by yâ— day certayne nombre of men of warre other of the french kynges parte or of the kyng of Englandes part And that party that coude kepe the felde of him they wolde holde their laÌ„des in peace for euer Whiche couenant to parforme therle of Foiz and the other lordes layd good hostages Than the duke of Aniou went to Pyergourte with all his hole army gaue lycence to no man to departe IN that season ther was an exchange made of certayne landê for prisoners in spaygne whiche landes the kynge of Spayne had gyuen to the constable of FrauÌ„ce and the lorde of Manny for suche seruyce as they had done in Spayne The coÌ„stable gaue the lande of saryen castell in exchange for the erle of PeÌ„broke who was taken prisoner before Rochell and ser Olyuer of MaÌ„ny gaue his lande of Grece for the lordes sir Richarde Dangle and WyllimÌ„ his nephue and for Othes of GraÌ„tsone JohnÌ„ de Gremeres and Tanyboton The same season there began a treatie bytwene the duke of Aniou and the duke of Lancastre at Pyergort by assurances towarde the duke of Aniou for the duke of Lancastre helde himselfe as kynge and regent of theÌ„glysshe marches And so ther was a respyte of warre agreed bytwene them and all their ayders to endure tyll the last day of August So that these two dukes shulde be at the begynning of SepteÌ„bre in the marches of Picardy the duke of Aniou at saynt Omers and the duke of LaÌ„castre at Calys After this truce thus taken the duke of LaÌ„castre and the duke of Breten therles of Warwyke of Suffolke Stafforde the lordes Spenser Wyl loughby Chanoyne Robersart Henry Percy and the lorde of Mauue and all other lordê and knightes the .viii. day of July deê‘ted fro Burdeux and returned into Englande And whan the capitayns of Bercerell sir Johan of Pert and Johan of Cornwall had kept the for tresse the space of a yere agaynst the freÌ„chmen that lay there at siege and sawe no socoure nor ayde comyng to them warde and that their vytayls began sore to mynisshe Than they toke aduyse togyder and deâ—myned to make some composycion than they fell in treaty with the lordes of Hambuye of Stonuyll Blaynuyll and Franuyll The lordes of Normandy that lay there at siege were right wery and wolde gladly haue fallen into some treaty howe beit first they wolde knowe the kyngê mynde who acorded right well therto So that if the duke of Bretayne were nat personally bitwene that tyme and the feest of Allsayntes next comyng after before the towne of Bercerell in such wise able to reyse the siege els they within to yelde them vp For which composycion ther were de lyuered hostages therle of Penbroke was put to raunsome of sixe thousande frankes lomberdes in Bruges becaÌ„e dettours therfore and promysed payment therof assoone as he were hole and in good poynt So the erle rode vnder the conduct of the constable through FrauÌ„ce so that the feuer and sickenesse toke hym by the way and so in a horse lytter he was brought to the cyte of Arras there his sickenesse toke hym so sore that he lay in his bedde and final lye dyed there and so the constable lost his money And therle of Penbroke left behynde hym a sonne of the age of two yere and sir Richarde DaÌ„gle made his finauÌ„ce as I shall shewe you ye haue herde here before howe yâ— lorde of Roy was prisoner in EnglaÌ„de who had no children but a doughter who was his heyre The frendes of the sayd lorde of Roy fell in treaty with sir Olyuer of Manny a knyght of Bretayne and nephue to sir Bertram of Clesquy for the delyueraunce of the lorde of Roy by this meanes by exchaunge for one of his prisoners and he to haue to his wyfe the lorde of Roys doughter who was of great lynage ThaÌ„ sir Olyuer of MaÌ„ny sent to yâ— kyng of EnglaÌ„de to knowe what knyght he wolde gladlyest haue delyueced for the lorde of Roye the kyng enclynod to haue sir Rychard Dangleê and so they were delyuered quyte eche for other And the lord MaÌ„ny wedded the doughter of the lorde of Royes and the sayde lorde of Roye after maryed the doughter of the lorde of Wille and of Floren 〈◊〉 in Heynalt And yâ— other knyghtes as sir Tanyboton sir Othes of Grantson and Johan of Gruners were put to their fynauÌ„ce and by the meanes of sir Olyuer of Manny they passed with easy and courtesse rauÌ„some ¶ Howe dyuers townes yelded vp to the french kyng in Gascon how sir Hugh of Chastellon retourned fro prison and howe the castell of Bercerell in NormaÌ„dy yelded them vp freÌ„che Cap. CCC .xii. WHan the myddes of August began to aproche and that the iourney shulde hold before Monsac the duke of Anioue came thyder with a great noÌ„bre of men of warr and so came and lay before Monsac sixe dayes and thyder came no body to apere of the other parte for the englysshmen thought that by reason of the treaty that was made bitwene the duke of Aniou and the duke of Lancastre that iourney shulde haue ouerpast but the duke of Aniou and his counsayle was nat of that mynde Than the duke sent to the erle of Foiz the vicount of Chatell Boine to the lordes of Marsen of Chatell Neufe of Lescute to the abbot of saynt Syluere that they shuld holde their couenauÌ„t or els the duke sayd he wolde sle all the hostagê that he had for that entent and wolde entre in to their landes with suche puyssaunce that he wolde compell them to cry for mercy Than these lordes putte them selfe their landes vnder the obeysance of the frenche kyng and they of Monsac opened their towne whiche was a fayre garison went and presented the keys to the duke of Aniou and to hym dyde fealtie and homage And so the duke and his company entred and there taryed .xviii. dayes in the meane season â—oke counsayle to what parte they shulde drawe as soone as the myddes of August shulde be past and that the truce shulde be expyred and whan the daye was past the duke of Aniou went before the Ryoll and whan he had layen there at siege thre dayes than they of the Ryoll put themselfe vnder the obeysaunce of the frenche kyng than they went before Langon whiche also yelded vp and after saynt Marquayre Condose Basylle the towre of PrudeÌ„ce Mauleon and the towre of Drowe and to the nombre of a .xl. townes and castels tourned them selfe frenche in the same viage the last that tourned frenche was Dauberoth in euery place the duke layd newe garisons And whan he had ordayned euery thyng accordyng to his pleasure than he retourned in to Fraunce and the constable in lykewise for the kyng sent for them and so they gaue lycence to the moost parte of their company to departe and the lordes of Clisson of Beaumauoyre of Dauangourt of Ray of Ryon
and pleasauÌ„t hystory of the noble Edward kyng of Ingland who was crowued at LondoÌ„ the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .xxvi. on Christmas day lyuyÌ„g the kyng his father and the quene his mother It is certayne that the opinyon of inglisshmen most comonly was as than and often tymes it was seen in Ingland after the tyme of kyng At thure howe that betwene two valyant kynges of Ingland ther was most comoÌ„ly one bitwene them of lesse sufficiauncy both of wytte and of prowes and this was ryght well aparant by the same kyng Edward the thyrde for his graundfather called the good kyng Edward the fyrste was ryght valyant sage wyse and hardy auenturous and fortunate in al featis of warre and had moche a do agaynst the scottis and conquered them .iii. or .iiii. tymes For the scottê coude neuer haue victory nor idure agaynst hym and after his dissease his soÌ„ne of his first wyfe who was father to the sayd good kyng Edward the thyrde was crowned kyng and called Edward the .ii. Who resembled nothyng to his father in wyt nor in prowes but gouerned and kept his realme ryght wyldly and ruled hym selfe by synyster counsell of certayne parsons wherby at length he had no profytte norlaude as ye shall here after For anone after he was crowned Robert Bruse kyng of Scotlande who had often before gyuen moche a do to the sayd good kyng Edward the fyrst conquered agayne all Scotland and brent and wasted a great parte of the realme of England a .iiii. or .v. dayes iourney Within the realme at two tymes and discomfyted the kyng and all the Barons of Ingland at a place in Scotland called Estaruelyn by batel arengyd the day of saynt JohnÌ„ Baptyst in the .vii. yere of the reigne of the same kyng Edward In the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xiiii. The chase of this discoÌ„feture endured .ii. dayes and two nyghtys And the kyng of Ingland weÌ„t with a small company to London and on Mydlentsonday in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xvi. The scottis wan agayne the cite of Berwyk by treason but bicause this is no part of our mater I wyll leue spekyng therof ¶ Here myn auctour maketh mencion of the parentê of this good kyng Edward the .iii. Cap. iiii THis kyng Edward the .ii. father to the noble kyng Edward the .iii. had .ii. brethernÌ„ the one called Marshall who was ryght wyld diuers of condicions the other called sir Aymon erle of Cane right wyse a miable geÌ„tle and welbeloued with alpeople This kyng Edward the .ii. was maried to Isabell yâ— doughter of Philyp la Beaw kyng of FrauÌ„ce who Was one of the feyrest ladyes of the worlde The kyng had by her .ii. soÌ„nes .ii. doughters The fyrste son was the noble hardy kyng Edward yâ— .iii. of whom this hystory is begon The .ii. was named JohnÌ„ dyed yong The first of the doughters was called Isabel maried to the yoÌ„g kyng Dauid of scotlaÌ„d son to kyng Robert de Bruse maried in her teÌ„der yongth by thaccord of both realmes of Ingland Scotland for to make 〈◊〉 fight pear The other doughter was maried to the erle Reynold who after was called duke of Guerles he had by her .ii. soÌ„nes Reynold and Edward who after reygned iÌ„ great puissauÌ„ce Herafter begynneth the occasioÌ„ wher by the warr moued bitwene the kyngis of FrauÌ„ce and Ingland Cap. v. NOw sheweth the hystory that this Philyp la Beaw kyng of FrauÌ„ce had .iii. soÌ„nes and a feyre doughter named Isabel maried into Ingland to kyng Edward the .ii. these .iii. soÌ„nes theldest named Lewes who was kyng of Nauerr in his fathers daies was called kyng Lewys Hotin The .ii. had to name Philyp the great or the long and the .iii. was called Charles and all .iii. were kyngis of FrauÌ„ce after theyr fathers discease by ryght succession eche aff other without hauyng any issue male of theyr bodies laufully begoten So that after the deth of Charlis last kyng of the .iii. the xii piers and all the baroÌ„s of FrauÌ„ce wold nat gyue the realme to Isabell the suster who was quene of InglaÌ„d by cause they sayd maynteyned yet do that the realme of FrauÌ„ce is so noble that it ought nat to go to a womaÌ„ and so coÌ„sequeÌ„tly to Isabel nor to the kyng of Inglande her eldest sonne for they determyned the sonne of the womaÌ„ to haue no ryght nor succession by his mother syn they declared the mother to haue no ryght so that by these reasons the .xii. piers and baroÌ„s of FrauÌ„ce by theyr comon acord dyd gyue the realme of FrauÌ„ce to the lord Philyp of Ualois Nephew somtyme to Philyp la beawe kyng of FrauÌ„ce and so put out the quene of Ingland and her sonne who was as the next heire male as soÌ„ne to the suster of Charles last kyng of Fraunce Thus went the realme of Fraunce out of the ryght lynage as it semed to many folkê Wherby great Warres hath moued and fallen and great distructioÌ„s of people and couÌ„tres in the realme of FrauÌ„ce other places as ye may here after This is the very right fouÌ„dation of this hystory to recount the great entreprises great featis of armes yâ— haue fortuned fallen syth the tyme of the good Charlemaigne kyng of Fraunce ther neuer fell so great aduentures ¶ Of the erle Thomas of Lancastre and .xxii. other of the great lordis and knyghtis of Inglande that were beheeddyd Cap. vi THe forsaid kyng Edward the .ii. father to the noble kyng Edward the .iii. on whom our mater is fouÌ„ded This sayd kyng gouerned right diuersly his realme by the exortacioÌ„ of ser Hewe SpeÌ„cer who had ben norisshed with hym syth the begynnyng of his yongth The whiche ser Hewe had so enticed the kyng that his father he were the greattest maisters in all the realme and by enuy thought to surmouÌ„t all other barons of Ingland wherby after the great discoÌ„feture that the scottê had made at Estermelyn great murmoryng ther arose in Ingland bitweneâ—the noble baroÌ„s and the kyngê couÌ„sell namely ageynst ser Hewe SpeÌ„cer They put on hym that by his counsell they were discomfeted and that he was fauorable to the kyng of scottê And on this poynt the haroÌ„s had diuers tymes comunicatioÌ„ to gether to be aduised what they myght do wherof Thomas erle of LaÌ„ 〈…〉 re who was vncle to the kyng was chief And anon whan ser Hewe Spencer had espied this he purueyd for remedy for he was so great with the kyng and so nere hym yâ— he was more beloued with the kyng than all the world after So on a day he came to the kyng and sayd sir certayn lordes of your realme haue made aliaunce to gether agaynst you without ye take hede therto by tymes they purpose to put you out of your realme And so by his malicioê° meanes he caused that the kyng made all the sayd lordes to be takyn and theyr heedis
howe be it I am nat worthy nor sufficient to achyue suche a noble entreprise Than the kyng sayd a geÌ„tle knyght I thaÌ„ke you so that ye wyl promyse to do it Syr sayd the knyght I shall do it vndoubtedly by the faythe that I owe to god and to the ordre of knyghthodde Than I thanke you sayd the kyng for nowe shall I dyâ— in more ease of my mynde sith that I knowe that the most worthy and sufficient knyght of my realme shall achyue for me the whiche I coulde neuer atteyne vnto And thus soone after thys noble Robert de Bruse kyng of Scotland tâ—â—passed out of this vncertayne worlde and hys hart taken out of his body and enbaumed and honorably he was entred in the abbey of Donfremlyn in the yere of our lord god M. CCC .xxvii. the .vii. day of the moneth of Nouembre And whan the spryngyng tyme began Than ser William Duglas purueied hym of that whiche aparteyned for his entreprise and toke his ship at the port of Morais in Scotlande and sailed into Flanders to Shluce to here tydyngê and to knowe if there were any noble man in that couÌ„trey that wolde go to Jerusalem to th eÌ„tent to haue more coÌ„pany and he lay styll at Sluce the space of .xii. daies or he departed but he wold neuer come alande but kept styll his shyp and kept alwaies his port and behauour with great Tryumphe with trumpettis and clarions as though he had ben kyng of scottê hym selfe and in his companye there was a knyght baneret .vii. other knyghtis of the realme of Scotland and .xxvi. yong squiers gentylmeÌ„ to serue hym â–ª and all his vessell was of golde and siluer pottê basons ewers Dysshes flagons barels cuppes and all other thyngis And all suche as wolde come and se hym they were Well serued â–ª with two maner of wynes and dyuerse maner of spices all maner of people accordyng to their degres And whan he had thus taryed there the space of .xii. dayes he hard reported that Alphons kyng of Spaigne made warre ageynst a sarazyn kyng of Granade ThaÌ„ he thought to draw to that partie thynkyng suerely he could nat bestowe his tyme more nobly thaÌ„ to warre ayenst goddis ennemies and that entreprise done thaÌ„ he thought to go forth to JerusaleÌ„ to acheue that he was charged with And so he departed toke the se to ward Spaigne and arryued at the port of Ualenâ— the great Than he 〈◊〉 streight to the kyng of Spaigne who helde his hoste ageynst the kyng of Granade sarazyn and they were nere to gether on the fronters of his lande and within a while after that this knyght syr WilliaÌ„ Duglas was come to the kyng of Spaigne On a day the kyng issued out into the felde to aproche nere to his ennemies And the kyng of Granade issued out in like wyse on his part so that eche kyng myght se other with al their baners displayed Than they arenged their batels eche ageynst other Than 〈◊〉 William Duglas drewe out on the one syde with all his company to the entent to shewe his prowes the better And whan he saw these batels thus ranged on both parties and sawe that the bataile of the kyng of Spaigne began somewhat to aduaunce towarde their ennemies he thought than verelye that they shulde soone asseÌ„ble to gether to fyght at hande strokes and than he thought rather to be with the formest than with the hyndemoost and strake his horse with the spurres and al his company also and dashte into the batelle of the kyng of Granade criynge Duglas Duglas Wenyng to hym the kyng of Spaigne and his host had folowed but they dyd nat Wherfore he was disceyued for the Spaignyss he host stode styll And so this gentle knyght was enclosed all his company with the sarazyns where as he dyd meruelles in armes but fynally he coulde nat endure so that he and all his company were slayne The whiche was great daÌ„mage that the spaynyardis wolde nat rescue them ¶ Also in this season there were certayn lordes that treated for peace bitwene InglaÌ„d Scotlande So that at the last there was a mariage made and solempnised bitwene the yong kyng of Scotland and dame Johan of the towre suster to kyng Edward of Ingland at Berwyke as the inglisshe cronicle saith on Mary Maud lyâ—day The yere of our lord M .iii. C .xxviii. agaynst the assente of many of the nobles of the realme But quene Isabell the kyng is mother and the erle Mortymer made that mariage at the whiche as myn auctor saith there was great feast made on bothe parties ¶ Howe PhylyppÌ„ of Ualoys was crowned kyng of Fraunce Cap. xxi Kyng Charles of Fraunce soÌ„ne to the fayre kyng Phylyp was .iii. tymes maried and yet dyed without issue male The first of his wyues was one of the most fayrest ladyes in all the world she was doughter to the erle of Artoys Howe be it she kept but euyll the sacrameÌ„t of matrimony but brake her wedloke Wherfore she was kept a long space in pryson in the castell Gaylarde before that her husband was made kyng And whan the realme of FraÌ„ce was fallen to hym he was crowned by the assent of the .xii. dowsepiers of Fraunce and thaÌ„ bicause they wold nat that the realme of FraÌ„ce shulde belong without an heyre male they aduysed by their counsell that the kyng shulde be remaryed agayne and so he was to the doughter of the Emperour Henry of Lucenbourg suster to the gentle kyng of Bayhaigne Wherby the first mariage of the kyng was fordoone bytwene hym and his wyfe that was in prison by the liceÌ„ce and declaracyon of the pope that was than and by his .ii. wyfe who was ryght humble and a noble wyse lady the kyng had a soÌ„ne who dyed in his yong age and the quene also at Issodnii in Berrey And they both dyed suspeciously Wherfore dyuers parsones were put to blame after priuely And after this the same kyng Charles was maried agayn the .iii. tyme to the doughter of his vncle the lorde Loyes erle of Dewreux and she was suster to the kyng of Nauerre and was named quene Johan And so in tyme and space this lady was with childe and in the meane tyme the kyng Charles her husband fell sycke and lay downe on his dethe bedde And whan he sawe there Was no waye with hym but deth he deuised that if it fortuned the quene to be delyuered of a sonne Than he wolde that the lorde Phylyp of Ualoys shulde be his gouernour and regent of all hys realme tyll his sonne come to suche age as he myght be crowned kyng and if it fortune the quene to haue a doughter than he wold that all the .xii. piers of Fraunce shulde take aduyse and counsell for the forther ordering of the realme and that they shuld gyue the realme and regally to hym that had moost ryght therto And so within a whyle after the
mother who was as than deed and he had a doughter a lyue and the duke her vncle had maryed her to the lord Charles of Bloyes eldyst sonne of therle Guy of Bloyes that the same erle had by the suster of kyng PhilyppÌ„ of France Who as than raygned and had promysed with her in maryage the duchy of Bretayne after his dyscease for he douted that the erle Mountfort wolde clayme the inherytance as next of blode and yet he was nat his proper brother germayne And the duke thought that the doughter of his brother germayne oughte by reason to be more nere to the Inherytaunce after his dycease than therle MouÌ„tfort his brother And bycause he fered that after his dycease therle of Mountfort wolde take away the ryght fro his yongnese therfore he maryed her with the sayd sir Charles of Bloys to thyntent that kyng Philyp vncle to her housbande shuld ayd to kepe her right agaynst therle Mountfort yf he medyll any thynge in the mater Assone as the erle MouÌ„tfort knewe that the duke his brother was deed he went incoÌ„tynent to Nauntes the souerayne cytie of all Bretayne And he dyd somoche to the burgesses and to the people of the contrey ther about that he was receyued as their chefe lord as moost next of blode to his brother dysceased and so dyd to hym homage and fealtie Than he his wyfe who had both the hertê of a lyon determyned with their counsell to call a court and to kepe a solempne feest at Nauntes at a day lymitted agaynst the which day thei sent for all the nobles and counsails of the good to wnes of Bretayne to be there to do their homage and fealte to hym as to their soueraygne lorde In the meane season or this feest began therle Mounfort with a great nombre of men a warr deê‘ted fro Nauntes and went to Lymogines for he was enformed that the tresur that his father had gadered many a day before was ther kept secrete Whan he came ther he entred into the cyte with gret tryumphe and dyd hym moche honour and was nobly receyued of the burgesses of the clergie of the coÌ„mons and they all dyd hym fealtie as to their soueraygne lorde And by such meanes as he founde yâ— gret treasur was delyuerd to him and whan he had taryed there at his pleasure he deê‘ted with all his treasur and came to Nauntes to the couÌ„tes his wyfe And so their they taryed in grete ioye tyll the day came of the feest and made gret prouysioÌ„s against the same And whan the day caÌ„e and no man apered for no coÌ„maundement except one knyght called sir Henry du Leon a noble and a puysaunt man So they kept the feest a thre dayes as well as they might with such as were ther. Than it was determyned to retayne soudyers a horsbacke and a fote and so to dyspende his gret tresure to attayne to his purpose of the duchy and to constrayne all rebels to coÌ„e to mercy So soudyers wer retayned on all sydes and largely payed so that they had a great noÌ„bre a fote and a horsbacke nobles and other of dyuerse countreis ¶ Howe therle of Mountfort toke the towne and castell of Brest Cap. lxv WHan therle of Mountfort sawe howe he had peple ynough than he was couÌ„sayled to go and conquere all the coÌ„tre outher by loue or by force and to subdue all his rebels Than he yssued out of the cytie of NauÌ„tes with a great hoost and went to a strong castell standynge on the see syde called Brest and captayne therin was sir Garnyer of Clysson a noble knyght and one of the grettest barownes in Bretayne Th erle Mountfort or he came to Brest he constrayned so all the countrey except the fortresses that euery man folowed hym a horsbacke or a fote none durste do none otherwyse whan therle caÌ„e to the castell of Brest he caused ser HeÌ„ry de Leon to sende to the captayn to speke with hym mouyng hym to obey to therle as to the duke of Bretayne The knight answered he wold do nothyng after that mocyon tyll he had otherwyse in coÌ„maundement fro hym that ought to be lorde ther by right and the next day therle dyd assaut the castell Within the castell were a .iii. C. men of armes and euery man was set to his part of defence and than the captayn toke a xl good men of armes came to the barryers so ther was a sore assaut and dyuers sore hurt But finally ther came so many assaylaÌ„tes that the bayles were wonne byfore and the defeÌ„dantes fayne to retourne into the castell at a harde aduenture for ther were dyuers slayne but the captayne dyd so valyantly that he brought his company into the chyefe gate They that kepte the warde of the gate whan they sawe that myschyefe feared lesyng of the castell and sodenly they lette downe the portcolyse and closed their owne capteyne and certayne with him without who right nobly defeÌ„ded themselfe They were sore hurt and in great daunger of deth and the captayne wold neuer yelde hymselfe they with in cast out stones tymber yron and pottê with quycke lyme so that the assaylantes were fayne to drawe backe than they drue vp a lytell of the portcolyse and the captayne entred and his coÌ„pany such as wer left a lyue with him sore wouÌ„ded The next day therle caused certayne ingeÌ„s to be raysed and sayde howe that he wolde nat depart thens tyll he had the castell at his pleasure The thyrde day he vnderstode howe the captayne within was deed of such hurtes as he receyued before at entrynge into the castell and trewe it was Than the duke Mountfort caused a great assaut to be made and had certayne instrumentes made of tymber to caste ouer the dykes to come to the harde walles they within defended themselfe aswell as they myght tyll it was noone Than the duke desyred theÌ„ to yelde and to take hym for their duke and he wold frely pardon them Whervpon they toke counsell and the duke caused the assaut to cease and fynally they yelded them their lyues and goodes saued than therle of Mountfort entred into the castell with certayne nombre and receyued the feaultie of all the men of that Chatelayne And ther he sette to be captayne a knyght whom he trusted moche and than he retourned to his felde right ioyouse ¶ Howe therle of Mountfort toke the cytie of Renes Cap. lxvi WHan the erle of Mountfort was retourned to his felde had stably sâ—hed his captayns in the castell of Brest ThanÌ„e he drewe towarde the cite of Renes the which was nat farr thens euery where as he weÌ„t he made euery man to do him homage and feaulte as to their ryght lorde and dayly encreased his hoost So he came before Renes and pyght vp his tentes and lodged his peple rounde aboute the cyte and in the subbarbes They wtin made great semblant of defence capytaine ther was
dyd moche trouble with assautes howbeit they within defended themselfe so valiantly that their ennemyes loste more than they wanne Whan the countesse of Mountfort knewe that the lordes of Fraunce were come in to Bretaygne with suche a puyssance she sende sir Amery of Clysson into Englande desyring socourse of the kyng on the coÌ„dycion that therle of Mountfortê son and heyre shuld take to wyf one of the kynges doughters and shulde be called duches of Bretayne The king of England was as than at London makyng chere to therle of Salisbury who was newe come out of prison whan this sir Amery of Clysson was come to the kyng and had made relacyon of his message The kyng graunted his request and coÌ„maunded sir Water of Manny to take with hym as many men of warr as sir Amery desyred shortly to make them redy to go into Bretayne to ayde the countesse of Mountfort and to take with him a .iii. M. archers of the best Thus ser Water and sir Amery toke the see and with theÌ„ went the two bretherne of Lyned all sir Loys sir JohnÌ„ the Haz of Brabant ser Hubert of Fresnoy ser Aleyn Syrefound and dyuers other a .vi. M. archers But a great tempest toke theÌ„ on the see and a contrary wynde wherfore they abode on the see .xl. dayes all this season the lordes of France with sir Charles de Bloys kepte styll the sege before Renes and sore coÌ„strayned them within so that the burgesses of the towne wold gladly haue takeÌ„ apoyntmeÌ„t but their captayne sir WyllmÌ„ of Cadudall wold in no wyse agree therto Whan the burgesses and the commons of the towne had endured moche payne sawe no socours coÌ„myng fro no ê‘tie they wold haue yelded vp the towne but the captayne wold nat whan they sawe that finally they toke hym and put hym in prison And made couenaunt with sir Charles du Bloys to yelde vp the towne the next day on the condycion that all such as were of the countes part myght go their wayes whyther they lyst without danger or trouble the lord Charles de Bloys dyd grauÌ„t their desyre Thê° the cytie of Renes was gyuen vp the yere of our lord M .iii. C .xlii. in the begynning of May. Sir WyllmÌ„ of Nuadudall wolde nat tary ther but went streyght to Hanybout to the countesse of MouÌ„tfort who as than had hard no tidyngs of sir Amery of Clysson nor of his company ¶ Howe sir Charles du Bloys besieged the countesse of Mountfort in Hanybout Cap. lxxx WHan the cytie of Renes was gyuen vp the burgesses made their homage fealtie to the lord Charles of Bloys Than he was counselled to go and lay siege to Hany boute wher as the countesse was sayeng that therle beyng in prison yf they myght gette the countesse and her sonne it shulde make an ende of all their warre Than they went all to Hany bout and layed siege therto and to the castell also as ferr as they might by lande with the couÌ„tesse in Hanybout ther was the bysshop of Leon in Bretayne also ther was sir yues of Tribiquedy the lorde of Landreman sir WyllmÌ„ of Nuadudall and the Chatelayne of Guyngnape the two bretherne of Nuyreth sir Henry and 〈◊〉 Olyuer of PeÌ„nefort and dyuers other Whan the countesse and her company vnderstode that the frenchmen were commyng to lay siege to the towne of Hanybout than it was commauÌ„ded to sounde the watche bell a laâ— and euery man to be armed and drawe to their defence Whan sir Charles and the frenchmen came nere to the towne they commaunded to lodge ther that nyght some of the yong lusty companyons caÌ„e skirmysshyng to the barrers and some of them within yssued out to theym so that ther was a great affray but the genowayes and freÌ„chmen loste more than they wanne Whan night came on euery man drewe to their lodgynge yâ— next day the lordes toke counsayle to assayle the batrers to se the maner of them within and so the thyrde day they made a great assaute to the batrers fro mornyng tyll it was noone Than the assaylantes drewe a backe sore beaten and dyuerse slayne whan the lordes of Fraunce sawe their men drawe a backe they were sore dyspleased and caused the assaut to begynne agayne more ferser than it was before and they within defended theÌ„selfe valyantly The countesse her selfe ware harnesse on her body and rode on a great courser fro strete to strete desyringe her peple to make good defence and she caused damoselles and other women to cutte shorte their kyrtels and to cary stones pottes full of chalk to the walles to be cast downe to their ennemyes This lady dyd ther an hardy enterprise she mouÌ„ted vp to the heyght of a towre to se how the frenchmen were ordred Wtout She sawe howe that all the lordes and all other people of thoost were all gone out of ther felde to thassaut than she toke agayne her courser armed as she was and caused thre hundred men a horsbacke to be redy and she went with theym to another gate wher as there was non assaut She yssued out and her company and dasshed into the frenche lodgynges and cutte downe tentes and set fyre in their lodgynges she founde no defence ther but a certayne of varlettes and boyes who ran away Whan the lordes of France loked behynde them sawe their lodgynges a fyre and harde the cry and noyse ther they retourned to the felde cryeng treason treason so that all thassaut was left Whan the countesse sawe that she drewe to gyder her coÌ„pany and whan she sawe she coud nat entre agayne into the towne without great damage she toke an other way and went to the castell of Brest the whiche was nat ferr thens Whan sir Loys of Spayne who was marshal of the host was come to the felde and sawe their lodgynges brennyng and sawe the countesse her coÌ„pany goynge away he folowed after her with a great nombre he chased her so nere that he slewe and hurte dyuerse of theym that were behynde yuell horsed But the countesse and the moost parte of her company rode so well that they came to Breste and there they were receyued with great ioye The next day the lordes of Fraunce who hadde lost their tentes and their prouisyons thanne tooke counsayle to lodge in bowers of trees more nerer to the towne and they had great marueyle whan they knewe that the countesse herselfe had done that enterprise They of the towne wyst nat wher the countesse was become wherof they were in great trouble for it was fyue dayes or they harde any tidynges The countesse dyd somoche at Brest that she gate togyder a .v. hundred speres and than about mydnight she departed fro Brest and by the sonne rysing she came along by the one syde of the hoost and came to one of the gates of Hanybout the which was opyned for her and ther in she entred and allher coÌ„pany with gret noyse
them of the dethe of Jaques Dartuell and sware solemly yâ— they knewe nothynge therof tyll it was done if they had he was the man that they wolde haue defeÌ„ded to the best of their powers and sayde howe they were right sorie of his dethe for he had gouerned the contrey right wysely And also they sayde that though they of Gaunt hadde done that dede they shulde make a sufficyent amendes also sayenge to the kynge and his counsell that thoughe he be deed yet the kynge was neuer the farther of fro the loue and fauoure of theÌ„ of Flaunders in all thynges except the inherytaunce of Flaunders the which in no wyse they of Flaunders woll put a way fro the ryght heyres Sayeng also to the kynge sir ye haue fayre yssue bothe sonnes and doughters as for the prince of Wales your eldest sonne he canne nat fayle but to be a great prince without the inherytaunce of Flaunders Sir ye haue a yonge doughter and we haue a yonge lorde who is herytoure of Flaunders we haue hym in oure kepynge may it please you to make a maryage bytwene them two So euer after the county of Flaunders shall be in the yssue of your chylde these wordes and suche other apeased the kyng and finally was content with the â—â—emmynges and they with hym and soo lytell and lytell the dethe of Jaques Dartuell was forgoten ¶ Of the dethe of wyllmÌ„ erle of Heynault who dyed in Freese and many with hym Cap. C .xvi. IN the same season the erle Wyllyam of Heynalt beynge at siege before the towne of Dautryche and there hadde lyen a long season he constrayned theym so soore what by assautes and otherwyse that finally he hadde his pleasure of theÌ„ and anone after in the same season about yâ— feest of saynt Remy The same erle made a great assemble of men of armes knyghtes and squyers of Heynault Flaunders Brabant Hollande Guerles and Jullyers the erle and his company departed fro Dordreche in Hollande with a great nauy of shyppes And so sayled to wardes Freese for the erle of Heynault claymed to be lorde there and yf the fresons had been men to haue brought to reason therle in dede hadde there great ryght but there he was slayne and a great nombre of knyghtes and squyers with hym Sir JohnÌ„ of Heynault aryued nat there with his nephue for he aryued at another place and whan he harde of the deth of his nephue lyke a manne out of his mynde he wolde haue tought with the fresons but his seruantes and specially sir Robert of Gluues who as thanne was his squyer dyd putte hym into his shyppe agayne agaynst his wyll And so he retourned agayne with a small coÌ„pany and came to â—â—ouÌ„t sayâ—it Gertrude in Hollande wher the lady his nece was wyfe to the sayd erle named Iahane eldest doughter to the duke of Brabant than she went to the lande of Buyche the which wass her endowrie Thus yâ— countie of Heynall was voyde a certayne space and sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt dyd gouerne it vnto the tyme that Margaret of Heynault doughter to therle Aubertcame thyder and toke possessyon of that herytage all lordes and other dyde to her feaultie and homage This lady Margaret was maryed to yâ— lorde Loyes of Bauyer emperour of Almayne and kynge of Romayns ¶ Howe sir JohnÌ„ Heynalt became frenche Cap. C .xvii. ANone after the french kyng entreated caused the erle of Bloys to entreat this lorde JohnÌ„ of Heynalt to become frenche promysing to gyue hym more reuenues in Fraunce than he had in Englande to he assigned wher he wolde hymselfe deuyce To this request he dyd nat lightly agre for he had spent all the floure of his youth in the scruyce of the kyng of Englande and was euer welbeloued with the kyng Whan therle Loyes of Bloyes who had maryed his doughter and had by her thre sonnes Loyes JohnÌ„ and Guy sawe that he coude nat wynne hym by that meanes he thought he wold assay an other way as to wyn the lorde of Saguynels who was chefe coÌ„pany on and grettest of counsell with the lorde JohnÌ„ of Heynault And so they bytwene theÌ„ deuysed to make hym byleue that they of Englande wolde nat pay hym his pencyon wherwith sir JohnÌ„ of Heynault was sore dyspleased so yâ— he renounced his seruyce and good wyll that he bare to the kynge of Englande And whan the frenche kyng knowe therof incontynent he sent sufficyent messangers to hym and so retayned hym of his counsayle with certayne wages and recompensed hym in Fraunce with asmoche or more than he had in Englande ¶ Of the great hoost that the duke of Normandy brought into Gascone agaynst therle of Derby Cap. C .xviii. THe frenche kyng was well infourmed of the coÌ„questes that the erle of Derby had made in the countrey of Gascone thanne he made a great sommons that all noble and nat noble able for the feare of warre shulde be at Orlyaunce and at Bourges and there about at a certayne day lymytted by reason of this coÌ„maundement came to Parys duke Odes of Burgoyne his sonne and therle of Arthoys and of Colayne they caÌ„e to the kynge with a thousande speares ThanÌ„e came the duke of Burbone and therle of Ponthyeu his brother with a great nombre of men of armes thyder also came the erle of Ewe and of Guynes coÌ„stable of Fraunce with a great coÌ„pany also therle of Tankernyll the dolphyne of Auuerne therle of Forestes therle of Dampmartyne therle of Uandone the lorde of Coucy the lorde of Craon the lorde of Sully the bysshoppe of Bewuayes the lorde of Frennes the lorde of Beauiewe â–ª the lorde JohnÌ„ of Chaalon the lorde of Roy and dyuerse other they all assembled in the cytie of Orlyaunce they of that part of Loyre and they of Poycton of Xaynton of Rochell of Caoursyn and Lymosyn they met in yâ— marches of Tholouz So all thes passed forthe towarde Roueryng and they fouÌ„de moche more company assembled in the cytie of Rodes and in the marches of Auuerne and Prouence So at last they all came to the cite of Tholouz and there about for they coude nat be all lodged in the cytie for they were in nombre mo than a hundred thousand This was in the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .xlv. anone after the feest of Christmas the duke of Normandy who was chefe of that hoost rode forth with his two marshals before hym the lorde of MomoreÌ„cy and the lorde saynt Uenant First they went to the castell of Myremont the which the englysshmen had wonne before and captayne wtin was one JohnÌ„ Bristowe there they made assaut within were a hundred englysshmeÌ„ And with the frenchmen was sir Loyes of Spayne with genowayes crosbowes who sparedde no shotte so that they within the castell coulde nat defende them selfe but that the castell was won and they all take and slayne with the captayne than the marshals set ther newe men than they passed forthe
a sir JohnÌ„ Chandos this good aduenture that is thus fallen to me is by the great wytte and prowes that is in you the whiche I knowe well and so do all those that be here Sir I pray you drinke with me and toke hym a flagon with wyne wherof he had dronke and refresshed hym before and moreouer sayd sir besyde god I ought to canne you the moost thanke of any creature lyuyng and therwith ther came to them sir Olyuer of Clysson forchased enstamed for he had long pursued his enemyes so he had moche payne to retourne agayne with his people and brought with hym many a prisonere Than he came to therle of Mountfort and a lyghted fro his horse and refresshed hym and in the same meane season there came to theÌ„ two knightes and two haraldes who had serched among the deed bodyes to se if ser Charles of Bloys were deed or nat Than they sayd all openly â–ª sir make good chere for we haue sene your aduersary ser Charles deed therwith the erle of Mountfort arose and sayde that he wolde go and se hym for he had as good wyll to se hym deed as a lyue and thyder he went and the knyghtes that were about hym And whan he was come to the place where as he lay a syde couered vnder a shelde he caused hym to be vncouered and than regarded hym ryght piteously studyed a certayne space and sayd a sir Charles fayre cosyn howe that by your opinyon many a great myschiefe hath fallen in Bretayn as god helpe me it sore dyspleaseth me to fynde you thus howe beit it can be none otherwyse and therwith he began to wepe Than sir JohnÌ„ Chandos drewe hym a backe and sayd sir departe hens and thanke god of the fayre aduentur that is fallen to you for without the dethe of this man ye coude nat come to the herytage of Bretayne ThaÌ„ therle ordayned that sir Charles of Bloys shulde be borne to Guyngant and so he was incoÌ„tynent with great reuerence and there buryed honorably as it apertayned for he was a good true and a valyant knight and his body after sanctifyed by the grace of god called saynt Charles and canonised by pope Urban the .v. for he dyde yet dothe many fayre myracles dayly ¶ Of the truce that was gyuen to bury the deed after the hatayle of Alroy and how dyuers castels yelded vp to therle MouÌ„tfort and howe he be seged CaÌ„pantoreÌ„tyne Cap. CC .xxvii. AFter that all the deed bodyes were dispoyled and that thenglysshmen were retourned fro the chase ThaÌ„ they drewe them to their lodgynges and vnarmed theÌ„ and toke their ease and toke hede to their prisoners and caused theym that were wounded to be well serued and serched And on the Monday in the mornynge the erle MouÌ„tfort made it to be knowen to them of the cytie of Reynes and to the townes ther about that he wolde gyue truce for thre dayes to the cuteÌ„t that they might gather togyder the deed bodyes and bury them in holy places the whiche ordynaunce was well taken and accepted And so the erle Mountfort lay styll at siege before Alroy and sayd he wold nat depart thens tyll he had wonne it So the tidynges spredde abrode into dyuers countrees howe sir JohnÌ„ Mountfort by the counsell and ayde of the englysshmen had won the felde agaynst sir Charles of Bloys and disconfyted and put to dethe and taken all the cheualry of Bretayne such as were agaynst hym Sir Johan Chandos had great renome for all maner of people lordes knightes and squyers suche as had ben in the felde sayd that by his wytte and high prowes thenglysshmen and bretons had won the felde and of these tidynges were all the frendes and ayders of sir Charles of Bloyes right sorowfull and sore dyspleased the whiche was good reason And specially the frenche kyng for this disconfyture touched hym gretly bycause that dyuers knightê of his realme were ther slayne and taken as sir Bertram of Clesquy whome he greatly loued and the erle of Aucer the erle of Joigny all the barones of Bretayne none except Than the frenche kyng sent Loyes the duke of Aniou to the marches of Bretayne for to recoÌ„fort the countre yâ— which was desolate disconforted for the loue of their lorde Charles of Bloyes whome they had lost And also to reconforte the countesse of Bretayne wyfe to the sayd lorde Charles who was so sore disconforted for yâ— dethe of her husbande that it was pyte to beholde her the whiche the duke of Aniou was bouÌ„de to do for he had maried her doughter So he promysed with faythfull entent to gyue vnto all the good cyties castels in Bretayne and to all the remnant of the countre of Bretayne his good counsell confort and ayde in all cases Wherby the good lady whome he called mother and all the countrey had a certayne space gret trust vnto suche season as the frenche kyng to ereche we all parels put other prouisyon as ye shall herafter Also these tidynges came to the kyng of Englande for the erle of MouÌ„tfort had writen to hym therof the. v â–ª day after the batayle was ended before Alroy â–ª The letters were brought to the kynge of Enlande to Douer by a parseuant of armes who had ben in the batayle And the kyng inconsynent made hym an haralde called him Wynd sore â–ª as I was enformed by the same haraulde and dyuers other And the cause why the kynge of Englande was as than at Douer I shal shewe you here after IT was of trouthe that ther was a treaty thre yere before bytwene the lord EdmoÌ„de erle of Cambrige one of the kynges sonnes and the doughter of therle Loys of FlauÌ„ders to the which maryage therle of FlauÌ„ders was as than newly agreed vnto so that pope Urban the fyft wolde dispence with them for they were nere of lynage And the duke of LaÌ„castre and the lorde Edmonde his brother with many knightes and squyers had ben in FlauÌ„ders with the erle and were receyued right honorably in signe of great peace and loue And so the erle of Flaunders was come to Calais and passed the see and came to Douer where the kyng and parte of his counsell were redy to receyue hym and so they were ther. Whan the forsayd purseuant came to the kyng and brought hym tidynges of the batayle of Alroy of the whiche the kyng and all that were ther were right ioyouse and in lykewise so was the erle of Flaunders for the loue and honour and auauncemeÌ„t of his cosyn germayne the erle of Mountfort Thus the kyng of England and therle of flauÌ„ders were at Douer the space of thre dayes in feestes and great sportes and whan they had well sported theÌ„ and done that they assembled for Than the erle of Flaunders toke leaue of the kyng and departed and as I vnderstande the duke of Lancastre and the lorde Edmonde passed the see agayne with
hym and helde him company tyll he came to Bruges ¶ Nowe let vs speke of therle MouÌ„tfort how he dyd in Bretayne Cap. CC .xxviii. THe erle of Mountfort as ye haue herde before lay styll at yâ— sege before Alroy and said howe he wolde nat departe thens tyll he had it at his pleasure And they with in yâ— castell were nat at their case for they had lost their capitayne Henry of FeÌ„tenycle for he was abydden in the felde and the chefe of their company wherfore they were but a fewe within and socour came none to theÌ„ fro no parte therfore they toke counsell amonge them and determyned to yelde vp the castell their lyues and good saued Than they entreted with therle and with his counsell and the erle who had many thynges to take hede of bycause he knewe nat howe all the countre wolde de demeaned Therfore he toke them to mercy and suffred them peasably to departe and toke the possessyon of the forteresse and sette men 〈◊〉 of his And than rode farther and all his 〈◊〉 the whiche dayly encreased for menne of warr and archers resorted dayly to hym and also dyuers knightes and squyers of bretayne torned to his part and specially the breton bre 〈…〉 tes Than he taryed thre dayes before the towne of Jougowe and made two great assautes wherin dyuers were sore hurt bothe of theym within and without And whan they of Jougowe sawe howe they were assayled that no socoure was comynge to them warde 〈…〉 han they detmyned nat to be haryed nor vndone but toke therle Mountfort for their lord and opened the gates and sware to become his men foreuer Than the erle remoued all the offuers in the towne and sette in newe and than rode before the towne of Dynan and there he layed siege the whiche endured long into wynter for the towne was well garnysshed with vitayls and with good men of warre And also the duke of Amou erhorted them to kepe it like good men of warre and promysed to conforte them the whiche caused them to abyde and suffre many a great assaut but whan they sawe yâ— there purueyaunces began to mynisshe that no socoure apered to them Than they entreated for a pease with the erle Mountforte who gladly entended therto for he desyred nothing-els but that they shulde knolege hym for their lorde and so they dyde And so he entred in to the towne of Dynan with great solempnyte they all dyde to hym homage and fealtie ThaÌ„ he rode forthe with all his army tyll he came before the cytie of Campecorentyne and besieged it rounde about and brought thyder great engens fro UaÌ„nes fro Dynan and sayd he wolde nat deê‘te thens tyll he had it at his pleasur Thenglysshmen bretons as sir JohnÌ„ Chandos other who had taken at the batayle of Alroy dyuers prisoners wolde put none to raunsome bycause they shulde nat asseÌ„ble to gyder a gayne to make a newe felde agaynst theÌ„ Therfore they sent theÌ„ into Poâ—toâ— Xaynton Burdeaur Rochell to be kept there as prisoners And so â—â—the the meane season the bretons and englysshmen in one part and other conquered all the countre of Bretayne ¶ How the peace was made that the erle of Mountfort shulde abyde duke of Bretayne and howe the frenche kynge rendred to Clysson his lande of the maryage of the duke of NormaÌ„dy and howe the captall of Beuâ— became liege man to the frenche kynge and afterwarde renounced hym agayne Cap. CC .xxix. IN the meane seasone that the erle of Mountforte lay at siege before Campecorentyne and that it was sore beten and oppressed by his engyns and assautes His men ran ouer the countre and left nothyng vntaken without it were to hote to colde or to heuy Of these aduentures the frenche kynge was well enformed and had theron dyuers counsayls purposes ymagynacions howe he myght do with the besynesse of Bretayne for they were in a harde ê‘te and coude nat well remedy it without styrringe of all his realme and to make warr agayne with thenglysshmen for Bretayne Wherin he had counsell in no wyse so to do for by great delyberacion of counsell it was sayd to him Sir ye haue helde the opinyon of the lord Charles of Bloyes your cosyn and in lykewise so dyde the kyng your father and kynge Philyp your graundfather who gaue hym in maryage the duchy of Bretayne wherby many great yuels and inconuenyentes hath fallen sythe in Bretayne and in the countreis about And sir so it is that the lorde Charles of Bloys your cosyn in kepynge and defendynge his ryght in Bretayne is now deed and slayne and ther is non on his syde that the right of the warre or of his chalenge can releue for his two sonnes JohnÌ„ and Guy who be next heyres ar in Englande in prisone And sirye here dayly howe the erle Mountfort coÌ„quereth and taketh townes and castels and reputeth them as his owne true herytage Sir thus ye may lese your ryght and homage that ye ought to haue of Bretayne the whiche is a ryght noble thyng to your realme Wherfore ye ought greatly to doute the losse of the same for if therle Mountfort become liege man and holde the duchy of Bretayne of your brother the kynge of Englande as his father dyde of olde tyme ye canne nat haue it agayne without great warre great hatred bytwene you and the kyng of Englande wher as good peace is no we the whiche we wyll nat counsell you to breke Therfore sir we thynke all thynges coÌ„sydred and ymagined that it were good for you to send certayne messangers to haue a treaty bytwene you and therle Mountforte to knowe howe he wyll maynteyne and agree to any peace bytwene hym and the countre the lady who calleth herselfe duchesse And sir as your messangers feleth hym dysposed in this mater than acordyng therto ye may take further aduyse at the vttermost it were better that he abode styll duke of Bretayne so that he wyll holde of you and do to you all rightê that a subget ought to do to his lorde rather than the mater shulde be in great parell of lesyng of all to the whiche wordes the kynge gladly enclyned vnto Than it was ordayned that the lorde Johan of Craon archbysshop the lorde of Craon his cosyn and sir Boucequant shulde go on that voyage to Campacorentyne to treat with the erle Mountfort with his counsell on the state of peace as ye haue herde So thus these thre lordes deê‘ted well instructed of that they shulde do and so longe they rode tyll they came to the sege of the englysshmen and bretons before Campacorentyne and so they named them to be messangers fro the frenche kyng Th erle of Mountfort sir Johan Chandos and they of his couÌ„sell receyued them right ioyously than these lordes of FrauÌ„ce shewed right sagely the occasyon of their comyng thider and why they weresent And at the first entreaty
therle mouÌ„tfort answered howe he wolde take counsell and aduyce in the mater and gaue them day of answere And in the meane season these thre lordê went and lay at the cytie of Reyns Than the erle Mountforte sent into Englande the lorde Latymer to shewe to the kyng of England the treaty of the frenchmen desyringe hym to haue his couÌ„sell in that behalfe And the kyng of Englande whan he was enfourmed of the mater sayd howe that he wolde counsell therle MouÌ„tfort to haue peace so that alwayes he might be duke of Bretayne and somwhat to recoÌ„pence the lady callynge her selfe duchesse with some honest thynge assignynge her some certayne rent yerely to be payd out of some place wher she myght be sure to haue it without daunger Than the lorde Latimer brought worde agayne to therle of the kynges answere and so after his letters reed and his answere herde the erle of Mountfort and his counsell sent for the frenche messangers to come to his hoost and theyr answere was made them right courtesly And it was sayd to theym howe the erle Mountfort wolde in no wyse departe nor forsake his chalenge of the duchy of Bretayne but that he wolde abyde duke of Bretayne and so to be called But wher as the freÌ„che kyng wolde haue hym to opyn peasably his cyties townes castels and to make faithe and homage to him and all other ryghtes as the dukes of Bretayne haue done in tyme paste He is content so to do and gladly to knowlege the frenche kyng for his naturall lorde and to do to hym homage and seruyce in the presens of the peres of FrauÌ„ce And also to gyue ayde and helpe and to reconforte his cosyn the wyfe of therle Charles trepassed and to helpe to delyuer his cosyns her sonnes out of prison in Englande This answere pleased right well these lordes of FrauÌ„ce than they toke day and tyme this mater to coÌ„clude or nat Than incontynent they sent to the duke of Aniou who was as than at Angiers to whome the frenche kyng had gyuen full power and auctoryte to conclude this treaty or els to leaue it at his pleasur And whan the duke of Aniousaw the effect of this mater he toke counsell a longe space but finally he was counsayled to accepte the treaty and the two knightes that were sent to him retorued agayne with his answere writen and sealed And than these lordes of Fraunce departed fro Reyns and went to the siege before Campacorentyne and ther finally the peace was made agreed and sealed by therle MouÌ„tfort and he abode as duke of Bretayne condycionally that if he had no chyldren of his body laufully begoten than the duchy to retourne to the chyldren of the lorde Charles of Blois and the lady wyfe to the lorde Charles of Bloys disceassed shulde be countesse of Poynteure the whiche lande was of yerely rent about .xx. M. frankes And also the lorde Mountfort shulde come in to Fraunce whan soeuer the kyng sent for hym to do his homage and to holde the duchy of Bretayne of hym And for the confyrmacion herof there were charters and instrumentes publyke made and sealed on bothe parties Thus therle of Mountfort entred into the duchy of Bretayne and abode as duke therof a certayne space of tyme tyll other tidynges of warr came as ye shall herafter in this history ANd also by the ordynaunce of the same peace the frenche kyng restored agayn 〈◊〉 the lorde of Chsson his lande yâ— whiche was taken fro hym by kyng Philyp somtyme kyng So thus the lorde of Clysson aquaynted hym so with the frenche kynge that he dyde what he wolde and wtout him nothyng was done So thus the couÌ„tte of Bretayne was right ioyous whan they sawe that they were in rest peace and the duke toke faythe and homage of the cy â–ª ties good to wnes and castels and of all prelates and other gentylmen And within a space after the duke maryed the doughter of the princes of Wales â–ª the whiche she had before by the lorde Thomas Hollande and this maryage was made in the good rytie of Nauntes right nobly Also it fortuned yâ— same wynter yâ— queue Jane aunt to the kyng of Nauer quene BlaÌ„che her sustre dyd somoch yâ— a peace was made bytwene yâ— french kyng the king of Nauer by yâ— ayde wysoome of the lorde captall of Beufz who dyde all that he might to conclude yâ— peace and therby he was aquyted out of prison And the frenche kyng shewed hym in dede great sygne of loue and gaue hym yâ— fayre castell of De nemoux with all the appurtenaunces the whiche was well worthe of yerely reuenewes thre thousande frankes and so the Captall became liegeman to the frenche kyng of whose homage yâ— kyng was right toyouse for he loued well the seruyce of suche a knyght as yâ— captall was in his tyme. But yâ— seruyce endured no longe season for whan he came into the principalyte to the prince who was enformed of the case as it stode Greatly he blamed hym and sayd how that he coude nat acquyte hym selfe trewely to serue two lordes and that he was to couetous to take lande in Fraunce wher he was nother be loued nor honoured And whan the Captall sawe hymselfe in that case and home he was taken and reputed by the prince his naturall lorde he was sore a shamed and excused hymselfe sayeng sir I am nat so sore bounde to the frenche kyng but that I may soone for do agayne all that I haue done or ê“mysed And so he sent a seruaunt of his to the kyng and renounced al that the kynge had gyuen hym and he taryed styll hym selfe with the prince for he was aquyted of his prison by the composycion of yâ— peace taken bytwene the frenche kyng and the kyng of Nauer And the frenche kyng had by coÌ„posicyon the townes of Maunt and Meulecke the kyng rendred hym therfore other castels in Normandy In this season deê‘ted out of frauÌ„ce the lorde Loys of Nauer and went into LoÌ„bar dy to mary the quene of Naples but at his departyng he had of the frenche kynge for certayne castels that he delyuered vp in Normandy the somme of threscore thousande frankes And the same lorde Loys after he had wedded the quene of Naples lyued no longe tyme god forgyue hym all his fautes for he was a right good knight and a courtesse IN this season yet was ther styll in FrauÌ„ce great nombre of the companyons the whiche as than wyst nat what to do seyng the warres of Bretayne were ended These coÌ„panyons pursued euer after dedes of armes and takynge of pyllages at their aduauntages fro the whiche they coude nat nor wolde absteyne and all their chefe recours was in Fraunce for they called the realme of Fraunce their chambre They durst do no hurte in Acquitayne for the lande wold nat suffre them and also to say trouthe moost parte of the capitayns were
maner as this archebysshop went aboute prechynge and shewyng the right quarel of the frenche kyng in the bondes and lymitacions of Languedoc there were in Pycardy dyuerse other prelates and clerkes who well and sufficieÌ„tly dyd their deuours to shewe and to preche the sayd quarel of the frenche kynge to the comon people of cyties and good townes and specially sir WylliaÌ„ of â—ormans preched the sayd quarel fro cite to citie and fro towne to towne so wysely and so notably that all that harde hym lent them selfe to his opinion so that the busynesse of the realme was by hym and by his wordes so coloured that it was marnayle to speke therof And besyde that the frenche kyng hym selfe was so moued with deuocion that he caused to be made contynual processions by the clergie and hym selfe and the quene wolde go bare foote requyrynge and besechynge god deuoutely to assist and mainteyne the right of the realme of France the whiche hath ben a season in great tribulacion And also the kynge caused all his subiectes by the constreynte of the prelates to do the same In lyke maner dyd the kynge of EnglaÌ„d in his realme There was a bysshop that tyme at London who made many prechynges and declaracions shewyng the people that the freÌ„che kynge by great wronge hadde renewed the warre And that he dyd was agayngste ryght and good reason and that he proued by diuers artycles and poyntes openely shewed to saye trouth it was of necessite that both kyngê syth they were determyned to make warre to shewe to their people the ordre and cause of their quarelles so that they myght with the better wyls helpe and ayde theyr lordes of the whiche they were all awakened both in the one realme and other The kynge of Englande sent into Brabant and Haynault to knowe if he myght geat any ayde there and desired duke Aulbert who had in rule and gouernance the countie of Heynault at that tyme that he wolde open his couÌ„trey to suffre hym to go and come and to abide there if nede were and that waye to passe into the realme of France with his army The duke Aulbert at the requeste of the kynge of EnglaÌ„d his vncle and at the desyre of the quene his auÌ„te lyghtly condyscended to theyr desyres by the ayde and good mocyon of Edwarde Duke of Guerles who was of the kynge of Englandes parte For he wedded the dukes doughter and by the duke of Julyers his cousyn germayne These two at that tyme were in faythe and homage bouÌ„de to the kyng of EnglaÌ„de by whom they were desyred that they shulde retaygne eche of them the nombre of a thousande speares at his coste and charge Wherfore these .ii. lordes aduysed well that it shulde be good for the kynge of Englande to geatte alied to hym the duke Aulbert Who was sore tempted therto by them and by great gyftes that the kynge of Englande promysed hym by suche knyghtes as he hadde sente vnto hym But Whan the lorde of Comynges who was about the freÌ„che kynge herde therof he returned into Heynaulte and by the counsayle of the lorde JohnÌ„ Werthyn sâ— neschall of Heynaulte by whom all the countrey was moste gouerned and was a wyse and a valiant knyght and was good freÌ„che in hart he was so well beloued with the duke duchesse that he brake the purpose of the englisshe messaÌ„gers for by the helpe of therle of Bloys and of ser JohnÌ„ of Bloys his brother the lorde Ligny and of the lorde BarbaÌ„son the duke and all his countrey abode as neuter and held with none of both partes And this answere made Jane duchesse of Brabant Kynge Charles of FraÌ„ce who was sage wyse and subtyle had wrought about this treatie .iii. yere before knewe well he had good frendes in Heynault Brabant specially the most parte of the couÌ„sailours of the great lordes and to colour to make his warr seme the fayrer he copied out diuers letters touchyng the peace confirmed at Calays and ther in he closed the substanÌ„ce of his dede and what thynge the kynge of Englande and his childreÌ„ were sworne to kepe in what articles by their letters sealed they were submytted to make renuÌ„ciacions resityng suche coÌ„myssions as they ought to haue delyuered to theyr people and al other articles and poyntê that made any thyng for hym and his quarell condempnynge the englisshemens deades These letters the kynge caused to be publysshed in the courtes of great lordes to the entent they shulde be better enformed of his quarel Inlyke wyse opposit to this dede the kynge of England shewed his quarel in Almaygne and in other places where as he thought to haue any ayde The duke of Guerles nephewe to the kynge of Englande sonne to his suster and the duke of Juliers cosyn germayne to his children who were at that tyme good and true englysshe had great dispight of the defiaunce that the frenche kynge had made to the kyng of EnglaÌ„de done by a varlet in their myndes greately blamynge the frenche kynge and his counsaile in his so doyng for they sayd that warre bitwene so great princis as the freÌ„che kynge and the kynge of Englande ought to be publysshed and defied by notable ê‘sones as prelates bysshops or abbottes sayeng howe the frenche men dyd it by great presumpcyon pryde Wherfore they sayd they wolde send and defye the freÌ„che kyng notably and so they dyd and dyuerse other knyghtes of Almayne with them and their enteÌ„tê was shortly to entre into Fraunce and there to do suche dedes of armes that the remembrauÌ„ce therof shulde be seen and knowen .xx. yere after Howe be it they dyd nothynge for their purpose was broken by another way than they thought of as ye shall here after in this historie ¶ How the duke of Bourgoyn was maryed to the doughter of the erle of Flaunders Cap. CC .liii. VE haue harde before howe the space of .v. yere to gether the kyng of Engâ— made moche purchase to haue the doughter of therle of FlaÌ„ders to haue ben maried to his son Edmond erle of Cambridge The deuises and ordenances were to longe to reherse Wherfore I wyll passe it ouer breuely The kynge of England coude by no maner geat pope Urban to consent to gyue them a dispensacion to mary and the erle of Fraunders was sued vnto fro other partes and specially by the frenche kyng for his brother the duke of Bourgoyn WhaÌ„ he sawe that the maryage Wolde nat take in England and howe it was tyme for his doughter to be maryed and that he had no mo children and thought that the yoÌ„ge duke of Bourgoyn was a mete mariage for her Than he sent certayne messangers into England to treate with the kyng for acquitaunce and the messangers dyd so well their deuour that the kynge of Englande who thought none euyl quited the erle of Flaunders of all his couenauntes as touchynge the mariage of his doughter and so these
he was lorde by right of his wyfe doughter to the gentyll lorde Berault erle Dolphyn So thus the duke went layd siege to Bell perche and made before it a great bastyd for his mâ—n dayly to drawe in to vnder couert and so dayly scrimysshed with theÌ„ that were within Also the duke had ther four great engins the which cast night and day great stones so that the toopes of the towres houses were beaten downe and a great parte of the towres Wherof the dukes mother who was prisoner within had gret feare And sent out messangers to the duke her sonne desyringe hym to cease his assantes for thengins sore feared and troubled her But the duke of Burbone who knewe well that her request and desyre was done by the meanes of his ennemyes Aunswered that in no wyse he wolde cease nor forbere what soeuer fell And whan they within sawe howe they were so sore oppressed and howe that the strength of the frenchemen daylye multiplyed For to theym was newly come sir Loyes of Sanrer marshall of Fraunce with great plenty of men of warre Than they determyned to gyue knowledge of their poore estate to sir Johan Deureux seneshall of Lymosyn who lay at Soubterayne a two lytell tourneys fro theÌ„ and to certifye him howe the lordes of Poictou and of Gascoyne whan they departed fro them at the iourney of Quercy promysed them on their faythe 's that if they toke any fortresse in France and after to be besieged howe they shulde be comforted Thus incoÌ„tynent they wrote letters and secretly by night they sent a varlet out of the forteresse to sir JohnÌ„ Deureur and whan the messaÌ„ger came to him he remembred well the mater by suche tokens as he shewed hym And whan he had reed the letters he sayd he wolde gladly ayde and helpe them and the rather to spedâ— sayd he wolde go him selfe to Angolesme to the prince and to the lordes that be ther trustyng so to enduse theÌ„ that they of Bell perche shulde be conforted and delyuered out of parell And so he departed fro his fortresse and rode so longe that he came to Angolesme wher he founde the prince the erle of Cambridge therle of PeÌ„broke sir JohnÌ„ Montagu sir Robert Canoll sir Thomas Percy sir Thomas Phelton sir Guyssharde Dangle the Captal of Beufz and dyuers other Ther to them he sagely shewed howe the companyons were besieged in the castell of Bell perche by the duke of Burbon the erle of saynt Poule and other frenchmen To the whiche wordes the lordes gaue good heryng and sayd howe gladly they wolde coÌ„fort them acordyng as they had promysed Of this enter price were chefe the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke And incontynent the prince sent out his coÌ„maundement that all his subgettes after the sight of his letts shulde in all hast drawe to the towne of Lymoges So than thyderwarde auaunsed knightes and squyers coÌ„panyons and other men of armes and so cam thyder as they were commaunded And whan they were assembled they were mo than xv C. speares thre thousande of other men of warr And so quickely they passed for the that they caÌ„e to Bell perche and lay on the othersyde of the towne agaynst the frenchmen who lay kepte styll their bastyde the whiche was as stronge and aswell fortified and aswell enuyroned as a towne So that thenglisshe foragers wyst nat whyder to resorte for any forage howbeit they had some vitayls brought fro Poyctou whan they might conuey it Than sir Loys of Sanxere marshall of France signifyed the state of thenglysshmen to Parys to the kyng and to the knightes that were ther and made writynges and seadules to be set vp on the pales and in other places sayeng thus Among you knightes and squyers desyring to fynde dedes of armes we certifye you for trouthe that the erle of CaÌ„bridge and therle of Penbroke their coÌ„pany ar come before Bell perche to th entent to reyse the siege ther layd by our men who ther so longe hath endured payne and we haue so coÌ„streyned them within the forteresse that of pure necessyte they must other yelde it vp or els fyght with vs byforce of armes Therfore come thyder hastely for ther shall ye fynde noble dedes of armes And certaynly theÌ„glysshmen lye but in small order and ar in suche a place that they might soone haue great domage Thus by exortacion of the marshall dyuers good knyghtes of the realme of Fraunce auaunsed them to that part Howe beit I knewe well that the gouernour of Bloyes Allart of Toustayne with a .l. speares came thyder so dyd therle of Porcyen and sir Hugh of Porcien his brother ¶ Howe therle of CaÌ„bridge and the erle of Penbroke ledde a way fro the garyson of Bell Perche the duke of Burbons mother and all those that were within Cap. CC .lxxiii. WHan the erle of CaÌ„bridge and the erle of Penbroke had ben thus before the freÌ„chmen the space of .xv. dayes and saw howe they wolde nat yssue out of their bastyde to fight with theÌ„ Than they toke couÌ„sayle and aduyse to sende to them an heraulde to knowe what they wolde do and so they sent Chandos the heraude with the message that he shuld say to them and so he went to them and said Sirs my lordes and maysters hath sent me to you they wolde ye knowe by me that they are all gretly marueyled sythe that ye haue perfyte know lede how they haue ben here the space of fyftene dayes before you yet ye wolde nat yssue out of your strayte to fight with theÌ„ Therfore they send you worde by me that if ye wyll coÌ„e out towarde theÌ„ they wyll suffre you to take a plot of grouÌ„de to fight on with them And than let theÌ„ haue the vyctorie that god wyll sende it vnto Than the duke of Burbon sayd ChaÌ„dos you shall say to your maisters that we wyll nat fight with theÌ„ at their wylles nor apoyntment And I knowe well that they be yonder but I wyll nat departe hens nor breke vp my siege tyll I haue wonne the castell of Bell Perche Sir ê™ the heraude I shall shewe them your pleasure Than departed the heraud retourned to his maisters and shewed them the answere yâ— whiche was nothyng pleasant to them Than they went to counsayle and after they sayd agayne to Chandos go agayne to yonder lordes and shewe them this wyse and so declared to hym his message And than he went for the whan he came to them he sayd Lordes my maisters and lordes sendeth you worde by me that sithe ye wyll nat fight Surely they purpose the .iii. day hens at the houre of .ix. or at noone to sette a horsebacke the lady of Burbone and to conuey her awaye in the syght of you my lorde of Burbone her sonne And sir than they bydde you rescue her and if ye can Well ê™ the duke to se my lady my mother ledde
night they lay togider made gode wache and went neuer past thre leages a day None went before the marshals baners without coÌ„mauÌ„dement and so they passed by Motrell wherof the lorde of Handboure was capitayne but they made ther none assaut so past by saynt Omer after by Turwyn The currours brent the lande of therle of saynt Poule and than went nere to Arras And the two dukes lodged in the abbey of mount saynt Eloy and ther taryed two dayes Than they departed and costed Arras but they assayled it nat for they knewe well they shulde but lese their labour and so they went to Bray on the ryuer of Some ther the two marshals made a great assaut before the gate Within ther were in garyson good knightes squyers of Picardy of whome the vicont of Mealx was capitayne sir Rafe of Menac The chanon of Robersart that day strake downe with his glayue thre to the erthe before the gate where ther was a sore scrimysshe Howbeit the freÌ„chmen kept so well their forteresse that they lost nothynge so the englysshmen passed by coostynge the ryuer of Some thynking to passe ouer at Ham in Uermandois at saynt Quintynes THus went forthe thenglysshe host wher of the duke of Lancastre was chefe gouernour by the ordynauÌ„ce of the kyng of England his father Than the lorde Bousyers of Heynalte caÌ„e in to FrauÌ„ce and he passed by the bridge of Ham there they of the towne desyred him effectuously that he wolde be reteyned with theÌ„ and to helpe to ayde theÌ„ agaynst thenglysh men he agreed to them and ther he taryed a two dayes tyll the englysshmen were all past who toke their way aboue to entre into vermaÌ„ doys to passe the ryuer of Some at a strayter passage And whan the lorde of Bousyers knewe that thenglysshmen were nygh all past ouer howe that they drue towarde saynt Quintynes and Rybamont wher the lorde of Clyn whose doughter he had in mariage was the which lorde had ther fayre lande herytage also he had hym self ther fayre lande by the right of his wyfe and knewe well how the castell of Rybamont was vnpurueyed of men of warr Than he toke leaue of them of Ham and they greatly thanked him of his seruice that he had done to them so he departed with suche nombre as he had whiche was no great noÌ„bre and he rode so long that he came to saynt Quintynes in great parell for the countrey was full of englysshmen He came in suche danger that he was no soner entred but that the englisshe currours chased hym in at the gate And the lorde of Bousyers founde in the towne sir Wylliam of Bourges who was capitayne there vnder the french kyng who receyued him ioyously desyring hym to a byde there to helpe to defende the towne The lorde of Bousiers excused him selfe and sayde howe he hadde enterprised to enter in to the towne of Rybamont to kepe the towne and fortresse there bycause it was with out capitayne wherfore he desyred so sore the sayd sir Wylliam that he hadde of hym out of saynte Quintynes .xii. cros bowes and so departed and he went nat farre past but that he spyed a company of englysshmen but he toke another lowe way beside theÌ„ for he knewe well the countre So the same day he rode in great parell towardes Rybamount and as he rode he encouÌ„tred a knight of Burgoyne called sir Johan of Bulle who was goynge towardes saynt Quitynes but whan he had ones spoken with the lorde of Bousyers he retourned with hym to Rybamount and so they were about a .xl. speares and .xx. crosbowes And thus they aproched Rybamont sent before one of their currours to enforme them of the towne of their comyng to helpe to ayde and to defende their towne And in the meane season they sawe wher there was comyng a company of englisshmen to the nombre of fourscore Than the frenchemen sayd beholde yoÌ„der be our enemys who are comynge fro their pyllage let vs go before them Than they dasshed their spurres to their horse sydes and galopped forthe as fast as they might cryeng our lady of Rybamont And so came in amonge the englysshmen and disconfyted and slewe the moost parte of theym for he was happy that myght escape And whan the frenchemen hadde thus ouerthrowen the englysshmen they went to Rybamont where they founde the lorde of Chyne who was come thyder but a lytell before with .xl. speares and xxx crosbowes And as they were before the castell and their company in their lodgyngê vnarmed they herde the watchman of the castell cryeng to harnesse sirs meÌ„ of armes aprocheth your towne Than they drewe togyder and demaunded of the watchman what noÌ„bre by like lyhode they were of he answered sayd howe they were aboute the nombre of fourscore men of armes than the lorde Bousyers sayd sirs it behoueth vs to go out and fyght with them for it shuld be a great blame to vs to sulfre theÌ„ goby so nere to our fortresse The lord of Chin sayd a fayre sonne ye say trouthe cause oure horses to coÌ„e out and display my baner Than sir JohnÌ„ of Bulle sayd lordes ye shall nat go without me but my counsayleis yâ— we go wyse lye for parauenture they be but currours whiche the marshalles of Englande or the constable hath sent hyder to cause vsto go out of our fortresse our issuyng parauentur may tourne to folly The lorde Bousiers sayd if ye wyll be leue me we shall go out and fight with them 〈◊〉 that brefely happe what may befall I wyll go out and fight with theym And so dyde on his helme and lepte on his horse and so yssued out and with hym a sixscore and the englysshmen were about fourscore and they were of ser Hugh Caurelles company but he was nat there hymselfe he was styll with the duke of Lancastre Howbeit there were sixe knightes many squiers and they were come thyder to reueÌ„ge their companye that were ouerthrowen before As soone as the frenchemen were out of the gate they founde incontynent the englisshmen who couched their speares and ranne in among the frenchmen and the frenchmen opyned and let them passe through them so they dyd wherby there rose suche a dust that one coude nat se nor knowe another Than the frenchmen closed them selfe agayne toguyder and cryed our lady of Rybamont there was many a man ouerthrowen on bothe ê‘tes The lorde of Chyn had a plummet of leed in his hande wherwith he brake bassenetes suche as he attayned vnto for he was a bygge and a goodly knyght and well formed of all his membres At last he had suche a stroke on the helme that he had nere fallen and a squyer had nat kept hym vp whiche stroke greued hym after as longe as he lyued Ther were dyuers englysshmen had gret marueyle in yâ— they saw his penonsemblable to the armes without difference of
The french kyng caused hym to be entered ryght solemply and therat were dyuers barownes knightes and prelates of FrauÌ„ce Thus feblyssed thenglissh capitaynes for yâ— same yere there dyed also the lorde Spensar a great baron in Englande a good knight And of hym of his wyfe who was doughter to sir Bartylmewe of Brunes there abode a sonne and four doughters And anone after the dethe of the sayde Captall the frenche quene was delyuered of a fayre doughter named Mary Of the whiche byrthe the quene toke suche a sicknesse the she dyed This quene who was full of noble vtues was doughter to the gentyll duke of Burbone the lorde Peter who dyed at the batayle of Poycters Her obsequy was done in the abbay of saynte Denyse where she was buryed with great solempnyte wherat ther was nighe all the nobles and prelates of Fraunce and namely they about the marchesse of Parys ALl this season sir Hughe Caurell capitayne of Calais sir JohnÌ„ Harlston capitayn of Guynes the lorde of Gomegines capitayne of Arde. Made many iourneys in to Picardy euery weke thre or four and often tymes ran before saynt Omers and Arkes Moton FyeÌ„nes and therabout to Boloyne somtyme to Tyrwyn And specially the garyson of Arde dyde moche hurt in the countre wherof the complayntes came oftentymes to the herynge of the frenche kyng Whervpon he toke couÌ„sayle to knowe how he might best restrayn them and it was shewed hym howe that the garyson of Arde was nat so stronge but that it might easely begoten Than the kyng sayd to haue it we wyll spare for no cost Than within a lytell space after he made a somoÌ„s of men of warre secretely no man wyst whider he wolde sende them The chefe of them was the duke of Burgoyne his brother he had a .xv. hundred speares well furnysshed and sodenly they caÌ„e to the bastyde of Arde and besieged it rounde about And with the duke of Burgoyne there was the erle of Guynes the marshall of Blanuyle the lordes of Clysson of Lauall of Rougemont of the ryuer of Bregyde of Frannyll of Danuyll of Dautoyng of Raueuall and of Angest sir James of Burbone the seneshall of Heynalte and dyuers other knightes and barones And they had engyns that cast nyght day stones of two hundred weight and assayled it right feirsly The lorde Gomegynes lorde of the forteresse whan he sawe hym selfe enclosed with so many noble men of warre and they promysed him that if he were wonne with assaut that he all those with hym shulde dye And also he was nat well prouyded of artillary longe to endure and so by the procurement of the lorde of Raneuall his cosyn germayn he entred in to a treaty to yelde vp the garyson their lyues and goodê saued This treaty was long a makyng howe beit at last the forteresse was gyuen vp and suche as wolde departed were brought to Calais by sir Gawen of bayllule and sir Wylliam of Bourdes was made capitayne of Ardâ— And after him was kepar there a long tyme the vicount of Meaulx and thirdly after him was capitayne ther the lord of Sampy The same day that Arde was delyuered the duke went and layd siege to the castell of Arduyche wherin were capitayns the thre bretherne of Mauluryer There the duke lay thre dayes and made dyuers assautes at last they within yelded vp the castell and they were brought to Calys by the marshall of FraÌ„ce Than the duke went and besieged Uauclinen Whiche also yelded vp as the other dyde And whan the duke had newe refresshed these places with vitayls and men than he gaue lycence to euery man to departe and so weÌ„t himselfe in to Fraunce to the kynge and the other lordes bretons went into Bretayne For tidynges was brought them that the duke of Bretayne was aryued at Brest with a great army and the lordes of Burgoyne and other places retourned euery man to their owne ¶ Howe the warre began agayn bytwene the freÌ„che kyng and the kyng of Nauerre and howe the kynge of Nauer lost the couÌ„tie of Deureux except Chierbourge whiche was beseged by the frenchmen And of the iorney that the duke of Lancastre made in to Bretayne Cap. CCC .xvi. VE haue herde here before of yâ— peace made at Uernon bytwene the frenche kyng and the kyng of Nauar and howe the kynge of Nauar left his two sonnes with their vncle the frenche kyng After ther was a great suspect layde on a squyer beyng in the frenche kynges court attendyng on the two sonnes of the kyng of Nauarr. This squyer was called James of Rue And also on a clerke a great maister of the kyng of Nauars couÌ„sayle and a great gouernour in the countie of Deuxeux called maister Peter of Tartre They were iuged to dethe and so cruelly they were executed at Parys and ther shewed before all the people howe they were in mynde to haue enpoysoned the frenche kynge Than the kyng reared vp a great army of men of warr and made the coÌ„stable chefe leader of them and with him the lorde de la Ryuer and dyuers barons knightes And so they all went into NormaÌ„dy to the fortresses and castels of the kyng of Nauarre whiche were fayre and noble and well garnysshed And so they layd siege to a forteresse called Ponteau de mere they had dyuers goÌ„nes engyns and ablemeÌ„tes for the saut whet with they troubled sore the forteresse and them that were within howbeit they dyde defende them selfe valiantly Ther were dyuers sautes and scrimysshes a longe space durynge this siege The castell was sore brused and they wtin sore oppressed and desyred oftentymes by the constable to gyue vp the forteresse or elles yf they were taken by force he promysed theÌ„ that they shulde all dye customably suche was the coÌ„stables promyse The naueroyse sawe how their vitayls began to mynisshe knewe well howe the kyng of Nauer was farr fro them so they yelded vp the fortresse and they were coÌ„ueyed to Chierbourge and had their goodê with theÌ„ The fortresse was rased and beaten downe to the erthe whiche had cost moche the makynge therof also the walles of PoÌ„teau de mere was beaten downe Than the frenchmen went and besieged the fortresse of Mortayne and there lay a great season but they within saw no maner of ayde nor confort comyng fro the kynge of Nauarr nor also the other forteresses were nat able to make resystence agaynst the frenchmen and so they gaue vp as other dyd before The same season the coÌ„stable brought into the frenche kynges obeysaunce all the townes castelles and fortresses in all the countie of Deureur And all the forteresses beaten downe to the erthe and the townes vnclosed to th entent that there shulde neuer after ryse any warre vnto the realme of Fraunce by the meanes of any castell or towne yâ— the kyng of Nauer shulde haue in the countie of Deureux Also the freÌ„che kynge made the gabelles
Buckyngham hymselfe therle Stafforde who had wedded his nece doughter to the lorde Couey and therle of Dymestre These lordes rode with baners displayed the lorde Spensar constable of the hoost the lorde Fytz water marshall the lorde Bassette the lorde Bourgthyer the lorde Ferres the lorde Morlay the lorde Parsy sir Wyllyam Wynsore sir Hughe aurell sir Hugh Hastyngê and sir Hughes all these by one assent rode with their standerdes and penons sir Thomas Percy sir Thomas Tryuet sir Wyllyam Clynton sir yuon 〈◊〉 sir Hugh Torell the lorde of Uar 〈◊〉 Eustare and sir Johan Harbeston ser Wyllyam Feruytone the lorde of Briame sir Wyllyam Fabre sir Johan and sir Nycholas 〈◊〉 court sir Johan Mase sir ThomÌ„s Camoyse sir Rafe sonne to the lorde Neuell ser Henry bastarde Ferres sir Hughe Broe sir 〈◊〉 Orsell sir Thomas West the lorde of 〈◊〉 More Dauyd Holograue Hugh Lyn 〈◊〉 bastarde Bernarde of Coderers and dyuers other These me of warre rode in good 〈◊〉 and great array The first day they deê‘ ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ Calais went no farther than to Marquegues And there rested and toke counsayle what way were best for theÌ„ to take to furnysshe there voyage for there were dyuers in that cuÌ„ 〈◊〉 that had neuer ben in Fraunce before as the eâ—â—e hymselfe and dyuers other great barones and knightes Therfore it was resonable that suche persons as hadde ben in Fraunce before and knewe the countre shulde haue suche rule and gouernynge that it myght be to their honour Threwe it was that whan the englysshmen in tyme past had ben in Fraunce they had euer suche ordynaunce amonge them that the 〈◊〉 sware euer to the kyng of Englande and to his counsayle two shynges The one was that they shulde neuer disclose their secre 〈◊〉 person lyueng but among themselfe 〈◊〉 der they entended to go The seconde thyng was they sware and promysed to make no maner of treatie with their enemyes without the knowledge of the kyng or his cousayle wHan chese barons knightes and squyers and their company had rested theÌ„ at Marquegnes thre dayes and that euery man of their company was come to them out of Calais and that the capitayns were determyned what way to take They deê‘ted and went for the tyll they came before Arde there rested them before the bastyde of Arde to th entent to shewe themselfe before the meÌ„ of armes that were within the forteresse And there was made newe knightes by the erle of Buckyngehanm as therle of Dymestre and also the lorde Morlay and than those two knightê put for the their baners and moreouer therle made knightes all suche as foloweth First the lorde Fytzwaters sonne sir Roger Strange sir JohnÌ„ I pre sir JohnÌ„ Coll sir James Tytiell sir Thomas Ramston sir Johan Neuell and sir Thomas Roste and than all the host went and lodged at Hosque All these forsayd newe knyghtê were made bycause of the vowarde the which went the same day to a stronge house stadynge on the ryuer syde called Folant Within was a squyer owner of the house called Robert he was a good man of armes and hadde well furnysshed his house with good men of armes the whiche he had gote therabout to the nombre of xl And they made good semblant to defeÌ„de theÌ„selfe and their house These barons and knyghtes in their newe knyghthod enuyroned about the towre of FolaÌ„t and began fiersly to assayle them within and they within valiantly defended themselfe There was done many feates of armes and they within shorte so holly and quickely togyder that they hurt dyuers assaylantes suche as adueÌ„tured themselfe to moche forwarde for they had within dyuers good crosbowes sent thyder by the capitayne of saynt Omers at the request of the squyer for he feared before that the englisshmen wolde passe by his house wherfore he thought to kepe it to the best of his power and so he dyde for he bare hymselfe ryght valiantly Than the erle of Dymestre spake a highe worde as he stode on the dykes his baner before hym the whiche worde greatly encouraged his people Sayeng sirs howe is it thus in oure newe knyghthode that this peuysshe douchouse holdeth agaynst vs so longe The stronge places and fortresses that be in the realme of Fraunce shall holde longe agaynst vs sythe this small house endureth so longe Sirs on a fore lette vs shewe our newe chiualry They that herde these wordes noted it ryght well and aduentured them selfe more largely than they dyde before and entred in to the dykes and so came harde to the walles and there theÌ„glissh archers shotte so holly togyder that scant non durst apere at their defence ther were dyuers slayne and hurt and the base court wonne and brent and so finallye they were all wonne Howe be it first they defended theÌ„selfe tight valiantly and neuer a man within that was wounded to dethe Thus the house of Folant was taken and Robert Folant within taken prisoner by therle of Dymestre and all the temnant taken prisoners by his men And all the hoost lodged on the ryuer of Houske abydynge for sir Wyllyam Wyndsore who ledde the rerewarde and was nat as than come but he came the same night and the nexte day they disloged and rode to Esperleque and there lodged The capitayne of saynt Omers seynge the englysshmen so nere to them encreased the watche of the towne for that nyght they watched â—o than two thousande men to the entent that saynt Omers shulde nat be sodayuly wonby the englysshmen THe next mornyng about sire of the clocke the englisshmen dislodged and rode before saint Omers and whan they of the towne sawe thenglisshmen come they armed them and ordayned them selfe in the market place to go to the gates and walles by good dely 〈…〉 cyon for it was shewedde theym howe the englysshmen wolde assayle them but it was nat in their thoughtê For they knewe well the towne was to strong and thought they shulde lose there more than wynne Howe be it she erle of Buckyngham who had neuer ben in Fraunce before thonght he wolde sesaynt Omers bycause it semed so fayre a farre of in walles gates towres and steples So he rested all his hoost on a mountayne halfe a leage fro the towne araynged in good order more than thre houres And than ther were some yonge knightes and squyers thought to proue theymselfe and rode to the barryers of the towne and hesyred to iust with some of the knighted or squyers in the towne but they coulde haue none answere and so they retourned agayne to the half The same day that the erle caÌ„e before saynt Omers he made agayne newe knightes First sir Rafe Neuell sir Bartylmewe Bourgehter sir Thomas Camoyse sir Fouke Corbette sir Thomas Danglure sir Rafe Perypars sir Aoyes of saynt Albyne and sir Johan Paule These newe knyghtes in their first churalry to proue themselfe rode to the barryers of the towne 〈…〉 desyred iustes but they wered so
to bringe the treaty toguyder So moche she dyd alegynge and she wynge so good reasons specially to the duke and duches of Burgoyn that finally they went through and concluded that yâ— sonne and doughter of the duke of Burgoyne shulde be maryed to the sonne and doughter of the duke Aubert of Bauiers And yâ— let of the mater fyue dayes before was for a mater that the duke of Burgoyns couÌ„sayle feared for they vnderstod that duke Aubert had nat bene in trewe possession of Heynalt but in possibylite therof for as than lyued erle Willyam of Haynault his brother and lay sore sycke at Ouesnoy the whiche erle myght recouer and ouerlyue duke Aubert his brother and if he so dyd they thought clerely and feared greatly that his other bretherne shulde haue the gouernynge of Haynault and the chyldren of duke Aubert to be put clene out For this dought they made a delay in this maryage the space of fyue dayes tyll at last it was clerely knowen that duke Aubert hadde no mo bretherne but the Erle of Haynault so that he coulde nat put the herytage fro duke Aubertes chyldren WhanÌ„e these thynges were knowen there was thanÌ„e no lenger delay but these maryages were sworne couenaunted that WillymÌ„ of Haynalt shulde haue in maryage Margaret of Burgoyne And Johan of Burgoyne to haue to his wyfe Margarete of Haynault and that all these shulde retourne to Cambray â—o parforme the solempnisacion of these maryages at the vtas of Ester than next after In the â—ere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred four â—ore and fyue ¶ Hâ—we the frenche kynge the lordes of FrauÌ„ce and of Heynalt made their â—rouisyon to be at CaÌ„bray And of â—â—nessage of the duke of Lancastre 〈…〉 it to the erle of Haynalt and of the 〈…〉 yages of the chyldren of Haynalt a 〈…〉 Burgoyne â—p CCCC .l. THus euery man departed fro Cambray the duke of Burgoyne returned in to Fraunce to the king and the duches his wyfe returned to Arras the duke Aubert and the duches his wyfe retourned to the towne of Ouesnoy in Haynalt And the lady of Brabant in to her countrey Than warkmen were sette awarke to make redy lodgynges in the cytie of Cambray and men were sent thyder to make prouisyon so great and so costly that it was marueyle to consydre This feast was cryed publysshed abrode to be holden at Cambray the weke after the vtas of Easter Whan the frenche kyng was enfourmed of this besynes he sayd he wolde be at the maryages of his cosyns And so he seÌ„t to CaÌ„bray the stewardes of his howse to make prouisyon for him acordyng The bysshopes palays was taken vp for the duke of Burgoyne and his prouysion made there howbeit they were fayne to delyuer it vp for yâ— kyng Than carpenters and masons were set a warke in the palays to make it after astate royall whiche warke as yet apereth for before this feast it was nat in remembrauÌ„ce of man nor harde of two hundred yere before so great a feast and solempnyte as was than aê‘elled For the lordes to make theÌ„ fresshe and gorgious to exalte their estates spared no more money than it had fallen fro the clowdes and euery man helped other Tidynges of these mariages came to Englande the duke of Lancastre who alwayes hoped that Willyam of Haynalt shulde haue had to his wyfe his doughter at leest he was borne so in hande â–ª he was right pensyue and sore troubled with those newes And whanÌ„e he had well ymagined to knowe the trouthe therof he sent certayne persons of his howse to GauÌ„t to speke wiâ—h duke Auberte And whanÌ„e these messangers came to Gaunt there they fouÌ„de sir JohnÌ„ Bourchier and the aldermen of Gaunt Peter du Boyse and Fraunses Atreman who made them right good chere And so ther they taryed two dayes and fro thence they went to Mons in Heynalt and so to Quesnoy and there they came to the duke and he and the duches and his children receyued them goodly for the honour of the duke of Lancastre and made them good chere And in lykewise so dyd the lorde of Gouuighen Than the mayster of the byenge of the wolles of Englande spake first after he hadde de lyuered his letters of credence recoÌ„maunded the duke of Lancastre to the duke Auberte his cosyn And than he spake of other thynges as he was charged to do And amonge other thynges he demaunded of duke Auberte as I was enfourmed if it were his entent to perceyuer in the maryage with yâ— chyldren of the duke of Burgoyne With those wordes the duke a lytell chaunged colour and sayd ye sir truely by my faythe wherfore do you demaunde Sir 〈◊〉 he I demaunde it bycause the duke of Lancastre hathe alwayes hoped vntyll this tyme that my lady Philyp his doughter shuld haue had my lorde Willyam your sonne ThanÌ„e the duke sayd coÌ„panyon say to my cosyn yâ— whan soeuer he mary his chyldren I shall nat marueyle nor be dismayed therat â–ª no more he hath to do to take any care for the maryenge of any of my children nor whether I wyll mary them or nat nor whan nor to whome This was the answere yâ— thenglisshmen had of duke Aubert So thus they toke theie leaue departed and went the same nyght to Ualencennes and the next day to Gaunt Of them I can tell no more but I thynke they retourned in to Englande WHan Easter came as than acounted a thousande thre hundred fourscore and fyue yeres of our lorde the freÌ„che king the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Burbon the duke Aubert the duches his wyfe the duches of Brabant the duches of Burgoyne sir Willyam and sir JohnÌ„ of Namure came to Cambray The kynge went to yâ— palys that was his lodgynge euery man drewe to their lodgynges ye may well beleue and knowe that where the frenche kyng was and where as there was many noble princes great ladyes there was great and noble chiualry The king entred the monday at none and all lordê and ladyes met him without the towne and so he was conueyed with trompettes and great plenty of mynstrels And so brought to the palys The same monday in the presence and before all the great lordes was renewed the couenauntes of maryages and WillmÌ„ Dorset shulde haue the countye of Ostrenant the lady Margaret his wyfe was endowed with the lande of Acque in Brabant And yâ— duke of Burgoyn gaue his doughter a hundred thousande frankes Thus they made their porcyons The tuysday at the hour of Masse they were wedded in the cathedrale churche of our lady of Cambray with great solempnyte The bysshoppe of Cambray dyd the obseruaunce who was called Johan Borne of Brucels At the dyner ther was shewed moche noblenes The kyng caused the two lordes and the two ladyes newly maryed to syt at his table and other lordê serued There sate at dyner the constable of Fraunce the marshall of FrauÌ„ce sir
Guy de la Tremoyle sir Willyma de Namure serued and so dyd dyuers other great lordes of FrauÌ„ce In fyue huÌ„dred yere before there was nat sene suche a solempnite in Cambray And after dyner knyghtes and squiers were armed to iust And so they iusted in the markette place .xl. knightes of the one syde The yonge kyng Charles iusted with a knight of Heynalt called sir Nycholas Espinot So these iustes were nobly contynued and a yonge knyght of Haynalt had the price called sir Johan of Desternne besyde Beawmont in Haynalt This knyght iusted greatly to the pleasure of the lordes ladyes He had for his prise a gyrdell set with precyous stones gyuen hym by yâ— duches of Burgoyne from her owne wast the admyrall of Fraunce sir Guy de la Tremoyle dyd preseÌ„t it to him Thus in great reuell they contynued all that weke and on yâ— friday after dyner the kyng toke leaue of the lordes ladyes and they of him and so departed fro Cambray And also the dukes duchesses deê‘ted and the duches of Burgoyn brought margaret of Haynalt her doughter to Arras and yâ— lady of Haynalt brought yâ— lady Margarete of Burgoyne to Quesnoy Thus passed forthe this besynes ¶ Howe the duke of Berrey ensured his doughter to the sonÌ„e of therle of Bloyse and howe therle of Matche and the duke of Burbon made their somons to entre in to Lymosin Cap. CCCC .li. THe saÌ„e season there was trety of maryage bytwene Loys of Bloys son to therle Guy of â—oyâ— and yâ— lady Mary dought 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Johan of Berry And so th 〈…〉 rle of Bloys well acoÌ„panyed with lordes and ad 〈…〉 s brought his doughter to Bergues in 〈◊〉 where the duke and duches were redy 〈…〉 de for them who tyght nobly receyued 〈◊〉 and all their company And there was 〈…〉 rmed the assurance of that maryage an 〈…〉 〈…〉 chebysshop of Bergues ensured them 〈…〉 der in the preseÌ„ce of many lordes and lad 〈…〉 howbeit they were natte wedded as than 〈…〉 ey were bothe very yonge So ther was great feest reuelyng and daunsyng and so at last therle and the countesse retourned to their countre their sonne with them And the lady abode styll with the duches her mother in Barrey in a fayre castell besyde Bergues called Mehune on the ryuer of yure The same season the duke of Berry went in to Auuergne and LaÌ„guedocke and so to Auignon to se pope Clement And it was ordayned that the duke of Burbone and therle of Marche with two thousande men of armes shulde go in to Lymosyn to delyuer that countre fro all the englysshmen and theues that robbed and pylled the couÌ„tre For in Poictou and in Xaynton they had as than certayne fortresses whiche dyde moche domage to the couÌ„tre wherof complayntes came to the heryng of the duke of Berrey â–ª who was in mynde to remedy it and he had desyred the duke of Burbone his cosyn that in any wyse whan he were come into Limosyn and Xaynton that he shulde coÌ„quere the garyson of Bertuell for that was the forteresse that dyde moost hurt in that countre And the duke of Burbone promysed hym so to do And he hadde made his somons at Molins in Burbonoyse to be there the first daye of June and so thyder drewe at that tyme all maner of men of warre The duke of Burbone had with hym a gentyll squyer called Johan bone lauÌ„ce He was mayster and capitayne of his men of warre Certaynly the squyer was well worthy to haue suche a charge and the erle of Marche who shulde be in coÌ„pany with the duke of Burbone made his somons at the cytie of Toures tHe same season there came to Scluse in Flaunders all suche men of warre as were apoynted to passe the see into Scotlande with sir Johan of Uyen admyrall of Fraunce he shulde haue with hym a thousande speares knightes and squiers And I beleue well they were all there for they had great desyre to go In so moche that some that were nat desyred aduaunsed them selfe to go in that voyage with the admyrall All their shyppyng was redy apparelled at Scluse and they caryed with them harnesse for .xii. hundred men of armes They had taken that harnesse out of the castell of Beauty besyde Parys The harnesse was parteyning to the parisyens the whiche they were caused to bring to the sayd castell in the tyme of their rebellion In the admyrals company there were a great nombre of good men of warr And their entensyon was to delyuer the sayd harnesse to the knyghtes men of Scotlande bycause sir Geffray de Charney had enformed the kynges counsayle howe the men in Scotlande were but easely harnessed I shall name vnto you parte of theÌ„ of Fraunce that wente in to Scotlande the same season â–ª First sir Johan of Uyen admyrall of Fraunce the erle of graunt pre the lordes of Uerdnay of saynt Crouse and of Mountbury sir Geffray of Charney sir Wyllyam of Uyen sir Jaques of Uyen the lorde despaigny sir Gerard of Burbone the lorde of Hetz sir Floromonde of Quissy the lorde of Marny sir Ualerant of Rayneuall the lorde of Beausaige the lorde of Uaynbrayne the lorde of Rynoll baron dury the lorde of Coucy sir Percyuall Daneuall yâ— lorde Ferrers the lorde of Fountaygnes sir Braquet of Braquemont the lorde of Graunt court the lorde of Landon breton sir Guy la ê‘son sir WyllmÌ„ de Couroux sir Johan de Hangyers sir Henry de Uyncelyn cosyn to yâ— great maister of Pruce diuers other good knightê whiche I can nat all name so that they were to the noÌ„bre of a thousande speares knightes and squyers besyde cros bowes and other varlettê They had gode wynde and a fayre season on yâ— see the wether was fayre it was in the moneth of May. That tyme yâ— truse bytwene EnglaÌ„de and FrauÌ„ce was expyred and bitwene the gauÌ„toyse and flemynges lykewise for as it semed than euery parte desyred warre knyghtes and squiers desyred greatly to go in the voyage to Scotlande for they thought by the ayde of the scottê to haue a fayre iourney agaynst their enemyes in EnglaÌ„de Thenglysshmen who were enfourmed of their comynge loked for theym euery day Thus endeth the first volume of sir Johan Froissart of the cronycles of EnglaÌ„de Fraunce Spayne Portyngale Scotlande Bretayne FlauÌ„ders and other places adioynyng Translated out of frenche in to our maternall englysshe tonge by Johan Bourchier knight lorde Berners At the coÌ„maundement of our moost highe redouted soueraygne lorde kyng Henry the .viii. kynge of Englande and of Fraunce and hygh defender of the christen faithe c. Imprinted at London in Fletestrete by Richarde Pynson printer to the kynges noble grace And ended the .xxviii. day of January the yere of our lorde M. D .xxiii. Cum priuilegio a rege indulto
and achyued by yâ— warres of FraÌ„ce and Ingland shuld notably be inregisterd and put in perpetuall memory wherby the prewe and hardy may haue ensample to in courage them in theyr well doyng I syr JohnÌ„ Froissart wyll treat and recorde an hystory of great louage and preyse But or I begyn I require the sauyour of all the worlde who of nothyng created al thynges that he wyll gyue me suche grace and vnderstandyng that I may coÌ„tinue and ê‘ euer in suche wyse that who so this proces redeth or hereth may take pastauÌ„ce pleasure and ensample It is sayd of trouth that al buyldynges are masoned and wroughte of dyuerse stones and all great tyuers are gurged assembled of diuers surges and sprynges of water In lyke wyse all sciences are extraught and coÌ„piled of diuerse clerkes of that one wryteth another parauenture is ignorant But by the famous wrytyng of auncient auctours all thyngis ben knowen in one place or other Than to attaygne to the mater that I haue entreprised I wyll begyn Fyrst by the grace of god and of the blessed virgyn ourlady saynt Mary from whom all comfort consolation procedeth and wyll take my foundation out of the true cronicles somtyme coÌ„pyled by the right reuerend discrete and sage maister JohnÌ„ la Bele somtyme Chanon in saint LaÌ„bartis of Liege who with good herte and due diligence dyd his true deuoure in wrytyng this noble cronicle and dyd contynue it all his lyf dayes in folowyng the trouth as nere as he myght to his great charge coste in sekyng to haue the perfight knowledge therof He was also in his lyf dayes Welbeloued of the secret counsayle with the lorde sir JohnÌ„ of Haynaulte who is often remembred as reason requyreth here after in this boke For of many fayre and noble auentures he was chief causer And by whose meanes the sayd ser JohnÌ„ la Bele myght well knowe and here of many dyuers noble dedes The whiche here after shal be declared Trouth it is that I who haue entreprised this boke to ordeyne for pleasure and pastaunce to the whiche alwayes I haue ben inclyned and for that intent I haue folowed and frequented the company of dyuerse noble and great lordes as well in Fraunce Juglande and Scotland as in diuerse other countries and haue had knowledge by them And alwayes to my power iustly haue inquired for the trouth of the dedis of warre and auentures that haue fallen and specially syth the great batell of Poyters where as the noble kynge JohnÌ„ of France was takyn prisoner as before that tyme I was but of a yonge age or vnderstandyng Ho we be it I toke on me assoone as I came from scole to wryte and recite the sayd boke and bare the same compyled into Ingland and presented the volume therof to my lady Philypp of Heynaulte noble quene of Ingland who right amyably receyued it to my great profite auauÌ„cemeÌ„t And it may be so that the same boke is nat as yet eramyned nor corrected so iustely as suche a case requyreth For featis of armes derely bought achyued the honour therof ought to be gyuen truly deuided to them that by promes and hard trauayle haue deserued it Therfore to acquyte me in that bihalf and in folowyng the trouth as nere as I can I JohnÌ„ Froissart haue entreprysed this hystory on the forsaid ordynauÌ„ce and true fundacion at the instauÌ„ce and request of a dere lord of myn ser Robert of Namure knyght lord of Bewfort To whom entierly I owe loue and obeysyunce and god graunt me to do that thyng that may be to his pleasure Amen ¶ here spekethe the auctour of suche as were most valiant knyghtis to be made mencion of in this boke ¶ ap .ii. ALl noble hertis to encorage and to shewe them ensample and mater of honour I ser JohnÌ„ Froissart begynne to speke after the true report relation of my master JohnÌ„ la Bele somtyme Chanon of saynt Lambertis of Liege afâ—ermyng thus howe that many noble ê‘sons haue oft tymes spoke of the warres of France and of Ingland and ê‘auenture knewe nat iuslely the trouth therof nor the true occasions of the fyrst mouyngis of suche warres nor howe the warre at length contynued But now I trust ye shall here reported the true fouÌ„dation of the cause and to th entent that I wyll nat forget myuysshe or abrydge the hystory â—any thyng for defaute of laÌ„gage but rather I wyll multiply and encrease it as ner as I can folowynge the trouth from poynt to poynt in spekyng and the wyng all the aueÌ„tures sith the natiuite of the noble kyng Edward the .iii. Who reigned kyng of England and achyued many perilous auentures and dyuers great batelles addressed and other featis of armes of great proWes syth the yere of oure Lorde god M. CCC .xxvi. that this noble kyng was crowned in Ingland for generally suche as were with hym in his batels and happy fortunate auentures or with his peple in his absence ought ryght well to be takyn and reputed for valiant and worthy of renowne and though there were great plenty of sondrye parsonages that ought to be praysed and reputed as soueraignes yet among other and pryncipally ought to be renowmed the noble propre ê‘sone of the forsaid gentyll kyng Also the prynce of Walys his son the duke of Lancastre ser Reignold lorde Cobham syr Gualtier of Manny of Heynaulte knyght syr JohnÌ„ Chandos syr Fulque of Harle and dyuers other of whom is made mencion hereafter in this present boke bicause of theyr valyant prowes for in all batels that they were in most coÌ„monly they had euer the renowne both by land and by se accordyng to the trouth They in all theyr dedis were so valyant that they ought to be reputed as soueraignes in all chyualry yet for all that suche other as were in theyr companye ought nat to be of the lesse value or lesse set by Also in FrauÌ„ce in yâ— tyme there were fouÌ„de many good knyghtis stronge and well expert in featis of armes For the realme of Fraunce was nat so discomfited but that alwayes ther were people sufficient to fyght withall and the kyng Philyppe of Uaioyes was a ryght hardy and a valiant knyght And also kyng JohnÌ„ his soÌ„ne Charles the kyng of Behaigne the erle of AlaÌ„son the erle of Foyz syr Saâ—â—tre syr Arnold Dangle the lordes of Beamon the father and the sonne and dyuerse other the whiche I caÌ„ nat theyr names of whom hereafter ryght well shall be made mencion in tyme and place coÌ„uenient to say the trouth and to maynteigne the same all suche as in cruel batels haue ben seen abydyng to the discomfeture sufficiently doyng theyr deuour may wel be reputed for valyant and hardy what soeuer was theyr aduenture ¶ Here the mater speketh of some of the predecessours of kyng Edwarde of Ingland Cap. iii. FIrst the better to entre into the mater of this honorable
to be strikē of without delay and without knowlege or answere to any cause Fyrst of all ser Thomas erle of Lancastre who was a noble and a wyse holy knyght hath done syth many fayre myracles in Pomfret wher he was beheedded for the whiche dede the sayd sir Hewe Spencer achyued great hate in all the realme and specially of the quene and of the erle of Cane brother to the kyng And whan he parceyued the dyspleasure of the quene by his subtile wytte he set great discorde bitwene the kyng and the quene so that the kyng wold nat se the quene nor come in her company the whiche discord endured a long space Than was it shewed to the quene secretly to the erle of Cane that withoute they toke good hede to them selfe they were lykely to be distroyed for sir Hewe Spēcer was about to purchace moch trouble to theym Than the quene secretly dyd puruey to go in to Fraūce and toke her way as on pylgrymage to saynt Thomas of Canturbury and so to Wynchelsey And in the nyght went into a shyp that was redy for her and her yong sōne Edward with her the erle of Cane and sir Roger Mortymer And in a nother ship they had put all theyr purueyaūce had wynde at wyll and the next mornyng they arryued in the hauyn of Bolayn ¶ Howe the quene of Ingland went and complayned her to the kyng of Fraunce her brother of syr Hewe Spencer Cap. vii WHan quene Isabell was arryued at Bolayn and her sonne with her the erle of Cane The capytayns and abbot of the towne came agaynst her and ioyously receued her and her company into the abbey And ther she aboode .ii. dayes Than she departed and to de so long by her iourneys that she arryued at Paris Thā kyng Charles her brother who was enfourmed of her comyng sent to mete her dyuers of the greattest lordes of his realme as the lorde syr Robert de Artoys the lorde of Crucy the lorde of Sully the lorde of Roy and dyuers other who honorably dyd receue her and brought her in to the Cite of Paris to the kyng her brother And whan the kyng sawe his suster whom he had nat sene long before As she shuld haue entred into his chambre he mette her and toke her in his armes and kyst her and sayd ye be welcome feyre suster with my feyre nephewe your sonne and toke them by the handis led them forth The quene who had no great ioy at her harte But that she was so nere to the kyng her brother she wold haue kneled downe .ii. or .iii. tymes at the feet of the kyng But the kyng wold nat suffre her but held her styl by the right hande demaunding right swetely of her astate and besynesse And she answered hym ryght sagely and lamentably recounted to hym all the felonyes and iniuries done to her by syr Hewe Spencer And requyred hym of his ayde and cōfort Whan the noble kyng Charles of Fraūce had harde his susters lamentation Who wepyngly had shewed hym all her nede and besynesse he sayd to her Fayre suster appease your selfe for by the faith I owe to god and to saynt Denyce I shall right well puruey for you some remedy The quene than kneled downed whether the kyng wold or nat and sayd My ryght dere lord and fayre brother I pray god reward you The kyng than toke her in his armes and led her into an other chambre the whiche was apparayled for her and for the yong Edwarde her sōne and so departed fro her and caused at his costis and chargis all thyng is to be delyuered that was behouefull for her and for her sōne After it was nat long but that for this occasion Charles kyng of Fraunce assembled together many great lordes and barons of the realme of Fraunce to haue theyr coūsell and good aduise howe they shuld ordeyne for the nede besynes of his suster quene of Ingland Than it was coūsailed to the kyng that he shuld let the quene his suster to purchas for her selfe frendis where as she wold in the realme of Fraunce or in any other place and hym selfe to fayne be nat knowen therof For they sayd to moue warre with the kyng of Ingland and to bryng his owne realme into hatred it were nothyng apertenaunt nor profitable to hym nor to his realme But they cōcluded that conueniently he mgiht ayde her with golde and syluer for that is the metall wherby loue is attaygned both of gētylemen of pore souldiours And to this counsell and aduyce accorded the kynge And caused this to be shewed to the quene priuely by sir Robert Dartoys who as than was one of the greatteste lordis of all Fraunce ¶ Howe that syr Hewe Spencer purchased that the quene Isabell was banysshed out of Fraunce Cap. .viii. NOwe let vs speke somewhat of sir Hewe Spencer whan he sawe that he hadde drawen the kyng of Inglād so moche to his wyll that he coud desire nothyng of hym but it was graunted he caused many noble men and other to be put to deth without iustice or lawe bicause he held them suspect to be ageynst hym and by his pride he dyd so many marueylles that the barous that were left alyue in the land coude nat beare nor su 〈…〉 e it any lenger but they besought and requyred eche other among them selfe to be of a peasable accorde And caused it secretly to be knowen to the quene theyr lady Who hadde ben as then at Parys the space of .iii. yere Certifiyng her by wryttyng that if she coulde fynd the meanes to haue any companye of men of armes if it were but to the nombre of a M. and to bryng her son and heyre with her into Inglande That than they wolde all drawe to her and abeye her and her sonne Edward as they were bounde to do of duety These letters thus sent secretly to her out of Ingland she shewed them to kyng Charles her brother Who answered her and sayde Fayre suster god be your ayde your besyuesse shall auayle moche the better Take of my men and subiectis to the nombre that your frendes haue wrytten you for and I consent wel to this voyage I shall cause to be delyuered vnto you golde and syluer as moche as shall susfyce you And in this mater the quene had done so moche What with her prayer gyftes and promysses that many great lordis and yong knyght were of her accorde as to bryng her With great strength agayne into Inglande Than the quene as secretly as she coulde she ordeyned for her voyage and made her puruey aunce But she coude nat do it so secretly but sir Hewe Spencer had knowledge therof Than he thought to wynne and withdrawe the kyng of Fraunce fro her by great gyftes and so sent secret messangers into Fraunce with great plentye of golde and syluer and ryche Jewelles and specially to the kyng and his
priue counsell and dyd so moche that in shorte space the kyng of FrauÌ„ce and all his pryue counselle were as colde to helpe the quene in her voyage as they had before great desyre to dohit And the kynge brake all that voyage and defended euery parsone in his Realme on payne of banysshyng the same that none shuld be so hardy to go with the quene to brynge her agayne into Ingland And yet the sayd ser Hew Spencer aduysed hym of more malyce and bethought hym howe he myght gette agayne the quene into Inglande to be vnder the kyngis daunger and his Than he caused the kyng to wrytte to the holy father the pope effectuously desyryng hym that he wolde sende and wrytte to the kyng of Fraunce that he shulde sende the quene his wyfe agayne into Inglande For he Wyll acquyte hymselfe to god and the Worlde and that it was nat his faute that she departed fro hym for he Wolde nothyng to her but all loue and good faith suche as he ought to holde in mariage Also ther Were lyke letters wrytten to the cardynals dyuysed by many subtile wayes the whiche all maye nat be wrytten here Also he sent golde and syluer great plenty to dyuerse cardynalles and prelates suche as Were moost nereste and secrettest with the pope and ryght sage and able ambassadours were sente on this message and they ladde the pope in suche wyse by theyr gyftes and subtyle Wayes that he wrote to the kynge of Fraunce that on peyne of cursyng he shulde sende his suster Isabell into Ingland to the kyng her housbande These letters were brought to the kyng of FraÌ„ce by the busshopp of â—ainctes whom the pope sent in that legation And whan the kyng had redde the letters he caused them to be shewed to the quene his suster Whom he had nat seen of long space before commaundyng her hastely to auoyde his realme orels he wolde cause her to auoyde with shame ¶ Howe that quene Isabell departed fro Fraunce and entred in to the Empyre Cap. ix WHan the quene hard thys tidyngis she knewe nat What to say nor What aduyce to take for as than the barons of the realme of FrauÌ„ce were withdrawen froÌ„ her by the coÌ„maundement of the kyng of FrauÌ„ce and so she had no comfort nor succoure but all onely of her dere cosyn ser Robert de Artoys for he secretly dyd counsaile and comfort her as moche as he myght for other Wyse he durst nat for the kyng hadde defended hym But he knew well that the quene was chased out of Ingland and also out of Fraunce for euyll Wyll and by enuy whiche greued hym greatly Thus was syr Robert de Artoyes at the quenes commaun dement but he durste nat speke nor be knowen therof For he had hard the kyng say and swere That Who so euer spake to hym for the quene his suster shulde leese his landis and be banysshed the realme And he knewe secretly howe the kyng was in mynde and will to make his suster to be taken and Edward her sonne and the erle of Cane and syr Roger Mortymer and to put theym all in the handis of the kyng and of syr Newe Spencer Wherfore he came on a nyght and declared all this to the quene and aduysed her of the parell that she was in Than the quene was greatly abasshed and required hym all we pyng of his good counsaile Than he sayd madame I counsaile you that ye depart and go in to the empire where as ther be many great lordes who may ryght well ayde you and specially the erle Guillyam of Heynault and syr John of Heynaulte his brother These two are great lordes and wise men true drad and redoubted of their ennemies Than the quene caused to be made redy all her purueyaunce and payd for euery thyng as secretly as she myght and so she and her sonne the erle of Cane and all her company departed from Paris and rode to warde Heynaulte and so long she rode that she came to Cambresys And whan she knewe she was in the Empyre She was better assured than she was before and so passed through Cambresys and entred into Ostrenaunt in Heynaulte and lodged at Ambreticourt in a knights house who was called syr Dambrycourte Who receyued her ryght ioyously in the best maner to his power In so moche that afterwarde the quene of Inglande and her sonne hadde with them into Ingland for euer the knyght and his wyfe and all his children and auaunced them in dyuers maners THe comyng thus of yâ— quene of InglaÌ„de and of her sonne and heyre into the couÌ„trey of Heynaulte was anon well knowen in the howse of the good erle of Heynault who as than was at Ualenciennes And syr JohnÌ„ of Heynault was certified of the tyme whan the quene arryued at the place of syr Dambrecourte The whiche syr JohnÌ„ was brother to the sayde Erle Guillam And as he that was yong lusty desiryng all honoure mounted on his horse and departed with a small company fro UaleÌ„ciennes and came the same nyght to Ambreticourt and dyd to the quene all honour and reuerence that he coulde deuyse The quene who was ryght sorowfull beganne to declare complaynyng to hym ryght pyteously her dolours Wherof the sayd syr JohnÌ„ had great pitie so that the water dashte in his yen and sayd certaynly fayre lady beholde me here your owne knyght who shall nat fayle you to dye in the quarell I shall do the best of my power to conducte you and my lorde your sonne and helpe to brynge you into your astatis in Inglande by the grace of god and With the helpe of your frendis in that parties and I and suche other as I can desyre shall put our lyues and goodes in adueÌ„ture for your sake and shall gette men of warre sufficient if god be pleased without the dauÌ„ger of the kyng of FraÌ„ce your brother Than the quene wold haue kneled downe for great ioye that she had and for the good wyll he offred her But this noble knyght toke her vppe quyckly in his armes and sayde By the grace of god the noble quene of InglaÌ„d shall nat knele to me But ma dame recomforte yourselfe and all your company for I shall kepe you faithfull promyse and ye shall go se the erle my brother and the countesse his wyfe and all theyr fayre chyldren Who shall receyue you with great ioye For so I harde theym reporte they wold do Than the quenesayd syr I fynde in you more loue and comforte than in all the worlde And for this that ye say and affirme me I thaÌ„ke you a thousande tymes and yf ye wyll do this ye haue promised in all courtesy and honoure I and my sonne shall be to you for euer bounde and wyll put all the realme of InglaÌ„d in your abandon For it is right that it so shuld be And after these wordes whan they were this accorded Syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte toke leue of the quene
for that uyght went to Douaing laye in the abbeye And in the mornynge after masse he lepte on his horse and came agayn to the quene Who receyued hym with great Joye by that tyme she had dynedde and was redy to mounte on her horse to departe with hym and so the quene departed from the castell of Dambrety courte and toke leue of the knyght and of the lady and thanked them for theyr good there that they hadde made her and sayd that she trusted oones to se the tyme that she or her sonne shulde well remembre theyr courtesye Thus departed the quene in the company of the sayd syr JohnÌ„ lorde Beamont who ryght ioyously dyd conducte her to Ualencyenues and agaynst her came many of the Burgesses of the towne and receyued her right humbly Thus was she brought before the Erle Guyllaume of Heynaulte Who receyued her with great ioye and in lyke wyse so dyd the couÌ„tesse his wyfe feasted her ryght nobly And as than this Erle hadde foure layre doughters Margaret Philypp Jane and Isabell Amonge whome the yong Edwarde sette mo 〈…〉 hiâ— loue and company on Phylypp And also the yong lady in al honour was more conuersâ—â—nt with hym than any of her susters Thus the quene Isabell abode at Ualencyennes by the space of .viii. daies with the good Erle and with the couÌ„tesse Jane be Ualoys In the meane tyme the quene aparailed for her needis and besynesse and the said syr JohnÌ„ wrote letters ryght effectuously vnto knyghtis and suche companyans as he trusted best in all Heynaulte in Brabant and in Behaigne and prayed them for all amyties that was bitwene theym that they wolde god 〈◊〉 hym in this entreprise in to Inglande and so there were great plentye what of one countrey and other that were content to go with hym for his loue But this sayd syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte was greatly reproued and counsailed the contrarye bothe of the Erle his brother and of the chief of the counsaile of the countrey bycause it semed to theym that the entreprise was ryght hygh and parillouse seynge the great discordis and great hates that as than was bytwene the barones of Inglande amonge them selfe And also consyderyng that these 〈…〉 hemen most commonly haue euer great enuy at straungers Therfore they doubted that the sayd syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte and his company shulde nat retourne agayne with honour But howeso euer they blamed or couÌ„sailed hym the geÌ„tle knyght wolde neuer chaunge his purpose but layd he hadde but one dethe to dye the whiche was in the wyll of god And also sayd that all knyghtê ought to ayd to theyr powers all ladyes and da mozels chased out of theyr owne countreys beyng without counsaile or comfort ¶ Howe that the quene Isabell arryued in Inglande with syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte in her company Cap. x. THys was syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte moued in his courage made his assembly prayed the 〈◊〉 to he redy at haleâ— y◠〈◊〉 at Bredas and the Hollanders to be at â—uchryghte at a daye lymytted Than the quene of Juglande tooke leue of the erle of Heynault and of the couÌ„tesse and thanked theym greatly of their honour seaâ—t and good chere that they hadde made her kyssynge theym at her departynge Thus this lady departed and hersonne all her company with syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte Who With great peyne gatte leue of his brother Sayng to hym My lorde and brother I am yong and thynke that god hath pourueyed for me this entrepryse for myn aduancemeÌ„t I beleue and thynke verely that wroÌ„gfully and synfully this lady hath been chased out of Inglande and also her soÌ„ne hit is almes and glory to god and to the worlde to comforte and helpe them that be comfort 〈…〉 and specyally so hyghe and so noble a lady as this is Who is doughter to a kyng and desceudyd of a royall kyng We be of her bloodde and she of oures I hadde rather renounce and forsake all that I haue and go serue god ouer the see and neuer to retourne into this countrey rather than this good lady shulde haue departed from vs Withowte comforte and helpe Therfore dere brother suffre me to go with yor good Wyll wherin ye shall do nobly and I shall huÌ„bly thanke you therof and the better therby I shall accomplysshe all the voyage And Whan the good Erle of Heynaulte hadde 〈◊〉 harde his brother and parceued the great desyre that he hadde to his entrepryse and sawe 〈◊〉 hyâ— myght tourne hym and his heyres to great honoure here after Sayd to hym My fayre brother god forbyd that your good purpose shulde be broken or lerte Therfore in the name of god I gyue you leue and kyste hym 〈…〉 ynge hym by the hande insygne of great loue Thus he departed and roode the same nyghte to Mounce in Heynnaulte With the Quene of Inglande What shulde I make long processe They dyd so moche by they re Journeys that they came to Durdryght in Holande Wher as theyr specyall assembly was made And there they purueyed for shyppys great and small suche as they coulde get and shypped their horses and harneys and purueyaunce and so com 〈…〉 ded them selfe into the kepyng of god and toke theyr passage by see In that coÌ„pany there were of knyghtis and lordis Fyrst syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte lord Beamond syr Henry Daâ—toâ—g syr Michell de Ligne the lorde of GoÌ„meg 〈…〉 syr Parceualde Semeries ser Robert de 〈◊〉 syr Saures de Boussoit the lorde of 〈◊〉 the lord of Pocelles the lord Uillers the lord of heyn The lorde of Sars the lorde of Boy 〈…〉 the lorde of DaÌ„bretycourte the lorde of 〈◊〉 and syr Oulpharte of Gustelle and diuers other knyghtis and squyers all in great desyre to serue theyr maister and whan they were all departed fro the hauyn of Durdryght it was a fayre flete as for the quantite and well ordred the season was fayre and clere and ryght temperate and at theyr departynge With the fyrsteflodde they came before the Dignes of Holande and the next day they drewe vppe theyr sayles and toke theyr waye in costynge zelande and theyr ententis were to haue taken land at Dongport but they coulde nat for a tempeste toke them in the see that put them so farre out of theyr course that they wist nat of two dayes wher they wer of the whiche god dyd them great grace For if they had takyn lande at the porte where as they had thought they had ben all loste for they had fallen in the hand is of they re ennemyes Who knew well of theyr commyng and aboode them there to haue putte theym all to dethe So hit was that about the ende of two dayes the tempest seased and the maryners parceyued lande in Inglande and drewe to that parte right ioyously and there toke lande on the sandes Withoute any ryght hauyn orporte at Harwiche as the Inglysshe cronicle sayth the .xxiiii. daye of Septembre the yere
of our lorde M. CCC .xxvi. And so aboode on the sandes thre dayes with lytle puruey aunce of vitaylle and vnshypped theyr horses and harneys nor they wist nat in what parte of Inglande they were in other in the power of theyr frendis or in the power of theyr ennemies On the .iiii. day they toke forth theyr way in the aduenture of god and of saynt George as suche people as hadde suffred great disease of colde by nyght and hunger and great feare Whereof they were nat as than clene ryd And so they rode forth by hylles and dales on the done syde and on the other tyll at the laste they founde vyllages and a great abbeye of blacke monkes the whiche is called saint HamoÌ„ wher as they .iii. dayes refresshed themselfe ¶ Howe the quene of Inglande beseged the kyng her husbande in the towne of Bristo we Cap. xi ANd than this tidyng spred about the realme so moche that at the last it came to the knowledge of the lordes by whom the quene was called agayn into Ingland and they apparailed them in all hast to come to Edward herson whom they wold haue to theyr soueraigne lorde And the fyrste that came gaue them moost comforte was Henry Erle of Lancastre With the wrye necke called Torte colle who was brother to Thomas erle of Lancastre beheeddyd as ye haue harde here before who was a good knyght greatly recoÌ„mended as ye shall here after in this hystorye Thys Erle Henry came to the quene with great companye of men of Warre and after hym came from one parte and other erles barones knyghtys and squiers with so moche people that they thought them clene out of parelles and alwayes encreased theyr power as they went forewarde Than they toke counsell among them that they shulde ryde streyght to the towne of Brystowe Where as the kyng was and with hym the Spencers The whiche was a good towne and a stronge and Well closed standyng on a good port of the see and a stronge castell the see bettyng rounde about it And therin was the kyng and ser Hewe Spencer the elder who was about .xC. of age and syr Hewe Spencer his sonne who was chieffe gouernour of the kyng and counsayled hym in all his euyll dedis Also there was the Erle of Arundell who had wedded the doughter of syr Hewe SpeÌ„cer and diuerse other knyghtis and squiers repayryng about the kyng is courte Than the quene and all her companye lordes of Heynaulte erles and barons and all other inglisshemen toke the right way to the said towne of Bristowe and in euery towne where as they entred they were receyued with great feast honour and alwayes theyr people encreased and so longe they rodeby theyr iourneys that they arryued at Brystowe and besygedde the towne rounde about as nere as they myght and the kyng and syr Hewe Spencer the yonger helde theym in the castelle and the olde syre Hewe Spencer and the erle of Arundell helde them in the towne And whan the people of the towne sawe the greate power that the Quene was of For all moost all Inglande was of her accorde and parceued what parell and daunger euydentely they were in They toke counsell amonge theymselfe and determyned that they wolde yelde vppe the towne to the quene So that they re lyues and gooddys myghte be sauyd And soo they sende to treate with the quene and her counsell in this mattyer But the quene nor her counselle Wolde nat agree therto without she myght do with syr Hewe Spencer with the erle of Arundell what it pleased her Whan the people of the towne sawe they coulde haue no peace otherwise nor saue the towne nor theyr gooddes nor theyr lyues in that distresse they accorded to the quene and opened the gates so that the quene and ser JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte and all her barous knyghtis and squyers entred into the towne and toke theyr lodgyngys within as many as myght the reside we without Than sir Hewe Spencer and the Erle of â—rundel were taken brought before the quene to do her pleasure with them Than there was brought to the quene her owne chyldren JohnÌ„ hersonne and her two doughters the whiche were fouÌ„d ther in the kepyng of the sayd syr Hewe Spencer Wherof the quene had great ioye for she had nat seue theym longe before Than the kyng myght haue great sorowe and sir Hewe Spencer the yonger who were fast inclosed in the stronge castell and the moost part of all the realme turned to the quenes parte and to Edward her eldest sonne ¶ Howe that syr Hewe SpeÌ„cer and the erle of Arundell were iudged to dethe Cap. xii WHan the quene and her barons and all her company were lodged at theyr ease Than they beseged the castell as nere as they myght The quene caused syr Hewe SpeÌ„cer the elder and therle of AruÌ„dell to be brought forth before Edward her sonne and all the barons that were there present And sayde howe that she and her sonne shulbe take ryght lawe on them accordyng to theyr desertis Than syr Hewe Spencer sayd Ma dame god be to you a good iudge and gyue you good iudgement and if we can nat haue it in this world I praye god we maye haue hit in another Than stepte forth syr Thomas Wage a good knyght and marshall of the hoste and ther openly he recouÌ„ted they dedis in wrytynge And than tourned hym to another auncient knyght to the entent that he shuld bryng hym on that case fanty and to declare what shuld be done with suche parsones and what Judgement they shulde haue for suche causes Than the sayd knyght counsailed with other barons and knyghtis and so reported theyr opynions the Whiche was how they had well deserued deth for dyuers horryble dedis the whiche they haue commysed for all the trespas rehersed before to iustifie to be of trouth Wherfore they haue deserued for the dyuersyties of theyr trespaces to haue iudgement in .iii. dyuers maners Fyrst to be drawen and after to be heedded and than to be hanged on the Jebet This in lyke wyse as they were iubged so it was done executed before the castell of Brystowe in the syght of the kyng and of syr Hewe Spencer the yonger This iudgement was doone in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xxvi. on saynt Denys day in October And after this execution the kyng and the yong SpeÌ„cer seyng theym selfe thus beseged in this myschief and knewe no comfort that myght come to them in a mornyng betymes they two with a smalle company entred into a lytle vessell behynde the castell thynkyng to haue fledde to the countrey of Walys But they were .xi. dayes in the shyppe and enforced it to saile as moche as they myghte But what so euer they dydde the wynde was euery daye so contrary to them by the wyll of god that euery daye oones or twyse they were euer brought agayn within a quartter of a
myle to the same castell At the last it fortuned syr Henry Beamond son to the vicount Beamond in Ingland entred in to a Barge and certayne company with hym and spyed this vessell and rowed after hym so long that the shyp wherin the kyng was coulde nat flee fast before them but fynally they were ouer takyn and so brought agayn to the towne of Bristow and delyuered to the quene and her son as prisoners Thus it befel of this high and hardy entrepryse of syr JohnÌ„ of Heynault and his companye For whan they departed and entred into theyr shyppes at Durdright they were but .iii. C. meÌ„ of armes And thus by theyr help and the lordes in Inglande the quene Isabell conquered agayne all her astate and dignyte And put vnto execucion all her ennemyes wher of all the moost parte of the realme were right Joyouse withoute it were a fewe parsones suche as were fauourable to syr Hewe Spencer and of his parte And whan the kyng sir Hew Spencer mere brought to Bristowe by the said sir Henry Beamond The kyng was than sent by the couÌ„sell of all the barons knyghtis to the strong castell of Barkeley and put vnder good kepyng honest ther were ordeined people of astate aboute hym suche as knewe ryght Well what they ought to doo but they were straytly commaunded that they shulde in no wyse suffre hym to passe out of the castell And ser Hewe SpeÌ„cer was deliuerd to ser Thomas wage marshall of 〈◊〉 host And after that the quene departed and al her host to ward London whiche was the chief cite of Ingland so ryd forth on theyr iourneis and ser Thomas Wage caused ser Hewe SpeÌ„cer to be fast bouÌ„d on the best leuiest hors of al the host and caused hym to were on a tabarte suche as traytours and theues Were wont to were And thus he was led in scorue after the quenes rout through out all the townes as they passed with trumpes and canayres to do hym the greatter dispyte tyll at the laste they came to the Cite of Herford wher as the quene was honorably receyued with great solempnyte all her coÌ„pany and ther she kept the feast of all sayntis with great royalte for the loue of her son and strauÌ„gers that were ther. ¶ Howe syr Hewe Spencer was put to his iudgement Cap. xiii WHan this feast was done than syr Hewe Spencer who was nothyng beloued was brought forth before the quene and all the lordes and knyghtê and ther before hym in wrytyng was rehersed all his dedis ageynst the whiche he wold gyue no maner of answere And so he was than iudged by playn sentence Fyrst to be drawen on an hyrdell with trumpes and trumpettis through all the cite of Herford and after to be brought into the market place where as all the people were assembled there to be tyed on hygh vpon a ladder that euery maÌ„ myght se hym and in the same place ther to be made a great fier and ther his pryuy membres cut from hym bycause they reputed hym as an herety 〈…〉 and so demed and so to be brent in the fyre before his face And than his hart to be drawen out of his body cast into the fyre bycause he was a false traytour of hart that by hys traytours couÌ„sell extorcioÌ„ that kyng had shamed his realme and brought it to great myschief for he had caused to be behedded the greattest lordes of his realme by whom yâ— realme ought to haue ben susteyned and defended And he had so enduced the kyng that he wolde nat se the quene his wyfe nor Edwarde his eldest son and caused hym to chare them out of the realme for fere of theyr lyues And than his heed to be stryken of and sent to LoÌ„don And accordyng to his iudgement he was executed Than the quene and all her lordes toke theyr way toward London and dyd so moche by theyr iourneys that they arryued at the Cite of London and they of the cite with great company mette them and dyd to the quene and to her sonne great reuerence and to al theyr company as they thought it best bestowed And whan they had ben thus receyued and feasted the space of .xv. dayes the knyghtis strauÌ„gers and namely syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte had great desyre to retourne agayn into theyr owne countres for they thought they had well done theyr deuour and achyued greathonour and so toke theyr leue of the quene and of the lordes of the realme and the quene and the lordes requyred them to tary longer a lytle space to se what shuld be done with the kyng who was in pryson but the straungers had so great desyre to retourne into theyr owne countreys that to praye theym the contrarye auayled nat And whan the quene and her couÌ„sell saw that They yet desyred syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte to tary tyll it was past Christmas and to retaygne with hym suche of his company as pleased hym best The gentle knyght wold nat leue to parfourme his seruice but courtesly graunted the quene to tary as long as it pleased her and caused to tary suche of his company as he coud get that was but a fewe for the remnaunt wold in no wyse tary Wherof he was displeased Whan the quene and her counsell sawe that they wold nat abyde for no prayers than they made them great chere and feastis And the quene made to be gyuen to them plenty of golde and syluer for theyr costis and seruicis and dyd gyue great Jewelles to eche of them accordyng to theyr degrees so as they all helde them selfe ryght well content And ouer that they had syluer for theyr horses suche as they wolde leue behynde theym at they re owne estymation without any grudgyng And thus syr JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte aboode styll with a smalle company among the englisshemen who always dydde hym as moche honoure as they coude ymagyn and to all his company And in lyke wyse so dyd the ladyes and damozelles of the countre For there were great plentye of countesses and great ladyes gentle pucels who were come thither to acompany the quene For it semed well to them that yâ— knyght ser JohnÌ„ of Heynaulte had well deserued yâ— chere and feast that they made hym ¶ The coronacion of kyng Edwarth the thyrde Cap. xiiii AFter that the most part of the company of Heynault were departed and ser JohnÌ„ Heynaulte lorde of Beamond taryed The quene gaue leue to her people to be parte sauynge a certayne noble knyghtis the whiche she kept styl about her and her soÌ„ne To counsell them and commaunded all them that departed to be at London the next Christmas For as than she was determyned to kepe open court and all they promysed her so to do And whan Christmas was come she helde a great court And thyther came dukes erles harous knyghtis and all the nobles of the realme with prelates and burgesses of good townes and at
her Thenglysshe cronycle sheweth dyuerse other consyderations why therle MortymÌ„ suffred deth the which was on saynt Andrewes euyn In the yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .xxix. The whiche I passe ouer and folowe myne authoure ¶ Of thomage that kyng Edwarde of Englande dydde to the kynge of Fraunce for the duchye of Guyen Cap. xxiiii ANd after that the king had doÌ„e these two execucyoÌ„s he toke newe counselours of the moost noblest sagest ê‘sons of his realme And so it was about a yere after that Phylip of Ualoys was crowned kyng of France that all the barones and nobles of the realme had made their homage and fealty to him except the yong king of England who had nat done his homage for the duchy of Guyen nor also he was nat somoned therto Than the king of France by thaduise of all his counsell sent ouer into Englande the lorde Auycenis the lorde Beausalt and two no table clerkes maisters of the parlyament of Parys named maister Peter of Orlyaunce and maister Peter of Masieres These .iiii. deê‘ted fro Paris and dyd somoch by their iourneis that they caÌ„e to Wysant and ther they toke see aryued at Douer And ther taryed a day to abyde the vnshypping of their horses and bagages thaÌ„ they rode forth so long that they caÌ„e to Wynsore Where as the kyng and the yong quene of England lay And than these foure caused to be knowen to the kynge the occasyon of their commyng The kyng of Englande for the honoure of the french kyng his cosyn caused them to coÌ„e to his presence and receyued them houourably and than they publysshed their message And the kyng answered them how that the nobles of his realme nor his counsell was nat as than about hym but desyred them to drawe to LoÌ„don and ther they shulde be answered in such wyse that of reason they shulde be content And so they dyned in the kynges chambre and after departed and lay the same nyght at Colbroke and that next day at London It was nat long after but that the kynge came to his palace of Westmynster And all his counsell was coÌ„maunded to be ther at a certayne day lymited and whan they were all assembled Than the frenche embassadours were sent for and there they declared thoccasyon of their coÌ„mynge and delyuered letters fro their maister Thanne the kynge went a parte with his counsell to take aduyse what was best for hym to do Thanne was it aduysed by his counsell that they shulde be answered by thordynaunce and style of his predecessours by the bysshoppÌ„ of London And so the freÌ„chmen wer called into the counsell chambre than the bysshop of London sayd Lordes that be here asseÌ„bled for the kyng of Fraunce the kyng is grace my soueraygne lorde hath harde your wordes and redde the tenour of your letters Syrs we say vnto you that we woll counsell the kyng our soueraygne lorde here present that he go into Fraunce to se the kynge your maister his dere cosyn Who right amyably hath sent for hym and as touchyng his faith anohomage he shall do his deuour in euery thynge that he ought to do of ryght And syrs ye may shewe the kyng yor maister that within short space the kyng of Englande our maister shall arryue in France and do all that reason shall requyre ThaÌ„ these messangers were feasted and the kynge rewarded them with many great gyftes and iuelles and they toke their leaue and dyd somoche that at last they came to Parys wher they found kyng Phylyppe to whome they recounted all their newes Wherof the king was right ioyouse and specially to se the kyng of Englande his cosyn for he hadde neuer sene hym before And whan these tidynges were spredde abrode in yâ— realm of Fraunce Than dukes erles and other lordes aparelled them in their best maner and the kyng of FrauÌ„ce wrot his letters to kyng Charles of Behaygne his cosyn and to the kynge of Nauarre Certifyeng theym the day and tyme whan the kyng of England shuld be with hym desyringe them to be with hym at the same day and so they came thyder with gret array Than was it counselled the kynge of Fraunce that he shulde receyue the kyng of Englande at the cyte of Amyas and there to make prouysion for his commyng There was chambers halles hoste ries and lodgynges made redy and apparelled to receyue them all and their company And also for the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Burbon the duke of Lurren and syr JohnÌ„ of Artoyes There was purueyaunce for a thousande horse and for sixe hundred horse that shulde come with the kyng of Englande The yonge kyng of Englande forgate nat the voyage that he had to do into Fraunce And so he aparelled for hym and his company well and sufficiently and there departed out of Englande in his coÌ„pany two bysshoppes besyde the bysshoppe of London and foure erles The lorde Henry erle of Derby his cosyngermayne sonne to ser Thomas erle of Lancastre with the wrie necke the erle of Salis bury therle of Warwyke and the erle of Hereforde and. vt barownes The lorde Raynolde Cobham the lorde Thomas Wage marshall of Englande the lorde Persy yâ— lorde MaÌ„ny and the lorde Mowbray And mo than .xl. other knyghtes so that the kyng and his coÌ„pany were about a thousand horse and yâ— kyng was two dayes in passing bytwene Douer and Wysant Than the kyng and his company rod to Bullayne and there taryed one day This was about the myddes of August the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred .xxix. And a none the tidynges came to kyng Phylip of Fraunce howe the kynge of Englande was at Bullayne Than the kynge of Fraunce sent his constable with great plentie of knyghtes to the kynge of Englande who as thanne was at Monsternell by the seesyde and ther was gret tokens of loue and good chere made on bothe parties ThanÌ„e the kynge of Englande rodde forth withall his rowt and in his company the constable of Fraunce And he rodde so long that they came to the cytie of Amyas wher as kyng Phylippe and the kynge of Behaygne The kynge of Mayllorgues and the kynge of Nauarre were redy aparelled to receyue the kynge of Englande with many other dukes erles and great barownes For there was all the .xii. peres of Fraunce redy to feast and make chere to the kynge of Englande and to be there peasably to bere wytnesse of the kynge of Englandes homage Ther was the kyng of Englande nobly receyued and thus these kynges and other princes taryed at Amyas the space of .xv. dayes and in the meane tyme there were many wordes and ordynaunces deuysed but as farr as I coude knowe kyng Edwarde of EnglaÌ„d made his homage to the kynge of Fraunce all onely by worde and nat puttyng his haÌ„des bytwene the kynge of Fraunce handes nor none other prince nor prelate lymitted for hym Nor the kynge of Englande wolde
without respyte All such great men as knyghtes squires or burgeses of good townes as he thought fauourable to therle in any maner he banysshed them out of Flaunders And wolde leuey the moyte of their landes to his owne vse and thother halfe to their wyuess and chyldren such as were banysshed of whome there were a great noÌ„bre abode atsaynt Diners To speke properly there was neuer in Flaunders nor in none other contrey prince duke nor other that ruled a countrey so pesably so long as this Jaques Dartuell dyd rule Flaunderss He leuyed the rentes wynages and rightes that pertayned to therle through out all Flanderss and speÌ„ded all at his pleasure without any acompt makyng And whaÌ„he wold say the he lacked money they byleued hym and so it behoued them to do for none durst say agaynst hym Whan he wold borowe any thynge of any burgesse there was none durst say hym nay These englyssh embassadours kept an honourable estate at the towne of Ualencennes They thought it shulde be agreat comforte to the kynge their lorde yf they might gette the flymmynges to take their part Than they toke counsell of therle in that mater and he answered that truely it shulde be one of the grettest aydes that they coude haue But he sayd he thought their labour in that behalfe coude nat preuayle without they gette first the goodwyll of Jaques Dartuell Than they said they wolde assay what they coude do so thervpon they departed fro Ualenceunes and went into Flaunders and departed into thre or foure coÌ„panies Some went to Bruges some to Ipre and some to GauÌ„t And they all kept such port made so large dyspeÌ„ce that it semed that syluer and golde fell out of their haÌ„des and made many great promyses and offers to them that they spake to for that mater And the bysshoppÌ„ with a certayne with hym weÌ„t to Gaunt and he dyd somuch what with fayre wordê and otherwyse that he gate thacorde of Jaques Dartuell And dyd gette great grace in the towne and specially of an olde knyght that dwelt in Gauut who was ther right well beloued called the lorde of Courcisyen a knight baneret and was reputed for a hardy knight had alwayes serued truely his lordes This knyght dyd moche honour to thenglysshemen as a valyant knyght ought to do to all straÌ„gers Of this he was accused to the french kyng who incontynent sent a strayt commaundement to therle of Flaunders that he shulde send for this sayd knyght and assone as he had hym to strike of his hed Th erle who durst nat breke the kynges coÌ„manndemeÌ„t dyd somoch that this knyght came to hym at his sendyng as he that thought non yuell and incontyneÌ„t he was taken his heed stryken of Wherof many folkes were sorie and were sore dysplesed with therle for he was welbeloued with the lordes of the contrey These englysshe lordes dyd somoche that Jaques Dartuell dyuerse tymes had togyder the counselles of the good townes to speke of the besynes that these lordes of Englande desyred and of the frauÌ„chyses and amyties that they offred them in the kyng of EnglaÌ„des byhalfe So often they spake of this mater that fynally they agreed that the kynge of Englande myght come and go into Flaunders at his pleasure Howe beit they sayd they were so sore bouude to the french kyng that they myght nat entre into the realme of Fraunce to make any warre without they shulde forfayt a great somme of florens and so they desyred that they wold be coÌ„tent with this answere as at that tyme. Thenglysshe lordes retourned agayne to Ualencennes with great ioy often tymes they sent worde to the kyng of Englande how they spedde and euer he sent theym golde and syluer to berâ— their charges and to gyue to the lordes of Almaygne who desyred nothyng els In this season the noble erle of Heynalt dyed the .vi. day of June the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xxxvii. and was buryed at the friers in Ualencennes The bysshoppe of CaÌ„braysang the masse ther were many dukes erles and barownes for he was welbeloued and honoured of all people in his lyfe dayes After his dyscease the lorde Wyllyam his sonne entred into the counteis of Heynalt Hollande and zelande Who had to wyfe the dougther of duke JohnÌ„ of BrabaÌ„t and had to name Jahane She was endowed with the lande of Bynche the which was a right fayre heritage and a profitable And the lady Jahan her mother went to Fontnels on Lescault and ther vsed the resydue of her lyfe in great deuotion in thabbey ther and dyd many good dedes ¶ How certayne nobles of FlauÌ„ders kept the yle of Cagaunt agaynst thenglysshemen Cap. xxx OF all these ordynaunces and confortes that the kyng of England had get on that syde the see Kyng PhylippÌ„ of Fraunce was well enformed of all the mater wolde gladly haue had the flemmyngê on his part But Jaques Dartuell had so surmounted all maner of people in FlauÌ„ders that none durst say agaynst his opynion nor the erle hym selfe durst nat well abyde in the countrey For he had sent the countesse his wyfe and Loys his sonne into Fraunce for dout of the fleÌ„mynges In this season ther were in the yle of Cagant certayne knyghtes and squyers of FlaÌ„ders in garyson As sir Dutres de Haluyn syr JohnÌ„ de Radays and the sonnes of Lestriefe They kept that passage agaynst theÌ„glysshmen and made couert warre wherof thenglysshe lordes beyng in Heynalt were well enformed and how that if they went that way homewarde into England they shulde be met withall to their dyspleasure Wherfore they were nat well assured howbeit they rode and went about the countrey at their pleasure All was by the confort of Jaques Dartuell for he supported and honoured them as moche as he might And after these lordes went to Doudrech in Holande and ther they toke shypping to eschue the passage of Cagaunt Wher as the garison was layd for them by the commaundement of the frenche kyng so these englisshe lordes caÌ„e agayne into England as priuely as they coude And came to the kyng who was right ioyouse of their commyng and whan he harde of the garyson of Cagaunt He sayd he wolde prouyde for them shortly and anone after he ordayned therie of Derby ser Water Manny and dyuerse other knyghtes squiers with fyue hundred men of armes and two thousande archers and they toke shippyng at London in the ryuer of Tames The first tyde they went to Grauesende the next day to Margate and at the thyrde tyde they toke the see sayled into FlauÌ„ders So they aparelled them selfe and came nere to Cagaunt ¶ Of the batell of CagauÌ„t bytwene thenglysshmen and the frenchmen Cap. xxxi WHan thenglysshmen sawe the towne of Cagaunt before theÌ„ they made theÌ„ redy and had wynd and tyde to serue them And so in the name of god and saint George they approched and blewe vp their trumpettes
the kynge of that dede So whaÌ„ therle had ben ther a certayne space he toke leaue of her and retourned to UalenceÌ„nes and incoÌ„tynent wrote letters to the prelates and knyghtê of his contrey to haue their aduyce and counsayle in that behalfe And whan sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt knewe her of he toke his horse and came to therle his nephue and as sone as the erle sawe hym he sayd a fayre vncle your absence hath sette the frenchmen in a pride A sir ê™ he with your trouble and anoyance I am sore dyspleased howe beit in a maner I am glad therof Nowe ye be well rewarded for the seruyce and loue that ye haue borne to yâ— frenchmen Nowe it behoueth you to make a iourney into Fraunce agaynst the frenchmen a vncle ê™ therle loke into what quart ye thynke best and it shal be shortly done So thus the day of parlyameÌ„t assigned at Mons came and thyder resoried all the counsayle of the countrey and also of Nolande and zelande ther were diâ—iers opynyons Some wolde that certayne sufficyent ê‘ sons shulde be sent to the french kyng to knowe if he were coÌ„sentyng to the hurt done in Henalt or by what tytle he shulde make warre into the erles lande without any defiaunce And some other wold that therle shulde be reuenged in lyke maner as the frenchmen had begon how beit finally all reasons debated it was thought that therle coude do no otherwyse but to make warr into Fraunce And it was ordayned that therle shulde make his defyaunce to the frenche kyng and than to entre byforce into the realme of FraÌ„ce to bere these defyaÌ„ces was ordayned thabbot Thybalt of saynt Crispyne So thaÌ„ the letters of defyance were written sealed by therle by all the nobles of the coÌ„trey Than therle thaÌ„ked all his lordes and other of their good confort and of their promyse to ayde to reueÌ„ge him agaynst the frenchmen Thabbot of saynt Crispyne came into Fraunce and brought these de fyances to kyng PhilyppÌ„ who made light therof and sayd how his nephue was but an outraous folc howe that he was a marchaÌ„t to haue his coÌ„trey breÌ„t Thabbot returned to therle to his counsayle shewed howe he had sped And than therle prepared for men of warre in his coÌ„trey and in Brabant and in Flanders so that he had 〈◊〉 great nombre togyder And so set forwarde towarde the lande of Symay for therlles intent was to go and brenne the landes of yâ— lorde of Bremus and also Aubenton and Thyerache ¶ Howe therle of Heynault toke and distroyed Aubenton and Thyerach Ca. xlv THey of Aubenton douted greatly therle of Heynalt sir JohnÌ„ his vncle And so they sent for some ayde to the great bayly of UermaÌ„doys and he sent to theÌ„ the vydam of Chalons the lorde Beaumont the lorde de la Bone the lorde of Lore dyuers other to the nombre of CCC men of armes And so they repayred the towne in certayne places and determyned to abyde the heynowes and to defende the towne the which was a gret towne and full of drapery The heynowes cam on a friday and lodged nere to Aubenton aduysed the towne to se on what quarter it were moost best to be taken and in the mornyng they aproched in thre wardes their baners before theÌ„ right ordynatly and also their crosbowes The erle of Heynalt ledde the first batayle and with hym great nombre of the knyghtes and squiers of his countrey His vncle sir John of Heynalt had the seconde batayle wher as he had plenty of men a warr The thyrde had the lorde Faulquemont with a good noÌ„bre of almaynes And so thus euery lorde was vnder his owne baner and there beganÌ„e a sore assaut and the bowes began to shote both within and without wherby dyuers were sore hurt Th erle and his company came to the gate ther was a great assaut and a sore skirmysshe ther the Uydame of Calons dyd marueyles he made at the gate thre of his sonnes knyghtes But finally therle and his company coÌ„quered the baylies and byforce made their ennemies to withdrawe into that gate And also at the gate towarde Symay was sir JohnÌ„ de la Bone and sir JohnÌ„ BeamoÌ„t ther was also a cruell assaut they within wer fayne to withdrawe in at their gates and to leaue the barrers and the heynowes wan it and yâ— brige also Ther was a sore assaut for suche as were fledde and entred within went vp on the gate and cast downe barres of yron stones pottê full of quycke lyme wherby many were sore hurt a squyer of Henalt receyued suche a stroke with a stone on his targe that it was clouyn clene a sonder with the stroke and his arme broken so that it was long after or he was hole The saturday in the mornyng ther was a great assaut they within dyd their deuer to defende themselfe but finally the towne was wonne byforce and their pales and defences broken And first entred into the towne sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt with his baner with great cryeng and showtyng Than thou Uydame of Chalons withdrewe hym and his company into the place before the mynster and there made semblant to defende hymselfe as loÌ„g as he myght endure But the lorde of Bremus departed without order for he knewe well that sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt was lore dyspleased with him so that he thought if he had ben taken that no rauÌ„some shulde haue saued his lyfe And whan sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt knewe that he was departed that had done somoche dyspleasure in his lande of Symay he pursued after hym But the lorde of Bremus sledde falt and founde the gate of his towne opyn and so entred in and ser Johanne of Heynault pursued hym iuste to the gate with his swerde in his hande But whanÌ„e he sawe that he was escaped he retourned agayne to Aubenton and his men mette certayne of yâ— lorde Bremus men as they folowed their maister and ther they were stayne without mercy The erle and his company sought sore with theÌ„ that were by the mynster and ther the Uydam of Chalons dyd marueyls in armes and so dyd two of his sonnes but finally they wer all stayn there scaped none but suche as fledde with the lorde of Bremus but all were slayne or taken and a .ii. M. men of the towne and all the town robbed and pylled and all the goodes sent to Symay and the towne brent And after yâ— butnyng of Aubenton the heynowes weÌ„t to Mauber Fountaynes and incontynent they wan it and robbed and brent the towne And also the towne of Daubeâ—ueyll and Segny the great Segny the lytell and all the hamelettes ther about the which were mo than .xl. Than the erle went to Mouns and gaue leaue to his men of warr to depart and thanked them in such wyse that they were all well content Than anone after therle went to make asure alyance with the kyng
of England to be the more stroÌ„ger in his warre agaynst the freÌ„chmen But first he made his vncle sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt chefe maister and gouernour of Holande zelande and sir JohnÌ„ lay styll at Mons and prouyded for the contrey and sent to UalenceÌ„nes to confort and ayde theÌ„ the lorde Autoyng the lorde of Uerguy yâ— lord of Gomegynes and sir Henry of Huspharyce and the stewarde of Heynault with a hundred speares to the towne of Landrechyes And to Bouhayne thre brethern almayns called Courtars and to â—scaudymeâ— sir Gararde Sasses gynes and into the towne of Dauesnes the lord of Faulquemount And thus he dyde into euery fortresse on the fronters of Fraunce ¶ Howe they of Tourney made a Courney into Flaunders Cap. xlvi WHan the frenche kyng knewe howe the heynowes had brent the contrey of Thyerache taken and stayne his knyghtes and distroyed the good towne of Aubenton Than he commaunded the duke of Normandy his sonne that he shulde make a iourney into Heynalt and bring the countrey into that case that it shuld neuer bere couerd agayne Also the kyng ordayned therle of Layll Gastone who was as than with the kyng at Parys that he shulde make a voyage into Gascoyne as his lyeutenant and to make warre to Burdeux and to Bordeloys and to all the fortresses that helde of the kyng of Englande And also the frenche kynge enforced his great nauy that he had on the see and commaunded them to kepe the bondes of Flanders and nat to suffre the kyng of Englande to passe ouer the see into Flanders on payne of their lyues And whan the frenche kyng vnderstode that the flemynges had made homage to the kynge of Englande he sent vnto them a prelate vnder the colour of the pope Shewyng them that ys they wolde retourne and knowledge themselfe to holde of hym and of the crowne of Fraunce and to forsake the kyng of Englande who had enchaunted them Than he sayd he wolde ê‘don them of all their trespaces and wolde quyte theÌ„ of the gret soÌ„me of money that they wer bound vnto hym by oblygacion of olde tyme and also to gyue theÌ„ many fayre franchyses And the slemmynges answered howe they thought theÌ„selfe right well assoyled and quyted in any thynge that they were bouÌ„de to the kyng of Fraunce Than the frenche kyng complayned to pope Clement the .vi. whervpon the pope dyd cast suche a sentence of cursyng that no preest durst syng or say ther any diuyne seruyce Wherof the slemmynges sent a great coÌ„playnt vnto the kyng of Englande who to apease them sent them worde that whan he came ouer the see he wolde bring preestes out of his contrey to syng masses whyther the pope wolde or nat for he sayd he had priuylege so to do And so by that meanes the fleÌ„mynges were somwhat apeased And whan the frenche kyng sawe that he coude nat tourne the sleÌ„mynges fro their opynion than he coÌ„maunded them of the garysons of Tourney Lysle and 〈◊〉 â–ª and other to make warre on the flem 〈…〉 and to ouer ronne the contrey And so 〈◊〉 â—ohnÌ„ du Roy and ser Mathue de Trye marshall of Fraunce and sir Godmar du Fay and dyuers other lordes made an army of M. men of armes and. CCC crosbowes what of Turney Lylle and Doway And so in an euenyng ther departed fro Turney and by yâ— it was day in the mornyng â–ª they were before Courtray by 〈◊〉 â—â—yme the son was vp they had gathered togyther all the catall ther about and some of theÌ„ ran to the gatê and slewe and hurt dyuers that they founde without And thanÌ„e they retourned without any domage and droue before them al their prayes so that whaÌ„ they came to Turney they had mo thaÌ„ .x. M. shepe as many swyne beates and kyen wherof the flemynges were sore troubled Than Jaques Dartuell sware yâ— it shulde be derely reuenged and incoÌ„tynent he coÌ„maunded the good townes of Flanders that their men a warr shulde be with hym before Turney at a day assigned and he wrote to therle of Salysbury and to therle of Suffolke who wer at Ipre that they shulde be ther at yâ— same And so agaynst the day lymitted he weÌ„t out of GauÌ„t and came to a place bytwene And warpe Turney called le Pount de Sere and there he lodged and taryed for therles of England and for them of Franke of Bruges The sayd two erles thought for their honour that the enterprise shulde nat be delayed by them and so sent to Jaques Dartuell promysing hym nat to fayle to be at the day apoynted And so on a day they departed from Ipre with a .l. speares and a fortie crosbowes â–ª and went towarde the place where as Jaques Dartuell abode for theÌ„ and as they passed by the towne of Lyle they were ê‘ceyued And they of the towne yssued out with a .xv. C. men a fote and a horsbacke and went in .iii. partes to th entent that therles shuld nat scape theÌ„ So these two erles rode forth by the gyding of sir U 〈…〉 art de la Crox â–ª who had kept loÌ„g warrÌ„ agaynst them of Lyle and he knewe all yâ— wayes of the contrey as than was at Ipre And so he came forthe with these erles to be their gyde and he had well gyded them they of Lyle had nuely made a great dyke wher as there was neuer none before and whan sir Uauflart hadde brought them thyder sawe howe the way was nuely stopped he sayd to therles of Englande sirs I se well we can nat passe without the danger of them of Lysle wherfore I counsell let vs turne agayne and take some other way Than the lordes sayde nay sir Uauflart it shall neuer be sayd that we woll go out of our way for feare of them of Lysle Therfore ryde on byfore we haue promysed Jaques Dartuell to be with hym this day and so thenglysshmen rode forth with out feare Than sir Uauflart sayd sirs ye haue taken me in this vyage to be your gyde and I haue ben with you all this wynter iÌ„ Ipre wherof I am moch bouÌ„de to you But if they of Lyle yssue out vpon vs haue no trust that I wyll abyde them for I wyll saue my selfe assone as I can for if I wer taken it shulde cost me my lyfe the which I loue better thaÌ„ your coÌ„pany Than the lordes dyd laugh at hym and sayd well and yf it be so we holde you well excused and as he ymagined so it be fell â–ª for or they wer ware they were in danger of the frenche busshement who cryed stoppe sirs for ye shall nat passe this way without our lycence and so began to shote and to ronne on the englysshmen And assone as syr Uauflart sawe the maner he had no lyst to ryde any farther but retourned assone as he myght and gate hymselfe out of the preace And the. iâ— erles fell in the handes of their ennemies lyke
sir JohnÌ„ of Henault shewed to this squyer sendyng worde to them of Thyne that shortly they shulde be conforted at the returne of his nephue therle This â—â—use duryng theâ—le of Heynalt returned home wherof all his peple wer gretly reioysed Than the lorde Beamonde his vncle shewed hym all maters that was done syth his departyng and howe that yâ— duke of NormaÌ„dy had fayne on the fronters and brent and dystroyed a great part of his contrey Th erle answered howe it shulde be well amended sayng howe the realme of FraÌ„ce was great ynough to make satisfaction of all forfeturs by them done and determyned brefelye to go and ayde his men at Thyne who had so honorably defended their fortresses Than the erle sent for men into Almayne into Flanders and in his owne contrey and so came to Ualen cennes and daylie his nombre encreased And departed thens in great aray with caryagâ— tentes and pauilyons went and lodged at NaÌ„s on the playne a long by the ryuer of Lescalt Ther were lordes of Heynalt sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt yâ— lorde of Dâ—ghyn the lord of Uerchyn the seneshall of Heynalt the lorde Dantoyng the lorde of Barbâ—son the lorde of Lens sir Wyllyam of Baylleull the lorde of Hauereth chatelayne of Mons the lorde of Montegny the lord of Barbays sir Thyrrie of Ualecourt marshall of Henalt the lorde of Dalmed and of Gomegynes the lorde of Brisuell the lorde of Roysine the lorde of Trasegmes the lorde de Lalayne the lorde of Mastyne the lorde of Sars the lorde Uargny the lorde of Beauryâ—u and dyuerse other who were all ther to serue therle their lorde Also thyder came therle of Namur with .ii. hundred speares and after caÌ„e the duke of Brabant with .vi. huÌ„dred speres the duke of Guerles therle of Mons the lorde of Falquemont sir Arnolde Baquechen and dyuerse other lordes and men a warre of Almaygne and Whytphall And so all these loged along by the ryuer of Lescault agaynst the frenche hoost and plentie of vytails came to them out of Heynalt And whafie these lordes were thus lodged bytwene Nauns and Illoys The duke of Normandy who was on the other part with a goodly nombre of men a warr he sende worde to his father howe that therls hoost dayly encreased Than the frenche kynge bevnge at Peron raysed vp mo men of warre and sende to his sonne a .xii. hundred speares And so hymselfe came to his sonnes hoost lyke a soudyour for he myght 〈…〉 come with an army vpon themperour without heshulde breke his othe as he dyde So yâ— duke of Normandy was named to be cheife of that army but he dyd nothyng but by the counsayle of the kyng his father Whan they wtin Thyne sawe therle of Heynalt of suche puyssance they were right ioyeous and the fourth day after that the erle was come thyder they of Ualence 〈…〉 came thyder in great aâ—ay and JohnÌ„â—e Boyâ—sey prouost of the towne was their capytayne Than ther was a skirmyssh made agaynst the frenchemen and dyuers hurt on bothe 〈…〉 and in the meane season they within the fortres had bottes and barges redy and so pasâ—e 〈◊〉 the ryuer of Lesâ—ault and were brought to the erle of Heyualt who ioyously and honourably receyued them In this tyme that these two hostes were lodged on the ryuer of Lescault the 〈…〉 chmen towarde Fraunce and the heynowes towarde their owne contreis Their forages rode forthe but they met nat bycause the ryuer was euer bytwene them but the freÌ„chmen went and brent the coÌ„trey of Ostrenan that was nat brent before and the heynowes in likewyse the contrey of Cambreses Also to the ayde of therle of Heynault at the desyre of Jaques 〈◊〉 came thyther a. lâ— thousande 〈…〉 mmynges welâ— armed Than therle of Heynalt sent to the duke of Normandy by his haraltes â–ª that ther might be batell bytwene them and howe that it shulde be a great shame so many men of warre assembled togyder and no batayle The duke answered howe he wolde take aduyse and counsell in that mater the which counsell was so long that the haraldes departed without answere Than the third day after therle sent agayne to knowe the dukes intencyon the duke answered how he was nat yet fully counselled to fight nor to assigne a day of batayle Sayng moreouer howe that therle was very hasty whan the erle harde that he thought that it was but a delay than he sent for all the gret lordes of his hoost shewyng them what he had done and what answere the duke had made hym desyring thâ— to haue their counsell Than euery man loked on other no man wold speke first at last the duke of BrabaÌ„t spake for all and sayd as to make a bridge and go ouer to sight with the freÌ„chmen is nat myne opynion for I knowe certaynly that shortly the kyng of Englande wyll come ouer thesee lay sege to Turney and we all haue sworne to ayd and confort hym in all that we canne Wherfore if we shulde nowe fyght with the freÌ„chmen and fortune to be agayne vs that we happe to lese yâ— felde he shulde lose his vyage and all the helpe that he shulde haue of vs. And if we had the vyctorie he shulde can vs no thanke wherfore my intencyon is that without hym who is chefe of this warre that we fyght nat with the power of Fraunce But whan we shal be before Turney with hym and the frenche kynge agaynst vs I thynke it wyll be harde to depart without batell wherfore I wolde couÌ„sell let vs depart for here we lye at great coost and charge for I am sure within these .x. dayes we shall here fro the kyng of Englande To this aduyce the moost part of the lordes agreed but therle of Heynalt desyred them all in generall nat to depart so sone and so they agreed to tary soÌ„ what lengar they of Brussels wolde fayne haue ben gone and they of Louane On a day therle called to hym sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt his vncle and sayd fayre vncle I pray you ryde downe a long by the ryuer syde call ouâ—r the ryuer to speke with some persone of the trenche hoost and desyre hym to shewe the frenche kyng fro me that I wyll make a brydge ouer the water so that I may haue thre dayes respyte and than I woll coÌ„e ouer and gyue hym batell Than the lorde Beamond rode downe a long by the ryuer of Lescalt and a .xiii. knyghtes with hym and his penon before hym and at last he parceyued on the other syde a knyght of Normandy he knewe hym by his armes Than he called to hym and sayd sir Maubousson I pray you speke with me Than the knight sayd sir what wold you with me I desyre you quod the lorde Beamonde that ye wyll go to the frenche kyng and to his counsayle and say how the erle of Heynault hath sende me hyther to take a truse all onely whyles that he might make
leaue to all the souldyours to depart And toke with hym to Ualencennes all the great lordes and ther feasted them honourably and specially the duke of Brabant and Jaques Dartuell And ther Jaques Dartuell openly in the market place in the presence of all the lordes and of all such as wold here hym declared what right the kyng of Englande had to the crowne of FraÌ„ce and also what puyssaunce the thre countreis were of Flaunders Heynault and Brabant surely ioyned in one alyance And he dyde so by his great wysdome and plesaunt wordes that all people that harde hym praysed hym moche and sayd howe he had nobly spoken by great experyeÌ„ee And thus he was greatly praysed it was sayd that he was well worthy to gouerne yâ— countie of Flaunders Than the lordes departed and promysed to mete agayne within .viii. dayes at Gaunt to se the kyng of England and so they dyd And the kyng feasted them honorably and so dyd the quene who was as than nuly purifyed of a sonne called JohnÌ„ who was after duke of Lancastre by his wyfe doughter to duke Henry of LaÌ„castre Than ther was a couÌ„sell set to be at Uyllenort and a day lymitted ¶ Howe kynge Robert of Cicyll dyd all that he might to pacyfie the kyngê of Fraunce and Englande Cap. â—i WHan the french king harde howe his army on the see was dyscoufyted he dylloged and drewe to Arras gaue leaue to his men to depart tyll he harde other tidynges And sent sir Godmar du Fay to Tourney to se that there lacked nothyng he feared more the itemynges than any other And sent the lord of Beautewe to Mortayn to kepe the fronters agaynst Heynalt and he sent many meÌ„ of warr to saynt Omers to Ayre and to saynt â—enaunt and purueyed suffyciently for all the forteresses frontyng on Flanders In this season ther raygned a kyng in Cicyll called Robert who was reputed to be a great astronomyer and alwayes he warned the frenche kyng and his counsell that in no wyse he shulde fight agaynst the king of Englande for he sayd it was gyuen the king of Englande to be right fortunate in all his dedes This kyng Robert wold gladly haue sene these two kynges at a good acorde for he loued somoch the crowne of Fraunce yâ— he was right sorte to se the desolacyon cherof This kynge of Cicyll was at Auygnone with pope Clement with the colledge ther and declared to them the peryls yâ— were likely to fall in the realme of FraÌ„ce by the warr byt wene the sayd two kyngê de syring them that they wold helpe to fynde some meanes to apease them Wher vnto yâ— pope and the cardynals answered howe they wolde gladly intende therto so that the two kynges wolde heâ—e them ¶ Of the counsayle that the kynge of Englande and his alyes helde at Uyllenort Cap. lii AT this counsayle holden at Uyllenort were these lordes as foloweth The kyng of England yâ— duke of Brabant therle of Henalt ser John his vncle yâ— duke of Guerles therle of Jullers the marques of Faulquehoure the marques of Musse therle of Mons sir Robert Dartoys the lorde of Falquemont sir Wyllyam of Dunort therle of Namur Jaques Dartuell and many other great lordes of euery good towne of Flanders a thre or .iiii. personages in maner of a counsayle Ther was a grement made bytwene the thre contreis FlaÌ„ders BrabaÌ„t and Heynalt that fro thens forth eche of them shulde ayde and confort other in all cases And ther they made assuraÌ„ce ech to other that if any of them had to do with any countrey thother two shulde gyue ayde And her after if any of them shulde be at dyscorde one with an other the thyrde shulde set agremeÌ„t bytwene theÌ„ And if he were nat able so to do than the mater shulde be put vnto the kynge of Englande in whose handes this mater was sworne and promysed and he to agre them And inconfyrmacion of loue and amyte they ordayned a lawe to ryn throughout those .iii. contres the which was called the lawe of the companyons or alyes and ther it was determyned that the kyng of EnglaÌ„de shulde remoue about Maudelentyde after and ley siege to Turney and ther to mete all yâ— sayd lordes and thers with the powers of all yâ— good to wnes And than euery man departed to their owne houses to aparell them in that behalfe ¶ Howe the kyng of England hesieged the cyte of Tourney with great puysance Cap. liii THe frenche kyng after the departure of these lordes fro the counsell of Uyllenort he knewe yâ— most part of their determynacion Than he seÌ„t to Tourney the chefe men of warr of all FrauÌ„ce as therle of Ewe the yong erle of Guynes his sonne constable of Fraunce therle of Foytz and his bretherne therle Amery of Narbon sir Aymer of Poyters sir Geffray of Charney sir Gararde of Mountfaucon the two marshals sir Robert Bertrand and sir Mathue de Troy the lorde of Caieur the senesshall of Poyctou the lord of Chastelayn and sir JohnÌ„ of Landas and these had with them valyant knyghtes and squyers They came to Tourney and founde there sir Godmar du Fay who was ther before Than they toke regarde to the prouisyon of the towne as well to the vytels as to thartyllerie and forti ficatyon and they causen to be brought out of the contrey there about where otes and other prouysion ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to yâ— kyng of Englande whan the tyme aproched that he and his alyes shuld mete before Tourney and that the corne beganne to rype he departed fro Gaunt with .vii. erles of his contrey .viii. prelates xxviii baronettes ii C. knyghtesê foure thousande men of armes and. 〈◊〉 M. archers besyde fotemen All his hoost passed through yâ— towne of Andwarpe and so passed the â—â—uer of â—escalt and lodged before Tourney at the gate called saynt Martyne the way to â—arde Lysle and Doway Than anone after came the duke of Brabant with mo than xâ— M. men knyghtes squyers and coÌ„mons and he lodged at the brige of Aryes by the ryuer of Lescalt bytwene thabbey of saynt Nycholas and the gate UaleÌ„ tenoys Next to hym came therle of Heynaultê with a gooly company of his contrey with many of Holande and zelande and he was loged bytwene the kyuge and the duke of Brabaunt Than came Jaques Dartuell with mo thaÌ„ lâ— thousande slemmynges besyde them of â—pre Dropingne Cassell Bergues and they were sent on the other syde as ye shall here after Jaques Dartuell lodged at the gate saynt Fountayne yâ— duke of Guerles therse of Jullers the marques of BlaÌ„queboure yâ— marques of musse therle of Mons therle of Sauynes the lord of Falquemount sir Arnolde of Baquechew and all the Almayns were lodged on the other syde towarde Heynalt Thus the cytie of Tourney was cnuyroned rounbe about and euery hoost myght resort eche to other so that none coulde yssue out without spyeug ¶ Howe
and go agayne to the siege of Tourney And so they dyd and they of Ualencens retourned to their towne ¶ Howe therle of Heynault toke the towne of saynt Amande duryng the siege before Tourney Cap. lx A Thre dayes after that therle of Heynault was retourned fro Mortaygne he desyred certayne companyons to go to saynt Amande for he had dyuers complayntes how yâ— soudyers of saynt Amand had burnt thabbey of Hanon â–ª and had nere brent Uycoigne had done many dispytê to the fronters of Heynalt So therle departed fro the sige with a .iii. M. men and came before saynt Amand on the syde towarde Mortayne The towne was nat closed but with pales and captayne ther was a knyght of LaÌ„guedoke the seneshall of Cracassone who had sayd to yâ— moÌ„kes of thabbey ther and to them of the towne yâ— it was nat able to holde agaynst an hoost how be it he sayd rather than he wolde deê‘t he wold kepe it to the best of his power but that he sayd was in the maner of counsell howbeit his wordes was nat byleued But long before the iuels of the abbey were caryed to Mortaygne for the more suretie and thyder went the abbot and all his moÌ„kes for they were no men of warr And they of UalenceÌ„nes came at therles coÌ„maundement with a .xii. thousande men and all yâ— crosbo wes kept the gate to warde the bridge of Lesharpe they began a ferse assaut and many sore hurt on bothe parties This assaut endured all the day they of Ualencens coude get nothynge ther they within scorned and mocked theÌ„ and sayd sirs go your way and drink your good ale And agaynst night they of Ualencennes withbre we right wery and had gret marueyle that they coude here no tidynges of therle their lord and therfore they dysloged and drewe towarde their towne the next mornyng be tymes therle departed fro Turney came to saynt Amand on the syde towarde Mortayne and incoÌ„tyneÌ„t they made assaute feers and cruell and wan at the first the bayles and came to the gate to war de Mortaygne And ther therle and his vncle made a great assaut and eche of them had such a stroke on the heed with stones that their basenettes were clouen and their heedes sore astonyed At last one sayd to therle sir this way we shall neuer entre the way is strayet and strongly kept But sir make great raÌ„mes of wood like pyles and let vs ronne with them agaynst the abbey walles and we shall peerse it through in dyuers places and if we get thabbey the towne is ours Than therle coÌ„maunded so to be done and anone gret peaces of tymber wer gote and made sharpe before and to euery pece twentie or .xxx. persons ronnyng ther with agaynst the wall so that they brake the wall in dyuers places and valyantly entred ther and passed a lytell ryuer that ranne within And ther was redy the seneshall of Carcassone his baner before hym the which was goules a sheffe syluerthre cheuorns in the sheffe bordred syluer indented And he and his coÌ„pany defended valyantly the heynowes as long as they might but their defence coude nat auayle for the heynowes wer somany And in their entryng into thabbey ther was a monke called danne Frossart who dyde maruels for he kylled and hurt at the hole ther as he stode an xâ—iii so that none durst entre in at that place but finally he was fayne to depart for he sawe howe the henous entred into the abbey in dyuers places And soo the monke saued hymselfe aswell as he might and went to Mortayne Whan therle and his coÌ„pany wer entred into thabbey he coÌ„maunded that all shulde be put to the swerde they had so sore dyspleased hym and done suche hurt in his contrey The towne anone was full of men of armes and they with in chased and sought for fro strete to strete in euery house so that fewe scaped but all wer slayne The seneshall was slayne vnder his standarde and a .ii. C. men rounde about hym agaynst night therle retourned to Turney the next day they of Ualencens caÌ„e a gayne to saynt Amand and brent clene the towne and thabbey minster and all and brake all the belles the which were goodly Another day therle agayne deê‘ted fro the siege with vi C. men of armes and went and brent Orchies LaÌ„das and the Chell and than passed by Hanon the ryuer of Lesharpe went into France to a great abbey and aryche called Marchienes wherof sir Amye of Uernaulx was captayne with hym certayne crosbowes of Doway ther therle made assaut for yâ— captayne had well fortifyed the firste gate with great depe dykes and the frenchmen monkes ther defended theÌ„selfe right nobly the heynous at last gate them botes and barges and therby entred into thabbey but there was a knyght of Almayne drowned a coÌ„panyon of the lorde Falquemont called sir Bacho de la Wyer Th erle his vncle and the seneshall dyd at the gate so valyantly that the gate was wone and sir Amye and his coÌ„pany slayne or taken And ther were taken dyuers monkes and thabbey robbed and brent and the towne also than therle retourned to the siege before Tourney ¶ Of the takyng of Charles MoÌ„morency and dyuers other frenchemen at the bridge of Cressyn Cap. lxi THis siege before Tourney was long and great and the kyng of England supposed euer to wyn it for he knewe well ther were moche people within and but scant of vytayle Wherefore he thought to famyssh them and some sayde they founde fomme courtesy in theym of Brabaunt in sufferynge vytayles to passe through their hoost into the cyte and they of Brussels and Louane wer sore wery with taryeng ther so long they desyred the marshall of thost that they might haue leaue to retourne into BrabaÌ„t The marshall sayd he was well coÌ„tent but than they must leue all their harnes be hynde them with the which answere they were so a shamed that they neuer spake therof more ¶ Nowe I shall shewe you of a iourney that the almayns made at the same bridge of Cressyne wher as sir Robert Bayllule dysconfited the heynowes as the lorde of RauderoÌ„deÌ„ce sir JohnÌ„ his son JohnÌ„ Raudebourg esquyer ser Arnold of Baquehen sir Raynolde Descouuenort sir Rorrant Dasto sir Bastyen de Bastes Can drelyer his brother sir Strauren de Leurne dyuerse other of the duchy of Jullers of guerles All these rode forthe on a day and also they had with them certayne bachellers of Heynalt as sir Floren of Beauryon sir Latas de la Hey marshall of thoost sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt ser Oulphart of Guystels sir Robert Gleuues of therldome of Loz and dyuers other they wer a thre C. they came to the bridge of Cressyn passed without danger Than they toke counsell what they shulde do it was thought moste for their honour to go and a wake the french host Ther
it was ordayned that the lorde Rauderondence and his son sir Henry of Keukren sir Tylman of Sausey ser Olphart of Guystels ser LalemaÌ„t bastarde of Heynalt Robert of Gleuues Jaquelat of Tyaulx shulde ryde sodenly dasshe into the frenche host And the other knyghtes squyers to the nombre of thre C. shulde abyde styll at the brige to kepe the passage Thus these currours rode forthe to the noÌ„bre of a .xl. speres tyll they came to thoost and so dassht in and ouerthrue tentes pauilyons and skirmysshed with the frenchmen The same night two great barons of France had kept the wache that is to say the lorde of MoÌ„morency the lorde of Salieu and whan they harde the noyse they came with their baners to that part Than the almaynz retourned towarde the brige and the freÌ„chmen after them feersly and in the chase sir Olphart of Guystels was taken for he was purblynde and also two bretherne Mondrope and Jaquelet Tyaulx they wer so nere togyder that ech of them vnderstode others language And the frenmen sayd to the almayns sirs ye shall nat scape thus than one sayd to the lorde of RauderoÌ„deÌ„ce sir take good hede for me thynke the frenchmen wyll be at the bridge or we well sayd he though they knowe one way I knowe an other ThaÌ„ he tourned on the right hande toke a way nat moche vsed the which brought hym and his coÌ„pany to the foresayd ryuer the which was so depe and enuyroned with maresshes that they coud nat passe ther so that they were fayne to repasse by the bridge and the frenchemen euer rode a great galoppe towarde the bridge and whauÌ„e they came nere to the brige and sawe that great busshment ther they sayd among themselfe I trowe we chase folysshly we might lightly lese rather than wyn Than dyuers of them retourned and specially the lorde of saynt Saulieâ—â— with his baner and his company and the lorde Charles of MoÌ„morency with his baner rode euer forwarde and wold nat recule And so with great courage sette on the almayns at the first brunt ther was a feerse encounter and dyuerse ouer throwen on bothe parties Than caÌ„e in on thother syde thother almayns and so enclosed in the frenchmen the lorde Renolde of Dyscouuenort knewe well the baner of the lorde Mommorency who was vnder his banner with his swerde in his hand fightyng on euery syde and so came sodenly on his right hande with his lyfthande he toke the bridell of the lorde Mommorencies horse and spurred forthe his owne horse and so drewe hym out of the batayle And euer the lorde Mommorency strake and gaue hym many great strokes which some he receyued and some he defended But finally ther he was taken prisoner so the almayns dyde somoche that they obtayned the place and toke a fourscore prisoners of gentylmen than they re passed the bridge without any danger And so came agayne to the siege before Tourney ¶ Howe the fleÌ„mynges were before saynt Omers duryng the siege Cap. lxii NOw let vs she we of au aduenture that tell to the fleÌ„mynges of the whiche company ther were captayns sir Robert Dartoyse sir Henry of FlaÌ„ders they wer in nombre a xl M. what of the townes of Ippre Propyngne Messynes Cassell and of the Catelayne of Bergus All these fleÌ„mynges lay in the vale of Cassell in tentes pauylions to couÌ„tergaryson the french garysons that the french kynge had layed at saynt Omers at 〈◊〉 at saynt Uenaunt and in other townes and forteresses there aboute And in saynt Omers there was therle dolphyne of Auuergne the lorde of kalengen the lorde of 〈…〉 Rocheforte the 〈…〉 nerse other knyghtes of 〈…〉 syn And 〈…〉 also many 〈…〉 out 〈…〉 and brake downe dyuers houses robbed theÌ„ The fray anon was knowen in the towne and the lordes within armed them and their coÌ„pany and yssued out at a nother gate they were a vi baners and a .ii. C. men of armes and a .vi.. C. fotemen and they came by a secrete way on the flemmynges who were besy to robbe pyll the towne of Arkes nere to saynt Omers there they were spredde abrode without captayne or good order Than the freÌ„chmen came on them in good order of batell their bauers displayed cryeng Cleremont the dolphyne of Auuergne wherwith the flemmynges were a basshed and beatyn downe by hepes And the chase of them endured .ii. leages and ther were slayne a .iiii. M. and .viii. C. and a .iiii. C. taken prisoners and ledde to saynt Omers and suche as fledde and scaped retourned to the hoost and shewed their companyons their aduenture And at last tidynges therof came to their captayns sir Robert Dartoyse and sir Henry of FlaÌ„ders who sayd it was well enployed for they went forthe without coÌ„maundement or capitayne and the same nyght or it was mydnight the flemynges lyeng in their tentes a slepe sodenly generally among theÌ„ all ther fell suche a feare in their her tes that they rose in great haste and with suche payne that they thought nat to be dysloged tyme ynough They bete downe their owne tentes pauilyons and trussed all their caryages and so fledde away nat abyding one for an other Wtout kepyng of any right way WhaÌ„ these tidynges came to their two captayns they rose hastely and made gret fiers and toke torches mouÌ„ted on their horses and so came to these fleÌ„mynges and sayd sirs what ayleth you do you waÌ„t any thyng why do you thus flye away be you nat well assured retourne in the name of god ye be to blame thus to flye and no maÌ„ chase you But for all their wordes euery man fledde the neâ—t way to their owne houses and whan these lordes sawe none other remedy they trussed all their harnes in waganes and retourned to the hoost before Tourney and theâ— shewed the aduenture of the flemmynges wherof euery man had marueyle some sayd they were ouercome with fantyses ¶ Howe the siege before Tourney was broken vp by reason of a truse Cap. lxiii THis siege endured a long season the space of a .xi. wekes thre dayes lesse and all that season the lady Jane of Ualoys suster to the frenche king and mother to therle of Heynalt traueyled gretly what on the one ê‘t and on thother to haue a respyte and a peace by twene the parties so that they might depart wtout batayle And dyuers tymes she kneled at yeâ—ete of the frenche kyng in that behalfe and also made great labour to the lordes of th empyre specially to the duke of Brabant and to the duke of Jullers who had her dought in maryage also to sir JohnÌ„ of Heynalt Somoch the good lady procured with the ayde counsell of Loys Daugymont who was welbeloued with both ê‘ties that it was graunted that eche partie shuld sende foure sufficyent persons to treat on some good way to acorde the parties and a truse for thre dayes These apoynters shuld mete
his a rest and prison as in goyng away without leaue Whan this iudgement was gyuen in playne audyence by all yâ— lordes thanne the kyng called to hym the lorde Charles of Bloys his nephue and sayde fayre nephue ye haue iudged to you a fayre herytage and a great Therfore hast you and go and conquere it agaynst hym that kepyth it wrongfully and desyre all your frendes to ayde you and I shall nat fayle you for my part I shall lende you golde and syluer ynough and shall commaunde my sonne the duke of Normandy to go with you Than ser Charles of Bloys inclyned hym to his vncle thankyng hym right humbly than he desyred yâ— duke of NormaÌ„dy his cosyn the erle of Alanson his vncle the duke of Burgoyne therle of Bloys his brother the duke of Butbone the lorde Loys of Spayne yâ— lorde Jaques of Burbon therle of Ewe constable of Fraunce and therle of Guynes his sonne the vycont of Rohayne and all the other lordê that were ther. And all they sayde howe they wolde gladly go with hym with their lorde the duke of Normandy Than these lordes departed to make them redy and to make ê“uysion agaynst that iourney ¶ The lordes of Fraunce that entred into Bretayne with sir Charles of Bloys Cap. lxxi WHan all these lordes of Normandy the duke of Alanson the duke of Burgoyne and all other suche as shulde go with sir Chardu Bloys to ayde hym to coÌ„quere the duchy of Bretayne were redy They departed some fro Pares and some fro other places and they assembled togyder at the cytie of Anger 's and fro thens they went to Ancennys the which is th ende of the realme on that syde and ther taryed a thre dayes than they went forthe into the countrey of Bretayne and whan they were in the feldes they nombred their company to a fyne thousande men of armes besyde the ge no wayes the which were a thre thousande and thre knyghtes of Gennes oyd lede theÌ„ The one called sir Othes de Rue and thother sir Charles Germaulx and besyde that they had many erosbowes of whome sir Galoys be la Baulme was captayne Than all these went to a strong castell standynge on a hyghe mountayne called ChastoÌ„ceaulx ther was thentre of Bretayne it was furnysshed with men of warr captayns ther were two knyghtes of Lorayne called syr Gyles and sir Ualeryan The lordes of FraÌ„ce toke counsell to besiege this castell for they thought if they shulde leaue such a fortres behynde them it shuld do them great damage So they beseged it rounde about and made many assautes specially the genowayes dydde what they might to attayne prayse at the begynning but they lost often tymes of their company for they within defended themselfe so sagely that it was longe or they toke any damage But finally the assaylantê brought thyder somoch tymbre wod and fagottes that they fylled therwith the dykes so that they might go â—ust to yâ— walles they within cast out stones chalke and brennynge fyre howbeit they without came to yâ— fote of the walles had instrumetes wherby they myght vnder couert myne the walles Than they with in yelded vp the castell their lyues and goodes saued thafie the duke of Normanvy who was chiefe ther delyuered the castell to sir Charles of Bloys as his owne who incoÌ„tynent set ther a good garyson to kepe thentre and to conduct suche as came after theym Than they went towarde Nantes wher as they harde how therle of Mountfort their ennemy was the marshals and currours of their hoost founde by the way as they went a good towne closed with â—ykes the which they feersly assayled and in the town ther were but fewe peple and yuell armed So that anone the towne was woâ— robbed and the one half brent and all the peple put to yâ— swerde this towne was called Carquesy within a .iiii. or fyue leages to Nantes The lordes lay ther about all that night yâ— next mornyng they drue towarde Nantes and layed siege rounde about it and pyghâ—â—p their tentes and pauilyons Than the men of warre within the towne and the burgesses armed theÌ„ and went to their defences as they were apoynted some of the host went to yâ— barrers to skirmyssh and some of the soudyers within yong buegesses yâ—â—ueâ— out agaynst them so that ther were byuees slayne hurt on bothe parties ther were â—yuerse suche skirmysshes On a mornyng some of the soudyers within the cytie yssued out at adueÌ„ture and they founde a .xv. cartes with vytell coÌ„myng to thoost warde and a .lx. persons to coÌ„uey it and they of the cytie were a .ii. C. They set on them and anone dysconfyted them and slewe dyuers and some fled away and scaped and shewed in thoost howe it was Than some went to rescue the pray and ouer toke them nere to the barryers ther began a great skirmysshe ther came so many fro thoost that they within had moch a do howbeit they toke the horses out of the cartê and dyd driue them in at the gate to th entent 〈◊〉 they without shulde nat driue lightly away the caryages Than other soudyers of the cytie yssued out to helpe their companyons and also of the burgesses to ayde their pareÌ„tes so the fray multiplyed and dyuers were slayne sore hurt on bothe parties for alwayes people encreased fro thoost and some newe euer yssued out of the cytie Than at last sir Henry the captayne sawe that it was tyme to retreyt for by his abydinge he sawe he might rather lese than wyn than he caused them of the cytie to drawe a backe aswell as he myght yet they were pursued so â—ere that many were slayne and taken mo than .ii. C. of the burgesses of yâ— towne wherof therle of MoÌ„tfort blamed sore sir Henry de Leon that he caused the retrayt so sone wherwith sir HeÌ„ry was sore dyspleased in his mynde And after that he â—old no more coÌ„e to therls couÌ„sell so aften as he dyd before many had maruell why he dyd so ¶ Howe the erle Mountfort was taken at Nauntes and howe he dyed Cap. lxxii AS I hard reported ther were certayne burgesses of yâ— cite sawe howe their goodes went to wast both without â—in had of their chyldren and frendes in prison douted that wors shulde come to them after than they aduysed and spake togyder secretly so that finally they coÌ„cluded to treat with the lordes of France So yâ— they myght come to haue peace to haue their chyldren and freÌ„des clerely delyuerd out of prison They made this treatie so secretly that at laste it was agreed that they shulde haue all the prosouers delyuerd and they to set opyn one of the gates that the frenche lordes myght entre to take the erle MouÌ„tfort in the castell without doyng of any maner of hurt to the cyte or to thynhaby tantes or goodes therin Some sayed this was purchased by the means and agrement of sir Henry de
Leon who had ben before one of the erles chiefe counsaylours Thus as it was deuysed so it was done in a mornyng the frenche lordes entred and went streyght to yâ— castell and brake opyn the gates and ther toke therle MouÌ„tfort prisoner and ledde hym clene out of the cytie into their felde without doyng of any more hurt in the cyte This was the yere of our lorde god M. C C C .xli. about the feest of all sayntâ— ThaÌ„ the lordes of Fraunce entred into the cytie with great ioye and all the burgesses and other dyd fealtie and homage to the lorde Charles of Bloys as to their ryght souerayne lorde and there they taryed a thre dayes in gret feest Than sir Charles of Bloys was couÌ„selled to abyde ther about the cytie of Nauntes tyll the next somer and so he dyd and set captayns in suche garysons as he had won than the other lordes went to Parys to the kyng and delyuerd hym therle of Mountfort as prisoner The kynge set hym in the castell of Loure wher as he was longe I at last as I harde reported ther he dyed ¶ Nowe let vs speke of the countesse his wyfe who had the courage of a man and the hert of a lyon She was in the cytie of Renes whanne her lorde was taken and howe beit that she had great sorowe at her hert yet she valyantly recoÌ„forted her frendes and soudyers and shewed them a lytell son that she had called JohnÌ„ and sayd a sirs be nat to sore a basshed of the erle my lorde whom we haue lost he was but a man se here my lytell chylde who shal be by the grace of god his restorer and he shall do for you all I haue riches ynough ye shall nat lacke I trust I shall purchase for suche a capitayne that ye shal be all reconforted Whan she had thus conforted her frendes and soudyers in Renes than she weÌ„t to all her other fortresses and good townes and ledde euer with her JohnÌ„ her yonge sonne and dyd to theÌ„ as she dyde at Renes and fortifyed all her garisons of euery thyng yâ— they wanted and payed largely gaue frely where as she thought it well enployed Than she weÌ„t to Hanybout and ther she and her sonne taryed all that wynter often tymes she sent to byset her garysons and payed euery man full well and truely their wages ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande the thyrde tyme made warre on the scotes Cap. lxxiii YE haue harde here before that the siege beynge before Tourney howe the lordes of Scotland had taken agayne dyuers townes and fortresses fro thenglysshmen such as they helde in Scotlande Ther were no mo remayning in theÌ„glysshmens handes but onely the castell of Esturmelyne the cytie of Berwyke and Rousburge And the scottes lay styll at siege with certayne frenchmen with them suche as kyng Philyppe had sent thyder to helpe theÌ„ before Esturmelyne and they within were so sore constrayned yâ— they sawe well they coude nat long endure And whan the kynge of Englande was retourned fro the siege of Tourney and came into his owne realme he was couÌ„selled to ryde towarde scotlande and so he dyd he rode thyderwarde bytwene mighelmas and al sayntes coÌ„maundyng euery maÌ„ to folowe hym to Berwyke than euery man began to styrre and to drawe thyder as they were coÌ„maunded The kyng at last came to yorke and ther taryed for his people the lordes of Scotlande wer enfourmed of the coÌ„myng of the kyng of Englande wherfore they made sorer assautes to the castell of Esturmelyne and coÌ„strayned so them within with engyns and canons that they wer fayne to yelde vp the castell sauyng their lyues and membres but nothyng they shulde cary away These tidynges came to the kyng of Englande where as he was thanÌ„e he departed and drewe toward Esturmelyne and came to Newcastell vpon Tyne and ther lodged and taryed more than a moneth abydinge prouysion for his host the which was put on the see bytwene saynt Andrewes tyde and All sayntes but dyuerse of their shyppes were perysshed for they had suche tempest on the see that small prouysion came thyder Some were driuen into Hollande and into Fryse wherby theÌ„glysshe hoost had great defaute of vytayls and euery thynge was dere and wynter at hande So that they wyst nat wher to haue forage and in scotlande the scottes had put all their goodes into fortresses and the kyng of England had ther mo thaÌ„ vi M. horsmen and .xl. M. fotemen The lordes of Scotland after their wynning of Estur melyne they â—rue into the forestes of Gedeours and they vnderstode well howe the kyng of Englande lay at Newecastell with a great nombre to brenne and to exyle the realme of Scotlande Than they toke counsell what they shulde do they thought themselfe to small a company to mentayne the warr seyng howe they had coÌ„tynued the warres more than .vii. yere without heed or captayne And yet as thaÌ„ they coude parceyue no socoure fro their owne kyng than they determyned to sende to the kyng of Englande a bysshop and an abbot to desyre a truse the which messangers departed fro Scotland and came to Newecastell wher they founde the kynge These messangers shewed to the kynge and to his counsayle the cause of their coÌ„myng so than it was agreed a trewse to endure foure monethes on the condycion that they of Scotlande shulde sende sufficyent embassadours into France to kyng Dauyd that without he wolde come within the moneth of May next folowing so puyssantly as to resyst and defeÌ„de his realme els they clerely to yelde themselfe englysshe and neuer to take hym more for their kyng So thê° these two prelates retourned agayne into Scotlande and incontynent they ordayned to sende into Fraunce sir Robert â—ersay and sir Symon Fresyll and two other knyghtes to shewe to their kynge their apoyntment The kynge of Englande agreed the soneâ— to this truse bycause his hoost lacked vytayll so he came backe agayne sent euery man home The scottysshe messangers went towarde Fraunce and toke shypping at Douer ¶ Nowe kynge Dauyd who had ben a seuyne yere in France and knewe well that his realme was sore distroyed ThauÌ„e he toke leaue of the frenche kyng to go home into his owne contre to confort his people so he toke shypping with his wyfe and suche coÌ„pany as he had at a port and dyde put hymselfe vnder the guyding of a maryner Rychard Flamont and so he aryued at a port of Moroyse or euer that any in Scotlande knewe therof Nor he knewe nothyng of the messangers that were gone into France to speke with hym nor they knewe nat of his retournyng home ¶ Howe kyng Dauyd of Scotlande came with a great hoost to Newcastell vpon Tyne Ca. lxxiiii WHan that yong kyng Dauyd of Scotlande was come into his countrey his men came about hym with great ioye and solem puyte and brought hym to the towne of saynt JohnÌ„s thyder
do rather ye shulde make good chere and be ioyfull seyng ye haue chased away your enmies who durst nat abyde you let other men study for the remynant Than the kyng sayd a dere lady knowe for trouthe that syth I entred into the castell ther is a study coÌ„e to my mynde so yâ— I can nat chuse but to muse nor I cannat tell what shall fall therof put it out of my herte I cannat A sir ê™ the lady ye ought alwayes to make good chere to confort ther with yo â— peple god hath ayded you so in yo â— besynes and hath gyuen you so great graces that ye be the moste douted and honoured priuce in all christeÌ„dome and if the kyng of scottes haue done you any dy spyre or damage ye may well amende it whan it shall please you as ye haue done dyuerse tymes or this Sir leaue your musyng and come into yâ— hall if it please you yo â— dyner is all redy a fayre lady ê™ the kyng other thynges lyeth at my hert that ye knowe nat of but surely yâ— swete be hauyng the perfyt wysedom the good grace noblenes and exelleÌ„nt beauty that I se in you hath so sore surprised my hert yâ— I can nat but loue you and without your loue I am but déed Than the lady sayde a ryght noble prince for goddessake mocke nor tempt me nat I can nat byleue that it is true that ye say nor that so noble a prince as ye be wold thynke to dyshonour me and my lorde my husbande who is so valyant a knight and hath done your grace so gode seruyce and as yet lyethe in prison for your quarell CerteÌ„ly sir ye shulde in this case haue but a small prayse nothyng the better therby I had neuer as yet such a thoght in my hert nor I trust in god neuer shall haue for no man lyueng If I had any suche intencyon your grace ought nat all onely to blame me but also to punysshe my body ye and by true iustice to be dismeÌ„bred Therwith the lady deê‘ted fro the kyng went into the hall to hast the dyner than she returned agayne to the kyng and broght some of his knyghtes with her and sayd sir yf it please you to come into the hall your knightê abideth for you to wasshe ye haue ben to long fastyng Than yâ— kyng went into the hall wassht and sat down amonge his lordes the lady also the kyng ete but lytell he sat styll musyng and as he durst he cast his eyen vpon the lady Of his sadnesse his knyghtê had maruell for he was nat acustomed so to be some thought it was bycause the scottê were scaped fro hym all yâ— day the kyng taryed ther wyst nat what to do SoÌ„tyme he ymagined that honour and trouth defeÌ„ded him to set his hert in such a case to dyshonour such a lady so true a knyght as her husband was who had alwayes well truely serued hym On thother ê‘â— loue so constrayned hym that the power therof surmounted honour and trouth Thus yâ— kyng debated in hymself all that day all that night In the mornyng he a rose and dysloged all his hoost and drewe after the scottes to chase them out of his realme Than he toke leaue of the lady sayeng my dere lady to god I coÌ„mende you tyll I returne agayne requiryng you to aduyse you otherwyse than ye haue sayd to me Noble prince ê™ the lady god yâ— father glorious be yo â— coÌ„duct and put you out of all bylayne thoughtê sir I am euer shal be redy to do your grace ser uyce to your honour and to myne therwith the kyng deê‘ted all abasshed And soo folowed the scottes tyll he came to the cyte of Berwyke and went lodged within iiii leages of the forelt of Gedeors wher askyng Dauyd and all his coÌ„pany were entred in trust of the great wyldernesse The kyng of England taryed ther a .iii. dayes to se if the scottes wold yssue out to fight with hym in these thre dayes ther were dyuers skirmysshes on bothe ê‘ties and dyuers slayne taken and sore hurte amonge the scottes Sir Wyllyam Duglas was he that dyd moost trouble to thenglysshemen he bare azure a comble syluer thre starres goules ¶ Howe therle of Salysbury and therle Moret were delyuerd out of prison by exchaunge Cap. lxxviii IN these sayd thre dayes ther were noble men on bothe parties that treatid for a peace to be had bytwene these two kynges and their treatie toke suche essect that a trewse was agreed to endure two yere so that the frenche kynge wolde therto agree For the kyng of scottes was so sore alyed to the frenche kyng yâ— he might take no peace without his coÌ„sent and it so be the frenche kyng wolde nat agree to the peace than the truse to endure to the first day of May folowyng And it was agreed that therle of Morette shulde be quyte for his prisonment if the kyng of scottes coude do somoche to purchase with the frenche kyng that therle of Salisbury might in lyke maner be quyte out of prison the whiche thyng shulde be done before the feest of saynt JohnÌ„ of Baptyst next after The kyng of Englande agreed yâ— soner to this truse bycause he had warre in France in Gascoyne in Poycton in Xaynton in Bretaygne and in euery place he had men of warre at his wages than the kyng of scottes sent great messangers to the french kyng to agre to this truse The freÌ„che kyng was coÌ„tent seyng it was the desyre of the kyng of scottê thaÌ„ therle of Salisbuey was sent into Englande and the kyng of England sent incoÌ„tynent therle Moret into Scotland ¶ Howe sir Charles du Bloys with dyuers lordes of Fraunce toke the cytie of Kenes in Bretayne Cap. lxxix IT is to be knowen that whan the duke of NormaÌ„dy the duke of Burgoyne yâ— duke of AlaÌ„son the duke of Burbon therle of Bloys the constable of Fraunce therle of Guynes his sonne sir James de Burbone sir Loyes of Spaygne with other lordes and knyghtes of Fraunce Whan they were departed out of Bretayne and had conquered the stronge castell of Chastoneaux the cyte of Nantes and taken therle of MouÌ„tfort and delyuerd hym to yâ— frenche kyng who had put hym in prison in the castell of Loure in Parys and ser Charles of Bloys beyng in Nantes and the contrey obeyed to hym rounde about abydinge the somer season to make better warr than in wynter Whan the swete season of somer approched the lordes of Fraunce and dyuers other drue towarde Bretayne with a great hoost to ayde sir Charles de Blois to recouer yâ— resydue of the duchy of Bretayne They fouÌ„de Charles of Bloys in NaÌ„tes than they determyned to lay sege to Kenes The countesse of Mountfort had well preueÌ„ted the mater and had set ther for captayne ser Wyllyam of Cadudall breton the lordes of France came thyder and
Rochfort and newely refresshed the towne and castell with meÌ„ of warr and â—uisyon In this meane season certayne noble men of Bretayne spake for a truse for a certayn space bytwene sir Charles of Bloyes and the countesse of Mountfort the which was agreed by all their ayders and assisters also the kynge of Englande sent for the countesse to come into Englande and assone as this trewse was confirmed the couÌ„tesse toke see and passed into Englande ¶ Of the feest and iustynge made at London by the kyng of England for the loue of the countesse of Salisbury Cap. lxxxix LE haue well harde here before howe the kynge of Englande had great warres in dyuers countreis and had men of warre in garysons to his gret cost and charge as in Picardy NormaÌ„dy Gascoyne Xaynton Poycton Bretayne and Scotlande ye haue harde also before how the kyng was stryken in loue with the countesse of Salisbury loue quickened hym day and night her fresshe beautie godely demeanour was euer in his remeÌ„brance though therle of Salisbury was one of the priuyest of his counsell and one of them that had done hym best seruyce So it fell that for the loue of this lady and for the great desyre that the king had to se her he caused a great feest to be cryed and a iustyng to be holden in the cyti of LoÌ„don in the myddes of August the which cry was also made in Flaunders in Heynault in BrabaÌ„t and in Fraunce gyueng all coÌ„mers out of euery contrey safe coÌ„duct to come and go and had gyuen in coÌ„maundement through his owne realme that all lordes knyghtes squyers ladyes and domosels shuld be ther without any excuse and coÌ„maunded expresly the erle of Salisbury that the lady his wyfe shulde be ther to bring with her all ladyes and damosels of that countrey Th erle graunted the kyng as he that thought none yuell the gode lady durst nat say nay howbeit she came sore agaynst her wyll for she thought well ynough wherfore it was but she durst nat dyscouer the mater to her husband she thought she wolde deale so to bringe the kynge fro his opynion This was a noble feest there was the erle Wyllyam of Heynalt and 〈◊〉 JohnÌ„ of Heynalt his vncle and a great nombre of lordes and knyghtes of hyghe lynage there was great daunsynge and iustynge the space of .xv. dayes the lorde JohnÌ„ eldyst son to the vycount Beaumonde in England was slayne in the iustes All ladyes and damoselles were fresshely besene accordyng to their degrees except Alys countesse of Salisbury for she went as simply as she myght to the intent that the kyng shulde nat sette his regarde on her for she was fully determyned to do no maner of thynge that shulde tourne to her dyshonour nor to her husbandes At this feest was sir Henry with the wrye necke erle of Lancaltre and sir Henry his sonne erle of Derby sir Robert Dartoyes erle of Rychmount the erle of Northampton and of Glocetter the erle of Warwyke the erle of Salisbury the erle of Penneforde the erle of Hereford the erle of Arundell the erle of Cornewall the erle of â—uenforde the erle of Suffolke the baron of Stafforde and dyuers other lordes knightes of Englande And at all these nobles departed the kyng receyued letters fro dyuers lordes of sundrie contreis as out of Goscoyne Bayon Flaunders fro Jaques Dartuell and out of Scotlande fro the lorde Rose and the lorde Persy and fro sir Edward Baylleull captayne of Berwyke who sygnifyed the kynge that the scottes helde but simply the trewse concludedd the yere before for they newely assembled togyder moch people for what entent they coude nattell Also the captayne in Poycton Xanton Rochell and Burdeloyes wrote to the kyng howe the frenchmen made great preparacions for the warre for the peace made at Arras was nere expyred wherfore it was tyme for the kyng to take counsayle and aduyse and so he aunswered the messangers fro poynt to poynt ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande sent sir Robert Dartoys into Bretayne Cap. lxxxx AMong all other thynges the kynge of Englande wolde socoure the countesse of MouÌ„tfort who was with the quene Thanne the kyng desyred his cosyn sir Robert Dartoyes to take a certayne nombre of men of warre and archers and to go with the couÌ„tesse into Bretayne And so he dyde and they departed and toke shypping at Hampton and were on the see a great season bycause of coÌ„trary wyndes They departed about Ester at this great counsell at London the kyng was aduysed to sende to Scotlande for the parfour maunce of a trewse to endure for two or thre yeres Consydring that the kyng had somoche besynesse in other places the kynge of Englande was lothe therto for he wolde haue made suche warr into Scotland that they shulde haue ben fayne to haue desyred peace howbeit his counsayle shewed hym suche reasons that he agreed therto Among other thynges his counsell sayd that it was great wysdome whan a prince hath warre in dyuers placâ— at one tyme to agre with one by truse another to pacify with fayre wordes and on the thyrde to make warre Thanne was there a bysshoppe sende on that legacyon and so he went forthe and in processe retourned agayne and brought relacyon howe the the king of scottes wolde agre to no trewese without the agrement of the frenche kynge Than the kyng of Englande sayde openly that he wolde neuer rest tyll he had so arayed the realme of Scotlande that it shulde neuer be recouered than he 〈◊〉 maunded that euery man shulde be with hym at Berwyke by Eester except suche as were apoynted to go into Bretayn The feest of Ester came and the kynge helde a great court at Berwyke for the chiefe of the lordes and knyghts of England were ther and there taryed the space of thre wyckes In the meane season certayne good men laboured bytwene the parties to haue a trewse and so there a truse was agreed to endure for two yere and confyrmed by the french kyng Than euery man departed and the kyng went to Wyndsore than he sende the lorde Thomas Hollande and the lorde JohnÌ„ 〈…〉 Bayon with two hundred men of armes and-four hundred archers to kepe the fronters ther. ¶ Nowe let vs speke of sir Robert Dartoyes that yere fell so hye that it was nere to then 〈…〉 g of May in the myddes of the whiche moneth the trewse bytwene the lorde Charles of Bloys and the countesse of Mountfort shulde expyre Sir Charles of Bloyes was well 〈…〉 fyed of the purchase that the countesse of Mou 〈…〉 had made in Englande and of the confort that the kynge had promysed her for the whiche intent the lorde Loyes of Spayne sir Charles Germaux and sir Othes Dornes were layd on the see about Gernzay with a thre thousande genowayes and a thousande men of armmes and .xxxii. great shyppes ¶ Of the batell of Gernzay bytwene sir Robert Dartoys and sir Loys of
Xaynton that it were to long to reherse theÌ„ all and dayly they encreased Tidynges came to the lordes that lay at siege before Nantes that the duke of Normandy was commynge thyder with .xl. M. men of warr IncoÌ„tynent thei sent worde therof to the kyng of England than the kyng studyed a lytell and thought to breke vp his siege before Uannes and also his siege before Renes and all togyder to drawe to Nauntes But than his counsell sayd to hym sir ye be here in a good sure ground and nere to your nauy and sende for them that lyeth at siege before Nantes to come to you and let the siege ly styll before Renes for they be nat so ferr of but they shal be euer redy to come to you yf nede be the kynge agreed to this counsell and so sent for theÌ„ before Nauntes and they came to hym to UaÌ„nes The duke of Normandy came to Nantes wher sir Charles de Bloys was the lordes loged in the cytie and their men abrode in the coÌ„trey for they coude nat all lodge in the cytie nor in the subbarbes ¶ Howe the kynge of Englande and the duke of Normandy were hoost agaynst hoost lodged before Uannes Cap. lxxxxviii WHyle yâ— duke of NormaÌ„dy was at Nauntes the lordes of Englande that lay at siege before Renes On a day made a great and a feerse assaut for they had made many instrumentes to as saut with all this assaut enduredde a hole day but they wan nothynge but lost byuers of their men within the cytie was the lorde Dancenysi the lorde of Pont ser JohnÌ„ of Malatrayt yuan Charnell Bertram Grasquyne squyer they defended theÌ„ selfe so well with the bysshoppe of the cytie that they toke no damage howe be it thenglysshmen lay ther styll and ouer ran and wasted the contrey all about Than the duke of Normandy departed with all his host and drue towarde Uannes the soner to fynde his ennemies for he was enformed howe they of Uannes were in moost ieopardy and in peryll of lesyng than the two marshals went forthe and sir Geffray of Charney and therle of Guynes constable of Fraunce made the areregarde So thus the frenchmen came to Uannes on thother syde agaynst ther as the kyng of Englande say they lay a longe by a fayre medowe syde and made a great dyke about their host The marshals and fore ryders often tymes skirmysshed toguyder on bothe parties than the kynge of Englande sende for therle of Salisbury and therle of PeÌ„ broke and the other that lay ar siege at Renes to come to hym and so they dyd Thenglysshemen and the bretous of that partie were well to the nombre of .ii. M. and .v. C. men of armes vi M. archers and .iiii. M. of other meÌ„ a fote the frenchmen were foure tymes as many well a ê‘elled The kyng of England had so fortifyed his hoost that the frenchmen coude take no aduauntage of hym and he made no mo assautes to the towne bycause of sparyng of his meÌ„ and artyllary thus these two hoostes lay one agaynst an other a longe season tyll it was well on warde in wynter Than pope Clement the sixt sende the cardynall of Penester and the cardynall of Cleremount to entreat for a peace and they rode often tymes bytwene the parties but they coude bring them to no peace In the mean season ther were many skirmysshes and men taken slayne and ouerthrowen on bothe pties thenglysshmen durst nat go a foragyng but in great coÌ„panyes for they were euer in great danger by reason of busshmentes that were layd for them Also sir Loyes of Spayne kept so the see coost that with moche danger any thyng came to thenglysshe hoost the frenchmen thought to kepe the kynge ther inmaner as be sieged Also the frenchmen endured moche payne with wete and colde for day and night it rayned on them wherby they lost many of their horses and were fayne to dyslodge and lye in the playne feldes they had somoche water in their lodgynges At last these cardynals dyd somoch that there was a truse agreed for thre yere the kyng of Englande and the duke of Normandy sware to vpholde the same without brekyng as the custome is in suche lyke cases ¶ Howe the french kynge caused the heedes to be stryken of of the lorde Clysson and dyuerse other lordes of Bretayne and of Normandy Cap. lxxxxix THus this great assembly brake vppÌ„ and the siege raysed at Uannes the duke of Normandy went to Nantes and had with hym the two cardynals And the kyng of EnglaÌ„de went to Hanybout to the countesse of Mountfort ther was an exchaunge made bytwene the baron of Stafford and the lorde Clysson Whan the kyng had tary ed at Hanybout as long as it pleased him than he left ther therle of Penbroke sir Wyllyam of Caducall and other and thanÌ„e retourned into Englande aboute Christmas And the duke of Normandy retourned into Fraunce and gaue leaue to euery man to depart and anone after yâ— lord Clysson was taken vpon suspecyous of treason and was putte into the chatelet of Parys wherof many had great marueyle lordes and knyghtes spake eche to other therof and sayde what mater is that is layd agaynst the lorde Clysson ther was none coude tell but some ymagined that it was false enuy bycause the kynge of England bare more fauour to delyuer hym 〈◊〉 exchang rather than sir Henry of Leon who was styll in prison bycause the kyng shewed hym yâ— auantage his enemyes suspected in hym ê‘auen ture that was nat true vpon the which suspect he was be heeded at Paris without mercy or excuse he was gretly be moned Anone after ther were dyuers knyghtes were accused in semblable case as the lorde of Maletrayt and his son the lorde of Uangor sir Thybault of Morilon and dyuers other lordes of Bretayne to the noÌ„bre of .x. knyghtes and squyers and they lost all their heedes at Parys And anone after as it was sayd ther was put to dethe by famyne .iiii. knyghtes of Normandy sir Wyllyam Baron sir Henry of Maletrayt the lorde of Rochtesson and sir Rycharde of Persy wherby after there fell moche trouble in Bretayne and in NormaÌ„dy The lorde of Clysson had a sonne called as his father was Olyuer he went to the countesse of Mountfort and to her sonne who was of his age and also without father for he dyed as ye haue hard before in the castell of Lour in Paris ¶ Of the order of saynt George that kyng Edwarde stablysshed in the castell of wyndsore Cap. C. IN this season the king of England toke pleasure to newe reedefy the Castell of wyndsore the whiche was begonne by kynge Arthure And ther firste beganne the table rounde wherby sprange the fame of so many noble knightes through out all the worlde Than kyng Edwarde deter myned to make an order and a brotherhode of a certayne nombre of knyghtes and to be called knyghtes of the blewe
of the towne as were yssued out were inclosed bothe before and behynde so that they were all taken and slayne and suche as were in the towne dyde yelde them to therle of Derby who receyued them to mercy and of his gentylnes respyted the towne fro brennyng and robbynge And dyde gyue that hole seignorie to sir Alysaunder of Chamount by whose aduyce the towne was wont and sir Alysaunder made a brother of his captayne ther called Antony of Chamont and therle left with hym certayne archers and other with pauysshes than therle departed and came to WyelfraÌ„che in Agenoys the which was won by assaut and the castell also and he lefte there for captayne a squyer of his called ThomÌ„s CoqÌ„ Thus therle rode all about the contrey and no man resysted hym and conquered townes and ca 〈…〉 and his men wanne ryches meruayle to esteme ¶ Howe therle of Derby wanne the cytie of Angolesme Cap. C .xiii. WHan the erle of Derby had this towne at his pleasure thasie herode to MyremoÌ„t drawyng towardes Burdeux for all this iourney his currours neuer aproched to port saynt Mary Th erle was thre dayes before Myremont and on the fourth day they yelded therle gaue it to a squier of his called JohnÌ„ Bristowe and after his men wan a lytell towne closed standyng on the ryuer of Gerone called Thomynes and after the stronge castell of Damassene the whiche they well garnysshed with men of armes and archers Than they came before the cytie of Angolesme and layd siege therto and therle sayde he wolde nat depart thense tyll he had it at his pleasure thanÌ„e they within made apoyntment with the erle to sende .xxiiii. of their chiefe burgesses to Burdeur in hostage for the respyte of a peace for a moneth and if with in that space the frenche kynge do sende a suffycieÌ„nt persone to kepe the felde agaynst therle of Derby than they to haue agayne their hostagê and to be quyte of their bonde and yf nat than they to put theym vnder the obeysaunce of the kynge of Englande This done thasie the erle rode to Blames and layed siege therto within were two captayns of Poycton sir Guysshart Dangle and sir WyllyamÌ„ de Rochchouart and they sayde they wolde yelde to no manne And whyle this siege endured some of the englysshemen rode to Mortayne in Poycton where as sir Boucyquant was captayne and made there a great assaut but it auayled nat but dyuers of them were hurt slayne and so departed thens and went to Myrebell and to Alney And after came agayne to the siege of Blames euery day there was some feate of armes done the terme of the moneth erpyred that they of Angolesme shulde yelde The erle of Derby sent thyder his two marshals to whome they of the cyte sware homage and fealtie in the behalfe of the kyng of Englande and so they were in peace and had a gayne restored their hostages And the erle sent thyder at their desyers JohnÌ„ of Norwyche to be their captayne styll the siege endured before Blasmes so that thenglysshmen were halfe wery for wynter approched and there they coulde wynne nothynge than they determyned to go to Bourdeaux tyll another season and so they dyllodged went ouer Gerande and so to Burdeaux and than deê‘ted his people into dyuers garysons to kepe fronter warre ¶ Howe sir Godfray Harecourt was banysshed out of Fraunce Cap. C .xiiii. IN this season sir Godfray of Harecourt fell in the indygnation of the frenche kynge who was a great baron in Normandy and brother to therle of Harecourt lorde of saynt Sauyour the vycount and dyuers other townes in NormaÌ„dy And it was sayde all was but for enuy for a lytell before he was as great with the kyng and with the duke of NormaÌ„dy as he wolde desyre but he was as than openly banysshed the realm of Fraunce and yf the kynge coulde haue gette hym in his yre he wolde haue serued hym as he dyd sir Olyuer of Clyssone who was beheeded the yere before at Parys This ser Godfray had some frendes who gaue hym warnyng secretly howe the kyng was dyspleased with hym than he auoyded the realme assone as he myght and went into Brabant to the duke there who was his cosyn who receyued him ioyfully And ther he taryed alonge space and lyued of suche reuenewes as he had in Brabant for â—ut of Fraunce he coude gette nothynge The kyng had seaced all his landes there of Constantyne and tooke the profet therof hymselfe the duke of Brabant coude in no wyse gette agayne this knyght into the kynges fauoure for nothynge that he coude do This dyspleasure cost greatly the realme of Fraunce after and specially the contrey of Normandy for the tokens therof remayned a hyndred yere after as ye shall here in this hystorie ¶ Of the dethe of Jaques Dartuell of Gaunt Cap. C .xv. IN this season raygned in Flaunders in great prosperyte and puysaunce Jaques Dartuell of gauÌ„t who was as great with the kyng of Englande as he wolde desyre and he had promysed the kyng to make hym lorde and herytour of FlauÌ„ders and to endewe his sonne the prince of Wales therwith And to make the countâ—e of FlauÌ„ders a duke dome for the which cause 〈◊〉 feest saynt JohnÌ„ Babtyst they yere of our lorde god M. CCC .xlvi. the kynge of Englande was come to Sluse with many lordes knyghtes and had brought thyder with hym the yonge prince his sonne on the trust of the promyse of Jaques Dartuell The kyng withall his nauy lay in the hauyn of Sluse and there he kept his house and thyder came to vysette hym his frendes of Flaunders ther were great counsaylles bytwene the kyng and Jaques Dartuell on the one ê‘tie and the counsayls of the good townes of Flaunders on the other partie So that they of the countrey were nat of the agrement with the kyng nor with Jaques Dartuell who preched to theym that they shulde disheryte the erle Loyes their owne naturall lorde and also his yong sonne Loyes and to enheryte the sonne of the kynge of Englande the which thynge they sayd suerly they wolde neuer agre vnto And so the laste day of their counsayll the whiche was kept in the hauyn of Sluse in the kynges great shyppe called the Katheryne there they gaue a fynall answere by common acorde and sayde sir ye haue desyred vs to a thynge that is great and weyghtie the which herafter may sore touche the countrey of Flaunders and our heyres trewely we knowe nat at this day no persone in the worlde that we loue the preferment of so moche as we do yours but sir this thynge we cannat do alone without that all the coÌ„mynaltie of Flaunders acorde to the same sir we shall goo home and euery man speke with his coÌ„pany generally in euery towne and as the moost parte agre we shal be coÌ„tent and within a moneth we shall be here with you agayne and thanÌ„e gyue
he was rescued and remounted agayne and in the meane season some of the frenchemen chased their beestes quyckely into the hoost or els they had lost them for they that yssued out of Aguyllon set so feersly on the frenchmen that they putte theym to the slyght and delyuerd their company that were takenne and tooke many frenchemen prisoners And sir Charles of MomoreÌ„cy had moche warke to scape than thenglysshmen retourned into Aguyllon Thus euery day almoost there were suche rencounters besyde yâ— assautes on a day all the hole hoost armed them and the duke commaunded that they of Tholouz of Carcassone of Beaucayre shulde make assaut fro the mornynge tyll noone and they of Remergue Caours Agenoys fro noone tyll night And yâ— duke promysed who soeuer coude wynne the brige of the gate shulde haue in rewarde a hundred crownê also the duke the better to mentayne this assaut he caused to come on the ryuer dyuerse shyppes and baâ—ges some entred into them to passe the ryuer and some went by the bridge At the last some of theym toke a lytell vessell and went vnder the brige and dyde cast great hokes of yron to the drawe bridge and than drewe it to them so sore that they brake the chenes of yron yâ— helde the bridge and so pulled downe the bridge parforce Than the frenchmen lept on the bridge so hastely that one ouerthrewe an other for euery man desyred to wyn the hundred crownes they within cast downe barres of yron peces of tymbre pottes of lyme and hote water so that many were ouerthrowen fro the bridge into the water and into the dykes and many slayne sore hurt Howbeit the bridge was wonne perforce but it cost more than it was worthe for they coude nat for all that wyn the gate than they drewe a backe to their lodgynges for it was late thanÌ„e they within yssued out â–ª and newe made agayne their drawe bridge stronger thanÌ„e euer it was before The next day ther came to the duke two connyng men maisters in carpentre and sayde sir if ye woll let vs haue tymbre and workemen we shall make foure scaffoldes as hygh or hyer thanÌ„e the walles The duke coÌ„maunded that it shulde be done and to get carpenters in the coÌ„trey and to gyue them good wagê so these four scafoldes wer made in four shyppes but it was long first and cost moch or they were finysshed than such a shulde assayle the castell in theÌ„ were apoynted and entred And whan they were passed halfe the ryuer they within the castell let go four martynetes that they had newely made to resyst agaynst these scafoldes these four martynettes dyd cast out so great stones and so often fell on the scafoldes yâ— in a short space they were all to broken so that they that were within them coulde nat be pauysshed by theym so that they were fayne to drawe backe agayne and or they were agayne at lande one of the scafoldê drowned in yâ— water the moost part of theÌ„ that were Win it the which was great damage for therin were good knyghtes desyringe their bodyes to auauÌ„ce Whan the duke sawe that he coude nat come to his entent by that meanes he caused the other thre scafoldes to rest Than he coudese no way howe he might gette the castell and he had promysed nat to departe thense tyll he had it at his wyll without the kyng his father dyd sende for hym Than he sende the constable of France and the erle of Tankernyll to Parys to the kyng and there they shewed hym the state of the siege of Aguyllone the kynges mynde was that the duke shulde lye there styll tyll he had won them by famyn syth he coude nat haue theÌ„ by assaut ¶ Howe the kyng of Englande came ouer the see agayne to rescue them in Aguyllone Cap. C .xxi. THe kyng of Englande who had harde howe his meÌ„ 〈◊〉 constrayned in the castell of Aguyllon than he thought to go ouer the see 〈◊〉 to Gascoyne with a great 〈…〉 my ther he made his 〈◊〉 syon and sent for men all about his real 〈…〉 in other places wher he thought to spe 〈…〉 money In the same season the lord◠〈◊〉 of Harecourt came into Englande who was banysshed out of FrauÌ„ce he was well receyued with the kynge and retayned to be about hym and had fayre landê assigned hym in Englande to mentayne his degree Than the kynge caused a great nauy of shyppes to be redy in the hauyn of Hampton and caused all maner of men of warr to drawe thyder about the feest of saynt John Baptyst the yere of our lorde god M. C C C .xiv. the kynge deê‘ted fro the quene and lefte her in the gydinge of therle of Cane his cosyn And he stablysshed the lorde Persy and the lorde Neuyll to be wardyns of his realme with the archebysshoppe of yorke the bysshoppe of Lyncolne and the bysshoppÌ„ of Durham for he neuer voyded his realme but that he lefte euer ynough at home to kepe and defende the realme yf nede were Than the kyng rode to Hampton and there taryed for wynde than he entred into his shyppe and the prince of wales with hym and the lorde Godfray of Harecourt and all other lordes erles barownes and knyghtê with all their coÌ„panyes they were in nombre a foure thousande men of armes and ten thousande archers besyde Irysshmen and walsshmen that folowed the host a fote ¶ Nowe I shall name you certayne of the lordes that went ouer with kyng Edwarde in that iourney First Edward his eldest sonne prince of wales who as thanÌ„e was of the age of .xiii. yeres or there about the erles of Herforde Northamptone Arundell Cornewall warwyke HuÌ„tyngdon Suffolke and Oxenforth And of barons the lorde Mortymer who was after erle of Marche the lordes JohnÌ„ Loyes and Roger of BeauchaÌ„pe and the lorde Reynold Cobham Of lordes the lorde of Mombray Rose Lucy Felton Brastone Myllon Labey Maule Basset Barlett and wylloughby with dyuers other lordê And of bachelars there was JohnÌ„ Chandoys Fytzwaren Peter and James Audelay Roger of Uertuall Bartylmewe of Bries Rycharde of Penbruges with dyuers other that I can nat name fewe ther were of staÌ„gers ther was the erle Hauyou sir Olphas of Guystels and .v. or .vi. other knyghtes of Almayne and many other that I can nat name Thê° they say 〈◊〉 â—â—rth that day in the name of god they were 〈◊〉 〈…〉 warde on their way towarde Gascone 〈◊〉 on the thirde day ther rose a coÌ„trary wynde 〈…〉 them on the marches of Cornewall 〈…〉 lay at ancre .vi. dayes In that space 〈…〉 had other counsell by the meanes of 〈◊〉 Godfray Harcourt he counselled the kyng nat to go into Gascoyne but rather to set a lande in Normandy and sayde to the kyng sir the couÌ„tre of Normandy is one of the plentyous countreis of the worlde Sir on ieoê‘dy 〈◊〉 my heed if ye woll lande ther ther is none thaâ— shall
kynges hoost but the soudyours made no count to the kynge nor to none of his offycers of the golde and syluer that they dyd gette they kept that to themselfe Thussir Godfray of Harecourt rode euery day of fro yâ— kynges hoost and for moost parte euery nyght resorted to the kynges felde The kyng toke his way to saynt Lowe in Constantyne but or he came ther he lodged by a ryuer abyding for his men that rode a long by the see syde and whan they were come they sette for the their caryage and therle of Warwyke therle of Suffolke sir Thomas Hollande and sir Raynolde CobhmÌ„ and their coÌ„pany rode out on the one syde and wasted and eriled the contrey as the lorde Hare court hadde done and the kynge euer rode bytwene these bataylles and euery nyght they logedde togyder ¶ Of the great assemble that the frenche kynge made to resyst the kyng of Englande Cap. C .xxiii. THus by theÌ„glysshmen was brent exyled robbed wasted and pylled the good plentyfull countrey of Normandy Thanne the frenche kyng sent for the lorde JohnÌ„ of Heynalt who caÌ„e to hym with a great nombre also the kyng sende for other men of armes dukes erles barownes knyghtes and squyers and assembled togyder the grettest nombre of people that had bensene in France a hundred yere before he sent for men into so ferr countreys that it was longe or they came togyder wherof the kynge of Englande dyde what hym lyste in the meane season The french kyng harde well what he dyd and sware and sayd howe they shuld neuerretourne agayne vnfought withall and that suche hurtes and damages as they had done shulde be derely reuenged wherfore he had sent letters to his frendes in th empyre to suche as wer farthest of and also to the gentyll kyng of Behayne and to the lorde Charles his son who fro thens for the was called kynge of Almaygne he was made kynge by the ayde of his father and the frenche kyng and had taken on hym the armes of th empyre The frenche kyng desyred them to come to hym withall their powers to thyntent to fyght with the kynge of Englande who brent and wasted his countrey These princes and lordes made them redy with great nombre of men of armes of almaynes behaynoes and luxambroses and so came to the frenche kyng also kyng PhilyppÌ„ send to the duke of Lorayne who came to serue hym with CCC speares also ther came therle samynes in Samynoes therle of Salebrugâ— the erle of Flaunders the erle Wyllyam of Namure euery man with a fayre coÌ„pany â–ª ye haue harde here before of the order of thenglysshmen howe they went in thre batayls the marshalles on the right hande and on the lyft the kyng and the prince of Wales his sonne in the myddes They rode but small iourneys and euery day toke their lodgynges bytwene noone and thre of the clocke and founde the countrey so frutefull that they neded nat to make no ê“uisy on for their hoost but all onely for wyne and yet they founde reasonably sufficyent therof It was no marueyle though they of the countrey were afrayed for before that tyme they had neuer sene men of warre nor they wyst nat what warre or batayle ment they fledde away as ferr as they might here spekyng of thenglysshmen and left their houses well stuffed and graunges full of corne they wyst nat howe to saue and kepe it yâ— kynge of Englande and the prince had in their batayle a thre thousand men of armes and sixe thousande archers and a ten thousande men 〈◊〉 fote besyde them that rode with the marshals Thus as ye haue harde the kyng rodeforth wastynge and brennyng the countrey without brekyng of his order he left the cytie of Constance and went to a great towne called saynt Lowe a rych towne of drapery and many riche burgesses in that towne ther were dwellyng an .viii. or nynescore burgesses crafty men â–ª Whanne the kynge came ther he toke his lodgyng without for he wolde neuer lodge in the towne for feare of fyre but he sende his men before and anone yâ— towne was taken and clene robbed It was harde to thynke the great ryches that there was won in clothes specially clothe wolde ther haue ben solde good chepe yf ther had ben any byers thaÌ„ the kynge went towarde Cane the which was a greatter towne and fall of drapery and other marchauntdyse and riche burgesses noble ladyes and damosels and fayre churches and specially two great riche abbeys one of the Crynyte another of saynt Stephyn And on the one syde of the towne one of the fayrest castels of all Normandy and capitayne therin was Robert of Blargny with thre hundred genowayes and in the towne was therle of Ewe and of Guynes constable of Fraunce and therle of Tankernyll with a good nombre of men of warr The king of England rode that day in good order and logedde all his batayls togyder that night a two leages fro Cane in a towne with a lytell hauyn called Naustreham and thyder caÌ„e also all his nauy of shyppes with therle of Huntyngdone who was gouernour of them The coÌ„stable and other lordes of France that nyght watched well the towne of Cane and in the mornyng armed them with all them of the towne Than the constable ordayned that none shulde yssue out but kepe their defences on the walles gate bridge and ryuer and left the subbarbes voyde bycause they were nat closedde for they thought they shulde haue ynough to do to defende the towne bycause it was nat closedde but with the ryuer they of the towne saybe howe they wolde yssue out for they were strong ynough to fyght with the kyng of Englande Whan the coÌ„llable sawe their good wyls he sayd in the name of god he it ye shall nat fyght without me Than they yssued out in good order and made good face to fyght and to defende theym and to putte their lyues in aduenture ¶ Of the batayle of Cane and howe thenglysshmen toke to towne Cap. C .xxiiii. THe same day thenglyssh men rose erly and apayrelled them redy to go to Cane the kyng harde noyse before the sonne rysing And than toke his horse and the prince his son with sir Godfray of Harcourt marshall and leader of the hoost whose counsayle the kyng moche folowed Than they drewe towarde Cane with their batels in good aray and so aproched the good towne of Cane WhauÌ„e they of the towne who were redy in the felde sawe these thre batayls commyng in good order with their baners and staÌ„deâ—des wauynge in the wynde and the archers the which they had nat ben accustomed to se they were sore afrayd and fledde away toward the towne without any order or good aray for all that the constable coulde do than the englysshmen pursued them egerly Whan the constable and the erle of of TaÌ„kernyll sawe that they toke a gate at the entry and saued theÌ„selfe and certayne with
more delyberacyon and to regarde well what way ye woll assayle theym for sir surely they woll abyde you Than the kynge coÌ„maunded that it shuld be so done than his .ii. marshals one rode before another behynde sayeng to euery baner tary and abyde here in the name of god and saynt Denys they that were formast taryed but they that were behynde wolde nat tary but rode forthe and sayd howe they wold in no wyse abyde tyll they were as ferr forward as yâ— formast And whan they before sawe them come on behynde than they rode forward agayne so that the kyng nor his marshals coude nat rule theÌ„ so they rode without order or good aray tyll they came in sight of their ennemyes And assone as the formast sawe them they reculed than abacke â—out good aray wherof they behynde had maruell and were a basshed and thought that the formast company had ben fightynge than they might haue had leaser rome to haue gone forwarde if they had lyst Some went forthe and some abode styll the coÌ„mons of whom all the wayes bytwene Abuyle and Cressy were full WhaÌ„ they sawe that they were â—ere to their ennemies they toke their swerdes and cryed downe with them let vs â—â—e them all ther was no man though he were present at the iourney that coude ymagen or shewe the trouth of the yuell order that was among the frenche partie and yet they were a meruelous great nombre That I write in this boke I lerned it specially of the engysshmen who well behelde their dealyng and also certayne knyghtes of sir Johan of Heynaultes who was alwayes about kyng Philyppe shewed me as they knewe ¶ Of the batayle of Cressy bytwene the kyng of England and the frenche kyng Cap. C .xxx. THeÌ„glysshmen who were in thre batayls lyeng on the grounde to rest them assone as they saw the frenchmen aproche they rose vpon their fete fayre and easely without and hast and aranged their batayls The first which was the princes batell the archers there stode in maner of a herse and the men of armes in the botome of the batayle Th erle of NorthaÌ„pton therle of Arundell with the second batell were on a wyng in good order redy to confort the princes batayle if nede were The lordê and knyghtê of France caÌ„enat to the assemble togyder in good order for some caÌ„e before and some came after in such hast and yuell order that one of theÌ„ dyd trouble another Whan the french kyng sawe the englysshmen his blode chaunged and sayde to his marshals make the genowayes go on before and begynne the batayle in the name of god and saynt Denyse ther were of the genowayes trosbowes about a fiftene thousand but they were so wery of goyng a fote that day a six leages armed with their crosbowes that they sayde to their constables we be nat well ordred to fyght this day for we be nat in the case to do any great dede of armes we haue more nede of rest These wordes came to the erle of Alanson who sayd a man is well at ease to be charged with suche a sorte of rascalles to be faynt and fayle nowe at moost nede Also the same season there fell a great rayne and a clyps with a terryble thonder and before the rayne ther came fleyng ouer bothe batayls a great nombre of crowes for feare of the tempest coÌ„mynge Than anone the eyre beganne to waxe clere and the sonne to shyne fayre and bright the which was right in the frenchmens eyen and on the englysshmens backes Whan the genowayes were assembled toguyder and beganne to aproche they made a great leape and crye to abasshe thenglysshmen but they stode styll and styredde nat for all that thanÌ„e the genowayes agayne the seconde tyme made a nother leape and a fell crye and stepped forwarde a lytell and thenglysshmen remeued nat one foteâ— thirdly agayne they leapt and cryed and went forthe tyll they came within shotte thanÌ„e they shotte feersly with their crosbowes Than thenglysshe archers stept forthe one pase and lett fly their arowes so holly and so thycke that 〈…〉 semed snowe whan the genowayes felte the arowes persynge through heedes armes and brestes many of them cast downe their crosâ—owâ—s and dyde cutte their strynges and retourned dysconfited Whan the frenche kynge sawe them flye away he sayd slee these rascals for they shall lette and trouble vs without reason than ye shulde haue sene the men of armes dasshe in among them and kylled a great nombre of them And euer styll the englysshmen shot where as they sawe thyckest preace the sharpe arowes ranne into the men of armes and into their horses and many fell horse and men amoÌ„ge the genowayes and whan they were downe they coude nat relyue agayne the preace was so thycke that one ouerthrewe a nother And also amonge the englysshemen there were certayne â—ascalles that went a fote with great knyues and they went in among the men of armes and slewe and murdredde many as they lay on the grounde bothe erles barownes knyghtê and squyers wherof the kyng of Englande was after dyspleased for he had rather they had bene taken prisoners The valyant kyng of Behaygne called Charles of Luzenbourge sonne to the noble emperour Henry of Luzenbourge for all that he was nyghe blynde Whan he vnderstode the order of the batayle he sayde to them about hym where is the lorde Charles my son his men sayde sir we can nat tell we thynke he be fightynge than he sayde sirs ye are my men my companyons and frendes in this iourney I requyre you bring me so farre forwarde that I may stryke one stroke with my swerde they sayde they wolde do his commaundement and to the intent that they shulde nat lese hym in the prease they tyed all their raynes of their bridelles eche to other and sette the kynge before to acomplysshe his desyre and so thei went on their ennemyes the lorde Charles of Behaygne his sonne who wrote hymselfe kyng of Behaygne and bare the armes He came in good order to the batayle but whasie he sawe that the matter wente a wrie on their partie he departed I can nat tell you whiche waye the kynge his father was so farre forewarde that he strake a stroke with his swerde ye and mo than foure and fought valyantly And so dyde his company and they adueÌ„tured themselfe so forwarde that they were ther all slayne and the next day they were founde in the place about the kyng and all their horses tyed eche to other The erle of Alansone came to the batayle right ordynatly and fought with thenglysshmen and the erle of Flaunders also on his parte these two lordes with their coÌ„panyes coosted the englysshe archers and came to the princes batayle and there fought valyantly longe The frenche kynge wolde fayne haue come thyder whanne he sawe their baners but there was a great hedge of archers before hym The same day the frenche kynge hadde
as ye thynke best yourselfe tyue hundred pounde sterlyng of yerely rent to you to your heyres for euer and here I make you squyer for my body ThanÌ„e the thyrde day he departed and retourned agayne into Englande whan he came home to his owne house he assembled to guyder his frendes and kynne and so they toke the kyng of Scottes and rode with hym to the cytie of yorke and there fro the kyng his lorde he presented the kyng of Scottes to the quene and excused hym so largely that the quene and her counsell were content Than the quene made good prouisyon for the cytie of yorke the castell of Rosbourg the cyte of Dyrham the towne of Newcastell vpon Tyne and in all other garysons on the marchesse of Scotlande and left in those marchesse the lorde Percy and the lorde Neuyll as gouernoure there thanne the quene departed fro yorke towardes London Than she sette the kynge of Scottes in the strong towre of London and therle Morette and all other prisoners and sette good kepyng ouer them Than she went to Douer and there tooke the see and had so good wynde that in a shorte space she arryued before Calays thre dayes before the feest of Alsayntes for whose coÌ„myng the kyng made a great feest and dyner to all the lordes ladyes that were ther the quene brought many ladyes and damoselles with her aswell to acompany her as to se their husbandes fathers bretherne and other frendes that lay at siege there before Calays and had done a longe space ¶ Howe the yonge erle of Flaunders ensured the kynges doughter of Englande Cap. C .xl. THe siege before Calais enduredde longe and many thynges fell in the meane season the whiche I canne nat write the fourthe parte The frenche kynge had sette men of warre in euery fortresse in those marchesse in the countie of Guynes of At thoyes of Boloyne and aboute Calays and had a great nombre of genowayes normayns and other on the see so that whan any of th 〈…〉 glysshmen wolde goo a forragynge other a 〈◊〉 or horsebacke they founde many tymes harde aduentures and often there was skirmysshing about the gates and dykes of the towne and often tymes some slayne and hurte on bothe parties some day yâ— one part lost and some day the other The kynge of Englande caused engyns to be made to oppresse theym within the towne but they within made other agayne to resist the so that they toke lytell hurt by them but nothynge coude come into the towne but by stelth and that was by the meanes of two maryners one called Maraunt and the other Mestryell and they dwelt in Abuyle by theym two they of Calays were often tymes reconforted and fresshed by stelth and often tymes they were in great â—yll chased and nere taken but alwayes they scaped and made many englysshemen to be drowned All that wynter the kyng lay â—â—yll at the siege and thought and ymagined euer to kepe yâ— commentie of Flaunders in frendshyppe for he thought by their meanes the soner to câ—e to his entent he sende often tymes to them with fayre promyses sayeng that if he myght gette Calys he wolde helpe them to recouer 〈◊〉 and Doway with all their appurtenaunces So by occasyon of sache promyses whyle the kyng was in Normandy towardes Cressey and Calays they went and layd siege to Bethwyn and ther captayne was sir Dedeart de â—onty who was banysshed out of Fraunce They helde a great siege before that towne and â—ore constrayned them by assaut but within were â—our knyghtes captayns set there by the frenche kyng to kepe the towne that is to say sir Gâ—ssray of Charney sir Ewstace of Rybamount sir Baâ—dwyâ— of Nekyn and sir JohnÌ„ of Landas they defended yâ— towne in suche wyse that the flemmynges waâ— nothyng ther but so departed and retourned agayne into Flaunders but whyle the kynge of Englande lay at siege before Calys he sent styll messaÌ„gers to them of Flanders and made them great promyses to kepe their amyte with hym and to oppresse the drift of the french kyng who dyde all that he coulde to drawe them to his opynyon The kyng of Englande wolde gladly yâ— the erle Loyes of Flaunders who was as than â—â—t fâ—fteâ—e yere of age shulde haue in marâ—age his doughter Isabell somoche dyd the kyng yâ— the fleÌ„mynges agreed therto wherof the kynge was gladde for he thought by that mariage the fleÌ„mynges wolde the gladlyer helpe hym and the fleÌ„mynges thought by hauyng of the kynge of Englande on their partie they might well râ—â—yst the frenchmen they thought it more necessary and profytable for them the loue of the kyng of Englande rather than the frenche kynge but the yong erle who had ben euer norysshed amoÌ„ge the noble men of France wolde nat agre and sayd playnly he wolde nat haue to his wyfe the doughter of hym that sleâ—e his father Also duke Johan of Brabant purchased greatly that yâ— erle of Flaunders shulde haue his doughter in maryage promysing hym that if he wolde take her to his wyfe that he wolde cause hym to enioy the hole erldome of Flanders other by â—ayre meanes or otherwyse Also the duke sayde to the frenche kyng sir if the erle of Flanders woll take my doughter I shall fynde the meanes that all the flemmynges shall take your part and for sake the kyng of Englande by the whiche promyse the frenche kyng agreed to that maryage Whan the duke of Brabant had the kyngê gode wyll than he sent certayne messaÌ„gers into FlaÌ„ders to the burgesses of the good townes and shewed them so fayre reasons that the counsayles of the good townes sent to the erle their naturall lorde certifyeng hym that if he wolde come into Flanders vse their counsayle they wolde be to hym trewe and good frendes and delyuer to hym all the rightes and iurysdictyons of FlaÌ„ders asmoche as euer any erle hadde The erle toke counsayle and went into Flaunders wher he was receyued with great â—oye and gyuen to hym many great presentes Ass one as the kyng of Englande harde of this he sende into Flaunders the erle of Northampton therle of Arundell and the lorde Cobâ—am they dyde somoche with the offycers and commons of Flaunders that they had rather that their lorde therle shulde take to his wyfe the kyng of Englandes doughter than the doughter of the duke of Brabâ—t And so to do they affectuously desyred their lorde shewed hym many fayre reasons to drawe hym to that way so that the burgesses that wer on the duke of Brabantes partie durste nat say the contrary but than the erle in nowyse wolde concent therto but euer he sayde he wolde natte wedde her whose father had slayne his though he myght haue halfe of the hole realme of Englande WhanÌ„e the flemmynges sawe that they sayd howe their lorde was to moche french and yuell counsayled and also sayd howe they wolde do no good to hym syth he wolde nat
belyue their counsayls than they toke and putte hym in Cortoyse prison and sayd howe he shulde neuer depart without he wolde folowe and byleue their counsayls Also they sayd that the erle his father belyued and loued to moche the frenchemen for if he wolde a byleued theÌ„ he shuld haue ben the greattest lorde in all christendome and recouered agayne Lysle Doway and Bethwyn yet alyue Thus the mater abode a certayne space the kynge of Englande lay styll at the siege before Calays and kept a great court that Christmas And about the begynnynge of lent after came thyder out of Gascoyne the erle of Derby the erle of Penbroke the erle of Can forte and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers that had passed the see with the erle Thus the erle of Flaunders was long in danger amonge the stemynges in Cortoyse prison and it greatly anoyed hym Than at last he sayde he wolde byleue their couÌ„sayle for he knewe well he sayd that he shulde haue more profet there than in any other contrey These wordes reioysed greatly the flemynges than they toke hym out of prison suffred hym to go a haukyng to the ryuer the which sport the erle loued well â–ª but euer ther was good watche layde on hym that he shulde nat steale away fro theym and they were charged on their lyues to take good hede to hym And also they were suche as were fauourable to the kyng of EnglaÌ„d they watched hym so nere that he coude nat pysse without their knowledge This endured so longe that at last the erle sayd that he wolde gladly haue to his wyfe the kyng of Englandes doughter than the flemmynges sende worde therof to the kynge and to yâ— quene and poynted a day that they shuld come to Bergus in the abbey and to bringe their doughter with theym and they wolde bring thyder their lorde the erle of Flanders and there to coÌ„clude vp the maryage The kyng and the quene were gladde therof and sayde that the flemmynges were good men so to Bergus bytwene Newport and Grauelynge came the moost saddest men of the gode townes in Flaunders and brought with theÌ„ the erle their lorde in great estate The kyng of Englande and yâ— quene were ther redy the erle curtesly inclyned to the kyng and to the quene the kyng toke the erle by the ryght hande right swetely and ledde hym forthe sayeng as for the dethe of the erle your father as god helpe me the day of the batayle of Cressey nor the nexte day after I neuer herde worde of hym that heshulde be there the yong erle by seÌ„blant made as thoughe he had ben content with the kynges excuse than they fyll in communycacyon of the maryage there were certayne artycles agreed vnto by the kyng of Englande and the erle Loyes of Flaunders and great amyties ther was sworâ—e bytwene them to be holden And there the erle fyaunced Isabell the kyng of Englandes doughter and promysed to wedde her â–ª so that iourney brake of and a newe day to be apoynted at more leaser the flemmynges retourned into Flaunders with their lorde and the kynge of Englande with the quene went agayne to the siege of Calays Thus the mater stode a certayne tyme and the kynge and the quene prepayred greatly agayne the maryage for iewelles and other thynges to gyue away acordyng to their behauyours The erle of Flanders dayly past the tyme at the ryuer and made semblant that this maryage pleased him greatly so the flemmynges thought that they were than sure ynough of hym so that there was nat so great watch made on hym as was before but they knewe nat well the coÌ„dycion of their lorde for what soeuer couÌ„tenance he made out warde his inwarde courage was all frenche So on a day he went forthe with his hawkes the same weke yâ— the maryage shulde haue ben finysshed his fauconer cast of a faukon to an hearon and therle cast of a nother so these two faukons chased the hearon and the erle rode after as to folowe his faucon And whan he was a gode way of and had the aduantage of the feldes he dasshed his spurres to his horse and galoped forth in suche wyse that his kepars lost hym styll he galoped forthright tyll he came into Arthoyes and ther he was in suretie And so than he rode into Fraunce to kyng Philyp and shewed hym all his aduenture the kynge and the frenchmen sayd howe he had dalt wysely the englysshmen on the othersyde said howe he had betrayed and disceyued them â–ª but for all that the kyng left nat to kepe the flemmynges in amyte for he knewe well the erle had done this dede nat by their couÌ„sell for they wer sore dyspleased therwith And the excuse that they made the kyng soone byleued it in that behalfe ¶ Howe sir Robert of Namure dyde hoâ—age to the kyng of England before Calays Cap. C .xli. WHyle the kynge lay at siege before Calays ther came to se the kynge and the quene dyuers lordê and knightes of Flanders â–ª of Brabant of Heynault and of Almaygne and there departed none agayne but that had great gyftes gyuen them The same season there was newely come into the countie of Namure and of Liege dut of the holy lande sir Robert of Namure and the lorde of Lespentyne hadde made hym knyght at the holy sepulcre This sir Robert was as than a yong lusty knight and was nat desyred of any of bothe kynges than he came of his owne good mynde well acoÌ„panyed and richely to the siege before Calayes and there presented hymselfe to the kyng of Englande who ioyfully receyued hym and so dyde the quene and all the other lordes he entred greatly into the kynges fauour â–ª bycause he bare the name of sir Robert de Arthoys his vucle Thus sir Robert became the kynges liege man the kynge gaue hym thre hundred pounde sterlynge by yere out of his cofers to be payde at Bruges there he taryed with the kynge before Calays tyll the towne was wonne as ye shall here after ¶ Howe thenglysshmen wanne the Rochdaren and howe sir Charles de Bloyes layed siege therto Ca. C .xlii. IT is longe nowe syth we spake of sir Charles de Bloyes as than the duke of Bretaygne and of the countesse of Mountforde but it was bycause of the truse that was takenne at Uannes the whiche was well kept For durynge the trewse eyther partie kept peasably that they had in possessyon and assone as the trewse was expyred they made agayne feerse warr There was coÌ„e into Bretaygne fro the kynge of Englande sir Thomas Dangorne and sir Johan Harewell they came thyder fro the siege of Calays with a hundred men of armes and foure hundred archers They taryed with the countes of MouÌ„t forde at Hanybout and with them sir 〈◊〉 of the castell bretone bretonant thenglysshmen and bretons of yâ— part made often tymes iourneys agaynst sir Charles de Bloyes men somtyme they wanne and somtyme
was bare heeded sauyng a chapelet of fyne perles yâ— he ware on his â—eed Than the kynge went fro one to another of the frenchmen and whan he came to sir Geffray of Charney a lytell he changed his countenance loked on hym and sayd sir Geffray by reason I shulde loue you butte a lytell whaâ— ye wolde steale by night fro me that thynge which I haue so derâ—ly bought and hath cost me somoch gode I am right â—oyouse and gladde that I haue taken you with the proffe ye wolde haue a better markette than I haue had whan ye thought to haue Calys for .xx. thousande crownes but god hath holpen me and ye haue fayled of your purpose and therwith the kyng went fro hym and he gaue neuer a worde to answere Than yâ— kynge caÌ„e to sir Eustace of Rybamont and ioyously to hym he sayd sir Eustace ye are the knyght in the worlde that I haue sene moost valyant assayle his ennemyes and defende hymself nor I neuer founde knyght yâ— euer gaue me somoche a do body to body as ye haue done this day wherfore I gyue you the price aboue all the knightes of my court by right senteÌ„ce than the kyng toke the chapelet that was vpon his heed beyng bothe fayre goodly and tyche and sayd sir Eustace I gyue you this chapelet for the best doar in atâ—es in this journey past of eyther party and I desyre you to bere it this yere for the loue of me I knowe well ye be fresshe and amorouse and often tymes be among ladyes and damoselles say wher soeuer ye come that I dyd gyue it you and I quyte you your prison and ransome and ye shall depart tomorowe if it please you The same yere a thousande thre hundred .xlix. kynge Philyppe of Fraunce wedded his seconde â—â—yfe the wednisday the .xxix. day of January dame Blanche doughter to kynge Philyppe of Nauerre who dyed in Spayne she was of the age of eyghtene yere or there about Also the nynetene day of February next after in yâ— begynning of lent the duke of Normandy the kyngê eldest sonne wedded his seconde wyfe at saynt Geneuese nere to saynt Germayne in Lay Jane couÌ„tesse of Bolayne somtyme wyfe to the lorde Phylyppe sonne to the duke Eudos of Burgoyne yâ— which lorde Philyppe dyed before Aguyllone a thre yere before that She was doughter of the erle Wyllyam of Bolayne and of the doughter of Lâ—yes erle of Eureur this lady helde in her handes the duchy of Burgoyne and the countesse of Arthoyes Bolayne Auuergne and dyuerse other landes ¶ Of the dethe of kynge Philyppe of France and of the coronacyon of his sonne JohnÌ„ Cap. C .liii. IN the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .l. at the beginyng of August sir Raoll of Caours dyuerse other knyghtê and squyers to the nombre of sixscore men of armes fought before a castell called Auleon within a capitayne of the kynge of Englandes in Bretayne called sir Thomas DaÌ„gorne And the same sir ThomÌ„s ther â—â—ayn and to the nombre of a. C. men of armes with hym the same yere the .xxii. day of August king PhilyppÌ„ dyed at Nogeunt and was caryed to our ladyes church in Parys And the thursday after he was buryed at saynt Denyse on the lyft hande of the hygh auter and his bowelles were buryed at the Jacopyns in Parys and his hert at Bourfontayne in Ualoys The .xxvi. day of Septembre next ensuynge on a sonday was sacred and crowned at Reyns kynge JohnÌ„ eldest son to kyng Philyp and the same day the quene also was crowned and ther the king made certayne knyghtes his eldest son dolphyn of Uyen Loys his seconde son erle of Alanson the erle of StaÌ„pes the lorde Johâ— of Arthoys yâ— duke PhilyppÌ„ of Orlyaunce brother to the kyng the duke of Burgoyne son to the quene by her 〈◊〉 husbande the lorde Philyp of Burgoyn therle DaÌ„martyn and dyuers other And the â—oÌ„day after the kyng departed and went to Parys by Laon Soyssons and Seâ—lys and the kynge and quene entred into Parys in great tryuÌ„phe the .xvii. day of Octobre and there kept a great feest the hole weke and the kyng â—aryed thet at Neele and at his palys tyll it was saynt Martyns tyde and there made ordynaunce for his ê‘lyament The tuesday the .xvi. day of NoueÌ„bre Raffe erle of Ewe and of Guynes constable of France who was newly come out of prison in England was taken in yâ— kyngê house at Neele in Parys wher the kyng was by the prouost of Parys at the kynges coÌ„maundemeÌ„t and in the saÌ„e house he was put in prison tyll the thursday after about the hour of matyns the same day he was beheeded in prison in the presence of the duke of Burbon the erle Armynake the erle of Monford the lorde JohnÌ„ of Bolayne therle of Renell and dyuers other knyghtes who were there present by the coÌ„maundement of the kyng who was at his palays This coÌ„stable was beheeded for high treasons the which he coÌ„fessed to the duke of Athenes and to dyuers other he was buryed in the augustyâ—s in Parys without the walles of the church by the apoyntment of yâ— kyng for honour of the frendes of the sayd constable In the moneth of January â—olowynge Charles of Spayne to whom the kyng had gyuen the countie of Angolen was than made coÌ„stable of France The first day of Aprill next after the lorde Guy of Neell marshall of Fraunce fought in â—ayntou with dyuers englysshmen 〈◊〉 gascoyns and the sayde marshall and his men were there dysconfited the marshall taken prisoner and the lorde Wy 〈…〉 his brother yâ— lorde Arnolde Dandrehen dyuers other On good friday the .x. day of Aprill the yere of our lorde M. CCC .li. was presented a reed hatte to Gyles Rygalt of Roussy who was abbot of saynt Denyce and was made cardynall in the palais of Parys in the presence of the kyng by the bysshoppe of Laon Parys by authorite of a bull fro the pope the which hadde naâ— be acustomed ther before In sepreÌ„bre after the frenchmen recouered the towne of saynt JohnÌ„ Dangle the which theÌ„glysshmen had kept â—yue yere it was delyuerd vp by theÌ„glysshmen bycause they had nothyng to lyue by wout any maâ—eâ— of batayle in the moneth of Octobre was publyâ—â—hed yâ— fraternyte of the noble house of saynt Ouenâ—eâ— to Paris all suche as were bretherne ther bare a starre on his bonet and on his mantell before This yere was the grettest darth that any man than lyueng coude remeÌ„bre throughout all france for a ceptyer of whete was worthe at Parys viii .li. parisieâ— â–ª and a septier of otes at .lx. s. of parys for a busshell of pees .viii. s. other grenes there after In the same moneth of Octobre the same day that the fraternyte of saynt Owen was celebrate thenglysshmen toke the towne of Guynes for all the truse the same yer ther was a maryage made bytwene the constable
of france â–ª and the doughter of sir Charles â—e Bloys ¶ Howe the kyng of Nauer made sir Charles of Spaygne constable of France to be slayne Ca. C .liiii. IN the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lii. in the vygill of our lady in the myddes of august the lord Guy of Neell lorde of Oâ—femoÌ„t as than marshall of France in Bretayne was slayne in bataile the lorde of Briquebeke the Cathelayne of Beau wayes dyuers other nobles aswell of Bretayne as of other marches of France The .iiii. day of SepteÌ„bre shulde a fought in Parys the duke of Boâ—sme agayne the duke of Lancastre for certayne wordes that he shulde say of the duke of Boesme the which duke apealed hym in the court of FraÌ„ce These two dukes came into the felde all armed in a lystes made for yâ— sayd duke of Almayne chalenger and for the duke of Englande defender And though theÌ„glysshmen wer enemys to the french kyng and that thenglyssh duke came thyder vnder saue coÌ„duct to fight 〈◊〉 the defence of his honour yet the frenche kynge wold nat suffre them to fight for assone as they had made their othes in such case requysite and were on their horses redy with their speares in their handes Than the kyng toke on hym yâ— mater and dyd set them in acorde and gremeÌ„t the vi day of DeceÌ„bre folowyng pope Clement the vi dyed at Auygnon the .xi. yere of his poÌ„tiâ—icâ—te and the .xi. day of the same moneth about the hour of thre was chosen pope a cardynall of Lymosyn called by his tytle yâ— cardynall of Ostre but bycause he was bysshoppe of Cleremont he was called most coÌ„monly yâ— cardynall of Cleremont and whan he was chosen pope he was nâ— med InnoceÌ„t his owne proper name was Stephyn â—ubert yâ— yere of our lorde M .iii. C .liii. the .viii. day of January anone after yâ— brekynge of the day in the mornyng the kyng Charles of Nauer erle of Eureur caused to be slayne in the towne of the Egle in NormaÌ„dy in an hostre the lorde Charles of Spayne constable of FraÌ„ce in his bedde by certayne men of armes that he sent to do that dede and hymselfe abode with out the towne tyll they had done and retourned agayne to hym And as it was sayde with hym was the lorde PhilyppÌ„ of Nauer his brother the lorde Lovs of Harcourt the lorde Godfray of Hat court his vncle and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers aswell of Normandy as of Nauer Than the kynge of Nauer and his coÌ„pany went to the cyte of Deureur wherof he was erle and fortifyed the towne and with hym also ther was the lorde of Maule JohnÌ„ Maler lorde of Grauyll the lorde of â—â—morie of Mulent and dyuers other nobles of Normandy And thanÌ„e the kyng of Nauer went to the towne of Mant and he had sent dyuers letters into diuers gode townes of France howe that he had put to deth the constable for dyuers great trespaces by him coÌ„mytted and he sent the erle of Namure to the french kyng to Parys to excuse hym Than the kynge sende to Mant the cardynall of Bolayne the bysshoppe of Laon the duke of Burbon the erle of Uaudone other to treat with the kyng of Nauerr for though he had caused to dye the coÌ„stable of France yet he thought he shulde nat clene lese the fauour of the frenche kyng whose doughter he had maryed therfore he made request of pardon to the kyng It was thought in the realme of Fraunce that great warre shulde ense we bytwene these two kynges for the kyng of Nauer had made great assembles of men of warre in dyuers regions and fortifyed his townes castles finally there was agrement made bytwene these two kynges vpon certayne coÌ„dycions wherof part solo weth herafter That is to say the french kyng shall delyuer to the kyng of Nauer .xxxviii. M. â—i tornois of lande aswell for certeyn rent that the kyng of Nauer had out yerely of the tresur in Pares as vpon other laÌ„des that the frenche kyng ought to assigne hym by certeyne treatâ— grauÌ„ted long before bytwene their predecesso's bycause of the countie of ChaÌ„payne And also for the maryage of the kynge of Nauer for maryeng of the kyngâ— doughter at which maryage he was promysed great landes that is to say .xii. M. â—i of land also the kyng of Nauer wolde haue the couÌ„tie of BeamoÌ„t le Roger the land of Bretuell in NormaÌ„dy Conches and Dorbec the vycouÌ„t of PoÌ„theu by the see the bayllage of CoÌ„stantyne the which thynges were agreed vnto by the french kyng Howbeit the couÌ„tie of Beamont the landes of Conches Bertuell Dorbec parteyned to the lorde Philyp duke of OrleaÌ„ce brother to the french kyng who gaue hym other laÌ„des in recoÌ„pence therof Also it was agreed that the lordes of Harcourt and all his other alyes shuld holde of him for all their landes whersoeuer they were in France if they lyst orels nat also it was agreed yâ— he shuld holde styll all the sayd landes besyde theÌ„ that he helde before in parie and if he lyst to kepe his es cheker two tymes in the yere as nobly as euer dyd any duke of NormaÌ„dy also the french kynge to ê‘don the deth of the coÌ„stable and all suche as were coÌ„sentyng therto and to ê“myse by his oth neuer to do any hurt or daÌ„mage to any ê‘son for that occasion And also the kyng of Nauerr to haue a great somÌ„e of money of yâ— french kyng and ar the kyng of Nauer wolde coÌ„e to Parys he wolde haue in hostage the erle of Aniowe seconde son to the kyng Than he came to Pares with a great noÌ„bre of men of armes and the. iiii day of march he came into the ê‘lyament chaÌ„bre wher the kyng satte dyuers of the peres of the realme with him and his counsell ther was the cardynall of Bolayne ther the kyng of Nauer desyred the french kyng to ê‘don hym the deth of the coÌ„stable of France sayeng how he had gode cause so to do the which he offred ther to proue or els to be at the kynges pleasure And also he sayd and sware that he dyd it nat for no grudge to the kyng nor in dispyte of his offyce sayeng also howe ther was nothyng so greuous to him as to be in the dyspleasur with the kyng Than the lorde Jaques of Burbone as than constable by the kynges coÌ„maundement sette his handes on the kynge of Nauer and caused hym to go a backe out of the kyngâ— presâ—ns thaÌ„ quene Jane and quene Blanche suster to the kynge of Nauer the which Jane had ben wyfe to kyng Philyppe last deed came to the frenche kyng kneled downe and the lorde Reynold Detrey with them and he sayd my right redouted soueraygne lorde beholde here these two ladyes quenes Jane and Blanche Sir they vnderstande howe the kyng of Nauer is in your dyspleasur whereof they be sorie and requyre you
to forgyue hym your yuell wyll and by the grace of god he shall so bere hymselfe frohens forwarde that you and all the people of France shal be pleased with hym than the constable and the marshalles went agayne for the king of Nauer and so brought hym into the kynges presence and ther he stode bytwene the two quenes Than the cardynall sayd sir kyng of Nauer the kyng my maister is nat well coÌ„tent with you for the dede that ye haue done it nede nat to be rehersed for ye haue publysshed it yourselfe by youre owne writyng so that euery man doth knowe it ye ar so bounde to the kyng that ye ought nat thus to haue done ye be of his blode so nere as euery man knoweth that ye ought to holde of hym also ye haue wedded his doughter where fore your trespasse is the greatter Howe beit at the instaunce and loue of these ladyes the quenes who hath effectuously requyred for you and also the kyng thynketh that ye dyde it wtout great aduysement and by small counsayle therfore the kyng pardoneth you with good hert and wyll Than the two quenes and the kynge of Nauer kneled downe and thanked the kynge than the cardynall sayd agayne let euery man fro hensforthe beware though he be of the kynges lynage to do any suche lyke dede for surely though he be the kynges sonne if he do any suche to the leest offycer parteyning to the kyng he shall abyde the iustyce of the realme in that case than the court brake vp and so euery man departed The .xxi. day of Marche a knyght baneret of the lowe marchesse called sir Reynolde of Presigny lorde of Maraunt besyde Rochell was drawen and hanged on the gybette by iudgement of the parlyament and by the kynges couÌ„sayle the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .liiii. in the moneth of August The erle of Harcourt and sir Loyes his brother counsayled with the frenche kyng â–ª and as it was sayde they shewed the kyng all the mater of the dethe of the constable and in SepteÌ„bre the cardynall of Bolayne went to Auygnon some sayd the kyng was dyspleased with hym Howe be it the space of a yere that he had ben in France he was as preuy with the kynge as any other The same season there went out of the realme of France the lorde Robert de Lorris chaÌ„berlayne with the kyng and if the kyng had takyn hym in his yre some thought it shulde haue cost hym his lyfe bycause it was noysed that he had shewed to the kynge of Nauerre certayne secretes of the frenche kyng in like wyse as the lordes of Harecourt had shewed the kyng of Nauers secretes to the frenche kyng In the moneth of Nouembre the kyng of Nauer went out of Normandy without knowledge of the french kyng and sported hym in dyuers places tyll he came to Auygnon â–ª and in the same moneth the archebysshop of Rowan chanceler of Fraunce the duke of Burbone and dyuers other englysshe lordes wente to Auygnon to the pope to treat for a peace bytwene the kynges of England and of France And also the same moneth the frenche kyng went into Normandy to Cane and toke in his handes all the landes of the kynge of Nauers and set in his offycers in euery towne and castell except sixe that is to say Eareur Pontheu Chirburge Gaurey Auranges and Mortaygne these wolde nat yelde vp for ther were naueroys within theym that answered and sayd they wolde nat delyuer vp their townes castels but all onely to the kyng of Nauer their lorde who had sette them there In the moneth of January by saue conduct caÌ„e the lorde Robert de Lorris to the frenche kyng and was a .xv. dayes at Parys or he coude speke with the kyng and whan he had spoken with hym yet he was nat reconsyled at the full but returned agayne into Auygnon by the ordynance of the kynges counsell to be as one of them that were ther for the treaty bytwene Englande and France In the ende of February tidynges caÌ„e howe trewse was taken bytwene the sayde two kynges to endure to the feest â–ª of saynt JohnÌ„ Baptyst and in the mean tyme the pope to do what he myght to make a further peace And therfore he sende messangers to bothe kynges that they shulde sende further authorite by their embassadours to conclude on an other maner of peace The same moneth the frenche kyng made newe money of fyne golde called florence of the lambe for in the pyell there was grauyn a lambe .lii. of theym went to a marke weyght and after they were made the kynge made .xlviii. to goo for a marke weyght and the course of all other floreÌ„s was prohibyted The same moneth sir GraÌ„chet be Lore came to Parys to speke with the kynge as messanger fro the kyng of Nauer and he retourned agayne in February bare with hym a letter of saue coÌ„duct to the kyng of Nauer the same yere about lent came dyuers englysshmen nere to the towne of Nauntê in Bretayne and entred into the castell by scalyng a .lii. but sir Guy of Rochfort who was captayn was as than in the towne he dyd somoche with assaut that the same nyght he wanne the castell agayne and all thenglysshmen taken and slayne At Easter the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lv. kyng Johan of France sent into NormaÌ„dy his eldest son Charles dolphyn of Uienoys to be his lieutenaÌ„t ther and there he taryed all that somer and the men of the contre grauÌ„ted hym .iii. M. meÌ„ of armes tor thre mouethes Also in the moneth of august the kyng of Nauer came out of Nauer to the castell of Chierburge in Constantyne and with hym a .x. M. men of warr one and other Ther were dyuers treates coÌ„muned of bytwene the kyng of Nauer and the frenche kyng but suche as were in the castell of Eurur and Pontheau robbed pylled the countre all about And some of them came to the castell of Couches the whiche was as than in the french handes and wan it and newe fortifyed it many thynges dyde the nauereys agaynst the frenchmen finally the .ii. kynges were agreed Than the kyng of Nauer went to the castell of Uernell to the dolphyne he brought the kyng of Nauer to Parys and yâ— xxiiii day of SepteÌ„bre the kyng of Nauer and the dolphyn came to the frenche kyng to the castell of Lour Than the kyng of Nauerr made his reuerence and excused hymselfe honorably in that he departed out of the realme of France and also he sayd it was shewed hym how yâ— kynge shulde nat be well content with hym Than yâ— frenche kynge desyred hym to shewe what they were that had made that report than he answered that syth the deth of the coÌ„stable he had don nothyng agaynst the french kyng but as a true man ought to haue done Howe beit he desyred the french kyng to pardon euery thyng promysynge to be true
as he ought to be to his father chiefe lorde thanÌ„e the duke of Athenes sayde in kynges behalfe the kynge doth pardon hym all thynges with a good hert ¶ Of an inposycion and gabell ordayned in Fraunce by the thre estates for the feates of the warres Cap. C .lv. ALso in the yere of oure lorde M. CCC .lv. in yâ— moneth of Octobre the prince of Wales eldest son to the kyng of England went into Gascoyne and went nere to Tholouz and so paste the ryuer of Garon went into Cracassone and brent the borowe but the cytie was well defended And fro thens he went to Narbon breÌ„nyng and exilynge the contrey and in the moneth of Nouembre he retourned to Burdeur with great pyllage and many prisoners for no man resysted hym And yet in the contrey was therle of Armynake lieutenant to the french kyng in Langnedocke and also the lorde of Foitz the lorde Janques of Burbon the lorde of Pontheu the coÌ„stable of France and the lorde JohnÌ„ of Cleremont marshall of Fraunce and a farre gretter company than the prince had the same yere in the ende of Octobre the kyng of England caÌ„e to Calys and he rode with a great hoost to Hedyn brake the parke ther and brent the house within about the ê‘ke but he entred nat into the town nor castell And the frenche kyng who had made his assemble at the cytie of Amyens heryng of the kyng of Englande rode towarde hym but the kyng of England was returnyng to Calys and the french kyng folowed hym tyll he came to saynt Omers And than he send his marshall Dauthayne dyuers other to the kyng of England offeryng to fight body to body or power to pouer what day soeuer he wold apoynt but yâ— kyng of England refused that batayle so retourned agayn into England and the frenche kyng to Parys The same yere about the feest of saynt Andrue there was assembled at Pares by the kynges coÌ„mauÌ„ment the prelates of France the barownes and the counsayls of the good townes And ther the chanceler of France in the ê‘lyament chambre resyted the state of the warres of France desyring them thervpon to take aduyce what ayd might be gyuen to the kyng to mentayne defende the sayd warres and also he sayde it is come to the kynges knowledge howe that his subgettes ar sore greued by reason of the mutacyon of yâ— moneys Therfore the kyng offereth to make gode money durable so yâ— they wolde graunt hym sufficient ayde to meÌ„tayne his warres they answered that is to say the clergy by the mouth of the archbysshop of Reyns the nobles by yâ— duke of Athenes and the good townes by the mouth of Stephyn Martell prouost of the marchantê of Parys All they sayde they were redy to lyue and dye with the kynge put their bodyes and goodes into his seruyce requyring to haue deliberacyon to speke togyder the which was grauÌ„ted theÌ„ The same yere the vigyll of the coÌ„cepcion of our lady the kyng gaue the duchy of Normandy to Charles dolphyn of Uienoys his eldest son and the next day he made his homage After the delyberacyon taken by the thre estates they answered to the kyng in the ê‘lyament chaÌ„bre by the mouthes of the sayde thre ê‘sons howe they wolde fynde hym for one yer xxx M. men at their costê charge the finaÌ„ce to pay the wagê of so many men of warre was estemed to .l. M. 〈◊〉 parisienÌ„ the thre estatê ordenid this somÌ„e to be leuyed of euery ê‘son of euery estate meÌ„ of yâ— nobles and other euery man .viii. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of euery pounde and that the gabell of salt shulde ron through the realme but bycause they were nat in certayne of this inposicyon â–ª â—abell shuld suffyce Therfore it was ordayned that the thre states shulde retourne agayne to Parys to se knowe if this inposicyon wâ—lde serue or no the first day of March at the which day thyder agayne they came all except certayne of yâ— great townes of Picardy and Normandy and some nobles of the same such as were at the inposicion makyng came thyder they founde that the first graunt wolde nat suffyce to reysâ— the sayde some Wherfore they ordayned a newe subseâ—y that is to say that euery person of the blode royall or otherwyse clerke lay relygious or relygions except and nat except householders curates of churches hauyng rentes or reuenewes offices or admnystracyon women wydowes chyldren maryed or natte maryed hauyng any thynge of their owne or in any others kepynge none age or admynistracion And all other of euery estate authorite or priuylege that they aâ—â— thaÌ„ vsed or haue vsed in tyme past if it be C. 〈◊〉 of reuenues or vnder if it befor terme of lyse in herytage in plege or by meanes of office or peÌ„cion duryng lyfe or at wyll shall pay to hiss ayde subsidy of euery .iiii. 〈◊〉 .xl. souces And of .x. 〈◊〉 of reuenues or aboue .xx. souces labourers and workemen lyueng by their labour shall pay .x. souces seruantes prentyses lyueng by their seruyces takyng C. s. by yere or more shall in likewyse pay .x. s. taking these moneys after yâ— rate of Parys money in that countre and at Courney for the money currant in that partes And if seruantes haue nat by yere but. C. ss 〈◊〉 they shall pay nothing wourthey haue goodê after the rate than shall they pay as other do and also beggers monkes and cloystereus without offyce or admynistracyon nor chyldren beynge in warde vnder the age of .xv. yere hauyng nothyng in their handes nor noones hauynge no reuenewes aboue .x. 〈◊〉 shall pay nothynge nor also women maryed because their husbandes payeth for the value of their husbandess shal be rekened aswell for that they haue by their wife 's as of their owne And as for clerkess and men of the church prelatâ— abbottes prâ—ours chanons curates and other as is beforesayde if they be worthe aboue C. 〈◊〉 in reuenewes by yere in beneficâ— of the church or patrimony or yâ— one with the other to the somÌ„e of .v. M. 〈◊〉 they shall pay iiii 〈◊〉 for the first C. 〈◊〉 and for euery C. 〈◊〉 after tyll ye come to the somÌ„e of .v. M. 〈◊〉 .xl. ss nor they shall pay nothyng for that they may speâ—â—e aboue .v. M. 〈◊〉 nor for their mouaâ—lâ—◠〈◊〉 〈◊〉 value of their benefyces shal be estemed after the rate of their dymes whan that is pay 〈…〉 〈◊〉 out any excepcion or priuyledge And as for noble men men of yâ— good townes that may spâ—â—de aboue the somÌ„e of C. 〈◊〉 in reuenewes 〈…〉 pay tyll they come to the somÌ„e of .v. M. 〈◊〉 for euery C .xl. s. besyde .iiii. 〈◊〉 of yâ— first C. 〈◊〉 Aâ—d the men of the gode townes insemblable maner tyll they come to M. 〈◊〉 of reuenues and as for the mouables of the noble men that haue naâ— C. 〈◊〉 of reuenewes their mouables shal be estemed and rekenyd
ayde of the men of armes who came in among them and slewe of them and dyd what they lyst And ther was the lorde Arnold DaÌ„drchen taken prisoner by other men than by sir James Audeley or by his four squters for that day he neuer toke prisoner but alwayes fought and went on his enemyes Also on the french partie the lorde Johan CleremoÌ„t fought vnder his owne baner as long as he coude endure but ther he was beten â—owne and coude nat be relyued nor ransomed but was slayne wtout mercy some sayde it was bicause of the wordes that he had the day before to sit JohnÌ„ Chandos So within a short space the marshals batayls were disconfyted for they fell our vpon another and coude nat go forth the frenchmen that were behynde and coude nat get forwarde reculed backe and came on the batayle of the duke of Normandy the which was great and thicke and were a fote but anon they began to opyn behynde For whan they knewe that the marshals batayle was dysconfited they toke their horses and deê‘ted he that might best also they sawe a rowt of englysshmen coÌ„mynge downe a lytell mountayne a horsebacke and many archers with them who brake in on the syde of the dukes batayle Trewe to say the archers dyd their company that day great aduauntage for they shotte so thicke that the frenchmen wyst nat on what syde to take hede and lytell and lytell the englysshmen wanne grounde on theym and whan the men of armes of Englande sawe that the marshals batayle was dysconfited and that the dukes batayle beganÌ„e to dysorder and opyn they lept than on their horses the whiche they had redy by them Than they assembled to gyder cryed saynt George gyen and the lorde Chandos sayd to the prince sir take your horse and ryde forth this iourney is yors god is this day in your handes gette vs to the french kynges batayle for ther lyeth all the sore of the mater I thynke verily by his valyantnesse he woll nat flye I trust we shall haue hym by the grace of god and saynt George so he be well fought withall and sir I herde you say that this day I shulde se you a good knyght The prince sayde lette vs go forthe ye shall nat se me this day retourne backe sayd auauÌ„ce baner in the name of god and of saynt George the knyght yâ— bare it dyde his commaundement there was than a sore batayle and a perylous and many a man ouerthrowen and he that was ones downe coud nat be relyued agayne wtout great socoure and ayde As the prince rode and entred in amonge his ennemyes he sawe on his ryght hande in a lylell busshe lyeng deed the lorde Robert of Duras and his baner by hym and a ten or twelfe of his men about hym than the prince sayd to two of his squyers to thre archers sirs take the body of this knyght on a targe bere hym to Poycters and present him fro me to the cardynall of Pyergourt and say howe I salute hym by the token and this was done The prince was enformed that the cardynalles men were on the felde agaynst hym the which was nat pertayning to the right order of armes for men of the churche that cometh and goeth for treaty of peace ought nat by reason to ber harnes nor to fyght for neyther of the parties They ought to be indyfferent and bycause these men had done so the price was dyspleased with the cardynall and therfore he sende vnto hym his nephue the lorde Robert of Duras deed And the Cathelayn of Ampostre was takenne and the printe wolde haue had his heed stryken of bycause he was pertaynynge to the cardynall but than the lorde Candos sayd sir susfre for a season entende to a gretter mater and paraduenture the cardynall wyll make suche excuse that ye shal be content Than the prince and his company dressed them on the batayle of the duke of Athenes coÌ„stable of France there was many a manne slayne and cast to the yerth as the frenchmen fought in companyes they cryed mountioy saynt Denyce and the englysshmen saynt George gyen Anoue the price with his company met with the batayle of almaygnes wherof the erle of Salesbruce the erle Nosco and therle Neydo were capitayns but in a short space they were put to â—lyght The archers shotte so holly togyder that none durst come in their dangers they slewe many a man that coulde nat come to no raunsome these thre erles was ther slayne and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers of their coÌ„pany And ther was the lorde Dambretycourt rescued by his owne men and sette on horsebacke and after he dyde that day many feates of armes toke gode prisoners Whan the duke of No 〈…〉 〈…〉 I le sawe the prince aproche they thought to 〈◊〉 theÌ„ selfe and so the duke and the kynges chrldren the erle of Poycters and the erle of Tourayne who were ryght yong by leued their gouernors and so departed fro the felde and with them mo than eyght hundred speares yâ— stake no stroke that day Howe beit the lorde Guysshard Dangle and the lorde JohnÌ„ of Sayntre who were with the erle of Poicters wolde nat slye but entred into the thyckest prease of the batayle The kynges thre sonnes toke the way to Chamigny and the lorde JohnÌ„ of Landas the lorde Thy bault of Woodney who were sette to a wayt on the duke of NormaÌ„dy whan they had brought the duke a long leage fro the batayle than they tooke leaue of the duke and desyred the lorde of saynt Uenant that he shulde nat leaue the duke but to bring hym in sauegarde wherby he shulde wyn more thanke of the kynge than to abyde styll in the felde Than they met also the duke of Orleaunce and a great coÌ„pany with hym who were also departed fro the felde with clere handes ther were many good knyghtes and squyers though that their maisters departed fro the felde yet they hadde rather a dyed than to haue had any reproche Than the kyngê batayle caÌ„â— on the englysshmen there was a sore fyght and many a great stroke gyuen and receyued the kyng and his yongest sonne mette with the batayle of thenglysshe marshalles therle of Warwyke and therle of Suffolke and with theym of gascons the Captall of Buz the lorde of Pomyers the lorde Amery of Charre the lorde of Mucydent the lorde of LaÌ„guran and the lorde de la Strade To the frenche partie there came tyme ynough the lorde Johan of Landas and the lorde of Woodney they a lyghted a fote and wente into the kynges batayle And a lytell besyde fought the duke of Athenes coÌ„stable of fraÌ„ce and a lytell aboue hym the duke of Burbone and many good knyghtes of Burbonoyse and of Picardy with hym And a lytell on the one syde ther were the poyteuyns the lorde de 〈◊〉 the lorde of Partney the lorde of 〈◊〉 the lorde of
feldes of Beaumont and Malpertnes was right great and peryllous and many dedes of armes there was done the which all came nat to knowlege The fyghters on bothe parties endured moche payne kyng JohnÌ„ with his owne handes hyd that day maruels in armes he had an axe in his haÌ„des wherwith he defended hymselfe fought in the brekynge of the prease nere to the kynge ther was taken the erle of Tankernyll sir Jaques of Burbon erle of Ponthieu and the lorde Johan of Arthoyes erle of Ewe And a lytell aboue that vnder the baner of the Captall of buâ— was taken sir Charles of Arthoys and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers the chase endured to the gates of Poiters ther were many slayne and beaten downe horse man for they of Poyters closed their gates and wolde sussre noue to entre wherfore in the stretebefore the gate was horrible murdre men hurt beaten downe the frenchemen yelded themselfe as farre of as they might know an englysshmaÌ„ ther were byuers â—glysshe archers yâ— had .iiii. v. or vi prisoners yâ— lorde of Pous a gret baron of Poiton was ther slayne and many other knyghtes and squyers And ther was taken therle of Rochuart yâ— lorde of DaÌ„nauemeÌ„t the lorde of Pertney of Xaynton the lorde of Montendre the lorde JohnÌ„ of Sayntre but he was so sore hurt that he had neuer helth after he was repured for one of yâ— best knightê in France And ther was left for deed among other deed men the lorde Rychard Dangle who fought that day by the kyng right valyaÌ„t ly so dyd the lorde of Charny on whom was great prease bycause he bare yâ— souerayne baner of the kyngê his owne bauer was also in yâ— felde the which was of goules thre scochyns syluer So many englysshmen gascons came to that part yâ— perforce they opyned the kynges batell so that the frenchmen were so mengled amonge their ennemyes that somtyme there was fyue men vpon one geÌ„tylman ther was taken yâ— lord of PoÌ„padour the lorde Bartylmewe de Brunes and ther was slayne sir Gestray of Charny with the kynges baner in his handes Also yâ— lorde Reynold CobhmÌ„ slewe therle of DaÌ„martyn than ther was a great prease to take yâ— kynge such as knewe hym cryed ser yelde you or els ye ar but deed Ther was a knyght of saynt Omers retayned in wages with the kyng of England called ser Denyce Morbecke who had serued the englysshmen .v. yere before bycause in his youth he had forfayted the realme of France for a murdre that he dyd at saynt Omers It happenyd so well for hym yâ— he was next to the kynge whan they were about to take hym he stepte forthe into the prease and by strength of his body and armes he came to the frenche kyng and sayd in gode frenche sir yelde you the kyng be helde the knyght sayde to whom shall I yelde me Where is my cosyn the prince of Wales yf I myght se hym I wolde speke with hym Denyce auswered and sayd sir he is nat here but yelde you to me and I shall bringe you to hym who be you ê™ the kynge sir ê™he I am Denyce of Morbecke a knyght of Arthops but I serue the kyng of Englande bycause I am banysshed the realme of Fraunce and I haue forfaytedde all that I had there Than the kynge gaue hym his ryght gauntlet sayeng I yelde me to you there was a great prease about the kynge foreuery man entorsed hym to say I haue taken him so that the kyng coude nat go forward with his yonge sonne the lorde Philyppe with hym bycause of yâ— prease The price of Wales who was coragious cruell as a lyon toke that day great pleasure to fight and to chase his ennemyes the lorde JohnÌ„ Chandos who was with hym of all that day neuer left hym nor neuer toke hede of takynge of any prisoner Than at the ende of the batayle he sayde to the prince sir it were good that you rested her and sette your baner a high in this busshe that your people may drawe hyder for they be sore spredde a brode nor I canse no mo baners nor penons of the frenche partie wherfore sir rest and refresshe you for ye be sore chafed Than the princes baner was sette vppÌ„ a hygh ou a busshe and trumpettes and clarions began to sowne than the prince dyd of his basenet and the knyghtes for his body and they of his chambre were redy aboute hym and a reed pauilyou pyght vppÌ„ and than drinke was brought forthe to the prince and for suche lordes as were aboute hym the which styll encreased as they came fro the chase ther they taryed their prisoners with theym And whan the two marshalles were come to the prince he demaunded of them if they knewe any tidynges of the frenche kyng they answered and sayde sir we here none of certenty but we thike verily he is other deed or taken for he is nat gone out of yâ— batels Than the prince sayd to therle of warwyke to sir Reynolde Cobham sirs I requyre you god forthe and se what ye can knowe that at your retourne ye may shewe me the trauth These two lordes toke their horses and departed fro yâ— prince and rode vp a lytell hyll to loke about them than they parceyued a flocke of men of armes coÌ„mynge togyder right werely There was the frenche kyng a fote in great parell for englysshmen and gascoyns were his maisters they had taken hym fro ser Denyce Morbecke ê‘fore and suche as were moost of force sayd I haue taken hym nay ê™ another I haue taken hym so they straue which shulde haue him Than the french kyng to eschue that peryll sayd sirs stryue nat lede me courtesly and my sonne to my cosyn the prince and stryue nat for my takynge for I am so great a lorde to make you all riche the kyngê wordes somwhat a peased them howe beit euer as they went they made ryot and brauled for the takyng of the kyng Whan the two foresayd lordes sawe and herde that noyse and stryfe amoÌ„g them they came to them and sayd sirs what is the mater that ye stryue for sirs sayd one of theÌ„ it is for the frenche kyng who is here taken prisoner and there be mo than .x. knyghtes squyers that chalengeth the takynge of hym and of his sonne thanÌ„e the two lordes entred into the prease and caused euery man to drawe a backe and commaunded them in the princes name on peyne of their heedes to make no more noise nor to aproche the kyng no nerer without they were coÌ„maunded ThanÌ„e euery man gaue rowme to the lordes and they a lyghted and dyd their reuereÌ„te to the kyng and so brought hym and his son in peace and rest to the prince of Wales ¶ Of the gyft that the prince gaue to the lorde Audeley after the batell of Poycters Ca. C .lxv. ASsone as therle of War wyke
and the lorde Cogham were departed fro the prince as ye haue herde before than the prince demaunded of the knyghtes that were aboute hym for the lorde Audeley yf any knewe any thyng of hym Some knyghtes that were ther answere and sayd sir he is sore hurt and lyeth in a lytter her besyde by my faith sayde the prince of his hurtes I am rightsorie go and knowe yf he may be brought hyder or els I woll go and se hym there as he is ThanÌ„e two knyghtes came to the lorde Awdeley and sayde sir the prince desyreth greatly to se you outher ye must go to hym or els he woll come to you a sir sayde the knyght I thanke the prince whan he thynketh on so poore a knyght as I am than he called eyght of his seruantes and caused theym to bere hym in his lytter to the place were as the prince was Than the prince tooke hym in his armes and kyst hym and made hym great chere and sayd sir James I ought gretly to honour you for by your valyaunce ye haue this day achyued the grace and renome of vs all and ye ar reputed for the moost valyant of all other A sir sayde the knyght ye say as it pleaseth yeu I wolde it were so and if I haue this day any thynge auaunced my selfe to serue you and to acomplysshe the vowe that I made it ought nat to be reputed to me any prowes sir James sayde the prince I and all ours take you in this iourney for the best doar in armes and to thyntent to furnysshe you the better to pursue yâ— warres I retayne you for euer to be my knight with fyue hundred markes of yerely reuenewes the which I shall assigne you on myne herytage in Englande Sir sayde the knynght god graunt me to deserue the great goodnesse that ye shewe me and so he toke his leaue of the prince for he was right feble and so his seruauntes brought hym to his lodging and assone as he was gone the erle of Warwyke and the lorde Combham retourned to the prince and presented to hym the frenche kyng The prince made lowly reuerence to the kynge and caused wyne and spyces to be brought forthe and hymselfe serued the kynge in signe of great loue ¶ Howe the englysshmen wan gretly at the batayle of Poycters Cap. C .lxvi. THus this batayle was dysconfyted as ye haue herd the which was in the feldê of Malpertnesse a two leages fro Poyters the .xxii. day of septeÌ„bre the yere of our lorde â–ª M. CCC .lvii. it began in the mornyng and endyd at noon but as than all the englysshmen wer nat retourned fro yâ— chase therfore the princes banner stode on a busshe to drawe all his men togyder but it was by night or all came fro the chase And as it was reported there was slayne all the floure of Fraunce and there was taken with the kyng the lorde Philyppe his sonne a seuyntene erles besyde baroner knyghtes and squyers and slayne a fyue or sixe thousande of one and other Whan euery man was come fro the chase they had twyse as many prisoners as they were in nombre in all than it was counsayled among them bycause of the great charge and dout to kepe so many that they shulde put many of them to raunsome incoÌ„tynent in the felde and so they dyd And the prisoners founde the englysshemen and gascoyns right courtesse ther were many that day putte to raunsome and lette go all onely on their promyse of faythe and trauth to retourne agayne bytwene that and Christmas to Burbeux with their raunsomes Than that nyght they lay in the felde besyde where as the batayle had been some vnarmed theym but nat all and vnarmed all their prisoners and euery man made good there to his prisoner for that day who soeuer toke any prisoner he was clere his and myght quyte or raunsome hym at his pleasure All suche as were there with the prince were all made ryche with honour and goodes as well by ransomyng of prisoners as by wynnynge of golde syluer plate tewelles that was there founde There was no man that dyd set any thyng by riche harnesse wherof there was great plentie for the freÌ„chmen came thyder richely besene wenynge to haue had the iourney for them ¶ Howe the lorde James Audley gaue to his foure squyers the .v. C. markes of reuenewes that the prince had gyuen hym Cap. C .lxvii. WHan sir James Awdeley was brought to his logynge than he send for sir Peter Audeley his brother and for the lorde Bartylmewe of brunes the lorde Stephane of Gousenton the lorde of Wylly and the lorde Ralfe Ferres All these were of his lynage and than he called before them his foure squiers that had serued hym that day well and trewly than he sayd to the sayd lordes sirs it hath pleased my lorde the prince to gyue me fyue hundred markes of reuenewes by yere in herytage for the whiche gyft I haue done hym but small seruyce with my body Sirs beholde here these foure squyers who hath alwayes serued me truely and specially this day that honour that I haue is by their valyantnesse wherfore I woll rewarde them I gyue and resigne into their handes the gyft that my lorde the prince hath gyuen me of fyue huÌ„dred markes of yerly reuenewes to them and to their heyres foreuer in lyke maner as it was gyuen me I clerely disheryte me therof and inheryte them without any rebell or condycion The lordes and other that were ther euery man beheld other and sayde among them selfe it commeth of a great noblenes to gyue this gyft they answered hym with one voyce sir be it as godde wyll we shall bere wytnesse in this behalfe wher soeuer we become ThanÌ„e they departed fro hym and some of them went to the prince who the same nyght wolde make a supper to the frenche kynge and to the other prisoners for they had than ynough to do it withall of that the frenchemen brought with them for the englysshmen wanted vitayle before for some in thre dayes hadde no bredde before ¶ Howe the prince made a supper to the french kyng the same day of the batayle Cap. C .lxviii. THe same day of the batayle at night the prince made a supper in his lodgynge to the frenche kyng and to the moost parte of the great lordes that were prisoners the prince made the kynge and his son the lorde James of Burbone the lorde JohnÌ„ Darthoys the erle of Tankernyll therle of Stampes therle Dampmartyne the erle of Grauyll and the lorde of Pertenay to syt all at one borde and other lordes knyghtes and squiers at other tables And alwayes the prince serued before the king as humbly as he coude and wolde nat syt at the kyngê borde for any desyre that the kynge coulde make but he sayd he was nat suffycient to syt at the table with so great a prince as the kyng was but than he sayd to the kyng sir for
the duchy of Bretayne Anone after the french kyng was remoued fro the Sauoy to the castell of wyndsore and all his house holde and went a huntyng and a haukyng ther about it his pleasur and the lorde Philypp his son with hym and all the other prisoners abode styll at London and went to se the kyng at their pleasure and were receyued all onely on their faythes ¶ Howe the kyng of Scottes was delyuered out of prison Cap. C .lxxiiii. YE haue herde here before howe kyng Dauyd of Scotlande was taken was prisoner in Englande more than .ix. yere And anone after the truse was concluded bytwene Englande and Fraunce the two foresayd cardynals with the bysshoppe of saynt Andrewes in Scotlande fell in treaty for the delyuerance of the kyng of Scottê The treaty was in suche maner that the kyng of Scotes shulde neuer after arme hymselfe agaynst the kyng of Englande in his realme nor counsayle nor consent to any of his subgetes to arme them nor to greue nor make warre agaynst England And also the kyng of Scottes after his retourne into his realme shulde put to all his payne and dilygence that his men shulde agre that the realme of Scotland shuld holde in fee and do homage to the kyng of England And if the realme wolde nat agree thereto yet the kynge of Scottes to swere solemply to kepe good peace with the kyng of Englande and to bynde hymselfe and his realme to pay within .x. yere after fyue hundred thousande nobuls and at the somonyng of the kyng of England to sende gode pleges and hostages as the erle of Duglas therle of Morette the erle of Mare the erle of Surlant the erle of Fye the baron of Uersey and sir Wyllyam of Caumoyse And all these to abyde in Englande as prisoners and hostagers for the kyng their lorde vnto the tyme that the sayd paymeÌ„t of money be full content and payed Of this ordynaunce and bondes there were made instrumentes publykes and letters patentes sayled by bothe kynges And than the kyng of Scottê deê‘ted and went into his realme and his wyfe quene Isabell suster to the kynge of Englande with hym and he was honourably receyued in his realme and he went and lay at saynt Johsis towne on the ryuer of Try tyll his castell of Edenborough was newe prepared ¶ Howe the duke of Lancaster layed siege to Reynes Cap. C .lxxv. ABoute the myddes of May in the yere of our lorde god M. CCC .lvii. the duke of Lacastre made in Breten a great army of englysshmen of bretons in the ayde of the countesse of Moutfort and or ner yonge sonne they were in nombre a thousande men of armes well aparelled and .v. hundred of other with archers And they departed on a day fro Hanybout and went forthe breÌ„nyng and exilyng the contrey of Bretayne and so came before the good cyte of Reynes and layed siege therto and made many assautes and lytell good dyde for within was the Uycount of Rowan the lorde dela wall sir Charles of Dignen and dyuers other And also there was a yong bachelar called Bertraude of â—lesquyne who duryng the siege fought with an englyssh man called sir Nycholas Dagorne and that batayle was takenÌ„e thre courses with a speare thre strokes with an are and thre with a dagger And eche of these knyghtes bare themselfe so valyantly that they departed fro the felde wtout any damage and they were well regarded bothe of theym within and they without The same season the lorde Charles de Bloyes was in the countrey and pursewed sore the regent of Fraunce desyring hym to sende men of warr to reyse the siege at Reynes but the regent had suche busynes with the maters of the realme that he dydde nothynge in that cause So the siege lay styll before Reynes ¶ How a knyght of the county of Eureuse called sir wyllyam of Granuyll wan the cytie and castell of Eureux the which as than was french for the frenche kyng had won it fro the Naaeroys as ye haue herde before Capitulo C. lxxvi A knight named the lorde of Granuyll ê‘tayning to the kyng of Nauer bothe by fayth and othe gretly it displeased hym the preseÌ„tmeÌ„t of the kyng of Nauerre and also it was right dysplesant to some of the burgesses of Eureur but they coude nat amende it bycause the castell was their enemy This lorde dwelt a two leages fro the cyte and osten tymes he resorted to the cite to a burges house that in tyme before euer loued well the kyng of Nauer WhaÌ„ this lorde came to this burgesse house he wolde eate drinke with hym and speke and coÌ„men of many maters specially of the kyng of Nauer and of his takyng wherwith they wer nothing coÌ„tent And on a tyme this lorde sayd to the burges if ye woll agre with me Ishal on a day wyn agayne this cyte bourge castell to the behofe of the kyng of Nauer howe may that be sayd yâ— burges for the captayn of the castell is so gode a freÌ„chman that he woll neuer agre therto with out the castell ye can do nothynge for the castell ouer maistreth the cytie Well ê™ the lorde Wyllyam Ishall she we you first it behoueth that ye gette of your acorde thre or foure other burgesses and prouyde redy in your houses certayne men well armed and Ishall warraÌ„t you on my peryll that ye shall entre into the castell without â—anger by asubtyltie that I wyll coÌ„pase This burgesse dyde somoche in a briefe tyme that he dyd gette a hundred burgesses of his opinyon This lorde of Granuyll came in and out into yâ— cyte at his pleasure without any suspectyon for he was neuer in harnes with sir Philyp of Nauerre in no iourney that he made bycause his lande lay nere to the cytie of Eureur And also the frenche kyng whan he wan the cytie he caused all the landes there aboute to be bounde to hym els he wolde haue taken them to his owne vse So the freuche kyng had the countrey but the hertes of the people were styll naueroyse also if kyng JohnÌ„ had ben in Fraunce as he was in Englande he durst nat haue done as he dyd but he thought yâ— maters of France were insore trouble and also ê‘ceyued howe the thre estates wer well mynded to the delyueraÌ„ce of the kyng of Nauer And whan he saw all his mater redy 〈◊〉 well forward that the burgesses of his opynyon were well aduysed what they shulde do he armed hymselfe with secrete armour dyd on a â—â—opp aboue a cloke aboue that and vnder his arme he bare a short batell axe with hym went a varlet who was â—riuy to his mynd And so he came walkyng before the castell gate as he had often tymes done before he walked vp downe so often that at last the capitayne came downe and opyned the wycket as he was wont to do and stode and loked about hym And
to close their gates towardes Comptegne And the bysshoppe of Noyon was takenne at the barryers and there sware to be trewe prisoner or els he hadde ben slayne And the same day there was takenne the lorde Raoull of Cousey the lorde Raoll of Rauenall the lorde of Chaunny and his two sonnes the Bourge of Rowmorey the lorde of Turte the lorde of Uendyenll the lorde Anthony of Coudune and a hundred knyghtê and squyers and slayne mo thanne fyftene hundred And specially of them of the cytie of Tourney for ther was of theym a great nombre there some sayd of seuyn hundred that came thense there retourned but a fewe but outher they were â—â—ayne or taken For they within Maucounsell also yssued out who ayeded well to that disconfyture the which was the yere of our lorde god a thousand thre hundred fyftie and eyght the wednysday nexte after the feest of our lady in the myddes of the moneth of August The naueroise ledde the moost parte of their prisoners to Craell bycause it was a gode towne and a stronge they wan at that iourney great rychesse and good prisoners whom they rauÌ„somed And also they raunsomed the burgesses of Tourney and of other good townes some for money some for stuffe suche as they neded as speare heedes glaynes axes swerdes cotes doublettes hoses and all suche other thynges And the knyghtê and squyers were raunsomed for golde and syluer or for good horses and of a poore geÌ„tylman that had nothynge to pay they tooke their seruyce for a quarter of a yere or a halfe or thre quarters as they coulde agree as for wynes and vitaylles they hadde ynough The playne countrey delyuered theyn sufficyent there came nothynge to the good townes but by stelth or els by sauee coÌ„ducte the which they solde dere And in all there saue conductes they euer excepted thre thynges hattes of Bieuer eustrydge fethers and spere heedes They of Mauconsell vyolated the moste parte of the good abbey of Orcans wherwith the capitayne of Maucounsell was sore displeasedde the naueroyse spredde abrode in dyuerse places on bothe sydes of the ryuers of Oâ—s Some There were two men of armes Raby goyse of Dury and Robyn le Scote they toke by scalynge the good towne of Barley where they made a garyson well fortifyed they hadde in wages vnder theym foure hundred soudyers and were payed monethly Thus they of Berley of Maucounsell of Craell and of Heree 〈…〉 ranne ouer the countre where they lyst for ther were none that withstode theym The knyghtes of the countrey hadde ynough to do to kâ—â—e their fortresses and houses So these nauerâ—â—se and englysshmen went and dydde what they lyst somtyme they rode in harneys and somtyme vnarmed and sported theym fro fortresse to fortresse as though all the countrey had ben in gode rest and peace The yong lorde of Coucy caused his castels to be well kept he was as souerayne of all that countrey The Chanoyne of Robersart dyd more trouble to the naueroyse than any any other for often tymes he dystrussed somme of theym ¶ Howe certayne burgesses of Amyens wolde a delyuerd the cytie to the naueroyse and of the great famyne that was than in Fraunce Cap. C lxxxx SO it was that the lorde Johanne of Piquegny who was on the kynge of Nauers parte and chiefe of his counsayle and by whose ayde he was delyuered out of prisone This knyght lay and kept the garyson of Hereell thre leages fro Amyense he dyde somoche by his subtyltie wytte and fayre language with certayne burgesses of Amyens of the greattest of the cyte that they shulde haue sufferedde the naueroyse to entre into the cytie And these burgesses traytours to the cytie had secretely in their chambers and loftes certayne naueroyse that shulde haue ayeded to haue dystroyed the cytie And in an euenynge the lorde Johanne of Piquegny the lorde Wyllyam of Granuyll the lorde Fryquette of Fryquaunt the lorde Lynne of Belastoy and the lorde Fondegray and with theym a seuyn hundred fyghtynge men came to the gate of Amyense to wardes Hereell on trust of their frendes within the cytie and they founde the gate opynne as hit was promysed Thanne suche as were hydde within the cyte in chambers and cellers yssued oute and cryed Nauerr thanÌ„e they of the cytie awooke and rose and cryed treason and drewe to the gate where the busynesse was bytwene the boro we and the cytie And suche as caÌ„e first kepte the gate so that ther were dyuers slayne and sore hurte on bothe parties and yf the naueroyse hadde made great haste to haue entred assoone as they came they had wonne the cytie but they taryed at the borowe and dyd ther feat cowardely The same night god enspyredd the lorde Morell Fyennes constable of Fraunce and the erle of saynt Poule who were at Corby with a great nombre of menne of warr they yssued out and rode in so great haste that they came to the cyte by that tyme the naueroyse had wonne the borowe and dyd their payne to wyn the cytie whiche they hadde done and the commynge of these two sayde lordes had nat been Who assoone as they were entred into the cytie by another gate drue streyght to the gate wher as the medlyng was displayed their baners and ordred theymselfe in the strete and yssued natte out of the gate for they sawe well the borowe was but loste without recouery These socoures encouraged greatly theym of the cytie and lyghted vppe many torchesse and other fyers Whan the lorde of Piquegny and his company vnderstode that these other lordes were come to the socour of the cytie thanne they thought they might lese more thanne wynne therfore he recreated all his menne as soberly as he might And so all the naueroyse reculed backe and so wnedde the retreat but they ouer ranne all the borowe and brende it wherin their were well thre thousande houses and good lodgynges and parysshe churches and other and all were brende nothynge sauyd Thus the naueroyse retourned with great rychesse that they gatte in the borowe of Amyense and many gode prisoners and so went to their garysoÌ„s Whan they were all gone the constable of France and the erle of saynt Poule sende their companyes to all the gates of the cytie commaundynge the kepars on payne of dethe to suffre no manne to yssue out of the towne and so they dydde In the mornyng be tymes these sayd to lordes with certayne of the burgesses who knewe well all the maner of the cytie went to certayne burgesses houses suche as they hadde in suspect of treasonne And so tooke a seuyntene who were incontynent beheeded openly in the market place and specially the abbotte of Gars who had consented to this treason and hadde lodgedde the moost parte of the naueroyse within his house In lyke case anone after there was putte to deth in the good cytie of Laone sixe of the greattest burgesses of that cytie and if the
same season on a day certayne of the coÌ„pany of syr Peter Audeleys rode forth and entred into a towne called Ronay and robbed it clene and as the curate was at masse there entred into the churche an englisshe squier and toke the Chalays fro the aulter wherin the prest shulde haue consecrated and dyd caste out the wyne and bycause the preest spake to hym he strake hym with his gauntlet that the bludde felle vpon the aulter Than they departed and went into the feldes and this squier had with hym the patent and corporal and sodaynly his horse beganne to tourne and so to take on that none durste approche nere hym and horse and man fell to the erthe and eche of them strangled other and sodaynly were tourned into pouder Than the other companions made a vowe neuer after to violate any churche In the same season they of the garison of Mauconsell wanted prouysion and so solde theyr fortresse to them of Noyon and to them of the countrey there about for .xii. M. motons of golde and so to departe with all theyr goodes And so they went into other fortresses as to Craell Cleremount Hereell Uelly Pierpount Roussey and to Sissome The whiche fortresses had ben long in the handes of Naueroys and after the peace bitwene the duke of Normandy and the kyng of Nauer they were englysse And whan they of Noyon had MaucoÌ„sel they rasshed it to the erthe Also JohnÌ„ Segure solde the fortresse of Nogent to the bysshop of Troyes for a certayne some of florens wherof he had wrytynge vnder the bysshops seale and so he came into the cite of Troye and alyghted at the bysshop lodgynge who sayd to hym ser JohnÌ„ ye shall abyde here with me a thre or foure dayes and than ye shall haue your money and he who was come thether vnder the assuraunce of the bysshop agreed therto Than the comons of the cite beganne to saye Howe dothe our bysshop tryfle and mocke vs sythe he kepeth aboute hym the greattest brybour and robber in all Fraunce and wolde that we shulde gyue hym oure money Than there rose a great noÌ„bre of the same opynyon and sente to kepe theyr gates that he shulde nat skape theym and there came in harneys a syxe thousande of one sorte to slee hym in the bysshops lodgynge Whan the bysshop sawe that he sayde to them Fayre frendes he is come hyther vnder my saue conducte and ye knowe the treatye and bargayne betwene hym and me by your accorde hit were great shame and vntrueth vnder this assurance to do hym any villanye But what so euer he sayd they entred into his halle by force and so into his chaÌ„bre and sought so naro welye that at laste they founde hym and there slewe hym and hewed hym all to peces ¶ Howe the frenchemen refused the peace that theyr kyng made in Englande Cap. CC .i. IT is longe sythe I spake of the kynge of Englande but I had nonÌ„ occasion to speke of hym tyll nowe for as long as the treuce endured there was no warâ— made bitwene them but assoone as yâ— truce was exspired the fyrste day of May the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lix. after that daye all the garysons englisshe and naueroyse made warr in the title of the kynge of Englande Anone after the peace made betwene the kyng of Nauer and the duke of Normandy The lorde Arnolde Dandrehen retourned into Englande for he was nat quytte prisoner of his takyng at the batayle of Poieters In the same season the kyng of Englande and the prince his sonne The Frenche â—ynge and the lorde Jaques of Bourbon mette at London and so they foure allonely to guether in counsayle agreed vpon a peace vpon certayne articles wrytten in a lettre to be sent into Fraunce to the duke of Normandy The Erle and syr Arnolde passed the see and arryued at Boloyn and so went to Parys And there they founde the Duke and the kynge of Nauer and ther shewed them the letters Than the duke demaunded counsaile of the kynge of Nauer who dyd counsayle hym that the prelattes and nobles of Fraunce and counsayles of the good townes shulde be assembled the whiche thynge was done And than it semed to the kyng of Nauer and to the Duke and to his bretherne and to all the counsayle of the Realme that the sayde treatye was to greuous to be borne Wherfore they answered all with one voyce to the sayde two fordes that the letter that they had brought and theâ—â—ect therin was so preiudyciall to them am â–ª to the realme that they yet wolde endure greatter myschiefe than they had done rather than to mynisshe in such wyse the realme of France They wolde also rather suffre their kyng to lye styll in EnglaÌ„de And whan the french kyng vnderstode how the realme of Fraunce wolde nat agre to his apoyntmeÌ„t he sayd a sonne Charles ye be couÌ„sayled by the kyng of Nauerre who deceyueth you woll deceyue suche .xl. as ye be And whaÌ„ the kyng of EnglaÌ„d knewe their report he sayd well or wynter be past I shall entre into the realme of France so puysantly 〈◊〉 shall abyde there so long tyll I haue an ende of this warre or els peace at my pleasure and to myne honour and than he made the grettest aparayle that euer he made The same season aboute the myddes of August the lorde JohaÌ„n of Craon archbysshop of Reynes and they of the cytie of Parys and of the couÌ„tre ther about with a certayne knightes and squiers of the countie of â—ethell and Laon went and layed siege to the castell of â—oucy and ther lay a fyue wekes And than they with in yelded vp their lyues and goodes saued and to go whyder they lyst And of this they had letters patentes sealed by the archebysshop by the erle Porcyen and the erle of Brayne but for all that whan they departed the coÌ„mons that were there rose agaynst them and slewe the most part for all the lordes who had moche payne to saue the captayne Hanekyn Francoyse Thus therle of Roucy had agayne his towne and castell ¶ Howe sir Eustace Danbretycourâ— was delyuerd out of prison by great raunsome Cap. CC .ii. THus after the wynninge of the castell of Roucy sir Peter Awdeley dyed in his bedde within yâ— castell of Beauforde wherof suche companyons as wer vnder him were right sorowfull Than the englysshmen and almaygnes there thought they coude do no better syth they made warr for the kyng of Englande as to make to their capitayne sir Eustace Dambreticourt who was as thanÌ„e hole of his hurtes but styll as prisonere Than they sende Faucon the haraulde to therle of Uandumant and to sir Henry â—ueâ—ellart for to putte to raunsome the lorde sir Eustace so than he was put to his fynanse to pay .xxii. thousande frankes of France And the companyons of the englysshe garysons in Champaigne payed the sayd raunsome and so he was delyuered and had agayne his
courser and his hackeney that he lost at the batayle of Nogent the which horses the lady Isabell of Jullyers countesse of Kent in Englande had sende hym Whan these coÌ„panyons had the lorde Eustace among them they made hym their souerayne and euery man drewe to him And than they entred into the couÌ„tie of Rethell where they had neuer been before and there by stelth they wanne the good towne of Athyen on the ryuer of Esue and there they founde mo than a hundred peces of wyne Ther they made their soueraygne garyson and ouer ranne all the countrey about Reynes and spoyled Espernoy Dampâ—ary Trayone and the good towne of Uertus wher the englysshmen had great profette And ther they made another garyson the which ouer ranne all the countrey about the ryuer of Marne to the Fertyll Myllon And they of Athyen ranne dayly to Meserees on the ryuer of Meuse to Douchery and to Chenpoulux ¶ Howe sir Broquart of Fenestrages made hymselfe to be payed by force of his wages of the duke of NormaÌ„dy regent of France Ca. C C iii. IN the same season the lorde Broquart of Fenestrages who had been in the dukes ayde agaynst theÌ„glysshemeÌ„ and naueroyse and had holpen to put them out of yâ— fortresses in Champaygne but he was but yuell payed of his wages Ther was owynge to hym and to his a thyrtie thousande frankes He sende certayne messangers to Parys to the duke who gaue none answere to his pleasure for they retournedâ— without any money or promyse Than this knyght sende his defyance to the duke and to all the realme of Fraunce and entred into a good towne called Bare on the ryuer of Sayne wherin ther wer a nyne hundred houses his men robbed yâ— towne but they coude nat gette the castell it was so well kept They toke with thyem their pyllage and prisoners and brende so the towne that all was distroyed than they went to CoÌ„stans and there made their cheife garyson and they dyde after to the countre of Champaigne more yuell and vylayne dedes than euer dyd the englysshemen or naueroyse And whanne he and his men had thus ouer ronne the countre the duke agreed with hym and he had all that he desyred and more And than he departed and went into Lorayne fro whens as he came and so lefte the realme of Fraunce and the countrey of Champaine in peace whan he had done yuels ynowe In the same season the yere of our lorde god a. M. CCC liâ— Sir Robert Canoll made a iourney with thre thousande one and other and wente out of the marchesse of Bretaygne and rode along the ryuer of Loyre and entred into Berry brennyng and exylyng the countre And it was sayd he had taken on hym to passe through Auuergne to go se the pope and cardynalles at Auygnone and to haue some of their floring aswell as the archpreest had done ¶ Of the iourney that sir Robert Canoll made in Berry and Auuergne and of the lordes and gentylmen of the countrey that pursued hym Cap. CC .iiii. SUche lordes and knightes of Auuergne with their coÌ„panyes as were in purpose to encountre sir Robert Canoell came within a dayes iourney of hym with a thre thousande speares Sir Robert had ryden in Berry brenning and exilyng the countre and as than he was entred into Auuergne and to resyst hym the lordes and knyghtes were assembled They of Auuerne and Lymosen and with them therle of Forestes who had with him a .iiii. C. speares Thus they rode after sir Robert Canoll and his men such as he had broght with hym out of Loritaygne callyng themselfe englysshmen Whan these lordâ— were thus within a dayes iourney of their ennemyes and ther lodged that nyght And the next day they came and lodged on a mountayne nere to thenglysshmen they were lodged on a nother lytell hyll so that eche of theym might se others fyers that they made Than the next mornyng the french men auaunced farther about noone they caÌ„e to a mountayne right agaynst the englysshmen so that there was no more bytwene them but a lytell medowe of a .xii. acres of lande Incontynent the englysshemen made redy their batayle to fight and sette their archers in the hangyng of the hyll before them than the frenchmen ordayned two batayles in euery batayle a .v. M. men The first ledde the dolphyne of Auuergne erle of Cleremont called Berault and there he was made knyght and rearyd his baner quartered with Auuergne Merquell And with him was the lorde Robert Daulphyn his vncle the lorde Montagu the lorde of Talencon yâ— lorde of Cochfort the lorde of Serygnacke the lorde Godfray of Boloyne and dyuers other knightê and squyers of Lymosyn of Quercy of Auuergne and of Rouergue In the seconde batayle was the erle of Forestes the lorde JohnÌ„ of Boloyn erle of Auuergne the lorde Darchyer and his sonnes the lorde Dachon the lorde Duâ—es sir Renalt of Forestâ— brother to therle and many other knyghtes and squyers hauyng great desyre to fyght with their enemyes by semyng On the other syde sir Robert Canoll and his coÌ„pany shewed howe he hadd also great desyre to haue batayle Thus bothe hostes stode styll tyll it was nere night eche before other without goynge out of their straytes saue certayne yonge knyghtes and squyers to get prise in armes discended downe on both parties by the lycence of their marshals came downe into the medowe and there iusted one with another and he that wanne his felowe had hym prisonerr Thus at night eche partie drewe to their lodgynges and made good watche than the french lordes went to counsayle they ordayned that at the hour of mydnight they shulde dyscend downe fro their mouÌ„tayne on the syde fro their enemyes ward And to go a two leages and so to come to the othersyde of the mountayne where ther enemys were on the which syde yâ— hyll was easy inough to mount and thought to coÌ„e so erly thyder that theÌ„glishmen shuld nat be redy armed this was nat so secretly spoken but yâ— thenglysshmen had knoledge therof by an englisshe prisoner yâ— stale away fro the frenche hoost and came to sir Robert Canoll and shewed him all the mater ThaÌ„ sir Robert wente to counsayle with suche as he trusted best so that they thought all thynges coÌ„sydred that it was nat best to abyde the puysance of the frenchmen than they trussed and deê‘ted by guydes of men of the countrey suche as they had there for prisoners At the hour of mydnight the frenchmen putte themin array of batayle and rode for the as they before had ordayned and by that tyme it was day they came to the mouÌ„tayne wher they thoght to haue founde the englysshmen And whan they knewe yâ— they were departed they caused certayne of their meÌ„ to mount vp to the mouÌ„tayne to se if they coude knowe any thynge of theym they retourned agayne and reported howe they had sene theym passe by suche
away as they named and howe that they were goynge to Lymoges in Lymosyn Whan the lordes of France herde that they brake vppÌ„ their iourney and deê‘ted euery man to his owne And anone after was the mariage made of the lorde Berault Daulphyne of Auuergne and the doughter of the erle of Forestes that he had by the duke of Burbons suster ¶ Of the almaygnes that abode the kyng of Englande at Calays to ryde with hym into the realme of France kynge JohaÌ„n beynge styll prisoner in Englande Cap. CC .v. ALl this season the kynge of Englande made great prouisyon to come into FraÌ„ce suche as had nat been sene the lyke before Certayne lordes and knyghtes of the empyre suche as had serued the kyng before prouyded the same yer greatly for horse and harneys and other thynges necessary for their degrees And assoone as they might they came by Flaunders to Calays and ther a bode for the kynges coÌ„myng so it was that the kyng of Englande came nat so soone to Calays as it was sayde he shulde haue done wherfore moche people resorted thyder so that they wyst nat wher to lodge nor to haue stablyng for their horses Also bredde wyne hay and otes and other ê“uisyons were very dere and scant so that ther was none to gette for golde nor syluer and euer it was said the kyng coÌ„meth the next weke Thus taryed there the lordes of Almaygne of Behayne of Brabant of Flanders and of Heynault fro the begynnyng of August to the feest of saynt Luke so that ther were many that wer fayne to sell the beste part of their iewelles And if the kyng had been there than lodgyng wolde haue ben strayter the towne was so full And also it was dout of these lordes who had spende all that they had that they wolde nat depart fro Calays tyll they were contented agayne of all their expeÌ„ses The kyng sende nat for the fourth part of them many of them were come of their owne good wylles trustynge to haue some aduauntage and some thought to robbe and pyll in the realme of France Than the kyng of Englande sende ouer before the duke of Lancastre with foure hundred speares and two thousand archers And whanÌ„e the duke came to Calays these lordes straungers made great ioye of hym and demauÌ„ded tidynges of the kyng and of his commynge The duke excused the kynge of his taryeng so longe and sayde howe that all his prouisyon was natte fully redy and sayd fayre lordâ— the taryeng here is no profyte I woll go ryde for the into Fraunce and to se what I can fynde ther wherfore sirs I requyre you to ryde for the with me and Ishall delyuer you a certayne somme of money to pay withall your costes in your lodgynges that ye haue spent here in this towne of Calays and ye shall haue prouision of vitayle to cary on your somers These lordes thought great shame to refuse the dukes offre so graunted hym than euery man newe shodde their horses and trussed and deê‘ted nobly fro Calays with the duke and went to saynt Omers they were a two thousande speares he syde the archers and other fotemen They passed for by saynt Omers without any assaut and so rode to Bethwyne and passed by and came to Mount saynt Eloy a good abbey and a riche a two leages fro Arras and ther taryed a four dayes to refresshe theym and their horses for they founde in that abbey well wherwith And whan they had robbed and wasted the countrey there about they rode to Cambrey ther made a great assaut And there was slayne a baneret of Englande and dyuers other for they within defended themselfe valyantly by the ayde conforte of the erle of saynt Poule and the lorde of Lamenall and other who with a two hundred speares came into the towne at a backe gate And whan thenglysshmen sawe that they coude gette nothyng there they departed and folowed the ryuer of SoÌ„e with great scarsnes of bred and wyne And so came to a towne called Cheresy where they founde plentie of bredde and wyne and there they passed the ryuer for that bridge was nat broken and ther they taryed Alhalowen day and all nyght The same day tydynges came to the duke howe the kyng was aryued at Calays commaundynge hym incontynent to drawe towardes hym and all his company Than he retourned towarde Calays with hym was also sir Henry of Flaunders with two hundred speares and of Brabant there was sir Henry of Beautresen lorde of Bergues and the lorde Gerarde de la Herde the lorde FraÌ„que de Halle Oâ— Heynault the lorde Gaultyer of MaÌ„ny and the lorde JohnÌ„ of Gomegynes And of Behayne sir Gaultyer de la Haultpon sir Reynolde de Boulaunt the lorde Godfray of Hardnamont and the lord JohnÌ„ his sonne the lorde of Duras Thyrey of Ferram the lorde Ruse of Junepe the lorde Gyles Sorles the lorde JohnÌ„ of Bermont the lorde Reynolde of Bergâ—hes and dyuers other The Almaygnes and mercenaryes of strange countreis I canne nat name at this present tyme. ¶ Of the great host that the kynge of England brought into France to make warre there kyng JohnÌ„ beyng prisoner in England and of the order of the englysshe hoost Cap. CC .vi. AS the duke of LaÌ„castre and these lordes retourned towardes Calys they mette in their way a foure leages fro Calays so gret multytude of people that all the countrey was couered therwith so rychely armed and besene that it was great ioye to beholde the fresshe shinyng armours baners wâ—â—ynge in the wynde their coÌ„panyes in good order ridyng a soft pase Whan the duke these lordes mette the kyng he feested them and thanked them of their seruyce than these almayns mercenaryes brabances behannoyes all togyder shewed vnto the kyng howe they had spent all their goodes horses and harnes solde So that lytell or nothyng was left theym to do hym seruyce for the which entent they were coÌ„e nor how they had nat wherwith to go home agayn vnto their countreis if they shuld depart wherfore they desyred his noblenes to take some regarde to them The kyng answered and sayd howe he was nat as than redy to gyue theym a playne aunswere but sayde sirs I thynke ye before traueyled wherfore go your wayes and refresshe you a two or thre dayes in Calays and this nyght and to morowe I shall take counsell and sende vnto you suche an answere that of reason ye shal be content Than these strangers departed fro the kynge and fro the duke and rode towarde Calays and they had nat ryden halfe a leage farther but they met a great multytude of caryages And after that the prince of Wales nobly and richely besene and all his company wherof ther was suche a nombre that all the couÌ„trey was couered with them and he rode a soft pase redy raynged in batayle as though they shulde incontynent haue fought Thus he rode euer a leage or two after
the kynges hoost and all the caryages bytwene both hoostes the whiche order these straÌ„gers lyked maruelusly well ¶ Whan these straÌ„gers had well regarded this company and had reuerently saluted the prince and such lordes as were with hym and the prince louyngly receyued theÌ„ as he that coude ryght well do it Than they toke leaue of hym shewed hym their nede desyringe that he wolde regarde their necessytie and he gladly promysed theÌ„ so to do So they rode on tyll they came to Calays and the seconde day after the kyng sent them their answere by thre sufficient knyghtes and they shewed theym playnly that the kynge had nat brought with hym treasur sufficient to pay all that they desyred and to performe the enterprice that he hath taken in hande but if they wolde go forthe with hym and to take suche fortune as falleth other good or yuell If good fortune and wynnyng fall they to haue their part so that they demaunde no wages nor for losse of horse nor spence nor damage that they maye happÌ„ to haue for they said the kyng had broght men ynough out of his relame to furnysshe his enterprice This answere pleasedd nat greatly these lordes nor their coÌ„pany who had sore traueyled and spended their goodes and had layed their horses and harnes to pledge and solbe for necessytie Howbeit they coude haue nothynge els but that the kyng delyuerd theÌ„ a certayn somme of money to bring them home into their countrey Howe beit some of those lordes went agayne to the kyng to serue hym at aduenture they thought it shame to retourne agayne without any thyng doyng I shall deuyse to you soÌ„what the order that the kyng of Englande toke or he departed out of England the which is nat a thyng shortly to passe ouer for ther neuer departed out of Englande before suche an army nor so well ordred ¶ Or the kyng departed out of his realme he made all the lordes of France suche as were prisoners to be put into dyuers plaâ—es and stronge castelles in the realme to be the more surer of theÌ„ and the frenche kyng was set in the towre of LoÌ„don and his yonge sonne with hym and moche of his pleasure and sport restrayned for he was than straytlyer kept than he was before Than euery man was commaunded to go to Douer where as shyppes were redy to passe ouer so euery man drewe thyder none abode at home bytwene the age of twentie and threscore So that nere hande all lordes knyghtes and squyers went to Douer except suche as the kyng had apoynted to kepe the realme castels marches hauyns of the same whan all were assembled at Douer Than the kynge toke his musters and there sayde playnly that his entencyon was to passe ouer into the realme of France and nat to retourne agayn tyll he had made an ende of his warre or els a sufficyent peace to his great honour and profet or els to dye in the payne And therfore he sayd if there were any that were nat well wylling to go ouer to returne agayn backe euery man sayd they were gladde to serue hym And so they all entred into their shyppes in the name of god and saynt George and they arryued at Calays two dayes before the feest of Alsayntes the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lix. ¶ How the kyng of England departed fro Calais and of the order of his host in ridyng through Picardy so to the cytie of Reynes Cap. CC .vii. WHan the kyng and the prince his son were arryued at Calys and also thre other of his sonnes that is to say lorde Lyonell erle of Ulster the lorde JohnÌ„ erle of Rychmont and the lorde Edmonde yongest of the foure and all their people that they hadde dyscharged out of their shyppes all their horses and other prouysion and had taryed ther foure dayes Than euery man was coÌ„maunded to make redy to depart sayeng howe he wolde ryde after his cosyn the duke of Lancastre Than the kyng in a mornyng departed fro Calays with all his company and caryages in the best order that euer any army yssued oute of any towne It was sayd he had a sixe thousand charyettes and cartes brought out of England well furnysshed than he ordred his bataylles so richely besene that it was ioye to beholde them and than his coÌ„stable the erle de la Marche had fyue hundred knyghtes armed and a thousand archers before his batayle Than the kyngê batayle with thre thousande men of armes and .v. thousande archers in good order ridyng after the constables batayle and next after the kyngê batayle came all the caryage the which contayned two leagê in length mo than fyue thousand charyettes and cartes caryeng prouisyon for yâ— hoost withall thynges of householde which had nat besene before caryed with men of warre as handmylles ouyns to bake in and suche other thynges necessary Than next after them came the princes batayle and of his bretherne wherin were a two thousande speares nobly horsed richely besene in order redy to fyght they rode nat past a four leages a day And in this maner they were encountred with the duke of Lancastre and the strange lordes bytwene Calys and the abbey of Lykes in a fayre playn In the kynges hoost ther were a fyue hundred varlettes with matockes and axes to make euyn the wayes for the caryage to passe ¶ Nowe shall I name vnto you certayne of the lordes and knyghtes of Englande that passed the see with their kynge and before in the company of the duke of Lancastre the kynges cosyn germayn First his iiii sonnes the prince Edward sir Lyonell sir JohaÌ„ne and sir Edmonde Than sir Henry duke of Lancastre sir JohnÌ„ erle de la Marche coÌ„stable of Englande the erle of warwyke the erle of Suffolke marshall of Englande the erle of Herforde and Northampton the erle of Salysbury therle of Stafforde the erle of Oxenford the bysshop of Lyncolne the bysshoppe of Dyrham the lorde Percy the lorde Neuell the lorde Spenser the lorde Rose the lorde Manny the lorde Renolde Cobham the lorde Monbray the lorde Dalawarâ— the lorde JohnÌ„ Chandos sir Rycharde Penbruge the lorde of Manne the lorde Wylloughby the lorde Feltone the lorde Basset the lorde Crabalton the lorde SyluaÌ„â—yer sir James Awdeley sir Bartylmewe de Brunes 〈◊〉 lorde of Salyche sir Stephyn Gonsanton sir Hewe Hastynges sir JohaÌ„n Lysle sir Nowell Lormych and dyuers other whom I can nat name They rode through Arthoyes and passed by the cytie of Arras and toke the same way that the duke of Lancastre had paste before they coude fynde nothynge to lyue by in the playne countrey for all that there was lefte was put into the fortresses And also the couÌ„tre had ben long poore and sore wasted and it was a dere season in the realme of France and great famyne ranne generally through all the contre for the yerth had nat ben laboured of thre yer before for if
realme of Fraunce was sore wasted and exyled and specially in yâ— terme that the sayd frere haâ— sette The whiche was in the yeres of our lorde M. CCC 〈◊〉 .lvii. lviii and .lix. He sayde in those yeres the pryncis and gentylmen of the realme 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for feare shewe them selfe agaynst the people 〈◊〉 lowe estate assembled of all cou 〈…〉 without heed or Capitayne and they shulde 〈◊〉 as they lyste in the realme of Fraunce the whiche 〈◊〉 after as ye haue herde howe the companyons assembled theym to guether and 〈◊〉 〈…〉 son of theyr robbery and pyllage waâ—â—d riche and became great capitaynes NOWe lette vs retourne to the kynge of Englande Who laye at Bourge the Royne a two lyttell leages â—ro Parys and all his ooste towardes Mou 〈…〉 hery the kynge sente his herauldes to Paris to the duke of Normandy who laye there with great companye of men of warre to demaunde batayle but the duke wolde nat agree therto The messangers returned without any thynge 〈◊〉 And whan the kynge sawe that he shulde hauâ— no batayle he was sore â—ispleaseâ— Than 〈◊〉 Gaulter of Manny desyred the kynge that he myght make a sâ—rymyshe at the Bayles of Parys the kynge agreed therto and named suche as shulde go with hym and the kyng made certayne newe knyghtes as the lorde Fitz Waâ—er the lorde of Siluacier syr Balastre yâ— William Torceaux syr Thomas Spencer syr Johan Neuell syr Richarde Dostenay and other Also the kynge wolde haue made knyght Collaâ—â— Dambreticourte sonne to syr Nicholas Who was squier for the kynges body but the squâ—eâ— excused hym selfe he sayde he coulde nat fynde his Bassenette The lorde of Manny dyd his enterprise â–ª and brought these new knyghtes to skrymyshe at the Barriers of Parys There was a sore skrymyshe for within the cite there were mane good knyghtes and squiers Who wolde gladly haue issued out if the duke of Normandy wold agreed therto howe be it they defended theyr gate and barryers in suche Wyseâ— that they toke litell â—ammage This skrymyâ—â— endured from the mornynge tyll noone diuers were hurte on both partyes Than the lorde of Manny withdrewe to his lodgynge and there taryed all that daye and the nexte nyght folowynge And the next daye after the kyng 〈…〉 ged and toke the waye towarde Moutleheâ—y â–ª Certayne knyghtes of Englande and of Gaâ—coyne at theyr dislodgyng determined to lyâ— in a busshment for they thought ther were so many gentylmeÌ„ in Parys that some of them wold aduenture to issue oute And so a two hundred of chosen men of armes gascoyns and englisshe layed them selfe in a busshemeÌ„t in a voyd house a .iii. leages fro Parys There was the captall of Buz â–ª ser Edmonde of Pomiers and yâ— lorde of Courton gascoyns And ther were englisshe the lorde Neuell the lorde Mombray and syr Richarde of Pounchardon these .vi. knyghtes were chieâ— capitaynes of this imbuâ—shement Whan the frenchemen in Parys sawe the dyslodgynge of the englysshe oost certayne yonge knyghtes drewe to guether and sayd It Were good that we issued out of this cite secretly and folowe the englisshe oost perauenture we may happe somwhat to wynne Anone there agreed to yâ— purpose syr Raâ—â— of Coucy sir Rauâ— of Remenall the lorde of Montsault the lorde of Helay the chatelayne of Beauuoys the Begue of Uillaines the lorde of Beausiers the lorde of Ulbariâ— â–ª sir Gauwen of Ualouell sir Flaâ—ant of Roy syr â—elles of Cauilly syr Peter of â—armoises Peter of Sauoise and about 〈◊〉 â—peares in theyr coÌ„pany They issued out well horsed and well wylled to do some dede of armes they rode the way to Bourge le Royne and passed by and rode so forwarde that they passed by yâ— englisse busshemeÌ„t And whan they were passed the englysshe men and gascoynes brake out and sette on them cryeng theyr cryes The trenchemen returned and had great meruaile what it was and incontinent they knewe howe it was theyr ennemies Than they stode styll and set them selfe in ordre of batayle and couched their speares agaynst the englisshmen and gascoyns at the first metynge there was a sore iustê and diuerse cast to the erthe on bothe parties for they wer all well horsed ThaÌ„ they drew out theyr swerdes and entred eche amoÌ„g other gyuyng great strokes There was done many a propre feat of armes This fight endured a great space so that none coulde tell Who shulde haue the victory Ther yâ— captall of Buz proued hym selfe a good knyght and dyd with his handes noble dedes of armes Finally the englisshemen and gascoyns bare them selfe so well that the victorie abode on theyr part they were as many and half as many agayne as the frenche men were On the frenche ê‘tie the lord of CaÌ„premy was a good knyght for he fought valiauntly vnder his baner and he that bare it was slayne and the lorde taken prisoner The other freÌ„che knyghtes and squiers seing theyr euyll aduenture retourned towarde Parys and fought euer as they fled for they were sore poursewed The chace endured tyll they paste Bourg le Royne there were taken a .ix. knyghtes and squiers And if the englysshemeÌ„ and gascoyns who pursewed them had nat doubted the issuynge out of them of Paris all the other had ben takeÌ„ or slayne but whan they had done theyr feat they retourned to MouÌ„tlehery where the kyng of England was and brought thither with them theyr prisoners and raunsomed them courtesly the same nyght and suffred them to go whither they lyste and trusted them on theyr faithes THe entencion of the kynge of Englande was to entre into the good countrey of Bâ—auâ—se and so to drawe alonge the Ryuere of Loyre and so all that somer to abyde in Britayne tyll after August And than at the vyntage to retourne agayne into France and to lay siege to Parys for he wolde nat retourne agayne into Englande bicause he sayd or he departed out of Englande that he wolde nat retourne agayne tyll he had Fraunce at his pleasure and he lefte his men in garisons to make warre in France in Champayn in poicton in Ponthieu in Uimeu in Uulgesyn and in Normandy and in al the realme of Fraunce and in the good townes cites suche as toke his parte with theyr owne good wylles All this season the duke of Normandye was at Parys and his two bretherne and the duke of orle aunse theyr vncle and their counsailes They ymagined well the courage of the kyng of Englande and howe that he and his meÌ„brought the realme of FraÌ„ce into great pouerte and sawe well howe the realme coulde nat longe endure in that case for the rentes of yâ— lordes and of the churches were nygh lost in euery parte As than there was a sage and a discrete persone Chauncellour of Fraunce called syr William of Montague bysshop of Tyrwin by whose couÌ„saile moche of FraÌ„ce was ruled good cause why Forâ—euer his counsayle was good and true and with hym there were
euer they be perteynynge to the realme of Fraunce or to our sayd brother his subiectes alies and adherentes or any other what so euer they be doynge agaynst the sayd peace â–ª and nat leaue or ceace so to do and wyll nat rendre agayne the damages by them done within a moneth after that they be requyred so to do by any of our officers sergeauntes or publike persones that than by that dede allonlye without any other processe or condempnacion that they be all reputed for banysshed meÌ„ out of our realme and our power and also oute of the realme and landes of oure sayde brother and all theyr gooddes forfaited to vs and into our demayn if they may be founde within our realme we woll and coÌ„maund expressely that on them We be made as of traytours and rebels agaynst vs accordynge to the custome done in cryme of high treason withoute gyuynge in that case any grace or remyssion sufferance or pardon And in like wyse to be done of our subiectê in whatsoeuer estate they be that in our realme 〈…〉 syde the lee or on the other side take occupye or holde fortresse whatsoeuer it be ayenst the wyll of them that they shuld perteyne vnto or brenneth or raunsometh townes or persones or do any pyllage or robbery in mouyng warrÌ„ within our power or on our subiectes Than we commaunde and expressely enioyne all our seneschals bailiffes prouostes chatelaynes or other our officers in eschewynge of our hygh displeasure and on peyne of losynge of their offices that they publysshe or cause to be publisshed these presentes in certayne notable places within theyr rules and that this commaundement ones sen harde none after to be so hardy to abyde in any fortresse ê‘teynyng to the realm of France beyng out of the ordinance of treatie of the sayd peace on peyne to be taken as an ennemie to vs to our sayd brother the FreÌ„che kynge and that they see all these sayd thynges to be kept and to do entierly fro poynt to poynt we woll that euery man knowe that if they be negligent and fayle thus to do beside the foresayde payne we shall cause them to rendre the damages to all them that by theyr defautes or negligence shal be greued or damaged and beside that we shal punysshe them in suche maner that it shal be ensamble to all other In wytnes of the whiche thynges we haue made these our letters pateÌ„tes yeuyn at Calais the .xxiiii. day of Octobre the yere of our lorde M .iii. C .lx. ¶ How after the peas made the king of England the frenche kyng called eche other bretherne And of the warres of Britayne And of the hostages that were delyuered to the englysshemen or the frenche kyng was deliuered out of theyr handes Ca. CC .xiii. AFter all these letters and coÌ„myssyons were made deuysed deliuered and well ordeined by the aduyce of the couÌ„sayle of both parties so that bothe kynges were content Than they fell in communycacion of the lord Charles of Bloys and of the lord JohnÌ„ of Mountford for the claymes that they made for the duchie of Britayn for eche of them clamed great right to haue in that heritage but for all theyr coiÌ„cacioÌ„ how they might bring them to peace coÌ„corde yet finally ther was nothyng done iÌ„ that mater for as I was infurmed aff the kyng of England nor his 〈◊〉 had no great affectyon to make that peace For they supposed the in tyme to come the men of warr the were on theyr parte and shulde auoyde out of suche fortressess and garisons as they hewe at the tyme had helde in the realme of France muste depart into some other place therfore the kyng of England and his counsaile thaught it more erpedient profitable that these men of warre that thus had lyued by pillage shuld drawe into the duchie of Britayn the whiche was a good plentifull countrey rather than they shulde retourne agayne into Englande and robbe and pille there So this imaginacion made shortly the englysshemen to breke of fro the coÌ„municacion of the article of Britayne the whiche was euill done and a great synne that they dyd nomore in that mater than they dyd For if both kynges had ben well wyllyng therto by the aduice of both their counsailles peace might haue ben made bitwene the parties and eche of them to haue ben content with that hadde ben gyuen them by reason of that treatye and therby the lord Charles of Bloys myght haue had agayn his children who lay as prisoners in England And also perauenture had lyued longer than he dyd And bycause the nothyng was done than in that mater the warres were neuer so great in the duchie of NormaÌ„dy before the peace made bitwene both kyngê as it was after as ye shall here recorded in this historye by suche barous and knyghtes of the couÌ„trey of Britayne who vphelde and susteyned some the our parte and some the other And than duke Henry of Lancastre who was a right valiant a sage ymagined knyght greatly loued the erle of MouÌ„â—ford and his aduauÌ„cement sayd to kyng JohnÌ„ of France in the presens of the kyng of EnglaÌ„d and before the moost parte of both theyr counsailes Syr as yet the truce that was taken before Raines bitwene the lord Charles of Bloys and the Erle Mountforde is nat expired But hath day to endure vnto the first day of Maye next comyng by the whiche season the kyng of England here present by the aduice of his couÌ„saile and consent of the prince his sonne shall sende the yonge duke the lorde JohnÌ„ of MouÌ„tforde with other certayne of his counsayle into Fraunce to you and they shall haue full aurtorite and power to comyn and to determyne all suche ryght as the sayde lorde JohnÌ„ ought to haue by the successioÌ„ of his father in the duchie of Britayne So thus by you and your counsaile by ours to guether some good way shal be taken bytwene them and for the more 〈◊〉 I thynke it were good that the trewâ—e were relonged vnto the fest of saynt JohnÌ„ Baptist nere folowynge And as the duke of Lancastre had deuysed so was it done and concludedde And than the lordes spake of other maters Rynge JohnÌ„ of France who had great desyre to retourne into Fraunce as it was reason shewed to the kynge of Englande with good corage all the signes of loue that he might do and also to his nephewe the prince of wales And in lyke wyse so dyd the kynge of England to hym for the confirmacion of more loue These two kynges who by the ordinaunce of the peace called eche other brother gaue to .iiii. knyghtes of eche of theyr partes the somme of .viii. M. frankes of yerely reuenues that is to say eche of them to haue .ii. M. frankes And also bicause that the lande of saynt Sauiour the UicouÌ„t in Constantyne the profite of the whiche came yerely into Englande by the gyft and sale of
the lorde Godfrey of Harcourt made to the kynge of Englande as it hath ben shewed here before The whiche lande was nat comprised in the ordinaunce of the sayd treatye and peace Therfore who so euer shulde holde that lande shulde become subiecte and do homage therfore to the freÌ„che kyng Therfore the kyng of Englande gaue that lande to syr JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos who had done often tymes acceptable seruyce to hym and to his children and at the request of the kyng of EnglaÌ„de the frenche kyng by good delyberacion with good courage and loue coÌ„fyrmed and sealed to the gyfte of ser JohnÌ„ Chandos he to possede and to haue the same landes as his true heritage for euer the whiche was a fayre lande and a profytable for ones a yere it was well worthe .xvi. hundred frankes And besyde all this yet were there diuerse other letters of alyaunces made of the whiche I cannat make mencion of all for the space of fyftene dayes orthere aboute whyle these two kynges theyr sonnes and counsailours were at Calais there was dayly commonynge and newe ordinaunces deuysed and confermed to ratifye the peace nat hyndrynge nor brekynge the fyrst letters for they were euer made berynge one date to be of the more surete of the whiche I haue sen the copy of the regestres in the Chaunceryes of both kynges ¶ And whan these thynges were so well made deuised and ordeyned that they coude nat be amended nor corrected so that it was thought by reason of the great alyaunces and boundes wherin the said kynges and theyr childreÌ„ were bode and had so sworne to kepe the peace that it was nat likely to haue ben broken howe be it the peace helde nat longe as ye shall here after in this boke So that whan the hostages for the redemption of the frenche kynge were comen to Calys and that the kynge of Englande had â—wornÌ„ to kepe them peasably in his realme and that the .vi. M. frankes were payd to the kyng of Englandes deputies Than the kyng of Englande made a supper to the frenche kynge in the castell of Calais right wel ordered and the kynges children and the duke of Lancastre in the moost greattest lordes and barons of Englande serued the kynges bare heeded and after supper fynally these two kynges toke leaue eche of other ryght gracyously and amyably â—o the frenche kynge returned to his lodgyng And yâ— next mornyng the whiche was in the vigill of saynt Symonde and Jude the Frenche kynge departed out of Calais and all suche as thulde departe with hym And the kynge went 〈◊〉 fote a pilgrimage to our lady of Boloyn and the prince of Walys and his two bretherne in his company the lorde Lyonelle and the lorde AymoÌ„ And so they went a fote to dyner to Boloyn where they were resceyued with great ioy And there was the duke of Normandy redy taryenge for them and so all these lordes went on fote into the churche of our lady and dyd their offerynges right deuoutly and than returned into the abbay there the whiche was apparelled for the kynge and to receyue the lordes of Englande And so there they were all that day and the nexte nyght after retourned agayne to Calats to the kynge theyr father and so fynally they all to guether passed thesee and the hostages of Fraunce with them the whiche was in the vigill of all Sayntes In the yere of our lorde M. C C C .lx. IT is reason that I name to you the noblemen of the realme of FrauÌ„ce that entred into Englande in hostage for the frenche kyng First the lorde Philip duke of Orliaunce sometyme sonne to kynge Philip of France and also his two nephewes the duke of Aniou and the duke of Berry also the duke of Bourbon the Erle of Alanson the lorde JohnÌ„ of Stampes Guy of Bloys for that countie Loys of Bloys his brother the erle of saynt Poule the erle of Harecourt the erle Daulphyn of Auuergne ser Ingram lorde of Coucy ser JohnÌ„ of Ligny erle of Porccen the erle of Bresme the lord of MoÌ„morency the lorde of Roy the lorde of Preault the lorde of Stouteuill the lorde of Clerettes the lorde of saynt Wenant the lorde of the toure of Aunergne and diuers other the whiche I cannat name Also of the good cite of Parys of Roen of Reinnes of Burges in Berry and of Towrs in Tourayn of Lyons on the riuer of Roan of Seins in Bourgoyn of Orleance of Troye in Champaigne of Amiens of Beauuoys of Arras of Tournay of Caen in Normandy of saint Omers of Lysle of Dowaye of euery cite .ii. or the burgesses and so thus fynally they passed all the see and came to the good cite of London And the kyng of EnglaÌ„de commaunded and enioyned all his officers on great paynes that they shuld be to these lordes and to theyr company curtoyse and fauorable and to kepe and defende theym and theyr company from all euill rule the whiche commaundement was well kept and vpholde in al poyntes And so these lordes and other hostagers sported them withoute perill or daunger all about in the cite at their pleasure and the great lordes went a huntynge and haukyng at theyr pleasure and rode about the countrey and dysited the ladies and damusels without any coÌ„trollynge they founde the kyng of England so curtoyse and amiable Nowe let vs somwhat speke of the Frenche kynge Who was come to to Boloyn and departed fro Calais as ye haue harde here before ¶ Of the commyssyoners that were ordeyned on bothe parties to auoyde the garisoÌ„s in the realme of France of the companions that assembled together in the realme and of the great euils that they dyd Cap. C C .xiiii. THe frenche kynge taried nat longe at Boloyn but departed after the feest of all saintê and went to Montrell and to Hedyn and so to the good cite of Amiens and there taryed tyll it was nere Christmas than he departed and went to Parys and there he was solemnly and reuerently receyued of all the clergye of Parys and so conueyed to his palys and there he alyghted and his so 〈…〉 Philip and al other lordes that were ther with hym and there was for them a noble dyner apparelled I can neuer shewe or deuise howe 〈◊〉 the frenche kynge wass receyued at his retourne into his realme of all maner of people For his presence was greatly desyred amonge them and they gaue hym many fayre and riche gyftes and to visite hym thither came prelates and baroness of all his realme and they felted and made great chere to hym asshit wass theyr duite to do and the kynge receyued them right swetely ANone ofter that kyng JohnÌ„ wass returned into Fraunce ther passed the see suche persones as were commytted by the kynge of Englande to take possessyon of the landes countreys counties baâ—â—wykes cites to 〈◊〉 caâ—telles and forteressess that shulde be delyuered by reason of the teeatie peace before made howe be it the
thus assembled with the lorde of Bourbon beyng at Lyâ—s vnderstode that the route of the coÌ„panyous aproched faste toward them and had woÌ„ne the towne castell of Brunay and dyuerse other holdes and howe they sore wasted and eriled the countrey These tydynges greatly displeased the lorde of Bour 〈◊〉 bicause he had the gouernynge of the erle of 〈…〉 stes landes of his soÌ„nes his nephewes Than they went into the felde and sawe well howe they were a great nombre of men of armes knyghtes and squiers and so they sent out theyr courrours to know what theyr ennemies dyd and where they were where they shulde be founde Nowe shall I shewe you the great malice of these companyons who were lodged on a mouÌ„tayne and there they had suche a pla 〈◊〉 that they coude nat be diseryed nor auewed and specially the chief of them who were beste harneysed for the residewe who were worste harneysed arenged alonge on the hylle syde 〈…〉 red the frenche currours to aproche nere to them and to retourne agayne withoute any â—â—mage to the lorde James of Bourbon the erle Duzes 〈◊〉 Raynalt of Forestes and to the other frenche company to whom they reported as they had seen and sayd Syrs we haue seen yonder company your ennemies and to our powers wel aduysed them and all thynges sen and coÌ„sydered to our estimacion they passe nat a. 〈…〉 M. persones and meruailously euil harneysed And whan the lorde of Bourbon herd that report he sayd to the archeprest Sir ye haue tolde me or this that they were to the nombre of 〈◊〉 M. fyghtyng men and now ye here 〈◊〉 contrary Sir quod he I thought them neuer vnder the sayd some and if they be nat god be thanked it is the better for vs therfore nowe take hede what ye wyl do In the name of god quod the lorde of Bourbon we wyll go fight with them and there he ordered his batayles and set them in good araye redy to fyght for he myght se his ennemies before hym and there he made certayn newe knyghtes first his owne â—â—dest sonne Peter and he raysed his Baner and also his nephewe the yonge erle of Forestê the lorde of Tournon the lorde of Mo 〈…〉 er the lorde Groslee of Daulphâ—â—e and there were also the lorde Loys sir Robert of Beau 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—ewes of Chaalon syr Hewe of Uien the erle 〈◊〉 and dyuerse other good knyghtes and squiers all desyrynge to auaunce their honours and to ouerthrowe these companyoÌ„s that thus pylled the countrey without any title of reason and there it was ordeyned that the archeprest and sir Reynolde of Carnoll shuld gouerne the first bataile for he was a good and an expert knyght and he had in that bataile .xvi. hundred fyghtynge men These routes of companyons that were on the mouÌ„tayne saw right well the orderynge of the frenche men but they coude nat so well se them nor theyr gydyng nor aproche well to them but to theyr great daunger or damage for these companyons hadde in this mountayne a thousande cart lode of great stones whiche was greatly to their aduauÌ„tage and profitte these frenche men that so sore desired to fyght with their ennemies howe so euer they dyd they coude nat come to them the nexte waye therfore they were dreuen of necessite to cost aboute the mountayne where there ennemies were And whan they came on that syde than they who had great prouision of stones began to caste so sore downe the hyll on them that dyd aproche that they bette downe hurte and maymed a great noÌ„bre in suche wyse that they myght nor durste nat passe nor aproche any nerer to theym And so that fyrst bataylle was so sore beaten and defoyled that of all daye after they dyd but litell ayde Than to theyr succour approched the other bataylles with sir James of Bourbon his sonne and his nephewes with theyr baners a great nombre of good men of warre and all went to be loste the whiche was great damage pite yâ— they hadnat wrought by better aduice and counsayle than they dyd The archepreste and dyuerse other knyghtes that were there had sayde before that it hadde been beste to haue suffered theyr ennemyes to haue dislodged oute of the holde that they were in and than to haue fought with them at more case but they coulde nat be herde ¶ Thus as the lorde James of Bourbon and the other lordes with theyr Baners and Penons before them approched and costedde the sayde mountayne The worste armed of the companyous caste styll contynewally stones at theym In suche wyse that the hardyest of them was dryuen abacke And thus as they helde them in that estate a great space The great fresshe bataylle of these companyons founde awaye and came aboute the mountayne well raynged and hadde cutre theyr speares of syxe foote of lengthe and so came â—ryenge with one voyce and brake in amonge the frenche men So at the firste metyng they ouerthrewe many to the erthe there were sore strokes on bothe partess and these companyons fought so ardeÌ„tly that it was marueyle and caused the frenchemen to recule backe And there the archpreest lyke a good knight fought valyantly but he was taken prisoner by force of armes and sore hurte and dyuers other knightes and â—â—uyers of his company Wherto shulde I make lengar rehersall of this mater in effecte the frenchmen had the worse And the lorde James of Bourbone was soore hurte and sir Peter his sonne and ther was slayne the yong erle of Forestes and taken sir Reynolde of Forestes his vncle therle Duzes sir Robert of Beauieu ser Loys of Chalon and mo than a hundred knyghtess and with moche payne the lorde of Bourbone and his sonne Peter were borne in to the cytie of Lyons This batayle was about the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred threscore and one the friday after Easter day ¶ Greatly were they of the countre abaâ—â—hed whan they herde that their people were dysconfyted and ther was none so hardy nor so stronge a castell but trymbled for feare For the wise and discrete men supposed and ymagined that great myschefe shulde multiply therby without god put to som remedy and they of Lyons were gretly abasshed whaÌ„ they knewe that the companyons had the vyctorie howe beit they receyued swetely all them that retourned scaped fro the batayle and were sore dysplesed for the hurtes of the lorde of Bourbon and of sir Peter his sonne And they of the towne ladyes and damoselles right goodly dyde visyte hym but this lorde James of Bourbon dyed a thre dayes after the felde and sir Peter his sonne lyued nat longe after and they were sore be way led of euery creature And for the dethe of thiss lorde of Bourbon the frenche kyng was ryght sore displeased but he coude nat amende it so it behoued hym to passe ouer his sorowe as well as he might NOw lette vs speke of
theÌ„ they agreed to depart go with hym into Lobardy so they might be assoyled a pena ct culpa all this was agreed acomblysshed and the floreÌ„s payed And than they rendred vp the towne saynt Espyrite and lefte the marche of Auygnon passed forthe with the marques wherof kyng JohnÌ„ of France all the realme were right toyouse whan they sawe howe they were delyuered of these yuell people howbeit there were many that retorned to Burgoyn And sir Seguyne of Batefoyle departed nat out of the garyl on of Ence for he wold nat leaue it for no maner of 〈◊〉 nor promyse but the realme of France was in ferr better rest peace than it was before So whan the moost parte of the companyous were thus passed forthe with the marques into the lande of PyemoÌ„t Ther the marques dyde well his deuoyre agaynst the lordes of Myllayne conquered dyuers townes castes fortresses and countrees agaynst them and had dyuers encountrynges skyrmisshes with them to his honour profyte So that 〈◊〉 in a yere by yâ— helpe of these 〈◊〉 he had the better hande and in part had all his entent agaynst the two lords of Myllayne of sir Galeas sir Bernabe who after raygned in greâ— prosperite SO it fortuned that sir Seguyn of Batefoyle who was all that season in the garyson of Ence on they ryuer of Soâ—â—ie toke by scalyng a good cyte in Auuergne called Bâ—od and therin he taryed more than a yere and fortifyed it in suche wyse that he douted nothyng and ouer ran the couÌ„tre to Cler 〈…〉 to Tyâ—lacke to Puy to Case dieu to MouÌ„tferant 〈◊〉 Ryon to Nonnet to Ussoyre and to â—udalle and the lande of the countie Dalphyn the lorde wherof was the same tyme in hostage in Englande and in these countrees he and his company dyde moche yuell And whan he had sore enpouerysshed the countre ther about than by treaty he deê‘ted and toke with hym great pyllage and treasure and so went to Gascoyne fro wheÌ„s he came first Of this sir Seguyn I can write no more but that as Iherde recouÌ„ted he dyed maruelusly god forgyue hym all his trespaces AMEN ¶ Of the dethe of the duke of Lancastre and of the occasyon of the warre bytwene the frenche kyngâ— and the kyng of Nauer and howe the prince of wales came into Acquitayne and of the ordre that was taken in Englande Cap. CC. xvâ— IN this season deâ—ted out of the worlde in Englade the gentyll duke of Lancastre called Henry wherâ—â— the kynge and all the 〈◊〉 nes knightes and squyers were ryght sorowfull but they coude nat remedy it And behynde him he left two doughters the lady Mahaâ—lt and the lady Blanche and therle of Heynault 〈◊〉 wylliam sonne to the lorde Loyes of Banyer 〈◊〉 to the lady Margarete of Heynalt maryed the yonger suster and the lorde JohnÌ„ erle of Richmont sonne to the kynge of Englande had maryed the other suster and was duke of Lancastre by right of his wyfe The lorde James of Burbone abode styll pursuynge the treaty bytwene the lorde JohnÌ„ of Mountfor 〈…〉 lorde Charles of Bloys for the right 〈…〉 chy of Bretayne acordyng to the treaty 〈◊〉 at Calais as ye haue herd before And for 〈◊〉 of concludyng therof great warres and 〈◊〉 felt after in the countre of Bretayne as ye shall here in this hystorie THe same season the frenche kyngâ— was in purpose to go to Auygnone to 〈◊〉 the pope and cardynals and to go through the 〈◊〉 â—hy of Burgoyn the whiche was newly fallen to hym So the kyng made redy for that iourney and departed fro Parys about the se 〈…〉 saynt JohnÌ„ the Baptyst in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lxii. And left Charles his eldest sonne duke of Normandy regent gouernour of his realme and the kyng had with hym his welbeloued cosyn the lorde JohnÌ„ of Artoyse the erle of Tankernyll therle Dampmartyn Boucequant marshall of Fraunce and dyuers other And so long rode by his small iourneys and with great dyspence taryeng in euery 〈◊〉 ne and cytie as he rode through Bourgoyn so that about the feest of saynt Michaell he came to the newe towne â—out Auyguon And there his lodgyng was prepared for him and for his coÌ„pany and there he was gretly â—â—â—lled by the pope by all the hole coledge and visyted eche other often tymes So thus the kynge taryed ther all the season of wynter and about christmas pope Innocent departed out of this lyfe And than there was a great dyscorde bytwene the cardynals for chosynge of a newe pope for 〈◊〉 of them wolde haue had the dignyte spe 〈…〉 ly the cardynall of Boulayâ—â— and the cardynall of 〈…〉 ourt who were two of yâ— grettell of the colledge and so by their discencyon they were longe in dyscorde And all the other 〈…〉 nalles finally dyde putte all the 〈◊〉 of the mater vnto the two foresayd cardynalles who whan they sawe that they coude nat haue theymselfe the papal 〈…〉 ThauÌ„e they concluded bytwene them that none of the other shulde haue it And than they dyde choâ—â— and electe the abbot of saynt Uyctor of Marâ—ell to be pope who was a good deuout and a holy man and of vertuous lyueng and a gret clerke and had greatly traueyled for the churche of Lombardy and other places And anoâ— after his creacion yâ— frenche kyng vnderstode that the lorde Piâ—r of Luzenon kyng of Cypre and of Hyerusalem shulde come to 〈◊〉 tosâ— the pope and howe yâ— he was past the s 〈…〉 〈◊〉 the freÌ„che kyng sayd he wolde tary ther tyll his comynge for he had great desyre to se hym for the great goodnesse that he had herde reported of hym and of the warre that he had made agaynst the sarazyns For the kynge of Cypre had newly taken the strong cyte of Salate agaynst the enemyes of god and slayne all that euer were within none except IN the same season and wynter ther was a great counsell in Englande on the orderyng of the realme and specially on the kinges chyldren for it was coÌ„sydred howe that the prince of wales held a great and a noble estate as he might well do for he was â–ª a valyant man puissant and riche and had great herytage in Acqâ—â—tayne wher was habundaunce of all welth and prosperite Than the king was counselled that he shulde send the prince his son into those pattes for he had lande sufficyeÌ„t in that duchy to maynteyne withall his dignyte and estate And also all the barones and knightê of acquitayne wolde gladly haue hym among them of the whiche they had made request to the kynge for all that sir John ChaÌ„dos was to theÌ„ ryght courtelse and amyable yet they had rather haue had their owne naturall soueraygne lorde The prince lightly agreed to that ordynauÌ„ce prepared for hym selfe for the good lady his wyfe acordyng to their estates and whan euery thyng was redy they toke leaue of
the kyng and of the quene and of their bretherne and departed out of England and aryued at Rochell In the same season departed out of this world the kyng of Englandes mother Isabell of frauÌ„re doughter to kynge Philyp le Beau soÌ„tyme frenche kyng And she was buryed at the freâ—r mynors in London right nobly and reuereÌ„tly ther beyng all the prelates and barones of Englande the lordes of Fraunce suche as were their in hostage and this was or the prince and princes deê‘ted out of England And after this obsequy done they departed and aryued at Rochell wher they were receyued with great ioy and there tayed the space of four dayes ¶ Howe the kynges of Fraunce and of Cypre toke on them the croysey agaynst the mfydeles and of the gret purchace for that entent that the kynge of Cypre made with many kyngê and princes in dyuers places of christendome Cap. CC .xvii. AS soone as sir Johan Chandos who had alonge season gouerned the duchye of Acquitayne herde howe the prince was comyng thyder Than he departed fro Nyort came with a goodly company of knyghtes and squyers to yâ— towne of Rochell wher he was well receyued with the prince and princes And so the prince with great honoure and ioye was brought into the cytie of Poycters and thyder came to se hym with great ioye the barownes and knyghtes of Poyâ—tou of Xaynton and there they dyde to hym feaultie and homage as they ought to do And than he wente to Burdeaux and there taryed a long season and the princes with him and thyder came to se hym the erles vycouÌ„tes barownes and knyghtes of Gascoyne there they were receyued right ioyously And the prince acquyted hym selfe so nobly amonge theym that euery man was well content And the erle of Foyz came thyder to se the prince who had great chere and feast And there was a peace made bytwene hym and the erle of Armynake the whiche a long space before made werr eche on other And than anone after sir JohnÌ„ Chandos was made constable of all the countrey of Guyene and sir Guychart Dangle was made marshall So thus the prince made suche knightes of his house as he loued best great offycers throughout the duchy of Acquitayne â–ª and tylled all constableshyppes baylâ—wykes with englysshe knyghtes who kept after great and puyssaunt astates parauenture greatter than they of the countrey wolde they had done but the matters wente nat at their ordynaunces ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of the prince of wales and Acquitayne and of the princes and speke of kynge Johan of Fraunce who was as than at the newe towne without Auygnon ABout the tyme of candelmasse the yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred 〈◊〉 Kyng Peter of Cypre came to Auygnon of whose comynge the hole courte was greatly reioysed and dyuers cardynalles went to mete hym and brought hym to the paleys to the pope Urbayne who ryght ioyously receyued hym And also so dyde the frenche kynge who was there present And whan they haâ—â—e 〈◊〉 â—o gâ—ther a certayne tyme and taken wyne and spices the two kynges departed fro the pope and eche of them went to theyr owne lodgyng And the same season there was a wage of â—atell before the frenche kyng bitwene two noble and expert knyghtes syr Aymon of Pommters and syr Fouques of Archiac and whaÌ„ they had fought sufficiently than the frenche kynge treated for a peace and accorded them to gether And so all the lente season these two kynges â—aryed there about Auignon and often tymes they visited the pope who receyued them right â—â—yâ—usly ANd often tymes whan the kynge of Ciper was with the pope the freche kyng beyng present and the cardinalles he declared to them howe that for all Christedome it shuld be a noble and a worthy thyng to open the passage ouer the see and to go agaynst yâ— enemyes of the Christen fayth The whiche wordes the frenche kynge gladly herde and pourposed in hym selfe if he myght lyue .iii. yere to go thither for two causes that moued hym therto the fyrste bicause his father kynge Philyp had auowed so to do and secondly to the entent therby to drawe out of his realme all maner of men of warre called companyous who â—ylled and robbed his countrey withoute any title and to saue theyr soules This pourpose and entente the frenche kyng reserued to hym selfe without any worde spekyng therof vntyll good fryday that pope Urban hym selfe preched in his chapell at Auignon beynge present both kynges and the hole College of cardinalles After that holy predicacion the whiche was right humble and moche deuoute The freÌ„che kynge by great deuocion toke on hym the Croysey and swetâ—hâ— requyred of the pope to accord and to consyrme his voyage and the pope lyghâ—ly agreed therto and so the kynge toke it and â—oith hym syr Calleran cardinall of Pierregourt the erle of Artoise the erle of Ewe the erle Dampmartyn the erle of Tankeruille syr Arnolde Dandrehen the great priour of France syr BoucequaÌ„t dyuerse other knyghtes there present And of this enterprise the kynge oâ— Cyper was ryght ioyouse and thanked ryght hartely our lorde therof and reputed hit for a great syngular meryte THus as ye maye se and here the frenche kynge and the sayd lordes toke on them â—o weare aboue all theyr garmentes the 〈◊〉 â—rosse and our holy father the pope 〈…〉 this voyage and caused it to be preched in dyuerse places I shall she we you howe the kyng of Cyper who was come thither to 〈◊〉 and moue this voyage had great 〈◊〉 to go and se the Emperour and all the hyghe baroues of the Empyre so into Englande to se the kyng there and so to all the other great lordes of â—â—â—â—â—enâ—ome And thus as he purposed so he dyd as ye shall here after in this history Our holifather the pope and the frenche kynge offered and promysed hym theyr bodyes goodes and substances to furnysshe this voyage and gaue hym full power to publysshe the grace and pardon of this holy voyage therby to cause all lordes and prynces the rather to enclyne to thys holy voyage And so this kynge was so well beloued for the reasons that he shewed and for the fayre language that he vttered to the lordes of this voyage that they had rather haue herd hym than any other predicacion and so on this poynt they reâ—â—ed Anone after easter the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lxiii. the kynge of Cyper departed fro Auignon and sayd he wolde go and se the emperour and lordes of the Empyre and promysed to returne agayne by Brabant Flaunders and Haynault and so he toke leaue of the pope and of the frenche kynge who in all cases acquyted them ryght well to ward hym and gaue hym many fayre gyâ—tê and â—â—â— wels and pardons that the pope gaue to hym to all his men And anone after the departynâ— of the kynge of Cyper the frenche
kynge toke leaue of the pope went to the towne of Moâ—â— pellâ—â—er to visite Languedor where he had 〈◊〉 been of a longe space before NO we let vs speke of the kynge of Cyâ— and of the voiage 〈◊〉 he made He rode so longe by his â—ourneâ—â— that he came into almayn into the cite of Pragne and there he fouÌ„de the emperour of Almayne syr Charles of Behaigne who receyued hym graciously and all the lordes of the Empyre that were there present And the kynge of Cyper taryed there a thre wykes and exhorted greatly theym of the Empyre to this holy voyage and in euery place where he passed through Almayne the Emperour payde for hys Costes Than the kynge of Cyper wente into the duchye of Jullyers where the Duke made hym ryght great feast and â—here and thaâ— from thense he went in to 〈…〉 ante where also the Duke and duchessâ— receyued hym with great honour in the towne of Bruzels with diuers suppers Justis tournays other pastymes of honor as they coude ryght well do hit and at his departynge they gaue hym great gyftes and ieowels And than he went into Flanders to se the erle Loys who in like wyse dyd greatly feast and honour hym and specially at Brugê and dyd so moche that the kynge Was Well contente with hym And there he taryed that somer alwayes exhortyng euery man to this holy voyage Wherof dyuerse lordes had great ioy and desire to do it ¶ Of the frenche hostages that were in Englande and of the purchas that the kynge of Ciper made for this croisey Cap. CC .xviii. IN this season the kynge of Englande dyd grace to the iiii frenche dukes that were there ihostage that is to say the Duke of Orleaunce the duke of Aniou the duke of Berrey the duke of Bourbon These lordes were at Calais and that kyng was content that they shulde ryde aboute Calais by the space of .iiii. dayes where they lyste So that euer at yâ— .iiii. dayes ende they to come agayne to Calais by sonne settynge And thys the kynge of Englande dyd for a good entente bicause they shulde the rather in France purchase for theyr delyueraunce These .iiii. lordes thus beyng in Calais sent messangers dyuers tymes to the frenche kynge and to the duke of Normandy his eldest sonne desyrynge them to entende to theyr delyueraunce accordynge as they had promysed and sworne whan they entred into Englande sayeng els they wold take hede therto them selfe for they thought theymself as no prisoners though that these lordes were right nere of lignage to the kynge yet for all that theyr messangers were nat herde nor delyuered to theyr pleasure Wherwith these lordes were right sore displeased and specially the duke of Aniou who sayd he wold right wel prouyde for a remedy The frenche kynge and his counsaile and the duke of Normandy wer sore besied what for the voyage of the Croysey that he had taken vpon hym and for the warres that the kynge of Nauarre made in the realme who had sent into Lombardy for certayn of the companyons to helpe hym in his warre These were yâ— causes that they toke no regard to the lordes that laye in hostage that is to say to the foresayde .iiii. dukes nor to delyuer their messangers Whan they came into Fraunce And whan the kyng of Ciper had visited these lordes and these sayd countreys he rode so by his iourneys that he came to Calais where he founde .iii. of these sayd dukes the duke of Orleaunce the duke of Berrey the duke of Bourbon the duke of Aniou was gone into FrauÌ„ce I can nat tell in what estate These .iii. dukes as prisoners receyued the kynge of Ciper into Calais right ioyously and the kynge acquyted hym to them right swetely and so they wer there to guether .ii. dayes Than the kynge of Cyper passed the see and arryued at Douer there taried two dayes and refresshed hym tyll all his cariage was vnshypped Than he rode by smalle iourneys at his ease tyll he came to London and there he was honorably receyued and feasted of the lordes of Fraunce that were there and also by them of England who were sent to mete with hym by the kynge of EnglaÌ„d as the erle of Herforde syr Gaulter of Manny the lorde Spenser syr Rawoll Feryes ser Guyshart of PeÌ„nebruges and ser Richard of Stury who accompanied and brought hym to his lodgyng in the cite of London I can nat recouÌ„t to you in a hole day the noble diners and suppers chere and feastes that was made to hym by the kynge of Englande and the presentes gyftes and ieowels that was gyuen hym and to sayâ— trouthe he was well worthy to hauehit for he was come thither fro farre with great expense to exhorte the kynge to take on hym the redde crosse and to helpe to open the passage against goddes ennemies but the kynge of Englande excused hym selfe graciously and right sagely SO than agayne the kynge of Cyper repassed the see and arryued at Boloyn herde in his waye howe that the frenche kynge and the duke of Normandy the lorde Philyp his yongest sonne and great parte of his counsayle shulde be at the good towne of Amyense thither rode the kynge of Cyper and there he founde the kynge who was newly come thider and part of his counsaile and there he was nobly receyued and there recounted to them how he had spedde in all his voiage the whiche they were glad to here And whan the kynge of Cyper had ben there a certayn space of tyme than he sayde he tought he hadde nat yet no thynge done tyll he hadde seen the Prynce of Wales say enge that by the grace of god he Wolde go and sehym and the lordes of Poictom and of Acquitayne The frenche kynge accorded wel that he shulde so do but he desired hym at his retourne that he wolde come through FrauÌ„ce And the kyng of Ciper promysed so â—o to And thus he departed from Amience and went towarde Beaunoyse passed the riuer of Seyn and at last came to Poicters At that tyme the prince was at Angolesme where as he shulde kepe a great feast Justis and tournay of .xl. knyghtes and as many squiers for the loue of the princesse Who was brought to bedde of a faire sonne called Edwarde And as soone as the prince knewe of the coÌ„mynge of the kyng of Ciper he sent to mete with hym ser JohnÌ„ Chaudos and a great nombre of other knyghtes squiers of his house Who brought hym With great ioye and reuerence to the prince who receyued hym right honorably in all 〈◊〉 NOwe let vs leaue a while to 〈◊〉 of the kynge of Ciper and returne to the freÌ„che kynge and recount to what entencion he his counsatle were come to amience I was as than enfourmed and true hit was that kynge Johst of Fraunce was inpourposâ— to go into Englande to se kynge Edwarde his brother the quene his
syster And for that cause he had assembled there his counsaile as at that tyme. all they of his counsaile coude nat make hym to vary fro that pourpose and yet they counsaâ—â—ed hym sore to the contrarie Diuers prelates and barones of Fraunce sayd howe he toke on hym a great foly as to put hym selfe in the daunger of the Kynge of Englande the kyng answered them and sayd Syrs I haue fouÌ„de in the kynge of England my brother and in yâ— quene and their children so moche trouth and honour that I can nat prayse them to moche Wherfore I doubte me nothynge of them but that they wyll be to me ryght courtesse and true frende in all cases Also I wyll excuse my sonne the duke of Aniou of his returnyng into FraÌ„ce To his wordes there were none that durst say the contrarie syth he was so determined ihym self Than the kyng ordeyned agayne his son the duke of Norman dye to be regent and gouernour of the realme of Fraunce vntyll his retourne agayne And there he promysed to the lorde Philyp his yong son that at his returne agayne he wolde make hym duke of Borgoyn and heriter of that duchie And whaÌ„ all his purueyaunce was redy accordynge to his entent and prouision at Bolloyn before hym than he departed from Amience and rode tyll he came to Hedyn and there kept his Christmas daye and thither came to se hym Loys erle of Flaunders there the kyng taried a .ii. or .iii. dayes And on InnoceÌ„tis day he departed fro Hedin ¶ Howe kynge JohnÌ„ of Fraunce returned into England where he dyed And how the duke of Normandy defended hym agaynst the naueroyse and how Mante and Meulent were taken And howe syr Bremont de la â—all was discomfetted Ca. CC .xix. KIng JohnÌ„ dyd so moche by his iourneis that he came to Boloyn and lodged in the abbay and taried there tyll he had wynde at wyll and with hym was sir JohnÌ„ Artoyse Erle of Ewe the Erle Dampmartyn the great priour of Fraunce 〈◊〉 Boucequant Marshall of Fraunce sir Tristram of Maguelles sir Peter and syr JohnÌ„ Uillers ser JohnÌ„ of Anuil ser Nicholas Braque and diuers other knyghtes and squiers And whan theyr ships were all charged that the marâ—ners saw they had good wind they gaue knowlege therof to the kyng so thaÌ„ the kyng entred into his ship aboute mydnyght and his people into other shippes and so longe they sayled yâ— they arriued in Englande at Douer and that was the day before the vigill of the Epiphany Anoue tidynges came to the kyng of England and to the quene who were as than at Eltham a .vii. leages fro London that the frenche kyng was come a lande at Douer Than he sente thither diuers knyghtes of his house as ser Bartilmewe of Brunes sir Alayne of Bouquesels sir Richarde of Pennebruge and dyuers other They departed fro the kynge and rode toward Douer and founde there the frenche kynge and there they made great honoure and chere to hym and amonge other thynges they sayd howe the kynge theyrlorde was right ioyous of his comynge and the frenche kynge lyghtly beleued theym And the nexte day the kyng and all hys companie lepte on theyr horses and rode to Caunturburye and came thither to dyner and in entrynge in to the churche of saynt Thomas the kyng dyd ryght great reuerence 〈◊〉 offred to the Shâ—yâ—â— a ryche 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â–ª And 〈…〉 e the kynge tarâ—ed t 〈…〉 And on the 〈…〉 de dare he departed and â—oodâ— towarde 〈…〉 dou and at lastâ— came to 〈…〉 ame Where 〈…〉 kynge oâ— Englandâ— was with a great nom 〈…〉 hym Who recey 〈…〉 His comynge thy 〈…〉 after dyner and bitwene 〈…〉 ther was great dauÌ„syng 〈…〉 There was the yonge lorde of 〈…〉 ed hym selfe to daunce and 〈…〉 t bothe frenche and englysshe 〈…〉 olde hym â–ª â—t became hym so 〈…〉 all that 〈◊〉 he dyd I canne nat she we all 〈…〉 honorably the kynge of Enâ—â—ande and the quene receyued the freÌ„che kyng 〈…〉 day they departed from Elthame 〈…〉 to London So all maner of people 〈…〉 of the â—itie mette and receyued hym 〈◊〉 great reâ—erâ—ce and he was brought with â—reat 〈…〉 through London to his lodgyng to Saâ—â—y the whiche was ordeined for 〈◊〉 And in the same castell were lodged suche 〈◊〉 his blodde as laye there in hostage First the 〈◊〉 of Orleaunce his brother and his sonne 〈◊〉 duke of Berrey his â—osyâ— the duke of Bout 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of Alenson Guy of Bloys the erle 〈…〉 Powle and dyuers other So thus y◠〈…〉 kynge taried there parte of that wynter â—mong the lordes of his owne blodde right ioy 〈◊〉 and often tymes the kynge of Englande 〈◊〉 his children visited hym and the duke of â—larence the duke of Lancastre and the lorde â—â—mon one of the kynges soÌ„nes and so diuers â—â—mes they made great feastes to guether in dyâ—ers â—uppers and in diuers other pastymes at his lodgynge of Sauoy And whan it pleased â—he frenche kyng he went to the kynges palaice of WestmÌ„ secretâ—y by the ryuer of Temes and often tymes these two kâ—nges whan they met â—â—wayled the lorde James of Bourbon sayeng that it was great damage of hym and a great mysse of hym out of theyr coÌ„pany for it became hym right well to be among great lordes NOwe let vs leaue to speke of the frenche kyng and returne to the kyng of Ciper Who came to Aguillon to the prince of Wales his coâ—syn who receyued hym right ioyously and in like wyse so dyd all yâ— barones knyghtes and 〈…〉 ers of Poictou and of â—ainton suche 〈◊〉 were about the prince as the vicouÌ„t of Thoâ—â—â— the yong lorde of Pouns the lorde of Perâ—â—â—ey syr Loys of â—arcourt 〈◊〉 Guyssharde â—â—â—ngle and of Englande sâ—r JohnÌ„â—handos 〈◊〉 Thomas Felton sir Nowell Lorwiche syr Richarde of Pountchardon sir Symon Bassell sir Baâ—d wyn of Franuill sir Daugorises and diuers other aswell of the same couÌ„tâ—ey as of Englande The kyng of Ciper was well honored and feasted of the prince and of the prinâ—esse and of the sayde barones and knyghtes And there he taried more than a monethe and than ser JohnÌ„ Chandos ledde hym a sportynge aboute in xainton and Poictow and went and sawe the good towne of Rochell where he had â—east and there And whan he hadde visited the countrey than he retourned agayne to Angolesme and was at the great feast that the prince helde at that tyme where there were great plen tye of knyghtes and squiets and anone after yâ— feast the kyng of Ciper toke leaue of the prince and of the knyghtes of the countrey but fyrst he shewed all theym principally wherfore he was come thither and why he had taken on hym the â—edde crosse that he baâ—e and how the pope had confermed it and what dignite and priuilege perteyned to that voyage and howe the frenche kyng by deuocion and diuers other great lordes had enterprised and sworne the same ThaÌ„
his bassenet so that the poynt of the axe entred into his eyes wherby hâ— lost euer after yâ— syght with that eye but for all that stroke yet he delt styll lyke a noble knyght There was recouerynge of batayles and baners that somtyme were downe by well fightynge were releued agayne on bothe partes Amonge all other knyghtes sir Johan Chandos was a good knyght and valyantly fought with an are that he helde in his handes so that he gaue suche strokes that none durst aproche to hym for he was a great and a myghty knight and well formed of all his membres So he came fought agaynst the batayle of yâ— erle of Aucers and of the frenchmen and there was done many a noble dede and by force of well fightyng yâ— batayle was broken brought to suche myschefe that brefely after it was discoÌ„fyted and all the baners and penons of that batayle ouerthrowen to the erthe the lordes put to flight in great danger and mischefe for they were nat ayded nor coÌ„forted fro no part for euery man had ynough to do to defende hymselfe To say the trouthe whan a discoÌ„syture falleth they that ar ouercome be discoÌ„fyted for a lytell for if one fall ther falleth thre and on .iii. x. and on .x. xxx and if .x. slye ther foloweth C. Thus it fortuned in this batayle of Alroy the lordes cryed their cryes wherby some yâ— herde it were recoÌ„forted by their men that drue to them and some were nat herde they were so in the prease and so ferr fro their men Ho wheit finally the erle of Aucer by force of armes was sore wounded and taken vnder the standerd of sir JohnÌ„ Chandos and yelden prisoner and the erle of Joigny also and the lorde of Prier a great baneret of Normandy ¶ yet all this season yâ— other batels fought styll valyantly and the bretons helde a longe space in good ordre howbeit to speke truly in armes they kept nat their ordre so well as thenglysshemen bretons that were with therle MouÌ„tfort dyde and gretly aueyled to them yâ— day the batayle on the wyng that sir Hewe Caurell ledde And so whan theÌ„glysshmen sawe yâ— frenchmen begyn to breke and opyn their batell they were greatly reconforted and than some of the frenchmen suche as had their horses redy aperelled mounted on them stedd away as fast as they myght Than sir JohnÌ„ Chandos and a coÌ„pany with hym dressed theÌ„selfe agaynst the batell of sir Bertram of Clesquy the whiche batayle had done marueyls in armes but than it was opyned and many good knightes and squters brought to great myschefe There was gyuen many a great stroke with their heuy ares and many a bassenet clouen a soÌ„dre many a man wounded to dethe and to say the trouth ser Bertram of Clesquy nor his coÌ„pany coude no leÌ„ger endure their enemyes So ther was taken sir Bertam of Clesquy by a squyer of Englande vnder the standerd of sir JohnÌ„ Chandos and the same season sir Johan Chandos toke prisoner a lorde of Bretayne called the lorde of Raix a right hardy knyght And whan this batayle of bretons began thus to breke all the other batayls were clene discoÌ„fyted and lost their aray euery man fledde away as fast as they might to saue them selfe Except a certayne good knyghtes and squyers of Bretayne who wold nat leaue their lorde Charles of Bloys but had rather dye than to departe with reproche And so they drue about hym and fought right valtanâ—ly and ther was done many a noble dede of armes And so the lorde Charles of Blois and sâ—che as were about him helde themselfe togyder a certayne space defeÌ„dyng themselfe right valyantly howe beit finally they coude nat defende them selfe so but that they were disconfyted and brought out of ordre by force of armes for the moost parte of the englysshmen drewe to yâ— parte There was the baner of the lorde Charles of Bloyes disconfyted and cast to the erthe and he slayne that bare it and the lorde Charles was there slayne his face towarde his enemyes and a bastarde sonne of his called sir Johan of Bloys and dyuers other knightes and squyers of Bretayne And as I vnderstode it was so ordayned in the englysshe hoost that if they had the better in the bataile and that if sir Charles of Bloyes were founde in the place yâ— none shulde take hym to raunsome but to slee hym And in semblable wyse the freÌ„chmen had ordayned for sir JohnÌ„ Mountfort if they had atteyned the vyctorie for as that day they were determyned to haue an ende of the warre So whan it caÌ„e to the flight ther was great slaughter and many a good knyght taken brought to myschefe There was the floure of cheualry at yâ— tyme other takenÌ„e or slayne but a fewe of men of honour that scaped specially of the banerettê of bretayne Ther were slayne ser Charles of Dynan the lorde of Lyon yâ— lorde of DaÌ„cenes yâ— lorde DauaÌ„gour the lorde of Loheat the lorde of Gargoll the lorde of Malestroyt the lorde of Pout and dyuers other knyghtes and squyers the whiche I canne nat all name And ther were taken the erle of Rohan ser Guy of Lyon â–ª yâ— lorde of Rochfort the lorde of Raix the lorde of Ryâ—â—x therle of ToÌ„noyre sir Henry of Malestroyt sir Olyuer of Manny the lorde of Ruyll the lorde of Franuyll the lorde of Raneuall and dyuers other of Normandy and dyuers other good knyghtes and squyers of Fraunce with therle of Aucer and Joigny Brâ—uely to speke this disconfyture was great and mighty moche good peple therin slayne as well in the fâ—ldes as in the chase the whiche endured eyght great leages cuyn to Raynes Ther were many aduentures the which came â—acall to knowledge many a one slayne and taken as it fortuned them to fall in the handes of them that were cruell or courtesse This ba 〈…〉 e was nere to Alroy in Bretayne the yere of our lorde a thousande CCC .lx. and foure AFter this great disconfytur as ye haue herde the lordes of Englande and Bretayne retourned and lefte the chase to their people Than ther drewe to the erle of Mountfort sir John Chandos sir Robert Canoll sir Eustace Dambretycourt sir Mathewe Gourney sir Johan Bourchier sir Gaultier Hewet sir Hughe Caurelle sir Richarde Brulle sir Rycharde Tancon and dyuers other and so came to a hedge syde And ther they vnarmed them for they sawe well the iourney was theyrs and certayne of them set their baners and standerdes on the hedge and the baner with yâ— armes of Bretayne on a busshe to drawe their people thyder Than sir Johan Chandos sir Robert Canoll sir Hugh Caurell and other knightes drewe them to therle Mountfort and smylyng sayde to hym Sir laude god and make good chere for ye haue this day conquered the herytage of Bretayne Than the erle enclyned hymselfe ryght courtesly and sayd openly that euery man myght here
he knewe well he shulde encountre his enemys So there were none yâ— went before the marshals batayls but suche currours as were apoynted so thus the lordes of bothe hostes knewe by the report of their currours that they shulde shortely mete So they went forward an hostyng pase eche toward other whan the son was risyng vp it was a great beauty to beholde the batayls and the armurs shinynge agaynst the son So thus they went forward tyll they aproched nere togyder than the prince and his coÌ„pany went ouer a lytell hyll in the disceÌ„dyng therof they ê‘ceyued clerely their enemyes comyng towarde theÌ„ And whan they were all disceÌ„ded down this mouÌ„tayne than euery man drue to their batayls kept theÌ„ styll and so rested theÌ„ and euery man dressed and aparelled hymselfe redy to fight Than sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos brought his baner rolled vp togyder to the prince sayd Sir beholde here is my baner I requyre you dysplay it abrode and gyue me leaue this day to rayse it for sir I thanke god and you I haue lande and herytage suffycient to maynteyne it withall Than the prince and kynge Dampeter tooke the baner bytwene their handes and spred it abrode the which was of syluer a sharpe pyle goules and delyuered it to him and sayd sir Johan beholde here your baner god sende you ioye and honoure therof Than sir Johan Chandos bare his baner to his owne coÌ„pany and sayd Sirs behold here my baner yours kepe it as your owne And they toke it were right toyfull therof and sayd that by the pleasure of god and saynt George they wolde kepe and defende it to the best of their powers And so the baner abode in the handes of a good englysshe squyer called WyllmÌ„ Alery who bare it that day and aquaynted himself right nobly Than anon after thenglysshmen and gascoins a lighted of their horses and euery man drewe vnder their owne baner and standerd in array of barayle redy to fight it was great ioye to se and consyder the baners and penons and the noble armery that was ther. Than the bataylles began a lytell to auaunce and than the prince of Wales opened his eyen and regarded towarde heuen and ioyned his handes togyder and sayd Uary god Jesu Christ who hath formed and created me coÌ„sent by your benygne grace that I may haue this day victory of myne enemyes as that I do is in a ryghtfull quarell to sustayne and to ayde this kynge chased out of his owne herytage the whiche gyueth me courage to auaunce my selfe to restablysshe hym a gayne into his realme And than he layed his right hande on kyng Dampeter who was by hym and sayd Sir kynge ye shall knowe this day if euer ye shall haue any part of the realme of Castell or nat Therfore auaunce baners in the name of god and saynt George with those wordes the duke of Lancastre and sir Johan Chandos aproched and the duke sayde to sir Wylliam Beauchamp Sir Wylliam beholde yonder our enemyes this day ye shall se me a good knyght or els to dye in the quarell And therwith they aproched their enemyes first the duke of Lancastre and sir Johan Chandos batayle assembled with the batayle of sir Bertram of Clesquy and of the marshall sir Arnold Dandrehen who were a foure thousande men of armes So at the first brunt ther was a sore encountre with speares and sheldes and they were a certayne space or any of them coude get within other ther was many a dede of armes done and many a man reuersed and cast to the erthe that neuer after was relyued And whan these two first barayls were thus assembled the other batayls wolde nat longe tary behynde but aproched and assembled togyder quickely And so the prince and his batayle came on the erle of Anxes batayle and with the prince was kyng Dampeter of Castell and sir Marten dela Care who represented the kynge of Nauer And at the first metynge that the prince mette with the erle of Anxes batayle therle and his brother fledde away without order or good array and wyst nat why and a two thousand speres with hym So this seconde batayle was opened and anone disconfyted for the captall of Beufz and the lorde Clysson and their company came on them a fote and slewe and hurt many of theÌ„ Than the princes batayle with kyng Dampeter came and ioyned with the batayle of kynge Henry wher as there were threscore thousande men a fote and a horsebacke There the batayle began to be fierse and cruell on all partes for the spanyardes and castillyans had slynges wher with they cast stones in such wise that ther with they claue and brake many a bassenet and helme and hurt many a man and ouerthrue them to the erthe and the archers of Englande shotte fiersly and hurtespanyardes greuously and brought them to great mischefe The one parte cryed Castell for kynge Henry and the other parte saynt George guyen And the first batayle as the duke of Lancastre and sir Johan Chandos and the two marshals sir Guyss harde Dangle and sir Stephyne Consenton fought with sir Bertram of Clesquy with the other knightes of FrauÌ„ce and of Aragon ther was done many a dede of armes so it was harde for any of them to open others batayle dyuers of theÌ„ helde their speares in both their handes foyning and presing eche at other and some fought with shorte swerdes and daggers Thus at the beginnynge the frenchmen and they of Aragon fought valiantly so that the good knightê of Englande endured moche payne That daye sir Johan Chandos was a good knight and dyde vnder his baner many a noble feate of armes he aduentured himselfe so farre that he was closed in amonge his enemyes and so sore ouerpressed that he was felled downe to the erthe and on hym there fell a great and a bygge man of Castell called Martyne Ferrant who was gretly renomed of hardynesse amonge the spanyardes and hedyde his entent to haue slayne sir Johan Chandos who lay vnder hym in great danger Than sir Johan Chandos remembred of a knyfe that he had in his bosome and drewe it out and strake this Martyne so in the backe and in the sydes that he wounded him to dethe as he lay on him Than sir Johan Chandos tourned hym ouer and rose quickely on his fete and his men were there aboute hym who had with moche payne broken the prease to come to hym wher as they sawe hym felled THe saturday in the mornynge bytwene Nauer and Nauaret was the batayle right fell and cruell and many a man brought to great myschefe Ther was done many a noble dede of armes by the prince and by the duke of LaÌ„castre his brother and by sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos sir Guysshard DaÌ„gle the captall of Befz the lorde of Clisson the lorde of Raix sir Hugh Caurell sir Mathue Gourney sir Loys Harcourt the lorde of Pons the lorde of Partney And of
gascoyns fought valyantly the erle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret the lorde of Pomyers and his brethern the lorde of MusedeÌ„t the lorde of Rosen therle of Pyergourt therle of Gomegynes therle of Carmayne the lorde of Condons the lorde Parr the lorde of Chamont sir Bertylmewe of Cande the lorde of Pyncornet sir Bertram Dalbreth the lorde of Garonde sir Aymery of Tast the Souldiche of Strade sir Peteton of Corton and dyuers other knightes and squyers aquyted themselfe right nobly in armes to their powers And vnder the penon of saynt George and the baner of sir Johan Chandos were all the companyons to the nombre of .xii. hundred pensels and they were right hardy and valyant knightes as sir Robert Ceney sir Perducas Dalbreth RobrÌ„t Briquet sir Garses of the Castell sir Gaillard Uiger Johan Cresnell Nandon of BergeraÌ„t Aymon Dortyng Perrot of Sauoy the bourg Camus the bourge Lespyne the bourge Bertuell Esperry and dyuers other On the freÌ„che partie sir Bertram of Clesquy sir Arnold DaÌ„drehen Xances sir Gomes Garybz and other knightes of Fraunce and of Arragone fought right nobly to their powers howbeit they had none aduauntage for these companyons were hardy and strong knightes and well vsed and expert in armes And also ther were great plenty of knightes and squiers of Englande vnder the baner of the duke of LaÌ„castre and of sir Johan Chandos Ther was the lorde Wyllyam Beauchamp sonne to the erle of Warwyke sir Rafe Camoys sir Water Ursewyke sir Thomas Emery sir JohnÌ„ Grandon sir JohnÌ„ Dyper sir Johan du Pre sir Amery of Rochechoart sir Gayllarde de la Motte and mo than .ii. hundred knightes the whiche I can nat name And to speke truely the sayd sir Bertram Clesquy and the marshall Dandrechen the Begue of Uillaynes the lorde Dantuell the lorde of Brisuell sir Gawen of Baylleull sir Johan of bergeretes the begue of Uillers the almayne of saynt Uenant and the good knightes and squiers of Fraunce that were ther acquyted themselfe nobly For of trouthe if the spanyardê had done their parte as well as the frenchmen dyde thenglysshmen and gascoyns shulde haue had moche more to do and haue suffred more payn than they dyde The faute was nat in kyng HeÌ„ry that they dyde no better for he had well admonysshed and desyred theÌ„ to haue done their deuoyre valiantly and so they had promysed him to haue done The kynge bare hym selfe ryght valiantly and dyde marueyls in armes and with good courage coÌ„forted his people as whan they were flyenge and openyng he came in among theym and sayd Lordes I am your kyng ye haue made me kyng of Castell haue sworne and promysed that to dye ye wyll nat fayle me For goddessake kepe your promyse that ye haue sworne acquyte you agaynst me and I shall acquyte me agaynst you for I shall nat flye one fote as longe as I may se you do your deuoyre By these wordes and suche other full of confort kyng Henry brought his men togyder agayne thre tymes the same day and with his owne haÌ„des he fought valiantly so that he ought greatly to be honoured and renowmed This was a marueylous dangerous batayle and many a man slayne and sore hurte the comons of Spayne acordyng to the vsage of their countre with their slynges they dyd cast stones with great vyolence and dyde moche hurt the whiche at the beginnynge troubled greatly the englysshmen But whan their cast was past that they felt the sharpe arrowes lyght amonge theÌ„ they coude no lengar kepe their aray with kynge Henry in his batayle were many noble meÌ„ of armes as well of Spayne as of Lysbone of Aragon and of Portyngale who acquyted them right nobly And gaue it nat vp so lyghtly for valiantly they fought with speares iauelyns archegayes and swerdes And on the wyng of kynge Henries batayle ther were certayne well mouÌ„ted who always kept the batell in good order for if the bataile opened or brake array in any syde than they were euer redy to helpe to bringe them agayne in to good order So these englisshmen and gascons or they had the aduauntage they bought it derely wan it by noble chiualry and great prowes of armes And for to say trouthe the prince hym selfe was the chefe flour of chiualry of all the worlde and had with him as than right noble and valyant kâ—â—ghtes and squyers And a lytell besyde the princes batayle was the kynge of Mallorques and his company fightynge and acquitynge them selfe right valiantly And also there was the lorde Martyn de la karr representyng the kynge of Nauer who dyde right well his deâ—oyre I can nat speke of all them that dyd that day right nobly But aboute the prince in his â—â—tayle there were dyuers good knyghtes as well of Englande as of Gascoyne as sir Rycharde Pount Chardon sir Thomas Spenser sir Thomas Hollande sir Nowell Lornyche sir Hugh and sir Philyppe Courtnay sir Johan Comette sir Nycholas Bonde sir Thomas Comette and dyuers other as the seâ—â—shall of â—ayntonge sir Baudwyn of Franâ—yil the seneshall of Burdeaux of Rochell of Poictou of Angoleme of Rouerne of Lymâ—â—yâ— and of Pyergourt and sir Loyes Marnell sir Raymon Danduell and dyuers other Ther was none that fayned to fight valiantly and also they hadde good cause why for there were of spaygniardes and of Castyle mo than a hundred thousande men in harnesse so that by reason of their great nombre it was longe or they coude be ouercom Kyng DaÌ„peter was greatly chafed and moche desyred to mete with the bastarde his brother and sayd where is that horeson that calleth hymselfe kynge of Castell And the same kynge Henry fought ryght valyantly where as he was helde his people togyder right marueylously and sayde Aye good people ye haue crowned me kyng therfore helpe and ayde me to kepe the herytage that you haue gyue me So that by these wordes suche other as he spake that day he caused many to be right hardy and valyaunt wherby they abode on the felde so that bycause of their hono r they wolde nat flye fro the place ¶ Howe sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy was disconfyted he taken and kyng Henry saued hym selfe and of the spanyardes that fledde and of the nombre of the deed And of the cyties that yelded them vp to kyng Dampeter and of the aunswere that he made to the prince Cap. CC .xxxviii. THe batayle that was best fought and lengest helde togyder was the company of sir Bertram of Clesquy for there were many noble meÌ„ of armes who fought and helde toguyder to their powers and ther was done many a noble feat of armes And on the englysshe parte specially there was sir Johan Chandos who that day dyde lyke a noble knight and gouerned couÌ„sayled that day the duke of Lancastre in lyke maner as he dyde before the prince at the batell of Poycters wherin he was greatly renomed and praysed the whiche was good
and of Gascoyne but in any wyse he wolde that the companyons shulde take their way by some other passage and nat through Naurr Than the prince and his lordes whan they sawe that the way through Nauarr was more mete and necessary for theÌ„ than through Aragon thought nat to refuse the kynge of Nauars offre but so thanked hym greatly Thus the prince passed through the realme of Naurr and the kynge and sir Martyn de la Karr conueyed him tyll they came to the passage of Rounseualx and so from thens they passed by their iourneyes tyll they came to the cytie of Bayone wher he was receyued with great ioye And there the prince refresshed hym four dayes and than departed and rode to Burdeaulx Where he was also receyued with great solemnyte and my lady the princesse mette hym with her yonge sonne Edward who as than was of the age of thre yerê Than deê‘ted the lordes and men of warre one from another and the lordes of Gascoyne went home to their owne houses and the companyons came also into the pricipalyte abyding for their wages The prince was moche bouÌ„de to them and promysed to pay them to his power as soone as he had money though kyng Dampeter kepte nat his promyse with hym yet he said they shulde nat beare the losse therof sythe they had so well serued hym And kynge Henry the bastarde who was in the garyson of BaÌ„nyers in Bygoure Than he departed thens with suche men of warre as he had and wente into Aragon to the kynge ther who loued hym entierly and ioyously receyued him And ther taryed all the wynter and there made a newe alyaunce bytwene hym and the kynge of Aragon and promysed to make warr agaynst kynge DaÌ„peter and the bretons that were in their company As sir Arnolde Lymosyne sir Geffray Rycouns and sir yon 's de Lankaneâ— rode to the passages of Spaygne and made warr for kynge Henry ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of the delyueraunce of sir Bertram of Clesquy AFter that the prince of wales was returned into Acquitayne and his brother the duke of Lancastre into Englande euery lorde into his owne Sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy was styll prisoner with the prince and with sir Johan Chandos and coude nat come to his raun some nor fynaunce the whiche was sore displesaunt to kyng Henry if he might haue mended it And so it fortuned after as I was enformed that on a day the prince called to hym sir Bertram of Clesquy and demaunded of hym how he dyde he answered and sayd Sir it was neuer better with me It is reason that it shulde so be for I am in prison with the moost renowmed knight of the worlde â–ª With whome is that sayd the prince Sir ê™ he that is with sir Johan Chandos And sir it is sayd in the realme of FrauÌ„ce and in other places that ye feare me so moche that ye dare nat let me out of prison the whiche to me is full great honour The price who vnderstode well the wordes of sir Bertram of Clesquy and parceyued well howe his owne counsayle wolde in no wyse that he shuld delyuer him vnto the tyme that kyng Dampeter had payed hym all suche soÌ„mes as he was bounde to do Than he said to sir Bertram sir than ye thinke that we kepe you for feare of yoâ— chiualry Nay thynke it nat for I swere by sait George it is nat so therfore pay for your raunsome a hundred thousande fraÌ„kes and ye shall be delyuered Sir Bertram who desyred gretly to be delyuered and herde on what poynt he might depart toke the prince with that worde and sayd Sir in the name of god so be it I wyll pay no lasse And whaÌ„ the prince herde him say so he wolde than gladly haue repeÌ„ted hym selfe and also some of his counsayle came to him and sayd Sir ye haue nat done well so lightly to put him to his raunsome And so they wolde gladly haue caused the prince to haue reuoked that couenaunt but the prince who was a true and a noble knight sayd Sythe that we haue agreed therto we wyll nat breke our promyse It shulde be to vs a great rebuke shame and reproche if we shulde nat put hym to raunsome seyng yâ— he is content to pay suche a great somÌ„e as a hundred thousande fraÌ„kes So after this acorde sir Bertram of Clesquy was right besy and studyed dayly howe to get this somÌ„e for his rauÌ„some And dyde so moche with the ayde of the frenche kynge and of his frendes and of the duke of Aniou who loued him entierly that he payed in lesse than a moneth a hundred thousande frankes And so he departed and went to serue the duke of Aniou with two thousande fightyng men in Prouens where as the duke lay at siege before the towne of Tarraston the whiche helde of the kyng of Naples IN the same season there was a maryage concluded by twene the lorde Lyon duke of Clarence and erle of Ulseter sonÌ„e to the kynge of Englande And the doughter to the lorde Galyanche lorde of Myllan the whiche yonge lady was nere to therle of Sauoy and doughter to the lady Blanch his suster And thus the duke of ClareÌ„ce acoÌ„panyed with noble knightê squyers of England caÌ„e into FraÌ„ce wher as the king the duke of Burgon the duke of Burbone the lorde of Coucy receyued hym with great ioye in Parys And so he passed through the realme of France came into Sauoy wher as the gentyll erle receyued him right honorably at Chambrey and there he was thre dayes greatly feested with ladyes and damosels and than he deê‘ted and therle of Sauoy brought him to Myllan and ther the duke wedded his nece doughter to the lorde of Myllan the monday next after the feest of the holy Trinyte the yere of our lorde a thousande CCC .lxviii. ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to the busynesse of Fraunce Cap. CC .xl. YE haue well herde here before recounted the maner of the vyage that the prince of Wales had made into Spayne and howe he deê‘ted thens nat well coÌ„tent with the kyng Dampeter and howe he returned into Acquitayne So that whan he was thus returned all maner of men of warr folowed him bycause they thought nat to abyde behynde in Spayne bycause kyng Dampeter payed nat theÌ„ their wages as he had promysed And thus whan they were all returned the price had nat paymeÌ„t for them so redy as he wolde haue had for his vyage into Spayne had so sore mynisshed and wasted his richesse that it was marueyle to thynke theron And so soiourned these companyons vpon the countre of Acquitayne who coude nat absteyn theÌ„selfe fro robbyng of the couÌ„tre for they were well .vi. M. fightyng men And at the last the prince desyred theÌ„ to departe his realme for the countre was nat able to susteyn theÌ„ no leÌ„ger The capitayns of these coÌ„panyons were all englysshmen and gascoÌ„s As sir Robert Briquet Johan
and his company were sore abasshed for they were so straitly watched day and night that a byrde coud nat come out of the castell without spyeng Than kyng DaÌ„peter seyng hymselfe thus be set rounde about with his enemyes and knewe no way of peace or concorde was in great ymaginacyon So all peryls consydred and for defaut of vitayle he was counsayled to depart priuely at the hour of mydnight and .xii. persons with hym and so to aduentur on the grace of god and gydes were apoynted to bring hym in sauegard And so aboute the tyme of mydnight next after the kynge Dampeter and Domferant of Casters and .xii. other persons with them departed out of the castell The night was very darke the begue of Uillayns kept watch without yâ— same night and a. CCC with hym And as kynge DaÌ„peter and his company yssued out of the castell and went downe a hye way as priuely as they coude deuyce the begue of Uillayns who was euer in dout lest they shulde scape the whiche caused hym to make the surerr watche He thought he herd men passe downe the hye way and sayd to them that were about hym Sirs kepe you styll all preuy for me thinke I here folkes come in the way we wyll go knowe what they be and what they seke here at this tyme of night ê‘auenture ther be some that are comynge to reuitayle yâ— castell Than the Begue stept forthe with his dagger in his hande and came to a man that was nere to kynge DaÌ„peter and sayd What art thou and he russhed forth with his horse fro hym and passed by them The begue stept to kyng Dampeter who was next sayde What art yâ— shewe me thy name or thou art but deed and toke hym by the bridell for he thought he shulde nat passe fro hym as yâ— other dyde And whan kyng Dampeter sawe suche a route of men of warre before hym and that he coude nat scape sayd Sir begue of Uillayns I am kynge Dampeter of Castell I yelde me to you as a prisoner and put me my company the whiche ar but .xii. persons into your handê and pleasure And sir I requyre you by yâ— waye of gentylnesse to bring me into some sauegard and I shall pay to you such rauÌ„some as ye wyll desyre for I thanke god I haue ynough wher with so that I may scape fro the handes of the barstarde my brother Than the Begue as I was enformed answered and said Sir I shall bring you and your company in to sauegarde and your brother shall knowe nothynge of you by me So thus king Dampeter was brought to the Begues lodgyng into the proper loging of sir yone of Kaonet And he had nat ben ther the space of an hour whan that kynge Henry therle of Roquebertyn and a certayne with theÌ„ came to the same logyng And assoone as king Henry was entred in to the chambre he sayde wher is that horeson and iewe that calleth himselfe kyng of Castell Than kynge Dampeter who was alryght hardy and a cruell knyght auaunced himselfe and sayd Nay thou art a hores sonne and I am sonne to kyng Alphons ther with he toke kyng HeÌ„ry his brother in his armes and wrestled so with hym that he ouer thrue hym on a benche and set his hand on his knyfe had slayne hym without remedy and the vycount of Roquebertyn had nat bene He toke kyng Dampeter by the legge and turned hym vp sedowne so that kyng HeÌ„ry was than aboue who drue out a longe knyfe and strake kyng Dampeter into the body Ther with his men came in to helpe hym and ther was slayn also by him a knight of England called ser Rafe Helme who was somtyme called the grene squier and an other squyer called James Roulant bycause they made defence But as for Domfe rant of Casters and the other had none yuell but remayned prisoners to the Begue of Uyllayns and to sir Lyon of Kaonet THus ended kyng Dampeter of Castell who somtyme reigned in great prosperyte And after he was slayne he was lefte thre dayes aboue yâ— erthe the which me thynke was great pyte Than the next day the lorde of NaÌ„tueyle yelded hym to kynge Henry and he toke hym to mercy and all tho that wolde tourne to him Than tidynges ran ouer all Castell how kyng DaÌ„peter was slayne wherof his freÌ„des were sory and his enemyes ioyfull But whan the kynge of Portyngale herde howe his cosyn kyng DaÌ„peter was deed he was right sorowfull and sware sayde that his dethe shulde be reuenged And so he sentincoÌ„tynent his defyaÌ„ce to kyng Henry made hym warr and kept the marchesse of Ciuyll agaynst him a certayn season but for all that kyng Henry left nat his purpose in pursuyng of his enterprise but returned to Tollet the which yelded vp streight to hym and all the countre ther about And at last the kyng of PortiÌ„gale thought nat to kepe any lengar warr agaynst kyng Henry so ther was a peace made bytwene theÌ„ by the meanes of the prelates lordes of Spayne Thus kinge Henry abode in peace kyng of Castell and with hym sir Bertram of Clesquy sir Olyuer of MaÌ„ny and other knightes squyers of fraÌ„ce and of Bretayne And kyng Henry dyd moche for theÌ„ as he was bounde to do for without their helpe he had nat obtayned his purpose so he made sir Bertram constable of Spayne and gaue hym the lande of Soyrie the whiche was yerely worthe .xx. M. trankes and to sir Olyuer his nephue he gaue the lande of Crete the which was yerely worth .x. M. fraÌ„kes and also he gaue fayre landê to dyuers other knightes and squiers Than the kynge went and lay at Burgus with his wife and children Of his prosperyte and good adueÌ„ture gretly reioysed the frenche kyng the duke of Aniou also the kyng of Aragon About the same tyme dyed sir Lyon of Englande duke of Clarence who had past the see as ye haue herde before had maried the doughter of Galays lorde of Myllayne but bycause he dyed straÌ„gely the lorde Edwarde Spens his company on kept warr agaynst hym a certayne space but finally he was enformed of the trouthe ¶ Nowe let vs retourne to the aduentures of the duchy of Acquitayne YE haue herd here before howe the prince was determyned to reyse a fowage in his lande the which his people thought shulde be to theyr gret charge specially they of gascone for they of the lowe marches as of Poytou Xayton Rochell acorded lightly therto bycause they were nere to the princes abidyng and also they wer euer more obeysant ferme stable to the prince than tho of the further couÌ„trees And to bring this mater to passe the prince and his counsell had dyuers ê‘lyamentes at Nyort Angoleme Poyters at Burdeux at Bergerat but alwayes they of Angoleme meÌ„teyned styll and sayd they wolde pay nothyng and they sayd they wolde nat suffre
and the seneshall of Rouergne sir Thomas of Pountchardone sir Thomas Percy and his chauncellour the bysshoppe of Bale Than the prince demaunded of them yf the frenche messangers had any saue conducte of hym or nat and they answered they knewe of none that they had No hath sayd the prince and shoke his heed and sayd It is nat coÌ„uenyent that they shulde thus lightly deê‘te out of our couÌ„tre to make their taÌ„gelingê to the duke of an â—ou who loueth vs but a lytellâ— he wyll be glad that they haue thus somoned vs iÌ„ our owne hous I trowe all thingê coÌ„sydred they be rather messaÌ„gers of myne owne subgettê as therle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret therle of Pyergort therles of Comynges Carmayne than of yâ— freÌ„ch kyngê Therfore bycause of the great dispite that they haue done to vs we wold they were ouer taken put in prison Of the which all the princes couÌ„sell was right ioyouse sayd ser we fereye haue taryed to long fro this purpose in coÌ„tyneÌ„t the seneshall of Dagenois was coÌ„mauÌ„ded to take with him ser wyllmÌ„ the moÌ„ke a right good knight of England that they shulde ryde after to stoppe the messaÌ„gers so they deê‘ted folowed so long after theÌ„ that at last they ouertok theÌ„ in the lande of Dagenois they arested theÌ„ and made an other occasyon than the prices coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t for in their arestyng they spake no worde of the prince but sayd howe their host wher as they lay last compleyned on theÌ„ for a horse that he sayd they had changed The knight and the clerke had great marueyle of that tidynges and excused theÌ„selfe but their excuse coude nat auayle But so they were brought in to the cytie of Dagen and putte in prison And they let some of their pages departe and they went by the cytie of Tholous and recorded to yâ— duke of Aniou all the hole mater wherof he was nothyng displeased for he thought well yâ— therby shuld begyn warr hatred and so he prepared couertly therfore These tidyngê came to yâ— french king â–ª for the pagê went recouÌ„ted all the hole mater to hym as they had herde sene Of the whiche the kyng was sore displeased toke it in great dispyte â–ª and toke couÌ„sayle aduyse theron And specially of the wordes yâ— was shewed him that the price shulde say â–ª whan he said that he wolde come ê‘sonally to his vncle to answere to the apell made agaynst him with his bassenet on his heed .lx. M. men of warre in his coÌ„pany â–ª agaynst the which the french kyng made prouysion ryght subtelly wisely for he thought well it was a weighty mater to make warr agaynst the kyng of England his puyssance Seyng howe they had put his predecessours in tyme past to somoche labour trauell Whefore he thought it a harde mater to begyn warr but he was so sore requyred of the great lordes of Gascon Guyen and also it was shewed him what great extorcions domagê thenglysshmen dyde dayly and were likely to do in tyme to come He grauÌ„ted to the warr with an yuell wyll coÌ„sydring the distruction of yâ— poore people that he thought shulde ensue therby ¶ Howe the duke of Berry dyuers other that were in hostage in EnglaÌ„de returned into FraÌ„ce Ca. C Cxliiii SO agaynst this ferse aÌ„swere of the prince the freÌ„ch kynge and his counsell ê“uyded therfore priuely And in yâ— same season returned into France out of England duke JohnÌ„ of Berry The kyng of Englande gaue him leaue for a hole yere â–ª but he bare himselfe so wisely that he neuer retourned agayne for he made suche excusacious other meanes that the warr was opyn as ye shall herafter â–ª also lorde JohnÌ„ Harcort was retourned into his owne couÌ„tre The kyng of England gaue him leaue to deê‘te at the instance of sir Loys Harcort his vncle who was of Poyctou as than ê‘teyning to the price who fell sicke the whiche was happy for hym For his sickenes endured tyll the warr was newly begon so therby he neuer returned agayne into Englande Guy of Bloys who was as than but a yong squyer and brother to therle of Bloys was fraÌ„ke and fre delyuerd out of England for whan he ê‘ceyued that the french kyng for whoÌ„e he lay in hostage dyd nothyng for his delyuerance Than he fell in a treaty with the lorde of Coucy who had wedded the doughter of the king of EnglaÌ„de he had yerely a great reuenewe out of the kyng of Englandê cofers bycause of his wyfe And so ther was such a treaty bytwene yâ— kyng of Englande his sonÌ„e in lawe and sit Guy of Bloys yâ— by the couÌ„sell of bothe bretherne lord JohnÌ„ of Blois sir Guy by the agrement of the frenche kyng they clerely resigned into the kyng of Englandê handes therldome of Soyssons the which land the kyng of EnglaÌ„d gaue to his son in lawe the lord Coucy for the which he dyd quyte hym of .iiii. M. â—i of yerely reuenewes Thus this couenaÌ„t was made engrosed sir Guy of Bloys delyuered Also therle Peter of Alanson had leue of the kyng of Eng. to returne into FraÌ„ce for a space wher he abod so long founde so many excusacions that he neuer returned after i hostage howbeit I beleue that finally he payed .xxx. M. fraÌ„kes for his aquytall Also duke Loys of Burbone was happy who lay also in hostage in England for by suche grace as the kynge of Engl. shewed him he was returned into France whyle he was at Parys with the french kyng the bysshop of Wynchestre discessed who was as than chauÌ„cellour of England Than ther was a preest about yâ— kyng of England called sir WyllmÌ„ Wycan who was so great with the kynge â–ª that all thyng was done by him without him nothinge done and so whan the bysshoprike of Wynchestre was voyd Than the kyng of EnglaÌ„de by the desyre of the sayd preest wrote to yâ— duke of Burbone that he wolde for his sake make suche sute to the holy father pope Urbane yâ— his chapelayne might haue yâ— bysshoprike of Wynchestre promysing the duke in his so doyng to entreat hym right curtesly for his prisoumeÌ„t of hostage Whan the duke of Burbone sawe the kyng of Englandê messaÌ„gers and his letter â–ª he was therof right ioyouse shewed all the mater to the french kyng Than the kyng couÌ„sayled him to go to the pope for the same and so he dyde And departed went to Auygnon to the pope who was nat as than gone to Rome so the duke made his request to yâ— pope he grauÌ„ted him and gaue him the bysshoprike of Wynchestre at his pleasure was content so that yâ— kyng of EnglaÌ„d wold be fauorable to him in yâ— coÌ„posycion for his delyuerance that yâ— foresayd Wy can shulde haue the sayd bysshoprike And than the duke of Burbone returned into
transytorie lyfe but besyde me in Westmynster The kynge all wepynge sayde Madame I graunt all your desyre Than the good lady and quene made on her the signe of the crosse and coÌ„maunded the kyng her husbande to god and her yongest sofie Thomas who was there besyde her And anone after she yelded vp the spiryte the whiche I beleue surely the holy angels receyued with great ioy vp to heuen for in all her lyfe she dyd neyther in thought nor dede thyng wherby to lese her soule as ferr as any creature coulde knowe Thus the good quene of Englande dyed in the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lxix. in the vigyll of our lady in the myddes of August Of whose dethe tidynges came to Tornehen into the englysshe hoost wherof euery creature was sore displeased and ryght so roufull and specially her son the duke of LaÌ„castre Howbeit ther is no sorowe but it behoueth at length to be borne and forgoten Therfore thenglysshmen left nat their order but remayned a long space before the freÌ„chmen So it was that certayne knightes and squyers of France that were ther and dayly sawe their enemyes before them Concluded toguyder the nexte mornynge to go and serimysshe with the englysshmen And of the same acorde were mo than thre huÌ„dred knightes and squyers of Uer mandois Artois and Corbois so eche of theÌ„ gaue warnyng to other without knowledge of any of their marshals And so the next mornyng by that it was day lyght they were on horsbacke redy armed and toguyder assembled And so they rode forthe without any noyse makyng rode about the hyll of Tornchen to take their aduantage to come in at one of the corners of thenglysshe hoost It whiche corner was loged sir Robert of Namure and his company the same nyght he had kepte the watche and in the mornynge he was drawen to his tent and was set at the table to eate some meate armed saue his bassenet and the lorde of Poicten with him And therwith came the frenchmen on the same syde but as happe was suche as had kepte the watche were nat vnarmed the which fortuned well for them For anone they were redy to defende their ennemyes and so encountred with them and brake their way Anone tidynges caÌ„e to sir Robert of Namure howe his men were fightyng with the frenchmen therwith he put the table fro hym and sayd let vs go and helpe our men And incontynent he put his bassenet on his heed and caused one to take his baner and displayed it Than one sayd to him Sir me thynke it were best that ye sent to the duke of Lancastre and fight nat without hym He answered shortly and sayd Send who so wyll I wyll go the nexte way that I can to my men and they that loue me lette them folowe after Therwith he went forth his glayue in his hande aprochyng his ennemyes and the lorde of Poicten and sir Henry of Sanxels with hym and dyuers other knightes And so founde his men fightyng with the frenchmen who were a great nombre and lykely to haue done a great enterprice But assoone as they sawe sir RobrÌ„t of Namures baner come they drewe abacke to gyder for they feared that all the hoost had be styrred and so in dyuers places it was Under sir Robertes baner there was slayne a knyght of Uermandoise called sir Robert of Coloyne the which was great domage for he was right swete and courtesse and a ryght good knight The freÌ„chmen retourned agayne without any more doyng for they feared rather to lese than wyn And sir Robert thought nat to folowe after folisshely but assembled his men togyder and so went to his lodgyng whan he sawe that the frenchmen were gone ¶ Howe the duke of Burgoyne depted fro the duke of LaÌ„castre without batayle and howe the duke of LaÌ„castre went to Calays Ca. CC .lxviii. AFter thys aduenture ther was nothing done that ought to be remembred It displeased mochsom of both parties that they were so long so nere togyder and fought nat for it was sayde euery day among them we shall fight to more we yâ— whiche day caÌ„e neuer For as it is sayd before the duke of Burgoyne wolde nat breke the ordynaunce of the kynge his brother who hadde straytely commaunded him that he shulde gyue no batayle to thenglysshmen and euery day there was messangers bytwene them comyng and goynge The duke of Burgoyne as I was thanÌ„e enfourmed ymagyned and consydered howe that he lay there at great cost and charge and howe he coude lye no lengar there to his honour For he hadde there a four thousande knyghtes or mo and sawe well that his enemyes were but a handfull of men as to the nombre of his and had nother fought with theÌ„ nor shulde nat Wherfore hesent of his knightê to the kyng his brother shewyng him his mynde that other he wolde haue leue to fight or els 〈…〉 departe The kyng knewe well the duke desyred but reason commaundyng him that on the sight of his letters he shulde dillodge and gyue leaue to all his men of warr to departe and to come hymselfe to Parys Sayenge howe he wolde go himselfe in his owne propre ê‘sone to fight with the englysshmen Whan the duke of Burgoyne herde those tidynges he gaue knoledge therof secretly to the greattest of his host sayeng to theÌ„ Sirs we must disloge the kyng heth coÌ„maunded it and so by the hour of mydnight all thyng was trussed euery man mouÌ„ted on their horses and set fyre on their logynges At whiche tyme sir Henry of SaÌ„xels kept the watche with ser Robert of Namures coÌ„pany who spyed a fyre and than two or thre and so mo Than he sayd to hymselfe a I fere me the frenchmen wyll a wake vs this night it semeth so by their dealyng said to theÌ„ that were there about hym Let vs go and awake the lorde Robert Namure to the entent that yâ— frenchmen fynde vs nat a slepe Than this sir Henry came to the lodgynge of the lorde Namur and called his chaÌ„berlayns and sayd Sirs it is be houefull that ye a wake your lorde And they went to his bedde syde and awoke hym shewed hym all the mater who answered Well I se we shall shortely here other tidynges Call vp your folkes and let euery man be quickely armed And so they dyde and also he was shortly armed And whan his men were assembled togyder he caused one to take his baner went streight to the duke of Lancastres tent who as than was nere armed for he had warnynge before of the mater And so he was anon redy and his lordes lytell and lytell drewe anone aboute him and euer as they came they raynged in batayle fayre softely without any noyse or light And caused all the archers to be redy raynged before theym in suche a place where as they thought the frenchmen shulde coÌ„e if they were in purpose to come and fight with
barryers therfore I wyll entre and I can wyll proue my knyghthode agaynst yours wyn me and ye can And therwith he layed on rounde about hym and they at hym And thus he alone fought agaynst them more than an hour dyd hurt two or thre of theÌ„ so that they of the towne on the walles and garettes stode styll and behelde them and had great pleasure to regarde his valyaÌ„tnesse and dyde him no hurt the whiche they might haue done if they hadde lyst to haue shotte or cast stones at hym And also the frenche knightes charged them to let hym and them alone togyder So long they fought that at last his page came nere to the barryers and spake in his langage and sayd Sir coÌ„e away it is tyme for you to depart for your company is departyng hens The knight he cd him well and than gaue a two or thre strokes about him and so armed as he was he lept out of the barryers and lepte vpon his horse without any hurt behynde his page and sayd to the frenchmen Adue sirs I thanke you sorode forthe to his owne company The whiche dede was moche praysed of many folkes ¶ Howe they of Noyon toke the englisshmen that had set fyre in the bysshops bridge and howe the frenche kyng sent for sir BertraÌ„ of Clesquy Cap. CC .lxxix. SIr Robert Canoll or he depted fro yâ— siege of Noyon his people brent the towne of bysshoppes bridge on the ryuer of Dyse wheri ther were many fayre houses The knightes and squyers that were with in the towne of Noyon had great dyspleasure of the fyre And so they vuderstove that sir Robert and his coÌ„pany were departed and a .lx. speres of theÌ„ went out of Noyon and caÌ„e to the fyre and founde ther styllparte of theÌ„ that had set the fyre in the towne and dyuers other that were ther to pylle and robbe and so the moost parte of them were slayne And ther the frenchmen wonne mo than .xl. good horses rescued dyuers prisoners and saued fro brennyng many fayre houses And so they returned agayne to Noyon with mo than .xv. prisoners and so strake of all their heedes ¶ And the englysshmen rode forthe in good order to come to Larroyse to passe at their ease the ryuer of Dyse and the ryuer of Ewe and they dyde no hurte in the countie of Soyssons bycause it parteyned to the lorde of Coucy And trewe it was they were coosted euer with certayne lordes of France as the vycont of Meaulx the lorde of Chauny yâ— lorde Raoll of Coucy the lorde wyllyam of Mehung sonne to the erle of Tankernell and by their folkes Wherby the englysshmen durst nat breke their order but euer kepte them selfe close togyder And also the freÌ„chmen wolde nat medyll with theÌ„ but euery night lodged within stronge holdes and good townes and the englysshmen abrode in the playne couÌ„tre wher as they founde plentie of vitayls and newe wynes wherof they made great larges And so thus they rode through the countre breÌ„nyng and wastynge all before them and at last passed the ryuer of Marne and so entred in to Champayne and passed the ryuer of Aube tourned to the marches of Prouynce and passed dyuers tymes the ryuer of Saync drewe towarde the cyte of Parys For it had benshewed theÌ„ howe the freÌ„che kyng had made ther a great assemble of men of warr of whome the erle of saynt Poule and the lorde of Clyssone shuld be chefe gouernours wherfore they thought to drawe thider wylling to fight with theÌ„ for by semyng theÌ„nglisshmen desyred nothyng els but batayle And therfore the frenche kynge wrotte to sir Bertram of Clesquy who as than was in Acquytayne with the duke of Aniou Commaundyng and desyring him on the sight of his letters that he shulde drawe incontynent in to France shewyng him how he wolde set him a warke in other places In the same season pope Urbane the fyft came in to the cyte of Amou he had ben before a foure yere togyder at Rome and there about He came thyder in trust to make a peace bitwene the two kyngê for the warr was renewed agayne the whiche was sore displesant to the pope Of whose comyng to Aniou yâ— cardynals in those marches were greatly reioysed for they thought to fare the better by him NOwe let vs speke of the prince of Wales howe he parceyuered in his warres ye haue herde here before recorded howe the price of Wales had made his assemble at Congnac to th entent to ryde agaynst the duke of Aniou who brent and wasted his couÌ„tre and so at his coÌ„mauÌ„dement thyder auauÌ„sed barons knightes and squyers of Poictou of Xaynton and of other landes that helde of the prince The erle of Penbroke departed fro his garyson and caÌ„e to the prince The same season the duke of LaÌ„castre arryued at Burdeux wherof the prince was right ioyouse And so he taryed nat longe ther but deê‘ted for he vnderstode that the price wold encouÌ„tre his enemyes And so a dayes iourney fro Congnac he encountred the erle of Penbroke who was in lyke wise goyng to the prince And so they made great chere eche to other whan they met and so rode to gyder to CoÌ„gnac Wher they fouÌ„de the prince the princesse and the erle of CaÌ„bridge who were right glad of their comyng And dayly there came men of warr to thê out of Poictou Xaynton Rochell Bygore Goute Gascoyne and the marchesse nert adioynyng vnder the obeysance of the price And on the frenche partie the duke of Aniou the erle of Armynake the lorde Dalbret the erles vycontes knightes and squyers who had conquered cyties castels townes and fortresses in their comynge mo than .xl. And were aproched within fyue leages to Burdeux had wasted all the countrey And about Bergerath and Lynde they vnderstode well howe the price had made his assemble at Congnac And also howe the duke of Lancastre was arryued with a great noÌ„bre of men of warr speares and archers Than they drue to counsayle to take aduyse howe they shuld perceyuer in their warr And so newly to them was sent ser Bertram of Clesquy by the frenche kyng who came fro the duke of Berry kepyng siege before the cytie of Lymoges and had in suche wyse constrayned them within that they were at a poynt to yelde them on certayne meanes and coÌ„dicyons And so to this counsayle of the duke of Aniou and of the lordes about hym sir Bertram of Clesquy was called as it was reason Ther were many reasoÌ„s alleged and layd but finally all thingê coÌ„sydred they counsayled the duke of Aniou to breke vp his iourney for that tyme and to send all his people in to garysons and to warr garyable sayeng howe they had done sufficyeÌ„tly for that tyme. Also it was nedefull to the lordes or Gascone as the erle of Armynake therle of Piergourt the lorde Dalbret dyuers other to drawe into their owne couÌ„treis to kepe
sayd that if it wolde please the duke of Berrey the other lordes there to send theÌ„ a saue coÌ„duct to coÌ„e to Poiters wtinsixe dayes than they wolde bring their hole myndê in that behalfe The frenche messangers retourned to these lordes and shewed them the mynde of theÌ„ of the town of Rochell Than the coÌ„duct was grauÌ„ted theÌ„ and to Poycters went certayne of the burgesses of Rochell and sayd to these lordes of FraÌ„ce how they were well content to be vnder the frenche kynge so that they myght caste downe their castell to the erthe and that ther beneuet castell made there more And on that condicy on the towne of Rochell all rochellois shulde be for euer vnder the resort and demayne of the frenche kyng and neuer to be put away by maryage or any maner of peace that may happe to come to the realme of France or by what so euer coÌ„dycion it be And also they of the towne to haue a mynt to forge money bothe whyte blacke of the same forme and alay as is in Parys But the lordes of FrauÌ„ce wolde nat agre to all this tyll they knewe the frenche kynges pleasure in that behalfe And so the lordê gaue saue conduct to theÌ„ of Rochell to go the the kynge to knowe his pleasur And so .xii. of the burgesses of the towne went to Parys to the kyng who accorded to their desyre and feested them greatly and gaue theÌ„ great gyftes And whan they were retourned to Rochell they shewed their charters sealed by the kynge and confyrmed in the chaÌ„bre of the kyng of the peeres of FrauÌ„ce And so incoÌ„tynent was beaten rased downe to the erthe the great castell of Rochell And than they sent to the great lordes of FrauÌ„ce at Poicters that they shulde come to Rochell and that they wolde set open the gates to them And so thyder came the constable of Fraunce and two hundred men of armes with hym and there they were receyued with great ioye to hym they dyde feaultie homage as to the frenche kynge for he had good procuracion fro the frenche kyng to receyue it for the kynge hadde stablysshed hym in those parties of Pâ—â—ardye representyng his owne body ¶ Howe sir Bertram of Clesquy coÌ„stable of FrauÌ„ce toke dyuers castels in Rochelloys And howe the kynge of England toke the see to come and reise the sege at Thouars Cap. ccc .v. WHan the constable of Fraunce sir Bertram of Clesquy had be four dayes in the towne of Rochell and had shewed theÌ„ of the towne how they shuld ordre theÌ„selfe for thens forwarde Than he departed went to Poycters to the foresayd dukes and lordes And so with theÌ„ he went into the felde to conquere certayne fortresses on the marches of Rochell and he was to the nombre of thre thousand speares And so they departed fro Poyctres and went and besteged the castell of Benon whiche was a fayre castell and a stronge and so they sayde they wolde nat departe thens tyll they had it at their pleasure And in this castell there was a capitayn vnder the captall of Benon a squier of the countie of Foiz called WyllmÌ„ of Pons and with hym a knyght of Napless named sir James There the frenche lordes made dyuers assautes they within defended theÌ„selfe right valyauntly and nat farre thers there was the fortresse of Surgeres wherin there were certayne englysshmen yâ— kept it vnderthe captall so in an euennyng they sayd how they wolde go and a wake the frenche hoost And soo ther rode forthe a .xl. speares with some the they had sent for fro Marant and so they came sovenly into the constables lodgynge and dyde hurte dyuers of his men and specially they ssewe a squier of his Than the hoost began to styrre to arme them as soone as they myght and the englysshmen who hadde done their enterpryse without danger retourned agayne to their for tresse without any domage Wherof the constable was so sore displeased that he sware neuer to departe thens tyll he had taken the castell of Benon slayne all those within it And so the same mornyng he caused all maner of men to arme theÌ„ and to drawe for the all maner of a bylementes of assaut and gaue suche an assaut yâ— long before was nat sene suche another for thaÌ„men of armes and bretons entred into dykes nat sparynge them selfe And so came to the fote of the walles with pauesses on their heedâ— and myned the walles with pikes that it was marueyle to beholde them And they dyde somoche that they beate downe a great pane of the wall wherby they entred without danger so the castell was taken and all they within slayne as many as coulde be founde Than after the sayd constable caused the same castell to be agayn repayred and set therin a newe garyson of frenchmen Than he drewe to the castell of Morant and they within yelded them vp sauynge their lyues and goodes And than they went to Surgeres which also yelded vp to the obeysance of the frenche kyng but the englyshmen were deê‘ted for they durst nat abyde the comyng of the constable And so than after the constable went to the castell of Fountnay the countie whiche the wyfe of sir John Harpen dan kept and so they beseged the towne and castell and gaue therto dyuers assautes Finally they within by composicyon departed with the lady as many as wolde and so were by the constable coÌ„ueyed to Thouars So the freÌ„chmen had the possessyon of the towne castell of FouÌ„tuey and refresshed it with newe people THan the constable and lordes of FraÌ„ce went and layd sege to Thouars wher as the moost parte of the knightes of Poictou were As the vycont of Thouars the lordes of Pertney Pousanges Corse and Crupenac and sir Loyes of Harcourt Geffray Dargenton James of Surgeres and Percyuall of Coloyne And these frenche lordes had made at Poicters at Rochell dyuers engyns wher with they assayled and traueyled greatly the poicteuyns within Thouars And so all thynges consydred they entreated with the frenchmen to haue a peace for theÌ„selfe for their laÌ„dê syll the feest of saynt Michaell next folowyng whiche shulde be in the yere of our lorde M .iii. C .lxii. And in the meaue tyme they to sende to the kyng of England their lorde to certifye hym of their estate and coÌ„dycion so that if they were nat ayded by him or by one of his sonnes within the sayd terme than they to yelde them and their landes to the obeysance of the french 〈◊〉 This treaty was agreed vnto and than the knightes of France retourned to Parys thyder was brought the Captall of Beufz and put in prison vnder sure kepyng in a towre in the temple And the kyng who was right glad of his takyng caused to be delyuered to yâ— squyer that toke hym .xii. thousande frankes And so the messangers that went fro the poicteuyns came into Englande and
shewed to the kyng to the prince and to their couÌ„sayls the state of Poictou and of Xaynton And whan the kyng sawe howe he lost with so lytell warre the couÌ„treis and lades that had cost hym so moche the wynning he was in a great study a long space And than he sayd howe that shortely he wolde go ouer the see hymselfe with suche a puyssance that he wolde abyde to gyue batayle to the hole power of France And sayd how he wolde neuer retourne agayne in to Englande tyll he had coquered agayne as moche as he had lost or els to lese all the resydue The same season ther was agreat army redy charged to attend on the duke of Lancastre and shulde arryue at Calys But than it was â—â—imyned by the king and his couÌ„sayle that they shulde go into Poyctou and in to Xaynton towarde Rochell for that was thought to be the next voyage and moost nedefull And the kynge made a great somons throughout the realme of Englande coÌ„maundyng euery man to coÌ„e in harnes to HaÌ„pton ther about at a day assigned and ther to take the see So ther was none that durst nor wold disobey his coÌ„maundement but euery man departed fro his owne countre and drewe to the see syde where ther was redy a foure hundred vessels of one and other And the lordes drewe to the kyng to Westmynster besyde London ther it was ordayned bytwene the kynge the prince his sonne that if the kyng of Englande dyed in this viage or the prince that than Rycharde the sonne of the prince who was borne at Burdeur shulde be kyng of Englande So that whan all the lordes were come before the kyng or they departed the prince shewed theÌ„ that if it happed him to dye before the kyng his father than his sonne Richarde to be kynge of Englande after the discease of his graundfather The prelates lordes knightes and all the comynalte loued so well the prince for the maâ—ay fayre iourneys that he had acheued as well in Englande as beyond thesee that they all a 〈…〉 therto ioyously The kynge first than all his sonnes and after all the lordes of Englande â—o the which the prince caused theÌ„ all to swere and scale or he departed All these thynges done the kyng the prince the duke of LaÌ„castre therles of CaÌ„bridge Salisbury War wyke Arundell Suffolke and Stafforde yâ— lorde Spenser who was newly come oute of Lombardy The lordes of Percy of Uyen of Rose of Dalawar and all other barones and knyghtes of Englande to the nombre of thre thousande men of armes and .x. M. archers who came all to HaÌ„pton wher they toke shyppyng with as great a flete as euer any kyng went before out of Englande in any voyage And so they sayled towarde Rochell in costynge NormaÌ„dy and Bretayne and had dyuers wyndes And the frenche kynge made a great assemble of men of warr in Poictou to holde his iourney at Thouars at yâ— day apoynted So all the countre was full of men of warre also the gascons the lorde ArcheÌ„balt of Grayly vncle to the Captall of Beufz at the desyre of ser ThomÌ„is Felton seneshall of Burdeux caÌ„e with thre C. speres And in the same coÌ„pany ther was the lordes of Duras of Corton of Musydent of Rossen of LaÌ„goren of Landuras ser Peter Corton sir WyllmÌ„ Fereton englysshemen All these deê‘ted fro Burdeux came to Nyorth and ther they founde sir Water Huet sir JohnÌ„ Ubrues sir ThomÌ„s Percy Johan Cresuell dyuers other so that whan they were all togyder they were a .xii. C. fightyng men and sir Richarde of Pontchardon caÌ„e to them with other .xii. C. All this season the kynge of Englande his sonnes with their great army were on the see coulde take no lande at Rochell nor ther about for the wynde and fortune was coÌ„trary to theÌ„ And in that case they were the space of .ix. wekes so that the feest of Myhelmas aproched and that the kyng his couÌ„sell sawe well how they coude nat coÌ„e tyme ynow to kepe the day of rescuyng of Thouars wher of the kyng was sore displeased so gaue lyceÌ„ce to all his people to deê‘te wheder they lyst Thus retourned this great nauy of England and had wynde at wyll at their returnynge ther arryued at Burdeux .ii. C. fayles of marchauntes of Englande for wyne And whan it was nere mighelmas the barones of Englande and Gascone caÌ„e fro Niorth to go towarde Thouars to mete with the kyng of England and whan they sawe that the kynge came nat they hadde great marueyle Than to acquyte theÌ„selfe they sent certayne messangers to Tho wars to the barons of Poictou suche as were ther which messaÌ„gers sayd Right deresirs we be sent hyder to you fro yâ— lordes of Gascone and Englande vnder they obeysaunce of the kynge of Englande Sirs there be about Nyorthe twelfe hundred fightyng men redy apparelled to ayde and serue you in all maners and sirs they desyre to haue knowlege sro you whyder that in the absence of the kyng of England and of his chyldren they shall ayde and confort you or nat For sirs they are well coÌ„tent in your company to aduentur their bodyes goodes The barones of Poictou sayd howe they wolde take counsayle and aduyse in that casâ— but sirs we thaÌ„ke greatly the barones of Gascone and Englade who hath sent you hyder in that they be redy to socoure vs. Than the knightes of Poictou drewe togyder and so the first day they greed nat for the lorde of Parteney who was one of the greattest of that company woldeth at they shulde kepe their day and receyue the sayd ayde representynge the kynge of Englande And the other lordes were of the coÌ„trary opinyon sayeng howe they had sealed and sworne howe that if the kyng or one of his chyldren were nat there personally by the sayd day than they to yelde them vp to they obeysance of the freÌ„che kyng Wherfore the lorde of Partney went to his lodgyng nat well content howe be it afterwarde he was so entysed by the other yâ— he agreed to their myndê And so they sent worde agayne by the sayd messaÌ„gers that they thaÌ„ked them of their good wylles Howe be it the kyng of Englande or one of his chyldren must nedes be ther acordyng to the treaty that they had sworne and sealed vnto Wher with the gascoyns and englysshmen that were at Nyorthe were sore displeased but they coude nat amende it And so myghelmas day came fro Poy cters ther came to Thouars to holde their iourney â–ª the dukes of Berrey of Burgoyne and of Burbone the constable of France the lorde of Clysson the dycount of Rohane the Dolphyn of Auuergne sir Loyes Saurere the lorde of Sully and other great lordes of France And they were ten thousande speares besyde other And so before Thouars the euyn and the daye ofsaynt Mychaell they stode in ordynaunce of batayle and agaynst
nyght they withdrue theÌ„ to their logynges And in the mornynge yâ— two bretherne of the frenche kynges and the constable of Fraunce demaunded of the knightes of Poictou within Thouars to delyuer the town acording to their promyse and othes in that be halfe They answered and sayd howe yâ— shortely they wolde come to Poicters and put themselfe and all their landes vnder the obeysaunce of the frenche kyng whiche answere was sufficyent to the lordes of France and so departed fro Thouras and the dukes gaue lyc 〈…〉 to the moost parte of their companyons THe lorde Clysson departed with a gret nombre of men of warre apoynted him by the constable And so went to Mortayne on the see the whiche was as than englysshe and capitayne therof was a squyer of England called James Clere and he had with hym a threscore coÌ„panyons And whan the lorde Clysson was come before Mortayne he made a feirse assaute at the whiche he was hym selfe Howe be it with that assaute he wanne nothyng and sâ— at night he drewe to his lodgyng Than the capitayne within seynge him selfe sore oppressed he sent priuely to the lordz of Gascoyn and of Englande beyng at Nyorth shewyng theÌ„ that if they wolde com thyder by night he wolde receyue theÌ„ into his fortresse wherby they might lightly passe through the lodgynges of the lorde Clysson who had with him but two huÌ„dredmen And so secretely these lordes departed fro Nyorthe with fyue hundred speares and rode by nyght tyll they came to Mortayne for they habbe great besyre to atrape the lorde Clysson howbeit a spye who departed with theÌ„ fro Nyorthe knewe all their ententes And so he came hastely to the lorde Clysson and fouÌ„de himsyttynge at supper and sayd Sir your enemyes are departed fro Nyorthe to the nombre of .v. hundred and are commynge on you Thanne the lorde Clysson put the table fro hym and armed him in hast and mouÌ„ted on his horse and all his company And so departed and all his sodaynly and left behynde them a great parte of their caryages and rode so longe that they came to Poicters And the englysshmen who sayled of their ententes retourned agayne to Nyorthe right sore displeased And anone after they departed fro Nyorthe and left in garyson there sir Dangoses and Cresuell and sir Johan He wet retourned in to Englande and all the other went to Burdeur in their returnyng they brent the lorde of Partneys laÌ„des Thus all Poictou was coÌ„quered except these fortresses as Nyorth Elyseth Mortymer â–ª Mortayne â–ª Lysignen Castell Accart la roche Suryone Gausar the toure of Larbre Merris and other Which fortresses made dyuers yssues and assautes on their neighbours soÌ„tyme chasyng somtyme rechased agayne ¶ Howe sir Bertram of Clesquy beseged the castell of Syreth and how the englysshmen were disconfyted howe all the countrey of Poictou of Xaynton and of Rochell were clene delyuered out of theÌ„glysshmens handes Cap. CCC .vi. THe duke of Bretayne who was pesably iÌ„ his owne countre was sore displeased of the domage of the englishmen For it was sayd that yâ— kynge of Englande and his puyssaunce had made hym as he was and that he had had nothynge and the kynge of Englande had nat ben For he alwayes made warr for hym and lende him syluer and golde and also he had his doughter in maryage For the duke wolde gladly that his countre shulde rather holde of the kyng of Englandes parte than of Fraunce Howe beit the moost parte of the lordes knightes and squyers of Bretayne were in their hertes good frenche And specially the lorde Clysson and de la Uale and the vycount of Rohan who as than were the chefe rulers in all Bretayne and these lordes sayd to the duke Sir assone as we can parceyue that ye take any parte with the kyng of Englande agayne the frenche kyng our souerayne lorde we wyll all forsake you leaue the countrey of Bretayne Howe be it the duke coude nat hyde the corage of his hert but sayd Sirs ye do great wronge to the kynge of Englande and spake great wordes to certayne of the lordes of Bretayne The french kyng who had drawen to his loue the hertê of them of Bretayne except sir Robert Canoll Desyred theÌ„ that if they sawe any defence made by their duke that they wolde gyue him knowledge therof to the entent to fynde remedy therfore The duke parceyued well how that his men hadde him insuspect and layed great a wayt on him Than he douted leest they shulde sende hym to Parys wherfore he sent to the kyng of EnglaÌ„de shewyng him what case he was in desyring him to sende hym men of warr to defende him if nede were And the kynge of Englande sent hym the lorde Neuyll with foure hundred men of armes and as many archers who arryued at saynt Mathewes defyne poterne And ther helde them in the to â—â—ne without doyng of any maner of domage to the couÌ„tre but payed truely for that they toke And so there they were all the wynter the duke wolde neuer put them in to any fortresse yâ— he had And whan the knightes of Bretayne sawe these englysshmen come in to the countre to the ayde and confort of the duke they toke it in great in dignacion and closed their fortresses shewed moche yuell wyll towardes the duke Thus the matters abode in great varyaunce all that wynter ANd assone as wynter was past sir Bertram of Clesquy constable of France departed fro Poicters with .xiiii. hundred fyghtyng men And so went and layd sege to yâ— towne and castell of Syreth and with hym there were of breton knyghtes sir Alayne of Beaumont JohnÌ„ of Beaumanoyre Arnolde Limosyn Geffray Ricoynan of Lanconet Geffray of Konyell and dyuers other knightê and squyers And so they layed siege to Syreth and closed them selfe about with pales to th entent nat to be troubled in the nyght Often certayne of them aproched to the fortresse and scrimysshed with theÌ„ within who defended them selfe right valyantly So it fell this siege enduryng that sir Robert Mycon and sir Nicotyn the scotte who were keê‘s of the fortresse sent knowledge of their estate to sir Johan Ubrues and to sir Dangoses capitayns of Nyorthe And they in contynent sent to them of the garyson of Lusygnen and Dangosey and so they assembled at Nyorthe And than departed to the nombre of sixe hundred and seuyn speares of good men of warr besyde other folowers And so long they rode that they came to Syreth for it was but four leages fro Nyorthe And whan they were come to Syreth than they rested them a space of tyme to apparell them selfe But it had bene better for them to haue sette on the lodgynges of the constable for anone he had worde of their comyng and howe they were araynged in the felde Hobeit the constable was nat greatly afrayed but made all his men to be armed and to drawe toguyder and than he sayde Nowe fayre
for my selfe and all myne that we shall make you no warr so that ye wyll make no warre to vs. And sir whaÌ„ my husbande is come out of prison I beleue well he wyll drawe in to EnglaÌ„de than I shall send hym worde of this coÌ„posicion than sir I am sure he wyll sende me his mynde and than I shall answere you The duke answered sayd dame I agre me well to your desyre on this condicion that you nor none of your fortresses prouyde for no men of warre vitayls nor artyllary otherwise than they be at this present tyme and so thus they were agreed Than the lady retourned to her castell caused the siege to be reysed for she shewed letters fro the duke of Berrey coÌ„tayning the same purpose Than they deê‘ted the constable went before Mortymer the lady wherof yelded herselfe and put her and her landes vnder the obeysance of the frenche kynge and also yelded vp the castell of Dyenne whiche partayned to her Thus was all Poictou Xainton and Rochell quyte delyuered fro the englysshmen And whan the constable had set garysons and good sure kepyng in euery place and sawe no rebellyon in those marches vnto the ryuer of Gyronde than he returned in to Fraunce also so dyde the dukes of Berrey of Burgoyn and of Burbone and the moost parte of the barons of FrauÌ„ce suche as had ben in these sayd coÌ„questes The kyng greatly feested them at their retournynge but all was but iapes whan sir Bertram came to Parys to the kyng for the kyng coude nat hono r him to moche So thus the coÌ„stable abode with the kyng at Parys in ioye and myrthe ¶ Of the seige of Bercerell of the dethe of the kyng of scottes of the peace bitwene the freÌ„ch king and the kyng of Nauar. And howe the duke of Bretayne fledde in to Englande and howe the coÌ„stable of FrauÌ„ce conquered his duchy Cap. CCC .vii. THe same season the lordes of Clisson of Lauall of Uangour of Tournemen of Rieux and of Rochfort the vicount of Rohane sir Charles of Dignen bannerette of Bretayne the marshall of Blarouille the lordes of Hambeâ— of Ruille of FouÌ„teuyll of Granuyll of Farnyll of Denneuall of Cleres banerettes of NormaÌ„dy And of other people great plenty of bretayne and of NormaÌ„dy and so they went and layde siege to the stronge castell of Bercerell and greatly they constrayned it by assautes within ther were two capitayns englysshmen sir Johan Aparte sir Johan Cornwall and with them certayne companyons that valiantly defended theym selfe At this siege there was done many a noble feate of armes many issues many sautes and many a scrymysshe And a lytell ther beside ther were at sege before saint Sauyour the vicount sir Thomas Trybles sir Johan de Bourge sir Philippe Pecharde and the thre bretherne of Maluriers So that or the seige were layde before them those two garysons ouerran all the countre of base Normandy so that no thyng was abrode but all in the forteresses Also they raunsomed and toke prisoners in the bysshopriche of Bayeux and Deureux and the kyng of Nauer was consenâ—yng therto for he conforted theÌ„ dyuers tymes bothe with meÌ„ and vitayle suche as wer in his garisons in the countie of Deureux for he was nat acorded with the frenche kyng so that the garysons of Chierbourg of Gouerell of Couches of Bretuell of Deureux and diuers other vnder the obeysanuce of the kyng of Nauerr had greatly enpouered and wasted the couÌ„tre of NormaÌ„dy But in the sametyme there was so good meanes made bytwene the two kynges and specially by the labour of the erle of Sale bruses who had taken moche payne bytwene theÌ„ and also the bysshop of Deureux and they dyde so moche that they brought theÌ„ to acorde And so the two kynges mette togyder right amyable at the castell of Uernon on the ryuer of Sayne And there were sworne dyuers great lordes of FrauÌ„ce to kepe peace loue vnite and coÌ„federacyon togyder for euer And so the kyng of Nauer went with the frenche kyng in to the realme of Fraunce and there the kynge dyde hym moche honour and reuerence and all his And than ther the kyng of Nauer put all his landes of Normandy into the handes and gouernynge of the frenche kyng and lest his two sonnes Charles and Peter with the kyng their vncle Than he departed went backe agayne in to Nauerre Thus this peace endured foue yeres howbeit after ther fell agayne bytwene them great discorde as ye shall herafter in the hystorie if ye wyll loke therfore Howe beit I thynke ther wyll none ende be made therof in this present boke ¶ The .viii. day of May the yere of our lorde a. M. thre C .lxxiii. there passed out of this lyfe in the towne of Edenborowe kyng Dauyd of Scotlande and was buryed in the abbay of DoÌ„freâ—â—lyn besyde kyng Robert de Bruse his father He dyed without sonne or doughter laufully begoten of his body But ther was kyng after him by right successyon a nephue of his named Roberts who was seneshall of Scotlande a goodly knyght and he had a sonne ¶ Howe there were a certayn ordeyned in Englande to kepe the countre and howe the erle of Salisbury william Neuyll and Phillyp Courtnay with dyuers other men of armes enterd in to the see and landed in Bretayne howe the coÌ„stable of FrauÌ„ce went thyder the duke of Bretayne went in to Englande Cap. ccc .viii. THe same seson it was ordeyned in Englande to the entent to kepe the couÌ„tre that the erle of Salisbury Willyam Neuyll and sir Phylippe Courtnay shuld take the see with a certayne nombre of men of warr For it was sayd howe that yuan of Wales was comynge by the see with sixe thousande men to lande and brenne in the countrey The lordes of Englande hadde .xl. great shyppes besyde barges and two thousande menne of armes besyde archers Thus they departed fro Cornewayle and there toke the see and toke their way towarde Bretayne And so came to saynt Malo the Isle and there brent in the hauen before the towne a seuen great spaynisshe shyppes wherof all the countre had maruayle and sayd howe they thought surelye that the duke of Bretayne hadde caused them so to do So in all townes castelles and cyties they had the duke in great suspect and than kepte more strayter their forteresses than they dyde before The secretnesse of the dukes mynde was dyscouered for certayne knightes of Bretayne shewed dyuers wordes yâ— shulde be spoken by the duke In so moche that the frâ— the kyng ordeyned his coÌ„stable to make a iourney into Bretayne coÌ„mauÌ„dyng hym to take in to his possession townes cytes castels and for tresses to sease all rebelles bothe their goodê and bodyes The constable deê‘ted fro Parys and went to Angiers there made his somoÌ„s And thyder came the duke of Burbon the erle of Alenson the erle of Perche therle
bothe knightes and squyers prisoners though I myght haue for them a hundred M. frankes I wyll saue neuer a one of theÌ„ And whan the haraude was departed and hadde made his reporte The duke of Aniou called forthe the hangman and made to be brought forthe the hostagê two knightes and asquier and caused their heedes to be stryken of nere to the castell so that they within might se it and knowe it Incontynent sir Robert Canoll made a borde to be put out of a wyndowe of the hall and brought thyder four prisoners that he had thre knightes and a squyer for whome he might haue hadde great rauÌ„some But he made their four heedes to be stryken of and dyde cast them downe into the dykes the bodyes one way and their heedes a nother way Than they brake vp their siege all maner of men went into FrauÌ„ce and namely the duke of Aniou went to Parys to the kyng his brother The constable the lorde Clysson and other rode toward the cyte of Troyes for the englysshmen were in that marches were passed the ryuer of Marne and toke their waye towarde Anxere The same tyme pope Gregory the .xi. had sent into FrauÌ„ce in legacyon the archbysshoppe of Rohan and the bysshoppe of Carpentras for to treat for a peace yf it might be bytwene the frenche kyng and the kynge of Englande These prelates had moche laboure to ryde in and out bytwene the frenche kynge and his bretherne and the duke of Lancastre but alwayes the englysshmen rode forthe thorough the countreis of Forestes of Auuergne of Limosyn and the ryuer of Loyre to Dordone and to Lothe Thenglysshmen were nat all at their ease in that iourney nor in lykewise were nat the frenchmen that folowed and costed them In the which pursute ther dyed thre knightes of Heynault sir Fateres of Berlaumount Bridoll of Montague and the begue of Uerlan and also of the englysshe part there dyed some Solonge the dukes of Lancastre and of Bretayne rode forwarde that they cam to Bergerath a four leages fro Burdeux And alwayes the frenchmen had pursued them the duke of Aniou and the coÌ„stable rode aboue towarde Rouuergue Roddes and Tholouse were come to Pyergourt And ther the two for sayd prelates rested and rode euer prechynge bytwene the parties and layed many reasons to bring them to acorde but both parties were so harde that they wolde nat condiscende to no peace without a great aduaÌ„tage and so about christmas the duke of Lancastre came to Burdeux and ther bothe dukes lay all that wynter and the lent folowynge and some of his company departed Whan the iourney was paste there retourned in to Englande the lorde Basset and his company wherwith the kyng was nat content but reproued hym bycause he retourned and nat the duke his sonne THan anone after the feest of Easter the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred and .xiii. The duke of Aniou beynge at Pyergourt assembled a great army with hym was the constable of Fraunce and the most parte of all the barones and knyghtes of Bretayne of Poictou of Aniou and of Tourayne Also there was of Gascoyne sir Johan of Armynake the lordes Dalbret and Pyergourt The erles of Comynges and of Narbone the vycountes of Carmayne Uyllemure and of Thalare the erle Dolphyn of Auuergne and the moost parte of the lordes of Auuergne and of Limosyn the vycount of Myndone the lordes de la Barde and Pyergourt and sir Robert de Charde They were a .xv. thousande menne a foote and also they had a great nombre of geneways cros bowes and tooke their way towardes highe Gascoyne and came before saynt Syluere wherof an abbot was lorde Howe beit that there was a stronge towne yet the abbot douted yâ— he shulde lose it by force Therfore he fell in a treaty with the duke of Aniou for he thought nother hym selfe nor his laÌ„de shulde abyde the warre nor be in the dukes indygnacion Sayeng to him how his town nor fortresse was but a small thynge as in regard of the townes castels in hygh Gascone whyder he supposed the duke was goyng Therfore he desyred hym to leue him in rest peace by certayne composycion yâ— he nor none of his men shulde make any warre so that non were made to him and also to do in lyke maner as herytours and lordes of Gascoyne dyde The duke accorded to hym and hadde hostages in that behalfe and sent them to be kepte in Pyergourt Than all the hoole hoost wherof the duke of Anio we was chiefe drewe towardes Mount Marsen and to the towne of Lourde in highe Gascone wherof sir Arnold de Uyre was capitayne Than the freÌ„chmen layd siege therto and demaunded if they wolde yelde theÌ„ vp to the duke of Aniowe They of the towne were soone agreed therto but the knyght that kept it sayde howe the erle of Foiz delyuered hym the place wherfore he sayde he wolde delyuer it to none other person Whan the constable herde that he caused euery man to assaute the Castell in suche wyse that it was wonne by force and the capitayne slayne and dyuers other bo the men and women and the towne ouerron and robbed and so left it and at their deê‘tyng they left men therin Than the frenchmen entred in to the lande of the castell Bone and ouerran it And thaÌ„ passed by the lande of the castell Neufe whiche they assayled and so went for the towarde Byenre and came to the entre of the lande of the lorde of Lescute rode so forwarde that they came to a good towne and to a good castell called Sault which held of the countie of Foiz and all his landes arere fees in Gascoyne The prince of Wales before he went in to Spayne was in mynde to haue made warr agaynst the countie of Foiz bycause they wolde nat holde of hym And also the duke of Aniou who had coÌ„quered the moost part of all Acquitayne shewed hymselfe as lorde ther wolde haue had it in possessyon So he layd siege before the towne of Sault in Gascoyne whiche was nat easy to wyn and within there was capitayn sir WyllimÌ„ of Pans And whan the erle of Foiz sawe howe the frenchmen conquered his landes and arerefees the which by reason he shuld other holde of the french kyng orels of the kyng of Englande He sent for the vicount of the castell Bone and for the lordes of Mersalte of castell Neufz of Lescute for the abbot of saynt Syluere And whanne they were come to him than he sent for a saue coÌ„duct to go and speke with the duke of Aniowe who lay styll at siege before Saulte the duke accorded therto Than he and the other lordes went to the hoost to the duke and there agreed that they and their landes shulde abyde in a respite of peace tyll the myddes of August at the which tyme ther shulde apere before the towne of MoÌ„sac
shall haue a fayre iourney So than they disloged and rode towarde the newe forteresse whiche the lordes of Bretayne made to be assayled in such wyse that they were at the fote of the wall and feared nothynge that was caste downe on theÌ„ for they were well pauesshed and also they within had but lytell stuffe to cast downe and therwith in all hast there came one to theÌ„ and sayd sirs get you hens for yonder cometh the duke of Bretayne with the englysshmen they be nat past two leages hens Than the truÌ„pet sowned the retrayte than they drewe abacke and toke their horses and so departed went into Campelly whiche was nat far thens and closed their gates and lyfte vp their brydges And by that tyme the duke of Bretayne was come thyder with the barones of Englande in his company and they had past by the newe fortresse and hadde spoken with sir Johan Deureux who thaÌ„ked them of their comyng for els he had ben soone taken And so the duke layde siege to the towne of Campelly and set forthe their archers and brigaÌ„tes well pauessed and there they made a great assaut The englysshemen fayned nat no more dyd they within ther were dyuers hurte on bothe partes and euery day there was an assaute or elles skrymysshe They within sawe well howe they coulde nat long endur nor they sawe no socours comyng also they sawe well that they coulde nat yssue out to departe their fortresse was so closed on euery syde And also they knewe well if they were taken byforce they shulde haue no mercy and specially the lorde Clysson thenglysshmen hated hym so sore thaÌ„ the lordes of Bretayn that were within began to entreat with the duke to yelde them selfe vp vpon a courtes raunsome but the duke wolde haue them symply so with moche payne at last they gat arespyte for .viii. dayes and duryng the same respyte it fell well for them within the forteresse for two knyghtes of England one sir Nicholas Carsuell and sir Water Durswyke were sent to the duke of Bretayne fro the duke of Lancastre coÌ„maundyng that by vertue of treatie of peace as was made at Brugê bitwene the kyng of England and the frenche kyng wherof they brought charters sealed of the trewce that without delay on the sight of them to leaue and make warre no more So incontynent the truce was reed and publysshed through the hoost and also shewed to them that were within CaÌ„pelly wherof they were right ioyfull that is to say the lorde Clisson the vicont of Rohan the lorde of Beaumanoyre and the other for the trewce came well for them and thus brake vp the siege of CaÌ„pelly And the duke of Bretayn gaue leaue to all them that were with him to departe except suche as were dayly in his house and so went to Alroy where his wyfe was And than the erles of CaÌ„bridge and of Marche sir Thomas Holande erle of Irelande the lorde Spenser and the other englysshmen retourned agayne in to Englande Whan the duke of Bretayn had ordred all his besynesse by great leaser he refresshed the towne and castell of Breest and Alroy and than he retourned agayne in to Englande and his wyfe with hym THe same day that the trewce was made at Bruges to endur for a hole yere bytwene the kynges of Englande and Fraunce and all their alies And the duke of Burgoyne for the one parte and the duke of Lancastre for the other parte sware to come thyder agayn at the feest of Alsayntê and that eche parte shulde holde and enioye euery thyng that they had as than in possession during the said terme The englysshmen thought that saynt Sauiour the vicount shulde be saued by reason of that treatie but the frenchmen sayd that the fyrst couynant shulde passe the last ordynance So that whan the day aproched that they ofsaynt Sauyoure shulde other yelde vp or els be rescued by their frendes The french kyng sent thyder a great nombre of men of warre as a .vi. thousande speares knightes and squiers besyde other people but none came thyder to reyse the siege and whaÌ„ the day was expyred ther with in yelded them vp to the frenchlordes full sore agaynst their wylles for that forteresse was well sittyng for the englysshmen and the capitayne sir Thomas Tynet and Johan de Bourc and the thre bretherne of Malurier and the other englisshmen went to Carentyn so toke shyppynge and retourned into Englande Than the constable of Fraunce newe refresshed the forteresse of saynt Saluyour the vicount and sette a breton knight capitayne therin and vnderstode so as than that the frenche kynge had gyuen him that seignorie Of the iorney that the lorde of Coucy made in Austrych and of the deth of the prince of wales howe there coulde be founde no maner of treatie of peace bitwene the two kyngê and also of the dethe of the kynge of Englande Edwarde the thyrde Cap. CCC .xiiii. THe same season there was come in to FrauÌ„ce the lord of Coucy who had ben longe in LuÌ„bardy with the erle of Uertue sonne to sir Galeas makyng warre against sir Barnabo and his alies bycause of pope Gregory the .xi. and for the holy colledge of Rome The lorde of Coucy by succession of his mother who was suster to the duke of Austryche last disseased wherby he ought to be enheryter to the duchy for the duke was deed without issue by waye of maryage and they of Austrich had gyuen the duchy and lande to another farther of by lynage than the lorde Coucy wherof the lorde of Coucy hadde often tymes complayned to the emperour the lorde Charles of Behayne TheÌ„perour knewe well that the lorde Coucy had right therto howe be it he might nat with his ease constrayne theÌ„ of Austryche for they were strong in his countre and many good men of warre The lorde of Coucy had made warre there before by the conforte of his aunt suster to the duke but lytell it auayled him and whan he was thus coÌ„e in to Fraunce the kyng made him great chere Than he aduysed and sawe well howe there was in Fraunce as than many men of warre satte as ydell Wherfore he thought they coude nat be better ocupyed than to helpe him to his right durynge the trewce bytwene Fraunce and England Than the lorde of Couey desyâ—â—d the kyng to let him haue of the bretons such as ouer ronne the realme to make warre with hym in Austryche the kyng who wolde gladly that the companyons were out of hys realme accorded to his desyre So the kynge lende or gaue him I can nat tell wheder a .lx. thousaÌ„de frankes to departe among the sayd companyons So they rode forthe to warde Austryche about the feest ofsaynt Michell they dyd moche yuell all the wayes as they wâ—t Also ther were dyuers barons knyghtes squiers of FrauÌ„ce of Arthoys of Uermandoys of Haynaulte and of 〈…〉 rdy as the vicountes of Meaulâ— and Daunoy sir Raâ—e
of Coâ—â—y the â—arone of Roy Peter of Bare dyuers other desyring to 〈◊〉 their bodyes to get them honour WHan the feast of Alsayntes began to aproche thaÌ„ there came agayn to Bruges to entreate for peace fro the frenche kynge the duke of Burgoyn the erle of Salâ—bruce the bysshoppe of myâ—ns and the duke of Anâ—â—we but he lay 〈◊〉 atsaynt Omers And â—ro the kynge of Englande thyder came the duke of Lancastre the duke of Bretayne the erle of Salâ—sbury yâ— bysshop of London The towne of Bruges was well garnysshed with dyuers astates specially the duke of Burgoyn kept there a noble astate And with the duke of Lanâ—astre ther was ser Robert of Namur and kept him good company as longe as the duke was in Flaunders ther were the ambassadours the archebysshop of Rohan and the bysshoppe of CarpeÌ„tras who went styll and laboured bytwene bothe â—ties and layd forthe many good reasons but none came to any effecte These lordes were farre a sondre in their treaties for the frenche kynge demaunded to haue agayne 〈◊〉 hundred thousande frankes the whiche were payed for the redempcion of kyng JohnÌ„ and to haue Calaâ—s raysed beaten downe to the whiche the kyng of Englande wolde neuer consent so yâ— trewce was contynued to the feest of saynt Johan Baptyst next after the yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .lxxvi. and so these lordes â—aryed styll at Bruges all that wynter and in somer they returned euery part to their owne couÌ„treis except the duke of Bretayne who taryed styll in Flaunders with the erle Loys his cosyn who made him gode cher ¶ The same season on Trynite sonday there past out of this worlde the â—â—oure of chiâ—alry of Englande Edwarde prince of Wales of Aâ—tayne at the kynges palaâ—s of Westmynster besyde London And so he was enbawmed and put in leed and kept tyll the feast of saynt Michaell next after to be entred with the greatter soleÌ„â—ytie whan the parliament shulde be ther. Kyng Charles of Fraunce bycause of lynage dyd his obsequy reuerently in the holy chapell of the paleys in Parys And there were many of the prelates nobles of the realme of FrauÌ„ce and so than the truce was proloÌ„ged to the first day of Aprill next after Now let vs somwhat speke of the lorde Coucy of the almayns WHan they of Austriche the almayns vnderstode that the lorde of Coucy was coÌ„e with such a strength to make warre They caused to be brent and distroyed thre dayes â—ourney in to the countre along by the ryuer And than they went in to the mountayns and places inhabytable and so whaÌ„ the lorde of Couâ—y had wende to haue founde vytayle for his hoost he coude get none Wherby he suffred that wynter moche trouble and dysease for they wyst nat whyder to go to forage nor to gette vitayle for theyâ— nor their horses so that some dyed for huÌ„ger colde sicknesse And therfore whan the springyng tyme began they returned agayne in to Fraunce and went in to dyuers places to refresshe them selfe And the frenche kyng sent the moost parte of the coÌ„panyons in to Bretayne and in to base Normandy to aâ—yde and rest there for he thought well he shulde haue soÌ„what to do in short tyme after And at the retournyng of the lorde Couâ—y in to Fraunce he began to be good frenche bicause he â—ounde the kyng so amyable to condiscende to his desyre And also his counsayle sayd he neâ—â— nat to a voide out of his heritage vnder the shadowe of the kyng of Englandes warr for they sayd he was frenche of name of blode of armes extraction He sent his wyfe into Englande and kept styll with him his eldest doughter and left the yonger styll in Englande wher as she had been brought vp and norisshed â–ª Than yâ— frenche kyng sent the lorde Coucy to Bruges to them that were ther to entreate for the peace how beâ—t as than the great lordes were nat there but all onely the duke of Bretayne who was styll with his cosyn therle of Flaunders but he busyed him selfe but lytle in the treatie for the peace And after the feest of saynt Mychaell whan the obsequy of the prince was done and fynisshed than the kyng of Englande made to be knowen to his 〈◊〉 â–ª The duke of LaÌ„castre the erle of Cambridge and to the lorde ThomÌ„s the yongest and to all the barons erles prelatê and knightes of Englande howe that the yonge Richarde shulde be kyng after his discease And so caused them all to swere solemly to maynteyne him and on Christmas day the kyng made hym to sytte at his table aboue all his owne chyldren in great estate representyng that he shulde be kyâ—â—â— alter his discease And there was sent to Bruges for the kyng of Englandes parte JohnÌ„ lorde Cobham the bysshoppe of Herforde and the mayre of London And for the frenche partie thyder came the erle of Salebruche the lorde of Chastellon and maister Phylbert Les 〈…〉 and the two bysshoppes embassadrâ— alwayes went bytwene the parties treatynge for peace and spake of a mariage to be had bytwene the yong prince of Englande and my lady Maâ—y doughter to the frenche kyng And so they departed aswell they of FrauÌ„ce as of Englande and so made report to bothe kynges and than about lent there was a secrete treatie 〈◊〉 to be bytwene the two kyngesat Moutrell by the see And so were sent by the kynge of Englande to Calais sir Rycharde Dangle Rycharde Stan Geâ—â—ray Chaâ—â—er â–ª And fro the frenche kyng was sent the lorde of Couâ—y and of Riuyer sir Nycholas Braques and Nycholas Brasier and they along season treated on the sayd mariage And the frenchmen offered as I was enfourmed dyuers thyngâ—s and they wolde haue agayne otherthynges suche as they named or els nothyng Than these entreatours went and made report to their lordê and so the trewce was agayne relonged to the fyrst day of Maye and so came agayne to Calais the erle of Salisbury yâ— bysshop of saynt Dauyd chauÌ„cellour of Englande and the bysshoppe of Herforde And for the frenche kynge at Muttrell there was the lorde of Coucy sir Wylliam of Dormans chauÌ„cellour of FrauÌ„ce but they durst neuer trust to mete toguy â—er in any place bytwene Mutterell and Calâ—â—â— nor bytwene Mutterell Boleyn nor in the fronters for any thyng that the two bysshoppes embassadours coude do orshewe Thus these entreatours abode in this astate tyll the 〈◊〉 was expyred ANd whan the warr was open than sir Hughe Caurell was sent to be kepar of Calais Whan pope Gregoriebeynge 〈…〉 â—non vnderstod that no peace coude be had byâ—wene FrauÌ„ce England he was right sorousull and ordred his busynesse shortly went to Rome And whan the duke of Breten who had â—eâ— more than a yere with the erle of FlauÌ„ders his cosyn sawe that the warr was open he toke leaue of therle and weÌ„t to Grauelyng
and he newly repayred the castell and made the bridge newe agayne that was taken ¶ Howe the erle of NorthuÌ„berlande and the erle of Notyngham and the other englisshmen entred with great puyssaunce in to the realme of Scotlande Cap. CCC .xxiiii. AFter the wynning agayn of the castell of Berwyke the erles of Northumberland Notyngham whiche were two of the greatest men in al the englyssh hoost whaÌ„ they had assembled all their men togyder they determyned to ryde after their enemyes and if they coude fynde them to fyght with them And so early in a mornyng they departed toke the way towardes Rosebourge a long by the ryuer of Twyde And whan they had ryden togyder the space of two leages than they toke newe counsaile and so deuyded their company and sent one parte toward Mauros a great abbey of blacke moÌ„kes by the ryuer of Aude the whiche was the departure of bothe realmes to th enteÌ„t to se or knowe if they might fynde any scottes there And the other parte of their company rode towarde Morlane thynkynge yâ— by one of these two wayes they shulde here some tidynges of the scottes of the company that rode to Mauros was capitayne sir Thomas Mosegraue and with hym thre hundred speares as many archers And so thus they departed the one ridyng on the ryght hand and the other on the left hande and sir ThomÌ„s Mosegraue and his sonne rode so longe that they came to Mauros and there toke their lodgyng at a good hour to refreshe them selfe and their horses and to knowe iustly wher the scottes were become they sent forthe two squyers well horsed and suche as knewe the countre to se if they coulde here any tidyngê of theÌ„ These two squiers whan they were departed fro their maisters rode so longe that sodenly they were in a busshment of the scottes of whome sir Wyllyam Lyndsey was chefe was at aduenture to se if he coude here any tidynges of Berwike and howe his nephue Alysander Ramsay had spedde in the castell of Berwyke or to here some tidynges of thenglysshmen He had in his company a .xl. speares Assoone as these two squyers were entred within their busshement they were sodenly beset rounde about and so taken wherof the knight had great ioye and demauÌ„ded of them fro whens they came and so they were in teare to speke and loth to dyscouer the dedes of their maystres but it behoued theym to speke for the knyght sayd they shulde lease their heedes if they tolde him nat the trouth of euery thyng that he wolde demaunde of them And whan they sawe there was none other remedy they spake and shewed howe the castell of Berwyke was wonne agayne and all that were within slayne except AlysaÌ„der Ramsay And howe therle of Northumberlande and the erle of Notyngham were ryden a long by the ryuer of Twyde to fynde the scottes and howe sir ThomÌ„s Mosegraue his sonne sir JohnÌ„ Asheton and sir Richard Beton with thre huÌ„dred speares as many archers were lodged and taryed at the abbey of Mauros and also howe they were sent to knowe iustly where the scottes were By my faythe ê™ sir Wylliam of Lyndsay ye haue nowe founde vs howbeit ye shall tary with vs than they were delyuered to besauely kept fro startyng away And sir Wylliam of Lindsey called a man of armes to him and sayd Go your way and ryde to our hoost and shewe them all that ye haue harde of the englisshmen and I woll abyde here styll tyll it be nyght to se if I canne here any more tidynges And so this messanger rode forthe tyll he came to a great village beyond Morlan called HoÌ„dbray on the ryuer of Twyde among the mouÌ„tayns where there was fayre medowes and a good countre wherfore the scottes taryed ther In the euenyng thyder caÌ„e the squier founde there the erle Duglas the erle Morette therle of Surlant and sir Archambalt Duglas and the other scottes than the squyer was brought to these lordes to whome he shewed all the mater as ye haue herde before and whan the scottes vnderstode howe the castell of Berwike was conquered agayne they were sore dyspleased and sorowfull howe be it they were recomforted agayne whan they herde howe sir ThomÌ„s Mosgraue and his sonne and other knyghtes and squiers of England were lodged at Mauros than they determyned to go thyder and dislodge their enemys and to assay if they coude recouer any parte of their domage and so they mouÌ„ted and departed fro Hondbray and rode towarde Mauros on the right hande for they knewe well the countre And so they had come thyder before mydnight but that ther fell such a rayne and wynde the whiche strake them so in the faces that the proudest of theym was so beaten with rayne and wynde that they coâ—de scant syt on their horses and their pages what 〈◊〉 weâ—e 〈◊〉 â—at â—â—re their may â—â—ers speares but lette them fall and so brake euery man fro other and lost their waye Than the chiefe capitaynes rested priuely vnder a great wood syde and suche kâ—yghtes as were sage and wyse sayd howe they rode but folyshly for it was no good season at that tyme to ryde sayâ—ng howe they myght rather lese therby than wynâ—â— So they taryed and couered them and their horses vnder the trees tyll the day began to aâ—ere â–ª and suche as were were colde made fyers to warme them but or they coulde make any â—yre they endured moche payne for yâ— wod was grâ—ne and the grounde wete This rayne and wether endured tyll the sonne rose thaÌ„ the wether â—â—â—an to clere vp and the sonne shone â–ª and the â—arkes began to synge Than these capâ—tayns drewe to gyder to take counsayll what they shu 〈…〉 do for they had fayled of their enâ—â—nt as to coe to Maurose by nyght tyme than it was thought bâ—st that they shulde there refresh them seâ—â—â— and their horses and to sende out abrâ—â—â— thâ—â—â— foragers and so they dyd and they rode abrode in to villages there besyde and so brought to their companyes haye hotes for their horses and vitayle for their maysters The same mornynge the englisshmen that lay at Mauros sent out their foragers so that they and the â—â—ottysshe foragers encountred eche other but there the englisshmen hadde none aduauntage for ther were dyuers of them slayne and hurte 〈…〉 e of them lost so that tidynges 〈◊〉 oâ—â—ame to sir ThomÌ„s Mosegraue and to theÌ„ that were at Mauros wherby they knewe that the scottes were nat farre fro them Than they founed their trompettes and sadled their horses and armed them and so determyned to take the â—â—â—de and so they dyde And anone the scottê knewe therof by their foragers than they made halte to refresshe their horses and so armed them and sette them in good ordre of batayll 〈…〉 r couert a long by the wode syde they were a 〈◊〉 hundred speares and two thousande or other called
hym his two sonnes The kyng answered and sayde He wolde take aduyse and counsayle in the mater And so after they were answered in the kynges name the kyng beyng present and the two chyldren also his nephewes how that the kynge loued them right entierly Wherfore they coulde nat be better in no place and yâ— the kyng of Nauerre ought to be content rather to suffre theÌ„ to be in Fraunce with the kyng their vncle than in any other place And also the kyng wyll in no wyse depart fro them but kepe them aboute hym in their estate as the chyldren of a kyng and lyke his nephewes other answere the messangers coude nat haue And in the meane season yâ— these messangers were in FrauÌ„ce Peter of Basylle and FeraÌ„do arryued at Chyerbourge with great prouisyon the whiche they putte in dyuers places in townes and castels of the kyng of Nauers in Normandy And so they visyted in the kynge of Nauers name all the countie of Eureux and made newe officers and sette in people at their pleasures and so retourned agayne into Nauerre the bysshoppe of Panpylone and sir Marten Carr and shewed the kynge howe they had spedde in FrauÌ„ce The kynge of Nauer was nat very gladde of that tidyges whan he coulde nat haue his owne sonnes And so began a great hatered in his hert towarde the frenche kynge the whiche he wolde gladly haue shewed if he had might but the puyssance of him selfe was nat so great to greue the realme of Fraunce without helpe and ayde of some other realme So he suffred all these maters tyll he had better cause to speke and more displeasure done to hym than he hadde as than THe frenche kyng and his couÌ„sayle were well enformed that the kyng of Nauer had newe reuitayled his castels and townes in NormaÌ„dy but they knewe nat for what entent The same season thenglysshmen made a secret army on the see of two thousand men of armes but they had no horse with them Of the which army the duke of Lancastre and the erle of CaÌ„bridge were chefe capitayns This the normans reported surely to the french kyng and this armye came on the costes of NormaÌ„dy but they coulde nat tell to what parte they wolde drawe vnto Some in Fraunce thought that the kynge of Nauer had caused them to come in to Normandy to delyuer to them suche castelles as he had there Wherfore it was sayde to the kynge Sir go hastely and be lorde of those castels before for ye may happe to tary to long for if the englisshmen haue theÌ„ they may do moche hurt to the realme of Fraunce for it shall be one of the best entrees that they can haue if they were lordes in NormaÌ„dy of the cyties townes and castels belongyng to the kyng of Nauer The same season there was taken in Fraunce two secrataries of the kyng of Nauers a clerke a squyer The cleke was called Peter of Tertre and the squyer James of Rue and they were brought to Parys to be examyned And somoche it was knowen by theym of the secrettes of the realme of Nauerre howe they were determyned to haue done domage to the kyng or els to haue poysoned him so they were condempned to dye and execucyen was done at Parys beheeded and quartred These tydynges multyplied so on the kyng of Nauer that the frenche kynge sware yâ— he wolde neuer attende to none other thynge tyll he had ryd Normandy and taken in to his possession for the behoffe of his nephewes all the townes and castelles that the kyng of Nauer helde there so dayly ther came sore informacions to the frenche kyng agaynst the kynge of Nauer Also it was sayde openly that the duke of LaÌ„castre shulde gyue his doughter Kateryn to the kynge of Nauer and so by that meanes the kyng shulde gyue to the duke of Lancastre all the hole countye of Deureur These wordes were lightly beleued in FrauÌ„ce for the kyng of Nauer was but lytell trusted among them So than the same tyme the french kynge came to Rohan and there assembled a great army of men of warre wherof the lorde Coucy the lorde de la Ryuer were chefe capitayns and they all met togyder before a towne called Lyseur a cytie in Normandy parteynynge to the kyng of Nauer and these two lordes had the two sonnes of the kyng of Nauer Charles and Peter to shewe to theÌ„ of the countrey that the warre that they made was in the name of the two chyldren for their herytage that was fallen to them by the ryght of their mother And howe that the kynge of Nauer had no right to kepe them but the moost parte of the men of armes were so ioyned in loue with the kyng of Nauer that they coude nat departe out of his seruyce And also the naueroyse that were there assembled suche as the kyng of Nauer hadde sent thyder caused his warr to be the more easyer and fayre ¶ Howe the frenche kynge ceased all the lande of the kyng of Nauers Cap. CCC .xxviii. THe frenche kyng sent commyssioners to Mountpellyer to cease the lande and seignorie in to his handes the whiche the kyng of Nauerr helde And whan these coÌ„myssioners that is to say sir Wylliam of Dormans and sir Johan Merger were come to Mountpellyer they sente for the moost noblest ê‘sons of the towne and shewed them their coÌ„myssions They of Mountpellyer obeyed for they myght do none otherwise for if they had nat obeyed it had benyuell for them For the duke of Anio we and the constable of Fraunce were in the countrey with a great armye and desyred nothynge so moche as to haue had warre with them of Mountpellyer Ther were taken prisoners two knyghtê of Normandy who were before gouernours to the countre vnder the kynge of Nauer and also sir Guy of Grauell sir Lyger Dergesy who taryed in prison a long tyme after Thus the to wne of Mountpellyer and all the barony was become frenche NOwe let vs returne to the french army that was in Normandy she we howe the lorde Coucy the lorde de la Ryuer sped they came before Eureur and layd siege therto they of the garysons parteyning to yâ— kyng of Naueâ— closed fast their garysons a gaynst the frenchmen for they were nat in mynde soo soone to yelde them vp Whan the kyng of Nauer vnderstode that the frenchmen had taken the possessyon of Mountpellyer and of all the couÌ„tre and that great nombre of men of armes were in the countre of Eureux pillyng and beatyng downe his townes and castelles He hadde dyuers y magmacyons and counsayls with them that he trusted best finally it was coÌ„cluded by his counsayle that he coulde haue no conforte without it were by the englysshmen wherfore it was concluded that he shulde sende a sufficyent ê‘sonage with letters of credéce to the yong kyng of Englande and to his counsayle Desyrynge to be alyed with hym he to swere fro yâ— day
with gret payne ther was perysshed a fourescore archers and as many men of armes or mo And so by that fortune this army was broken for that tyme. The duke of Bretayne had great marueyle and all those on his parte that they coulde here no worde of them they coulde nat consyder nor ymagenne what lette they hadde Fayne they wolde haue knowen to the entent to haue hadde some comforte for they were sore ouerpressed by sir Olyuer of Clysson sir Guy de la Uall sir Olyuer of Clesqui erle of Langueuylde and the lorde Rochforte and the frenchmen that lay aboute the fronters of Bretayne Than the duke was counsayled to sende sufficient messangers in to Englande to knowe the cause why they came nat and to hast theym forther for they had nede of their helpe The lorde of Beaumonoyre and sir Eustace Housay were desyred by the duke and by them of the couÌ„tre to take on them that voyage in to Englande They answered how they were content to go Than they had letters fro the duke of Bretayne and fro them of the couÌ„tre and so they deê‘ted and toke shyppinge and had wynde and wether at their pleasur and arryued at HaÌ„pton And than yssued out of their vessell and toke horse rode to London This was about Whytsontyde the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred and fourscore THe kynge of Englande was anone certifyed of their comynge So the kynge went to Wyndsore to kepe the feest of Penthecost there and with hym his vncles and a gret nombre of barons and knightes of Englande And thyder came these two foresayd knyghtes of Bretayne and were honourably receyued of the kynge and of his vncles and of all other there they delyuered their letters to the kynge and to his vncles They reed them and knewe therby howe the duke of Bretayne his countrey desyred them effectuously of ayde and confort There these two knightê knewe of the dethe of sir Johan Arundell and the other that were perysshed in the see goyng towarde Bretayne and so there the duke of Lancastre excused the mater and sayd Howe the kyng nor his counsayle was in no faute but the fortune of the see agaynst the whiche no man canne resyst whan god wyll haue it so So the knyghtes helde the kyng excused and greatly complayned the dethe of those knyghtes so perysshed in the see The feest of PeÌ„thecost passed and than they helde a parlyament at Westmyuster and there was all the kynges counsayll And in the same meane season there dyed at LoÌ„don sir Rychard Dangle erle of HuÌ„tyngdon and was buryed in the frere Augustynes The kyng caused his obsequy to be done right honourably with a great nombre of prelates and barones of Englande and the bysshoppe of London sange the masse Than anone after began the parlyament and there it was ordayned yâ— sir Thomas of Wodstocke youngest sonne to kynge Edwarde the thirde and dyuers barones knyghtes squiers with hym shulde passe the see and lande at Calayes and soo to passe by the grace of god throughe Fraunce with thre thousande men of armes and as many archers and so to come in to Bretayne lyke the sonne of a kyng ¶ He toke on hym a great thynge as to passe throughe the realme of Fraunce the whiche is so great and soo noble and wherin there is so noble chyualry and so valyant men of armes WHan these thynges were thus determyned and the voiage coÌ„cluded and agreed Than the kyng of Englande his vncles sent letters to the duke of Bretayne and to them of the countre gyueng them knowledge of their ententes and of their counsayle and parlyament that they had concluded at LoÌ„don Howe that without faute sir Thomas of Wodstocke erle of Buckingham yongest sonÌ„e to kynge Edwarde the thirde shulde shortely passe the see to come and socour theÌ„ The kyng of Englande honoured greatly these knyghtes of Bretayne and gaue them great gyftes and in likewyse so dyd his vncles and so they departed and returned in to Bretayne and delyuered their letters to the duke and he opened and red them and sawe what they contayned and so shewed them to the lordes and knyghtes of his countrey who were well content with that aunswere The kynge of Englande and his vncles forgate nat the voiage that was apoynted but sent for all them that were chosen and apoynted to go with the erle of Buckyngham who were bothe barons knyghtes squiers and other and they were payed for their wages at Douer for thre monethes their wages to begyn assone as they shulde be arryued at Calayes as well men of armes as archers and their passage was delyuered them franke and fre and so they passed lytell and lytell and arryued at Calays and it was a .xv. dayes or they were all past They of Boloyne sawe well howe men of armes archers were issued out of Englande and landed at Calays and gaue knowledge therof ouer all the countrey and to all the frenche garysons to the entent that they shulde take hede euery man to his parte So that whan these tydynges were knowen in bolonoyse and thoronyse in the countie of Guynes knyghtes squiers of the countrey drewe into the forteresses and put therin all that they hadde for feare of lesynge And the capitayns of Boloyne of Arde of Monteire of Spirlo que of Tornehen of Hornes of Lyques and of other castelles on the fronters there entended greatly to prouide for their places for they thought seynge the englisshmen were come ouer in suche a nombre that they shulde haue some assautes gyuen to some of them The tydinges of this passage of the englisshmen was brought to kyng Charles beyng at Parys Than in coÌ„tynent he sent to the lorde Coucy to saynt Quintynes that he shulde prouyde formen of warre and to go in to Picardy to comforte his cyties townes castelles fortersses there The lorde Coucy obeyed the kynges coÌ„maundement as it was reason than he made a somoÌ„s of knightes and squiers of Picardy Arthoyse and Uermandoyse to mete at Peron in Uermandoyse The same tyme the lorde of saynt Pye was capytayne of Arde and of Boloyne sir Johan Bouillers This sir Thomas of Wodstocke erle of Buckynghame yongest sonne to kynge Edwarde the thirde arryued at Calays thre dayes before Maudlyn tyde in the moneth of July the yere of our lorde god a thousand thre hundred and fourscore ¶ Howe the erle of Buckyngham the englisshmen departed fro Calats to go in to FrauÌ„ce and of their order Cap. CCC .lxi. WHan the erle of Buckynghame was aryued at Calays the companyons had great ioye for they thought well nat to tary long there but to go forth on their voâ—age The erle refresshed him two dayes at Calays and on the thirde daye departed and toke the way to Marquegnes It were reason that I shewe you the names of the bauers and pensels that were there with the erle First the erle of
retourded agayne to their hoost Whan the erle and his company sawe that the 〈…〉 of FrauÌ„ce suche as were within 〈…〉 wolde nat yssue in to the feldes array 〈…〉 than they passed farther And the same day 〈◊〉 and loged at Esquyles bytwene say 〈…〉 and Tyrwyn and the nexte daye they rodeth warde Tyrwynne Whan they of the garysons in the county of Bolayne Artoyse and Guynes sawe the dealynge of the englysshmen and howe they went alwayes forwarde without restyng They shewed their wylles eche to others and determyned to pursue the englysshe hoost thynkynge therby somwhat to wynne So they gathered togyder and assembled vnder the standerde of the lorde of Fresures and of the lorde of saynt Pye They were a two huÌ„dred speares than they coosted and pursued the englisshmen but the englysshmen kept themselfe euer so close to guyder without disorderynge that the frenchemen coude gette none aduantage Howe be it somtyme the frenchemen encountred with the englysshe foragers and ouerthrue them 〈…〉 fore they durst nat go a foragynge but 〈…〉 companyes Thus thenglysshmen rode forthe and paste Tyrwynne without any thynge doynge for the lorde of saynt Pye and the lorde of Tresures were ther. And the hoost lodged at Bethwyn and there taryed a day and I shall shewe you why ye haue herde here before howe kynge Rycharde of Englande by thaduyse of his vncles and of his cousayle He had sent in to â—lmayne a knight of his called sir Symon Burle to the kynge of romayns to haue his sustre in maryage The knight had so well spedde yâ— the king of romayns assented therto by the counsayle of all the great barons of his court And the kyng of romayns sent in to Englande with sir Symon Burle the duke of Casson to aduyse the realme of Englande to se howe it shulde please his suster and to make an enue of the mater for the cardynall of Rauene was all redye in Englande who helde with pope Urbane and conuerted the englysshmen to the opinyon of Urbane Haryed for the comyng of the said duke who at the kyng of Englandes desyre and the duke of Brahantes bothe he and all his company had asauâ—coÌ„duct to passe through the realme of FrauÌ„ce to come to Calays and he caÌ„e by 〈…〉 and Bethwyn And so came and sawe therle of Buckyngham who receyued him 〈…〉 norably and the next daye they toke leaue eche of other and so the almayns came to Ayre and to saynt Omers and so to Calays And therle and his hoost went to Liques and lodged that day at Bohayne And alway the lorde of saynt Pye and the lorde of Fresures pursued yâ— host and in the morning the host disloged and went towarde Bethwyn In the towne there was a great garyson of knightes and squyers ê‘teynyng to the lorde of Couty as the lorde of HaÌ„gest sir Johan and sir Trystram of Roye sir Gâ—ffray of Chargney sir Guy Harcourt and dyuers other The hoost passed by Bethwyn went to Douchers at night the lorde of saynt Pye and yâ— lorde of Fresures entred into Bethwyn 〈◊〉 the next day they went to Arras where they founde the lorde of Coucy who receyued them ioyfully and demaunded of theym what way the englysshmen toke And they answered said how they had lyen the same night at DoÌ„chers and shewed hym howe they rode wysely and close togyder Than the lorde Coucy said than it semeth well yâ— they demaunde nothyng but batayle the whiche they shall haue if yâ— kynge our lorde wyll a gretherto or they haue acoÌ„plysshed their viage Th erle of Buckyngham passed by Arras in good order of batayle and went and lodged at Anette and the next day at Myramount and so to Clery on the ryuer of Somme Whan the lorde Coucy beyng at Arras vnderstode howe they tooke that way he sent the lorde Hangest to Bray on the same ryuer of Somme and in his company .xxx. speaâ—es knightes and squyers and to Peron he seÌ„t Jaques of Uerchyn seneshall of Heynault the lorde of Haureth sir JohnÌ„ of Roy and dyuers other and went hym selfe towarde saynt Quitynes and sent the lorde of Clary and dyuers other in to UermaÌ„dorse For he wolde nat that by his neglygence the countre shulde haue taken any domage ¶ Howe the lorde of Brymewe and his chyldren were takenne by the englysshmen and all their coÌ„pany And howe they of the garyson of Perone were chased into their towne hastely Cap. CCC .lxii. THe same nyght that the englysshmen lodged at Clary certayne knightes amoÌ„ge theÌ„ as sir Thomas Triuet sir Wyllyam Clynton and sir yuon of Fytzwaren by the mouynge of their lorde Uarchyne who knewe well the couÌ„tre and they knewe well howe the lorde of Coucy was with a great nombre at Arras thinkyng surelye that he wolde ryde the next mornynge to se yf they coude mete with any of their englysshe foragers for they knewe well his desyre was to do dedes of armes and as they thought so it fortuned So the englysshemen with a thretie speares rode forthe folowed farre of fro their foragers at aduenture The same day there departed fro the cytie of Arras the lorde Coucy with a great coÌ„pany and toke his way towardes saynt Quyntines and whan he was in the feldes the lorde of Brimewe and his chyldren departed fro the lorde Coucys company with a thretie speres lyke men that desyred to fynde aduentures and sodaynly the frenche men and englisshmen mette eche with other so that ther was no remedy but to fight so they cryed their cryes and at their first metyng there were many ouerthrowen slayne and hurt on bothe parties and ther was done many a feate of armes and than lyghted a fote and dyde valyantly so that for the space of one houre none coulde tell who hadde the better Howe be it finally the englysshmen had the vyctorie and sir Thomas Tryuet toke the lorde of Brimewe and his 〈◊〉 sonnes Johan and Loyes and there were taken a sixtene men of armes and thother saued them selfe Than the englysshmen retourned a gayne to their hoost and so taryed aboute Peron for they had knowledge by their prisoners howe the lorde of Coucy was at Perone with a thousande speares and coude nat tell wheder he wolde fight with theÌ„ or nat The same daye there wente out of the hoost with the foragers the lorde of Uerchyne Ferchras his bastarde brother and sir yuon Fytzwaren and dyuers other and rode to the mount saynt Quyntyne and there laye in a busshment For they knewe well that the seneshall of Heynalte was at Peron with certayne men of armes they knewe well he was so yonge and lusty that he wolde yssue out to seke for some aduenture and so he dyd The vowarde sent 〈◊〉 men of armes to ren before Perone as Terrey of Soubezmayne the bastarde of Uertayne Hugelyn Caurell Hopkyn Haye mounted on good horses And so they rode to the barryers of the towne and within with the seneshall of Heynaulte
armes of therle of Buckynghams the lordes demaunded of them what they wolde they answered and sayd howe they were sente to speke with the duke of Burgoyne IN the same season that these harauldes shulde haue done their message the duke of Burgoyne and the lordê with hym were be sy to sette their men in ordre of batayle The englisshmen thought verely to haue had batayle wherfore ther were made newe knyghtê Fyrst sir Thomas Tryuet brought his baner rolled vp toguyder to the erle of Buckyngham and sayd Sir if it please you I shall this day display my baner for thanked be god I haue reuenues sufficyent to mayntayne it withall It pleasethe me ryght well ê™ the erle Than the erle toke the baner delyuered it to sir Thomas Tryuet and sayde sir Thomas I pray god gyue you grace to do nobly this day and alwayes after Than sir Thomas toke the baner and displayed it and delyuered it to a squier whome he trusted well And soo went to the vowarde for he was ordayned so to do by the capitayue the lorde Latymer and by the marshall the lorde Fitz water And ther were made newe knyghtes as sir Peter Berton sir JohnÌ„ and sir Thomas Paulle sir JohnÌ„ Syngule sir Thomas Dortyngnes sir JohnÌ„ Uassecoq sir Thomas Brasey sir Johan Brauyne sir Henry Uernyer sir Johan Coleuyll sir Wylliam Eurart sir Nycholas Styngule and sir Hughe Lunyt And all these went to the fyrste batayle bycawse to be at the first skrimysshe Than the erle called forthe a gentyll squyer of the countie of Sauoy who had ben desyred be fore to haue ben made knight both before Arde saynt Omers This squier was called Rafe of Gremers sonne to the erle of Gremers The erle of Buckyngham sayd to him Sir if god be pleased I thynke we shall haue this day batayle wherfore I wyll that ye be a knight The squier excused hym selfe and sayde Sir god thanke you of yâ— noblenes that ye wolde put me vnto But sir I wyll neuer be knyght without I be made by the handes of my naturall lorde the erle of Sauoy in batayll and so he was examyned noo farther It was great pleasure to be holde the Englisshmen in the felde and the frenchmen made their preparacyon in their bastyde for they thought well at the leest to haue some scrymishe Thinkyng that suche men as thenglisshmen were wold neuer passe by without soÌ„e maner of face or skrimysshe The duke of Burgoyne was there without the towne armed at all peces with an are in his hande and soo all knyghtes and squiers passed by hym to the bastyde so that there was so great prease that no man coulde go forewarde nor the harauldes coulde nother go forwarde nor backewarde wherby they coulde nat come to yâ— duke to do their message as they were coÌ„maunded BEsyde the erle of Buckynghams commaundemeÌ„t to the two harauldes there were dyuers other that sayd to them Sirs ye shall go forth and do your message and besyde that say to the duke of Burgoyne Howe that the duke of Bretayne and the countrey there hath sent to the kyng of Englande to haue comforte and ayde agaynst a certayne barons and knyghtes of Bretayne rebels to the duke who wyll nat obey to their lorde as the moost parte of the countrey dothe But make warre in the countre shadowe them selfe vnder yâ— frenche kyng And bycause the kyng of Englande wyll ayde the duke and the countrey he hath nowe specially sent one of his vncles the erle of Buckyngham with a certayne nombre of men of warr to go in to Bretayne to confort the duke and the countre Who arryued at Calays and hath taken their way to passe throughe the realme of Fraunce so they be forwarde in their iourney hyder to the cytie of Troyes where as they knewe well there is a great nombre of lordes specially the duke of Burgoyne sonne to the french kyng disseased and brother to the kyng that nowe is wherfore ye may say to him howe sir Thomas erle of Buckyngham sonne to the kyng of Englande disseased and vncle to the kyng that nowe is desireth of him batayll The harauldes or they went they demaunded to haue hadde letters of credence consernynge that mater and they were answered how they shulde haue had letters the next day but in the moruynge they had taken other counsayle and sayde Howe they wolde sende no letters but badde them dept and sayd Go your wayes say as ye haue ben enformed ye are credable ynough if they lyst to beleue you So the haraldes departed as ye haue herde before and the newe englysshe knyghtes hadde begon the scrimysshe so that all was in trouble And certayn knightes and other of Fraunce sayd to the haraudes Sirs what do you here get you hens ye be here in great parell for here be yuell people in this towne Whiche doute caused the haraldes to retourne agayne without any thyng doyng of their message ¶ Nowe let vs shewe what was done in this scrimysshe FIrst ther was an englisshe squyre borne in the bysshoprike of LyncolnÌ„ an expert man of armes I can nat se whyder he coude se or nat but he spurred his horse his spear in his hande and his targe about his necke his horse came russhyng downe the way and lepte clene ouer the barres of the barriers and so galoped to the gate where as the duke of Burgoyn and the other lordes of Fraunce were who reputed that dede for a great enterprise The squier thought to haue returned but he coulde nat for his horse was stryken with speares and heaten downe the squier slayne wherwith the duke of Burgoyne was ryght sore displeased that he had nat ben taken a lyue as prisoner Therwith the great batayll of the erle of Buckynghams came on a foote towarde these men of armes in the bastyde the which was made but of dores wyndowes and tables And to saye the trouth it was nothyng to holde agaynst suche men of warre as the englisshmen were wherfore it coulde nat longe endure Whan the duke of Burgoyne sawe them comyng so thicke and so great a nombre consideryng howe his nombre was nat sufficyent agaynst them coÌ„maunded euery man to entre in to the towne except crosbowes and so they entred in at the gate lytell and lytell and whyle they entred the genowayes cros bowes shot continually and hurte dyuers of the englisshmen There was a sore scrymishe but anone the bastyde was conquered it coulde nat endure agaynst englisshmen So the frenchmen entred agayne in at yâ— gate as they entred they set theÌ„selfe in ordre in the stretes There was the duke of Lorayne and the lorde Coucy the duke of Burbon dyuers other bytwene the gate and the barryers there was many a feate of armes done some slayne hurt and taken Whan the englisshmen sawe the frenchmen withdrawe backe they in lykewyse reculed backe and stode styll in ordre of bataile
there aboute there were these lordes The duke of Burbone the erle of Bare the lorde Coucy the erle Ducke and the duke aâ— Lorayne and so moche people that they were aboue the nombre of sixe thousande men of armes who sayde amonge them selfe Howe they wolde whyder the kynge wolde or nat fight with the englysshemen or they were past the tyuer of Sartie the whiche departeth Mayne and Anâ—owe ¶ The same season a sickenesse toke the frenche kynge wherby hym selfe and all suche as loued hym were greatlye discomforted for they sawe in hym no remedy but that shortly he shulde dye He knewe it well hym selfe howe he coude nat lyue longe for so sayde all his phisycions and surgyons I shall shewe you why IT was of trouthe as the common brunte ranne that the kynge of Nauetr whan the frenche kyng was but duke of Normandy and lay there he wolde haue poysoned him so that the kyng receyued the poyson and was in the case that all the heare of his body went of and all the nayles of his handes and fete and than all his body became as drie as a staffe so that he was without remedy The emperoure of Rome his vncle whan he herde speakynge of his malady he sent hym a conyng phisycion the greattest mayster reputed in that arte that was as than in all the worlde Whan this mayster was come in to Fraunce to the kynge who as than was but duke of Normandy and had ones knowlege of his disease he said he knewe well that he was poysoned and was in greate parell of dethe And so he dyde there one of the greattest cures that hath been herde of for he kylled the venym within hym or the best parte therof and made his heer and nayles to growe agayne and made hym hole and brought him agayne to his strength This venym euer yssued out of hym lytell and lytell at his arme by a lytell pype and whan this mayster departed out of Fraunce he gaue the kynge a receyte to vse as long as he lyued and he sayd to the kynge and to theÌ„ that were about him Loke whan this yssue by this pype drieth vp than surely ye shall dye But ye shall haue a fyftene dayes respyte after ye fall sicke or euer ye dye to remembre your soule So the kynge remembred well his wordes bare this pype .xxii. dayes whiche thynge often tymes abasshed hym And suche phisycions as he had moost trust in they of ten tymes reioysed hym and sayd Sir by the good medycins that ye haue we shall make you to lyue long in great ioye wherin he had great trust Besyde this the kyng had other diseases right greuous and specially in his tethe wherof he hadde marueylous payne And the kynge knewe well by these maladyes that he shulde nat lyue longe At his later dayes the thynge that moost conforted hym was that god hadde sent hym thre fayre chyldren two sonnes and our doughter Charles Lewes and Katheryne WHan this issue in his arme began to drie vp the doutes of his dethe began to aproche Than he prouyed therfore for like a noble prudent and sage prince as he was euer in all his warkes He sent for his thre bretherne the duke of Berrey the duke of Burgone and the duke of Burbone and he let his seconde brother the duke of Aniowe alone and sent nat for hym bycause he knewe well he was so sore gyuen to couyâ—ousnesse Than the king sayde to the other thre My fayre bretherne by the ordynauÌ„ce of nature I fele well and knowe howe I shall nat lyue long Wherfore I recommaunde in to your kepyng my sonne Charles and loke that ye vse youre selfe to him as good vncles shulde do to their nephewe and than ye acquyte your selfe to hym trewely and crowne hym kynge as soone as ye can after my dethe Counsayle hym alwayes well and trewely for in you lyeth all my trust The chylde is yonge and lyght of spiryte therfore it is great nede that he be well counsayled and gouerned And teche him or cause him to be taught all the pointes and states ryall the which he ought to kepe and mary hym in so high a place that the realm maye fare the better therby Longe a gone I herde a mayster of astronomy say and affirme that in his youthe he shulde haue moche a do and shulde escape fro many daungerous parelles Wherfore I haue had dyuers ymagmacyons howe it might be without it growe by reason of FlauÌ„ders for thanked be god as for the busynesse of this our realme of Fraunce standethe in right good poynte The duke of Bretayne is a craftie and a subtell man and hath hadde alwayes his herte rather englysshe than frenche Wherfore it wyll be requysite that ye kepe the noble men and good townes of Bretayne in loue and amyte wherby yeshall breke parte of his enteÌ„t I prayse greatly the bretons for alwayes they haue serued me and helpte to kepe my realme fro myne ennemyes And I wyll ye make the lorde Clysson coÌ„stable for all thynges consydred I se no man so mete as he for that offyce Seke for some maryage for my sonne Charles in Almaygne to the entent that our alyaunce might be the stronger ye well vnderstande how our aduersary the kyng of Englande wyll mary there to haue the more alyaunce The poore people of our realme ar sore oppressed and tourmented by him his Therfore putte them away as shortely as ye can for they are thynges though I haue sustayned theÌ„ that greueth me ryght sore and lyeth heuy in my courage But the great alyance that we haue in the good townes of Bretayne hath caused me to forbere fightynge with them so longe as we haue done THe kynge spake dyuers other wordes the whiche I canne nat resyte At this rehersall was the duke of Aniowe absent The kyng douted hym bycause he was so couytous but thoughe the kynge dyde absent hym at the houre of his dethe and putte hym farre of fro the busynesses of the realme of Fraunce yet the duke of Aniowe thought to medyll neuer the lesse for all his absence for he had alwayes messangers comynge and goynge bytwene Paris and Anger 's who euer reported to hym the certayntie of the kynge his brother And also the duke had some secrete persons alwayes about the kynge by whome he knewe euery thynge for the same day that the kynge dyed he was in Paris and nere to the kynges chambre and so thought to prepare for himselfe as ye shall her after But nowe we wyll pursue on our mater as touchyng the englysshmen goyng in to Bretaygne ¶ Of the lorde of Mauuoyson who was taken prisoner by the englisshemen and of the lorde of HaÌ„gest who skaped of the dethe of kyng Charles of Fraunce the fifte of that name Cap CCC .lxvii. WHan the erle of Buckyngham yongest sonne to kyng Edward the thirde departed fro the forest of Marcheaunoy they rode towardes Uandon and to the
slayne bycause he had nat holpen Rase de Harsels at the batayle of Nieule Peter de Boyse excused hymselfe and sayd howe he had sende to Rase that in no wyse he shulde fight with the erle without he were in his company bycause the erle had so great a puissauÌ„ce but Rase dyde the clene contrary And therfore though yuell become to hym I can nat do therwith And sirs knowe surely that I am as sorie and as moche displeased for his dethe as any man may be For the towne of Gaunte hath lost of hym a right valyant man and a sage capitayne Therfore it is conuenyent to seke out for another discrete sage and of good renome or els let vs all put our selfe vnder the obeysaÌ„ce of the erle And he shall distroye vs all make vs to dye a villayne dethe beholde nowe chose what ye wyll do outher perceyuer and coÌ„tynue as we haue done or els to put vs in to the erles mercy And as than ther were none that answered hym but as for the batayle of Nieule and of the dethe of Rase de Harselles he was excused And bycause they gaue hym none answere to that he sayde he was sore dyspleased in his mynde And specially he was nat content with some of the burgesses that were ther present of the best and moost notablest of yâ— towne As sir Guysbert Grut and sir Symonde Brette He made as than to them no semblant but he shewed well his displeasure to theÌ„ or the yere past as yeshall here after wHan the lorde DaÌ„ghien and the lorde Montigny the Hase of Flaunders and their routes were retourned from Nieule to the erle and had shewed him all that they had sene Than therle departed and went to Bruges and sent home his people of yâ— good townes and he sende them of Franke with the lorde DaÌ„ghien to And warpe And whan they of Gaunte vnderstode that the Erle was gone backe to Bruges and that his people were departed fro hym Than by the styrring and mouyng of Peter de Boyse they of Gaunt drewe togyder for he sayd to theÌ„ Sirs let vs go forwarde let vs nat be this a colde to make warr let vs shewe ourselfe lyke people to do an entprise And so there deê‘ted out of GauÌ„t mo than fyftene M. and so came strongly before Courtray and layd siege to the towne whyle yâ— feest and processyon was at Bruges The whiche was the yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .lxxxi. There they were ten dayes and breÌ„t the subbarbes and the countrey about whan the erle herde therof he sente for all his gentylmen and garisons and for the coÌ„mons of Ipre and Franke. and so departed fro Bruges and he was to the nombre of xxb. thousande and so he toke the waye towardes Courtray to fyght with the gauntoyse and to reyse the siege And whan Peter de Boyse and the gauÌ„toyse herde how the erle was comyng to them warde with so great a noÌ„bre than they determyned no lenger to kepe the siege but so departed and went and lodged at Douse and at Nieule Sayeng howe they wolde abyde the erle there and sent worde of their estate to Gaunt and sent for the rerebande to the entent to be the stronger and to haue the more people And so there departed agayne fro Gaunte to the nombre of .xv. thousande and so came to their company to Nieull and to Douse and there lodged all togyder in the feldes abydinge the erle And whan the erle was come to Harlbecke besyde Courtrey than he vnderstode that the gauntoyse were departed to wardes Gaunte and were lodged about Nieule and Douse Than the erle was couÌ„sayled nat to pursue them and so gaue leaue to his men to departe and he sent the lorde DaÌ„ghien and heynowers his bastarde sonne the Hase of FlauÌ„ders to And warpe in garyson whan the gauntoyse sawe that therle came nat on theÌ„ than they departed fro Nieule and fro Douse and toke the highe way by And warpe to come to Gaunt And the same daye that they passed they sente to And warpe a certayne nombre of their men of whom Arnolde Clerke was capitayne to yâ— barryers of the towne to scrumysshe with them within the towne and the knightes and squyers that were within coulde nat absteyne theÌ„selfe but came and scrimysshed with them so that ther were hurt and slayne dyuers on bothe parties and at last they departed and entred into GauÌ„t euery maÌ„ to his owne house And thre dayes after Arnolde Clerke was ordayned to go to Gaures with a .xii. hundred of the whyte hobes to lye in the castell and ther about in maner as a countre garysone agaynst And warpe And so thyder went Arnold clerke with his coÌ„pany and he had nat ben ther long but he vnderstode that certayne knyghtes and squyers were issued out of And warp to seke aduentures Than Arnolde Clerke departed fro Gaures and with him a. xb. C. and so layd theÌ„ selfe in a busshment to mete with them that were issued that mornynge out of And warpe wherof there were dyuers gentylmen as the lorde of Cornayse the lorde of Remseles sir Johan of Uyllayns the lorde Danghien the Galoys of Mamynes the bastarde of Cornayse and the Blancharde of Calemey And as these knightê and squyers were retournynge to And warpe the busshment brake out on theÌ„ And ther were dyuers slayne hurt and ouerthrowen for the gauÌ„toyse toke non to mercy Ther these knightes and squiers horses dyde them good seruyce for they broched their spurres to their horses so retourned to And warpe and at the barriers of the towne they a lighted and put them selfe to defence abyding for their company and var lettes yet they coude nat entre so clene but that there were slayne mo than thre score And than Arnolde clerke retourned and lodged the same night at an abbey therby called Chem. And in the abbey they fouÌ„de Peter Destonehoyr the Galoys of mamynes and a. C. of their copany with them Than Arnolde Clerke assayled the abbey and with great payne the Galois of mamynes saued hym selfe and departed out at a backe posterne and entred in to a bote and by night tyme went to And warp and shewed the lorde Danghien the lorde Montigny and sir Danyell of Halwyn and the other knightes yâ— were ther. How the same night Arnolde clerke and the whyte hodes were in thabbey of Chem and had slayne dyuers of their company said howe he thought verily that Peter Destonehoix was there slayne so he was in dede For Arnolde clerke his coÌ„pany made him to leape out at a wyndowe ther was receyued with glayues and slayne whiche was great domage ¶ Howe the white hoodes and their capitayn were slayne and how Phylyppe Dartuell was chosen capiteyn of Gaunt Cap. CCC .lxxix. WHan the knightes and squyers that were within Andwarpe vnderstode that Arnolde Clerke and the whyte hodes to the nombre of .xii. hundred
were at the abbey of Chem and had takeÌ„ ther dyuers of their companyons They were right sore displeased and so determyned to sende the same night their spyes to se where they myght fynde their enemyes in the next mornyng And as they ordayned so they dyde and in the mornyng the spyes brought report howe the white hodes were determyned to abyde there all that day wherwith these lordes and knightes were right ioyfull Than they armed theym as the lorde DaÌ„ghien the lorde of MoÌ„tigny the lorde of Bresuell sir Michaell de la Hamarde and mo thaÌ„ sixe huÌ„dred knightê and squiers of Heynalt and as many of FlauÌ„ders and out of And warpe a thre huÌ„dred speares mo than a thousande crosbowes and other varlets and whan they aproched nere to them they sent before sir Olyuer of Chem and a hundred speares with hym to begyn the assaut to the entent to drawe out of the abbey Arnolde Clerke and to ocupy the tyme whyle their fote men and crosbowes were come to theym Than sir Danyell and sir Peter of Disquemake the Hase of FlauÌ„ders came before the abbey of Chem and cryed flauÌ„ ders with the lyon of the bastarde The gauntoyse who were nat ware of the busshment bycause it was so early nor they were nat fully redy And are Arnolde Clerke coude bringe his men toguyder in good arraye the lorde Danghien the lorde of Lens the lorde of Bresuell the lorde of Cornayes the lorde of Montigny and their batayls entred behynde into the towne in cryeng Danghien And set on the gauntoise and whyte hodes so valiauntly that they coulde nat endure but brake their order So that there was slayne of theÌ„ what in the abbey and in the feldes .xi. huÌ„dred and they were but .xii. hundred in all And there was Arnolde Clerke slayne with two pikes as he was flyeng and so he was layd vp leanyng agaynst a hedge And after this disconfytur the lorde Danghien and the other knyghtes retourned to And warpe so this dede was reputed a great prowes And whan therle of FlauÌ„ders knewe these tidyngê he was greatly reioysed sayd to the lorde DaÌ„ghien how he was his fayre goodson shulde proue a noble valiant man To say the trouthe of the lorde of Danghien in him was all the honour of the countie ol Flaunders and so whyle therle lay at Bruges he called him nat all onelye his cosyn but also his fayre sonne Whan it was knowen at Gaunte that Arnolde Clerke was deed and his men discoÌ„fyted there were many than that were sore abasshed and said among them selfe Our besynesse proueth but yuell Lytell and lytell our capitayns and men are slayne We thynke we haue done yuell to moue this warr thus against our own lorde for he dothe minysshe vs thus lytell and lytell The yuell wyll and hatered that was by twene Gylbert Mahue and Johan Lyon turneth to our great domage I trowe we haue to longe sustayned the opinyons of Johan Lyon and Peter de Boise They haue brought vs so depe into this warr and into the hatered of the erle our lorde that nowe we can nat nor knowe nat howe to fynde any remedy to haue mercy and peace yet it wer better that .xx. or .xxx. dyd repent it thanÌ„e all the hole towne Thus there were dyuers that sayde eche to other priuely they durst nat speke it generally for dout of theÌ„ that were yuell For they were all of one sect daylye encreased in puissaunce And in the begynnynge they were but poore companyons without any substauÌ„ce but than they had golde and syluer ynough For whan they neded coÌ„playned to their capitayns they were well herde coÌ„forted For than anone some of the riche men of the towne shulde be sent for to them whan they were come for feare they durste nat refuce so to do Than the capitayns wolde say to theÌ„ Sirs it behoueth that the good towne of gauÌ„t make some shyft to pay our soudyers who aydeth and helpeth to defende and to kepe our iurysdictyons and fraunchiese and it behoueth that our companyons muste lyue And so they wolde aske of euery man as they lyst them selfe and none durst saye nay For and they hadde incontynent they shulde haue bene slayne and borne in hande howe they had bene traytours to the good towne of Gaunt and loued nat the welthe honoure nor profyte therof Thus the knaues and yuell dysposed people were maysters in the good towne of Gaunt And so contynued as long as the warre was bytwene theÌ„ and the erle of FlauÌ„ders their lorde And to say the verye trouthe thoughe the ryche and noble men of the good towne of GauÌ„t were thus beaten with suche roddes ther ought none to be so rie therof Nor they coude nat excuse themselfe but that by theyr owne fautes they were cause of theyr owne trouble reason proueth howe for whan therle of FlauÌ„ders sende to theÌ„ his baily to haue done iustyce on certayne rebels euyll disposed people They myght if they had lyst abydden by hym and haue gyuen hym confort in doyng of iustice the whiche they dyd nat but it semed that they hadde leauer the mater had gone yuell as it dyd rather than well And had rather to haue warr with theyr owne lorde thaÌ„ peace For well they myght knowe that if they had warre that the yuell people shuld be lordes of the towne and shulde be theyr maisters and nat to be put downe agayne whan they wolde This proued well by JohnÌ„ Faucell who to yâ— entent to dissymule the mater departed out of the towne of Gaunte and went and dwelte in Heynaulte wherby he thought to be pourged out of blame for the warre bytwene therle and the towne thynkynge to beare no blame of neyther party Howe be it the matier was so layde to his charge that he dyed therby whiche was great domage for this JohnÌ„ Faucell was in his tyme a right sage and a noble wyse maÌ„ but it is hard haltynge before lordes and theyr couÌ„sayles for they se clerely This man coude well ayde and couÌ„sayle other but as touchyng hym selfe he coude nat take the best waye I can nat say whyder he were culpable or nat of the artycles that he was examyned of at Lyle by ser Symon Rayn but the knyghtes and yuell fortune turned all agaynst hym so that he dyed And in like wyse so is fallen of all yâ— capitaynes of GauÌ„t that susteyned the rebellion agaynst theyr lord Also it hath coste syth many a maÌ„s lyfe in GauÌ„t and parauenture many a one that were in no defaulte ¶ Whan Peter du Boyse sawe that the towne of GauÌ„re dayly enpaired and febled as well in theyr capitayns as in theyr men And sawe well howe the riche men began to waxe wery and were in mynde to leaue the warre Wherfore he doubted greatly and imagined and same well that by no meanes of the worlde there coude any peace be
daunger of dethe and scaped They passed the straytes and the boundes of the realme Tramesuynes and Bell maryne And they were oft tymes in great aduenture of takynge with the sarazins and they all coūted themselfe but lost and deed and neuer had trust to cōe to lande And in this great daunger they were .xl. dayes than they had suche a wynde that brought them wheder they wolde or nat agayne in to the spaynisshe see And whan the wynde fayled than they ancred and by aduenture they founde two great shyppes comyng as they sayd fro Flaūders charged with marchaundyse and goynge to Lysbone Than the Englysshe shyppe came to thē and purte out their standerdes and whan they of Lysbone who were but marchauntes sawe the armes of saynt George and in the shyppe men of armes they were halfe afrayed But at laste whan they aproched and sawe who they were they made theym great chere And after these marchauntes dyde putte these knyghtes agayne in great parell as ye shall herafter THese knightes demaūded of these marchaūtes what tidynges they answered and sayd Howe that the kynge of Portyngale with the englysshe men were in Spaigne and had besieged the kynge of Castyle in Ciuyll Of these tidynges the knightes were right ioyfull and sayd howe they wolde go thyder for they were as than on the fronter of Ciuyll And so they departed and the marchaūtes left with theym wyne and other prouysion to refresshe them with all Than the gascoyns sayde to the maryners Sirs bringe vs streyght to Ciuyll for there our company lye at siege The maryners sayde in the name of god and so tourned thyderwardes and sayled so longe tyll they aproched nere therto Than the maryners who were wyse and sage and wolde nat that theyr maysters shulde be lost neglygently Caused a ladde to moūt vp to the toppe of the shyp to se if he coude spy any maner of siege layd to Ciuyll outher by water or by lande and the ladde who sawe euery thynge parfitelye sayde Surelye there is no maner of siege nother by lande nor by water Than the maryners sayde to the lordes Sirs ye are nat well and truely enformed for surely ther is no siege nother by lande nor by water about Ciuyll For if there were any it shulde apere in the hauyn Therfore sirs it is no goynge thyder without ye wyll lose all For the kynge of Castyle is there as in the cytie wherin he wolde be of any other in all his realme So with great payne these maryners myght be beleued and at laste they were be lened And so sayled a longe the syde of Cyuyll and entred in to the see of Portyngale and at last arryued in the hauyn of Lysbone Thesāe houre and daye there was done in the churche of saynt Katherine a solempne obsequy for thē and all the englysshe men morenyng for them in blacke But than ye may well knowe there was ioye ynoughe whan̄e they arryued at the porte and there was gret feest made and these gascoyns for ioye forgate the payne and feare that they had endured in the see ' NOwe lette vs leaue to speke of the busynesse of Portingale for ther was as yet no dede of armes done there and lette vs nowe speke of the busynesse that was in Flaunders the same season IN this season while all this busynesse was in England the warres of Flāders was nat in rest bytwene the erle and the gauntoyse ye haue herde here before how Philyppe Dartuell was chosen as souerayne capitayne of Gaunt by the oppynyon of Peter de Boyse who counsayled hym to take on hym the offyce and to be cruell To the entent to be the more feared Philyppe folowed after his scole and doctryne for he had nat bene long in offyce whan he caused .xii. heedes to be strykenne of before hym And some sayde they were those that principally were causers of the dethe of his father and so than he reuenged his cause ¶ This Philyppe Dartuell began̄e to raygne in great puyssaunce and was greatly feared and beloued specially of suche as folowed warre And to wynne their fauoure and loue he spared nothynge but abandoned euery thynge to them It might be demaunded howe they of Gaunt made their warre I wyll aunswere therto acordynge as I haue herde Of very necessyte accordynge to their quantyties they euer supported the poore And so by reason of the vnyte amonge theym they endured in great puyssaunce And all thynges consydred Gaunt is one of the moost strōgest townes of the worlde So that Brabant Holande and zelande make them no warre But if those thre countreis with Flaunders make warre to them than they be enclosed and likely to be lost and famysshed And these thre countreis made no warr with them wherfore they endured the lengar In this season whyle that Philyppe Dartuell was made newe offycer The alderman of the wayuers was accused of trayson sette in prison And to proue the trouthe in that he was accused they went to his house foūde there certayne poudre of Saltpeter wherwith he had done no helpe to the towne at siege nor otherwyse of all the hole yere passed Wherfore he was beheeded drawen through the towne lyke a traytour to gyue ensample to all other Than the erle of Flaunders determyned to lay siege to Gaunt and so he made a great somons of lordes knyghtes and squyers and men of good townes And he sende to Malynes from whens he had moche people Also he sende for his cosyns sir Robert of Namure and sir Wyllyam and out of Arthoise ther came moche people to him And the coūtesse of Arthoise his mother was as than newely departed this lyfe TO this assemble there cāe the lorde Dāpiers with a great company of knightes and squyers of the countie of Heynalt And so therie went and layde siege to Gaunt on the syde towarde Bruges and towarde Heynalte whyle this siege endured there was many a scrymisshe and somtyme a sorte of wyght companyons wolde yssue out of Gaūt Somtyme they were driued home agayne to their losse sometyme they wan And in this season he that dyde moost dedes of armes and was moost renomed was the yong lorde of Danghien And moost commonly all lustye companyons suche as sought for dedes of armes wolde be euer in his companye And in this season the lorde of Danghien with foure thousande horse men besyde fote men wente and layde siege before the towne of Grauntmont the which as than was gaūtoyse Before that tyme the sayd lorde had bene there and traueyled and haryed thē sore but nothynge conquered But at this tyme he came puissantly and in good order and on a sō day he sauted the towne in mo than .xl. places And was at the saute hym selfe and sette forthe first his owne baner This was so gret assaute and so well cōtynued on euery syde that about the houre of noone it was taken and cōquered And than entred in
at the gates the lorde of DaÌ„ghien and his company And whan they of the towne sawe that their towne was lost without recouery they fledde out at the gates wher as none of their enemyes were and so euery man saued hym selfe that myght There was great murdre of men women and chyldren for ther was none taken to mercy Ther were mo than v. C. men of the towne slayne and a great noÌ„bre of olde people men and women brent lyeng in their beddes whiche was great pytie For they sette fyre in the towne in mo than thre hundred places wherby the hole towne was brent churches and all nothynge left hole Thus GrauÌ„tmont was prosecuted and put to fyre and flame than the lorde Danghien retourned in to thost to the Erle of Flaunders who gaue hym great thanke for his dede and sayde Fayre sonne ye are a valyant man and shall be if god be pleased a good knight for yehaue a gode begining AFter the distructyon thus of the towne of Grauntmont on a sonday in the monethe of June whyle the siege lay stylle before Gaunt This lorde of DaÌ„ghien called Water wolde neuer lye in rest in his lodgyng but euery day sought for adueÌ„tures Some day with a great noÌ„bre and some daye with so fewe that he durst nat parceyuer in his enterprise So that nere euery day there was by hym or by the Hase of Flaunders done some aduenture And so it fortuned that on a tuesday in the mornyng the lorde Danghien was yssued out of his logyng and the lorde of Montigny in his company ser Mychell of Hamsede his cosyn the bastarde of Danghien his brother Julyen of Toyson Hutyn Donay and dyuers other They went to scrimisshe before Gaunt as they were wont to do aduentured theÌ„selfe so farre that they toke no good therby For they of Gaunt hadde layde a sore busshment before their towne mo than a huÌ„dred pykes And some sayd there was in this busshmeÌ„t suche as had fledde fro grauÌ„tmont whan it was wonne Their entente was set on nothyng els but howe they might trap the lorde DaÌ„ghien to be reuenged on hym for the domage yâ— he had done to them They thought euer that he was free and hardy and wolde aduenture him selfe largely And as they thought so it came to passe whiche was more pyte The lorde Danghien and his rout toke no hede tyll they were enclosed with the gauntoyse who escryed them to dethe Than the lorde DaÌ„ghyen demaunded counsayle of the lorde of MoÌ„tigny who was by hym Than sir Eustace MoÌ„tigny answered and sayd It is nowe to late to take couÌ„sayle let vs defeÌ„de our selfe sell our lyues derely or we dye there is none other remedy Than these knyghtê made the signe of the crosse before them and recoÌ„mended them selfe to god and to saynt George And so entred in amonge their enemies for they coude nat flye they wer so forwarde in the enbusshe And so there they dyde dedes of armes as well as they might but they coude nat longe endure for their enemyes were a hundred agaynst one And a great nombre of long pykes wherwith the gauÌ„toise gaue great strokes and peryllous as it well apered Ther was the lorde Danghien slayne and by hym his bastarde brother and Gyles of Toyson and dyuers other valyant knightê of Haynalte And the lorde of Montigny saynt Christophe and sir Michell of Hamsede sore hurte And he had ben slayne without doute and Hutyn Donay by force of armes hadde nat saued hym And yet he had moche payne to saue him Howe be it in the meane tyme that the gauÌ„tois were about to dysarme the knyghtes that they had slayne to the entent to beare them into the to wne of Gaunt For they knewe well they had slayne the lorde Danghien wherof they hadde great ioye In the meane tyme Hutyn Donay brought out of the prese and parell sir Mychell Hamsede ¶ Thus this iourney fortuned agaynst the lorde DaÌ„ghien It is nat to be douted but that the Erle of Flaunders had for his dethe great sorowe the whiche he well shewed bycause for the loue of him he brake vp his siege before Gaunte And night and day made great soro we for his dethe and sayd O Water Water my fayreson What aduenture is this thus to fall on you in your youthe I wyll that euery man knowe that they of Gaunte shall neuer haue peace with me tyll I haue so great amen des that it shall suffyce Than the erle sende to Gaunt to haue agayne the body of the lorde of Danghien the whiche the gauÌ„toyse wolde nat delyuer Than the erle sende them a thousande frankes to haue his body the whiche the gauntoyse dyde departe amonge themselfe And so the body of the lorde of DaÌ„ghien was brought in to the hoost and so was sente to Anghien the towne wherof he was lorde THus for the loue of the yong lorde of Danghien thesege brake vp before Gaunte And than the erle departed and wente to Bruges and gaue leaue to all his people to departe and sende a certayne to his fortresses in Flaunders As Gaures Andewarpe Teremonde and Curtray and all about in the fortresses nere to Gaunt And the erle sende to the legeoys shewynge them bycause the ycoÌ„forted Gaunt with vitayle and other prouisyon therfore he had broken vp his siege Desyringe theÌ„ no more to coÌ„fort theÌ„ with any vitayle They of Liege answered proudely that they wolde be aduysed what they wolde do Of them of â—ayn ton of Huy and of Dygnet therle coude haue none other answere How be it he sent to his cosyns the duke of BrabaÌ„t and the duke Aubert bayly of Heynalte of Holande and of zelande dyuers messangers right sage knyghtê they to shewe hym how the towne of GauÌ„t is styll in their erroure by the occasyon of the great confort that they of Gaunt hath by their people countreis In bringynge dayly to them fresshe vitayle desyring theÌ„ therfore to prouyde for a râ—medy These two lordê who wolde nat gladlye do anythyng to the displeasure of their cosyn the erle Excused them selfe honestly sayd howe they knewe nothynge therof before But fro thens forthe they wolde loke therto and set a good order This answere was suffycient to the Erle of Flaunders The duke Aubert who as than was in Holande wrote to his bayly in Heynalte sir Symone de la Layne and sende hym the copy of the erles letters and yâ— request that the erle had made to hym And besyde that he commaunded him that he shulde so deale in the countre of Heynalt that he here no more tidingê of displeasure towarde therle of FlaÌ„ders his cosyn For if he dyde he wolde nat be content The baylye obeyed as it was reason and dyde his commaundement throughe all Haynalte commaundynge them in no wyse to cary any vitayle or any maner of thynge to Gaunte If they dyde they shulde ronne greatly in the dukes displeasur A lyke crye
was good to entre on theym lytell and lytell For in lykewyse they shulde do with the other good townes in Fraunce Seynge that Parys dyde thus begynne Than the lorde of Coucy retourned to Parys and brought peace fro the kyng to the Parisyence so that they wolde kepe the promyse that they hadde made the which they sayde they wolde do And so a receyuer was apoynted to receyue the florence euery weke so that the money shulde nat go out of Parys for none other entent but to pay men of warr whaÌ„ nede requyred And that the money shulde nat be enployed to the kyngê vse norprofyte nor to none of his vncles Thus the mater contynued a certayne space and the Parisyence in peace but the kynge wolde nat come in Parys wher of the parisyence were sore displeased IN lykewise they of Rohane rebelled the common people rose and slewe the Cathelayne ther and all suche as had sette the imposycions aydes and gabelles on them And whan the kyng and his vncles herd therof they were right sore dyspleasedde For they doughted greatlye that other Cyties and townes wolde do in lyke case Than the kynge was couÌ„sayled that he shulde go to Rohan so he dyde and apeased the coÌ„mons there and ê‘doned them the dethe of his Chatelyne and of all that they had done And also they ordayned a receyuour to whome they payed euery weke a certayne somme of florens and so therby they were in peace So thus ther began great yuel in Fraunce and all toke fotynge and ensample of the gauntoyse for why as than all the commonties throughout all the worlde sayd howe they of Gaunt were good people and valyant lye had sustayned their fraunchises Wherfore they sayde they ought to be beloued praysed and honoured IT is to be knowen that the duke of Aniowe had a great and an high entent and ymaginacion to go to the realme of Napoles For he wrote hym selfe kynge of Puyle of Calabre and of Cicyle For pope Clement had gyuen hym that herytage by vertue of the letters pateÌ„tes that the quene of Napoles had gyuen hym The duke of Aniowe who was sage and ymaginatyfe and of highe courage and enterprise He sawe well that in tyme to come accordyng to the state that he had begon the whiche he was lothe to make lesse He thought therby to be no lytell lorde in Fraunce Whan so noble and highe herytages were fallen to hym as .ii. kyngdoms Napoles and Cicyle and thre ducheris as Puyle Calabre and Prouence for by reason of these couÌ„treis wherof he reputed hym selfe lorde and kyng He thought he shuld attayne to great rychesse and so therfore he set all his entent night and day howe he might ê‘fourme that viage And he knewe it wolde nat be without great conforte of golde and syluer and great company of men of warre to resyst agaynst all those that wolde let his viage So the duke of Aniowe for this occasyon gadered toguyder as moche rychesse as he coulde and kept hym in loue with them of Parys asmoche as he might for he knewe well that within Parys there was rychesse great habuÌ„daunce and also he sende to the Erle of Sauoye in whome he had great affyaunce Desyringe hym nat to fayle hym at this busynesse promysynge that as soone as he caÌ„e in to Sauoy he wolde gyue wages for a hole yere for a thousande speares of that countrey The erle of Sauoy had gret ioye of those tidynges for he greatly loued dedes of armes And he answered to the messangers howe he wolde gladly serue the duke by the sayde couynaunt Wherof the duke of Aniowe was gladde for he loued greatlye the coÌ„pany of the erle of Sauoy Besyde yâ— the duke of Aniowe retayned men of armes to the nombre of nyne thousande Than he made preparacyon for hym selfe and for his company at Parys of all maner of thynges As tentes pauylyons and all other ordynaunce as it shulde ê‘tayne for a kynge to do whan he is in purpose to go in to a farre countrey ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue to speke of hym for a season and returne to the erle of Cambridge and to his company beynge as than in Portyngale with the kynge there ¶ Howe the englysshmen rode with out any coÌ„maundement of the kyng of Portyngale And howe the castell of Sygheire in portyngale was taken Cap. CCC lxxxix THe erle of Cambridge and his company refreshed theym a longe space at Lysbone with the kyng of Portyngale And the englysshemen and gascoyns aduysed well the countrey by cause they had neuer bene there before And as I vnderstode there was a maryage accorded bytwene the doughter of the kyng of Portyngale who was of the age of tenne yeres and the erle of Cambridge sonne of the same age He was called Johan and the Lady named Beatryce At the weddynge of these two chyldrene there was made great feaste amonge the lordes and prelates of the realme and as younge as they were they were layde toguyder in one bedde So this maryage thus ended the whiche endured the space of eight dayes Than yâ— kynge of Portyngale and his counsayle ordayned yâ— the men of warr that were as than at Lysbon shulde deê‘te in to other places and kepe the froÌ„ters So therle of Cambridge and his coÌ„pany were ordayned to go lye in another towne called Estremour And the englysshmen and gascons shulde lye in another countre called Besy ouse and yonge Johan of Cambridge shulde abyde with the kynge and his wyfe Whan the Chanone Robersarde and the other englysshe knightê and gascons toke their leaue of yâ— kyng to departe to go to their garisons than yâ— kyng sayd to them Sirs I coÌ„maunde you ryde nat out agaynst our enemyes without my leaue knowledge for if ye do I wyll nat he content They answered howe they wolde nat ryde tyll they had his lycence and so thus they departed and so rode to yâ— towne of Besyous a .ii. dayes iourney fro Lysbone and asmoche fro Ceuyll wher as the kyng of Spayne lay Who knewe ryght well of the comynge of the erle of Cambridge and his company And sent worde therof in to Fraunce to suche as he thought wolde serue him And whan they knewe therof sawe that warre was likely to be in Spaygne they were gladde therof And dyuers suche as desyred to be auaunsed by the warre made them redy and toke their way in to Spayne THe Chanoyne Robersarde who lay in garyson at Besyouse with his company englysshe and gascoyns On a tyme he sayd to his company Sirs me thynke we lye here thus long styll nothyng to our honour We haue done as yet nothyng agaynst our enemyes wherfore they sette the lesse store by vs. Therfore and ye wyll it is my couÌ„saile that we sende to the kynge of Portyngale desyringe hym to gyue vs leaue to ride to do som what against his enemyes and they all answered and sayde We are content Than sir Johan
and flemynges Cap. CCCC .iii. WHan Philyp Dartuell herde his messanger speke and report howe they of the grayson of And warpe sette nothynge by hym Than he sware yâ— what so euer it cost him or the couÌ„trey of Flaunders â–ª he wolde nothyng entende tyll he had taken that towne and cast it downe to the erth he was so sore dyspleased He thought this to do had bene well in his puyssauÌ„ce seynge that all flaunders was inclyned to hym Whan he had soiourned a sixe dayes at Courtrey and had renewed their lawe and hadde taken fealtie and homage of them as though he had bene erle of FlauÌ„ders than he returned to Gaunt and ther he was met with procession with so great ioye that the erle their naturall lorde was neuer so honourably receyued the people worshypped hym lyke their god bycause he gaue the counsaile wherby their towne recouered their estate and puissauÌ„ce For it coude nat be estemed the great riches and welth that came daily to them by water and by lande Fro Bruges fro Dan and fro Sluce and the lofe of breed that in thre wekes togyder was worth an olde grote was than worthe but four mytes and the wyne that was worth .xxiiii. grotes was than valued but at two grotes As than euery thynge in Gaunt was better chepe than at Tourney or at Ualencennes Philyppe Dartuell than kepte a great stable of good horses lyke a great prince and he was as well stuffed in all thynge in his howse as though he had bene erle of Flaunders and better than therle was apoynted at Lysle And also he had through all Flaunders his offycers bayliffes coÌ„stables receyuours and other who dayly brought him substauÌ„ce wherby he maynteyned his astate and he ware scarlet gownes furred with myneuer lyke as the duke of Brabant or erle of Haynalt dyd Also he hadde his chambre of accompte to paye and to reken for euery thyng as yâ— erle had And he gaue dyuers suppers and banketes to ladyes and damosels in lyke maner as the erle had done before and spared nother golde nor syluer for his pleasure And he wrote and called himselfe Phylip Dart well the regarde and ouer loker of FlauÌ„ders THe erle of Flaunders beynge at Lysle had moche to thynke on whan he sawe his countrey so sore rebelled agaynst hym and coude nat se that he was of puyssance as of himselfe euer to recouer it agayn for all the townes were in vnite and of one acorde agaynst hym the whiche he coulde neuer for do but by great force puyssaunce for all the countrey spake nomore of him nor dyd him no more honour nor wolde nat knowe hym for their lorde no more than he had neuer bene so Than the alyaunce that he had with the duke of Burgoyne who had maryed his doughter the lady Margaret by whome the duke had two fayre sonnes this alyaunce stode the Erle as than in good stede It was happy also than for hym yâ— kyng Charles was deed and that the yonge kyng as than was vnder the gouerning of his vncle the duke of Burgoyn who myght leade the kyng at his pleasur And also the kyng was yong and had good wyll to the warre wherfore it was yâ— lesse maystrie to styrre him therto And therle hoped that the duke of Burgoyne wolde sone set hym theron if he wolde shewe him howe he is bouÌ„de to ayde his men whan their men wyll rebell agaynst them But some thought that if kynge Charles had lyued styll tyll that tyme that he wolde haue done nothynge and if he had men supposed that he wolde therby anexed the countie of Flaunders to the crowne of Fraunce for therle of FlauÌ„ders was nat so well in his grace that he wolde haue done any thynge for hym without he had knowen well why ¶ Nowe let vs leaue to speke of these deuyses tyll tyme be that we retourne therto agayne but lette vs shewe howe the erle of Flaunders beynge at Lysle After the great losse that he had at Bruges he vnderstode howe sir Terrey Damayn and sir Fiurant de Heulle kept styll the towne of Andwarpe and had kept it euer sythe the besynes before Brugê and knewe well that these knyghtê were nat able to resyst agaynst the puyssance of Flaunders if they came to lay siege therto as it was thought yâ— they wolde do shortlye Than to refressh the towne therle called to him sir Danyell of Halwyn and sayd Sir I wyll ye go to And warpe and be souerayne capitayn there and take with you a hundred and fyftie speares a hundred crosbowes and two hundred other varlettes with speares and pauesses and take ye hede to that garison I gyue you the charge therof and newe vitayle it with corne whete and otes sault flesshe and with wyne out fro our frendes and neyghbours of Tourney they wyll nat fayle vs at this nede Sir ê™ the knyght all this shal be done and sir I shall take as good hede to yâ— towne as I can sythe it please you that I shall so do there shall none yuell come therto by my fawte Danyell ê™ the erle of that I am sure And so the knyght toke leaue of the erle and went to Andewarpe and there refresshed the towne with newe men of warre vitayle and other thynges necessary WHan Philyp Dartuell beyng in GauÌ„t vnderstode the tydinges howe they of Andwarp were refresshed with newe men than he sayd he wolde prouyde for remedy sayng howe it was nat to be suffred For it was greatly to the preiudyce and dyshonour of the countre of FlauÌ„ders that this towne helde so agaynst them wherfore he sayd he wolde go and lay siege therto and nat to departe thens tyll he had beaten it downe and put to dethe all tho that were within knyghtes other Than he sent his coÌ„maundement through the countre of Flaunders that euery man shulde be redy the .ix. day of June to be with him before Andwarpe There was none that durst disobey his coÌ„maundement so the men of all the good townes in FlauÌ„ders and they of the franke of Bruges made them redy and came and layd siege before Andwarpe and lay abrode in the feldes in medowes and in marsshes and there about And there was Philyppe Dartuell their capytayn by whome they were all ordred who helde a great estate before Andwarpe Than he reared a tayllage in Flaunders euery fyre euery weke to pay four grotes the ryche to beare out the feble wherby he gate togyder moch money for there was none excused but all payed For he had seruauÌ„tes for the nones through all the countrey who made euery man to paye poore and ryche whyder they wolde or nat It was sayd he had at yâ— siege mo than a huÌ„dred thousande men and the flemynges had pyled in the ryuer of Lescalt great pyles of great tymbre so that no shyppe coulde come fro Tourney to Andewarpe they had in their hoost all thynges plentyfull market with
horse and crye my crye than men wyll gyue the roume to the entent that I may folowe in yâ— chase with the formast yâ— page dyde as he was commaunded Than he set besyde hym on a wynge .xl. archers englysshmen whome he had in wages ¶ Nowe beholde if Philyp ordred hym selfe well or nat I thynke and so dyde many suche as were expert in bataylles that he dyde nat well nor wysely in one thynge And that was whanÌ„e he depatrted in the mornynge out of the stronge place that he was in For it is to be thought that the frenche men wolde neuer haue sought theym there to haue fought with theÌ„ for they coulde nat haue done it without great domage But lyke foles they thought to shewe them selfe valyaunt and lytell fearyng their enemyes and so they were serued therafter ¶ The maner of the batayle of Rosebeque and howe the flemyngê were 〈…〉 yted by the couÌ„sayle of the thre forâ—â—aâ—â— knightes who had aâ—ewed all their bâ—hauyng Cap. iiii C. xxâ— SO these thre foresayd knyghtes retourned to the kyng and to the bataylles the which were redy in good aâ—ey as theâ— ought to be for ther were many noble and wyse men and well experte in armes bothe in the vowaâ—de and in the reregarde and in the kynges batayle they knew right well what ought to be done for ther was the â—â—our of all the good châ—â—alry of the worlde So thus euery man gaue these thre knyghtes way to coÌ„e to the kyng the lorde Clysson spake first enâ—lynynge his body to the kynge doyng of his hatte and sayde Sir be mery yonder people be all yours â—ure varlettes shall beate them Constable quod the kynge god graunt it Let vs go forwarde than in the name of god and saynt Denyce ThanÌ„e suche knyghtes as were apoynted to attende on the kynges body were sette in good order And there the kynge made many newe knightes and so dyde euery lorde in his owne batayle and dyuers baners were newe reysed vp Than it was ordayned that whaâ—e they shulde â—oyne to fyght that the kynges batayle with the â—riflambe of FrauÌ„ce shulde be in the fore fronte and the Uo warde shulde passe by a syde on a Wynge on the one syde of the kynge And the rerewarde to passe by a lytell on the other syde of the kynge So that all thre batayls might atoues close about the â—â—â—mynges batayle who came close toguyder all in one batayle So the arereward were shewed of this apoyntmeÌ„t the erle of Ewe the erle of Bloyse the erle of saynt Poule the erle of â—arcourte the lorde of Chatyllone and the lorde Sere were chiefe of that warde And before the erle of Bloyse there was made barone the yonge lorde of haurell sir Thomas Dystre â–ª sir James â—ameth bastarde were made â—â—â—ghtâ—s There were made the same day by the reporte of the haraudes foure hundred thre score and sâ—uyn knightes And so than the thre knightâ—s departed fro the kyng and went in to the vowarde where as their romes were than 〈◊〉 the â—riflambe was displayed that siâ—â—eâ—eâ— of â—yllers dyde beare And some say as they haue founde written that it was neuer before sene displayed agaynst christeÌ„men but thaâ— in that voyage there was great questyon made whyder it shulde be displayed ornatte Howe be it dyuers reasons consydered finally it was determyned to be displayed as than by cause the flemynges helde the opynion contrarie to pope Clement And therfore the frenchemen called theym Urbanystes wherfore they sayde they were heryâ—â—kes and oute of the true beleue That was the chyefe cause that it was borne and displayed in Flaunders This Oriâ—â—ambe is a precyous baner and was sent first fro heuyn for a great mysterie the whiche was euer a great comfort to them that sawe it And the same daye it shewed some of his vertue for all the mornyng there was a great thicke myst that one coude scantese another But as soone as it was displayed and lyfte vp on hyghe the myst brake away and the skye was as clere as any tyme in the yere before The lordes of FraÌ„ce were greatlye reioysed whan they sawe the sonne shine so clere that they might se all about them this greatly dyde reconfort them it was great beautie than to regarde the baners and stremars waue with the wynde And behelde well the great batayle of the flemmynges who euer styll aproched fast ioyned toguyder with their staues vpright that it semed a lytle groue of wode there were so many of them ¶ Howe the flemynges were discoÌ„fyted at the batayle of Rosebeque Cap. iiii C .xxii. IWas as than enfourmed of the lorde of Destenort who shewed me howe that he was there and sawe it and so dyde dyuers other That whan the Oriflambe was displayed and the myst gone away There came a doue and made dyuers flyghtes ouer the kynges batayle and a lytell before they fought she sat downe on one of the kynges baners the whiche euery manne toke for a good token so thus aproched the flemynges and began to shote goÌ„nes and arowes fethered with steele Thus the batayle began the whiche was right sharpe feirse at the first encouÌ„tryng for the flemyngê set on proudly thrustyng with their speares shulders lyke wylde â—o res and they helde themselfe so close toguyder that they coulde nat be opyned ther was with the shot of the gonnes at the fyrst thrust slayne of the french parte the lorde Delâ—â—rwyn baneret Morlette of Harwyn and James Dorre and so therwith the kynges batayle was reculed but the vowarde and the arerewarde passed on forth and enclosed about the flemynges and helde theym strayte I shall shewe you howe On these two wynges the men of armes fersly assawted with their stronge speares well heeded with heedê of fyne stele wherwith they persed the flemynges cotes of mayle in to the harde bones so that the flemynges were glad to esche we the strokes So thus these men of armes kept the flemynges so short that they coude nat well helpe them selfe nor put downe their armes to gyue any strokes So there were many that lost their strength and brethe and fell one vpon a â—other so dyed for lacke of breth with out strikyng of any stroke And ther was Philyppe Dartuell wounded and beaten downe amonge his men of Gaunt and whan his page with his horse sawe the discoÌ„fyture of his mayster he departed and lefte his mayster for he coulde nat helpe hym and so rode to Courtray towardes Gaunt THus these batayls assembled to gyder So the â—lemynges batayle was inclosed on bothe sydes so that they coulde passe no way than the kynges batayle came forth agayne the whiche was before a lytell drawen a backe The men of armes beate downe the flemynges on euery sydâ— some had good axes of stele wher with they brake a sonder bassenetes and some had malles of leade wherwith they gaue suche strokes that they beat all downe to the
by water and arryued at Mydelborowe in zelande suche as were of Gaunt retourned to GauÌ„t and euery man home to their owne townes And FrauÌ„ces Atreman and his company beyng at Calis departed and went to Gaunt but that was nat as long as the frenche kyng was in FlauÌ„ders but as I was enfourâ—â—ed they retourned by zelande In the same season that the frenche kyng lay at Courtrey he had dyuers couÌ„sayls to knowe howe he shulde parceyuer in his warre whether he shulde go and ley siege to Gaunt or nat The kyng was well wyllyng to haue gone thyâ—er In lykewise so were the bretons and burgonyoÌ„s But the lordes coÌ„sydred howe it was in the moneth of Decembre and in the deed tyme of wynter and dayly it rayned Wherfore they thought it was no good hostyng tyll somer season And also they sawe well howe their horses were but feble by reason of the colde season and the ryuers great and large about GauÌ„t Wherfore they thought but a lost tyme to ley any sege there And also the lordes were wery sore traueyled with so long lyeng in the feldes in that colde tyme and tayny So all thynges consydred it was determyned that the kynge shulde go to Tourney and there to refresshe him and to kepe his Christmas And they of farr countreis as of Auuergne of Dolphyn of Sauoy of Burgoyne shulde returne home into their owne countreis fayre easely And the bretons normayns and frenchmen shulde abyde styll with the constable to attende on the kyng for it was thought that they shulde haue some busynesse with the parisyeÌ„s who had newly forged a great noÌ„bre of malles wherfore they thought to set another rule and order amonge theÌ„ And whan the kynge shulde departe fro Courtrey he and his counsayle forgate nat the gylt spurres that they founde in a churche there in Courtray the whiche of olde tyme parteyned to the noble men of FrauÌ„ce somtyme slayne with erle Robert of Arthoyse at the batayle of Curtrey So than the kyng ordayned that at his departyng the towne shulde be set a fyre distroyed Whan the knowledge therof came to the erle of Flaunders he thought to haue founde some remedy therfore And so came before the kyng and kneled downe and requyred hym to do none yuell to the towne of Curtrey The kyng answered howe that surely he wolde nat here his request And so therle durst speke no more of that mater but so departed and went to his logyng Before they fyre began the duke of Burgoyne caused an horaloge to be taken downe the moost fayrest and goodlyest that coude be founde on that syde of the see The whiche horaloge was taken downe by peces and layed in chares and the bell also And after it was caryed to Diyon in Burgoyne and there it was sette vp there sowneth the .xxiiii. houres of the day and night AT the departyng of the kyng fro Courtrey the towne was clene distroyed and brent And the knyghtes squyers and men of warre toke some of the men women and chyldren to raunsome And so the kyng rode came to Turney and was lodged in the abbey of saiÌ„t Martyne and they of the towne dyde great reuerence to the kynge as reason requyred And all they of the towne were arayed in whyte with thre barres of grene on the one syde The cytie was deuyded to lodge the lordê The kyng lay at saynt Martyns and his company had one quarter of the towne The duke of Berry was lodged in the bysshoppes lodginge the duke of Burgoyne at the crowne the duke of Burbone at the golden heed the coÌ„stable at saynt James heed Ther was a cry made in the kingê name on payne of dethe no man to do any hurt to the people of the cytie and that no manne take any thyng without he pay truely therfore and that none entre in to the countie of Heynaulte to do any hurte or domage there All these thynges were well kept and holden there the lordes refresshed theÌ„ well And they of the farr countreis departed and retourned homewarde some by Lysle some by Doway and some by UalenceÌ„nes The erle of Bloyse toke leaue of the kynge and of his vncles and of his companyon therle of Ewe and so returned to his herytage in Heynalte And he lay a day and a nyght at UalenceÌ„nes wher he was well refresshed For he had achyued entierly the loue of the good people of the towne for the seruyce that he dyde to the countre whan the bretons burgonyons and sauoy syns wolde haue ouerron the countre whiche was let by his meanes And also for sir Tyrrie of Disquemyne who helde them of Ualencennes in great feate Whiche mater was putte in to the erles handes and in to the lorde of Couces and so therby they were in peace Than the erle departed fro Ualencennes and went to LeÌ„decheries and ther he taryed a season with the lady Mary his wyfe and Lewes his sofie And the somer after he went to Bloyse but the couÌ„tesse his wife and his sonne taryed styll in Heynalt and for the moost parte lay at Beaumont ¶ Howe the frenche kyng caÌ„e to Parys and howe he caused to be putte downe the cheyns and harnes in the towne and howe the parisyeÌ„s were raunsomed at his pleasure Cap. CCCC .xxvi. IN lykewise the erle of Marche and sir James of Burbone his brother deê‘ted fro Tourney and went to refresshe them at Scluse in Heynault on their owne herytages Sir Guy de lauall breton went to Cheure in Heynault wher he had parte of enherytauÌ„ce for he and sir Robert of Namure were lordê therof And yâ— lorde of Coucy went to Mortayn on the ryuer of Lescalt and there refresshed hym and his coÌ„pany but for the most parte he hym selfe was with the kyng at Turney The erle of saynt Poule had coÌ„missyon to chastyce the Urbanystes wherof ther were many in that towne And so he fouÌ„de many and euer as he founde theÌ„ in the churche of our lady or els where they were taken put in prison and sore rauÌ„somed And by that meanes the erle of saynt Poule gathered toguyder in a shorte season more than seuyn thousande frankes For there was none that scaped hym but that payed or founde good suretie to paye And whyle that the kyng lay at Tourney they of Gaunt had a saueconduct to go and coÌ„e and to entreate for a peace But in all their treaties they were as harde and as proude as thoughe they had won the vyctorie of the batayle of Rosebeque They sayd they wolde gladly put theÌ„ selfe vnder the obeysaunce of the frenche kyng to holde of hym and to haue their resort to the court of Parys But they sayd they wolde neuer haue nor take to their lorde the erle Loyes For they sayde they coude neuer loue hym bycause of the great domages that they had receyued by hym and by his meanes All that euer the kyng and his counsayle coude do
that he dyde enclyne rather therto for the profyte than for any deuocyon But they said howe the bisshop of Norwiche represented the pope and was by hym instytuted Wherby the greattest part of Englande gaue to hym great faythe and the kyng also And so there was ordayned at the wages of the churche to go with this bysshoppe Henry Spensar dyuers good knightes and squyers of Englande and of Gascoyne As the lorde Beaumont sir Hugh Caurell sir Thomas Tryuet sir Wyllm̄ Helmon sir Johan Ferres sir Hugh Spensar cosyn to the bysshoppe sonne to his brother sir Wyllyam Fermeton sir Mathewe Reedman capytayne of Berwike all these were of Englande And of gascoyns there was the lorde of Newcastell and sir John̄ his brother Raymon marsen Guyllonette de Pauxe Garyot Uyghier Johan de Cachytan and dyuers other and all counted they were a fyue hundred speares and fyftene hundred of other men And a great nōbre of preestes bycause the mater touched the churche and moued by the pope THese men of warr prouyded themselfe for the mater and passage was delyuered them at Douer and at Sandwyche And this was about Ester and so they passed ouer lytell and lytell as they lyst this voiage was in the maner of a Croysey Thus they passed the see or the bysshoppe and other capitayns were fully redy For the bysshop and sir Hugh Caurell sir Thomas Tryuet and sir Wyllm̄ Helmon were with the kynge and his counsayle there they sware solempnely in the kynges presens to bringe truely to an ende their voyage Nor to fight against no man nor countrey that belde with pope Urbayne but to fight make warre agaynst them that were of the opinyon of Clemēt Thus they sware and than y◠kyng by the aduyse of his counsayle sayd to them sir bysshoppe and all ye whan ye come to Calais I wyll ye soiourne there in that fronter y◠space of a moneth and in that terme ▪ I shall refresshe you with newe men of warr of armes and archers And I shall sende you a good marshall a valyant man sir Wyllyam Beauchampe for I haue sende for hym he is in the Marche of Scotland wher as he kepeth fronter agaynst the scottes for the trewse bytwene the Scottes and vs falleth nowe at saint Johans tyde and after his retourne ye shall haue hym in youre cōpany without any fayle Therfore I wolde ye shulde tarye for hym for he shall be to you ryght necessarie bothe for his wysedome and good counsayle The bysshoppe and his company promysed the kynge so to do And thus they departed fro the kynge and toke the see at Douer and arryued at Calayes the .xxiii. day of Aprill the yere of our lorde god a thousand thre hundred fourscore and thre tHe same season there was capitayne at Calais sir Johan Deluarnes who receyued the bysshoppe and his company with great ioye And so they landed lytell and lytell all their horses and baggage and so lodged in Calays and there about in bastylles that they made dayly And so there they taryed tyll the fourthe day of May abidyng for their marshall sir Wylliam Beauchampe who came nat of all that tyme. Whan the bysshoppe of Norwiche who was yonge and couragious and desyrous to be in armes for he neuer bare armure before but in Lumbardy with his brother Thus as he was at Calays sawe how he was capitayne of so many men of armes he sayde one day to his company Sirs why do we soiourne hereso long and tary for sir Wyllyam Beauchāpe who cometh nat The kyng nor his vncles I trowe thynke lytell of vs. Let vs do some dedes of armes sythe we be ordayned so to do Lette vs enploy the money of the churche truely whyle that we lyue let vs conquere somewhat of our enemyes That is well sayd sir quod all those that herde him speke let vs warne all oure company that we wyll ryde forthe within this thre dayes And let vs take aduyse whiche way we shall drawe we can nat issue out of the gates but we entre in to the landes of oure enemyes for it is frenche all aboute on euery parte we were as good to go towardes Flaunders as to Boloyne For Flaunders is a lande of conquest conquered by the puyssaunce of the frenche kyng We can nat bestowe our tyme more honourably all thynges consydred than to conquere it agayne And also the erle of Flaunders hath done of late a great dispyte to men of our countre for without any tytell of reason he hath banysshed and chased thē out of Bruges and out of all Flaūders It passeth nat two yere sythe that he wolde haue ben lothe to haue done so but as nowe he is fayne to obey to the pleasure of the frēche kyng wherfore quod the bysshop if I may be beleued the first iourney y◠we shall make shal be into Flaūders Sir quod sir Thomas Tryuet and sir Wylliam Helmone ye shall be well beleued Lette vs ryde into that partie within this thre dayes for it is of the lande of our enemys To this counsayle they all agreed and gaue war nynge eche to other ¶ Howe the englysshe men toke the towne and mynster of Grauelynge and howe the erle of Flaunders sent to speke with thē Cap. CCCC .xxx. AT all this agremēt was nat sir Hugh Caurell for he was gone to se a cosin of his the Capitayne of Guynes called sir Johan Droithton and so he was there all day and retourned agayne the nexte day Than the bysshoppe sent for hym to the castell for the knightes had sayd to the bysshoppe howe they wolde haue the aduyse of sir Hughe Caurell or they dyde any thynge bycause be had moost sene vsed the warre than the bysshop sayd to hym as ye haue herde before and commaunded hym to say his aduyse Than sir Hughe answered hym and sayde sir ye knowe well on what condycion we be departed out of Englande Our enterprise toucheth no thynge the warre bytwene the kynges ▪ but all onely agaynst the Clemētyns for we be soudyers of pope Urbane Who hath clene assoyled vs from all synne and payne if we do oure power to distroy the Clementyns If we go in to Flaunders thoughe the countrey hath bene conquered by the frenche kyng and the duke of Burgoyne yet for all that we shulde do amysse For as I vnderstande the Erle of Flaunders and all the flemynges be as good Urbanystes as we be Also sir we haue nat men ynowe to entre in to Flaunders for they are all redy and vsed in the warre and they are a great nombre of people They haue done nothyng els but lyned in warre this thre or foure yere and also it is a stronge countrey to entre in to Also the flēmynges haue done vs no trespasse But sir yf we shall ryde lette vs ryde in to Fraunce there be our enemyes in two maners The kyng our lordes warr is nowe opyn And also the frenchmen are
hurt in the countrey or they departed agayne And whanÌ„e the duke of Burgoyne vnderstode therof he sende knightes and squiers in to the garysons on the fronters of Flaunders As to saynt Omers to Ayre to saynt Uenaunt to Baylleule to Bergues to Cassell and to all the bayliwykes to kepe thentre of Arthoyse ¶ Nowe let vs speke of thenglysshmen and howe they ê‘ceyuered aFter yâ— disconfyture at Donkyrke and the towne taken The Englysshe men entred in to great pride for it semed to them that all Flaunders had ben theirs And to say the trouthe if they hadde as than gone to Bruges as they sayd that knewe the dealyng of theÌ„ of the towne the towne had bene gyuen vp to them But the Englysshmen wrought otherwyse for they tooke adâ—yse to go to Bourburcke and to gette that towne and so to go to Ayre and to Cassell and to conquere all yâ— couÌ„trey And to leaue nothyng behynde them that shulde be contrarie to theym and than to go to Ipre They thought verily that the towne of Ipre wolde soone yelde vp if they sawe all the countre yelden before So thus the englysshemen departed fro Donkyrke and went to Burbourcke and whan they of the towne sawe theÌ„ aprochenere to their towne they yelded vp the towne sauyng their lyues and goodes And so they were receyued and the Englysshmen entred with great ioye sayeng howe they wolde make ther a good garyson for to kepe warre agaynst them of saynt Omers and the fronters nere adioyning And so than after they wanne the castell of Driceham they were thre dayes before it or they wan it And than they conquered it byforce and therin were slayne a two huÌ„dred men that were there in garyson And than the englysshemen repayred agayne the castell and sayde Howe they wolde kepe it to the best of their powers and so sette therin newe men And thanne they wente forth and came to Cassell and tooke the towne and had therin great pyllage Than they departed â–ª and sayde they wolde go and se the towne of Ayre Howe be it there was many of them that knewe right well that the towne was nat easy to be wonne without great losse of their men Howe be it the bysshoppe of Norwiche sayde he wolde go nere it and loke theron ¶ Howe the englisshmen conquered all the countre of Flaunders fro DoÌ„kyrke to Scluse and howe they be seged the towne of Ipre Cap. CCCC .xxxiii. THe same season capytayne of Ayre was sir Robert of Bethune vycount of Mealr and with hym ther was sir Johan Roy the lorde of Clary sir Johan of bethune his brother the lorde of Montigny sir Perducas of Pount saynt sir Johan of Chauny and sir Floreyns his son and dyuers other So that they were a sixscore speares of good men of armes knightes squyers Whan the bysshoppe of Norwiche and sir Hugh Caurell sir Henry Beaumont sir Thomas Tryuet sir Wyllyam Helmon sir Mathewe Reedman and the other englysshemen Whan they dyde aproche nere to Ayre at a place called the Newe dike They putte them selfe in order of batayle so passed forthe with baners and penons wauyng withthe wynde for they knewe nat what the vycount of Meaulxe was mynded to do The vycont and his company beyng as thanne there in garysone were rainged in good order on the causey before the barryers of the towne And there they might se clerely the englysshemen passe by takynge the way to saynt Uenaunt but they were nat men ynowe to stoppe theym their way Thus they stode styll kepynge watche and warde redy at their defence And the Englysshmen passed by and so weÌ„te the same night a two myles fro sait Uenaunt wherof a knyght of Picardy was capitayne called sir Wyllyam de Melle Who had fortifyed the mynster for hym and his company to drawe in to if nede requyred and so he dyde For the towne was closed but with small palys and dykes wherfore it coulde nat longe endure agaynst the englysshmen So the frenche men withdrewe them selfe some in to the castell and some into the churche the whiche was right stronge They of the castell were nat assayled for it was marueylous stronge There coude no manne aproche nere therto the dykes rounde about were so large and depe But the mynster was incontynent assayled by the Englisshmen whan they had entred the towne by cause they had knowledge that the men of armes were withdrawen in to it sIr Wyllyam of Melle Was a good knyght and a valyant and nobly defeÌ„ded the churche of saynt Uenant the Englysshe archers were rounde about it and they shotte vp arowes so thycke and so rudely that they within durst scant apere at any defeÌ„ce Howe be it they aboue had stones and artyllarye great plentie and dyde caste downe stones and other thynges hurt many beneth howe be it the assaut was so sore contynued by the englysshmen that the mynster was won byforce And sir Wyllyam de Melle within who valyantly fought at his defence and so dyde all his company And if they had parceyued any confort of rescue they wolde leÌ„gar haue coÌ„tynued but there was no conforte that they coulde parceyue and therfore they were the easier to wyn Thus sir Wyllyam of melle was prisoner with the englysshmen and so sette to his fynaunce And so went in to Fraunce by his bonde of oblygacion as all gentylmen englisshe and frenche were wont to do eche with other but so dyd nat the Almayns for whan an almayne hath taken a prisonere he putteth hym in to yrons and in to harde prisone without any pytie to make hym pay the greatter fynaunce and raunsome THus whan the bysshoppe of Norwyche and thenglysshmen departed fro saynt Uenant they wente and lodged in the wode of Mepce whiche was nat farr thens and about Baylueufe in Flaunders And so entred into the bayliwyke of Proprigne and Messynes and toke all the close townes and therin fouÌ„de great pyllage and conueyed all their pillage and votie to Bergues to Burborke And whan they had all the countre at their pleasure that they were lordes of the see syde as of Grauelyng to Sluse of Donkyrke of Newport of Furnes and of BlaÌ„cque Berque Than they went and layed siege to Ipre and ther they rested than sende to Gaunte As I vnderstode they sende FrauÌ„ces Atreman who had ben at the batayle and at all their coÌ„questes for he was their gyde fro towne to towne ¶ Howe the Englysshmen sende for them of Gaunt and how they came to the siege of Ipre And of the lorde saynt Leger and his company who were disconfyted by thenglysshmen and howe the bysshop of Liege came to the siege of Ipre Ca. iiii C .xxxiiii. WHanÌ„e Peter de Boyse and Peter de Mirt and the capitayns of Gaunt vnderstode howe the englysshmen sende for them to come to the sege of Ipre they were gretlye therof reioysed and ordayned incoÌ„tynent to go thyder And so departed
fysshes in a nette for they were closed rounde about in a narowe strayet passage among hedgê busshes and dykes so that they coude scape no maner of way forwarde nor backewarde So whan they sawe that they wer so hardly bestad they a lyghted a fote and defended themselfe as well as they might and dyd hurt dyuers of theÌ„ of Lysle But finally their defence coude nat auayle them for euer newe fresshe men of warre came on them So ther they wer taken byforce and with them a yong squyer of Lymosyne nephue to pope Clement called Remon who after that he was yelded prisoner was slayne for couetyse of his fayre harnes and fresshe apareyle These two erles were set in prison in the hall of Lysle and after sent to the frenche kynge who promysed to them of Lysle a great rewarde for the good seruyce that they had done hym And whanÌ„e Jaques Dartuell who was at Pont de Ferre knewe those tidyngê he was sore dyspleased and so seased his enterprise for that tyme and retourned agayne to Gaunt ¶ Of the iourney that duke JohnÌ„ of Normandy made into Heynault Cap. .xlvii. DUke JohnÌ„ of NormaÌ„dy eldyst sonne to the french kyng made his assemble to be at saynt Quyntines And with hym was the duke of Athenes therle of Flaunders the erle of Aucerr the erle of Ewe and constable of Fraunce therle of Porcyen therle of Roussy therle of Bresne therle of de grauÌ„t Pre the lorde Couey the lorde Craon and dyuers other nobles of Normandy and of the lowe marches And whan they were all assembled anone after Easter the yere of our lorde M. CCC .xl. The constables and the two marshals nombred their company to be a .vi. thousand men of armes and .viii. M. of other folowynge the hoost And so they went forthe in to the feldes and went towarde yâ— castell of CaÌ„bre ser and passed by Bohayn and rode tyll they passed the sayd castell in Cambre s. And lodged in the towne of Montays on the ryuer of Sels and sir Rycharde of Uerchyne stewarde of Henalt knewe by his spyes how the duke of Normandy was at Moutays Than he desyred certayne knightes and squyers suche as wer nere about hym to go with hym thyder as he wolde bringe them and they graunted hym so to do And so departed fro his house at Uerchyn and with hym a. lâ— speares and rode forthe fro the sonne settyng tyll he came to a forest in the yssuyng out of Heynalt a lytell leage fro Montays and by yâ— tyme it was night than he rested hym in a felde and sayde to his company Howe he wolde go a wake the duke at Montays wherof they were right ioyouse And sayd howe they wolde aduenture with hym to lyue and dye he thanked them with hym there was ser Jaques de Sart sir HeÌ„ry of Phalyse sir Olpharte du Guystelles sir JohnÌ„ du Chastellet and sir Bertrande And of squyers there 〈…〉 s Gyles and Thyerty of Sommayne Baudwyn of Beaufort Colebrier of Brule Moreau of Lescuyer Sawdart de Stramen JohaÌ„n of Robersat Bridoull de Thyaulx and dyuerse other they rode priuely and came to MoÌ„tays and entred into yâ— towne The freÌ„chmen had made no watche and so the stewarde and all his company alyghted before a fayre great lodgyng wenyng to theym that the duke had lodged ther but he was in an other house But they were loged .ii. great lordes of Normandy the lorde of Baylleull and the lorde of Beaulte and they were quickely assayled and the gate broken â—pynne Whan they hard the cry of Heynalt they were a basshed defeÌ„ded theÌ„selfe as well as they might and ther the lorde of Baylleull was slayne and the lorde of Beautie taken was fayne to promyse the seneshall on his fayth trouth to yelde hymselfe prisoner with in thre dayes after at UaleÌ„cens Than the frenchmen began to stirr in the towne and came out of their logynges 〈◊〉 fiers lighted vp torches and candels eche of theÌ„ raysed vp other and a woke the duke who rose and armed hym in hast displayed his baner before his logyng euery man drue thyder Than the heynoues withdrue a backe sagely to their horses mounted whan they wer all to gyder they had a x. or .xii. good prisoners and so returned without any damage for they wer nat pursued it was so darke And so they came by that it was day to Quesnoy there they rested them and than rode to Ualencens In the mornyng the duke coÌ„maunded to dysloge and to entre into Heynalt and to bren the contrey with out mercy So the fore ryders went forthe a .ii. C. speares and captayns of theÌ„ were sir Thybalt of Marncyle the Galoys of yâ— Baume the lorde of Myrpois the lorde of Rayuenall the lorde of Sempy yâ— lorde JohnÌ„ of Landas the lorde of Hangest the lorde of Tramels and after them rode the two marshals with fyue C. speres And than the duke with other lordê and knyghtes so the fore ryders burnt Forest bertran Bertynguinell Escarmayne UeÌ„degres 〈◊〉 yâ— wod UeÌ„degres on yâ— sandes vpon yâ— ryuer of Cynell And the next day they went forwarde brent Osmelnall Uyllers GoÌ„megynes Marchepoys Pestellâ— Aufroy Pyepreux Fresnoy Obeys the good towne of BaÌ„noy all the coÌ„trey to the ryuer of HoÌ„mell And yâ— same second day the marshals company made a gret assaut and skirmysshe at the castell of Uerchyâ—e â–ª but they wan nothyng ther it was so well defended Than they went lodged by the ryuer of Selz bytwene Ausey and Sansoy and sir Ualeron lorde of Falquemont was captayne of yâ— towne of Maubenge and with hym a. C. speares of almayns and heynowes And whanÌ„e he knewe that the frenchmen rode and brent the contrey and sawe howe the poore peple wept he armed hym and his company and left the towne in the kepyng of the lorde of Beau Reuoyr the lord Montigny and he sayd he wolde gladly fynde the frenchmen And so he rode all that day coostyng yâ— forest of Moriuall and agaynst nyght he harde howe the duke of Normandy was loged by yâ— ryuer of Sels than he sayd he wolde go and a wake them And so he rode forthe and about mydnight he passed the ryuer by a gyde and whan he was ouer he made hym his company redy and so rode fayre and easely tyll he came to the dukes logyng and whan they were nere they spurred their horses and dasshed into thoost and cryed Falquemont and cut downe tentes pauilyons and slewe dyuers men and dyd great hurt Than the hoost began to sterre and armed them and drewe to that part where as the noyse was and the lorde of Falquemont whan he sawe it was tyme he drue a backe of the freÌ„chmen ther were slayne the lorde of Pyquegny taken prisoners the vycont of Quesnes and the Borgne of Rouuory and sore hurt sir Antony of Condune And whan the lorde Falquemont thought
best he departed and all his coÌ„pany and passed the ryuer of Sels without damage for they wer nat folowed and so by the sonne risyng they came to Quesnoy where as sir Thyerrie of Uallecourt opyned to them the gate The next day after this dede the duke of NormaÌ„dy caused his trumpettes to be blowen and so passed the tyuer of Sels and entred into Heynalt And suche as rode before as the marshall of Mitpoys the lord of Noysiers the Galoys of the Baulme and sir Thybalt of Marneyle and iiii C. speares besyde the brigantes came before Quesnoy to the bariers and made semblant to gyue assaut But they within were so well prouyded with good men of warre and artyllery that they shulde haue lost their payne how beit they made a lytell skirmyssh before the bayles But at last they were fayne to wtdrawe for they of Quesnoy dyscharged certayne peces of artyllery and shotte out great quarels wherof the freÌ„chmen were a frayd for sleyng of their horses And so withdrue backe and in their goyng they brent Uergyn the great and Uergyn the lytell Frelanes Saâ—â—uers Artes Semeries Artuell Saryten Turgies Estynen Aulnoy and dyuers other so that the smoke came to UalenceÌ„nes And than the frenchmen ordayned their batels on the mouÌ„t of Casters nere to UalenceÌ„nes and certayne of them as the lorde of Craon the lorde of Mauluryer the lorde of Mathelon the lorde of Dauoyr and a two C. speares with them rode towarde Mayng and came and assayled a great to wre parteyninge to John Uernyer of UaleÌ„cens and afterwarde it was ê‘teyning to JohnÌ„ Neuell Ther was a great and a fierse assaut endurynge nygh all day so that of the frenchmen or they departed were slayne a .v. or .vi. but they within defeÌ„ded themselfe so well that they toke no damage Than some of the frenchmen went to Try wenyng at their first coÌ„mynge to haue past the water but they of the to wne had broken the bridge and defended the passage so that the frenchmen coude neuer haue won it that way ThanÌ„e ther were some among them that knewe the passages and the contrey and so they brought a two C. men a fote and passed the plankes at Ponny and as sone as they were ouer they came on theÌ„ of Try who were but a small nombre and coude nat endure agaynst them and so they fledde and dyuers were slayne and hurt The same day the se neshall of Heynalt was departed out of Ualencens with a. C. men of armes to socour them of Trye and a lytell fro saynt wast they met with a rrv currours of the frenchmen and the lorde Boucyqualt who was after marshall of FraÌ„ce and the lorde of Surgeres and sir Wyllyam BlaÌ„deau was their captayns and they had passed the bridge by UalenceÌ„nes called the bridge de la Tourell And whan the seneshall of Heynalt sawe them he ranne out at them and bare downe with his speare the lorde Boucyquault and toke hym prisoner and sent hym to Ualencens the lorde of Surgeres scaped but ser Wyllyam Blandeau was taken by sir Henry Dusphalyse and all the other wer taken and slayne but a fewe that scaped And so than the seneshal went towarde Try but he came to late for the frenchemen had wonne it or he came and were beatyng downe of the mylles and of a lytell castell that was ther but whan the seneshall came they had no leaser for they wer put a backe slay ne and put to flight and chased so nere that many lept into the ryuer of Lescalt some drowned So thus the towne of Try was delyuerd and than the seneshall went and passed the ryuer of Lescalt at Deuayng and than he and all his coÌ„pany rode to his castell of Uerchyn entred into it to kepe defeÌ„de it yf nede were All this season the duke of Normandy was on the mouÌ„t of Casters nygh all day thinkynge euer that they of Ualencennes wolde haue yssued out to haue fought with hym and so they wolde fayne haue done and sir Henry Dantoynge who had rule of the towne had nat ben for he wolde suffre no man to yssue out And he was at the gate Cambresen and had moch a do to kepe the peple with in and the prouost of the towne with him who with fayre wordes and great reasons a peased the peple And whan the duke sawe that they wolde nat yssue out to gyue hym batayle than he sent to the duke of Athenes and the marshals of Faunce therle of Aucerre the lorde of Chastelon with a thre hundred speares to rynne to Ualencens And so they rode in good order and came to the bayls on the syde of Tourell but they taryed nat there long they feared so the shot for sleynge of their horses howbeit the lorde of Chastelon rode so forwarde that his horse fell vnder hym so that he was fayne to leape on another than they retourned by the marches brent and bete downe the mylles on the tyuer of Uyncell and so caÌ„e by Chartreux and than to their hoost agayne Ther were some of the frenchmen that taryed behynde at Marlyto gette forage more at their case and such as kept a towâ—â— therby ê‘teyning to the heyres of Heynault and somtyme it was belongyng to sir Robert de Namur by that right of the lady Isabell his wyfe Whan they parceyued these freÌ„chemen that were behynde their hoost and howe that thoost was farre of fro theÌ„ they yssued out set on them slewe many and toke all their pyllage entred agayn to their toure All this season yet the great batayle was styll on the mount of Castres and whan the currers came in on euery syde than they toke counsayle what they shulde do The lordes sayd how they were no nombre suffycient to assaut such a towne as Ualencennes and finally they determyned to go to Cambray and so that nyght they went and lodged at Monyg and at Fountnelles and made good watche the next mornyng they departed and ar they went brent Monyg and Fountnelles and the abbay parteyning to the lady of Ualoys suster germayne to the freÌ„che kyng Wherof the duke was sore dyspleased and caused them to be hanged that beganne the fyre and than at their departyng they brent the towne of Try and the castell and beate downe the mylles and brent Prony Romminy Thyaur Mouceaulr and all the playne contrey by twene Cambray and Ualencennes And thanÌ„e the duke came to Escandure to a castell parteynynge to the erle of Heynault standyng strongly on the ryuer of Lescault the whiche garyson hadde greuyd sore the towne of Cambray and capytayne therof was sir Gararde of Sassegynes And whan the duke had ben before that castell a six dayes it was gyuen vp wherof all the countrey hadde great marueyle and had great suspect of treason to the captayne sir Gararde and to a squyer of his called Robert Marmeaulr and after they bothe dyed shamefully at Mons in Heynalt
messangers returned to Bruges and shewed the erle their lorde howe they had spedde Wher of he was ryght ioyfull And it was nat longe after but that the mariage of the duke of Bourgoyn their erles doughter was driueÌ„ through and agreed And it was shewed me that for this mariage the erle of Flaunders had more than fyfty thousande frankes and the towne of Doway and Lisle delyuered in gage for money that the frenche kynge gaue with thys maryage to the erle of Flaunders Who toke possessyon of them and therin dyd putte his people And so these two townes were attributed to FlauÌ„ders by reason of gage as it was shewed me I can say no further And anone after this composicion they proceded to the mariage the whiche was done and confirmed in the towne of GauÌ„t and there was great feaste and solempnyte the day of the maryage and after Ther were many lordes barones and knyghtes and specially the gentyl lorde of Coucy who was sent thither by the frenche kynge euery man was greatly feasted with great iustes and tryumphes And after euery man wense Whom to his owne And whan the kynge of EnglaÌ„de sawe that the erle of Flaunders bycause of this sayde maryage was alyed into Fraunce he wyste â—at What to suppose Whether that the Erle of Flaunders wolde take parte agaynst hym with the duke of Bourgoyne his sonne in lawe who by succession shulde be his heyre after his disceace ornat Nor also he myste nat what rouâ—nauntes were 〈◊〉 bâ—twene the frenche kynge and the erle of Flaunders Wherfore the kynge of Englande was more harder to the Flemmynges than he was before bothe by lande and by see as they came in marchandise Wherof the freÌ„che kynge was nothynge displeased for he wolde gladly that the Warre hadde ben open bitwene the englisshemen and fleÌ„mynges Howe be it the wise men of Flaunders and bourgesses of good tow â—es had no wyl to the warre for the comynalte of Flaunders susteyned rather the opinion and quarell of the kynge of Englande to be better than the frenche kynges The kynge of Englande who sought for frendes in all parties as â—ede was for hym so to do seynge the great warres and rebellions that dayly rose agaynst hym than he vnderstode well that kyng Charles of Nauarr his cosyn who was in base Nor mandy wolde soone agree to his accord for he was behated with the frenche kynge bicause of certayn landes that he kept and claymed them as his enheritance the whiche the frenche kyng dâ—nâ—ed for the whiche theyr counsayles had ben often tymes to guether But they coulde neuer make agrement bitwene them and so the matâ—er hanged styll eche of them takyng good hede of other And the kynge of Nauarre fortifyed greatly his townes and castels in Constantine and in the countie of Deureur and in the good townes of Normandye and helde hymselfe at Châ—erburge and had men of warr in euery garison And with hym there was ser Eustace DaÌ„â—â—erâ—court who was gouernour of a towne beâ—oud the passage of saynt Clement in the close of Constantyne the whyche perteyned to the kynge of Nauarre for it was parcell of his heâ—â—age called the towne of Carentyn And this syr â—ustace was chief of the kynges counsaile and the kynge of Englande sent vnto hym for he was also hisman and knyght to the entent that he shulde knowe the kynge of Nauarres mvâ—de And this knyght dyd so moche that the kynge of Nauarre with a prâ—uy company entred into a shyppe called Lyâ— and came to the kynge of England who made hym great there and feast and so they were longe to gether and fynally concluded that as soone as the kynge of Nauarre were returned to Chierbourge he shulde sende and defye the frenche kynge and to put in al his castelles and fortresses englisshe men And whan all this was confyrmed the kynge of Nauarre departed and returned agayne into Normandy to the towne of Chierbourge and was brought thyther by certayne knyghtes of Englande who had but euyllfortune at theyr returnynge home ward for on the see they mette normans and pyrates Who fiersely assayled them and were farre stronger than the englisshmen So the normans conquered them and slewe them all they wolde nat take one to mercy of the whiche aduenture the kynge of Englande was right sore displeased howe be it he coude nat remedy it And anone after yâ— the kynge of Nauarre was returned to Chierbourge ser Eustace Dambreticourt who was sent for by the prince toke leaue of the kyng of Nauarr to go and serue the prince the whiche kynge gaue hym leaue sore agaynste hysmyll Howe be it ser Eustace shewed hym so many reasonable causes that at laste he departed and toke the see and arryued with all his company at saynt Malo and rode to Nauntes to passe there the ryuer of Loyre by the agrement of the duke of Bretayne Who as than stered nat on no partye And so syr Eustace trauayled so longe that he came in to Poictou and came to the towne of Angolesme to the prynce who receyued hym with great ioy thaÌ„ anone sente hym to syr JohnÌ„ Chandos to the Captal of Beuâ— who were at Montaban makyng there thyr fronter agaynste the frenche men And thyther syr Eustace was ryght well come to all the company ¶ Howe the constable of France and the constable of Heynaulte reysed all army of men of warre to assaile Arde and howe the fortresse of Reainuille was taken and the englysshemenne slayne Cap. C C .liiii. IN the same season the knyghtes of Pycardye assembled together to go and assaute Arde and sir Mores Fyennes Constable of France and sir JohnÌ„ Uertyn constable of Heynauâ—â— were capitaynes of that companye by the commaundement of the Frenche kynge and they assembled to guether in the towne of saynt â—mer and they were a thousand spearâ—s of knyghtes and squyers And so they went and mostred before the bastid of Arde the whiche was well furnysshed with englysshe men and so the frenche men sayde they Wolde laye sâ—ege therto And the englysshe men were no thyng abasshed but made them redy to defende theyr fortresse if nede were And on a daye all the frenchemen and heynowes assembled together in yâ— felde in good array and fresshe mauer it was a goodly syght to beholde the baners and standardes wauynge with the wynde and so they gaue assaute to the towne nat greatly to theyr profyt for there were diuerse of them sore hurt and wounded and conquered nothynge And as it was shewed me on the syft daye they beparted fro Arde Without doynge of any great hurte and so returned euery man home to his owne howse Thus brake vp that iâ—urney ¶ Howe lette vs speke of farther countreys as of the siege that was before â—iamuille in Quercy layde by the frenchemen who were a .xii. thousande fyghtyngemen with the companyons that were in theyr felawesâ—â—ppe and within two dayes iourney of them lay the duke of