that was within it The Vicount at his first coÌ„mynge to Orthais gaue pardon to all the prisoners with in the castell wherof there were a great nombre For the erle of Foiz was a cruell man wolde spare no man but to punysshe at his pleasure though he were neuer so great a ê‘sonage He had ones in prisone the said Vycount of Chastellon in the botome of a dongion eight monethes for all that he was his cosyn germayne And whanÌ„c he delyuered him he sette hym to rauÌ„some at .xl. thousaÌ„de frankes whiche was truly payde And also as longe as he lyued he loued hym neuer after so that the Vicount durst neuer come in his sight for if the erle had lyued two yeres lengar the Vicount shulde neuer haue had any parte of the heritage of Foiz or of Bierne THus this counsayle at Orthays brake vp and euery man departed and lefte the Vycount to prepare for his iourney who made hym redy as soone as he might and desyred certayne knightes squiers to go with hym Thus he departed fro Orthais with a two hundred horse and rode to Moriens a good towne on the fronter bytwene Byerne and Bygore a four myles fro Pauy and a sixe myle fro Tarbe And the seconde day he rode to saynt Gausens another good towne at the entre of the couÌ„tie of Foiz on the ryuer of Garone and there tidynges came to hym howe the bysshoppe of Noyon and sir Buryaulx de la Ryuer and other of the Frenche kynges counsayle were coÌ„e to Tholous Than the Vycount tooke counsayle of sir Roger of Spayne what was best for him to do sir Roger answered and sayd Sithe we haue herde tidynges of them let vs tary here and se what they wyll do I thynke they wyll sende shortely to vs and so there they taryed for in dede they coulde go no further in to the countie of Foiz for all the good townes castelles and passages were closed agaynst them As Calumuche Casteres MouÌ„ttesquen Carthas Ortyngas Fossat the cytie of Palmes the castell Montaunt and all the castels on the fronter of Aragon they of the countie of
Foiz sayd that no strauÌ„ger with any puissaunce shulde entre in to no castell nor towne of their countrey tyll the mater were determyned and as they of the countrey shewed themselfe they were better mynded to be Frenche to be gouerned by a seneschall as the countre and cytie of Tholous was and Carcasson and Beauuoyre rather than to be vnder any other ruler Howe be it the mater went otherwyse as ye shall here For whan the Frenche kynges coÌ„myssaries were come to Tholous they demaunded newes of the archebysshoppe and of the seneschall of Foiz and of Bierne and of other suche as had ben at Orthays at the buryeng of the erle of Foiz There they were enformed in what case the countre stode in Than they toke aduyse togyder determyned to sende for sir Roger of Spaygne bycause he was the Frenche kynges man by faythe and homage and his oftycer as seneschall of Carcassone They sent a credable persone with a letter to hym The messanger rode to saynt Gausens a .xii. myle fro thens Than he delyuered to sir Roger of Spaygne his letter sir Roger toke reed it and sayd to the squyer Sir ye shall tary here all this day to morowe ye shall departe I thynke ye shall nat go without company Than sir Roger and the Vycount counsayled toguyder Than it was thought for the beste that sir Roger of Spayne shulde ryde to Tholous and speke there with the bysshop of Noyon and with the Lorde de la Ryuer to knowe what they wolde say The next day ser Roger of Spayne and the messanger rode forthe togyder and came yâ— same nyght to Tholouse Syr Roger toke vp his lodgyng and the messanger went to his maysters Than the coÌ„myssioners said to morowe we shall here tydynges seynge sir Roger is come The next day after masse syr Roger drewe to the bysshop and to the lorde de la Ryuer made good chere eche to other bycause they were all of aquayntaunce and there communed the cause of their coÌ„mynge Than the kinges coÌ„myssyoners shewed forth the kinges procuracions and howe they were set and stablysshed to take possessyon and season of the countie of Foiz and whan syr Roger had well herde them at length he replyed with swete wordes and sayde Lordes I am nat so nere of the kinges couÌ„sayle as ye be and if I were sauynge your correction I wolde counsayle the kyng that he shulde take agayn his money and somwhat more trewe it is he hath lente money on the herytage of Foize to be reysed after the dethe of the erle yet let the kynge leaue the ryght of the enherytaunce to the nexte enherytoure of the blode this shall be for the kynges profyte honour and saluacyon and in this that I saye I shall laye dyuers reasons if ye wyll here it There is one thynge whiche is clere the erle of Foiz layde his lande to pledge by fraude for as for golde and syluer he had ynough for that he dyd was for nothynge but to dysheryte the Vicount of Chastellon wroÌ„gfully bycause he hated hym without cause Also as touchyng the kynges profyte I ensure you the kepyng of the lande of Foize shulde coste the kynge more than the rentes or reuenues cometh vnto And thyrdly the kyng shall lese therby the homage and seruyce of suche a man as is able to do him good seruyce this ought to be well regarded also it shulde be a great charge to the kynges consyence to dysheryte any persone without a reasonable cause for if the herytage of Foiz shuld haue ben bought and solde fyrste all suche as claymeth any ryght therin shulde haue ben a greed with all and satyfyed whiche was nat so wherfore my lordes these reasons well consydred seynge ye be great wyse men and counsaylours to the kynge take good hede what ye do or ye pronounce any thynge that shulde tourne to the kinges sclaunder or hurte to his conscyence if ye do otherwyse it were great synne and as yet there is tyme suffycyente to fynde remedy My cosyn the Vicount of Chastellon hathe sente me hyther to you to shewe you this mater and ryght effectuously desyreth you and so do I in his name to take regarde in this behalfe It is nat good nor conuenyent a man to take euery thynge byforce that he maye take Whan he had sayde than the bysshoppe and the lorde de la Ryuer loked on eche other at laste the bysshop sayde Syr Rodger we se and knowe well that all that ye haue sayd is for good entente but our coÌ„myssyon stretcheth nat so farre to quyte the bargayne that was bytwene the kyng and therle of Foize howe be it for the loue of you and to bringe the matter somwhat to good purpose and that all partyes myght be coÌ„tent we shall put this mater in suffraunce and ye shall take the payâ—e to ryde with vs into Fraunce to the kynge and to his counsayle and than shewe there your reasons as ye shall thinke best and if by your meanes ye can cause the vycount of Chastellon to enioy the herytage of Foiz who is enherytoure therto as ye saye we shall be ryght gladde therof for we wyll dysheryte no person Syrs quod syr Roger I am well contente with your sayenge if it please you to abyde here a season your costes shall be borne of the good that is in the castell of Orthays THe thyrde day sir Roger of Spayne tooke leaue of the kynges coÌ„myssyoners and sayde Syrs I thynke to bringe this mater to a good purpose I must be fayne to make a iourney into Fraunce if I tary longe I pray you be nat myscontent for it shall nat be in my faulte and I shall sende you daily messangers and letters Thus they departed they taryed at Tholous and sir Roger rode to saynt Gausens to the Vycount of Chastellon and shewed him all the mater the Vycount was ioyfull of those tydynges and sayd Fayre cosyn syr Roger all my trust is in you the mater toucheth me nere it is for thenherytaunce wherof I beare the armes I can nat tell whome to sende in to Fraunce but all onely you to shewe my tytle to the kynge and to his couÌ„sayle wherfore sir for the loue of me and for that I may deserue to you in tyme to come take on you the charge of this voyage syr Rodger sayd Syr for the loue of you and of your lynage I shall do it Than sir Roger prepared for his iourney to ryde in to FrauÌ„ce and so toke the way to Rodes and the shorter way for as than truce was bytwene Fraunce and Englande or els the way that he toke had nat been sure for hym for on the fronters of Rouuergue Quercy Lymosyn there were many fortresses that made warre for the Englysshemen ¶ Nowe I wyll leaue for a season spekynge of syr Roger of Spayne and speke of the frenche kynge and of the duke of Bretayne ⸪ ⸪ ¶ How the treatie of peace renewed
attaygne to the herytage of Bretaygne of the whiche he is without and shall be for I haue chyldren sonne and doughter that shall succede after me Secondely he beareth the ermyns whiche are the armes of Bretaygne but of trouthe to do me dyspleasure withall sir Olyuer clysson mayntayneth him in that opinyon and as longe as he is in that case I wyllagre to no treatie with the kynge As for warre I wyll make none to the kyng bycause he is my naturall lorde but if by yuell informacyon the kyng make me warre I shall defende me he shall fynde me in myne owne countre all this I wyll that the kyng knowe THus the treatie bytwene the kynge and the duke of Bretayne contynued rygorously for the duke was lorde and mayster of his counsayle but the frenche kynge was nat so of his but was ruled by syr Olyuer Clisson and the Begue of Vyllains syr Iohan Mercyer and by syr Willyam of Montague the duke of Burgoyne who had clere vnderstandyng of euery thynge suffred the duke of Bretaygnes reasons and defences to be sayde in place and couertly he susteyned them and had the duke of Berrey of his opynyon for he hated inwardly them of the kynges priuy chambre bycause they had dystroyed his treasourer Betysache shamfully by iustyce at Besyers as ye haue herde here before but he suffred it for he sawe no tyme to be reuenged In this dyfference the duke of Bretaygne taryed at Towrs thre monethes that their treatie coulde come to no good conclusyon and were at the poynte to haue departed and the kynge was in wyll that as soone as he was retourned in to Fraunce to make a great assemble to make warre the next somer after in to Bretayne agaynst the duke suche of his acorde to leaue all other busines but the dukes of Berrey of Burgoyne the lorde Coucy therle of saint Poll sir Guy of Tremoile the chanceller of FrauÌ„ce and dyuers other prelates high barons of FrauÌ„ce suche as were there ymagined to withstaÌ„de this rigorous rebellioÌ„s spake togider and said to the kyng sir we that be the iouerayn lordes piers of your realme and be nere of your lygnage we shulde haue a treatie this next lent for a peace to be had at AmieÌ„ce with thenglysshmen Wherfore sir ye had nede to make haste leaue this yuell wyll bytwene you and the duke of Bretayne for if the duke deê‘te hens without any agrement made bytwene you thenglysshmen wyll be the harder in all their treaties for they wyll thynke theÌ„ to be ayded and coÌ„forted by the duke of Bretayne and by his countrey for the duke hath thenglisshmen at his hande whan he wyll if we haue warre atones bothe with the Englysshmen bretons as we haue had or this they wyll put vs to great payne These lordê dyde so moche with the kyng his couÌ„sayle that at last they founde a meane bytwene the kyng the duke I shewe you what it was surely without the same meanes had ben founde they shulde haue come to no conclusion of good acorde So it was the frenche kyng had a doughter the duke of Bretaine had a sonne there was a maryage made bytwene this sonÌ„e this dought In lykewise IohnÌ„ of Bretayne had a sonÌ„e by the dought of sir Olyuer of Clysson the duke of Bretayne had a doughter and it was thought to make sure peace that the mariage bytwene theÌ„ two were necessary These maryages were agreed concluded howbeit for all these alyaunces yet IohnÌ„ of Bretayne shulde leaue the armes of Bretayne beare them of Chastellon bycause he was extracte by his mother syde of a duke of Bretayne for his mother was doughter to a duke of Bretaygne therfore he was alowed to bere in his armes a bordet of ermyne with thre labels goules on the heed of a scochyn of ermyns Thus he bare these deuises euery thynge was apesed So the duke of Bretayne gate the loue of the kyng of his vncles and dyned with the kyng and so IohnÌ„ of Bretayne was erle of Ponâ—hieuts And thus shewed great loue togyder by meanes of these mariages howe be it the duke in no wyse wolde se nor speke with sir Olyuer of Clysson he had suche displeasure to hym howebeit sir Olyuer made lyght therof for he hated the duke also with all his puissauÌ„ce These mariages thus acorded the lordes sworne and bounde to fulfyll theÌ„ whan the chyldren shulde be soÌ„what of more age Than these lordes determyned to departe fro Tourse to drawe to Parys for the tyme aproched that they shulde be at Amyence personally The frenche kyng his brother his vncles and his couÌ„sayle to mere there with the kyng of Englande his vncles and counsayle who shulde be there So the duke of Bretayne toke leaue of the Frenche kyng and of his brother vncles and of suche other as he loued best and so deê‘ted fro Tourse went in to his owne couÌ„tre and in lykewise so dyd all other lordê The duke of Berrey the duke of Burgoyne the lorde Coucy taryed there styll I shall shewe you why ¶ Howe therle of Bloys and Mary of Namure his wyfe solde the countie of Bloys all their landes to the duke of Thourayne the frenche kynges brother Cap. C.lxxxii YE haue herde here before in this hystorie howe Loys of Bloys sonÌ„e to therle Guy of bloys died whan he was yonge in the towne of Beauniont in Heynalt wher by the lady Mary doughter to the duke of Berrey was a widowe therby she lost her welthe of this worlde for the chylde was a gret enheritour if he had lyued he had ben a great lorde I speke of it bycause it shulde be knowen in tyme to come thenheritauÌ„ce to whome it went out of the right lyne and by what maner therle of Blois Mary of Namure his wyfe were nat in the case to engeÌ„dre children togider for by great driÌ„kyng moche eatynge of wete delycate meates they were ouergrowen with fatnesse so that the erle coude nat ryde but was alwayes caried in a lytter fro one place to another or whan he wolde go a huntyng or haukyng whiche sporte was gretly vsed with the lordê of FrauÌ„ce The same season whyle the Frenche kynge was at Tourse the duke of Thourayne had an ymaginacion whiche he brought to effect as I shall shewe you The duke of Thourayne knewe well he had moche rychesse lying by hym paraduenture a myllion of Floreyns whiche had by reason of his mariage with the lady Valentyne of Myllayne doughter to the erle of Vertus He wyst nat howe to enploy these flornes Than he remeÌ„bred howe the erle Guy of Bloys had great herytagê and that after his dethe they were likely to go to dyuers ê‘sones The erldome of Bloys shulde retourne to Iohan of Bretayne for he was the erles cosyn germayne and the landes of Heynault shulde go to the
the lady of Dunoyes for her dowrie whiche was assygned to her sixe thousande frankes And furthermore he shulde haue made another sale of all his landes in Heynaulte And the Duke of Thourayne to haue payde for that two hundred thousande frankes Howe be it therin the erle of Bloys reserued to knowe the erle of Heynaltes pleasure therin who was his naturall lorde to whom he owed faythe and homage for those landes Howe be it that kyng and the duke of Thourayn toke that charge on them and to discharge the erle what soeuer shulde fall after Thus or they departed they bounde the erle by promyse and by writynges sealed as they might well and easely do for he had there none of his couÌ„sayle saue Sohier who neuer was at scole nor knewe no letter on the boke Moche after this maner went this marchandise and I haue written this mater as iustely as I coude to th entent that herafter in tyme to come by reason of writyng the trouthe shulde be knowen For the erle Guye of Bloys my lorde mayster as he that was ignorant and yuell counsayled more by his wyfe and varlet Sohier thaÌ„ by any other made this yuell bargayne And whan these maters were concluded and surely made by the kyng the duke of Thourayne and their counsayle than the lordes toke their leaue and retourned in to FrauÌ„ce Great brute was made of these sales in dyuers countries ¶ Howe sir Roger of Spaygne and sir Espaygne du Lyon spedde with the frenche kyng and his counsayle for the Vicount of Chastelons busynesse and howe howe he was sette in possession of the countie of Foiz of the money that he payde Cap. C.lxxxiii HOwe let vs soÌ„what speke of sir Roger of spaygne and of sir Espaygne du Lyon and shewe how they spedde aft they were retourned fro Tourle to go to Tholous to the bysshop of Noyon and to the lorde de la Ryuer So longe they iourneyd that they came thyder they were welcome for their coÌ„mynge was fore desyred There they shewed their letters and howe they had spedde By semblaunt the bysshoppe and the lorde de la Ryuer were ioyouse of that the herytauÌ„ce shulde abyde with the Vycount of Chastellon on suche condycions as is before written Than sir Roger and his coÌ„panyon thought to take some more payne as to ryde to the Vycount of Chastellon and to the counsayls of Foize and of Bierne to se that euery thyng be sette in good order Than they departed fro Tholous and rode to saynt Gracyens the Vicount was nat there but he was at the entre of Berne in a fayre castell called Pau and there they founde hym who was ioyfull of their coÌ„mynge And whan he knewe that the Frenche kyng had gyuen vp his tytell of the byeng of the couÌ„tie of Foiz he was gladder than he was before As for the money that he shulde paye he wyst well ynoughe where to haue it and moche more ⸫ ⸫ ¶ Of the great assemble that was made at Amyence of the Frenche kynge and his counsayle and of the kynge of Englandes vncles on the treatie of peace Cap. C.lxxxiiii I Thynke I haue sufficiently treated of the busynesse of Bierne and of foiz for if I shulde reherse all thynges it wolde requyre long writyng therfore I wyll leaue spekyng therof and create of other maters Thus all thyngê coÌ„cluded the vicount of Chatellon was erle of Foiz and lorde of Berne in lyke maner as the older erle helde it and all suche as ought so to do made homage to hym he departed largely with ser yuan and sir Gracien tholde erles bastarde sones in suche wyse that they were content and payde to the FreÌ„che kyng all suche money as was ê“mised to be payde This mater was nat sone done somer was first well onwarde and the bisshop of Noyon and the lorde de la Ryuer taryed styll at Tholous tyll euery thyng was set in good order accordyng as they were charged Nowe let vs speke of thassemble of the lordes of FrauÌ„ce and of Englande in the good cyte of Amyence on the treatie of a peace or of a truce as than beyng the yere of our lorde M.CCC.lxxx .xi. in the myddes of lent great prouision was made ther for these lordê or they caÌ„e thider First for the frenche kyng for his estate and for his thre vncles and also for other great lordes of FrauÌ„ce euery man after his degre for it was said that kyng Richard of EnglaÌ„de shulde be there wherfore many desyred to se him such as had neuer sene him before how beit he came nat there yet he caÌ„e to Douer to th entent to haue passed the see his thre vncles with hym that is to say the dukes of LaÌ„castre yorke Glocester whan they came to Douer they tooke aduyse whyder it were mete for the kyng to passe the see or nat All thynges consydred the counsayle of Englande was of opinyon that the kyng shuld byde at Douer the duke of Gloceter with him and the duke of Lancastre the duke of yorke therle of HuÌ„tyngton therle of Derby sir thomas Percy the bysshops of Durham London and other of the kynges couÌ„saile to passe ouer so they came to Calais And whan the day aproched that they shulde mete at AmyeÌ„ce they deê‘ted fro Calysmo than .xii. C. horse it was a goodly syght to se theÌ„ ryde in good order The frenche kyng had ordayned that after thenglisshmen came out of Calis both goyng abyding returnyng all their costes and charges were borne of the frenche kyngê charge as mete driÌ„ke lodgyng horse mete With the duke of LaÌ„castre the duke of yorke there caÌ„e their cosyn dought to their suster to the lorde Coucy who was a faire yoÌ„g lady called the lady of yrelaÌ„de for she was wedded to the duke of yrelaÌ„de this lady caÌ„e to Amyens to se the lorde her father the lorde Coucy for she had nat sene hym moche before wherfore she hadde great desyre to se hym She came lyke a noble widowe hauyng but small ioye in her co age THe Frenche kyng had ordayned to make the Englysshe men as moche honour as coude be deuysed and to the foure dukes that is to saye The duke of Thourayn the Frenche kynges brother and the dukes of Burbon of Berrey and or Burgoyne lâ—pte on their horses and rode out of the towne to mete with the englisshmen acoÌ„panyed with many other great lordes Fyrst mette with theÌ„ the duke Loys of Thourayn well acoÌ„panyed and honorably receyued his colyns of Englande there coÌ„muned a certayne space with theÌ„ than he toke his leaue and departed agayne with all his company and so rode streight to the cytie to the kynge his brother And the other thre dukes the kynges vncles Berrey Burbone Burgoyne mette with the Englysshe dukes in the felde and made great chere and honorable eche to other that ioye it was to se Than the geÌ„tyll
finde mater ynough to him by lawe and parlyament That is trewe quod the duke of Burgoyne And the first tyme that he cometh to speke with me and that I thynke wyll be or to morowe at night I shall so receyue hym that he shall well knowe that I loue hym nat and if he come to you good brother of Berrey do lykewise That shall be done quod he and so departed at that tyme. SO it fortuned that the lorde of Clysson who knewe nothynge but that he had been in good grace with the sayde dukes And certayne knightes squiers suche as hadde been in the sayd voyage with the kyng came to the constable were sente by the chaunceller and treasourers to hym to pursue for money for their wages Whervpon in a mornyng he came to the house of Arthois in Parys to shewe the state of the busynesse to the duke of Burgoyne and to none other bycause he hadde the hole gouernaunce of the realme of Fraunce WhanÌ„e he came thyder he entred in to the court for the porter had lette hym in Than he a lyghted and mounted the steares in to the hall alone lye acompanyed with one squyer and in the hall he fouÌ„de .ii. squyers of the dukes than he demaunded if he might speke with the duke or nat Sir ê™ they we can nat tell you tary here and we shall go knowe his pleasure The squiers entred in to the dukes chambre and fouÌ„de hym at good leysar talkyng with an heraude who was come fro a great feest that had ben holden in Almaigne Than the squiers sayd Sir the Constable is in your hall and saythe he is come to speke with you if it be your pleasure A goddesname quod the duke lette hym come in we be at good leysar to here what he wyll say One of the squiers went in to the hall and said to the constable sir coÌ„e on my lorde wyll haue you to coÌ„e in The coÌ„stable entred and whan the duke sawe hym he chaunged colour and repented in that he had caused hym to come in to his chambre and yet he had gret desyre to speke with hym The Constable dyde of his hatte and made his reuerence to the duke sayde Sir I am come to you to knowe of the state and gouernaunce of the realme and howe euery thynge shal be ordred for by reason of myne offyce I am dayly called vpon and as nowe you and my lorde of Berrey haue the rule therfore it may please you to shewe me what I shall do The duke lightly aunswered and sayde Clysson Clysson ye haue nothyng to do to busye you with the gouernynge of the realme ye haue medled therwith to long and in an yuell tyme. Howe the deuyll haue ye gadered suche rychesse as ye made your testament of but late The kynge nor my brother of Berrey nor I haue nat so moche Go youre waye departe out of my presence and lette me no more se you for and it were nat for my shame I shulde putte out your better eye And therwith the duke deê‘ted and lefte the lorde Clysson alone who issued out of the chambre and hanged downe his heed and so passed through the hall and in the courte toke his horse with his company and retourned priuely in to his lodgyng without spekyng of any worde ⸫ ⸫ ¶ Howe sir Olyuer of Clysson Constable of FrauÌ„ce departed out of Parys after the answere that the duke of Burgoyne had made hym and wente to Mount le Heury and fro thens in to Bretayne Cap. C.xc. WHan the lorde of Clysson was retourned to his lodgynge he was in many ymaginacyons to remembre what was best for hym to do for he parceyued wel the maters went but yuell for hym nor he wyste nat to whome to make his complaynt nor to declare his busynesse for the duke of Orlyaunce was at Crayell and thoughe he hadde been at Parys yet it laye nat in his power to defende hym and he feared lest the duke of Burgoyne wolde haue caused hym to be arested and to spoyle his house Wherfore he durst nat abyde that aduenture but shortely made hym redy and shewed to certayne of his seruauntes what he wolde do And agaynst nyght he wente out of his lodgyng priuely on the backesyde and but thre persones with hym and issued out of Parys at the gate of saynt Anchony and passed the ryuer of Seyne at the bridge of Charenton And roode so longe that he came to a Castell of his owne a seuyn leages fro Parys called Mount le Heury and there taryed tyll he heroe other tidynges The same daye that the duke of Burgoyne had spoken with the Constable The duke of Berrey and he mette toguyder for they assembled at the palays to commune toguyder of certayne matters touchynge the Realme Than the duke of Burgoyne shewed his brother what he had sayde to sir Olyuer of Clysson The duke of Berrey answered and sayd ye haue done well for we must haue a begynnynge to entre vpon theym For surely Clysson le Ryuer Mercier and MoÌ„tague haue robbed the realme of Fraunce but the tyme is come that they shall leaue all yea and lese their lyues and I maye be beleued THe same proper daye that the Constable departed Montague in likewise departed secretely by the gate saynt Anthony and toke the waye to Trois in Champayne and in to Burgoyne sayd he wolde nat rest tyll he came to Auygnon for thyder he had sent before the chiefe of his rychesse and lefte a certayne with his wyfe to kepe her estate curtesly For he sawe well sithe the kyng had lost his wytte that all maters shulde go but yuell for hym for he sawe howe the dukes of Burgoyne and Berrey wolde nat speke to hym Sir Iohan Mercier in lykewise wolde fayne haue ben gone and he myght But there was suche watche layde on hym that he coude nat go out of his lodgynge without knowledge And suche of his goodes as he hadde saued before stode hym in right good stede afterwarde For as moche as coude be founde of his was departed bytwene the dukes of Burgoyn and Berrey and he was coÌ„mytted by them to prisone in to the castell of Loure And in lykewyse so was coÌ„maunded the Begue of Vyllayns erle of Rebydewe in Spayne There were men sente to the house of Montague but he was nat founde nor no man knewe where that he was become In lykecase to the Constables house to haue had hym to prison but he coude nat be founde for there was no man there but the kepar who knewe nothynge where he was become And within two dayes after it was knowen that he was at his castell of Mount le Heury Whan the dukes that loued hym nat knewe that they ordayned the Barroys of Barres sir IohnÌ„ of Castell Morant the lorde of Coucy and sir Wyllyam of Tremoyle with thre hundred speares to go thyder and coÌ„maunded them to besiege the Towne and castell and
Turkey whan he sawe the batayle loste he yelded hym selfe and the Sarazyns who are couetous of golde and syluer toke and saued hym Also a lquyer of Tornasys called Iaques du Fay who had before serued the kynge of Tartary called Tauburyn as soone as this Iaques knewe that the frenche men came to make warre in Turkey he toke leaue of the kynge of Tartary and departed and was on the sayd felde and taken prisoner by the kyng of Tartaries men who were there in the ayde of Lamorabaquy for kynge Tauburyn of Tartary had sent to hym great nombre of men of warre THe frenchmen were so richely arayed that they semed lyke kynges wherby they were taken and their lyues saued for sarazyns turkes are couetous they trusted to haue great raunsomes of these that were taken and reputed them greater lordes than they were Sir Iohan of Burgoyn erle of Neuers was taken prisoner In lykewyse were the erles of Ewe and de la Marche the lorde Coucy syr Henry of Bare syr Guy de la Tremoyle Bouciquant and dyuers other And syr Philyp of Bare syr Iohan of Vyen Willyam of Tremoyle and his sonne slayne and dyuers other This batayle endured thre houres fyghtynge and the kinge of Hungery lost all his baggage and all his plate and iowelles and was gladde to saue hym selfe but with seuen persons with him in a lytell barge of the Rodes els he had been taken or slayne without recouery There were mo men slayne in the chase than in the batayle and many drowned happy was he that might scape by any maner of meanes WHan this dyscomfyture was doone and passed and that the turkes suche as were sent thyder by the Sowdan were withdrawen in to their lodginges whiche was in to tentes and pauylyons that they had conquered whiche they founde well replenysshed with wyne and meate redy dressed wherwith they refresshed them and made ioy and reuell lyke suche people as had ateygned vyctorye on their enemyes Than Lamorabaquy with a greate nombre of mynstrelles acordyng to the vsage of their countrey came to the kynge of Hungeryes chefe tent whiche was goodly aparelled and hanged with riche stuffe and there he toke great pleasure and glorifyed in his herte of the wynnyng of that iourney and shanked their god acordynge to their lawe Than he vnarmed hym and to refresshe hym he sate downe on a tapyte of sylke and caused all his great lordes to come to him to iangle and to talke with them He made as great myrthe as myght be and sayd howe he wolde shortely with great puyssaunce passe in to the realme of Hungery and cōquere the countrey and after other countreys vpon the crysten men and to bringe them to his obeysaunce for he sayd he was content that euery man shulde lyue after their owne lawes he desyred nothynge but the signory but he sayd he wolde reygne lyke Alysaunder of Masydone who was twelue yere kynge of all the worlde of whose lynage he sayde he was dyscended All that herde him agreed to his sayenge Than he madethre cōmaundemētes The fyrst was that who so euer had any prisoner crysten to bringe hym forthe the seconde daye after in to his presence the seconde was that all the deed bodyes shulde be vysyted and sertched and such as were likely to be noble men to be layde aparte by them selfe in their raymentes tyll he came thyder hym selfe for he sayd he wolde se them The thyrde was to enquyre iustely if the kyng of Hungery were deed or a lyue All was done as he cōmaunded WHan Lamorabaquy had well refresshed hym than to passe the tyme he went to the place where the felde was to se the deed bodyes for it was shewed hym that he had many of this men slayne and that the batayle had cost hym greatly of the which he had great marueyle and coulde nat byleue it Than he mounted on his horse and a great nombre with him he had with hym two of his bretherne called Basaache and Surbasaach as some people sayd but he wolde nat be knowen of them for he sayd he had no bretherne Whan he came to the place where the batayle was he founde it of trouthe that there were many deed and slayne he sawe that for one crysten man deed he founde .xxx. turkes slayne wherwith he was marueylously dyspleased and openly sayde Here hath been a cruell batayle and marueyloussly defended of the crysten men but I shal make them that be a lyue to bye it derely Than the kynge went to his lodgynge and so passed that nyght in great furour of hert and in the mornyng or he was vp moche people came to his tente to knowe what they shulde do with the chrysten prisoners the renome ranne that they shulde all be put to dethe without mercy Lamorabaquy for all his dyspleasure ordeyned that suche crysten men as were in the batayle in great a ray and lykely to be great men shulde be all sette togyther in one parte for it was shewed hym that they myght well pay great raunsomes Also there were dyuers sarazyns and panyms of Perce of Tartary of Arabye and suryens that had many prisoners by whome they thought to haue great aduauntage as they had in dede they hyd them out of the way so that they came nat to knowledge Amonge other syr Iaques of Helley was brought before Lamorabaquy he that had him durst nat hyde hym no lenger Syr Iaques de Helley was beknowen with some of the kynges seruaūtes who toke hym fro them that had him whiche was happy for hym as ye shall here after for many crysten men were afterwarde cruelly slayne and put to dethe Kynge Basaach had cōmaunded to enquyre whiche were the greatest of the crysten men and that they shulde be set a syde to the entent to saue their lyues So they were tryed out and set a parte Fyrst the lorde Iohan of Burgoyne Erle of Neuers who was chiefe aboue all other and than syr Phylyppe of Arthoys erle of Ewe the erle of Marche the lorde Coucy syr Henry of Bare syr Guy of Tremoyle and other to the nombre of eyght persones And Lamorabaquy went to se and to speke with them and beheld them a longe seasone and he coniured these lordes by their faythe and lawe to saye the trouthe if they were the persones that they named them selfe for and they sayde ye And yet to knowe the more certaynte he sente to them the frenche knyght syr Iaques of Helley to knowe them for he had serued Lamorabaquy before therfore he had his lyfe graūted hym He was demaunded if he knewe the frenche knyghtes prysoners He aunswered and said I thynke if Ise them I shall knowe them Than he was cōmaunded to go and auewe theym and to shewe playnely their names He dyd as he was cōmaūded and whan he came to them he shewed them his aduenture and howe he was sente thyder to knowe surely their names Than they sayde Ah syr Iaques ye knowe vs
of armes theâ— done the Geneuoys and crosbowes that were in the shyppes shotte so rudely and so hole toguyder at them on the bridge that none of them durste scantely shewe any defence What shulde I make longe tale By force of assault the bridge on the ryuer was wonne and all that were fouÌ„de theron slayne and drowned none scaped thus the french men had the bridge of Taylbourc their siege was the easyer It was but thre leages fro faynt IohnÌ„s Dangle and two leages fro Xauntes in the best countre of the worlde OF the losse of Tayllebourke they within Dynaudon other were sore dismayed as they had good cause for they had lost therby the passage of the ryuer howe be it yet they wolde nat yelde them They thought theÌ„selfe in a stronge place and trusted on some rescue fro Burdeaux For it was shewed in all those fronters and englysshe forteresses that the duke of Lancastre or elles the erle of Buckyngham with two thousande men of armes four thousande archers shulde come to Burdeaux to fyght with the frenche men and to reyse all their siege Of this they greatly trusted but it fortuned otherwyse as I shall shewe you It was ordayned in Englande that the Duke of Lancastre and sit Iohan Hollande brother to the kynge Sir Thomas Percy six Thomas Tryuet the lorde Fitz water six Wylliam wyndesore sit IohnÌ„ Fitzwaren and other barons knightes and squyers with a thousande speares and thre thousande archers shulde haue gone to Burdeaux to haue ben there all the somer and to haue refresshed Mortayne Boutuyll and other fortresses in Gascoyne and LaÌ„guedocke and to fight with the Frenche men if they founde them in the countrey And after that they had taryed there a season than to haue gone fro thens in to Castell to Bayon and to Nauarre For they were in treatie with the kyng of Nauer This was ymagined in EnglaÌ„de but all tourned to nought for whan they knewe the certaynte that the admyrall of FrauÌ„ce with a thousande speares of chosen knightes and squyers were come in to Scotlande Than they chaunged their purpose and durst sende none of their men oute of the realme for they doughted greatly the dedes of the frenche men and Scottes ioyned toguyder Also the same tyme there ranne a voyce through all Englande howe they shulde be the same Somer assayled with the frenchmen in thre ê‘tes One by Bretaygne for the duke there was become frenche And another by Normandye for the whiche as it was sayd The constable of FraÌ„ce made his prouisyon at Harflewe and Depe and so a longe the Scesyde to saynt Valeries and to Crotoy And the thirde by the Scottes so that for dought of this they wolde suffre no knightes nor squyers to go out of Englande but made prouisyon to defende their hauyns portes of the see The same season the Erle of Arundell Richarde was admyrall of the See and was on the See with a thre or fourescore great shyppes furnysshed with men of armes and archers And he hadde small shippes that ranne in and oute and viewed the boundes of the yles of Normandy to knowe tidynges ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of the duke of Burbone and of the siege of Tayllebourcke where as he laye a nyne wekes let vs shewe howe the admyrall of FrauÌ„ce toke lande in the realme of Scotlande and what chere they had made to them at their firste lodgynge _tHe Frenche army that went in to scotlande had wynde at wyll It was in the monethe of Maye whan the waters be peaseable and meke and the ayre softe and swete First they costed FlaÌ„ders Holande zelande and Frise and at last aproched to the sight of Scotlande But are they aryued theâ— fell an harde aduenture to a yonge knyght of Fraunce a proper man of armes called sir Aubert DaÌ„gyers The knyght was yong and of haute courage and to shewe his strength and lyghtnesse of body he lepte vp clene armed on the walle of the shyppe and in the lightynge his fete slypped and so fell ouer the borde in to the see so that he coulde nat be holpen For incoÌ„tynent he sanke downe bycause of the weight of his harnes also the ship sayled euer forthe Of this knightes aduenture all the barownes and knyghtes were sore dyspleased but there was no remedy And so longe they sayled that they arryued at Edenborowe the chiefe towne in Scotlande And wheâ— as the kyng in tyme of peace moost coÌ„menly laye And as soone as the erle Duglas and the Erle Morette knewe of their coÌ„mynge they wente to the hauyn and mette with them and receyued them swetely Sayeng howe they were right welcome in to that countrey And the barons of Scotlande knewe ryght well sir Geffray de Charney for he had been the somer before two monethes in their company sir Geffray acquaynted them with the Admyrall and the other knyghtes of Fraunce As at that tyme the kynge of Scottes was nat there for he was in the wylde scottysshe But it was shewed these knightâ— howe the kyng wolde be there shortly wherwith they were well content and so were lodged there about in the vyllages For Edenborough thoughe the kynge kepte there his chefe resydence and that it is Parys in ScotlaÌ„de yet it is nat lyke Tourney or ValenceÌ„nes for in all the towne there is nat foure thousande houses Therfore it behoued these lordes and knyghtes to be lodged about in vyllages As at Donfer Me lyne Castell DoÌ„bare Aluest and suche other Anone tidynges sprange about in Scotlande that a great nombre of men of armes of FrauÌ„ce were come into their countre Some therat dyde murmure and grudge and sayde Who the deuyll hath sente for theym What do they here Can nat we maynteyne our warre with Englande well ynoughe withoute their helpe We shall do no good as longe as they be with vs Let it be shewed vnto them that they may retourne agayne And that we be stronge ynough in Scotlande to maynteyne our warre without theym And therfore we wyll none of their company They vnderstande nat vs nor we them therfore we can nat speke toguyder They wyll anone ryffle and eate vp all that euer we haue in this countrey They shall doo vs more dispytes and domages than thoughe the Englysshe men shulde fyght with vs. For thoughe the Englysshe men brinne our houses we care lytell therfore We shall make them agayne chepe ynough We axe but thre dayes to make them agayne if we maye geate foure or fyue stakes and bowes to couer them ⸪ ⸪ ¶ Howe the Frenche men founde a wylde countrey of Scotlande and were yuell content with thadmyrall and howe he pacifyed theÌ„ with fayre wordes And howe Fraunces Atreman and his company had nere hande taken Ardenbourcke in FlauÌ„ders Cap. iii. THus the scottes sayde in Scotlande at the comynge of the frenchmen thyder for they dyde sette nothynge by them but hated them in their courage and diframed theym in their
armes to be taken Cap. xxx THan agayne I demaunded of hym where Rambalt an expert squier and a great capitayne of meÌ„ of Warr was becoÌ„e bycause I sawe him ones in Auignon in great aray I shall shewe you quod the Bastot of Manlyon In tyme past whan sir Seguyn of Batefoyle helde Bride in Velay a ten myle fro Puy in Auuergne and that he had made warre in the countre conquered moche than he retourned in to Gascon gaue to Loyes RaÌ„balt to another coÌ„panyon of his called Lymosin Bride Anse on the water of SoÌ„me the countre as than was so desolate full of coÌ„panyons in euery corner that noue durst go out of their houses bitwene Bride in Auuerne Anse is more than .xxvi. myle a couÌ„tre full of mouÌ„tayns and whan Loyes Rambalt wolde ryde for his pleasure fro Bride to Anse he rode without doute or feare for he helde dyuers fortresses in the countie of Forestes and therabout wher he refresshed hym For as thaÌ„ the gentylmen of Auuergne of Forestz of Velaye and the fronters were sore traueyled and ouer layde with the warre they were so taken and raunsomed that they doughted the warre For there was none of the great lordes of FrauÌ„ce that sente any men of warre in to the couÌ„tre for the frenche kynge was yonge and had moche a do in dyuers ê‘tes of the realme for in euery parte the companyoÌ„s and companyes rode and dyd moche hurte so that the realme coude nat be quyte of theÌ„ And also dyuers of the lordes of Fraunce were in Englande in hostage and in the meane season their countreys men were pylled and robbed and had no remedy for the men of the countre were without corage to defende themselfe And so it was that Rambalte and Lymosin who were companyons in armes fell out I shall shewe you howe LOyes Rambalte had at Bride a fayre woman to his louer whome he loued parfitely and whan he rode fro bride to Anse he coÌ„maunded Lymosin to take good hede to her And Lymosin who was his companyon in armes and in whome he moost trusted he toke so good hede to the damosell that he had his pleasure of her whan he lyste so that Loyes Rambalte was enfourmed therof and he coude suffre it no lengar So that he toke suche a hate agaynst his companyon that he caused hym to be taken by his seruauntes made hym to be driuen all naked saue a breche about the towne and beaten with scourges and truÌ„pettê to be blowen before him And at certayne places his dede to be openly cryed than banisshed the towne lyke a treatour and in a symple cote putte out This dispyte dyd Loyes Rambalte to Lymosin whiche dispyte Lymosin toke greuously and sayd Howe he wolde be reueÌ„ged if euer it laye in his power as he was anone after And this Lymosin whyle he was in prosperite in ridyng bytwene Bride and Anse he euer forbare the landes of the lorde of Voult dwellyng on the ryuer of Rone for he had serued him in his youthe Than he thought to go to hym and to crye hym mercy to desyre hym to make his peace in FrauÌ„ce and so in his cote a fote he went to Voulte for he he knewe ryght well the way and so went in to a house whan he sawe his tyme he wente to the castell and the porter wolde nat suffre hym to entre but at last he spake so fayre that the porter dyde lette him in and coÌ„maunded hym to go no farther in wtout he were coÌ„maunded and he obeyed Whan the lorde was vp he went downe in to the court to sporte hym and so came to the gate Than Lymosin felle downe on his knees and sayde sir do ye nat knowe me by my faithe quod the lorde no He thought lytell it shulde haue been Lymosin and whan he had well aduysed hym he sayd Thou resemblest well Lymosin who was ones my seruaunt Sir quod he â— Lymosyn I am and your seruaunt than he cryed him mercy for all thynges paste before and shewed hym fro poynt to poynt all his busynesse and howe Loyes Rambalte had dalte with hym at the ende Than the lorde sayd Lymosyn Is it as tho sayest and that thou wylte becoÌ„e good frenche I shall make thy peace By my faith sir quod he I neuer dyde so moche hurte to the realme of FrauÌ„ce but I shall do agayne more ê“fyte therto that wolde I se gladly quod the lorde of Voult the lorde kept him in his house tyll he had made his peace in euery place and whaÌ„ Lymosin myght in suretie ryde than the lorde of Voult armed hym and brought hym to the seneshall of Velay and acquaynted hym there and ther he was examyned of the state of bride and of Loyes Rambalte and whan he rydeth what waye he taketh and than he sayd Whan Loyes rydeth he hath nat with him past a .xxx. or a .xl. speares and the wayes that he kepeth I knowe them by harte For with hym without hym I haue rydden them ofte tymes And sir if ye wyll sende forthe a company of men of armes on ieopardy of my heed ye shall haue him within fyftene dayes The capitayns ther toke hede to his sayeng and sent out spyes and Rambaulte was spyed as he was rydinge fro Bride to Anse besyde Lion on the ryuer of Rone Whan Lymosin knewe it he shewed it to the lorde of Voult and sayd Sir Loyes RaÌ„balte is nowe at Anse and at his retournyng I shall bring you to a streight wher as he must nedes passe by Than the lorde of Voult made an assemble and was capitayne hymselfe and sente for the bayly of Velay the lorde of Mountelan sir Gerarde of Salyers and his sonne sir PlaÌ„seart of Vernet the lorde of Newcastell for other men of armes therabout so that he was a thre C. speares and they all assembled at Nonnay and by the couÌ„saile of Lymosin they made two busshmentes the vicouÌ„t of Polygnac the lorde of Chalencon had the rule of the one and the lorde Voulte and the lorde of Mount Clan had the guydynge of the other busshment and with them sir Loyes of Tornon and the lorde of Salyers and they hadde equally deuyded their company The firste company kepte the pase nere to saynt Rambart in Forestes wher as Loyes Rambalte shulde passe the ryuer of Loyre or els he muste haue gone by Guyde or Pynne And whan Loyes Rambalt had done that he came for to Anse he departed with a .xl. speares and thought nat to haue any rencounter and douted nothynge of Lymosin it was the leest thought he had And lightely euer the way that he rode outwarde he wolde nat come homewarde And as he came outwarde he caÌ„e by saynt Rambalte and at his retourne he toke another waye toke the mountayns aboue Lyon and aboue Vyenne and vnder the Burge Darlentall And rode streyght towarde the Mounastier a thre lytell myle fro Puye
frendes dyd stoppe it Whan these lordes were come to the duke he was gladd specyally by the comynge of his two cosyns germayns the duke Aubert of Bauiers and the duke Oste his brother for he knewe well that they wolde nat his dyshonoure but rather to gyue hym good couÌ„sayle as they dyd Their counsayle was to shewe you breuely that he shulde sende some honorable persones for the duke of Lusenburge and of Brabant whome he helde in curtoyse prison in his castell of Nideque and so he dyd And whan he was come all those lordes dyd hym great honour as reason was And than they all departed togyder and came to Ayes and toke their lodgynges Than the duke Auberte and his brother and the foresayd prelates who were the meanes of this treatye they sore entreated the emperour and his counsayle and shewed the emperoure howe the duke of Iuliers his cosyn of his owne free wyll was come to se hym and to put hym selfe poorely with out any reseruacyon into his obeysaunce and commaundement and to knowledge hym for his soueraygne and liege lorde These swete and amyable wordes molefyed greatly the emperours ire that he had before Than the emperoure sayd Lette the duke come to me and so he dyde and kneled downe before the emperoure and sayde My ryght redoubted souerayne I beleue well ye are dyspleased with me bycause of your brother in lawe the duke of Brabante whome I haue helde longe in prison for the which cause I submytte my selfe to abyde your ordre and your counsayles To that worde themperour gaue none aunswere but his sonne sir Charles who was called kynge of Boesme aunswered and sayde Duke of Iulyers ye haue ben to outragyous to kepe our vncle so longe in prisone And if it were nat at the desyre of your well be loued cosyns duke Auberte and duke Oste of Bauyers this busynesse wolde haue ben soer layd to your charge than it is for ye haue well deserued to be hyghly punysshed but chaunge your copye so that we haue no cause to renew our yuell wylles agaynste you for ye do it wyll be costly to you Than the duke of Iulyers beynge on his kne before the emperoure where as he sate in his chayre imperiall sayde My ryght redoughted souerayne lorde by your puyssaunt hyghnes I knowledge my selfe to haue trespassed youre maieste in that I with an army came against my cosyn your vycaire of the empyre and in that I haue helde hym as my prisoner I delyuer hym vnto you freely and quyte and I requyre your grace that you nor he beare me any yuell wyll fro hence forthe Than the prelates and the princes there beynge presente to helpe forwarde his wordes sayde Ryght noble prince this suffyseth that your cosyn of Iulyers hath sayd Well quod the emperour we are content and so toke hym vp by the hande And as it was shewed me for the confyrmacion of more loue he kyst the duke on the mouth and also his sonne the kynge of Boesme And than the duke of Brabante was delyuered out of prison and all suche as were prisoners vnder the duke of Iulyers and were nat raunsomed before were delyuered quyte by reason of the composycion of the treatie and this done euery manne retourned to their owne The emperour wente to Prage in Almayne and the duke of Brabant in to Brabante and whanne the duke of Brabante was retourned than he reysed a newe tayle in his couÌ„trey to restore to his knightes parte of their domages ⸪ ¶ Howe the duke of Brabante dyed and howe the duke Guylliam of Guerles treated with the duches of Brabante to haue agayne the thre castels and what aunswere he had and how he made alyauÌ„ce with the kynge of Englande Cap. C.xiiii ⸪ ⸪ I Am yet wyllynge to treate of this matter more at lengthe to renforce this hystorye and to brynge it to the poynte that I wolde come vnto to declare the trouthe why Charles the frenche kyng came with a great puyssaunce in to Almayne I might haue shewed this before but I haue prolonged it for all thingê though the date and season be paste yet they ought to be shewed in this hystory for whan I knowe that the frenche kynge and the kynge of England began to be besy than I began to wake to procede this hystory more than I dyd before Therfore I saye thus Whan duke Wyncelant was returned in to the countrey clerely delyuered out of person as ye haue herde before Than he was in wyll to vysyte his landes and castels as well in the duchy of Luzenbourge as else where and toke his iourney to the good cytie of Strawesbourge throughe the lande of Fauquemount and behelde the thre castels whiche were the occasion of the duke of Guerles yuell wyll He founde theym stronge and fayre if he loued theÌ„ before he loued them moche better than and caused them to be newly fortyfied and set workemen a worke as masons carpeÌ„ters and dykemakers to amende euery place and at his departynge he set a valyaunt knyght to be soueraygne keper of these thre casteles This knyght was called sir Iohan Grosset who at the dukes commaundemente toke on hym the charge at his parell The duke passed further and vysited his couÌ„trey and at his pleasure retourned agayne in to Brabante for there was his abydynge In this season syr Iohan of Bloâ—s had wedded the olde lady and duches of Guerles for the herytage by right came to hym by the deth of sir Edwarde of Guerles his brother who was slayne as ye haue herde in the batayle of Iulyers But his suster the duches of Iulyers stroue with hym and made chalenge and the moste parte of the knightes and good townes inclyned most to the ladyes parte bycause she had a fayre sonne who was able than to ryde and that was well sene for always he was in the warres so that sir IohnÌ„ de Bloyse nor his wyfe coulde neuer haue peasable possessyon But the chalenge of the ryght of his wyfe and the pursute therof coste hym aboue a hundred thousaÌ„de frankes For the sonne of duke Wyllyam of Iuliers shewed well in his youth that he was noble and hardy and loued dedes of armes for he came of noble ertractyon and so was duke of Guerles and had in mariage the eldest doughter of duke Auberte who had ben wedded before to sir Edward of Guerles but he had neuer carnally coupyled with her for she was to yonge Thus she was maryed to the lorde Willyam of Iulyers and he and she were moche of one age And soo she was styll duches as she was before This yonge duke increased in honour wytte and prowes and in great wyll to hauÌ„te dedes of armes and to augment his herytage And his heâ—e was rather englysshe than frenche and sayd always as yong as he was that he wolde ayde to insteyne the kynge of Englandes quarell for he was nerer of blode to hym than to the Frenche
be gladde to couet to haue her in maryage as well for the right that she hadde to the realme of Castyle as for her hyghe lynage For it myght well be sayde that her extraction was of the hyghest lynage of Christendome Wherfore the duke of LaÌ„castre wolde gladly haue had some treatie of mariage with some noble maÌ„ of Fraunce He knewe well the FreÌ„che kyng had a yong brother called the duke of Towrayne who he thought shulde be able to recouer his doughters ryght in Castyle For he knewe well that the puyssaunce of Fraunce helde in his aduersaries in the herytage of Castile wherfore he thought that if they wolde take his parte they myght lightly putte his doughter in possessyon of the realme of Castyle if he myght marry her to the Frenche kynges brother ¶ Howe the duke of Berrey sent letters to the duke of Lancastre to Bayon and howe the duke sent the copye of the same letters in to Foiz in to Nauer to th entent to haue them publysshed in Spayne And howe the duke of Bretayn demauÌ„ded couÌ„sayle of his men in all his busynesse Cap. C.xxvii ON this ymaginacyon rested the duke of Lancastre nat all onely on the duke of Towrayne but also on the duke of Berrey For as ye haue herde here before the duke of Berrey and his sonne were wodowers bothe their wyues deed This mater I the auctour of this boke knewe of suretie for the same tyme I was on the fronters of Berrey Poitou in the countie of Bloys with the right honorable lorde Guy erle of Bloys by whom and at his desyre I folowed the coÌ„tynuauÌ„ce of this historie The duke of Berrey set all his entencion and pleasure to be agayne maryed And ofteÌ„ tymes he wolde say among his men howe that a lorde was lytell worthe without a lady nor another maÌ„ with out a wyfe Than some of his couÌ„sayle sayd to hym Sir marry agayne your son therby your house shal be the more ioyfull Asirs ê™ the duke my sonne is yong Why sir ê™ they haue ye nat sene howe the Erle of Bloyes hath maryed his sonne who is as yonge as he to your doughter That is trouthe quod the duke let se name a wyfe for him sir quod they we shall name the duke of Lancasters doughter With that worde the duke studyed a season and gaue none answere and ymagined sore and than to suche as were of his secrete counsayle he sayd ye speke to mary Iohan my sonne to my cosyn the duke of Lancasters doughter by saynt Denyce ye haue well deuysed but she shulde be a good wyfe for our selfe and shortely I shall write to our cosyn the duke of Lancastre He is at Bayone as I am enformed I wolde sende hym worde howe I shall sende shortely to hym some of my counsayle to treate of this maryage But I saye nat for my sonne I shall marry hym in some other place Whan his couÌ„sayle herde hym saye so they smyled Than the duke demaunded wherat they smiled Sir ê™ they we laught at that ye had rather haue a good tourne your selfe than your sonne shulde by my faythe ê™ the duke and good reason why For my fayre cosyn of Lancastre wyll nat so soone agre to my sonne as to my selfe Than incontynent letters were written in to highe Gascoyne to Bayon to the duke of LaÌ„castre and sente by honourable messangers Whan they came to the duke they delyuered their letters The duke toke and reed theÌ„ and whan he had well parceyued theffecte of the mater he was right ioyfull and made good chere to the messaÌ„gers and shewed that he was well content therwith and wrote agayne by them other letters ryght amiably Certifyeng the duke of Berrey howe he was right ioyfull of his letters These messangers returned and fouÌ„de their lorde in Poitou preparyng hym selfe to go in to Fraunce for the FreÌ„che kyng and the duke of Burgoyne had sent for hym for to coÌ„mune of the state of Bretayne Than he oppned the letters that his cosyn the duke of Lancastre had sente hym and had ioye of the answere thought surely to pursue the matter to effecte but he myght nat leaue his voyage in to Fraunce and so went thyder as shortely as he coulde Thanne he wrote to a knyght of his called sir Helyon of Lignacke who as than was seneschall of Rochell and of the countre of Rocheloys CoÌ„maundyng hym that incouâ—ynent on the sight of his letters he to sette all thyng there in good order and than to come to hym to Parys withoute fayle Whan sir Helyon of Lignac who was at Rochell vnderstode those tidynges parceyued by the duke of Berreys letters howe he was sent for in all hast he made hym redy and in his absence he made two capitayns at Rochell two valyaunt men to be gouerners of all Rocheloys They were of the countre of Becaulse the one called sir Peter of yon the other sir Peter of Tayllepy This done sir Helyon tooke his waye in to Fraunce the shortest way he coude for he knewe nat what the duke wolde do with hym that he sente for hym so hastely NOwe let vs soÌ„what speke of the duke of Lancastre who was at Bayon and had great ymaginacions of that busynesse that his cosyn the duke of Berrey had written to hym of First he wolde nat that it shulde be hydden but rather publysshed abrode to the entent that his ennemyes shulde knowe it specially in the house of kynge Iohan of Castyle And so the duke of Lancastre wrote to dyuers and sent them the copye of the duke of Berreys letters Shewynge by his writyng that he had great affectyon to treate of the maryage bytwene his doughter and the duke of Berry First he sent his letters to the erle of Foiz bycause he knewe well that to the erles house prepared all maner of gentylmen knightes and squyers as well coÌ„myng goynge to the kyng of Spayne as on pylgrimage to saynt Iames. Also he wrote to the kyng of Nauer who had to his wyfe the kyng of Castels suster and had by her many chyldren to th entent that the brute therof shulde the better be certifyed in the kyng of Castels court rather than by flyeng wordes also the duke wrote of his mater to the kyng of Portugale but he wrote no worde therof iÌ„ to England to the kyng nor to his bretherne for he knewe well he shulde haue no thanke for his enterprice as they were nat content in dede as ye shall here after whan the mater requyreth it In the meane season we shall speke of other maters as of the duke of Bretayne the mater lyeth there after WHan the duke of Berrey was come into Fraunce to the kyng and to the duke of Burgoyne his brother and to other of his counsayle As the bysshoppe of Langers the bysshoppe of Laon the lorde of Coucy and other barons of FrauÌ„ce than beyng thereof the kynges secrete counsayle They had
dout ther of Herof the FreÌ„che kyng was right ioyfull howe be it some sayd that wheder the kynge of Almayne wolde or nat the kyng had puissaunce suffycient to do what he wolde without dauÌ„ger for all him than the kyng ordeyned to departe fro Chalous in Champayn so deê‘ted toke his way right to great Pre. Whan the kynge came to great Pre he taried ther a thre dayes he coude make no gret iourneys there was so moche people before hym and behynde and rounde about hym so that he was constrayned to ryde easely to haue good lodgyng and bicause of the great ê“uisyon that folowed after the hoost Fro the first company to the last coÌ„tayned .xxiiii. leages of that countrey styll dayly came people Th erle of great Pre receyued the kynge in to his towne and countre and offred all at the kynges pleasure The kyng was well coÌ„tent with hym therle was apoynted to the vantgard Thyder came to the kyng the duke of Lorayne sir Henry of Bare with a faire company of men of armes The duke of Loraine was ordayned to be with his sonne the lorde of Coucy sir Henry of Bare to abide with the kyng the pioners were sore besyed in the forest of Ardane to cutte downe wode and to make wayes where neuer non was before they had great payne to fyll the valeys to make the waye playne for the caryage to passe There were a thre M. that dyde nothyng els Whan the duches of BrabaÌ„t knewe surely howe the kyng was on his waye and approched the foreste of Ardayne she was therof ryght ioyfull for she thought at that voyage she shulde be well reuenged of the duke of Guerles howe the Frenche kyng shulde bring hym to reason And also his father the duke of Iulyers who had done to her many anoyaunces Than she departed fro Bruselles and in her company the erle of Sammes in Ardain the lorde of Bocelairs and dyuers other and toke her waye to Lusenbourge to se the kynge and to speke with hym She passed the ryuer of Meuse and the ryuer of Huy and at laste came to Basconque and there taryed the kynge for he shulde passe therby and so he dyde For whan he departed Graunt Pre he passed the Ryuer of Meuse at Morsay with all his hoost rode small iourneys Than tidynges came in to the duchy of Iulyers and in to Guerles that the Frenche kynge was coÌ„mynge on them with a hundred thousande men And that he had neuer so moche people toguyder before He was nat so great a company whanne he came to Burboure where he thought the Englysshe army had ben gretter than he founde theym The duke of Iulyers than began to dout but the duke of Guerles made nothing therof but sayde Lette them come the further they come the more weryer shall they be and they and their caryages shall waxe feble and their prouisyons shall waste and wynter shall drawe on and I am in a stronge countrey They shall nat entre at their ease They shall recule backe somtyme otherwise than by the sowne of the trumpettes and it shall behoue them to be alwayes toguyder which they can nat be if they wyll entre in to my couÌ„tre And if they disrought and be out of ordre they shall soone be taken vp wheder they wyll or nat Howe be it to saye the trouthe quod the duke our cosyn of FrauÌ„ce is of a good corage he sheweth and dothe as I shulde do Thus the duke of Guerles deuysed amonge his knyghtes but the duke of Iulyers was sore abasshed for he sawe well the French kynge wolde his lande were but brente and loste Than he toke counsayle of his brother the Archebysshoppe of Colonge and of his cosyn the bysshop Leage sir Arnolde of Hornes howe he shulde do to saue his lande fro brennyng and exylyng These two prelates counsayled hym and sayd how it must nedes behoue hym to huÌ„ble hym selfe to the Frenche kynge and to his vncles The duke sayde he was well content so to do ⸫ ⸫ ¶ Howe sir Helion of Lignacke made his reporte to the duke of Berrey And howe the lordes of Scotlande assembled toguyder in the Cytie of Berdane and determyned to reyse vp an army to entre in to Englande And of an Englysshe squyer Who was takenne by the Scottes who knewe the secretnesse of bothe realmes Englande and Scotlande Cap. C .xl. THan by the counsayle of the bysshoppe of Trect and by the aduyse of the bysshoppe of Colonge the bysshoppe of Laege was sente to the French kynge to treate for the duke of Iulyers The kynge approched but he passed nat two or thre leages a daye for his trayne was great bytwene Morsay and oure lady of Amount where as the duke of Berey and all his route with mo than fyue hundred speres was lodged Thyder came to the duke of Berrey sir Helyon of Lignacke and sir Wyllyam his brother Sir Wyllyam came fro the siege before Vanchadore for the duke had sente for hym and the duke of Burbone had sente for sir Iohan Boesme launce and they had lefte styll at the siege all their companyes and had lefte for capitaynes sir Iohan Butlere and sir Loyes Dambier And sir Helyon of Lignacke came out of Gascon fro Bayon fro the duke of Lancastre The duke of Berrey made hym good chere and demaunded tidynges Sir Helyon shewed hym and sayd Sir the kyng of Castyle seketh on the duke of Lancastre to haue peace with hym and treateth sore to haue his sone the prince of Wales to marry with the dukes doughter With that worde the duke of Berrey was pensyfe and sayd Sir Helion yet I shall sende you ones agayne to knowe more certayne and the bysshoppe of Poycters with you but as at this tyme we haue ynoughe to do Also the same weke the lorde of Coucy retourned fro Auygnon and came to the kyng to Ardane euery man was glad of his coÌ„mynge yE haue herde here before howe kynge Richarde of Englande had some trouble He agaynst his vncles and his vncles agaynst hym with other dyuers incydentes as by the duke of Irelande and other and many knyghtes in EnglaÌ„de deed and beheeded and the archebysshop of yorke brother to the lorde Neuell was at a poynte to haue loste his benefyce And by the newe counsaylers about the kyng and by the arch bysshoppe of Caunterbury the lorde Neuell who had ben the chiefe ruler and kepar of the fronters of Northumberlande agayst the scottes fyue yeres togyder was as than put out of wages He had before euery yere sixtene thousande frankes out of the countie of yorke and bysshoprike of Durham And there was sette in his stede the lorde Henry Percye and he hadde to wages by the yere but a .xi. thousande Frankes Wherof other lordes of his lygnage thoughe they were of his kynne yet they hadde therat great enuy and indignacyon one agaynst another And all this knewe ryght
departed fro the cytie of Tholous with a fyue hundred horse and rode so longe that he came to Tarbe in Bygore and fro thence to Morloys in Bierne And the erle of Foiz who was signyfied of his comyng was ioyfull and coÌ„maunded all his offycers that the towne of Ortays shulde be well aparelled to receyue him for he sayd the marshals comynge pleased hym ryght well lodgynges for his men were made redy and the erle rode out in to the feldes to mete with hym and mothan thre hundred horses and there receyued hym with good chere And he was at Ortays a syre dayes and the marshall sayd to the erle howe the frenche kynge had great affection to se the countrey of Languedoc and to se hym Than the erle aunswered and sayd Syr the kynge shall be ryght welcome and gladde I wolde be to se hym yea but sir quod the marshall it is the kynges entension at his comyng playnely to knowe whether ye wyll holde you frenche or englissh for alwayes ye haue dissymuled out the warre for ye wolde neuer arme you for no desyre A sir quod the erle I thanke you in that ye haue shewed me somoche For syr though I wolde neuer arme me nor take no parte there hath been good cause why As for the warre bytwene Englande and FrauÌ„ce I haue nothynge to do therwith I holde my countrey of Bierne of no man but of good and the sworde What haue I to do to put my selfe in seruytude or in dyspleasure of one kynge or other yet I knowe well myne aduersaryes of Armynake haue done that in them is to bring me in the indyngnacion of bothe partyes for or the prince of Wales wente in to Spayne by the informacyon of the erle of Armynake the prince wolde haue made me warre he was so sore moued therto that he had done so and sir Iohan Chandos had nat broken his purpose but I thanke god alwayes I haue borne my selfe as mekely and as curteyssy as I coulde and shall do as longe as I lyue and whan I am deed let the maters go as they wyll Thus the erle of Foyze and the marshall passed the tyme togyder And at their departure the erle gaue hym a fayre courser a fayre mule and a nother good horse all thre togyther rychely sadylled and aparelled And he gaue to syr Roberte of Challus and to syr Rycharde Dolphyn to eche of them two huÌ„dred frankes and to fyue other squyers to eche of them fifty frankes Than the marshall toke leaue to departe to Tholous And I syr Iohan Froysart was there the same tyme and wolde haue departed fro Ortays with hym but the Erle of Foyze wolde nat suffre me and sayd I shulde nat as than departe So it behoued me to byde his pleasure Sir Loys departed fro Ortays and rode to Tarbe and the lorde Dolphyn of Bygore conueyed him and sir Peter of Calestan one of the erle of Foiz knyghtes ABoute the same season there was at Burdeaux a dede of armes done before the duke of Lancastre by fyue englisshmen of his owne house and fyue frenche menne some of theym were of the marshall of Fraunce house Fyrst by ser Pecton Dallagnie a gascone englyssh agaynst sir Mores Mannigmente frenche Seconde bytwene sir Aragon Raymon englysshe agaynst the bastarde of Chauigny Frenche The thyrde bytwene Loys Malapus capytayne of Agremortes frenche agaynst Iaquemyn Corne de Cerfe englysshe Fourthe bytwene Archambalte de Villyers frenche and the sonne of the lorde of Chaumonte gascone englysshe The fyfte by Willyam Foucalt frenche against the brother of the lorde of Chaumont englysshe And to se these armes acomplysshed dyuers knyghtes and squiers of Bierne of therle of Foiz house toke their way towarde Burdeaux I wente with them in company bytwene Ortars and Burdeaux is but .xxiiii. myle There we sawe the sayde armes done before saynte Andrews in the presence of the duke of Lancastre and the duches their doughter and other ladyes and damosels of the couÌ„trey These knightes were nat all armed at ones but euery man by hym selfe with his felowe aparte their armes were thre courses with a speare thre strokes with a sworde thre with an are and thre with a dagger and all a horsehacke And this they dyd in thre dayes and none of all tenne hurte but sir Raymon slewe the bastardes horse wherwith the duke of Lancastre was sore dysplesed and blamed greatly the knight bicause he bare his staffe so lowe and the duke gaue the bastarde one of his horses Whan this was accomplysshed euery man deê‘ted to their owne houses AN one after the duchesse of Lancastre ordayned to goo in to Castyle and to leade with her Katheryne her doughter who shulde haue in maryage the kynge of Castyls sonne And the duchesse entente was fyrste or she wolde entre in to Castyle to go to Mantuell where somtyme was the batayle bytwene kynge don Peter her father agaynste kynge Henry of Castyle and of sir Bertram of Clesquyn And there she purposed to make iuste enquiry where the kynge her father lay buryed and to dygge vp his bones and to haue them to the cytie of Cyuill and there to bury theym agayne rychly as it appertayned to a kynge In the begynnynge of Marche whanne the sonne beganne to mount and the dayes to encrease than the duches of Lancastre was redy with her doughter and so departed fro Burdeaux and went to Bayon and there the duke of Lancastre toke leaue of her and he retourned to Burdeaux And the ladyes rode forthe to Dape and there she was well receyued for the cyte of Dape was vnder the obeysaunce of the kynge of Englande There she rested two dayes and than passed throughe the countrey of Basquence and passed by the passe of Rouceualx and entred in to Nauerre and came to Panpilona and there founde the kyng of Nauer and the quene who receyued the duchesse honourably The quene of Nauer was suster to the kynge of Castyle The duches and her doughter were a monethe passynge throughe the realme of Nauer for they taryed with the Kynge and with the quene a certayne space and their costes and charges were borne and payed for Than they entred in to Spaygne and at the entre of the realme they founde of the kynge of Castyls seruauntes redy there to receyue theym acordynge as they were commaunded And than the yonge prince was called prince of Galyce ¶ Howe the duches of Lancastre departed fro the kynge of Castyle and wente to Mantuell to brynge her fathers bones to Ciuyll and howe the frenche kynge sent ambassadours to the erle of Foize to treate for the maryage of the duke of Berrey his vncle with the doughter of the erle of Boloyne Cap. C.lv. WHan all these matters were renewed and the maryage confyrmed than the duchesse of Lancastre lefte her doughter with the king with her yonge husbande that shulde mary her who was of the age of eight yeres the duches toke leaue
of bowgery and howe the kynge had sayde howe he shulde be brynte and hanged wherof moche people were right ioyouse for he was sore hated the two knyghtes that were come thyder fro the duke of Berrey were greatly abasshed and wyst nat what to suppose Than syr Peter Mesquyn sayde to the lorde of Nantonelet Syr I feare me Betysache is betrayed peraduenture some persone hath ben with hym secretly in the prisone and hathe borne hym in hande that if he holde that horryble erroure that the churche than shall chalenge hym and so be sente to Auignon to the pope and therby be delyuered Ah fole that he is he is dysceyued for the kyng sayeth he wyll haue hym bothe brente and hanged Lette vs go to the prisone to hym and reforme hym and bringe hym to a nother state for he is farre out of the waye and yuell counsayled They wente strayte to the prisone and desyred the gayler that they might speke with Betysache The gayler excused hymselfe and sayde Syrs ye muste pardone me for I am straytely charged to suffer no manne to speke with hym and also here be four sargeauntes of armes sente by the kynge to kepe hym and we dare nat breke the kinges coÌ„maundement Than the two knyghtes sawe well howe they labored in vayne and howe there was no remedy by all lykelyhode but that Betysache shulde dye than they retourned to their lodgynge and rekened and payed and toke their horses and returned to their lorde the duke of Berrey and shewed hym all the case THe coÌ„clusion of Betysach was suche that the nexte daye 〈◊〉 tenne of the clocke he was taken out of prysone and brought to the bysshoppes palays and there were redy the iudges and offycers spyrituall and the bayly of Besyers brought forthe the prisoner and sayde Beholde syrs here is Betisache whome I delyuer to you for an herytyke and a synnet in boâ—gery and if he had nat ben a clerke he had been iudged or this acordynge to his desertes Than the offycyall demauÌ„ded of Betysach if it were with hym acordynge as he was acused and to confesse the frouth there openly before all the people And Betysache who thought to haue said well and to haue scaped by reason of his confessyon he aunswered and sayde that all was trewe He was demaunded this thre tymes and at euery tyme he confessed it to be trewe before all the people Thus ye maye knowe whether he was dysceyued or nat for iâ— he had made no suche confessyon he had been delyuered for the duke of Berrey had fully auowed all his dedes the whiche he had doone at his commaundemente in the countrey of Langue doc But it was to be supposed that fortune played her tourne with hym for whanne he thought to haue been moste assuredest on the heyght of fortunes whele he was tourned vp so downe fro her whele as she hathe doone a hundred thousande mo sythe the worlde began Than Betysach was delyuered agayne by the spirytuall iudge to the bayly of Besyers who vnder the kinge ruled the temperalte the whiche Betysache without delaye was brought to a place before the palays He was so hasted forwarde that he had no leysure to aunswere nor to saye nay For whan he sawe a fyre redy prepared in the place and sawe that he was in the handes of the hangman he was sore abasshed and sawe well than that he was dysceyued and betrayed Than he cryed out a loude requirynge to be herde but than was no hede taken to his sayenge but the hangeman sayde It is ordeyned that ye shall dye for your yuell warkes hathe brought you to an yuell ende He was hasted forwarde to his dethe and the fyre made redy there was also reysed a payre of galowes and therto tyed a chayne of yron and at the ende therof a coler of yron the whiche was put aboute his necke and than the chaine drawen vp a hye and tyed rounde aboute the galowes Than he cryed and sayde Duke of Berrey they cause me to dye without reason they do me wronge As sone as he was tyed to the galows there was setre rounde aboute drye segge rede and â—agoâ—â—es and fyre put therto and incontynente the faggortes were a fyre Thus Betysache was hanged and brente and the frenche kyng out of his chaumbre myght well se hym if he wolde To this poore ende came Betysache and so the people were reuenged of hym And for to saye the trouthe he had doone many extorcions and domages to the people whyle he had the gouernynge of the countrey of Languedoc ⸪ ⸪ ¶ Howe the frenche kynge beynge at Tholouse sente for the erle of Foiz who came thyder and dyd homage to the kynge for the conntie of Foiz Cap. C.lxiiii AFter this cruell iustyce the french kyng taryed nat longe after at Besiers but departed and toke the way to Carcassone and always sythe his departure fro Auygnon his marshall syr Loys of Xancere rode in his company The kynge rode so longe by his iourneys that he vysited the countreys and kepte nat the right hyghe wayes He was at Cabestan at Narbone at Lymons at Mounte Royall and at Fongaur and than he retourned to Carcassone and there taryed foure dayes Than he rode and passed Vyle Franca Auygnollet and Mongistarte and so came to Tholouse and the burgesses there who greatly desyred to se the kynge receyued hym ioyfully and mette the kyng without the towne all in a lyuery and so with greate solempnyte he was brought to the castell of Thoulouse They of the cytie gaue the kinge many fayre presentes wherwith the kynge was greatly reioysed Whan the kynge had been there thre dayes than he was counsayled to sende for the erle of Foiz who was come out of Byerne in to the countie of Foiz and was in the towne of Nasiers four leages fro Thoulouse for he knew of the kinges state and ordynauÌ„ce The marshall of FrauÌ„ce and the lorde de la Ryuer were apoynted to go for the erle of Foize They departed on a wednysday and laye at a cytie in Tholousyn called Iordayn and the next day they came to Nasyers The erle of Foiz who knewe well of their comynge receyued theym nobly for the loue of the Kynge and also he knewe the lordes well he had sene them before Syr Loys of Xancere had the wordes and said Syr my lorde of Foiz the kynge our soueraygne lorde hath sente vs to you coÌ„maundyng you to come to se hym at Thoulouse or els he wyll traueyle so farre that he wyll come and se you in your owne countrey for he greatly desyreth to se you The erle of Foyze aunswered and sayd Syr Loys I wolde nat the kynge had so great traueyle to me it is more mete I haue it for hym wherfore if it please you ye shall shewe hym that I shall be at Tholouse within foure dayes That is well sayde syr quod they we shall returne and shewe him these tydynges fro you So be it
and other two hundred crownes of golde And to the heraudes and offycers of armes other two hundred crownes so that euery man praysed the larges of the erle of Foiz The fourthe daye after the erle came to the kynges palais well acompanyed with lordes and knyghtes of Byerne and of Foiz to se the kynge and to do as he was requyred that is to saye to do his homage for the countie of Foiz with the appendauntes reseruyng the lande of Bierne Before that secretely there had been great treaties bytwene the kynge and the erle of Foiz by meanes of the lorde de la Ryuer sir Iohan Mercier and the bysshoppe of Noyon who was newly come thyder fro Auygnon It was sayd that the erle desyred of the kyng that his sonne Iobbayne of Foiz myght after the erles discease enheryte the countie of Foiz By that the erle whan soeuer he dyed shulde leaue to the kyng a huÌ„dred thousande frankes in money And sir Gasyon his brother to haue the land of Ayre in Bierne with the Cytie and the Mounte of Marcen and all other landes that the Erle of Foiz hadde bought in Bierne shulde retourne to the herytauÌ„ce of the vycount of Castyllon These assygnementes were in debate and in dyfference bytwene the erle and the barones and knightes of his countrey Some sayde he coude nat do thus with a generall consent of all Byerne and Foize And bycause that the meane homage of the countie of Foize was dewe to the Frenche kyng therfore the kyng sayde to the Erle and to the barons of Foiz Sirs I holde in my handes the homage of the lande of Foiz and if it be so in our dayes that the lande of Foiz be vacant by the dethe of our cosyn the erle of Foiz than we shall so determyne and apoynt by the aduise of good counsayle that Iobbayns of Foiz and all other men of the couÌ„tie of Foiz shall holde theÌ„ content Those wordes well coÌ„tented therle of Foiz and the other lordes and knyghtes of Foiz that were there present These ordynaunces written and sealed the erle toke his leaue of the kynge and of all other great lordes but that daye he dyned with the kyng than went to his lodgyng The nexte day he departed fro Tholous and lefte his furriers behynde hym to paye for euery thyng The erle passed the ryuer of Gyronde by the bridge of Tholous and retourned in to his countrey by the mount of Marsen and so to Ortayes Than he gaue leaue to euery man to departe sauyng his ordynarye It was shewed me and I beleue it well that the coÌ„mynge of the frenche kyng in to LaÌ„guedocke in to Tholous in to those marchesse cost the erle of Foize more than threscore thousande frankes The erle was so lyberall that whatsoeuer it cost hym he payde it wyllyngly ⸫ ⸫ ¶ Of the feate and couenaunt that was don bytwene the kyng and the duke of Thourayn his brother whiche of them shulde sonest come to parys fro MonÌ„tpellyer whiche is a huÌ„dred and fyftie leages a sondre eche of them but with one knyght Cap. C.lxv. THe Frenche kynge being at Tholous he ordred all his businesse and remoued renewed seneschales and officers and reformed the countrey in to good estate so that euery maÌ„ was well contented And on a day the kyng present his brother his vncle of Burbone the lordes of FrauÌ„ce and Gascoyne to th entent to haue a perpetuall memorie gaue to his cosyn germayne sir Charles de la Brethe for the augmentacion of his honour two quarters of armes of FrauÌ„ce with floure delyces for a fore the lordes de la Brethe bare alwayes in their armes a felde of goules playne without any other thyng nowe they be quartred with the armes of FrauÌ„ce whiche thyng the lorde de la Brethe toke for a great gyfte whiche lorde made the same daye a great dyner whiche cost hym more than a thousande frankes and he gaue to heraudes mynstrels .ii. hundred frankes Anone after it was ordayned that the kyng shulde departe fro Thoulous to retourne in to Fraunce euery man made hym redy and toke leaue of the kynge the bysshop of Tholous the seneschall the burgesses and lordes and damoselles of the towne The kynge deê‘ted rode that nyght to the newe castell of Alroy and so forwarde euery daye so that he came to MouÌ„tpellyer where he was ioyfully receyued there taryed thre dayes for the ladyes and damosels there pleased hym moche Than he had gret defyre to returne to Paris to se the quene on a daye as he coÌ„muned in sporte with his brother of Thourayne he sayd Fayre brother I wolde that you and I were at Paris and all our estate here styll as it is for I haue great desyre to se the quene and your fayre suster of Thourayne than the duke sayde Sir we can nat be there with wysshing it is a farre iourney hens that is true ê™ the kyng yet I thynke I might besoone there I wolde ye ê™ the duke with helpe of good horses for so coude I be but my horse must beare me well quod the kyng laye a wager you and I who shall be there sonest I am content ê™ the duke for he was euer redy to wyn money of the kyng The wager was layde bitwene the kynge the duke that who soeuer of theÌ„ twayne came sonest to Paris shulde wyn fyue thousande fraÌ„kes of other to departe the nexte day all at one hour eche of them to take but one knight or seruauÌ„t with them there was no man that durst breke their wager the nexte day they departed as it was ordayned The lorde of GaraÌ„ciers rode with the kyng and the lorde of Viefuyll was with the duke of Thourayn thus these four rode night day lyke yong lusty galaÌ„tes they chauÌ„ged many horses thus they rode in post the duke of burbone retourned by Puy in Auuergne rode to se his grauÌ„tfather by the way therle Dolphyn of Auergne the countesse their chyldren of whoÌ„ there were to the noÌ„bre of eight what soÌ„nes what doughters all bretherne susters to the duches of Burbone his wife but that was by reason of two maryages Thus the frenche kyng and his brother the duke of Thourayne rode in great hast eche of theÌ„ to wyn the wager CoÌ„syder well the great payne of these two great riche lordes youthe lybertie of corage made theÌ„ to do that enterprice their estates abode behynde The frenche kynge made it foure dayes a halfe or he came to Paris and the duke of Thourayne no more but four dayes a quarter of a day they folowed eche other so nere the duke wan the wager by reason that the frenche kynge rested himself about .viii. of the clocke at Trois in ChaÌ„payne and the duke toke a barge in the ryuer of Seyne and went a longe the ryuer to Melyn and there toke his horse rode so tyll he
syr Geffrey of the chapell the lorde of Pierbuffier the lorde of Bonet sir Robert of Hanges sir Stephyn Sanxere sir Aubert de la mote sir Alaine of Champayn ser Geffrey Fresiers ser Rafe of Couffan the lorde of Bourke artysion sir Iohan of Crey bastarde sir Bertram de Sanache syr Pyncharde of Morlayne sir Trystram his brother syr Ayme of Cousay ser Ayme of Tourmay sir Foukes of Stanfours sir Iohan of Chateuas all these were knightê And there dyed of squiers Foucans of Liege Iohan of Isles Blondelet of Areton IohnÌ„ de la Mote BouÌ„beris floridas of Roque the lorde of Belles brother to Willyam Fondragay Water of Cauforus Iohan Morillen Pier of Malnes Gyllot Villaine IohnÌ„ of Lound IohnÌ„ Perier Iohan menne Iohan of Lauay and Willyam of Parke There dyed mo than a .lx. knightes and squyers whiche wysely to consyder was a great losse And if the lorde of Coucy had ben beleued this had nat fortuned for and they had kepte their lodgynges as they dyd before they had receyued no suche domage ¶ How after this aduenture and domage that fell to the crysten men by reason of this assaute before the towne of Aufryke that so many knightes squyers were deed they mayntayned them selfe more wysely after than they dyd before and coÌ„tynued their siege a longe season after Cap. C.lxxii OF this foresaid aduenture the knightes and squiers of the host were sore displeased and abasshed euery man bewayled his freÌ„des at nyght they drewe to their lodginges and made gretter watche than they had made before for dout of the sarazyns they passed that nyght without any other doÌ„mage Of this aduenture the sarazins knewe nothyng for if they had knowen what case the Christen men had been in they might haue done them great doÌ„mage but alwayes they feared the Christen men They durst neuer adueÌ„ture to auauÌ„ce theÌ„ selfe but by scrimysshing castynge of their dartes They that were moost renomed in armes of their partie was Agadyngore of Olyferne for he loued the doughter of the kyng of Thunes wherby he was moost fresshest and ioly in dedes of armes Thus contynued the siege before the towne of Aufryke In the realme of Fraunce Englande and in suche countreys as these knightes came fro they herde no maner of tidynges of them wherof their frendes were sore abasshed wyst nat what to saye nor thynke In dyuers places bothe in Englande Heynalte and in FrauÌ„ce there were processyoÌ„s made to pray to god for the ê“sperite of these christen men Thentencion of the christen men beyng at the siege was to abyde there tyll they had coÌ„quered the town of Affrike outher by force famyne or treatie The kyng of Cicyll wolde gladly it had ben so so wolde all other xpÌ„en yles adioynyng for this towne of Affrike was their vtter enemye and specially the genouoys toke great payne to serue the lordes to their pleasure to th eÌ„tent they shulde nat be anoyed by reason of their long siege To speke proê‘ly it was a marueylous enterprice came of an highe corage of the christen knightes and squyers and specially the Frenchmen who for all the losse of their knightes and squiers pouertie that they endured yet they coÌ„tynued styll the siege at their great costes chargê without ayde or coÌ„forte And the genouoys who were the first setters on that enterprice began than to faynt and dissymule for as the bruteran than they wolde haue ben gladde to haue made a treatie with the Sarazyns and to haue lefte the knyghtes of Fraunce and Englande and of other Christen countreys styll in that busynesse as I shall shewe you here after as it was enformed me ¶ Nowe at this present tyme lette vs leaue to speke of this siege of Aufryke and speke of a fest that the kynge of Englande made the same season in London ⸫ ⸫ ¶ Of a feest and iustes made by the kyng of Englande in LoÌ„don whyle the Christen knyghtes and squyers were at the sege before the towne of Aufryke agaynst the sarazyns And howe this feest was publisshe in dyuers countreis and landes Cap. C.lxxiii YE haue herde before in this hystorie what a feest was holdeÌ„ at Paris whaÌ„ quene Isabell of Fraunce made there her first entre of the whiche feest tidynges sprede abrode in to euery couÌ„tre Than kynge â—icharde of Englande his thre vncles â—â—â—yng of this goodly fest at Paris by the reportes of suche knyghtes squyers of their owne as had ben at the same fest Ordayned a great fest to be holden at the cyte of LoÌ„don where there shulde be iustes .lx. knyghtes to abyde all coÌ„mers and with theÌ„ .lx. ladyes fresshely apparelled to kepe theÌ„ company these knightes to iust two dayes besyde sonday the chalenge to begyn the next sonday after the fest of saint Michaell As than in the yere of our lorde god M.CCC fourscore ten whiche sonday the said .lx. knightes .lx. ladyes at two of the clocke at after noon shuld issue oute of the towre of London and so to coÌ„e a long the cytie through Chepe and so to Smyth elde and that daye .xii. knightes to be there redy to abyde all knyghtê strauÌ„gers suche as wolde iust This soÌ„day was called the sonday of the fest of chalenge And on the moÌ„day next after the sayd .lx. knightes to be in the same place redy to iuste to abyde all coÌ„mers curtesly to ron with rokettes and to the best doer of the out syde shulde be gyuen hym for a price a riche crowne of golde and the best doer of the in syde duely examyned by the ladyes in the quenes chambre shulde haue for a price a riche gyrdell of golde And the tuesday folowynge the knightes shulde be agayne in the same place and to abyde all maner of squyers strauÌ„gers and other suche as wolde iust with rokettes and the best iuster on the out syde shulde haue for his price a courser sadled and the chiefe doer of the in syde shulde haue a faucon the maner of this fest was thus ordayned and deuised and herauldes were charged to crye and publysshe this feest in Englande in Scotlande in Almayne in FlauÌ„ders in Brabant in Heynalt and in Fraunce the heraldes departed some hider and some thider These tidyngê sprede abrode into dyuers couÌ„treys The heraudes had daye and tyme suffycient Knightes and squiers in dyuers couÌ„treys apparelled them selfes to be at this feest some to se the maner of Englande and some to iuste Whan these tidynges came in to Heynalt sir Wyllyam of Heynault erle of Ostrenaunt who was yonge and lyberall and desyrous to iuste Purposed in hym selfe to go to the feest in EnglaÌ„de to se and to honour his cosyns kyng Rycharde of Englande and his vncles whome he had neuer sene before He hadde great desyre to be aquaynted with them and desyred other knightes and squyers to kepe hym coÌ„pany and specially the lorde of Gomegynes bycause he was well acquaynted with
Englysshe men for he had ben dyuers tymes amonge them Thanne sir Wyllyam of Haynaulte purposed whyle he made his prouisyon to go in to Hollande to se his father Auberte erle of Heynaulte Hollande and zelande to the entente to speke with hym and to take leaue to go in to Englande He deê“ted fro Quesnoy in Haynault and rode tyll he came to Haye in Hollande where the erle his father was at that tyme. and there he shewed his father his purpose that he was in to go in to Englande to se the countrey his cosyns whom he had neuer sene Than therle his father answered and sayd Wyllyam my fayre son ye haue nothyng to do in EnglaÌ„de for nowe ye be by couenaunt of maryage alyed to the realme of Fraunce and your suster to be maryed to the duke of Burgoyne wherfore ye nede nat to seke none other alyaunce Dere father quod he I wyll nat go in to Englande to make any alyauÌ„ce I do it but to feest and make myrthe with my cosins there whom as yet I neuer sawe bycause the feest whiche shal be holden at London is publisshed abrode wherfore syth I am signifyed therof shulde nat go thyder it shulde be sayd I were proude presuptuous wher fore in the sauynge of myne honoure I wyll go thider therfore dere father I requyre you agree therto Sonne quod he do as ye lyste but I thynke surely it were better that ye taryed at home Whan the erle of Ostrenaunt sawe that his wordes contented nat his father he wolde speke no more therof but fell in other coÌ„municacion But he thought well ynough what he wolde do and so dayly sent his prouisyon towardes Calais Gomegynes the heraulde was sente in to Englande fro therle of Ostrenaunt to gyue knowlege to kynge Rycharde and to his vncles howe that he wolde come honorably to his feest at London Of those tidynges the kynge and his vncles were ryght ioyouse and gaue to the heraulde great giftes whiche after stode hym in great stede For after in the ende of his dayes he fell blynde I can nat tell if god were displeased with hym or nat in his dayes he lyued marueylously wherfore in his olde dayes and that he hadde loste his syght there were but fewe that were sorte therof Thus the erle of Ostrenaunt departed from Haye in Hollande and toke leaue of his father and so retourned to Quesnoy in Heynaulte to the couÌ„tesse his wyfe THis noble feest wherof I make meÌ„cyon was publysshed and cryed in dyuers places wherby knyghtes squyers and other aduaunsed them selfes to go thyder The erle Walleran of saynt Pole who as than had to his wyfe kyng Richarde of Englandes suster He prepared greatly to go in to Englande and so came to Calys And also the erle Ostrenaunt departed fro Heynaulte well accompanyed with knyghtes and squyers and so passed throughe the countrey of Arthoys and came also to Calis and there he founde the erle of saynt Poule and the shyppes passagers of Douer were there redy and whan the shippes were charged and the wynde good these lordes tooke the see howe be it as it was shewed me and I thynke it true that therle of saynt Poule passed first in to Englande before the erle of Ostrenaunt And whan he came to London he founde there the kyng and his brother in lawe sir Iohan Hollande and other lordes and knyghtes of Englande who receyued hym with great ioye and demauÌ„ded of hym tidynges of the realme of Fraunce He aunswered well wysely Than therle of Ostrenaunt passed ouer on a thursdaye and so caÌ„e to Cauterbury and on the friday he visyted saint Thomas shrine and offred there in the mornyng and laye there all that daye the nexte day rode to Rochester And bycause he had so gret a company and cariages he rode but small iourneys to ease his horse And on the sondaye he rode to dyner to Dertforde after dyuer to London to be at the feest whiche began the same sonday ON the sonday nexte after the feest of saynt Michaell this feest and tryuÌ„phe shulde begyn and that daye to be done in Smythfelde iustes called the chalenge So the same sonday about thre of the clocke at after noone there issued out of the towre of London first threscore coursers apparelled for the Iustes and on euery one a squier of honour ridyng a softe pase Than issued out threscore ladyes of honour mounted on fayre palfreys ridyng on the one syde richely apparelled and euery lady ledde a knight with a cheyne of syluer which knightes were apparelled to iust Thus they cam ridynge a longe the stretes of London with great nombre of trumpettes and other mynstrelles And so came to Smythfelde where the quene of Englande and other ladies and damoselles were redy in chaÌ„bres richely adorned to se the iustes and the king was with the quene And whan the ladyes that ledde the knyghtes were come to the place they were taken downe fro their palfreys they mouÌ„ted vp in to chambres redy aparelled for theÌ„ Than the squiers of honour alighted fro the coursers the knightes in good order mouÌ„ted on them than their helmes were sette on and made redy at all poyntes Than thyder came the erle of saynt Poule nobly accompanyed with knyghtes and squyers all armed with harnesse for the iustes to begynne the feest whiche incontynent beganne and there iusted all knyghtes straungers suche as wolde and hadde leysar and space for the nyght came on Thus these iustes of chaleng began and coÌ„tynued tyll it was night Than knyghtes and ladyes withdrue them selfes the quene was lodged besyde Poules in the bysshoppes palace and there was the supper prepared The same euennynge came therle of Ostrenaunt to the kyng who was nobly receyued ¶ Nowe for these iustes on the sonday For the aunswerer without The erle Walleran of saynt Poule had the price And of the chalengers the erle of Huntyngdon There was goodly dauÌ„syng in the quenes lodgyng in the presence of the kynge and his vncles and other barons of Englande and ladyes and damoselles contynuyng tyll it was daye whiche was tyme for euery persone to drawe to their lodgynges except the kyng and the quene who lay there in the Bysshoppes Palays for there they laye all the feestes and iustes duryng ON the nexte day whiche was mondaye ye myght haue sene in dyuers places of the cytie of London squyers and varlettes goynge aboute with harnesse and doynge of other busynesse of their maisters After noon kynge Richarde came to the place all armed richely apparelled accompanyed with Dukes erles lordes and knyghtes He was one of the inner partie Than the quene well accompanyed with ladyes and damosels came to the place where the iustes shulde be and mounted in to chaÌ„bres and scaffoldes ordayned for theÌ„ Than came in to the felde the erle of Ostrenaunte well accoÌ„panyed with knyghtes of his couÌ„trey and all were redy to iuste Than came the
than but pacyentely suffred howe be it he thought the more and at nyght came to his wyfe to supper shewed her more token of loue than euer he dyd befor and he dyd somoche with fayre wordes that the duchesse shewed him all the matter and howe that she knewe it by syr Peter of Craon than the duke spake no more at that tyme. that nyght passed and the nexte day about nyne of the clocke he toke his horse and rode fro the howse of saynte Poll to the castell of Lowre where he founde the kynge his brother heryng of masse The kyng swetelye receyued hym for he loued hym entyerly and the kynge sawe well by the dukes maner that he had some dyspleasure in his mynde and said Ah fayre brother what is the mater it semeth ye be troubled Syr quod he good cause why Wherfore quod the kynge I praye you shewe me The duke who wolde hyde no thynge fro the kynge shewed hym all the hole mater and complayned greatly agaynst syr Peter of Craon and sayd Syr by the faythe that Iowe to god and to you if it were nat for your honoure I wolde slee hym We shall do well ynough quod the kynge he shall be warned by our counsayle to auoyde our house and seruyce and in lykewyse cause him to auoyde your house and company I am well content with this ê™ the duke The same day the lorde de la Ryuer and sir Iohan Mercyer sayd vnto syr Peter of Craon on the kynges behalfe that he shulde auoyde the kynges courte and seruyce and go where he lyste In lykewyse syr Iohan of Buell and the lord of Dernaulx seneschall of Thourayne gaue hym lyke commaundement on the duke of Thourayns behalfe Whan syr Peter of Craon sawe this he was abasshed and tooke it in great dyspyte and coude nat ymagyn why it shulde be And trewe it was he desyred to come in to the kinges presence and the dukes to know the cause of their dyspleasure But he was aunswered that nother the kynge nor the duke wolde nat here hym speke Whan he sawe none other remedy he apparelled hym selfe and departed out of Parys in great displeasure in his hert and so rode into Aniou to a castell of his owne called Sable and taryed there a season fore troubled in his mynde He sawe well he was chased out of the frenche courte and out of the house of Thourayn and also out of the house of the quene of Naples and Iherusalem than whan he parceyued these thre howses closed fro hym he thought to go to the duke of Bretaygne his cosyn and to shewe hym all his aduentures so he dyd and rode in to Bretayne and founde the duke at Wannes who made hym good chere and knewe somwhat before of his trouble And than this syr Peter shewed hym all the case Whan the duke of Bretaygne had well herde all the mater he sayde Fayre cosyn recomforte your selfe all this is surely brought aboute by syr Olyuer of Clysson THis rote and foundacyon of hatred multyplyed greatly after as ye shall here in this hystory Syr Peter of Craon taryed so longe with the duke of Bretaygne that he forgate Fraunce for the constable syr Olyuer of Clysson and the kynges counsayle were agaynste hym and also they were nat contente with the duke of Bretayne in that he kepte sir Peter Craon in his house As for the duke of Bretaygne cared nat greatly neyther for the good wyll nor yuell wyll of the Frenche kynge he prouyded suffyciently for his cyties townes and castelles in suche wyse that he loued as well warre as peace And all that euer he dyd was well knowen in Fraunce and with the kinges counsayle and suche as were nexte aboute the kynge reputed the duke of Bretaygne prowde and presumptuous and thretened him greatly but the duke dyde sette lytell therby and sayde that he wolde make warre agaynst the erle of Pointhieur in a iuste quarell for the erle of Pointhyeur our cosyn wryteth and nameth hym selfe Iohan of Bretayne as though he were herytour of this countrey I wyll he be called Iohan for that is his name and erle of Pointhieur and I wyll he put out of his armes the Ermyns and write himselfe Iohan of Bloys or of Chatellon and none other and if he wyll nat do thus I shall cause him to do it and take fro hym his lande for he holdeth it by faythe and homage of vs as for the herytage of Bretaygne he hathe nothynge to do therwith so that it shulde returne to him for I haue bothe sonnes and doughters that shall be myne heyres Let hym purchase hym landes in some other place for as of this he hath fayled Thus often tymes the duke of Bretayne wolde deuyse with sir Peter of Craon who wolde nat replye agaynst his pleasure but rather dyd further it and all for the yuell wyll that he bare to the constable syr Olyuer of Clysson and to the counsayle of Fraunce ⸪ ¶ Nowe let vs leaue spekynge of this mater and treate a lytell of another pytuous mater concernynge the erle Guy of Bloys of whom mencyon is made here before in this hystory ⸫ ⸫ ¶ Of the dethe of the yonge erle Loyes of Chastelone sonne to the erle Guy of Bloys Cap. C.lxxix IT hath been shewed here before in this hystory whanÌ„e I spake of the alyauÌ„ce and maryage of Lois of Chatellon sonne to the erle of Bloys maryed to the lady Marye doughter to duke Iohan of Berrey and at the confyrmacyon of this maryage the duke of Berrey prouyded greatly for his doughter for she was assigned for her dowry in the couÌ„tie of Bloys the somme of syxe thousande pounde money corante in Fraunce to be payed in florayns if the foresayd Loys of Bloys dyed before his wyfe than all the countie of Blois to be bouÌ„de to pay these foresayd syre thousande frankes And so it fortuned that about the feest of saint Iohan the Baptyste in the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred fourscore and a leuen this yonge Loys of Bloys sonne to the erle Guy departed fro his father fro the castell of Moltyz in Bloys to go in to Haynalt to se his mother and wyfe and whan he came to Beaumonte in Haynault he fell sycke of a feuer by reason that he had rydden great iourneys and the season was boote and he was but yuell kepte and but tendre of age as of xiiii yeres by whiche syckenes he dyed with out helpe for the physycions coulde nat put a way his hote feuer ye maye well knowe that the father and mother were ryght soroufull whan they knewe of the dethe of thier sonne and heyre In lykewyse so was his wyfe the yonge lady of Berrey who loued hym entierly and thought her selfe hyghtly maryed specyally the trouble of the father was right gret for he ymagyned that the duke of Berrey was ryght couetouse and feared leste he wolde entre in to the countie of Bloys
he came and was lodged at his ease There was syr Roger of Spaygne to haue ben aunswered but the kynge and the counsayle had somoche to do with the duke of Bretayns maters that they coulde entende to nothyng els This syr Roger was there more than two monethes or he coulde be aunswered but daily he was answered that he shulde be herde but it was longe fyrste Also the same tyme there fell another let for thyder came fro kyng Rycharde of Englande syr Iohan Clapam one of the kynges counsayle and of his chaumbre and Rycharde Choall clerke and doctour of lawe to speke with the Frenche kynge and his counsayle for the same matter that syr Thomas Percy and the lorde Clyfforde had ben at Parys for with the kynge Whan the englysshe men were come to Towrs all other treaties were closed vp and entended to their delyueraunce It was shewed me that they brought letters of credence to the kynge and to the dukes of Berrey Burgoyne they were herde Their credence was that the kynge of Englande and his Vncles wolde knowe if the frenche kynge and his counsayle were in wyll and mynde to kepe their metyng at Amyence to treate for a peace to be had bytwene the two kynges their alyes and confederates The frenche fynge who as he shewed desyred no thynge so moche as peace and answered and said that he was redy to accomplysshe all promesses sayenge that as soone as he had delyuered the duke of Bretayne and were departed fro Towrs he wolde entende to nothynge eâ—s tyll he were come to Amyence and there to abyde for the englysshe ambassadours and there to make them as good chere as he coude Here with the englysshe ambassadours were well coÌ„tent and were a fyue dayes at Towrs with the kynge and than tooke their leaue of the kynge and of the other lordes The kynge gaue them great gyftes and their costes there payed for and so departed and all that season they sawe nat the duke of Bretayne nor spake nat with hym for the duke welde nat leste the frenche men shulde haue any suspecte in hym Thus the englysshmen retourned to Calays and so to Douer and to London and founde the kynge and his counsayle at Westmynster and there shewed what they had done herde and sene The answere that they brought pleased well the kynge and his counsayle and ordeyned for their iourney to go to Amyence ¶ Nowe let vs som what speke of the messangers that were sente to the frenche kynge fro the Vycount of Chastellon out of Foize and Bierne SIr Roger of Spayne sir Espaygne du Lyon who were sent in to Fraunce fro the Vicounte of Chastellen they toke on theym great payne and traueyle to pursewe their cause for certayne clerkes and knightes of the kinges counsayle aduysed the kynge to take the countie of Foiz and to attrybute it to the crowne of Fraunce sythe they of the countrey wolde agree therto The kynge enclyned well therto but the duke of Burgoyne who was sage and ymagynatyue wolde nat agree therto but sayd alwayes Let the kynge take agayn his money and somwhat more Howe be it as it was shewed me the duke of Burgoyne coulde nat be herde But the duke of Berrey toke the busynesse him by meanes as I shall shewe you ye haue herde here before what fell bytwene hym and the olde Gascon erle of Foize whan the duke sente in to Bierne to the erle suche notable persones as was the erle of Sanxete the vicount Dassey the lorde de la Ryuer and syr WyllmÌ„ of Tremoyle to treate for the maryage of the lady Iahan of Boloyne whome the erle of Foize had in kepinge and at that tyme the erle was well content with the maryage that the duke of Berrey shulde haue her so that he wolde pay thyrty thousande frankes for the kepyng and bringynge vp of the lady and the duke payed the said some and so had the lady to his wyfe The duke of Berrey remembred the mater than and sente for syr Roger of Spayne and for syr Espayne du Lyon to come speke with hym in his chambre and so secretly he sayde to them Syrs if ye wyll come to a good conclusyon in your sute ye shall attayne therto by my meanes but fyrst I wyll haue agayne the thyrty thousande frankes whiche I payed to the olde erle of Foiz whan I had my wyfe I haue alwayes ymagyned that if I myght ouer lyue the erle of Foiz to haue the money agayne Whan these two knyghtes herde the duke say so they regarded eche other spake neuer a worde Than the duke sayd agayne Syrs to say trouthe I haue taken your wordes fro you speke togyther and aduyse you well without this treatie ye shall nat attayne to your purpose for my brother of Burgoyne wyll do as I wyll haue hym he hath the gouernaunce of the countrey of Picardy and I of Languedocke agaynste my wyll no man wyll speke The Vycount of Chastellon shall fynde good ynough for the erle that is deed had more rychesse than the kynge hath in his treasour Than syr Roger of Spayne sayde sir though we wolde agre to your demaunde yet we haue nat here with vs the treasure to contente you withall Ah syr Roger quod the duke that shall nat let nor hyndre the mater and ye promyse the dette on your faythe and writynge I wyll beleue you and if it were in a greater mater than that is Syr quod the knyght I thanke you we shall sheke togyder and to more we gyue you an answere It pleaseth me well quod the duke They departed fro the duke and went to their lodgynge and toke counsayle togyther whether they shulde retourne agayne home without agrement or els acorde to the dukes demaunde so that the heritage might clerely remayne abyde with the Vycount of Chastellon The nexte daye they retourned to the duke and offered hym all his demaunde and so there syr Roger of Spayne and syr Espaygne du Lyon became dettours to the duke of Berrey for .xxx. thousande frankes on the condicion that he shulde be meane that the kynge shulde take agayne the soÌ„me of money that he had lente to the erle of Foize and that the Vicount of Chastellon might peasably enioy the herytage well quod the duke lette me alone I shall do it I truste After that day the duke of Berrey who desyred to haue these .xxx. thousande frankes was so good an aduÌ„ocate for the vycount of Chastellon that he concluded his busynesse at his owne wyll The kynge and his counsayle put all the mater to his pleasure and so these two knyghtes had letters sealed of the confyrmacyon of the countie of Foiz to be the trewe enherytauÌ„ce of the Vicount of Chastellon with letters therof adressed to the bysshop of Noyon and to the lorde de la Ryuer beynge at Tholouse The â—enour of the letters as I was enfourmed by suche credyble persones as went on the same legacyon
duke Iulyers and to the duke of Lancastre except Chinay whiche shulde go to them of Conflans by homage and the couÌ„tie of Soissons whiche parteyned to therle of Bloys and was auÌ„ciently alyed to hym The lorde of Coucy was enherytour therof by reason of his delyuerauÌ„ce out of prisone in EnglaÌ„d Also the landes of Drages Monny shulde retourne to other heyres And the landes of Holande and zelande shulde retourne to the erle of Heynaulte Thus these fayre heryteges shulde be sparcled abrode this knewe well the lordes of FrauÌ„ce wherfore the duke of Thourayn who had money lyeng by hym thought to bye these laÌ„des if he might haue any resonable bargayne ThaÌ„ he thought to entreate the kyng to moue therle of Blois in this mater and specially at the lest to bye the countie of Bloys whiche was a fayre and a noble countrey and well syttinge for hym for the countie of Bloyes marched on the duchy of Thouraygne and to the Countie of Bloys parteyned many goodly fees This duke of Thourayne rested styll on his purpose seased nat tyll he spake with the kynge his brother the duke of Burbone with the lorde of Coucy bycause he was great with the erle of Blois and had to wyfe the doughter of his cosyn germayne the duke of Loreyne The duke of Thourayne and the other lordes of his affyuite kept this mater secretely fro the duke of Berey I shall shewe you why The lady Mary his dought was endowed in all the countie of Bloys to the soÌ„me of .vi. M. frankes by yere and the duke of Berrey trusted by reason of his doughters dowrie the the countie of Bloys shulde be his after the erles dethe this duke of Berrey was a marueylous couytous prince the duke of Burgoyne in lyke wise trusted the landes of Holande zelande Heynalte to be his bycause that Margarete his eldest dought was maried to Wylliam sonÌ„e to therle of Heynalte wherby he thought outher by bieng or by soÌ„e other incident that chose landes shulde returne to his sonÌ„e erle of Ostrenant otherwyse called IohnÌ„ of Burgoyne who as than had maried Margarete eldest doughter to therle of Heynalte Thus the kyng and these said lordes purposed that at their deê‘tyng fro Tourse iii Thourayn to ryde by Blois to se their cosyn therle Guy of Bloys who was an eight myle fro Tourse in a castell of his owne called the Castell morant there to treate of this marchaÌ„dise with hym with his wyfe the lady Mary of Namure who was a couytous lady So it was there was a valiant knight and of great prudence bayly of Blois called sir Raynolde of Sens who had ê‘fyte informacion of all this busynes by what meanes I knowe nat Whan he knewe it he had gret pyte therof for loue of therle his lorde for he thought by reason of his sale of his laÌ„des he shuld be dishonored for euer disherite the true rightfull heyres whiche shulde be damnacion to his soule He thought to lette this mater if he coude so rode fro Blois spake with therle said sir the frenche kynge the duke of Thourayn the duke of Burdon and the lorde Coucy cometh hyder to you that is true ê™ therle why speke you that Sir ê™ he I say it bycause ye shal be requyred to sell your enheritaÌ„ce wherfore ye haue nede to take good aduise therin of those wordê therle had great marueyle said I can nat let men to speke make requestê but or I make any suche bargayne to sell myne enherytauÌ„ce or to disheryte myne heyres to my shame rebuke I shall rather sell or ley to pledge all the plate I haue Well sit ê™ the knight remeÌ„bre well the mater whan tyme is for this that I haue shewed you is without dout Bayly ê™ the erle I am nat so yong nor folysshe to enclyne to any suche treaties thus the bayly deê‘ted fro therle rode againe to Blois for he wolde nat be sene there at the kynges coÌ„mynge Whan the kyng and these said lordes caÌ„e to the castell the erle made them good chere as it was reason The erle and the countesse were right ioyfull that the kyng wolde visyte them in their owne castell Than the kynge to drawe the erle to his loue to bring hym to his entent sayd Fayre cosyn I se well ye be a lorde of our realme garnysshed with honour and larges and haue ben at great cost and to ayde you and somwhat to recoÌ„pence you We wyll you gyue and ayde that shall be well worthe to you twentie thousande fraÌ„kes in the countie of Blois Th erle thanked the kyng of his gyfte but he had neuer profite therof for he had neuer nothyng Than the kynge began to treate the Erle to sell the countie of Bloyes to the duke of Thourayn The kynge and the duke of Burbone spake fyrst and founde therle very colde and tarre of in that mater Than the lordes drewe to the countesse of Bloyes and shewed her so many colored reasons and she hers that after her husbandes dethe she was lyke to be but a poore lady Wherfore they said it were moche better for her to be a ryche lady and a puissaunt of golde and syluer and iewelles than to be poore Sayeng howe she was lykely to ouerlyue her husbade Therfore they desyred her to counsayle her husbande to make this marchaundyse The countesse who was a couytous lady And for loue to haue the floreyns she enclyned to their desyres and she dyd so moche with the helpe of other as the ayde of a varlet of the Erles chambre called Sohier borne at Malygnes sonne to a weyuer of clothes but he was so great with the erle of Bloyes that all thynge was done by hym without hym nothyng done And the erle had gyuen hym in fees and herytagê more than fyue hundred frankes by yere Be holde and consydre what myschefe great lordes be brought vnto by meane of seruauÌ„tes This Sohier had nother wytte nor reason to be greatly alowed but it was alonely the folysshe loue that his maister hadde to hym In lykewise the duke of Berrey the same season had one with hym called Iaques Thybaulte who was of no reputacion yet the duke at dyuers tymes had gyuen hym the soÌ„me of two hundred thousande frankes and yet all was but loste This Sohier coulde nor can nat excuse hym selfe but that if he had lysted he myght well haue broken that marchaÌ„dise that therle his mayster made but to please the kynge the duke of Thourayne the duke of Burbone the lorde of Coucy and the couÌ„tesse who was agreed therto by couitousnes of the florens He rowned so in his maisters eare that the Erle wente from his promyse that he had made to his bayly And to there the reuercion of the countie of Bloyes after his discease was solde for the somme of two hundred thousande frankes and the duke of Thouraygne to delyuer to
the clocke in the fore noone and there coÌ„muned vpon many artycles It whiche tyme I Iohan Froysart auctour of this booke was at Abuyle and desyrous to knowe the effecte of this treatie I enquyred the trouth of suche lordes and other as I thought shulde knowe the certayntie Is it was shewed me whan they entred in to comunycasion and had sene eche others auctoryte and perceyued that they had full power to conclude a peace bothe by lande and see bytwene Fraunce and Englande and all their alyes Than one of the firste demaundes that the frenche men desyred was to haue Calays raced downe in suche maner that there shulde be neuer after any habytacion there Therto the dukes of LaÌ„castre and Gloucestre answered and said how they had no suche auctorite to cause Calays to be beaten downe but that Englande shulde holde it in his demayne and trewe herytage And sayd that if they purposed to entre any further in trâ—atye of peace to seace of that demaunde and to speke no more therof Whan the Dukes 〈◊〉 Berrey and Burgoyne herde their two cosyns of Englande answere so quyckly in that 〈◊〉 they seased to speke any more of that matâ—er for they sawe well their traueyle shulde be but in vayne and so than spake of other matters Than the englysshe men demaunded to haue reâ—â—ytucyon of all suche landes as had been delyuered to kynge Rycharde their soueraygne lorde or to kynge Edwarde the thyrde or to any of their deputies or commyssioners and also to haue fully payed the soÌ„me of florayns that was lefte vnpayed at the tyme whan the warre renewed bytwene England and Fraunce and this the englysshe clerkes and lawyers proued reasonable and lawfull to be had The lordes and chauncelours of Fraunce argued to the contrary and sayd as to retourne all the landes agayne to the gouernynge of the kyng of Englande and his successours was impossyble to be done sayenge howe suche landes cyties townes castels lordeshyppes and homages as the Englysshe men demaunded were gyuen awaye whan the peace was concluded at Bretygny and after confermed and sealed at Calays wherby they were clene put a way fro the kyng of Englande whiche peace grauntes was made in the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre huÌ„dred threscore and one and thervpon the frenche kyng graunted to suche landes great lyberties by his othe writyng and promesse whiche in no wyse canne be broken agayne nor reuoked wherfore they sayd that if the Englysshemen purposed to haue peace they shulde drawe to some nerer poynt Than by delyberacyon of the foure dukes it was deuysed that the frenche men as well as the englysshmen shulde put all their demaundes in writynge the same to be delyuered to eyther partye that they might be regarded at length on bothe partes and suche as were vnreasonable to be rased and cancelled and such as were good to be vpholden this ordynauÌ„ce semed to all parties good and reasonable Before this ordre was taken the sour dukes had to moche busynesse to do specyally the englysshe men had moche payne to here and to vnderstande the frenche men who were full of subtyle wordes and cloked perswacions and double of vnderstandynge the whiche the frenche men wolde rouine as they lyst to their profyte and aduauntage whiche englysshe men vse nat in their langage for their speche and entent is playne And also the englisshmen were enfourmed that the Frenche men had nat alwayes vpholden the artycles promyses and condycyons ratyfied in the artycles of peace yet the frenchmen wold euer fynde one poynte or other in their writynges by some subtyle cloked worde affermynge that the englysshe men had broken the peace and nat they Wherfore whan the englysshe men sawe or herde in the frenche mens writynges any darke or cloked worde they made it to be examyned by suche as were profoundly lerned in the lawe and if they founde it a mysse they caused it to be canselled and amended to the entent they wolde leaue nothynge in trouble And the englysshmen to excuse themselfe wolde say that frenche men letnynge suche subtylties in their youth muste nedes be more subtyle than they Somtyme suche frowarde wordes bytwene the parties greatly draue of the tyme of treatie The frenche men helde them selfe fre and thought they shulde nat be charged with no suche demaundes as to make restytucy on of all the landes with the apendances pertaynyng to the duchy of Acquytayne with the arerages of that hath ben leuyed syth the warre renewed to the whiche they wolde neuer acorde The frenche men offred to rendre the countre of Terbe and of Bygore and the countye of Piergourt and Pyergyns and the countie of Agen and Agenoys but Kaours Rouer gue Ouercy and Lymosyn they wold in no wyse delyuer nor the countie of Ponthyeur nor of the couÌ„tie of Guysnes more than the englyssh men hadde in their handes at the same tyme. Thus these lordes contynued a fyftene dayes and made no conclusyon but these dukes determyned to sende worde to the two kynges to gyue them knowledge what they had done The frenche dukes rode to Abbeuyle and shewed the kynge all the mater and howe they had desyred their cosins of Englande to write the hole treatie to the kynge of Englande and so they sayd they had promysed to do And as I was enfourmed on the englysshe party the duke of Glocestre was harder to entreat than the duke of Lancastre and bycause the commons of Englande knewe somwhat of his entent therfore they agreed that he shulde be sent to this treatye for they knewe well that nothynge shulde passe hym without it were for the honour of the realme Thus these four dukes amyably departed eche fro other and concluded to mete there agayne the nynth day after Thus these englysshe lordes retourned to Calays and the frenche lordes to Boloyne and so to Abuyle That tyme in Abuyle there was a fayre garden closed with the ryuer of Somme whereas often tymes the frenche kynge passed the tyme. He sayd to his brother of Orlyaunce and to his counsayle that his beynge at Abbeuyle dyd hym moche good in his helthe There was there the same seasone with the kynge the kynge Lyon of Armony newly come thyder out of Grece and out of those marches in to his owne couÌ„trey he durst nat entre for the turkes had conquered itâ— except the stronge towne of Conych standynge on the see syde whiche the geno ways helde and kepte for doute of the turkes for if the turkes had gotten that porte they shulde haue doone moche yuell by the see to the cyprians and to the Rodes and other boundes of crystendome The kyng of Armony wolde gladly haue hadde peace bytwene Englande and Fraunce in trust that all yonge knightes and squyers shulde go in to Grece to helpe to conquere agayne his realme of Armony Whan the frenche kynges vncles were come to Abbeuyle the kynge was gladde and made theym good chere and demaunded howe they
no man ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue spekyng of hym and speke of other busynesse as the mater requyreth ⸪ ⸪ ¶ Howe the king of Englande gaue to the duke of Lancastre and to his heyres for euer the duchy of Acquytayne and howe the kyng prepared to go in to Irelande and the duke in to Acquytayne Cap. C.xcviii YE haue herde here before in this hystorie howe Trewce was taken bytwene Englande and Fraunce and there adhereÌ„ces and alyes bothe by see and by lande For all that yet there were robbers and pyllers in Languedocke whiche were straungers and of farre countreis As of Gascoyne of Bierne and of Almaygne And amonge other sir Iohan of Grayle bastarde sonne somtyme of the Captall of Beuses a yonge and an experte knyght was capitayne of the stronge castell of Bouteuyll These capitayns of the garysons in Bigore and marchynge on the realme of Arragone and on the fronters of Xaynton and in the marchesse of Rochell and of the garyson of Mortaygne were sore displeased that they myght natte ouer rynne to countrey as they were accustomed to do For they were straitlye commaunded on payne of greuous punysshment to do nothyng that shulde souÌ„de to the reproche of the peace IN this season it was agreed in Englande consyderynge that the kynge was yonge and that he hadde peace with all his ennemyes farre and nere excepte with Irelande For he claymed that lande of enherytauÌ„ce and his predecessours before him and was written kyng and lorde of Irelande And kynge Edwarde graunfather to kynge Rycharde made all wayes warre with the Irysshe men And to the entente that the yonge knyghtes and squyers of Englande shulde enploye them selfe in dedes of armes and therby to augment and encrease the honour of the realme It was concluded that kynge Rycharde of Englande shulde make thyder a voyage with puyssauÌ„ce of menne of warre And so to entre in to Irelande and nat to retourne agayne without they hadde an honourable composycion or conclusyon The same season it was concluded that the duke of Lancastre who had greatlye traueyled bothe by See and by lande for the augmentacyon and honour of the reralme of Englande shulde make another voyage with fyue hundred menne of armes and a thousande archers and to take shyppynge at Hampton or at Plommouthe and so to sayle to Guyane and to Acquitaygne And it was the entencyon of kynge Rycharde and by consent of all his counsayle that the duke of Lancastre shulde haue for euer to hym and to his heyres all the countrey of Acquitayne with the purtenaunces as kyng Edwarde his father had or any other kyngê or dukes of Acquitayne before tyme had holden optayned And as kyng Rycharde at that tyme had reserued always the homage that he shulde do to the kynge of Englande to any kynges to come after But as for all the obeysauÌ„ces rentes lordshypes and reuenewes shulde parteygne to the duke of LaÌ„castre and to his heyres for euer Of this the kyng made to hym a clere graunt confyrmed it vnder his writyng seale With this gyfte the duke of LaÌ„castre was well coÌ„tent good cause why For in that Duchy are landes and countreis for a great lorde to maynteygne his estate with all The Charter of this gyfte was engrosed and dewly examyned and paste by great delyberacyon and good aduyse of counsayle Beynge present the kynge and his two vncles the dukes of yorke and the duke of Gloucestre The erle of Salisbury the erle of Arundell the erle of Derby sonne to the duke of Lancastre And also therle Marshall erle of Rutlande the erle of NorthuÌ„berlande the erle of Nottyngham the lorde Thomas Percy the lorde Spensar the lorde Beamonde the lorde Willyam of Arundell The archebysshoppe of Caunterbury and the archebysshoppe of yorke and the bysshoppe of London and other all these were presente and dyuers othe Prelates and barownes of Englande Thanne the duke of Lancastre purposed to make his prouisyon to passe the See to go in to Acquitayne to enioye the gyfte that the kyng hadde gyuen hym In lykewise great prouisyon was made for the kynges voyage in to Irelande and lordes and other were apoynted suche as shulde passe the See with the kyng had warnyng to make theÌ„ redy ⸫ ⸫ ¶ Of the dethe of Quene Anne of Englande wyfe to kynge Richarde doughter to the kynge of Boesme Emperour of Almaygne Capi. C.xcix THus as I haue shewed great preparacyons was made at the portes and hauyns where as the kynge shulde take shyppepynge for to go in to Irelande And in lykewyse there as the duke of Lancastre shulde passe to go in to Acquitayne Their voyage was lette and taryed the space of two monethes lengar than it shulde haue ben and I shall tell you why THe same season that all these preparacyons was made the Quene named Anne tooke a sickenesse wherby the kynge and all his lordes were ryght sore troubled for she was so sore sicke that she passed out of this worlde at the feest of Penthecost the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred fourscore and fourtene of whose dethe the kynge and all that loued her ladyes and damoselles were sore troubled and in great heuynesse She was buryed at Poules in London and her obseâ—es done after at good leysar for the king wolde haue it done sumptuously with great habuÌ„daunce of waxe tapers and torches so that the lyke hadde nat ben sene before The kynge wolde haue it so bycause she was the Emperours doughter of Rome and kyng of Almaygne The kynge loued her so entierly They were maryed yonge howe be it she dyed without issue Thus in one season the kynge the duke of Lancastre and the erle of Derby were wydowers And there was no spekynge of remaryeng nor the kyng wolde here no spekynge therof Thus the kynges voyage in to Irelande was somwhat retarded let howe be it the prouisyon and other lordes suche as shulde go with the kynge passed ouer the see and landed at Duuelyn whiche was alwayes Englysshe and there is an archebisshoppe who was with the kynge And anone after Mydsomer the kynge departed fro the marchesse of London and toke the waye throughe Wales huntyng and sportynge hym to forgette the dethe of his quene and suche as shulde go with the kynge sette forwarde Two of the kynges vncles Edmonde duke of yorke and Thomas duke of Gloucestre constable of Englande sette forwarde in great arraye so dyde other lordes as the erle of Rutlande sonne to the duke of yorke the erle marshall erle of Salisbury the erle of Arundell the lorde Wyllyam of Arundell the erle of Northumberlande lorde Percy lorde ThomÌ„s Percy his brother great Seneschall of Englande the erles of Deuonshyre and Notyngham and great nombre of other knightes and squiers Suche reserued as abode behynde to kepe the marchesse agaynst the scottes who were suche people as neuer kepte no truce nor promyse The lorde Iohan of Hollande erle of
Huntyngton was as than on his waye to Ierusalem and to saynt Katheryns mount and purposed to retourne by the realme of Hungry for as he passed through FrauÌ„ce where he hadde great chere of the kyng and of his brother and vncles he herde howe the kyng of Hungry and the great Turke shulde haue batayle togyder therfore he thought sure lye to be at that iourney On the othersyde the duke of Lancastre came to Plomouthe where his shippes laye redy And whan his men were come and his vesselles all charged and had wynde at wyll they toke shippyng and disancred and sayled towardes Burdeaux on the ryuer of Gyron NOwe lette vs speke of the kyng of Englande who had in his copany four thousande men of armes and thyrtie thousande archers They shipped at thre places At Brutowe at Holyheed and at Herforde they passed ouer daylye And in Irelande all redy there was a valyaunt knyght of Englande called erle of Ormonde He helde landes in Irelande and so dyde his predecessours but it was as than in debate The erle Marshall of Englande hadde the vowarde with fyftene hundred speares and two thousande archers The kynge of Englande and his two vncles toke shyppinge at Herforde in Wales Thus the army passed ouer without doÌ„mage than they were lodged in Irelande by the apoyntement of the duke of Gloucestre coÌ„stable of Englande and by the marshals all abrode in the countrey beyond the cytie of Duuelyn a .xxx. myle for the countrey was as thanÌ„e inhabytable Howe be it they laye wysely and surely for feare of the yrisshe men as nede was or els they myght haue taken great doÌ„mage And the kynge and his vncles were lodged in the cytie of Duuelyn and as it was shewed me all the whyle they were there they were largely prouyded of vitayls For the Englysshe men are suche men of warre as can well forage and take aduauÌ„tage and make good prouisyon for theÌ„ selfe and their horses And what fell of this voyage I shall shewe you here after as I was enformed ⸫ ⸫ ¶ Howe sir IohnÌ„ Froissart arryued in Englande and of the gyfte of a boke that he gaue to to the kyng Cap. CC. TRewe it was that I sir Iohan Froissart as at that tyme treasourer and chanon of Chymay in the erldome of Heynaulte in the diocese of Liege had great affectyon to go and se the realme of Englande whan I had ben in Abbeuyle and sawe that trewce was taken bytwene the realmes of Englande and Fraunce and other countreis to them conioyned and there adherentes to endure four yeres by See and by lande Many reasons moued me to make that voyage One was bycause in my youthe I hadde been brought vp in the court of the noble kynge Edwarde the thyrde and of quene Philyppe his wyfe and amonge their chyldren and other barones of Englande that as than were a lyue In whome I founde all noblenesse honour largesse and courtesy Here fore I desyred to se the countre thynkynge therby I shulde lyue moche the lengar for I hadde nat been there .xxviii. yere before I thought though I sawe natte those lordes that I lefte a lyue there yet at the leest I shulde se their heyres the whiche shulde do me moche good to se and also to iustifye the hystories and maters that I hadde written of them And or I toke my iourney I spake with duke Aubert of Bauyere and with the Erle of Heynaulte Hollande zelande and lorde of Freese and with my lorde Wyllyam erle of Ostrenaunt and with my right honourable lady Iahane duchesse of Brabant and of Lusenbourge and with the lorde Eugerant lorde Coucy and with the gentyll knyght the lorde of Gomegynes who in his youthe and myne had been toguyder in Englande in the kynges courte In lykewise so had I sene there the lorde of Coucy and dyuers other nobles of Fraunce holden great housholdes in London whan they laye there in hostage for the redempcion of kynge Iohan as than Frenche kynge As it hath been shewed here before in this hystorie THese sayd lordes and the Duchesse of Brabant counsayled me to take this iourney and gaue me letters of recommendacyon to the kynge of Englande and to his vncles sauynge the lorde Coucy He wolde nat write to the kynge bycause he was a Frenche man therfore he durste nat but to his doughter who as than was called duchesse of Irelande And I had engrosed in a fayre boke well enlumyned all the matters of Amours and moralytees that in four and twentie yeres before I hadde made and compyled whiche greatly quickened my desyre to go in to Englande to se kyng Rycharde who was sonne to the noble prince of Wales and of Acquitayne for I hadde nat sene this kynge Rycharde sythe he was Christened in the Cathedrall churche of Burdeaux at whiche tyme I was there and thought to haue goone with the prince the iourney in to Galycia in Spaygne And whanÌ„e we were in the cytie of Aste the prince sente me backe in to Englande to the Quene his mother For these causes and other I hadde great desyre to go in to Englande to se the kynge and his vncles Also I hadde this said fayre boke well couered with veluet garnysshed with clapses of Syluer and gylte therof to make a present to the kynge at my fyrst cominynge to his presence I hadde suche desyre to goo this voyage that the payne and traueyle greued me nothyng Thus prouyded of horses and other necessaries I passed the See at Calais and came to Douer the .xii. daye of the moneth of Iuly WhanÌ„e I came there I founde no man of my knowledge it was so longe sythe I had been in Englande and the houses were all newly chauÌ„ged and yonge children were become men and the women knewe me natte nor I theym So I abode halfe a daye and all a nyght at Douer It was on a Tuesdaye And the nexte daye by nyne of the clocke I came to Canterbury to saynt Thomas shrine and to the tombe of the noble prince of Wales who is there entered ryght richely There I herde masse made myne offrynge to the holy saynt and thanne dyned at my lodgynge And there I was enformed howe kyng Richarde shulde be there the nexte daye on pylgrimage whiche was after his retourne out of Irelande where he had ben the space of nyne moneches or there about The kyng hadde a deuocyon to visyte saynt Thomas shrine and also bycause the prince his father was there buryed Than I thought to abyde the kynge there and so I dyde And the next daye the kynge came thyder with a noble company of lordes ladyes and damoselles And whan I was among them they semed to me all newe folkes I knewe no ê‘sone The tyme was sore chauÌ„ged in .xxviii. yere And with the kynge as than was none of his vncles the duke of LaÌ„castre was in Acquitayne and the dukes of yorke and Glocestre were in other busynesses so that I was at
swete and amyable letters to the freÌ„che king by a notable ambassade a bysshop and .ii. knightes of Hungry In the same letters was coÌ„teyned a great parte of the state and doyng of the great turke and how that he had sent worde to the kynge of Hungry that he wolde come and fight with hym in the myddes of his realme and wolde go fro thens to the cytie of Rome and wolde make his horse to eare otes vpon the high auter of saynt Peter and there to holde his see imperyall and wolde bringe the emperour of Constantyne the noble in his coÌ„pany and all the great barons of the realme of Grece and eche of theÌ„ to kepe styll their owne lawe for he desyred nothynge but the tytell and signorie Thus the kyng of HuÌ„gry in his letters prayed the Frenche kyng to entende to ayde and socour him and that this businesse in farre couÌ„treis might he publisshed abrode to th entent that all knightes and squyers myght prouyde to come in to Hungry to resyst agaynst Lamorabaquy the great turke to th entent that Christendome shulde nat be violated by him and that his pride and bost myght be abated In these letters were conteygned many wordes of great loue as kynges cosyns write eche to other in case of necessyte And they were sente by suffycient personages who dyde so moche that the Frenche kynge enclyned his hert therto and was the gladder to sette forwarde the treatie of the mariage of his doughter to the kynge of Englande Than anone these newes of Hungry were publysshed abrode and written in to many countreis to moue the hertes of gentylmen knightes and squiers suche as wolde auaunce them to get honour The same season that these newes were brought to the kyng there was at Parys the duke of Burgoyne and the duchesse and Iohan of Burgoyne their sonne heyre erle of Neuers who as than was no knyght and the lorde Guye of Tremoyle the lorde Wyllyam his brother and many lordes and other of the realme of Fraunce Than the duke of Burgoyne enclyned sore to this viage and specially that his sonÌ„e shulde enterprice the sayd voyage so he myght be chefe heed leader of the army that shulde go in that viage This Iohan of Burgoyne was but a yonge man of the age of .xxii. yeres Wyse curtesse tretable humble and welbeloued of knyghtes and squyers of Burgone and of other nacyons suche as knewe hym He had to wyfe the doughter of duke Aubert of Bauier erle of Heynalte Hollande and zelaÌ„de a good lady wyse and deuout and had two chyldren full lykely to come to great maryages One shewed this Iohan of Burgoyne howe the Frenche kyng wolde sende hym in this voyage in to Hungry to se what he wolde saye Than he sayd if it pleace the kynge and the duke my father to sende me as chiefe of this armye it shall please me ryght well for I haue great desyre to auaunce my selfe well sir quod they ye were best to speke with the duke youre father that he maye speke to the kynge for without his good wyll ye can do nothynge IT was nat long after but that this Iohan of Burgoyne spake to his father prayeng hym humbly to consent that he myght go in this voyage in to Hungry and at the same tyme there was by hym sir Guye and sir Wyllyam of Tremoyle and other they said to the duke Sir this request that your sonne maketh is but resonable for it is tyme he take the order of knighthode and more nobly he can nat take it than in goyng the iourney agaynst the enemyes of holy Churche And it the kynge wyll sende any personage in that voyage he can nat sende a more honorable man thanÌ„e his owne cosyn germayne your sonne and ye shall se many knyghtes go with hym as well for their owne auauÌ„cementes as for your loue Than the duke said well so be it I shall nat lette the good wyll of my sonne I shall speke to the kyng therin and shall se what answere he wyll make And anone after the duke spake to the kynge therin and the kynge incontynent enclyned therto and sayd howe it shulde be well done that he went and we wyll that he shall go and we wyll make hym as chefe of that iourney Than the tidyngê was shewed throughe all Parys and without that Iohan of Burgoyne with a great company of knyghtes shulde go in to Hungry to se the puyssaunce of the great Turke and that iourney atchyued thanne the Christen men to go to ConstaÌ„tyne the noble and to passe ouer the arme or saynt George and so to entre in to Surrey and to delyuer Hierusalem out of the panyms handes Than awaked suche knyghtes and squyers as desyred aduauncement Whan the duke of Burgoyne sawe that his sonne shulde go in this voyage and that he shulde be chiefe of the army he honored than the more the ambassadours of Hungry who whan they sawe the kynges good wyll the dukes the Frenchmens they were gladde and toke their leaue of the kynge and of the other lordes of Fraunce and so retourned to their countrey and made relacyon to the kyng of Hungry howe they had spedde wherwith the kynge was greatly reioysed and made great prouisyon agaynst the coÌ„mynge of the Frenche men and sent these ambassadours to his brother the kyng of Almaigne to open his passages and also to his cosyn the duke of Austriche for throughe the straytes of Austryche he muste nedes passe And by all the wayes he caused great prouisyon of vitayle to be ordayned And also he wrote letters to the great mayster of Pruce and to the Rhodes Certifyeng them of the coÌ„myng of Iohan of Burgoyne with a thousande knyghtes and squiers of valyant men to the entent to entre in to Turkey and to resyst the great bost of kyng Basant called the great turke IN this season the lorde Coucy was come to Parys and was but newlye retourned fro a voyage where he hadde ben a hole yere whiche was on the fronters of GeÌ„nes And there were certayne great men genowayes that had enformed the duke of Orlyaunce that the hoole Duchy of Geane desyred to haue to their chiefe lorde some noble persone discended of the lynage of the flour delyce And for as moche as the duke of Orlyaunce had wedded the doughter of the lorde of Myllaygne and that the lande and duchy of Geane shulde be ryght mete for hym at the duke of Orlyaunce instaunce the lorde of Coucy with thre huÌ„dred speares and fyue huÌ„dred cros bowes passed ouer in to Sauoye and to Pyemont by the accorde and consent of the erle of Sauoye and came in to Aste in Pyemont by the consent of the lorde of Myllayne and came to a cytie called Alexandria and so came to the fronters marchesse of the genowayes and there fell in treatie with them to know more playnly their enteÌ„cyons for ê‘force he coulde do nothyng without he
this tyme I wotte nat where better to enploye myselfe in any dede of armes wherin I wolde gladly knowe youre pleasure I wolde go in that honourable voyage with a hundred knyghtes and beare company with my fayre brother the duke of Burgoyne and my lady the duches shall can me gret thanke and many knyghtes and squyers of Haynalt wyll gladly holde me company Than duke Aubert as a man redy purueyed of aunswere sayd Guylliam what haste or wyll haue you to go in this voyage in to Hungery and in to Turkey to seke armes vpon people and countrey that neuer dyd vs any forfeyte thou hast no tytell of reason to go but for the vayneglory of the worlde Lette Iohan of Burgoyne and our cosins of Fraunce do their enterprise and do thy dedes aparte go thou in to Frese and conquere our herytage that these fresones by pride and rudenes do witholde fro vs and wyll come to none obeysaunte and to do this I shall ayde the. The wordes of the father to the sonne lyghtened greatly the herte of therle of Ostrenant who aunswered and sayd My lorde ye saye well and if it please you that I shall do that voyage I shall do it with ryght a good wyll ⸪ ⸪ ¶ Howe the erle of Ostrenant enterprised to go in to Frese Cap. CC.vii THese wordê bytwene the father the sonne multyplyed so moche lytell and lytell that the voyage in to Frese was taken and enter prised and one thynge helped moche the matter forwarde and that was The erle of Ostrenant had at that tyme aboute hym and nere of his counsayle a squyer of Haynalte called Ferebrase otherwise called the bastarde Vertayne a wyse man and a subtyll in feates of armes so that whan he herd of this he said to the erle Syr my lorde your father speketh well it is better for your honour that ye make this voyage rather than in to Hungery and ordayne you therto and ye shall fynde knyghtes and squyers of Haynalt and elswhere that wyll be gladde to kepe you company and shall ayde you to their powers to do this enterprise and if ye haue mynde thus to do I wyll counsayle you to go in to EnglaÌ„de and to signyfy your enterprise to the knyghtes and squyers there and pray the kynge of Englande your cosyn that he wyll gyue lycence to knyghtes squyers and archers to go with you in to Frese at your wages englysse men be men of dedes and if ye haue them ye shall do your businesse the better And if ye may haue by prayer your cosyn therle of Derby in your company your voyage shall be moche the fayrer and your enterprise the more renomed The erle enclyned to those wordes for it semed to hym that his counsayle was good In lykewyse the lorde Gomegynes gaue hym counsayle and so dyd dyuers other These wordes anone spredde abrode in Haynalte Than there was acommaundement made to all knyghtes and squiers in Heynalt that none of theym shulde go out of the couÌ„trey to go in to Hungrey nor in to no place els bycause the erle of Ostrenant shulde ocupy them another waye and shulde leade them in to Frese We shall leaue speakynge of this busynesse and retourne to the voyage in to Hungery THus knyghtes and squiers in many parties had cause to awake and to take corage for the warres that were towarde in that season as well for the voyage in to Hungery as in to Frese The erle of Neuers auaunced his iourney and all knyghtes and Squyers were named and written that shulde go with him prouision was great and well ordeyned and for that he wolde be renomed in this voyage he was lyberall and mad great larges to many knyghtes and squyers that shulde go in his bande for the voyage was long and costely wherfore it was nedefull for theÌ„ to haue some ayde towardes their charges and the other lordes as the constable of FrauÌ„ce and the erles of Ewe and Marche the lordes Henry and Phylippe of Bare the lorde of Coucy the lorde Guy of Tremoyle the lorde Iohan Vyen admyrall of Fraunce Boucyquant marshall of Fraunce and Raynolde du Roy the lordes of saynt Powle of Mutterell and of saynte Pye the Hasell of Flaunders the lorde Loys of Brese his brother le Bourge of Montquell and other they were to the nombre of a thousande knyghtes and a thousande squyers all valyaunt men Euery man departed fro their owne houses about the myddes of marche and so rode forth by companyes and alwayes they founde the wayes open for the kynge of Almayne had coÌ„mauÌ„ded through all his realme of Almayne and Boesme that they shulde haue all thynges necessary and that no vytayle shulde be witholden fro them These lordes of FrauÌ„ce thus rode forwarde to the ayde of the kyng of Hungery who shulde haue batayle with the great turke puyssaunce agaynst puyssaunce the twenty day of the moneth of May. These lordes passed Lorayne the countie of Bare the countie of Mountbelyart and the duchy of Burgoyn and entred into Ausay and passed the couÌ„trey and the ryuer of Rynâ—â—â— many places and the countie of Fierte and so entered in to Austriche whiche is a great couÌ„trey and the entres and issues stronge and great desertes but they went with so good wyll and corage that payne and traueyle greued them nothyng The duke of Austriche made capytaynes in his countrey suche as made the lordes good chere and specyally to IohnÌ„ of Burgoyne who was chiefe of that army All these lordes were apoynted to assemble in a cytie in Hungery called Bode ¶ Nowe let vs speke of other maters yE haue herde here before howe the kynge of England had sente in the same season suffycient ambassade to the frenche kyng and to his counsayle to haue to his wyfe Isabell the doughter of Fraunce whiche ambassadours were the archebysshop of Duuelyn the bysshoppe of Wynchester the erle Marshall the erle of Rutlande sonne to the duke of yorke the lorde Henry Clyfforde the lorde Beamonde the lorde Spenser and many other the frenche kyng had made them good chere and all his vncles and counsayls whiche ambassade were retourned in to Englande vpon good hope to atayne to their desyres The kynge of Englande for his parte all the wynter folowynge often tymes sent to the frenche kynge consernynge the sayd maters who was well enclyned to haue peace and to haue ende of the warre whiche had ouer longe endured These pursutes and treaties toke suche effect and the two kynges had writen so solemply eche to other that their maters drewe nere to apoynte so that suche ambassadours as were fyrst sent out of Englande in to Fraunce were than sente agayne and came to Parys and were lodged at the crosse of Tyroner and their men in the streat there aboute They were to the nombre of syxe hundred Thus they soiourned at Parys more than thre wekes ⸫ ⸫ ¶ Of the iudgemeÌ„t made in the parlyament for the quene
of Napoles agaynst syr Peter of Craone Cap. CC.ix. THe same seasone that the Englysshe men were at Paris quene Iane duches of Aniowe who wrote her selfe quene of Napoles and of Iherusalem was at Parys and pursued dylygently her busynesse She was a lady of great corage she pleted in parlyament for two causes The fyrst was for the herytage of the countie of Roussey agaynst the Erle of Brayne for Loys the duke of Aniou her lorde husbande had bought it and payed for it to a lady that was couÌ„tesse of Roussey somtyme wyfe to the lorde Loys of Namure but afterwarde she was deuorsed fro hym for a reasonable cause as it was sayde The seconde sute this quene had was agaynst syr Peter of Craon she demaunded of hym the soÌ„me of a hundred thousande frankes whiche she was redy to proue that he had receyued it in the name of his lord and mayster Loys kyng of Napoles Cysyll and Iherusalem her husbande whiche money was delyuered hym to haue payed in to Powell and or it was payed he herde howe his sayd mayster my husbande was deed Than he iourneyed no further but returned agayne in to Fraunce and kept styll the sayd soÌ„me of money to his owne profyte and neuer made acompte to the sayde quene therof nor to her chyldren Loys and Charles but spente and wasted the money in pride and bobbans The quene layde to his charge that for faute of payment of the sayd money the realme of Napoles was loste and conquered by Margarete of Duras and by the heyres of the lorde Charles de la Paix by reason that suche soudyours as her husbande had to mayntayne his warres in Puell Calabre were nat payed their wages wherby many tourned to the Erle of saynt Seuyre and to Margarete of Duras and other departed and lefte the warres All these causes were put in to the Parlyament chambre at Parys where all causes were preposed shewed and demaunded and all the defences and aunsweres herde on all partyes Their plee had endured the space of thre yeres And though syr Peter of Craon were absent fro the parlyament yet his aduocates defended his cause and sayd though he had recyued the sayd soÌ„me in the name of his lorde and mayster yet his mayster was as moche bounde to him as that soÌ„me came to and more for the good seruyce that he had done to him This plee had endured so longe that it was necessary to haue a conclusyon and the lady made importunate sewte to haue iudgement The lordes of the parlyament consydred all thynges and sayd they wolde gyue no iudgement without both parties were present and syr Peter of Craon durste nat well apere in Parys bycause of the Kynges dyspleasure and the duke of Orlyance for the offence that he had doone to syr Olyuer of Clysson constable of Fraunce and without he were present they wolde gyue no sentence defynityue wher vpon the sayd lady pursewed to set hym clere in Fraunce and by her meanes he was pardoned so that he myght ryde and go where he lyst without any daunger except the sute that was bytwene her and hym for the sayd soÌ„me of money So he was clerely dyscharged of all other charges and lordes ladyes made hym good chere I wote nat whether it were by dissymulacyon or otherwyse thus he was agayne at Parys holdynge as great estate as euer he dyd The same tyme he was apoynted to be one of theym to receyue and bringe the englysshe ambassadours to the kynge for he was a knyght that hadde sene moche and knewe moche honoure Than the daye was prefyxed that the iudgement concernynge the quenes maters shulde be determyned at whiche day there were present in the parlyament great nombre of the lordes of Fraunce to the entent that the maters shulde be the more autentyke There was the quene of Cicyll and Iherusalem and her sonne Charles prince of Thaurent and Iohan of Bloys called Iohan of Bretaygne erle of Ponthyeure and of Lymogynes and the dukes of Orlyaunce Berrey Burgoyne and Burhone and the erle of Brayne and the bysshoppe of Laon. And before theym the lady was herde to laye her tytell for the countie of Roussey And on the other parte there was syr Peter of Craon and many of his lygnage Fyrste iudgement was gyuen for the countye of Roussey and that was the herytage was remyssed and iudged in to the handes and possessyon of the erle of Brayne and to the heyres that shulde dyscende of the ryght braunche of Roussey reserued that the quene shulde haue agayne repayed to her all the money that kynge Loys her husbande hadde payed to the countesse of Roussey laste deed Of this iudgement the enherytours of the countie of Roussey to whom the herytage pertayned thanked greatly the lordes of the parliament Than suche as were ordayned to gyue the seconde sentence arose vp and sayde howe that by the sentence of the parlyament sir Peter of Craon ought to pay to the quene of Napoles duchesse of Aniowe the somme of a hundred thousande frankes in redy money or els his body to go to prysone tyll she were contented and satysfyed Of this iudgement the sayde lady thanked the lordes of the parlyamentâ— and in contynent at the coÌ„playnte of the lady handes was layde on him by the kynges commaundement and so was ledde to the castell of Loure and there surely kepte So the lordes departed fro the parlyament Thus these two iudgementes were gyuen by the princypall occasyon of this lady duchesse of Aniou ⸫ ⸫ ¶ Of the conclusyon of the maryage â—aken at Parys bytwene the kynge of Englande Isabell eldest doughter to the frenche kynge and howe the duke of Lancastre remaryed Cap. CC.x. THe ambassadours of Englande were with the frenche kynge at Parys a xxii dayes and they had as good chere as coulde be deuysed and their maters tooke suche effecte that it was agreed that the kyng of Englande shuld haue in maryage Isabell the eldest doughter of kynge Charles and by vertue of procuracyon the erle Marshall fyaunced and espoused her in the name of the kinge of Englande and so she was called fro thens forthe quene of Englande And as I was enfourmed it was a goddly syght to se her behauour for all that she was but yonge ryght plesauntly she bare the porte of a quene â–ª Than all this mater concluded the englysshe men tooke their leaue of the frenche kynge and of the quene and of their doughter quene of Englande and of all other lordes and so departed fro Parys and retourned to Calays and so in to Englande The Kynge and other of his opynyon were glad of their retourne But who so euer was gladde of that maryage the duke of Gloucestre vncle to the kynge made no ioye there of for he sawe well that by reasone of that maryage and alyaunce peace shulde be bytwene the kinges and their realmes whiche greued hym without it shulde be greatly to the honour of the
that they shall haue ynoughe to do TO coÌ„sydre these wordes one ought greatly to marueyle that the Lorde Galeas erle of Vertues and Duke of Myllayne who was reputed to be a christen man baptysed and regenerate after the Christen Lawe wolde seke or requyre loue or alyaunce with a kynge myscreant out of our lawe and faythe or to sende hym gyftes and presentes as he dyde euery yere As dogges haukes and fyne lynen clothes whiche are ryght plesaunt to the Sarazins for they haue none but that cometh fro our parties Also the great Turke sent to hym agayne other presentes of ryche clothe of golde and precyous stones wherof the Sarazins haue great plentie But in those dayes the erle of Vertues duke of Myllayne and sir Galeas his father reygned as tyrantes and so helde their signories It is marueyle to thynke of their dedes and fyrste howe they entred and opteygned the signorie of Myllayne So it was there were thre bretherne the lorde Manfres the lorde Galeas and the lorde Barnabo They hadde an vncle who was archebysshoppe of Myllayne And so it fortuned that whan the lorde Charles of Lusenbourge kyng of Boesme and of Almayne emperour of Rome who reigned after kyng Loyes of Bauyer who opteygned to the Empyre byforce for he was neuer taken as Emperour by the churche but excoÌ„munycate and a cursed by pope Innocent who reygned as thanÌ„e For this Loyes of Bauyer went to Rome and made hymselfe to be crowned emperour by a pope and .xii. cardynalles that he made And as soone as he was crowned he made the Almayns to be payed their wages to ouer ryn Rome and to robbe and to pyll it this was the rewarde that the romayns had for receyuyng of hym wherfore he dyed excoÌ„municat and in that sentence The pope and cardynalles that he made without any constreynâ— came after to Auignon and submytted them selfes to pope Innocent who reigned before Vrbayne the fyfthe and there were assoyled of their errours ¶ Nowe to purpose howe the lordes of Myllayne came fyrst to that signorie I shall shewe you howe SO it was the archebysshoppe of Myllayne at a tyme receyued kynge Charles of Boesme emperour in to the cytie of Myllayne nobly and tryumphantlye after the Emperour had been before Axe the Chapell and had accomplysshed there his .xl. dayes accordyng to the vsage in the case parteyning and for the great chere that he made to the Emperour and for a hundred thousande ducates that he lent to the Emperour He made the bysshop vycouÌ„t of Myllayne and his nephewes after hym for euer to holde the lande and signorie of Mylayne free at his wyll vnto the tyme that the Emperour hadde payde agayne at one tyme the sayd soÌ„me of a hundred thousande ducates And so after the bysshoppe dyed and the lorde Manfres his nephue by the accorde of the Emperour and for loue of his vncle was receyued in to the signorie of Myllayne than his two bretherne who as than were nat very riche the lorde Galeas and the lorde Barnabo counsayled toguyder determyned to reigne and to holde the landes of LoÌ„bardy bytwene theÌ„ and to coÌ„ioyne theÌ„ by mariage to some great lordes to maynteyne their estates and to cause men to feare their displeasures And so they caused their brother MaÌ„frese to be slayne by venyme or otherwyse after whose dethe they reygned puissauntly byforce and polycy All their dayes they lyued in good accorde toguyder and departed the cyties of Lombardy bytwene them The lorde Galeas hadde tenne bycause he was the eldest and the lorde Bernabo nyne And the cytie of Myllayne was gouerned one yere by the one brother and another yere by the other brother And to the entent to reigne puissauntly they sought the wayes to gader great rychesse by raysinge vp in possyons subsydies and gabelles and many other yuell customes wherby they gadered great store of golde and syluer and they caused their townes and cyties to be kepte with soudyours straungers as Almaygnes FreÌ„che men Bretons Englysshmen and of all other nacyons excepte their owne countrey men for they hadde no trust nor affiaunce in them for feare of rebellyon agaynst theÌ„ and these soudyours were payed fro moneth to moneth wherby they were so douted and fered of the people that none durste displease them For if any dyd ryse or dyde any thyng agaynst them there was cruell vengeaunce taken vpon them They distroyed many a one in their dayes to gyue ensaÌ„ple to other IN all their signories no man hadde any thynge but atte their pleasure They wolde tayle a ryche man thre or foure tymes in a yere They sayd that loÌ„bardes were ouer proude and presuÌ„ptuous in their richesse wherfore it was behouable to kepe them vnder subiection no man durst saye nay to any thyng that they coÌ„maunded These two bretherne maryed them hyghlye and bought their wyues with the goodê and substaunce of their people The lorde Galeas hadde to wyfe the suster of the good erle of Sauoye named Blaunche payde to the erle for her a hundred thousande ducates The lorde Barnabo maryed hym in Almaygne to the suster of the duke of Bresnyche and payde no lesse money than his brother dyd These two bretherne hadde many chyldren and maryed them highly and richelye to atteyne therby great alyaunces The lorde Galeas had a sone called Galleas and as than the father vnderstode that whaÌ„ kynge Iohan of Fraunce was come out of Englande and put to rauÌ„some to .xxx. C. thousand frankes and they of Fraunce wyst nat howe to reyse the fyrste payment ThanÌ„e he treated with the Frenche kynge and his couÌ„sayle to haue one of his doughters for Galeas his sonne The kynge and his couÌ„sayle entended to this treatie bycause they knewe well this lorde Galeas was grounded in richesse and thus he bought the kyngê doughter for sixe hundred thousande frankes whiche were tourned in payment to the Kynge of Englande And so his sonne maryed kynge Iohans doughter and to hym was gyuen the countie and erldome of Vertues in Champaygne Of that sonne and doughter issued a doughter whiche byforce of golde and syluer was maryed to the seconde sonne of kynge Charles of Fraunce called Loyes duke of Orlyaunce erle of Bloyes and Valoyes The maryage cost the erle of Vertus father to the sayde lady tenne hundred thousaunde frankes And the countie of Bloyes was bought of the erle Guye of Bloyes as it hath ben conteyned here before in this hystorie Thus these lordes Galeas and Barnabo acorded right well toguyder all their lyue dayes they neuer varyed nor their people toguyder therfore they reigned in great puissaunce No man coude haue reason nor right of them Pope cardynalles nor other that made any warre agaynst them sauyng alonely the marques of MouÌ„tferant that was by the meanes of the lorde Iohan Hacon and the Englysshe men with the routes of the companyons whiche Iohan Hacon brought them out of Prouynce in to Lombardy and made there great warre
mountante to the soÌ„me of thyrty thousande pounde besyde the towne of ValenceÌ„nes who in lyke wyse dyd their deuoyre and also in the towne of Monts These thynges thus concluded the valyaunt princes the good duke Auberte and Giullyam his sonne erle of Ostrenant seynge the good wylles of his men was ryght ioyfull whiche was no meruayle for he sawe well that he was well beloued with his subgiettes and shulde be well fournysshed with money Than he had couÌ„sayle to sende to the frenche kyng and to shewe him the enterprise of his voyage and to desyre ayde of hym and thyder was sent two valyaunt and wyse men that is to saye the lorde Lygne and the lorde of Ieumont who were two ryght valyaunt knyghtes and well beloued with the frenche men and specyally the lorde Lygne the kyng had made hym one of his chamberlayns and had hym in good fauoure he spake with the kynge and shewed hym the dukes entent and request to the whiche the kynge and his counsayle fauourably agreed specyally the duke of Burgoyner bycause his doughter was maryed to therle of OstrenaÌ„t wherby he thought that in tyme to come after it shulde be to their profyte and to their heyres howe be it many great lordes and other spake of this iourney in dyuers maners Some sayd to what purpose dothe these heyno wayes desyre the kyng of ayde they haue ben in Englande sought for ayde there Hath nat the erle of Haynalt of late taken on hym the blewe garter to tye his legge withall which is the ordre in Englande it semyth therby he hath no great affectyon to Fraunce Than other that were ryght wyse answered and sayd Syr ye do wronge to say thus though the erle of Ostrenant haue taken the ordre of the garter yet for all that he is nat alyed with the englysshe men but he is fermly alyed with Fraunce Hath nat he in maryage the lady Katheryne doughter to the duke of Burgoyne whiche is a farre greater alyauÌ„ce than is a garter therfore neuer say but that he wyll loue and do pleasure to Fraunce by reason of his maryage rather than to Englande for yâ— garter wherfore the kinge shall do right honourably to ayde hym Thus the frenche men deuysed amonge them selfe and spake in dyuers maners both of that iourney and also of the iourney in to Hungery and in to Turkey agaynst Lamorabaquy and the turkes ⸫ ⸫ ¶ Of the army that the french kyng sente in to Frese in the ayde of his cosyns and the lorde Valeran Erle of saynt Powle and the lorde Charles de la Brete were capytaynes Cap. CC.xv THe frenche kynge assembled an armye of fyue huÌ„dred speares as well of pycardes as of frenchmen and made capytayns ouer theÌ„ the lorde Valeran erle of saynt Powle the lorde Charles de la Bret who were valyauÌ„t knyghtes and well expert in armes and they were apoynted to leade this company to the towne of Encuse in base Frese wheâ— as the assemble shulde mete and there to take the see to entre in to high Frese as they dyd Whan these two knightes the lorde Lygne and Iumont sawe the kynges good wyll and that these men of warre were dyspatched their wages payed they came to the kynge and thanked him and toke their leaue and retourned in to Heynalt to their lorde the duke Aubert and to the lorde Gillyam his sonne to whome they were right welcome for they had well sped There they shewed the good answere and good chere that they had with gyftes of great presentes whan duke Auberte knewe that the Frenche kynge had sente hym fyue hundred speares than he assembled all his noble men knyghtes squyers and other of Haynalt as the lorde of Vertayne seneschall of Haynalte who was a valyaunt man and greatly renomed in armes the lordes of Lygne and Comygnes who was made marshall and the lordes of Haureth of Nychelet of Lalyne of Hordayne of Chyne of Cantan of Quesnoy of Fleron and IohnÌ„ his brother the lordes of Bouset and of Ieumont who were fresshe knightes on their enemyes also there was Robertle Rour and the lordes of MoÌ„thâ—aulr of FouÌ„tayns of Seuls and of Sars William of Hermes Pynchart his brother the lordes of Lens of verlamont of Ausealr of Trascigmes Octes Seausâ—es Gyrarde his brother the lorde Dyctre and Iohan his brother Bridaulx of Montaguy Damaulx de la powle and Guy his brother the lorde of Mastynge syr Floridas of Villyers who was a valyaunt man and had doone many dedes of armes amonge the turkes and sarazins and sir Eustace of Vertayn Fierebras of Vertayne who was newly come out of Englande syr Rase of Montiquy the lorde of Rorsyn sir Iohan Dandrâ—gntes and Persant his brother dyuers other knightes and squiers All these he assembled at Monts and desyred them to go with hym and euery man to bringe with hym company acordynge to their degrees and that they wolde auaunce them to the towne of Encuse in base frese and theraboute and so to go with hym by seem to hygh Frese about the myddes of August next after there he sayd he wolde â—ary for them for he wolde go thyder before to moue the holanders and zelanders to serue hym in lyke maner Than these sayd knyghtes and esquyers of Haynalt without any contradictyon acorded to his desyre promysinge to do hym seruyce as his trewe subgiettes whiche they fulfylled in dede and dyligently prepared for the same so that by the begynnyng of the moneth of August in the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred fourscore and syxtene they were all redy aparelled and assembled by companies at Anners there to take the water and fro thence to Encuse where the hole assemble shulde mete ¶ Nowe whyle this assemble was thus made in Haynalte it were to be demaunded if the ladyes and gentle women and other were ioyouse of this iourney We ought to say naye for than they sawe their fathers their bretherne their vncles their husbandes and their louers and frendes departe to that peryllous warre for some of them knewe well howe that in tyme paste the haynoways wente with their lorde in to Frese and neuer retourned agayne wherfore they feared leste it shulde hap so than to these as it dyd on their predecessours The duchesse of Brabant had defended all men in the countrey of Brabant no man to be so hardy to go oute of the countrey in that iourney The ladyes and gentlewomen of Haynalt desyred often tymes their frendes and louers to leaue that iourney but they coulde nat lette the mater howe be it they were sore displeased in their myndes with the basterde of Vertayne Fierebrase for they said he was one of the chyefe setters on of that busynesse Thus after that the duke Aubert and Guillyam his sonne had herde the aunswere of his men of Haynalte than he went in to zelande shewynge them his busynesse and they assented to his request by the chiefe settynge on of
Bartylmewes daye on a sonday in the foresaid yere And whan the Fresons sawe theÌ„ aproche they issued out vpon the dikes a sire thousande to haue lette the landynge of their enemyes Among the fresons ther was a woman apparelled all in blewe who all in a rage went fro the fresons and came nere to the heynowes within the shotte of a bowe Than she tourned her backe towarde the hey nowes and plucked vp her clothes and shewed her bare arse cryeng in her langage sers take this to your welcome As soone as they sawe the leudnesse of this woman they shot at her arowes and quarels so that she was stryken iâ—â—he legges and loynes The arowes came flyeng at her as thycke as snowe Than some lepte out of the shippes in to the water and ran after this folysshe woman with their swerdes and ouertoke her and hewed her in to small peces ThaÌ„ euery man issued out of their vessels and so came agaynst the fresons who receyued them right valyantly and putte them of with longe pykes longe staues bounde with yron To saye the trouthe in takyng of lande there was many dedes of armes done on bothe parties many slayne and sore hurte But biforce of the Englisshe archers and cros bowes of Heynaulte Hollande and zelande They wanne the dyke agaynst the fresons and vpon that dyke they araynged their baners in good order taryeng for their coÌ„pany their reuke was more than halfe a myle longe Than the Fresons that were putte fro the dykes came to their coÌ„pany who were mo than .xxx. thousande closed toguyder in a grounde dyked rounde aboute with a great depe dyke and it was nat so farre of but they myght well se their enemyes wheee they were raynged on the fyrst dyke Thus they contynued tyll all the heynowayes were a lande and all their baggage and certayne tentes reyred vp There they rested them that sondaye and the mondaye aduisynge the Fresons their enemyes In whiche two dayes dyuers scrymisshes were made and on the Tuesday bothe parties were redy Than certayne newe knightes were made and it was ordayned to fight with the fresons Than they auauuced forewarde in good order of batayle and their archers before them and amonge them than sowned trumpettes and clarions and so caÌ„e a fayre pase to passe ouer the dike Than the fresons came to defende the passage and the archers shotte agaynst them fiersly and the fresoÌ„s couered them selfes with targes and with the erthe of the dyke that was bytwene them their enemyes Howe be it they were so nere aproched that certayne of the holanders entred in to the dyke and made bridges with speres and pykes and so with valyant corage began to enuade the fresons who defended their force right valyantly and gaue suche strokes against them that wolde mouÌ„t vp out of the dyke that many were ouerthrowen downe agayne But the Heynowayes Frenche men Englysshe men Hollanders and zelanders were so well armed that the fresons coude do them no doÌ„mage nor hurt but cast them downe to the grounde There were suche noble dedes done and atchyued that it were impossible to shewe it the newe made knyghtes dyde nobly their deuoyre the Fresons defended marueylously They were great and bygge men but they were yuell armed many were barelegged and bare foted In this assaut the lorde Lygne the seneshall of Heynault and the lorde Iumont and dyuers other as they wente aboute this dyke They founde awaye wherby they passed ouer the dyke and so came on the fresons with the poyntes of their speres wherof the Fresons were fore abasshed so that dyuers of them lepte the dyke So perforce the Fresons were fayne to opyn and sparcle abrode here and there In this batayle the great freson was slayne and the other began to flye The chase was horryble and cruell for none was taken to rauÌ„some and specially the holanders slewe all they myght attayne vnto In so moche that suche as were taken by the Heynowes frenche men or Englysshe men the hollanders slewe them in their handes Amonge the hollanders the lorde Wyllyam of Oruenbourge and his two sonnes IohnÌ„ and Henry who were made knyghtes the same mornyng acquyted themselfe maruey lously well and slewe many Fresons for it semed well by them that they loued but litell the fresons Thus finally the Fresons were discoÌ„fyted and the moost parte slayne in the felde but fewe were takenne prisoners and caryed to Haye in Hollande and there were kepte a long season after The lorde of Cundren who was lorde of that couÌ„trey where the felde was was the mondaye before yelden to the duke Aubert and his two sonnes and yet for all that they were in the felde with the fresons The two sonnes were longe after with the duke After this disconfyture they entred in to the countrey of Condren toke townes and fortresses howe be it they coÌ„quered but lytell for the Fresons dyde theÌ„ great doÌ„mage by preuy encouÌ„trynges And whan they shulde take any prisoners they wolde neuer yelde but fought to the dethe sayeng they had rather dye free Fresons than to be vnder the subiectyon of any prince or lorde If any prisoners were taken there coude no raunsome be gotten for them for their frendes wolde nat quyte them out but rather suffre them to dye in prisone They wolde neuer quyte none of their people withoute it were to delyuer man for man And if they sawe that there were none of their people in prisone they wolde slee all their enemyes take no prisoner Thus about the ende of .v. wekes and that the heynous and other had taken and beaten downe certayne townes vyllages and fortresses of no great valure The leason beganne to waxe colde marueylously and rayned nerehaÌ„de euery day and the sees full of tempestes and wyndes The duke Aubert and his sonne consydringe the season purposed to returne in to base Frese fro whens they came and so in to Hollande the more easy to passe the colde wynter So they departed and came to Encuyse there gaue lycence to euery man to deê‘te and specially to the strauÌ„gers and payde theÌ„ truely their wages and thaÌ„ked them of their good ayde and seruyce Thus brake vp the iourney of Frese and had coÌ„quered but lytell all that season But within two yere after the sayd two noble princes assembled agayn the seconde tyme a great armye and wente in to Frese made a great coÌ„quest and dyd there many noble dedes of armes as ye shall here after But as nowe we shall leaue spekyng therof and declare the maner of the maryage of the kynge of Englande to the doughter of Fraunce ⸫ ⸫ ¶ Howe the mariage of the kyng of Englande to the doughter of FraÌ„ce was ordred and howe the Frenche kyng delyuered his doughter to the kynge of Englande in his Tente by twene Arde Calys Cap. CC.xvi. YE haue herde howe the kyng of Englande was returned fro Calis in to Englande there
pope Clement yet he had neuer ferme beleue on hym But the prelates of the realme of Fraunce and specially Guy of Roy archebysshoppe of Reyns the archebysshoppes of Sens and of Roen and the bysshoppe of Ostune they had brought the duke to beleue on pope Clement ThanÌ„e it was aduysed by the kynges secrete couÌ„sayle that if they purposed to bringe the Churche to rest and peace to haue the accorde of Almayne Than was there sente suffycient ambassadours and clerkes of bothe lawes as maister Philyppe of Playes was one in to Almayne to the kyng of Boesme and of Almayne who wrote hym selfe kyng of Romayns This mater went so forwarde that a day was sette that the kyng of Almayne and his counsaile and the FreÌ„che kyng and his couÌ„sayle shulde mete ê‘sonally at the cyte of Reynes This mater was done secretely bicause the prelates cardynalles archebysshoppes and bysshoppes shulde nat breke their purpose that they were about They made it be noysed that the metyng of these two kynges and their counsayls at Reynes was for non other purpose but to treate for a maryage to be had bytwene the sonne of the marques of Blanquebourge brother to the kyng of Almayne and the doughter of the duke of Orlyaunce And so by reason and vnder colour of that mater they wolde common of other In this same seasone dyed at Nesues in Heynaulte the lorde Guye of Chastellone erle of Bloyes and brought to ValenceÌ„nes and buryed at saynt Fraunces in the Freres mynours in a chapell called the Chapell of Orthais he had done moche coste in the closynge of the sayd Freres and whan he dyed he was so in dette that the countesse Mary of Namure forsoke al his goodes and durst nat take on her the admynistracyon of his testament but retourned to her dowrie of the lande of Chinay and of Beaumonde his other herytages went to the heyres The duke of Orlyaunce hadde the countie of Blois for he had payed whyle the erle Guye lyued two hundred thousande crownes of FrauÌ„ce and the landes of Hollande zelande Heynaulte wente to the duke Aubert of Bauyere erle of Heynaulte And the lande of Dauesnes of Landrecier and of Lonnon in terreasse fell to Iohan of Bloyes called IohnÌ„ of Bretaygne And if the erle had nat solde the countie of Blois the sayd Iohan of Bretaygne shulde haue been his heyre therof Consydre what a doÌ„mage a lorde or any other may do to his heyre by gyueng credeÌ„ce to yuell counsayle god forgyue hym ¶ Nowe lette vs retourne to the busynesse of Englande ⸫ ⸫ ¶ Of the dethe of the duke of Gloucestre and of the exle of AruÌ„dell and howe the kynges vncles and the londoners toke the mater Capi. CC.xxvi YE haue herde here before of the couert hates that was bytwene kynge Rycharde of Englande and his vncle Thomas duke of Gloucestre whiche the kynge wolde beare no lengar but sayd and also was counsayled rather to distroye another man than hymselfe And ye haue herde howe the kyng was at Plasshey by crafte and coloure brought hym out of his owne house to London And by the waye about .x. or a .xi. of the cloke in the nyght therle marshall arested hym in the kynges name And for all that he cryed after the Kynge yet the kynge made a deafe eare and rode on before and so the same nyght the kynge laye at the towre of London but the duke of Gloucecestre was otherwise lodged For byforce he was put in to a Barge and out of the barge in to a shyppe that laye in the Thamise and the erle marshall with hym and all his company And dyde so moche that the nexte day by night they came to Calais without knoledge of any man excepte the kynges offycers of the sayd towne yE maye well knowe whanÌ„e the takynge of the duke was knowen at Plaâ—hey by the duchesse and her chyldren they were sore troubled and abasshed and thought well that the matter went nat well The duchesse demaunded couÌ„saile what was best to do of sir Iohan Laquyham The knight answered that it was best to sende to his bretherne the dukes of Lancastre and of yorke that they myght fynde some meanes to apeace the kynges dyspleasure For he sayde he thought that the kyng wolde nat displease them The duchesse dyd as the knyght counsayled her and she sente incontynent messangers to these two dukes who were farre a sondre who whanne they herde therof were sored displeased and sente worde agayne to the duchesse that she shuld be of good coÌ„forte For they sayd they knew well the kyng wolde nat entreat hym but by laufull iudgement for otherwise they coude nat suffre it but as thanne they knewe natte where he was The Duchesse and her chyldren were somwhat conforted with their answere The kynge the nexte daye wente fro the towre of London to Eltham and there taryed The same night was brought to the towre of London as prisoners the erle of Arundell and the Erle of Warwyke wherof they of the cytie of London had great marueyle and made therof great murmurynge but none durst saye nay agaynst the kynges pleasure But all maner of people knightes squyers burgesses of good cyties townes of EnglaÌ„de said We haue very well suffred the duke of Lancastre and the duke of yorke bretherne to the duke of Gloucestre They maye prouyde for this whanne it please theÌ„ We thynke they wolde well haue prouyded for the mater if that they hadde knowen the kynges entent agaynst their brother of Glocestre but bycause they were nat dilygent in the cause the matter is come yuell and lyke to haue an yuell conclusyon WHan the duke of Glocestre was brought to the castell of Calys than he feared hym selfe greatlye said to the erle Marshall For what cause am I brought out of Englande hyder to Calais Me thynke ye holde me as a prisoner Lette me go abrode and se the fortresse aboute Sir quod the marshall that ye desyre I dare nat do it for I haue the charge vpon you on payne of my lyfe The kynge my soueraygne lorde is a lytell myscontente with you Wherfore ye muste take pacyence here for a seasone tyll I here other newes and that shal be shortely by goddes grace For sir as helpe me God I am right sorie for your trouble if I myght remedy it But sir ye knowe well I am sworne to the kynge wherfore I must obey and so wyll I do for sauynge of myne honoure The duke coude haue none other aunswere But by that he sawe he feared greatly his lyfe And on a daye he desyred a preest that sange masse before hym that he myght be coÌ„fessed And so he was at good leysar before the sacrament with deuout herte and cryed God mercy and was sore repentaunt of all his synnes And in dede it was tyme so for hym so to do for his dethe was nerer to hym than he was ware of For as I was enfourmed whan
nat to departe thens tyll they had brought sir Olyuer of Clysson to thē outher quicke or deed These knyghtes dyde as they were cōmaunded they durste do none otherwyse for the two dukes had the admynistracion of the realme So they departed fro Parys with a thre hundred speares but nat all at one tyme but in fyue partes to the entent to be the lesse knowen But god ayded so well the Constable and had so good frendes of some in that company that he had suche warnynge that he toke no dōmage for he and his company departed and rode by couert wayes through woodes and lefte closed townes so that at laste he came surely in to Bretaygne and entred in to a castell of his owne called the castell Ioselyn and there taryed to here other newes For all that the Barrois or Barres and the other knightes in his company lette nat to do their enterprice as they were charged but came to Mount le Heury and entred in to the towne and besieged the castell and taryed there all a nyght wenynge that the Constable hadde ben within but he was gone as ye haue herde and the nexte mornynge they thought to assaute the Castell The seruaūtes within the castell sente out to knowe what they wolde haue or what they demaunded They sayde they wolde haue sir Olyuer of Clysson therfore they were come They answered and said that he was departed thens foure dayes passed and offred to open the gates to sertche for hym the knightes went in to the castell with all their company armed for scare of enbusshement within the castell They sertched highe and lowe and founde for trouthe that he was nat there Than̄e they departed and retourned to Parys and shewed howe they had sped WHan the dukes of Burgoyne Berrey knewe that sir Olyuer Clysson was scaped they were sore displeased and the dukes of Orlyaunce and of Burbone ryght ioyfull Than the duke of Burgoyne sayde It semeth well that he douteth hym selfe seynge he is fledde awaye yet for all that he is so quytte we shall cause hym to come agayne shortely or les he shall lese all that he hath that we can sette our handes on for we haue to laye to his charge dyuers artycles vnresonable whiche requyre iudgement of punisyon and if suche as be great be nat corrected the maters shall nat be equally proporcioned for suche as be but small personages shall grudge and saye they haue wrong to be punysshed and the great to scape therfore iustyce ought to be equall and to spare nother gret nor small wherby any ensample shulde growe Thus the duke of Burgoyn deuysed of sir Olyuer of Clysson who was in Bretaygne in his castell called Ioselyn whiche forteresse was well prouyded for of all thynges necessary Whan the Barrois of Barres was retourned to Parys and had shewed that sir Olyuer of Clysson was departed fro Mount le Heury and gone to the castell of Ioselyn in Bretayne Thā he was cōmaunded to go to Amyence there to take the lorde de la Ryuer The next day he rode with his companye to Amyence a fayre forteresse besyde Charters whiche the lorde de la Ryuer helde by right of his wyfe the lady of Mans. He had greatly amended that castell and was welbeloued of the men of his countrey for he loued alwayes nothyng but trouth Than the dukes cōmissyoners came thyder and dyde as they had in charge and founde the lorde de la Ryuer there and his wyfe his chyldren the knight loked for nothyng els for he might haue ben gone before if he had lyste for he had knowledge that sir Iohan Mercyer and the erle of Ribydewe were in prisone and that the Constable was fledde in to Bretaygne And he was counsayled before by one of his frendes who said to hym Sir saue your selfe for the enuyous do nowe reygne and fortune as nowe is on their sydes He aunswered and sayde Here and els where I am at the pleasure of god If I shulde flye or hyde my selfe I shulde yelde my selfe gyltie where I knowe my selfe clere God hath gyuen me that I haue and he maye take it fro me whan it is his pleasure The wyll of god be fulfylled I haue serued kynge Charles and nowe his sonne well and trewly My seruyce hath ben well knowen with them and they haue greatlye rewarded me And seyng that I haue so truely serued at their cōmaundementes and traueyled for the busynesse of the realme of Frāce I dare well abyde the iudgement of the parlyament chambre in Parys and if they can fynde any faute in my dedes or wordes lette me be punysshed Thus the lorde de la Ryuer sayd to his wyfe and to his coūsayle This he sayd or the dukes cōmyssioners cāe to his castell At laste one shewed hym and sayd Sir here cometh suche men and suche with a great armye Nowe saye you shall we opyn the gates or nat yea quod he what elles they are welcome Therwith he went and mette them and receyued them one after another right honorably Thus they all entred in to the castell of Mans. Than the barroies of Barres whan they were within the hall executed his commaundement and arested the lorde de la Ryuer who obeyed meke lye Thus he was prisoner in his owne castell of Mans. It may well be thought that the good lady his wyfe was sore discōfyted whan she sawe fortune courne her whele agaynst her lorde and husbande and also she douted the conclusyon THus the lorde de la Ryuer was prisoner in his owne Castell of Mains And anone after he was sente for by them that had the gouernaunce bothe of the temporaltie and of the spirytualtie For pope Clement of Auignon had nothyng in the realme of Fraunce but by their meanes The lorde de la Ryuer was brought to Parys and set in prison in the castell of Loure Many men in the realme of Fraunce had great pytie on hym howe be it they durst nat speke but priuely The people cared nat so moche for the trouble of sir Iohan Mercyer as they dyde for the lorde de la Ryuer For he was alway swete curtesse meke pacyent and gencyll to poore men and a good meane always for them that myght nat be herde It was sayde daylye in Paris that these prisoners shulde lese their heedes And a sclaundre ran vpon them howe they were traytours against the crowne of Fraunce and pylled the realme and therby kepte their great portes and estates and made fayre houses castelles buyldynges And other poore knightes and squiers suche as had aduentured their bodyes membres in dedes of armes and serued truelye the realme of Fraunce and had solde and layde to pledge their herytages yet coude nat be payde for that they had serued Nother by the cōstable nor by none of them that were in prisone nor hy Mōtague that was fledde The enuyous condempned and iudged them to dye So by reason of this they