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
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
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
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
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
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
that it were harde to make mencion of them all ¶ Howe kyng Robert of Scotland dyed Cap. xx ANd whan that the scottis were departed by nyght from the mountaigne where as the kyng of Ingland hadde beseged theym as ye haue harde here before They went .xxii. Myle throughe that sauage countrey without restyng and passed the riuer of â—yne right nere to Carlyle And the next day they went into theyr owne lande and so departed euery man to his owne mansion â–ª and within a space afâ— there was a peace purchased bitwene the kyngis of Ingland and Scotland and as the englysshe cronicle sayth it was done by the speciall counsell of the olde quene and ser Roger Mortymer for by theyr meanes there was a plyament holden at North hampton at the whiche the kyng being within age grauÌ„ted to the scottis to release all the feaulties and homages that they ought to haue done to the Crowne of Inglande by his Charter ensâ—aled And also there was delyuered to the scottis an endenture the whiche was called the Ragmon wherin was coâ—teyned all the homages and feaulties that yâ— kyng of scottis and all the prelatis erles and barones of Scotlande ought to haue done to the crowne of Inglande sealed with all their sealis with all other rightis that sondry barones and knyghtis ought to haue hadde in the realme of Scotlanâ— And also they delyuered to them agayn the blacke crosse of Scotland â–ª the whiche the good kyng Edwarde conquered brought it out of the abbey of Scoue the whiche was a precious relique and all rightis and enteresses that euery baron had in Scotlande was than clene forgyuen and many other thyngis were done at that parlyament to the great hurt and preiudice of the realme of Ingland and in maner ageynst the wyls of all the nobles of the realme saue onely of Isabell the olde quene the busshop of Ely and the lord mortymer They ruled the realme in suche wyse that euery man was myscontent So that the erle Henry of Lancastre and syr Thomas Brotherton erle marshall and syr Edmund of Wodstocke the kyngê vncles and dyuerse other lordes and coÌ„mons were agreed to gether to amende these faultes if they myght And in that meane tyme yâ— quene Isabell syr Roger MortymÌ„ caused a nother parliament to be holden at Salysbury at the whiche parliament Roger Mortymer was made erle of Marche ageynst all the baroÌ„s wyls of InglaÌ„d in preiudice of the kyng his realme and sir JohnÌ„ of Eltham the kyngis brother was made erle of Cornewal To the whiche â—liameÌ„t there Henry of LaÌ„castre wold â—at come wherfore the kynge was broughte in beleue that he wold haue distroyed his parson for the whiche they assembled a great hoste and went to ward Bedforde Where as the Erle Henry was with his companye Than the Erle Marshall and therle of Kent the kyngis brother made a peace bitwene the kyng the erle of LaÌ„castre on whose part was Henry lorde Beamont syr Fowke Fitzwayn Thomas Rocellin ser WilliaÌ„ Trussell Syr Thomas Wyther and abowte a C. knyghtis who were all exyled out of Inglande by the counsaile of quene Isabell and the Erle MortymÌ„ for he was so couetous that he thought to haue the most part of all their landis into his owne handis as it is more playnly shewen in the inglisshe cronicle â–ª the whiche I passe ouer and folowe myn auctour The forsaid peace whiche was purchased bitwene Ingland and ScotlaÌ„d was to endure .iii. yere And in the meane tyme it fortuned that kyng Robert of Scotland was right sore aged feble â–ª for he was greatly charged with the great sickenes so that ther was no way with hym but deth And whan he felte that his ende drew nere he sent for suche barones lordis of his realme as he trusted best shewed them how there was no remedy with hym but he must nedis leue this transetory lyfe CoÌ„mauÌ„dyng them on the faith and trouth that they owed hym truly to kepe the realme and ayde the yong prince Dauid his sonne and that whan he wer of age they shulde obey hym and crowne hym kyng and to mary hym iÌ„ suche a place as was coÌ„uenient for his astate Than he called to hym the gentle knyght sir William Duglas sayde before all the lordes Sir William my dere freÌ„d ye knowe well that I haue had moche a do my dayes to vphold and susteyne the ryght of this realme and whaÌ„ I had most a do I made a solemne vow the whiche as yet I haue nat accomplysshed wherof I am right sory The whiche was if I myght acheue and make an ende of al my warres so that I myght ones haue brought this realme in rest and peace than I promysed in my mynd to haue gone and warred on Christis ennemies aduersaries to our holy christen faith To this purpose myn hart hath euer eateÌ„ ded but our lorde wolde nat coâ—sent therto for I haue had so muche a do in my dayes nowe in my last entreprise I haue takyn suche a malady that I can nat escape And syth it is so that my body can nat go nor acheue that my hart desireth I Wyll sende the hart instede of the body to accomplyhssmyn auowe and bycause I knowe nat in all my realme no knyght more valyaunt than ye be nor of body so Well furnysshed to accoÌ„plysshemyn avowe in stede of my selfe Therfore I require you myn owne dere aspeciall freÌ„de that ye wyll take on you this voiage for the loue of me and to acquite my soule agaynst my lord god For I trust so moche in your noblenes and trouth that and ye wyll take on you I doubte nat but that ye shall achyue it and than shall I dye in more ease and quiete so that it be done in suche maner as I shall declare vnto you I woll that as soone as I am trepassed out of this worlde that ye take my harte owte of my body and enbawme it and take of my treasoure as ye shall thynke sufficient for that entreprise both for yor selfe and suche company as ye wyll take With you and present my hart to the holy Sâ—pulchre Where as our lorde laye Seyng my body can nat come there And take with you suche company and purueyaunce as shal be aparteyuyng to your astate And where so euer ye come let it be knowen howe ye cary with you the harte of kyng Robert of Scotland at his instauÌ„ce and desire to be pÌ„sented to the holy sepulchre ThaÌ„ all the lordes that harde these wordes wept for pitie And whan this knyght syr William Duglas myght speke for wepyng he sayd I gentle noble kyng a C. tymes I thanke your grace of the great honour that ye do to me Sith of so noble and great treasure ye gyue me in charge And syr I shall do with a glad harte all that ye haue coÌ„mauÌ„ded me to the best of my true power
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
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
them to UalenceÌ„nes in the county of Heynalt And in the freres ther made theym to be buryed agayne honourably and dyde there his obsequy â—yght goodly the which is yet kept yerely ¶ Howe the erle of Derby wanne the castell of the Ryoll Cap. C .xi. NOwe let vs retourne to the siege about the castell of the Ryoll the which had endured .xi. wekes so long wrought the mynours that at last they came vnder the base court but vnder the doÌ„geon they coude nat gette for it stode on a harde rocke Than sir Agâ—us des Bans their capten sayd to his company sirs we be vndermyâ—â—d so that we ar in great daunger than they were all sore a srayed and sayd sir ye ar in a great danger and we also without ye fynde some remedy year our chefe and we wyll obey you trucly we haue kept this house right honourably alonge season And though we nowe make a composycion we can nat be blamed assay if ye canne get graunt of therle of Derby to let vs depart our lyues and goodes saued and we to delyuer to hym this castell Than sir Agous dyscendedde downe fro the hygh to wre and dyd put out his heed at a lytell wyndo â–ª made a token to speke with some of the host than he was demaunded what he wolde haue he sayd he wolde fayne speke with therle of Derby or with the lorde of MaÌ„ny Whan therle knewe therof he sayd to the lorde of Manny and the lorde Stafforde lette vs go to the fortresse and knowe what the capten woll say Than they rode togyder and whan sir Agous sawe theym he toke of his cappe and saluted them eche after other and sayde lordes it is of trouth that the frenche kyng sende me to this towne to defende and to kepe it and the castell to my power And ye knowe right well howe I haue aquyt my selfe in that behalfe yet wolde if I might but alwayes a man may nat abyde in one place sir yf it woll please you I and all my company wolde depart our lyues and goodes saued and we shall yelde vnto you the fortresse Than therle of Derby sayde sir Agous ye shall nat go so away we knowe ryght well we haue so sore oppressed you that we may haue you whan we lyst for your fortresse staÌ„deth but vpon stayes yelde you simply and we wyll receyue you sir Agons sayde sir yf we dyde so I thynke in you somoch honour and gentylnes 〈◊〉 ye wold deale but courtelly with vs as ye wold the frenche kynge shulde deale with any of your knyghtes for goddessake sir blemyssh nat your noblenesse for a poore sort of soudyours that be here within who hath won with moche payne and paryll their poore lyueng whome I haue brought hyther out of the prouynce of Sauoy and out of Daulphyne sir knowe for trouthe that yf the lest of vs shulde nat come to mercy as well as the best we woll rather sell our lyues in suche wyse that all the worlde shulde speke of vs sir we desyre you to bere vs some coÌ„pany of armes and we shall pray for you Than therle and the other two lordes went a parte and spake togyder they spake long togyder of dyuers thynges finally they regarded the trouthe of sir Agons and consydred howe he was a stranger and also they sawe that they coude nat vndermyne the dongeon they agreed to receyue them to mercy Than the erle sayde to sir Agons sir we wolde gladly to all straungers bere good company of armes I am content that ye and all your company depart with your lyues saued so that you bere away nothynge but your armoure So be it quod sir Agons than he went to his company and shewed them how he had spedde Than they dyd on their harnesse and toke their horses wherof they hadde no mo but sixe some bought horses of thenglysshmen the whiche they payed for truely Thus sir Agons de Bans departed fro the Ryoll and yelded vp the castell to the englysshemen and sir Agons and his company wente to Tholous ¶ How therle of Derby toke the towne of Mauleon and after the towne of Franch in Gascoyne Cap. C .xii. WHan the erle of Derby had taken his pleasure at Ryoll than he went forth and lest an englyssh knyght at Ryoll to repayre and a mende that was broken he rode to Mountpesance and made assaut there and within there were but men of the countrey that were gone thyder with their goodes in trust of the strength of the place and so they defended theymselfe as longe as they might but finally the castell was wone with assaut and by scalynge but there were many of thenglysshe archers slayne and au englysshe gentylman slayne called Rycharde of Pennenort he bare the lorde Staffordes baner Th erle of Derby gaue the same castell to a squyer of his called Thomas of Lancastre and left with hym in garyson .xx. archers than therle went to the towne of Mauleon and made assaut but he wanne it nat so at nyght there about they lodged the nexte day a knyght of Gascone called sir Alysander of Chamont sayd to therle sir make as though ye wolde dyslodge and go to some other part and leue a small sort of your people styll before the towne and they within woll yssue out I knowe theym so well and let them chase your men that be behynde and let vs lye vnder the olyues in a busshement and whan they be past vs lette part of vs folowe them and some retourne towardê the towne Th erle of Derby was coÌ„tent with that counsayle and he caused to abyde behynde the erle of Quenforde with a hundred with hym all onely well enformed what they shulde do than all the other trussed bagge and baggage and departed and went halfe a leage and ther layd sir Gaultier of Manny with a great busshmeÌ„t in a vale amonge olyues and vynes and therle rode on forth whan they of Mauleon sawe the erle departe and some styll abydinge behynde they sayde among themselfe let vs go yssue out and go and fyght with our ennemyes that ar abydinge behynde their maister we shall soone dysconfet them the whiche shall be a great honoure and profette to vs they all agreed to that opynion and armed them quickely and yssued out who myght first they were a four hundred Whan therle of Quenfort and his coÌ„pany sawe them yssue they reculed backe and the frenchemen folowed after in gret hast and so ferr they pursued them that they past the busshmeÌ„t than sir Gaultier of Mannyes company yssued out of their busshmeÌ„t and cryed Manny and part of them dasshed in after the frenchmen and another part toke the way streyght to the towne they founde the baylles and gates opyn and it was nyght wherfore they within wende it had ben their owne coÌ„pany that yssued out before ThaÌ„ thenglysshmen toke the gate and the brige and incontynent were lordes of the towne for suche
theÌ„ for the englysshmen were entred into the towne some of the knyghtes and squyers of Fraunce suche as knewe the way to the castell went thyder and the captayne ther receyued them all for the castell was large TheÌ„glysshmen in yâ— chaselle we many for they toke non to mercy than the constable and the erle of Tankernyll beynge in the lytell towre at the bridge fote loked a longe the strete sawe their men â—â—ayne without mercy they douted to fall in their hand At last they sawe an englysshe knyght with one eye called 〈◊〉 ThomÌ„s Holand and afyue or sixe other knyghtes with hym they knewe theÌ„ for they had sene them before in Pruce in Grenade and in other vyages than they called to sir Thomas sayd howe they wold yelde theÌ„selfe prisoners Than sir Thomas came thyder with his coÌ„pany and mounted vp into the gate and there founde the sayd lordes with .xxv. knyghts with them who yelded theym to sir Thomas and he toke theÌ„for his prisoners and left company to kepe theym and than mouÌ„ted agayne on his horse and rode into the streates and saued many lyues of lavyes damosels and cloysterers fro defoylyng for the soudyers were without mercy It fell so well the same season for thenglysshmen that the â—â—â—er whiche was able to bere shyppes at that 〈…〉 e was so lowe that men went in and out besyde the bridge they of the towne were entred into their houses and cast downe into the strete stones tymbre and â—ron and slewe and hurte mo than fyue hundred englysshmen wherwith the kyâ—ge was sore dyspleased At night whan he hard therof he coÌ„maunded that the next day all shulde be putte to the swerde and the towne brent but than sir Godfray of Harecourt sayd dere sir for goddessake ass wage somwhat your courage and let it suâ—fice you that ye haue done ye haue yet a great voyage to do orye come before Calys whyderye purpose to go and sir in this towne there is moche people who wyll defende their houses and it woll cost many of yor men their lyues or ye haue all at yor wyll wherby paraueÌ„ture ye shall nat kepe your purpose to Calys the which shulde redowne to your rech Sir saue your people for ye shall haue nede of them or this moneth passe for I thynke verely your aduersary kyng PhilyppÌ„ woll mete with you to fight and ye shall fynde many strayt passages and rencouÌ„ters Wherfore your men and ye had mo shall stande you in gode stede and sir without any further sleynge ye shall be lorde of this towne men and women woll putte all that they haue to your pleasur Than the kyng sayd sir Godfray you ar our marshall â–ª ordayne euery thyng as ye woll than sir Godfray with his baner rode fro strete to strete and coÌ„mauÌ„ded in the kynges name non to be so hardy to put fyre in any house to slee any persone nor to vyolate any woman Whan they of the towne hard that crye they receyued the englysshmen into their houses and made theym good chere and some opyned their coffers and badde them take what them lyst so they might be assured of ther lyues howe be it ther were done in the towne many yuell dedes murdrers and roberyes Thus the englysshmen were lordes of the towne thre dayes ano wanne great richesse the which they sent by baâ—kesse and barges to saynt Sauyoure by the ryuer of Austrâ—hen a two leagê theus wher as all their nauy lay than the kyng sende therle of â—untyâ—gdon with two hundred men of armes and foure hundred archers with his nauy and prisoners and richesse that they had gotte backe agayne into Englande And the kynge bought of sir Thomas Hallande â–ª the constable of Fraunce and therle of Tankernyll and payed for them twentie thousande nobles ¶ Howe sir Godfray of Harecourte fought with theÌ„ of Amyens before Parys Cap. C .xxv. THus the kyng of England ordred his besynesse beynge in the towne of Cane and sende into England his nauy of shyppes charged 〈◊〉 clothes iewelles vessels of golde syluer and of other rychesse and of prisoners mo than .lx. knightes and thre hundred burgesses Than he departed fro the towne of Cane and rode in the same order as he dyde before brennynge and exilynge the countrey and toke the way to Ewreus and so past by it And fro thens they rode to a great towne called Louyets it was the chiefe towne of all Normandy of drapery riches and full of marchandyse theÌ„glysshmen soone entred therin for as than it was nat closed it was ouer ron spoyled and robbed without mercy there was won great richesse ThauÌ„e they entred into the countrey of Ewreus and brent and pylled all the countrey except the good townes closed and castels â–ª to the which the kynge made none assaut bycause of the sparyng of his people and his artillery On the ryuer of Sane nere to Rone there was the exle of Harecourt brother to sir Godfray of Harecourt but he was on the frenche partie and therle of Drâ—ux with hym with a good nombre of men of warre but thenglysshmen left Roon and went to Gysors where was a strong castell they brent the towne and than they brent Uernon and all the countrey about Roon and Pont de Lache and came to NauÌ„tes and to Meulence and wasted all the countrey about and passed by the stronge castell of Robeboyes and in euery place a long the ryuer of Sane they founde the briges broken At last they came to Poyssey and founde the brige broken but the arches and â—oystes lay in the ryuer the kyng lay there a .v. dayes In the mean season the brige was made to passe the hoost Wtout paryll thenglysshe marshals ranne a brode iust to Parys and brent saynt Germayne in Lay and Mountioy and saynt Clowde and pety Bolayne by Parys and the quenes Bourge they of Parys were nat well assured of theym selfe for it was nat as than closed Than kyng Philyppe remoued to saynt Denyse and or he went caused all yâ— pentessys in Parys to be pulled downe and at saynt Deuyse were redy câ—â— the kynge of Behayne the lorde JohnÌ„ of Heynalt â–ª the duke of Lorayne therle of Flaunderâ—â— therle of Bloyes and many other great lordes and knyghtes redy to serue the frenche kynge Whan the people of Parys sawe their kyng â—epart they came to hym and knâ—lyd downe and sayd a sir and noble kyng what woll ye do leue thus this noble cytie of Parys the kynge sayâ— my good people doute ye nat the englysshmen woll aproche you no nerer than they be why so sir ê™ they they be within these two leages and assone as they knowe of your departynge they woll come and assayle vs and we bâ—â—at able to defende them sir tary here styll and helpe to defende your gode cite of Parys Speke no more ê™ the kynge for I woll go to saynt Denyse to my men of warre for I woll encountre the
of the marshals retourned to the kynges hoost about noone and so lodged all toguyder nere to Cressy in Pouthieu the kynge of Englande was well enfourmed howe the frenche kyng folowed after hym to fight Than he said to his coÌ„pany lette vs take here some plotte of grouÌ„de for we wyll go no farther tylle we haue sene our ennemyes I haue good cause here to abyde them for I am on the ryght herytage of the quene my mother the which lande was gyuen aâ—her maryage I woll chalenge it of myne aduersary Philyppe of Ualoys and bycause that he had nat the eyght part in nombre of men as the frenche kyng had therfore he commaunded his marshals to chose a plotte of grounde som what for his aduauntage and so they dyde and thyder the kynge and his hoost went than he sende his currours to Abuyle to se if the frenche kyng drewe that day into the felde or natte They went forthe and retourned agayne and sayde howe they coude se none aparence of his commyng than euery man toke their lodgyng for that day and to be redy in the mornynge at the sound of the truÌ„pet in the same place Thus friday the frenche kynge taryed styll in Abuyle abyding for his coÌ„pany and sende his two marshals to ryde out to se the dealyng of thenglysshmen and at nyght they retourned sayde howe the englysshmen were lodged in the feldes â–ª that nyght the frenche kyng made a supper to all the chefe lordes that were ther with hym and after supper the kyng desyred them to be frendes â—â—h to other the kyng loked for the erle of Sauoy who shulde come to hym with a thousande speares for he had receyued wages for a thre monethes of them at Troy in Campaigne ¶ Of the order of the englysshmen at Cressy and howe they made thre batayls a fote Cap. C .xxviii. ON the friday as I sayd before the kyng of Englande lay in the feldes for the contrey was pleÌ„tyfull of wynes and other vytayle if nede had ben they had prouisyon folowyng in cartê and other caryages That night the kyng made a supper to all his chefe lordes of his hoost made them gode chere and whan they were all departed to take their rest Than the kynge entred into his oratorie and kneled downe before the auter prayeng god deuoutly that if he fought the next day that he might achyue the iourney to his honour than aboute mydnight he layde hym downe to rest and in the mornynge he rose be tymes and harde masse â–ª and the prince his sonne with hym and the moste part of his compaâ—â— were confessed and houseled And after the 〈…〉 asse sayde he commauÌ„ded euery man to be armed to drawe to the felde to the same place before apoynted than the kyng caused a parke to be made by the wodesyde behynde his hoost and ther was set all cartes and caryages and within the parke were all their horses for euery man was a fote And into this parke there was but one entre than he ordayned thre batayls In the first was the yonge prince of Wales with hym the erle of Warwyke and Canforde the lorde Godfray of Harecourt sir Reynolde Cobham sir ThomÌ„s Holande the lorde Stafforde the lorde of Maâ—uy the lorde Dalaware sir JohnÌ„ Chandos sir Bartylmewe de Bomes sir Robert Neuyll the lorde Thomas Clyfforde the lorde Bourchier the lorde de la Tumyer dyuers other knyghtes and squyers that I can nat name they wer an .viii. hundred men of armes and two thousande archers and a thousande of other with the walsshmen euery lorde drue to the felde apoynted vnder his owne baner and penone In the second batayle was therle of Northampton the erle of Aâ—â—dell the lorde Rosse the lorde Lygo the lorde Wylough by the lord Basset the lorde of saynt Aubyne sir Loyes Tueton the lorde of Myleton the lorde de la Sell and dyuers other about an eight hundred men of armes and twelfhundred archers The thirde batayle had the kyng he had seuyn hundred men of armes and two thousande archers than the kyng lept on a hobby with a whyte rodde in his hand one of his marshals on the one hande and the other on the other hand he rode fro reuke to reuke desyringe euery man to take hede that day to his right and honour He spake it so swetely with so good couÌ„tenance and mery chere that all suche as were dysconfited toke courage in the sayeng and heryng of him And whan he had thus visyted all his batayls it was than nyne of the day than he caused euery man to eate drinke a lytell and so they dyde at their leaser And afterwarde they ordred agayne their bataylles than euery man lay downe on the yerth and by hym his salet and bowe to be the more 〈◊〉 heâ— whan their ennemyes shulde come ¶ Th order of the frenchmen at Cressy and howe they behelde the demeanour of thenglysshmen Cap. C .xxix. THis saturday the frenche kynge rose â—â—tymes and hard masse in Abuyle in his lodgyng in the abbey of saynt Peter and he departed after the some rysing whan he was out of the towne two leages aprocâ—yng towarde his ennemys some of his lordes sayd to hym Sir it were good that ye ordred yor batayls and let all your fote men passe som what on before that they be nat troubled with the horsemen Than the kyng sent .iiii. knyghtê the Moyne Bastell the lorde of Noyers the lorde of Beauie we and the lorde â—am begny to ryde to a viewe thenglysshe hoste and so they rode so nere that they might well se part of their dealyng Thenglysshmen sawe the well and knewe well howe they were come thyder to a vieu them they let them alone and made no countena 〈…〉 warde theÌ„ and let them retourne as they came And whan the frenche kyng sawe 〈…〉 oure knyghtes retourne agayne he taryâ—â—â—â—ll they came to hym and sayd sirs what tidynges these four knyghtes eche of them loked on other for ther was none wolde speke before his coÌ„panyon finally the kyng sayd to Moyne who pertayned to the kyng of Behaygne and had done in his dayes somoch that he was reputed for one of the valyantest knightê of the worlde sir speke you Than he sayd sir I shall spekesyth it pleaseth you vnder the correction of my felawes sir we haue ryden sene the behauyng of your ennemyes knowe ye for trouth they are rested in thre batayls abidyng for you Sir I woll counsell you as for my part sauynge your dyspleasure that you and all your coÌ„pany rest here and lodg for this nyght for or they that be behynde of your â—oÌ„pany become hyther and or your batayls beset in gode order it wyll be very late and your people be wery and out of array and ye shall fynde your ennemis fresshe and redy to receyue you erly in the mornynge ye may order your bataylles at more leaser and aduyse your ennemis at
as ye thynke best yourselfe tyue hundred pounde sterlyng of yerely rent to you to your heyres for euer and here I make you squyer for my body ThanÌ„e the thyrde day he departed and retourned agayne into Englande whan he came home to his owne house he assembled to guyder his frendes and kynne and so they toke the kyng of Scottes and rode with hym to the cytie of yorke and there fro the kyng his lorde he presented the kyng of Scottes to the quene and excused hym so largely that the quene and her counsell were content Than the quene made good prouisyon for the cytie of yorke the castell of Rosbourg the cyte of Dyrham the towne of Newcastell vpon Tyne and in all other garysons on the marchesse of Scotlande and left in those marchesse the lorde Percy and the lorde Neuyll as gouernoure there thanne the quene departed fro yorke towardes London Than she sette the kynge of Scottes in the strong towre of London and therle Morette and all other prisoners and sette good kepyng ouer them Than she went to Douer and there tooke the see and had so good wynde that in a shorte space she arryued before Calays thre dayes before the feest of Alsayntes for whose coÌ„myng the kyng made a great feest and dyner to all the lordes ladyes that were ther the quene brought many ladyes and damoselles with her aswell to acompany her as to se their husbandes fathers bretherne and other frendes that lay at siege there before Calays and had done a longe space ¶ Howe the yonge erle of Flaunders ensured the kynges doughter of Englande Cap. C .xl. THe siege before Calais enduredde longe and many thynges fell in the meane season the whiche I canne nat write the fourthe parte The frenche kynge had sette men of warre in euery fortresse in those marchesse in the countie of Guynes of At thoyes of Boloyne and aboute Calays and had a great nombre of genowayes normayns and other on the see so that whan any of th 〈…〉 glysshmen wolde goo a forragynge other a 〈◊〉 or horsebacke they founde many tymes harde aduentures and often there was skirmysshing about the gates and dykes of the towne and often tymes some slayne and hurte on bothe parties some day yâ— one part lost and some day the other The kynge of Englande caused engyns to be made to oppresse theym within the towne but they within made other agayne to resist the so that they toke lytell hurt by them but nothynge coude come into the towne but by stelth and that was by the meanes of two maryners one called Maraunt and the other Mestryell and they dwelt in Abuyle by theym two they of Calays were often tymes reconforted and fresshed by stelth and often tymes they were in great â—yll chased and nere taken but alwayes they scaped and made many englysshemen to be drowned All that wynter the kyng lay â—â—yll at the siege and thought and ymagined euer to kepe yâ— commentie of Flaunders in frendshyppe for he thought by their meanes the soner to câ—e to his entent he sende often tymes to them with fayre promyses sayeng that if he myght gette Calys he wolde helpe them to recouer 〈◊〉 and Doway with all their appurtenaunces So by occasyon of sache promyses whyle the kyng was in Normandy towardes Cressey and Calays they went and layd siege to Bethwyn and ther captayne was sir Dedeart de â—onty who was banysshed out of Fraunce They helde a great siege before that towne and â—ore constrayned them by assaut but within were â—our knyghtes captayns set there by the frenche kyng to kepe the towne that is to say sir Gâ—ssray of Charney sir Ewstace of Rybamount sir Baâ—dwyâ— of Nekyn and sir JohnÌ„ of Landas they defended yâ— towne in suche wyse that the flemmynges waâ— nothyng ther but so departed and retourned agayne into Flaunders but whyle the kynge of Englande lay at siege before Calys he sent styll messaÌ„gers to them of Flanders and made them great promyses to kepe their amyte with hym and to oppresse the drift of the french kyng who dyde all that he coulde to drawe them to his opynyon The kyng of Englande wolde gladly yâ— the erle Loyes of Flaunders who was as than â—â—t fâ—fteâ—e yere of age shulde haue in marâ—age his doughter Isabell somoche dyd the kyng yâ— the fleÌ„mynges agreed therto wherof the kynge was gladde for he thought by that mariage the fleÌ„mynges wolde the gladlyer helpe hym and the fleÌ„mynges thought by hauyng of the kynge of Englande on their partie they might well râ—â—yst the frenchmen they thought it more necessary and profytable for them the loue of the kyng of Englande rather than the frenche kynge but the yong erle who had ben euer norysshed amoÌ„ge the noble men of France wolde nat agre and sayd playnly he wolde nat haue to his wyfe the doughter of hym that sleâ—e his father Also duke Johan of Brabant purchased greatly that yâ— erle of Flaunders shulde haue his doughter in maryage promysing hym that if he wolde take her to his wyfe that he wolde cause hym to enioy the hole erldome of Flanders other by â—ayre meanes or otherwyse Also the duke sayde to the frenche kyng sir if the erle of Flanders woll take my doughter I shall fynde the meanes that all the flemmynges shall take your part and for sake the kyng of Englande by the whiche promyse the frenche kyng agreed to that maryage Whan the duke of Brabant had the kyngê gode wyll than he sent certayne messaÌ„gers into FlaÌ„ders to the burgesses of the good townes and shewed them so fayre reasons that the counsayles of the good townes sent to the erle their naturall lorde certifyeng hym that if he wolde come into Flanders vse their counsayle they wolde be to hym trewe and good frendes and delyuer to hym all the rightes and iurysdictyons of FlaÌ„ders asmoche as euer any erle hadde The erle toke counsayle and went into Flaunders wher he was receyued with great â—oye and gyuen to hym many great presentes Ass one as the kyng of Englande harde of this he sende into Flaunders the erle of Northampton therle of Arundell and the lorde Cobâ—am they dyde somoche with the offycers and commons of Flaunders that they had rather that their lorde therle shulde take to his wyfe the kyng of Englandes doughter than the doughter of the duke of Brabâ—t And so to do they affectuously desyred their lorde shewed hym many fayre reasons to drawe hym to that way so that the burgesses that wer on the duke of Brabantes partie durste nat say the contrary but than the erle in nowyse wolde concent therto but euer he sayde he wolde natte wedde her whose father had slayne his though he myght haue halfe of the hole realme of Englande WhanÌ„e the flemmynges sawe that they sayd howe their lorde was to moche french and yuell counsayled and also sayd howe they wolde do no good to hym syth he wolde nat
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
archers before them there was a sore and a harde batayle but they of Laon returned to their cytie and dyd no good and the other frenchmen abode and fought longe Howe beit the iourney was nat for them there the erle of Roucy was sore hurt and takyn prisoner also ther was taken the lorde Gerarde of Canency and the lorde of MoÌ„tegny dyuers other menne of armes Thus the erle of Roucy was twyse takefie in lasse space than a yere the lorde Eustace Dambretycourt in the same season helde in Champayne a seuyn hundred fightyng men he wanne great rychesse ther in rauÌ„somyng of men in Uendages in to w 〈…〉 〈◊〉 les and sauccoâ—â—cles He helde vnder hym 〈◊〉 twelfe fortresses he was as than a lully louer â—abper amours and after he maryed the lady Isabell of Jullyers somtyme boughter to therle of Jullyers This lady also loued the lorde 〈…〉 ace for the gret noblenes of armes yâ— she had herd reported of hym and she send often tymes to hym coursers hackeneys with letters of loue wherby the sayde sir Eustace was the more harâ—y in all his dedes of armes so that euery man â—an greatly that was vnder hym ¶ Of the thre quenes the naueroise that were besiged by the duke of Normandy in Melune Cap. C lxxxxvii AFter the yeldyng vp of saint â—alery as ye haue herde before the duke of Normandy assembled togyder a thre thousande speares and departed fro Parys wente and layed siege before Melune on the ryuer of Sayne yâ— which was kept by the naueroyse Within the same towne there were thre quenes the first quene Jane aunt to the kyng of Nauer soÌ„tyme wyfe to kyng Charles of France The seconde quene Blanch somtyme wyfe to kynge Philyppe of Fraunce and suster to the kynge of Nauerr The thâ—râ—e the quene of Nauer suster to the duke of Norman dy the which duke was nat at the siege hymself but he sende thyder the lorde Morell of FyeÌ„nes constable of Fraunce the erle of saynt Poule the lorde Arnold DaÌ„drehen marshall of France the lorde Arnold of Coucy the bysthop of Troy the lorde Broquart of Fenastrages Peter du Bare Philyppe of Armoyes and other to the nombre of thre thousande speares who bes 〈…〉 Melune rounde aboute And they brought fro Parys many engyns and springalles the whiche night and day dyd cast into the sortres and also they made dyuers sore assautes The naueroyse within were sore abasshed and specially the thre quenes who wolde glably that yâ— siege had been reysed they cared nat hoâ—â—e But the captayns the lorde JohnÌ„ Pypes and yâ— lorde JohaÌ„n Carbenauxe sayd to them sayre ladyes bismay you nat for one of these dayesyeâ—hall se the siegereysed For the kyng of Nauerre hath sende vs worde who is at Uernon and also sir Philyp of Nauer his brother howe they haue reysed a certayne company of men of warre at Maunt and at Meleux to reyse this siege And also all the men of warre of all the garysons naueroyse woll come with them ou the other part the duke of Normandy who knewe that the naueroyse were about to reyse the siege rerayned soudyours on all parties and euer dyd send theÌ„ to the siege of Melune Than ther were certen good people yâ— besyed them selfe to haue a peace bytwene the kynge of Nauerr and the duke of Normandy and as than was styll in Fraunce the cardynall of Piergourt and the cardynall of Angell and they with other dyd somoche that a day was taken of trewse to be holden at Uernon And thyder came the duke of Normandy and his counsayle and the kyng of Nauer and the lorde Philyppe his brother and their counsaylles there a peace was made and the king of Nauer sware to be good frenche and in the same peace were coÌ„prised a thre hundred knightes and squyers to whom the duke ê‘ doned his yuell wyll yet the duke excepted certayne other to whom he wold gyue no ê‘ don To this peace the lorde Philyppe of Nauer wolde in nowyse agre but sayd to the kyng his brother ho we he was enchauÌ„ted dyd sore agaynst the kyng of Englande to whom he was a lyed The which kyng had alwayes ayded and conforted hym so the lorde Philyppe departed fro his brother all onely with four persons and rode in hast to saynt Sauyour le Uycont the which was a garyson englysshe And capitayne there vnder the kyng of Englande was sir Thomas Agorne of Englande who receyued the lorde Philyp ioyfully and sayde howe he had aquyted hymselfe trewely to the kyng of Englande ¶ Howe the broquart of Fenestrages and other frenchmen ordayned their bataylles agaynst the lorde Eustace Dambretycourt englysshe in Champaigne Cap. C lxxxxviii BI the treaty of this peace the kynge of Nauer had certaine townes and castels in Normandy in peace the which before were in debate and specially Mant Meulencke Also ther was a peace made bytwene the duke of NormaÌ„dy and the yong erle of Harcourt a great part by the meanes of the lorde Loyes of Harecourt who was of the dukes couÌ„sayle and of his house And the duke gaue to the same erle in mary age yâ— doughter of the duke of Burbone suster to the duches of Normandy Thus the siege brake vp before Melune and the towne abode freÌ„che yet for all this peace the realme of France was inuaded a great warre made therin asmoche as was before or more for as than the truse bytwene Englande and Fraunce was expyred So suche men of warre as before had made warre in the iytell of the kyng of Nauer in Fraunce in Normandy in Burgone in Picardy in Champaigne in Brey and in Beaufe Than they made agayne as great warre in the tytell of the kyng of Englande for all the peace ther was no fortresse that wolde tourne frenche for the companyons and men of warr hadde lerned so well to robbe and pyll the countrey and to raunsome the people that they coude nat leaue for of two thousand that had a ten or twelfe horses of their owne if they wolde haue made no more warre in a shorte tyme shulde haue been fayne to haue gone a fote After the breakynge vp of the siege at Melune the duke of Normandy desyred the lorde Broquart of Fenestrages who was of the nacyon of Lorayne and had with hym in wagê a fyue hundred coÌ„panyons that he wolde helpe to driue out of Champaygne the englysshmen suche as made dayly warre in that countre He agreed therto with a certayne somme of florens that he shuld â–ª haue for hym and his men Than there assembled togyder men of warr of ChaÌ„paigne of Burgoyne the bysshoppe of Troy therle of Uadumont the erle of Jouy the lorde JohaÌ„n Chalon and the lorde Broquart of Fenestrages they were a two thousande speares and .xv. C. of other And so they caÌ„e to the stroÌ„g castell of Hans in Champaigne the whiche the englysshmen had kepte a yere and a halfe they
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
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
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„
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
byforce and had stayne in prisone the kynge of Mallorques in a cytie called Barselone Therfore this yonge kyng James to reuenge the dethe of his father and to recouer his herytage was fledde out of his owne realme to the prince and he had maryed yâ— quene of Naples The prince made hym great there and greatly conforted him and whan the kyng had shewed the prince all the reasons and occasyons of his comyng and parceyued yâ— wronge that the kynge of Aragon had done to hym as in kepyng fro hym his enherytaunce and also slayne his father Than the prince sayd ser king I promyse you faithfully that after my return out of Spaygne I shall entende to sette you agayne into your herytage outher by treaty or by force This promyse pleased greatly yâ— king and so he taryed styll with the prince in Burdeaux abydinge his departynge as other dyde And the prince to do hym more honour caused to de delyuered to hym all that was for hym necessary bycause he was a straÌ„ger and of a farr countre and had nat ther of his owne after his appetyte And dayly ther came great coÌ„playntes to the prince of the companyons howe they dyde moche hurt to men and women of the couÌ„tre wher they lay so that the people of that marchesse wolde gladly that the prince shuld auauÌ„ce forthe in his viage to the whiche the prince was right desyrous Howe be it he was counsayled that he shulde sustre the feest of Christmas first to passe to th entent that they might haue wynter at their backes To the whiche counsayle yâ— prince inclyned and soÌ„ what bycause the princes his wyfe was great with chylde who toke moche thought for his departyng wherfore the prince wolde gladly seher delyuered or he departed and she on her part was gladder to haue him a byde All this meane season ther was gret prouysion made for this viage bycause they shuld entre into a realme wher they shulde fynde but small prouisyon and whyle they thus soâ—orned at Burdeaur and that all the countre was full of men of warr The prince kepte often tymes great counsayle and among other thynges as I was enformed the lorde Dalbreth was couÌ„termaunded with his thousande speares and a letter was scut to hym fro the prince conteynyng thus Sir Dalbreth sythe it is so that we haue taken on vs by our voluÌ„tary wyll this vyage the whiche we entend shortely to procede Consydring our great busynesse charges and diseases that we haue as well by straungers suche as entred into our seruyce as by great nombre of the companyons the whiche nombre is so great that we wyll nat leaue theym behynde vs for parels that may ensue and also to se howe the lande may be kepte in myne absence for all may nat go nor yet all abyde behynde Therfore it is ordayned by vs and by our counsayle that in this viage ye shall serue vs but with it hundred speares and discharge you of the resydue and let them do what them lyste And thus god kepe you fro Burdeux the .vii. day of Decembre These letters sealed with the princes gretseale were sent to the lorde Dalbreth who was in his owne countre right besy to prepare him towarde this viage for it was sayd that yâ— prince shulde departe shortely Whan he sawe the princes letters he opened theÌ„ and reed them two tymes ouer the better to vnderstande theÌ„ for he had great marueyle of that he had fouÌ„de written in theÌ„ and was in his mynde marueylusly displeased and sayd Howe is it that mylorde the prince iapeth and mocketh thus with me sythe he wolde that I shulde gyue leaue to departe .viii. hundred speares knightes squiers whome by his coÌ„maundement I haue retayned and haue let them of their profyte dyuers other wayes And incontynent in that displeasur he called for his clerke and caused him to write a letter to yâ— prince in this maner Dere sir I am greatly marueyled of the letters ye haue sent me and sir I can nat well fynd nor take counsayle howe I oughtor can answere you in that behalfe for it tourneth to my great preiudyce and blame and to all my company whom I haue by your owne ordynaunce and coÌ„mauÌ„dement retayned And they are all redy aparelled to do you seruyce And I haue letted them of takynge their profyte in other places where as they might haue had it For some of theym were determyned to haue gone ouer thesee into Spruce to CoÌ„stantyne and to Jerusalem as all knyghtes and squyers dothe to auaunce them selfe Sir they haue great marueyle and are sore displeased that they shulde thus be put out and in lykewise I haue gret marueyle therof and 〈◊〉 what maner I haue deserued it Dere sir please it you to knowe I can nat assure you of any of them deuyded fro their coÌ„pany I am the lest and worst of them all if any departe I am in surety they wyll alldepte God kepe you in his sauegarde Written c. Whan the prince herde this answere he toke it of great presumpcyon and so dyd dyuers knightes of England that were ther of his counsayle Than the prince shoke his heed and sayde in englysshe as I was enfourmed for I was than in Burdeux Asayd the prince the lorde Dalbreth is a great maister in my countre whan he wyll breke the ordyuaunce that is deuysed by my counsayle By god it shall nat go as he weneth lette him a byde and he wyll for without his thousand speres I trust to god I shall furnysshe my viage Than certayne knightes of Englande that were ther said sir ye knowe full lytell the myndes of these gascoyns nor howe proude they be nor they loue vs but lytell nor neuer dyde Sir remembre ye nat howe highly and greatly they bare theÌ„selfe agaynst you in the cyte of Burdeux whan that kynge Johan of Fraunce was fyrst brought thyder They said than and maynteyned playnly that by them all onely ye atteyned to achyue that viage in takyng of the kyng and that right well apered for ye were in great treaty with them the space of four monethes or they wolde consent that the frenche kynge shulde be caryed into Englande First it behoued you to satisfy their myndes to kepe them in loue And at those wordes the prince helde his peace howbeit his thought was neuerthelesse This was the first occasyon of the hatered that was after bytwene the prince the lorde Dalbreth Thus the lorde Dalbreth was in great parell for the prince was high and of great courage and cruell in his herte for he wolde other by ryght or wronge that euery lorde vnder his coÌ„maundement shulde holde of hym But therle of Armynake vncle to the sayd lorde Dalbreth whan he herde of this displeasure bytwene the prince the lorde Dalbreth his nephue Than he came to Burdeux to the prince and sir Johan Chandos and sir Thomas Phelton with hym by whose counsayle the prince was moche ordred And
and kyng DaÌ„peter and he sware good loue peace and confederacyon bytwene them and deê‘ted amyably a sondre And than their hoost might passe whanit pleased them for the passages and straytes were openyd and vitels aparelled through all the realme of Nauer for their money Than the kynge of Nauer went to the cytie of Panpylone and the prince his brother and kyng Dampeter went to the cytie of Ast And as than ther were dyuers knyghtê and lordes of Poictou of Bretayne and of Gascoyne nat come to the princes hoost but taryed behynde For as it hath ben sayd before it was nat fully knowen whyder the prince shulde haue passage or nat tyll th ende of this treaty was concluded And specially in Fraunce it was supposed that he shulde nat passe that way but rather that yâ— kyng of Nauer shulde haue broken his viage the whiche fell contrary And whan these knightes and squiers knewe the certayntie therof and parceyued that the passagê were opened Than they auaunced them selfe as fast as they might for they knewe well yâ— the prince wolde passe shortely and nat retourne agayne without batayle Thyder came the lorde Clysson with a fayre coÌ„pany of men of armes and at last caÌ„e with an yuell wyll the lorde Dalbreth with two hundred speares and all that vyage he kept coÌ„pany with the Captall of Beufz and all this mater and confederacions knowledge therof was had in Fraunce for alwayes there were messangers comyng and goynge reportyng alway that they knewe or herd And whaÌ„ sir Bertram of Clesquy who was with yâ— duke of Aniou knewe howe that the prince was passed and howe the passages of Nauer were opened to theÌ„ Than he enforsed his somons thoght surely the mater shuld nat be ended without batayle Than he toke his way towarde Aragon to come to king Henry as fast as he might and all maner of people folowed him suche as were commaunded and dyuers other of the realme of Fraunce and other places suche as thought to auaunce them selfe to gette honour ¶ Of the passage of the price howe he passed and all his compauy Cap. CC .xxxiiii. BItwene saynt JohnÌ„s de Pie du port and the cytie of Panpylone vnder yâ— mouÌ„tayns ther are straytes and perylous passages for ther is a huÌ„dred places on the same passages that a huÌ„dred men may kepe a passage agaynst all yâ— worlde Also it was at the same season very colde for it was about the moneth of February whan they passed but or they passed they toke wyse counsayle howe by what meanes they shulde passe for it was shewed them playnly that they coudenat passe all atones and therfor they ordeyned that they shulde passe in thre batayls thre soÌ„dry dayes as yâ— monday tuesday and wednisday the moÌ„day the vowarde wherof was captayne the duke of Lancastre and in his company the constable of Acquitayne sir Johan Chandos who had .xii. hundred penons of his armes the felde syluer a sharpe pyll goules and with him was the two marshals of Acquitayne as ser Rycharde Dangle and sir Stephyne Consenton and with theÌ„ was the penone of saynt George Ther was also sir Wyllyam Beachaump sonÌ„e to the erle of Warwyke sir Hewe Hastynges and the lorde Neuyll who serued sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos with .xxx. speares in that vyage at his own charge bycause of the takyng of the batayle of Aulroy And also ther was the lorde Dalbreth sir Garses of the Castell sir Richarde of Canton sir Robert Cem sir Robert Briques Johan Treuelle Aymery of the Roche Chouart Gayllart of the Moytre Wylliam of Cleceton Uylleboyes the Butteler and panter All these were ther with their penons vnder sir Johan Chandos rule They were to the nombre of .x. thousande horses and all these passed the monday as is before sayd THe tuesday passed the prince of Wales and kyng Dampeter and also the kynge of Nauer who was come agayne to the prince to bere hym company and to ensygne him the redy passage And with the prince ther was sir Loys of Harcourt the vycont of Chatelerat the vycont of Roche choart the lorde of Parteney the lorde of Pynau the lorde of TaÌ„neyboton all the poictenyns Sir ThomÌ„s Phelton gret leneshall of Acquitayne sir Wyllyam his brother sir Eustace Dambretycourt the seneshall of Xaynton the seneshall of Rochell the seneshall of Quercy the seneshall of Lymosyn the seneshall of Agenoyse the seneshall of Bygor sir Richarde of Pontchardon sir Nowell Lornyche sir Dangoses sir Thomas Balyster sir Lowes of Mernall sir Edmonde of Marnell the lorde Peter of Suffyer and to the noÌ„bre of four thousande men of armes and they were a ten thousand horses The same tuesday they had yuell passage bycause of wynde and snowe howbeit they passed forthe and lodged in the countie of Panpylone And the kyng of Nauer brought the prince and the kynge DaÌ„peter into the cytie of PaÌ„pylone to supper and made them great chere THe wednisday passed the kyng James of Mallorques and the erle of Armynake therle Dalbreth his nephue sir Bernard Dalbreth lorde of Gyronde therle of Pyergort the Uycont of Carman therle of Gomygues the Captall of Beufz the lorde of Clysson the thre bretherne of Pomyars sir Johan sir Hely and sir Edmonde the lorde of Chamont the lorde of Musedent sir Robert Canoll the lorde Lespare the lorde of Condon the lorde of Rosen sir Petyte of Courbon sir Aymery of Tarse the lorde de la Barde sir Bertram of Caude the lorde of Pyncornet sir Thomas of Wystusuble sir Perducas Dalbreth the bourge of Beriuell Nandon of Bergerant Bernarde de la Salle Hortygo Launt and all the other of the companyons and they were a ten thousande horse they had more easy passage thanÌ„e those that passed the day before And so all the hole hoost lodged in the countie of Panpylone abyding eche other refresshynge them their horses They lay styll thus about Panpylone the space of thre dayes bycause they founde the couÌ„tre plentyfull bothe in flesshe breed wyne and all other purueyauÌ„ces for them for their horses Howbeit these companyons payed nat for euery thynge as was demaunded of theÌ„ nor they coude nat absteyne fro robbynge and pyllyng that they coude get So that about Panpylone and in the waye they dyde moche trouble and hurte wherwith the kynge of Nauerr was right sore displeased but he coulde nat as than amende it but he repented hym often tymes that he had opened his passages to the prince and to his company For he parceyued well howe he hadde therby more hurt than profyte howbeit the season was nat than for him to say all that he thought for he sawe well and consydered that he was nat as thanÌ„e mayster of his owne countre So he had dayly great coÌ„playn tes made to hym of one and other of his countre wherwith his hert was sore coÌ„strayned for displeasure but he coude nat remedy it Howbeit he caused some of his counsayle suche as
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
affinite abode in the bysshopryke of Mans and in base Normandy and had taken a towne called Uire and distroyed all the couÌ„trey there about Thus the companyons turned some to the one parte and some to the other so that they were all eyther englisshe or frenche Than the kynge of Englande was counsayled to sende his sonne the erle of Cambrydge and the erle of Penbroke into the duchie of Acquitayne to the prince with a certayne nombre of men of warre so were named they that shuld go with them in that voyage as the lorde of Tarbeston ser Brian Stapleton sir Thomas Balestre ser JohnÌ„ Truues and dyuers other They entred assoone as they myght into yâ— see and were in all .iiii. C. men of armes .iiii. C. archers And so they sayled towarde Britayne and had wynde at wyll and arryued in the hauen of saynt Malo in the Isle And whan the duke of Bretayne ser JohnÌ„ Mountford knew that they were arryued in his countrey he was right ioyous and sent incontinent knyghtes to receyue them as ser JohnÌ„ of Laigingay and ser JohnÌ„ Augustin Of the comynge of them the erle of Cambridge the erle of Penbroke were right ioyous For they knewe nat whether the lordes knyghtes good townes of Bretayne wold suffre them to passe through the couÌ„trey or nat Than these sayd lordes of England desyred the duke that they myght passe And the duke who was fauorable to englisshemen and was loth to displease them acorded to theyr request that they shulde passe through the countrey payeng for that they shulde take without riot or grudge Than the erle of Cambridge the erle of Penbroke and theyr company drew to the companyons that were at the castell of Gontierland at the towne of Uire and so toke them forth with them and passed the ryuer of â—oire at the Bridge of NaÌ„tes without doyng of any hurt to the couÌ„trey In the same season sit Hugh Caurell with a great nombre of companyons in the marches of Arragon was newly come out of Spaigne as soone as he knewe that the frenchemen made warre to the prince he with his company passed through Foâ—â— and Arragon and entred into Bigore and so came to the prince to the cite of Angolesme to whom the prince made great chere and was gladde of hym and kept hym styll there tyll the companions were come out of Normandy who hadde solde theyr fortresses to come to hym And as soone as they wer come to Angolesme the prince ordeyned ser Hugh Caurel to be theyr capitayn And so he was than to the nombre of .ii. thousande fightyngemen Than the prince sende them to the landes of the erle of Armynack and of the lorde Dalbreth to burne exile the countrey And so there they made great warre and dyd moche great domage to the countrey ¶ Howe the erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke arryued at Angolesine howe the prince sent theâ— to ouerrenne the countye of Piergourt Cap. CC .l. THe erle of Cambridge and the erle of Penbroke who were arryued at saynt Malo as ye haue harde before and taried there tyll all theyr company were past by the agrement of the duke of Bretayne And whan they were well refresshed there they had leaue to departe and so went to Nantes there the duke receyued them right honorably they taried with hym .iii. dayes and refresshed them their people The fourth day they passed ouer the great ryuer of Loyre at the bridge of Nantes and rode so longe by their iorneis that they came to Angolesme where they fouÌ„d the prince the princesse The prince was right ioyous of the comyng of his brother the erle of Cambridge and of the erle of Penbroke and demaunded of them how the kynge his father and the quene his mother and his other bretherne dyd And whan they had taryed there a .iii. dayes than the prince sente them to make a iourney into the countie of Piergourt And so these .ii. lordê and theyr company made them redy so to do and toke leaue of the prince and went forth in goodly array they wer a .iii. M. fyghtyng men by the helpe of dyuers knyghtes and squters of Poictou Xainton Lymo syn Quercy and Rouergue And so than these lordes entred into the couÌ„tie of Piergourt and there they dyd many great domagê And whan they had burned and ouerran the most parte of the couÌ„trey they went layd siege to a fortresse called Bourdeill there were .ii. squiers bretherne capitaynes within called Erualdon and Bernardyn of Batefoll and beside them in the countie there were diuers good capitaynes the whiche the erle of Piergourt had sende thether to kepe the garisons and fortresses the whiche were right well prouyded fore both with artillarie vitailes and other thynges necessarie to maynteyne and kepe their places a long space And also they that were within were of good wyll so to do Thus durynge the siege before Bourdeill there were many featê of armes don and many a saute many a reculyng and many a skrymysshe nere hande dayly for the .ii. squiers within were right hardy and prowde and loued but lytell the englisshe men and came oft tymes to the barriers and skrymysshedde with them without and some day wanne and some day loste as the aduentures of warre often tymes falleth nowe vp nowe downe And on the other syde in the marches of Aniou and Towrayne there were a. M. fyghtynge men as well frenchemen as bretons bourgonyons pycardes normans and angeuyns and dyd aften tymes great domage in the princis lande ouer whome were capitaynes syr JohnÌ„ de Belle sir Wylliam of Bourdes ser Loys of saynt Julianâ— and Carnet the Breton And agaynste them there were men of warr in the fronters of Poictou and Xainton as dyuers knyghtes of the princis and specially sir Symon Burle and ser Dangouse how be it they had nat the .iiii. part of the men that the frenchemen had for the frenchemen were a thousand fightyng men or mo and the englisshemen past nat a two or thre huÌ„dred at the most for the prince had sent a great nombre of his meÌ„ into .iiii. armies as to MoÌ„taban a .v. hundred with ser JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos and other coÌ„panions in the landes of the erle of Armynacke and the lorde Dalbreth And also a great company with ser Hugh Caurell and the greattest company of all with his brother therle of CaÌ„bridge to the siege of Bourdeil Wherfore there were but fewe agaynst the freÌ„chemen in Poictou Howe be it they acquited themselfe right nobly and dyd theyr deuour to kepe the fronters and garisons there and neuer refused to fight and to skrymysshe with the freÌ„chemen thoughe they were nothynge lyke in nombre And so it was on a day the frenchemen had certayne knowlege that the englysshemen were a brode in the feldes Wherof they were right ioy full and so layde them selfe in a busshement as the englisshemen shulde returne
Berreys companye as syr JohnÌ„ of Armynake syr JohnÌ„ Uillemure the lorde of Beauâ—ew and other of Auuergne and Bourgoyne and they were well a .iii. thousand whiche were redy to come to the siege if nede were to assyâ—te the frenchemen And syr JohnÌ„ Chandos the Captall of Beufz syr Guysshard Dangle and other englysshemen that kept the fronter about Montaban knewe well howe the frenchemen hadde layde siege before Reainuille and what nombre they Were of So that they sawe Well they were nat able to fyght with themnor reyse the siege For the erle of Cambridge and the Erle of Penbroke Who laye at siege before Bourdâ—â—lf wolde â—â—no wyse breke vppe their siege And so the frenchemen before Reainuille set theyâ— myners awarke and also they hadde engyns that dyd caste daye and nyght The myners caused a great payne of the Walle â—o salle Wherby the towne Was taken and all the englysshemen Within slayne without mercy the Whiche Was great pitye Forthere in was many a good squyer They of the nacion of the towne were taken tomercy oâ— the coudicioâ— that fro thence forth they shulde â—e good 〈◊〉 frenchemen Than they maâ—â— there newe capitaynes and officers to kepe the towne if nede were Than these men of warre departed and went abrode into the conÌ„trey of â—uercy and Rouergue to refresshe them and to lye more at theyr case And the companyons went to the citie of Caours and there about and capitaynes of them were Aymon of â—rtingo Pecotte of Sauoye the lyttell Mechin Jaques Braye Arnolde of Pans And they ouerranne and distroyed all the countrey And the erle of Pierregourt the erle of Lisle the erle of Comynges the Uâ—count of Carmayn and the other lordes returned into theyrowne couÌ„treys For syr Hugh Caurell syr Robert Brequet Johâ—i Tresnelle Lanut Nandon of Bergerat the Bourge Camus the Bourge of Bretueil the Bourge of Lespare and the nombre of companyons made great Warre and burned and distroyed the landes of the erle of Armynacke and of the lorde Dalbreth ¶ In the same season there was a seneschall in Rouergue a right valyaunt man and a good englysshe knyght called syr Thomas Witeualle Who kepte the towne and Castelle of Millan a dayes iouâ—ney fro Montpellier howe be it the countrey all aboute hym was turned frenche yet he kept his fortresse a yere and a halfe after And also an other fortresse in Bretayne called Wanclere In the Whiche space he made many noble Issues vnto the tyme that syr Bertram of Clesquy put hym oute as ye shall here after in thys history And all Wayes styll the siege endured before Bourdeilf ¶ How the seneschal of Poictou buâ—ned and exyled the lande of the lorde of Chauuigny and toke with asaute the towne of Breuse the which was newely before turned frenche Capitulo C C .lv. IN the marches of poâ—tou was sir JohnÌ„ of Bueâ—syr Wyllyam of Bourdes ser Loys of saynt Julyan Carnet BretoÌ„ and â—o than â—ii hundred fightyng men they imagined and studied night and day howe they myght geat by assaute skaynge or other wyse townes and fortresses in Poictou And on a day they gatte by slelth and by skalynge the castell called the Roche of Posay at the entre of Poictou on the riuer of Creuse a two leages fro Haye in Tourayn and nere to Chatellerault on the same riuer all the couÌ„trey of Poictou was in great feare for the frenchemen layde there a great garison and repayred the castell and fortyfyed and furnysshed it with artillarie victayles And whan these tydynges came to the prince he was sore displeased but he coude nat amend it Than he sent to ser Guyssharde Dangle ser Loys of Harecourte the lorde of Parteney the lorde of Pinane and for diuerse other beynge at Montaban with ser JohnÌ„ Chandos that they shulde come to hym for he was in purpose to sende them into other places And accordynge to the princis coÌ„mauÌ„dment they departed fro Montaban and came to Angolesme to the prince and incontinent he sent them into Poicters to kepe the citie and to make fronter there agaynst the freÌ„chemen and about the same tyme a great baron of Poictou the lorde of Chauuigny vicount of Breuse forsoke the englysshe parte and became frenche the towne also and furnysshed the towne With bretons and men of warre and went hymselfe in to Fraunce to the kynge Of this aduenture the prince and all the barones of Poictou Were sore displeased and the vicount of Rochecoart was had insuspecte for it was enfourmed the prince howe he wolde turne frenche Wherfore the prince sent for hym and shewed hym his entent and the vicount excused hym selfe as well as he myght Howe be it he was commytted to prison and so abode a longe space in that daunger The same season the great seneschall of Poictou vnder the prince was ser James Audeley a right sage and a valiant knyght and he assembled to gether a great armye of barons knyghtes of Poictou and with hym was syr Guysshard Dangle ser Loys of Harecourt the lorde of Pons the lorde of Parteney the lorde of Pinane ser Geffey Dargenton ser Maubrun of L 〈…〉 ers the lorde of Tannaybouton ser William of Moutaudire and diuers other knightes and squiers of Poictou they were a .xii. C. speares And also there was with hym ser Band wynsenesch all of Xainton These lordes made theyr assembly at Poicters and so departed in good arraye and rode tyll they came into Berrey than they began to burne and exile the couÌ„trey and dyd many great domages and than they went ito Tourayn but where soeuer they went the couÌ„trey was sore turmeÌ„ted brought into great tribulacion they were so strong that they kepte styll the felde and at last they entred into the lorde of Chauuignys countrey Who was as than newly turned to the frenche parte and so they burned and distroyed all that was before them except the fortresses And on a day they came before the towne of Breuse and gaue therto assaute the whiche endured a hole daye but that day they wonne but lyttell Than they withdrewe and lodged them and sayde howe they wolde nat departso for they thought well the towne was preignable Than they rose at the sprynge of the day and sowned their trompettê to the assaute and so approched the towne euery lorde in good arraye vnder his owne baner the whiche was on a saturday This was a fiers assaute for they within the towne defeÌ„ded them selfe as wel as they myght they knew wel it stode them in ieoê‘dy of their lyues So ther was done that day many a noble feat of armes the englysshe archers shotte so holly to gether that none durst loke out at any loope to defeÌ„de the towne and so finally by pure force the towne was woÌ„ne and the gates cast downe and euerâ— man entred that wolde and a .xvi. of the beste that were within Were taken and hanged in theyr harneis in dispight of the
theym And whan they had stand thus the space of two houses and sawe that none came to them they had great marueyle Than the duke demaunded of the lordes about him what was best for hym to do Some sayd one thyng some sayd another euery man after his opinyon Than the duke sayd to sir Water of Manny sir howe say you Sir sayd he I can nat tell what I shulde say But sir and ye shulde do after myne opinyon ye shulde ordayne your men of armes and archers in maner of batayle and euer lytell and lytell to auauÌ„ce forwarde For sir anon it wyll be day lyght than shall you se perfitely before you The duke agreed to this counsayle howe be it some other counsayled to the contrary for in no wyse they wolde haue the duke to remoue fro his felde So in this strife they were togyder a certayne space at last it was ordayned yâ— certayne of sir Robert of Namures company and certayne of sir Ualeran de Bromes company shulde mount a hors backe bycause they were mete and able for such an enterprice And so a .xxx. of the best horsemen deê‘ted and rode towarde the frenche host Than agayne ser Galtyer of Manny sayd to the duke sir neuer beleue me without the frenchmen be fledde Therfore mount on your horse and all your company and folowe them quickely and ye shall haue this day on them a fayre iourney Than the duke sayde Sir I haue hytherto alwayes folowed the aduyse of my counsayle euer wyll â—o but I can neuer beleue that so many valyant men of armes and noble knightes that be here of the frenche partie wolde thus shamfully depart For parauenture the fyers that they haue made is to drawe vs to warde them and so to begyle vs. Anon our currours wyll come in and they wyll bringe vs the perfyte knowledge of euery thynge ANd as they were thus talkynge their currours came in and sayd to the purpose of sir Gaultyer of MaÌ„ny and shewed all that they had sene and founde They sayde howe they founde no body but certayne poore vitaylers suche as folowed the host Than sir Gaultier of Manny had great honoure of his opinyon before Than the duke of Lancastre drewe to his lodgyng and vnarmed him and thought to haue gone and dyned in the frenche mens lodgynges sauynge for the fyre smoke that they had made wolde nat suffre him but at nyght he went thyder to supper and lodged there all night and toke their ease with such as they had The next mornynge they dislodged and retourned to Calays and whan the duke of Burgoyne dysloged he went the same day to saynt Omers and there lay and all his host And than deê‘ted euery man whyder they wolde whiche was a great payne after to bringe togyder agayne ¶ The same weke the erle of Penbroke beynge in Poyctou and had great displeasure that sir Loys of Sanxere sir Johan of Uyen sir JohnÌ„ of Bulle other had so delt with him before at Puyernon as it hath bâ— the wed before than he thought to be reuenged if he might And departed fro Mortayne with his company with a two hundred speares and so came to Angolesme to the prince who made him great there The erle desyred him to lette him haue a certayne noÌ„bre of men and to haue leaue to make a iourney Sayeng how he had great desyre to reuenge him of the dispites that the freÌ„chmen had done to him of late The price who loued hym entierly grauÌ„ted his desyre the same season ther was newly come to the price fro the countie of Armynake sir Hugh Caurell and had brought with hym moo than fyue huÌ„dred men of warr of the companyons The prince commaunded hym to go with the erle of Penbroke in that iourney and also the erle desyred sir Loys Harcourt sir Guyssharde Dangle sir Percyuale of Coloyne the lorde of PoÌ„s the lorde of Parteney the lorde of Pynan sir Thomas Percy sir Thomas Pontchardon and dyuers other knightes of the princê house who gladly grauÌ„ted to go with hym So whaÌ„ they were all togyder they were a fyue C. speres thre hundred archers and fyftene hundred of other men in maner of brigantes with launces and pauesses folowynge the hoost a fote Thus therle of Penbroke deê‘ted with his coÌ„pany and rodeso long that he raÌ„e into Aniou than he began to brenne wa st and distroy the countre And so passed through on the one syde brennynge and winnynge of townes and small holdes and raunsomed the playne countrey to Sauyour on Loyre And lodged in the subbarbes and assayled the towne but they coude nat get it for within was sir Robert of Sanxere who kepte and defended the towne but all the couÌ„tre aboute was brent and distroyed Than 〈◊〉 Hughe Caurell and his company came to a bridge on the ryuer of Loyre called the bridge of See and anone they that kept it were discoÌ„fyted and the bridge wonne And than they for â—â—yed it in suche wyse that they kept it long after And also in the same iourney the englysshmen toke and wanne an abbey on the ryuer of Loyre called saynt More the whith they newly fortifyed in suche wyse that they made therof a great garyson the whiche greatly domaged the countre all the wynter somer after THe same tyme ther was in Poyctou an abbey and is yet called saynt Saluyn a 〈…〉 euyn leages fro Poycters in the whiche abbey there was a monke that gretly hated his super your the abbot that he shewed well for bycause of the hatred that he had to him he betrayed the abbot and all his coueÌ„t For by his meanes he delyuered the abbey and the towne to sir Loys of saynt Julyan and to Carnet the breton who toke it in the frenche kynges name and repeyred it and made ther a good garysone Of the takyng of saynt Saluyn sir Johan Chandos was sore displeased bycause he was sene shall of Poictou And he thought to hymselfe that if he lyued long to get it agayne howesoeuer he dyde and that they that hadde taken it shulde repent it ¶ Nowe let vs a lytell season leaue spekyng of the busynesse of Poictou and speke of the duke of Lancastre ¶ Howe the countre of UermaÌ„doise and the countie of saynt Poule were wasted and sir Hugh of Chastellone taken Cap. CC .lxix. WHan the duke of LaÌ„castre was come agayne to Calays after the departyng fro Tornehen and that he his company had refresshed theÌ„ there a thre dayes thanne he thought agayn to ryde forth and make some iourney into France Than yâ— two marshals therle of Warwyke and the lorde Roger Beauchampt commaunded euery man to drawe into the felde wherof euery man was gladde desyringe to ryde in to Fraunce Than they departed fro Calays in good ordre for euery man knewe what he shulde do So yâ— first day they went fyue leages the nexte day they came before saynt Omers and ther had
so deê‘ted fro hym sir Robert of Namure sir Ualeran of Borme and the almayns Than yâ— duke of Lancastre retourned agayne in to England thynkyng to make no more warr tyll the nexte somer for it was as thaÌ„ about saynt Martyns day in wynter but or he deê‘ted he sayde to the strangers howe that whan he came agayne he wolde come moche more stronger than he dyd at that tyme. Desyring his cosyns the duke of Guerles and the duke of Jullyers to coÌ„e and mere with him to go into France ¶ Nowe let vs leue to speke of the besynesse of Picardy for ther was nothyng done in those ê‘ties of a gret season after And let vs now speke of the mater in Poitou wher as moost dedes of armes fell ¶ Howe sir John ChaÌ„dos was slayne in a batayle and howe finally the freÌ„chmen were disoÌ„fyted taken in the same batayle Cap. CC .lxx. GReatly it greued sir JohnÌ„ Chandos the takyng of saynt Saluyn bycause it was vnder his rule for he was seneshall of Poyctou He set all his mynde how he might recouer it agayne other byforce or by stelthe he cared nat so he might haue it and for that enteÌ„r dyuers nightê he made suÌ„drie busshmeÌ„tes but it aueyled nat For sir Loyes who kept it toke euer so good hede therto that he defeÌ„ded it fro all daÌ„gers For he knewe well the takyng therof greued sore sir Johan Chandos at the hert So it fell that the night before the first day of January sir Johan Chandos beyng in Poycters sent to assemble togyder dyuers barons knightes squiers of Poitou Desyring theÌ„ to coÌ„e to hym as priuely as they coude for he certeyned theÌ„ how he wolde ryde forthe and they refused nat his desyre for they loued him entyerly but shortely assembled togyder in the cyte of Poicters Thyder came sir Guysshard DaÌ„gle sir Loyes Harcourt the lorde of Pons the lorde of Partney yâ— lorde of Pynan yâ— lorde tanyboton sir Geffray Dargenton sir Maubruny of Lyniers sir Thomas Percy sir Baudwyn of Fesuyll sir Richarde of Pontchardon and dyuers other And whan they were all togyder assembled they were thre hundred speates and departed by night fro Poicters none knewe whyder they shulde go except certayne of the lordes and they had redy with them scalyng ladders so came to saynt Saluyn And ther a lighted delyuered their horses to their varlettes whiche was about mydnight and so entred in to the dyke yet they hadde nat their entente so shortely for sodaynly they herde the watche horne blowe I shall tell you wherfor it blewe The same nyght Carlonet was departed fro the Roche of Poisay with a .xl. speares with hym And was coÌ„e the same tyme to saynt Saluyn to speke with the capitayne sir Loys of saynt Julyan to th entent to haue ryden togyder to Poictou to se if they coude gette any pray And so he called vp the watchman yâ— whiche made hym to sounde his horne And so the englysshmen who were on the othersyde of the fortresse herynge the watche blowe and great noyse in the place Feared lest they had ben spyed by some spyes for they knewe nothyng that the sayd frenchemen were on the other syde to haue entred in to the place Therfore they with drue backe agayne out of the dykes and sayd let vs go hens for this night for we haue fayled of our purpose And so they remouÌ„ted on their horses and retourned hole togyder to Chauuigny on the tyuer of Cruse a two leages thens Than the poictenyns demaunded of sir JohnÌ„ Chandos if he wolde coÌ„maunde them any farther seruyce he answered and sayd Sirs retourne home agayne whan it please you in the name of god and as for this day I wyll abyde styll here in this towne So ther departed the knightes of Poictou and some of England to the nombre of CC. speares Than sir Johan ChaÌ„dos went into a house caused to be made a good fyre and there was styll with hym sir Thomas Percy and his company scneshall of Rochell who sayd to sir JohnÌ„ Chandos Sir is it your entent to tary here all this day ye truly sir 〈◊〉 he why demauÌ„de you Sir yâ— cause I desyre you is syth ye wyll nat styre this day to gyue me leue I wyll ryde some way with my coÌ„pany to se if I can fynde any adueÌ„ture Go yoway sir in the name of god 〈◊〉 sir Johan Chandos And so departed sir Thomas Percy with a .xxx. speares in his coÌ„pany and so passed the bridge at Chauuigny and toke the longe way that ledde to Poicters And sir JohnÌ„ ChaÌ„dos abode styll behynde full of displeasure in that he had fayled of his purpose and so stode in a kechyn warmyng him by the fyre And his seruantes tangeled with hym to th eÌ„tent to bring him out of his melancoly His seruantê had prepared for hym a place to rest hym than he demaunded if it were nere day And ther with there caÌ„e a man in to the house and came before hym and sayd Sir I haue brought you tidynges What be they tell me Sir surely the freÌ„chmen be ryding abrode Howe knowest thou that ser sayd he I deê‘ted fro saynt Saluyn with them what waye be they ryden Sir I can nat tell you the certentie but surely they toke the high way to Poiters What freÌ„chmen be they canst thou tell me Sir it is sir Loys of saynt Julyan and Carlonet the breton Well 〈◊〉 sir Johan Chandos I care nat I haue no lyst this night to ryde for the they may happe to be encouÌ„tred thoughe I be nat ther. And so he taryed there styll a certayne space in a gret study and at last whan he had well aduysed hymselfe he sayde Whatsoeuer I haue sayd here before I trowe it be good that I ryde for the I must retourne to Poicters and anone it wyll be day That is true ser 〈◊〉 the knightê about hym Than he said make redy for I wyll ryde forthe so they dyd and mouÌ„ted on their horses and deê‘ted toke the right way to Poicters costyng the ryuer the freÌ„chmen yâ— same tyme were nat past a leag before hym in the same way thinkyng to passe the ryuer at the bridge of Lusar Ther the englysshmen had knowlege how they were in the trake of the freÌ„chmen for the freÌ„chmens horses cryed brayed bycause of theÌ„glysshe horses yâ— were before theÌ„ with sir Thomas Percy And anone it was fayre light day for in the begynnyng of January the mornyngê be soone light And whan the freÌ„chmen bretons were within a leage of the bridge they ê‘reyued on the othersyde of the bridge sir ThomÌ„s Percy his coÌ„pany and he lykewise ê‘reyued the freÌ„chmen and rode as fast as he might to get the aduantage of the bride And sayd beholde yonder freÌ„chmen be a great nombre agaynst vs therfore let vs take the auaÌ„tage of the bridge And whaÌ„ sir Loys Carlonet sawe theÌ„glysshmen make suche
theym behynde vs. Thus as they were in this case and wyst nat what to do and had sent two bretons vnarmed in to the feldes to se yf they might fynde any of their pages with their horses Ther came on them sir Guyssharde Dangle sir Loyes Harcourt the lorde Parteney the lorde Tanyboton the lorde Dargenton the lorde of Pynan sir Jaques of Surgyers and dyuers other englysshmen to the noÌ„bre of two huÌ„dred speares who rode about to seke for the frenchmen for it was shewed them howe they were abrode And so they fell in the trake of the horses and caÌ„e in great hast with baners and penons wauyng in the wynde And assoone as the bretons and frenchmen sawe them comyng they knewe well they were their enemies ThaÌ„ they sayd to the englysshmen whome they had taken as prisoners before Sirs beholde yonder cometh a bande of your company to socour you and we perceyue well that we can nat endure agaynst theÌ„ and yebe out prisoners We wyll quyte you so that ye wyll kepe vs wyll become your prisoners for we had rather yeld vs to you thaÌ„ to them that cometh yonder and they aunswered as ye wyll so are 〈…〉 e content Thus the englysshmen were losed out of their prisons Than the poictenyns gascoyns englysshmen came on them their speares in their restes cryeng their cryes Than the freÌ„chmen and bretons drewe a syde and sayde to theÌ„ sirs leaue do vs no hurt we be all prisoners a redy The englysshmen affirmed the same and said they be our prisoners Carlonet was prisoner with sir Bertram of Case sir Loyes of saynt Julyan with sir Johan Cambo so that there was none but that he had a maister UHe barowns and knightes of Poictoâ—â— were sore disconforted whan they sawe their seneschall sir Johan Chandos lye on the erthe and coude nat speke than they lamentably complayned and sayd A sir Johan Chandos the floure of all chiualry vnhappely was that glayue forged that thus hath wouÌ„ded you and brought you in parell of dethe They wept piteously that were about hym he herde and vnderstode theym well but he coulde speke no worde They wronge their handes tare their heere 's and made many a pytefull complaynt and specially suche as were of his owne house Than his seruauntes vnarmed him and layde him on pauesses so bare him softely to Mortymer the next forteresse to them And the other barons and knyghtes retourned to Poycters and ledde with them their prisoners And as I vnderstode the same Jaques Martyn that thus hurte sir Johan Chandos was so lytell taken hede to of his hurtes that he dyed at Poiters And this noble knight sir Johan Chandos lyued nat after his hurte past a day and a nyght but so dyed god haue mercy on his soule for in a hundred yere after ther was nat a more curtesse nor more fuller of noble vertues good condycions amonge the englysshmen than he was And whan the prince and pricesse the erle of Cambridge the erle of PeÌ„broke and other barowns and knightes of Englande suche as were in Guyen herd of his dethe they were all 〈…〉 orted and sayd they had lost all on that syde of the see For his dethe his frendes and also some of his enemyes were right soroufull The englysshmen loued him bycause all noble nesse was founde in hym The frenchmen hated him bycause they douted hym yet I herde his dethe greatly complayned among right noble and valyant knightes of France Sayeng that it was a great dommage of his dethe for they sayd better it had ben that he had ben taken a lyue For if he had ben taken a lyue they sayd he was so sage and so ymaginatyue that he wolde haue fouÌ„de some maner of good meanes wherby the peace might haue ensued bytwene the realmes of Englande and Fraunce for he was so welbeloued with the kyng of Englande that the kyng wolde beleue him rather than any other in the worlde Thus bothefrenche and englysshe spake of his dethe and specially the englysshmen for by hym Guyen was kept and recouered ¶ Howe the lorde of Coucy and the lorde of Pomyers wolde nat entre in to the warre nother on the one part nor on the other And howe the lorde of Maleuall the lorde of Marneyle tourned frenche Cap. CC .lxxi. AFter the dethe of sir Johan Chandos sir Thomas Percy was made seneschall of Poictou and so it fell that the lande of saynt Sauiour the vycount fell in the kynge of Englandes â—andes to gyue wher it shuld please him Than he gâ—â—e it to a knyght of his called sir Alayne Bourchier an experte man of armes Of all that sit Johan Chandos had whiche was in yerely to uenewes to the somme of four hundred thousande frankes The prince was his successessour and heyre for he was neuer maryed nor had none heyres And within a certayne space after suche as hadde ben taken at the bridge of Lusac were put to their fynance and rauÌ„some and payed it by the ayde and helpe of the frenche kynge And so retourned agayne into their garysons sir Loyes of saynt Julyan Carlonet the breton and sir Wyllyam of Bourdes The same season ther were some knyghtes of France that were fore troubled in their mynd bycause they sawe thus nightly and dayly the warre multiply bytwene these two kynges of France and Englande And specially the lorde of Concy for it touched him gretly for he had fayre enherytance in Englande aswell by hym selfe as by his wyfe who was doughter to the kynge of Englande Whiche lande he must renounce if he wolde serue the frenche kynge of whose blode he was and of the same nacyon So he determyned him selfe to dissemble with bothe kyngê so to forget the tyme he thought to departe out of the realme of France for a season and go and sporte him in some otherplace And so ordered his departure sagely and toke leaue of the frenche kyng and with a small coÌ„pany departed and rode in to Sauoy where he was honorably receyued of the erle barons and knightes of the countre And whan he had 〈◊〉 ther as long as it pleased hym than he departed and passed forthe in to Lombardy and came to the lordes of Myllayne the lorde Galeas and the lorde Barnabo where he was at the begynning to them right welcome In lyke maner departed out of the duchy of Acà tayne sir Aymon of Pomyers a knight of the prices sayeng howe that as long as the warr dyde endure he wolde nat beare armes nother on the one parte nor on the other And so this knyght went in to Cypre and to the holy sepulcre and dyuers other pylgrimages And also the same season there was newly come to Parys sir Johan of Burbone who helde parte of his lande of the prince The frenche kynge wolde gladly haue had hym to renounce his homage to the prince and to become frenche but the erle in no wyse wolde so do In
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
defende them and to make fronter warr for they knewe nat what was the prices entent sayeng that he had assembled toguyder so great an army So by a comon acorde they departed eche fro other and the duke of Aniou went to the cytie of Caours and spredde abrode his people in the couÌ„tre put in to garysons The erle of Armynake and the lorde Dalbre and yâ— other retourned in to their countreis and prouyded to furnisshe their townes and castels thynking surely to haue warre and made their people to be on a redynesse to kepe and defende their couÌ„treis if nede were ¶ Nowe let vs speke of sir Bertram of Clesquy who departed fro the duke of Aniou and dyde somoche that he came with his coÌ„pany to the cyte of Lymoges wher the duke of Berrey and the duke of Burbone and other lordes of Fraunce were at siege ¶ Howe they of Limoges yelded theÌ„ to the duke of Berrey and howe the same duke brake vp his army Cap. C C .lxxx. WHan syr Bertram was come agayne to the sege the frenchmen were greatly reioysed of his comyng Than anone they pursued the treaty that was begon bytwene the bysshoppe of Lymoges and them of the cytie and the duke of Aniowe And so finally the bysshoppe and they of the cytie tourned them and became frenche And the duke of Berrey the duke of Burbone entred in to the cytie and sir Guy of Bloys and other lordes of France with great ioye toke faythe and homage of them of the cytie and so refresshed and rested them there a thre dayes And so determyned ther in counsayle to breke vp their army for that tyme as the duke of Aniou had done and to retourne in to their owne couÌ„treis to kepe and defende their townes and forteresses bicause of sir RobrÌ„t Canoll who was styll abrode in the felde in Fraunce Also they sayd howe they had right well sped in wynnyng of suche a cytie as Lymoges So this counsayle and aduyse was nat broken but thus these lordes departed eche fro other and sir Bertram abâ—de styll in the parties of Lymosyn with two hundred speares and kept the castels of yâ— lorde of Maleuall the whiche were tourned frenche Whan the duke of Berrey departed fro Lymoges he ordayned and set in yâ— same cytie at the request of the bysshop sir Johan of Wyllemur sir Hugh de la Roche and Roger Beauforde with a huÌ„dred men of armes and than he went in to Berrey and the duke of Burbon into but bonoyse And other lordes of farther marches went home into their owne countreis Nowe lette vs speke of the prince howe he spedde ¶ Whan tidynges was come to the prince that the cytie of Lymoges was tourned freÌ„che and howe that the bysshop who was his gossyp in whome he had before great trust and confydence was chefe ayder to yelde vp the cyte and to become frenche With the whiche the prince was sore displeased and set lesse force in yâ— men of the churche in whom before he hadde great trust ThaÌ„ he sware by his fathers soule wherby he was neuer forsworne that he wolde gette it agayne and that he wolde make yâ— traytours derely abye their falsnesse Whan the moost ê‘te of his people were come they were nombred to xit hundred speares knightes and squyers a thousande archers and a thousand men a fote And so he departed fro the towne of CoÌ„gnac with hym his two bretherne the duke of Lancastre and the erle of Cambridge sir Thomas Phelton and the captall of Befz abode styll at Bergerath to kepe yâ— fronter agaynst the freÌ„chmen and companyons that were in the couÌ„tre And with the prince also was sir Guyssharde Dangle sir Loyes Harcourt the lorde of PoÌ„s the lorde of Parteney the lorde of Pynau the lorde of Tanyboton sir Percyuall of Coloyne sir Godfray DargeÌ„ton Potenyns gascons the lorde of Mountferant the lorde of Camont the lorde LoÌ„gueren sir Aymere of Tharse the lorde of Pomyers the lorde of Musydent the lorde of Lespare the souldyche of â—estrabe the lorde of Gerond and dyuets other engliss hmeÌ„ â–ª as sir Thomas Percy the lorde Rose the lord WyllmÌ„ BeauchaÌ„pe sir Mychell dela Poule the lorde Stephan Gosenton sir Richarde of Pontchardon sir Baudwyn of Franuyll sir Symon Burle sir Dangouse sir JohnÌ„ Deureur sir WyllmÌ„ of Mesuyll and dyuers other the which I can nat all name And of heynouse ther was sir Eustace DaÌ„brety court and of the companyons sir Perducas Dalbret Nandon of Bergerath And thyder came le Bourge de Laspare le Bourge de Bretuell Espyot Bernarde de Wyst and dyuers other So all these men of warre went for the in good ordynaunce and toke the feldes and all the couÌ„tte trymbled before them The prince was so dyseased that he coude nat ryde but so was caryed in a horse lytter and he toke the way to Lymosyn to the entent to come to Lymoges And at last thyder they came and so lodged rounde about the cytie and there the prince sware that he wolde neuer departe thens tyll he hadde the cytie at his pleasure The bysshoppe within and the burgesses consydered well howe they had greatly trespassed the prince wherof than they repented them But than they coulde nat remedy it for they were nat as than lordes nor maysters of their owne cytie Sir Johan Wyllemur sir Hugh de la Roche and Roger Beaufort who were capitayns within the cytie coÌ„forted greatly their people and sayd Sirs be nat afrayed we are strong ynough to resyst agaynst the prices power for by assaute he canne nat hurt nor greue vs we are all well furnysshed with artyllary Whan the prince and his marshalles had well ymagined and consydered the puyssance and strength of the cytie and had knowledge of the nombre of men of warre within Than they sayd how by assaut they coulde neuer wyn it Than the prince thought to assaye an other way He had alwayes in his company a great nombre of myners and so he sette them awarke to vndermyne The knyghtes within parceyued well howe they were vndermyned and began to make dykes and to countermyne to the entent to breke their myne ¶ Howe sir Robert Canoll entred in to the realme of France with a great nombre of men of armes and came nere to Parys Cap. C C .lxxxi. SIr Robert Canoll as it hath ben sayd before with a great nombre of men of armes entred into the realme of France rode for the in small iourneys with great expence thorowe the realme But yâ— poor people of the playne countre payed derely therfore for the englysshmen as they went and caÌ„e they dyde great hurt shewed in maner howe they desyred nothynge but batayle And whan they had passed the couÌ„tres of Artoise UermaÌ„ doyse the bysshopriche of Laon the archebysshopriche of Raynes and Champayne Than they tourned to Bry and so came before the cytie of Parys and there lodged a day and
Uallant Where he and the lorde Clysson had ouerthrowen the englysshmen as ye haue herd before and he had well herde howe the englysshmen in Poictou in Guyen kept the feldes So that as soone as candelmasse was past and that the springyng tyme began Sir Bertram thought to reyse gather an army and to asseble lordes knightes and to ryde to some other parte in lyke maner as theÌ„glysshmen ryd in Poytou in Quercy and Rouuergue For in these couÌ„trees ther were englysshmen that dyde ryght honorably and had so maynteyned them selfe euersyth the rene wyng of the warre And also the company of sir Johan Deureur were newly come in to the countre of Limosyn and had taken in Auuergne a castell cytie and towne all toguyder named Duses the whiche sir Bertram of Clesquy thought ought nat to be suffred Than he sayd he wolde drawe to that part and so by the kynges lycence he assembled to guider a great nombre of men of armes and so departed fro Parys and alwayes his noÌ„bre encreased And so long this constable rode that he caÌ„e into Auuergne and ther was with him the duke of Berrey the duke of Burbone the erle of Alenson the erle of Perche his brother the erle of saynt Poule the Dolphyn of Auuergne the erle of Uandon the erle of Porceen the lorde of Sully the lorde Montague sir Hughe Dolphyne the lorde Beauieu the lorde Rochforte the lorde of Talenson and a great nombre of barownes knightes and squyers of the marchesse of Fraunce So long they rode that they came to the cytie of Duses and there they lodged and besieged the cytie lay there a .xv. dayes ther were gyuen many great and ferse assautê how be it they coude nat gette the forteresse for win ther were englysshmen that valyantly defeÌ„ded their holde So than the frenchmen departed and rode farther with the constable in to the pties of Rouuergue and some of the chefe lordê went to Auygnon to se pope Gregory and the duke of Aniou who was with him And anone after this visytacion and that these lordes had spoken with the duke of Aniou they departed fro Auygnon and drewe agayne to the constable who was in Rouergue and conquered townes and castels on thenglysshmen And so they came before the towne of Lamulae and layed siege therto the whiche sir Thomas of UeulqÌ„ fare helde and hadde kept it long and also the Roche Uauclere But the sayd englysshe knightes by composycion yelded theÌ„ to sir Bertram and so dyd dyuers other castels on the fronter of Limosyn And whan sir Bertram hadde refresshed hym he toke his way and his retourne towarde the cytie of Duses in Auuergne and so came thyder and layd siege therto And thyder they brought great engyns fro Ryon and Cleremont and dressed them vp before the fortresse and also apparelled all maner of instrumentes for assautes ¶ Howe they of Duses yelded them vp to sir Bertram and howe sir Robert Canoll was in the displeasure of the kyng of Englande and howe at the request of the lordê his peace was made agayne Cap. CC lxxxxi WHan the englysshmen that were within the cytie of Duses sawe the order maner of the constable of France and also had perfyte knoledge howe that sir ThomÌ„s of Ueulquefare was departed and hadde forsaken the forteresse in Rouergue And also sawe well howe there was no coÌ„forte comyng to them fro no parte Than they drewe to counsayle and determyned to yelde them vp by treaty and none otherwyse And so they made with the coÌ„stable so wyse poyntmentes that they deê‘ted without danger or blame and hadde with them all that they wolde cary and also were conueyed in sauegarde to saynte Symere in Lymosyn Thus sir BertraÌ„ wan in this voyage dyuers places and countrees that the englysshmen helde before and than he retourned in to Fraunce yE haue herde here before of the iourney that sir Robert Canoll made in FraÌ„ce and howe he retourned to his owne castell of Deruall in Bretayne And it was of trouthe that certayne englysshmen at their retournyng in to Englande enformed so the kynge agaynst hym that the kynge and his counsayle was nat well coÌ„tent with him But whan sir Robert Canoll knewe therof he sende to excuse hym two of his esquyers And they dyde so well their deuoyre that the kyng and his couÌ„sayle parceyued well how they were yuell and falsely enformed of hym And so were well content agayne with hym through the helpe of sir Alayne of Bouquesell and of other knightes about the kyng who helped to excuse hym Sir Johan Ourde bought it derely for he was taken and putte to execusyon openly at London The execusyon of hym was the excuse of all yuell wordes And so sir Robert Canoll abode styll in the kynges grace and in the princes ¶ Howe the erle of Herford dyuers englysshmen discoÌ„fyted in Bretayne on the lee dyuers flemynges that assayled them Cap. CC lxxxxii THe kyng of Englande seyng howe the frenchemen made him warr he gat him frendes wher he coude and so hadde to his accorde the duke of Guerles his nephue and the duke of Jullyers were agreed to assemble toguyder certayne noÌ„bre of men of warr and so to entre into FraÌ„ce And the same season the kynge of Englande sent the erle of Herford and the knightes of his housholde in to Bretayne to speke with the duke for certayne maters bytwene them and the same season the flemyngê and englysshmen were no frendes And so they mette togyder on the see but ther the flemyngê lost so that they were nothynge content for by aduenture they met eche other before a hauyn in Breten called la Bay And of the â—â—emysshe nauy was patron Johan Peterson and of the englysshemen sir Guy of Brian And assoone as they mette they set eche vpon other so that ther was a great batayle a sore And with the erle of Herforde ther was sir Richard Stury sir Thomas Wysque and other And so they fought togyder right valyantly how be it that the flemynges were more in noÌ„bre and better purueyed for the mater for they had taryed there a long space for the same purpose yet for all that they had but lytell aduantage This batayle thus on the see endured the space of thre houres and ther was done many a noble feate of armes and many a man wounded and hurt with shotte for they hadde graped their shyppes to guyder with hokes of yron so yâ— one coude nat flye fro another How be it finally the vyctorie abode with thenglysshmen the flemynges disconfyted and sir Johan Peterson their patron taken and all the other taken or slayne so that none escaped And the englysshmen turned backe agayne into Englande with their conquest and prisoners and so brake vp their vyage for that tyme and than shewed these tidynges to the kyng of England who was right ioyouse of that adueture whan he knewe that the flemynges gaue the
house as prisoners And this yuan had great desyre to se them to knowe what they were and so he went forthe in to the hall and as he went thyder he encountred with the erle of Penbroke whome he knewe ryght well yet he had nat often sene him before ThaÌ„ he sayd to him as in reproch a erle of PeÌ„broke are ye come in to this countre to do homage to me for suche landes as ye holde in the principalyte of Wales wherof I am rightfull heyre the whiche your kynge hath taken fro me by yuell counsayle and aduyse The erle of Penbroke was abasshed whan he sawe that he was a prisoner and in a strange land and knowyng nat the man that so spake to hym in his language And so answered shortely and sayd What are you that gyue me this langage I am ê™ he yuan sonne to prince Aymon of Wales whome your kyng of Englande put to dethe wrongfully and hath disheryted me But whan I may by the helpe of my right dere lorde the frenche kyng I shall shape therfore a remedy And I wyll ye knowe that if I may fynde you in any place conuenyent that I may fyght with you I shall do it and she we you the right yâ— ye haue done to me and also to the erle of Herforde to Edward SpeÌ„ser For by your fathers with other counsaylours my lorde my father was be trayed wherof I ought to be displeased and to amende it whan I maye Than stepte forthe a knight of the erles called sir Thomas of sait 〈…〉 to speke and sayd yuan 〈…〉 and maynteyne that there is any 〈…〉 or hath ben in my lorde or that he oweth or shulde owe any homage to you or any 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 cast downe your gage in that quarell and ye shall fynde hun that shall take it vp Thanyuan answered and sayd ye are a prisoner I can haue none honour to apele you for ye haue nat the rule of yourselfe for ye are vnder the rule of them that haue taken you but whan ye be quyte than I shall speke with you more of the mater for it shall nat rest thus And so with tho words certayne knightê of Spaygne came bytwene them and so departed them a sondre And so wtin a whyle after the sayd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 capIteÌ„s ledde for the their prisoners toward the cytie of Burgê in Spayn to yelde them to kyng Henry who as than was there a byding And whan kyng Henry knewe of their comyng and that they aproched nere to the cytie He sent his eldest sonne called Johan who was called as than the chylde of Castell with great nombre of knightê and squyers to mete with these englysshmen to do theym honoure for the king knewe tight well what aparteyned to noblenesse And whaÌ„ they were come to him he dyde them moche honour bothe with wordê and dedes And than anone after the kyng sent them into dyuers ê‘tes of his realme to be kept HOwe let vs retourne to the busynesse of Poitou the which was nat lytell and let vs speke of the gascoyns and englysshe knightes who on saynt JohnÌ„s day at nyght came to the towne of Rochell as ye haue herd before they weresore displeased in that they caÌ„e nat the day before to haue bene at the batayle to haue â—ought with the spanyerdes So thaÌ„ they toke counsayle what thyng was best for them to do for they had great dout of theÌ„ of Rochell Than they ordayned sir Johan Deureux to be seneshall of Rochell with thre huÌ„dred men of warr to kepe the towne for they thought that as longe as they were strong ynough in the towne they durst nat rebell This order was taken by the Captall of Beufz who was chefe gouernoure of that company and sir Thomas Percy sir Dangoses sir Richarde of Pontchardon the Souldyche sir Bereas de la Laâ—de and other with their companyes departed fro Rochell to the nombre of foure hundred speares toke 〈◊〉 way to Subyze for ther were certayne bre 〈…〉 helde churches and small forteresses and had fortifyed them But as soone as these lordes came thyder they draue them away and wanne their holdes and rydde clene those marchesse of them And the same season there kepte the feldes in the marchesse of Aniou Auuerne and Berrey the constable of Fraunce the duke of Berrey the duke of Burbone the erle of AleÌ„son the Dolphyn of Auuergne ser Loys of SaÌ„xere the lorde Clysson the lorde de la Uale the vycount of Rohan and the lorde of Beaumanoyre with a great noÌ„bre of the barony of FraÌ„ce to the nombre of thre thousande speres And they rode so long tyll they assembled all togyder with the constable in Poyctou and so layd siege to a castell called Mountmorillon and with assaut wan it and slewe all that euer wer within and newe manned it with frenchmen And than they went to Chauigny staÌ„dynge by the ryuer of Cruse and beseged it and ther lay two dayes and on the thirde day the place was yelded vp they within taken to mercy Than they rode further and came to Luzat wher ther was a towne and a castell and so they also yelded them vp without abyding of any assaute Than they went to the cytie of Poicters lay one night without amonge the vynes wherof they of the cytie were sore abasshed and douted of a siege howe beit they hadde none as at that tyme. For the next mornyng the frenchmen departed and went to the castell of MoncouÌ„tour wherof JohnÌ„ Cresuell and Dauyd Holegraue were capitayns and had vnder them threscore hardy and valyant men of warre who greatly had constrayned the marches of Aniou and of Thourayne and other freÌ„che garysons wherfore the coÌ„stable sayd he wolde nat deê‘te thens tyll he had it at his pleasure ¶ Howe the constable of Fraunce besieged Mountcomptour and howe he departed thens to go to the duke of Berrey and of Limosyn to besege saynt Seuere Cap. CCC .ii. THe coÌ„stable of France with all the sayd lordes and knyghtes rode so long that thei caÌ„e to the castell of Montcountour a sixe leages fro Poycters And whan they were come thyder they layd siege therto and assayled it valyantly And bycause the dykes were so brode they caused tymbre wode to be cutte downe by the villayns of the countrey and to be brought thyder and cast in to the dikes to fyll it and to cast strawe erthe theron And so in four dayes they fylled so the dykes that they might with their ease go to the walles Than they made a sore assaut they within defended them selfe valyantly 〈◊〉 of the whiche they had great nede so to do for they were in great parell of takyng howe be it they were so valyant and so good meÌ„ of warr that they kepte theÌ„ selfe and their place with moche payne from any hurt that day And so the sirt day the coÌ„stable and bretons came agayne to the assaut with pauesses
pykes and matockê in their handes and so pearsed the walles in dyuers places so that they within weresore a basshed Howbeit they defeÌ„ded theÌ„ selfe as valiaÌ„tly as euer men dyde And JohnÌ„ Cresuell Dauyd Holegraue who were capitayns ymagyned consydred the parell that they were in and parceyued howe the constable and his coÌ„pany were nat in mynde to deê‘t tyll they had wonne the castell And they sawe well that yf they were taken by force they shulde all dye also they parceyued howe there was no coÌ„fort comynge to them fro any parte Wherfore all thynges coÌ„sydred they entred into a treaty to yelde vp them selfe their lyues and goodes saued And the constable who wolde no lengar greue his company nor to sore oppresse them of the castell bycause he sawe well they were valyant men of armes He was contente they shulde departe without any hurte of their bodyes so they toke no goodes with them except golde or syluer and so they departed and were coÌ„ueyed to Poicters Thus the constable had the castell of Montcountour and newe fortifyed it and so taryed there a space to refresshe him and his company bycause he wyst nat as than whyder to drawe other to Poicters or to some other place Whan they of the cyte of Poicters knewe howe the constable bretons had wonne agayne the castell of Montcountoure than were they more abashed thaÌ„ before And sent incontynent their messangers to sir Thomas Percy who was their seneshall was rydynge in the coÌ„pany of the Captall And or sir Thomas Percy knewe of those tidynges sir Johan Deureur who was in the castell of Rochell was enformed howe the constable of FraÌ„ce hadde ben before Poicters and aduysed the place whersore he thought verely they shulde be besieged And also he herde howe the seneschall was nat there wherfore he thought he wolde go and conforte them of Poicters And so departed fro Rochell with a fyftie speares and sette a squyer called Pbylpot MaÌ„seyle to be capitayne there tyll his retourne agayne And so rode to Poiters and entred in to the cytie wherof they within thanked him greatly Than these tidynges came to sir ThomÌ„s Percy who was with the Captall from his men in the cytie of Poicters Desyringe him to coÌ„e to them for they feared of a siege to be layed to them and that he wolde bring with him as moche helpe and ayde as he coulde Certifyenge hym howe the frenchmen were stronge Than sir Thomas shewed these tidynges to the Captall to the entent to knowe what he wolde say therto The Captall sayde he wolde take aduyse on that mater And so the aduise taken he was nat deâ—myned to breke his owne iourney for that mater but he gaue leaue to ser ThomÌ„s Percy to departe fro hym and so he dyde and rode to Poicters wher he was receyued with great toye of them of the towne for they great lye desyred his presens And ther he founde sir Johan Deureux so eche of them made great there of other All this was shewed to the constable who was styll at Montcountoure and howe that they of Poicters were newly refresshed with men of warre THe same season came to his knowlege howe the duke of Berrey with a great nombre of men of warre of Auuergne Berrey and of Burgoyne and of the marchesse of Lymosyn Was fully determyned to lay seige to saynt Seuere in Limosyn whiche parteyned to sir JohnÌ„ Deureux And capitayns therof vnder hym were sir Wyllyam Percy Rycharde Gylle and Richarde Horne with acertayne nombre of good men of warr And they hadde before ouerronne the countre of Auuergne and Limosyn and had done moche yuell wherfore the duke of Berrey was determyned to drawe thyder And sent and desyred the constable that if he myght in any wyse to come to hym for the sayd entent The constable who was a wyse and a subtell knight in all his dedê consydred well that to lay siege to Poicters shulde lytell auayle him seyng the cyte newe refresshed with men of warre wherfore he sayde he wolde drawe to the duke of Berrey And so departed fro MoncouÌ„tour with all his host and ordred for the kepyng of that garyson And so rode forthe tyll he came to the duke of Berrey who thaked him moche of his comyng and all his copany So they was a great hoost whan bothe hoostes were assembled togyder And so they toue toguyder tyll they came before saynt Seuere they were well a four thousande men of armes and so belieged the garyson and determyned nat to departe thens tyll they hadde won it 〈◊〉 so fetrsly assayled it And sir WyllmÌ„ Percy valiantly defended the fortresse These twdynges came to the cycle of Poycters and to sir John Deureur who was lorde of saynt Seuere Howe the duke of Berrey the doulphyn of Auuergne the costable of Fraunce the lorde Clysson and the vicount of Rohan with foure thousande men of armes had besieged the fortresse of saynt Seuer in Limosyn wherof sir Johan Deureur was right pensyue and sayd to syr Thomas Percy who was there present at the report makyng Sir Thomas ye are se nelhall of this countrey and haue great puyssaunce Sir I requyre you helpe to socour my men who are but lost if they haue no helpe sit quod he gladde wold I be to synde remedy for them for the loue of you I wyll departe and go with you and let vs go speke with my lorde the caprall of Beufz who is nat farre hens and let vs do our best to moue hym to go and helpe to reyse yâ— siege and to fight with the freÌ„chmen Than they departed fro Poicters and left the kepyng of the cytie with the mayre of the same called Johan Reynalt a good trewe and iuste man And so long they rode toygder that they founde yâ— captall in the feldes ridyng towarde saynt John Dangle Than these two knyghtâ— shewed to hym howe the frenchmen had taken Mountmorillon besyde Poietres and also the strong castell of Montcountour and were as than at siege before saynt Seuere parteyning to sir Johan Deureur also they shewed hym howe sir WyllmÌ„ Percy was within the castell Gylle and Richard Horne who were no men to be lost The Captall studyed a lytell at those wordes and than answered and sayd 〈◊〉 what thynke you best that I shulde do to the which couÌ„sayle ther were dyuers knights called and they all answered and sayd Sir it hath ben a great season that we haue herde you say that ye desyre greatly to fight with the frenchmen And sir ye can nat better fynde theÌ„ that nowe Therfore sir drawe thyder and sende out your coÌ„maundement into Poictou and Amou we shal be men ynowe to fight with them with the good wyll we haue therto By my faythe 〈◊〉 the Captall I am coÌ„tent we shall shortely fight 〈◊〉 theÌ„ by the grace of god and saynt George In contyneÌ„t the captall sent letters to the barons knightes and squyers of
But if they coulde haue kept the towne agaynst theÌ„â—yll it had ben night they had ben greatly conforted For the constable of Fraunce had sente thyber Thybalt of Pount with two hundred men to haue refresshed yâ— towne how beit they came to late The towne was taken with assaute and robbed and a great nombre of men and women slayne and so there abode styll the englysshmen to harken after other newes ¶ Howe the frenchmen toke the Captall of Beufz before Soubise in batayle and howe they of Rochell tourned frenche Cap. CCC .iiii. THis whyle thenglisshmen were in Nyorth and durst nat well deê‘te a sondre there caÌ„e before Rochell yuan of Wales in the coÌ„pany of the admyrall of king HeÌ„ry of Spayn called DaÌ„pradigo de Roux and with hym .xl. great shippes 〈◊〉 .viii. galys full of men of warr and so they layd them selfe before the towne in maner of a stege so yâ— none coude yssue nor entre without daunger Than they within Rochell seyng theÌ„self nat well assured fell in treaty priuely with yuan of Wales and with the admyrall of Spayne and so agreed that they within nor they Woute shulde nat trouble nor vexe eche other but styll the spanyerdes and frenchmen lay before the towne at ancre had their spies abrode in the countre of Poitou and Xayn ton to knowe and se what was done in euery place The capitayne of the castell of Rochell was called Philippe Mansell The constable of FrauÌ„ce who was at Poicters â–ª sent the lorde of Pouns and Thybault du Pont with a thre huÌ„dred speares to the castell of Soubise whiche was stronge and staÌ„dyng on the see syde open before the mouthe of Tharent as the see gyueth And Win the castell was the lady therof with no great coÌ„pany of men of warr howbeit she sent by a squier for socour to JohnÌ„ of Granuyll and to the captall of Beufz costable of Acqtayne who were at saynt JohnÌ„s DaÌ„gle and in contynent as soone as he had worde therof he sent for sir Henry Hay seneshall of Angoleme and for sir Wylliam lorde of Marnell nephue to sir Raymond of Marnell Johan Cresuell and for syr Thomas Percy who incontynent came to hym All this assemble and ordynauÌ„ce of the siege yuan of Wales was enformed therof there he lay at Rochell Than he toke four C. speares of the moost speciallest and surest men of warr of all his company and dyde put them in to thre barges so departed hym selfe and sir James of Mountâ—â—ye and Morellette his brother and lefte Radigo de Rouxe admyrall of Spayne there styll with the resydue of his company And so he rowed secretely towarde Soubise and arryued on the other syde right agaynste the lorde of Pouns who knewe nothynge of that busshement Nomore dyde the Captall who made his asseÌ„ble at saynt JohnÌ„s Dangle for if he had knowen therof he wolde haue taken with hym a gretter coÌ„pany than he dyde For he sent backe a great parte of his coÌ„pany â–ª left another parte within the towne of saynt Johans Dangle and so departed with two huÌ„dred speares and no mo And so rode so longe that about nyght tyme he came nere to the hoost of the frenchmen nere to the castell of Soubise Than he alighted besyde a lytell wode and rested a lytell their horses and them selfe And than mouÌ„ted agayne and displayed their baners penons and so sodenly dasshed in to the frenche hoost makyng their cryes ther was a sore scrimysshe and many a man slayne and sore hurt for the frenchmen were nat ware of theÌ„ so there was taken the lorde of Pons and Thybault of Pount and a .lx. of the best of their company the other put to slight thaÌ„ yuan of Wales came in with his rout who had passed the tharent with their barges and brought with theym great nombre of tortches fagottes and other ablementes for fyre For the night was very darke So he with four hundred speres of fresshe men and lusty dasshed in among theÌ„glysshmen gascons who thought that they had clene acheued all their enterprise and so were spred a brode and nat togyder aboute their pyllage and takynge hede of their prisoners and so by clene force they were beten downe and within a shorte space disconfyted There auauÌ„sed forthe a hardy squyer of UermaÌ„doyse called Peter Danyels and he aproched so nere to the captall of Beufz that he toke him prisoner by clene feat of armes whiche captall was as than the knyght other of Gascon or of Englande that the frenche kynge and the freÌ„chmen desired most to haue bycause he was ryght hardy and a good capitayne Also there was taken ser ThomÌ„s Percy by a preest of Wales called sir Dauy Also there was taken sir Henry Hay sir Mores Lyne dyuers other And sir Water Huetscaped with moche payne sir Petyton of Corton sir Wylliam Ferencon and Carmyll fled towarde the towne of Soubyse and hadde no socour but that the lady of Soubyse was at the barryers and caused the gate to be opened so they entred and dyuers other The next daye yuan of Wales brought all his barges shyppes before Soubise and gaue a feirse assaut and also so dyde the lorde of Pons and Thybalte of Pont who were before taken and rescued Howbeit they within yâ— towne defended them selfe right valiantly but the lady sawe well the towne was nat strong ynough to endure a long space agaynst them had no hope of any socour seyng that the captall was taken prisoner ThaÌ„ she called her knyghtes to counsell toke suche aduyse that â—he sent to treat with the frenchmen Which treaty toke such effect that all suche knightê as were within the towne might deê‘t at their pleasur Wout any domage to drawe to Niorth to Xaintes and to Lusygnen or whyder soeuer it pleased theÌ„ and the lady of Soubise to put her selfe vnder the obeysance of the frenche kyng all her lande Thus deê‘ted thenglysshmen fro Soubyse were brought in sauegard whider as it pleased theÌ„ ThaÌ„ the freÌ„chmen toke possessyon of the towne fealtie of the lady and she sware fro thens forth to obey the french kyng all her land Than yuan of Wales ser James of MouÌ„tioy their coÌ„pany toke their shyppes and so brought the captall other prisoners into their great shippes that lay styll before Rochell and yâ— lorde of Pons the other bretons hasted them greatly to ryde with a great coÌ„pany suche as yâ— coÌ„stable of FrauÌ„ce had sent theÌ„ as the vycont of Rohan the lord of Clysson Torayne Beaumanoyre of Rochfort sir WyllmÌ„ of Bordê Olyuer of MaÌ„ny Reynalt of Limosyn Geffray Ricon yon of Lanconet Alayne of saynt Poule Carsuell dyuers other And they caÌ„e before the towne of s Johan Dangle made great assemblant to assaut it And they within the towne sawe howe the countre began fast to be lost that their chefe capiten was taken prisoner
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
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
sir James of Uien the admyrall of Fraunce the doulpoyu of Auuergne sir Johan of Bulle and dyuerss other lordes And all these helde their iourney and day before Bercerell but none came thyder to apere before them and so the forte resse was yelded vp and euery man departed who wolde and so sir JohnÌ„ Apert and his men of Cornewall tooke the see and retourned in to Englande and the lordes of FrauÌ„ce toke possessyon of the forteresse of Bercerell and newe repayred it and refresshed it with men artyllary and other puruyances And anone after by the coÌ„mauÌ„dment of the french king all these men of warre went and layd siege before saynt Saluyour the vicount in CoÌ„stantyne whiche parteyned before to sir Johan Chandos and after his dethe the kyng of Englande gaue it sir Alayn of Boucquesell who as thaÌ„ was in Englande and he hadde lefte a capitayne there a squier called Charenton with him sir Thomas Cornet Johan de Bourge and the thre bretherne of Maulurier and with them there were a sixscore men of warr and so saynt Sauiour was besieged by see by sir Johan of Uien admyrall of FrauÌ„ce and by lande by the other lordê of Bretayne and Normandy Ther was a great hoost and they dressed vp engyns agaynst the towne whichesore traueyled them within the forteresse NOwe let vs speke of the lordê that 〈◊〉 at Bruges to entreat for a peace of the freÌ„che parte The dukes of Anion and of Burgoyne the erle of Salebruch the bysshoppe of Amiens the chiefe of Bayeux And on the englisshe parte there was the duke of LaÌ„castre the erle of Salisbury and the bysshop of LoÌ„don So at last to th entent that none yuell nor trouble shulde coÌ„e to any of these lordes nor to none of their men that rode in out dayly bytwene the parties Therfore they agreed on a truce to endure to the fyrst day of May next after in all the marches of Calais and to the ryuer of Some and other landes to be styll in warre Than there was sent in to Bretayne the lorde Clysson and the lorde de Lauall with all their companyes to kepe the fronters there about ¶ Howe the duke of Bretayne arryued in Bretayne where he tooke dyuers castels and forteresses by force and of the trewce that was made bytwene the french kyng and the kyng of Englande and their alyes Cap. CCC .xiii. WHyle these lordes were entreatyng for peace at Brugê The duke of Bretayn who was in Englande as ye haue herde here before sawe well howe his countre was in great trybulacion nighe all the countre turned agaynst hym And as than the countesse his wyfe was in the castell of Alroye and him selfe about the kyng of EnglaÌ„de who right hertely loued him and to hym sayd Fayreson I knowe well howe for the loue of me ye haue put in balance your landes and are put out of your seignory fayre herytage but be ye in certayne that I shall right well recouer it you agayne for I woll make no peace with the freÌ„chmen without ye be coÌ„prssed therin and you to haue agayne your herytage The duke huÌ„bly thaÌ„ked hym And so yâ— same season the duke of Bretayne assembled toguyder at HaÌ„pton thre M. archers And they were all payed their wages by the ordynance of the kyng of Englande for halfe a yere with theÌ„ two M. men of armes And in that iorney there went therles of CaÌ„bridge and of Marche the lorde Spenser sir ThomÌ„s HolaÌ„de Nicholas Camoire Edwarde Twyford Richarde Pontchardon Johan â—esselle Thomas Grantson Hugh Hastyngê the lordê of MaÌ„ue of Pole and diuers other knightes squiers the duke of Bretayne with all his company arryued at saynt Mathewes of tyne Potern in Bretayne and so toke lande and in contynent assayled the castell which was without the towne the castell was nat greatly fortifyed nother with men nor artillery and so the engylsshmen toke it by force and slewe all them that were within and whan they within the towne of saynte Mathewes knewe therof they opened their gates receyued in the duke as their lord Than thenglisshmen went to the towne of Polle de Lyon whiche was stronge and well closed There they made a great assaute and the archers beyng on the dykes shot so holy togyder that fewe or none durst shewe them selfe at defence so the towne was wonne ouerron and exyled than they went to Brue de Uaulx which was well fortifyed with men of armes other purueyaunces for the lordes of Clysson and Beaumanoyre the vycount of Rohan and dyuers other lordes of Bretayne had been there but a lytell be fore had refresshed the fortresse with euery thing that neded and so the duke and the englisshmen layd siege therto And whan they of saynt Sauyour the vicouÌ„t vnderstode howe the duke of Bretayn and these lordes of Englande were arryued in Bretayne they trusted that they wolde come thyder and reyse the siege about them whiche they greatly desyred for they were greatly coÌ„streyned by their engyns which dyde cast day and nyght so that they wyst nat where to kepe theÌ„selfe out of danger Than they toke aduyse to entreat with the freÌ„chmen to haue a truse to endure to Ester the yere of our lorde M. thre hundred .lxxv. whiche was but .vi. wekes after so that within that tyme they shulde be fought withall orreysed fro the sege or els to yelde vp the forteresse their lyues and goodê saued this truce was taken but they lay styll at siege but they made no warre eche to other duryng that season THe vicont of Rohan the lordê of Clisson and of Beaumanoyre who laye in fronter agaynst the duke of Bretayne and theÌ„glisshmen who lay at sege before saynt Bru de Uaulx and they herde reported howe sir JohnÌ„ Deureux was nere to Campelly made great warre in the countre and had newly repayred and fortifyed a lytell fortresse wherin he was and made there his garyson and called it the Nouell for t so that they of CaÌ„pelly coulde nat issue out of their towne without trouble And so they sent worde therof to the lorde Clysson who was at Lamballe than he and his company departed thens and left men behynde them to kepe the towne and rode so longe that they came to the newe forters and layd seige therto whiche tidynges came to the duke of Bretayn where as he was at siege before saynt Brue de Uaulx where as the duke had made a myne the which had bene a makyng the space of .xv. dayes and at the same tyme they had loste their myne and labour And whan the duke and the lordes of his hoost knewe that they sayd all thynges consydered they thought they loste their tyme to abyde there any lenger wherfore they sayd it were better for them to go and ayde sir JohnÌ„ Deureux for if we may fynde them in the felde that hath layde siege to hym we trust we
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 thyder he came to therle of Salisbury and sir Rycharde Dangle and so went with them to Calais and ther taryed the space of a moneth and so went in to Englande and came to Shene 〈◊〉 foure leages fro London a long by the Temmes syde where the kynge of Englande laye sore syâ—ke And past out of this worlde the 〈◊〉 gyll ofsaynt JohnÌ„ Baptyst yâ— yere of our lorde a thousande thre hundred .lxxvii. THan was there great sorowe made in Englande and incontynent all the passages of the realme were stoppedde that none shulde yssue out of the realme For they wolde nat that the dethe of the kyng shuld be so soone knowen in Fraunce tyll they haddeset the realme in some ordre The same tyme ther came in to Englande the erle of Salisbury and sir Rycharde Dangle So the body of kyng Edwarde the thirde with great processyons weâ—ynges lamentacyons his sonnes behynde hym with all the nobles and prelates of Englande was brought a long the cytie of London with open visage to Westmynster there he was buried besyde the quene his wyfe And anon after the yong kyng Richard was crowned at the palays of Westmynster with great solemâ—ytie and by him stode the dukes of LaÌ„â—â—llre and of Bretayne the .xi. yere of his age in the moneth of July The whiche day there was made four erles and nyne knightes First the lorde Nycholas his vncle was made â—rle of â—olengy the lorde Percy erle of Northumberlande sir Thomas Dangle erle of Huntyngdon the lorde Mombray erle of Notyngham And the yonge kyng was putte vnto the rule of the gentyll knyght sir Rycharde Dangle by the accorde of all the lande to be instruâ—ted in noble vertues and the realme of Englande to be gouerned by the duke of Lancastre And as soone as the frenche kynge knewe of the dethe of kynge Edwarde he sayd howe â—yghtâ—obly and valiantly he hadde reygâ—ed and well he ought to be putte newly in rememâ—raunce amonge the nombre of the worthyes Than he assembled a great nombre of the nobles and prelatê of his realme and dyd his obsâ—quy in the holy chapell in his palys at Paris And anone after dyed the eldest doughter of the frenche kyng who was ensured to haue been maryed to Wylliam of Heynault eldest sonne of duke Aubert ¶ Howe the freÌ„che kyng sent a great nauy to the see howe dyuers townes were brent in Englande howe the duke of Burgoyne tooke dyuers castels about Calys Cap. CCC .xv. IN the meane seasone whyle this sayd trewce endured the frenche kyng ê“uyded greatly for shyppes andgaleys And the kynge of Spayne had sent to him his admyrall sir Ferraunt Sause Who with sir Johan de Uien admyrall of Fraunce whan the tre wee was expired went and brent the towne of Rye a four dayes after the dethe of kyng Edwarde in the vigill of saynt Peter in July there slewe men and women and all they founde These tidynges came to London than therles of Cambridge and Bouligney went to Douer with a great nombre of men of warre And the erle of Salisbury the lorde Montagu went to the marches towarde HaÌ„pton Than after the french army toke laude in the I le of UbyqÌ„ and brent therm dyuers to wnes as LameÌ„d Dartmouth Plomouthe Plesume and dyuers other and whan they had brente and pylled the towne of Ubique they went agayne to the see and costed forewarde came to a porte called Poc. there was redy the erle of Salisbury and the lorde Montague who defended the passage howebeit they brente parte of the towne of Poc. and than toke the see agayne and costed towardes HaÌ„pton and wolde dayly haue taken lande in Englande but the englysshmen in the company of the erle of Salisbury rode so dayly alonge the see cost that they kept them euer fro takyng of any lande Than the frenchmen came before HaÌ„pton and there was redy sir Johan AruÌ„dell with a great nombre of men of warre and archers who defended the towne or elles it had ben taken than the frenchmen departed and went towarde Douer and toke lande on a day 〈◊〉 a lytle abbay called Lians Ther were many men of the countre assembled and they hadde made the priour of the place and sir Thomas Cheyny Johan Fuselle their chefe capitayns who set them selfe in good array to defende the passage so that the freÌ„chmen had but small aduauntage for it coste them moche people or they coulde take lande how be it fynally by force of good fightyng they toke lande Ther was a sore scrimysshe howe beit the englysshmen were dryuen backe and putte to flyght and two hundred slayne and the two knightes and the priour taken prisoners than the frenche men entred agayne in to their shippes and lay styll all that night at ancre before the abbey There the frenche men knewe first of the dethe of kynge Edwarde of Englande by their prisonners and of the coronacyon of kyng Richarde and a great parte of the ordre made in Englande for rulynge of the realme Than sir Johan of Uyenne caused a barke to departe and sent therin a knight who aryued at Harflewe And than the knight rode to Parys and there he founde the kynge and there shewed hym the certayne tidynges of the deth of kyng Edwarde To whiche sayeng the kynge gaue credence Than the frenchmen spanyardes departed and sayled forthe and had wynde at wyll and came with the same tyde about threof the clocke to Douer There was sir Edmonde erle of Cambridge and sir Thomas his brother erle of Buckynghame who were redy with a hundred thousande with baners displayed abydinge the frenchmen who were a sixscore shippes and galyes The frenchemen came foreby the porte and taryed nat but passed by and toke the depe see for the see began to ebbe Howe beit the englysshmen taryed there styll all that day and the nextnight and the frenche men by the nexte tyde came before the hauen of Calays and there entred yE haue herde here before how sir Johan captall of Beufz was taken prisoner before Soubise and kept in the towre of the teÌ„ple of Parys The kyng of England and the prince whyle they lyued wolde gladly haue had hym delyuered ther was also moche entreatie made for him at the couÌ„sell at Bruges and ther was offred for him in exchange the yong erle of saynt Poule thre or four other knyghtes but the frenche kyng nor his couÌ„sayle wolde nat coÌ„sent therto Howbeit the french kyng made to be shewed him by the priour who had hym in kepyng yâ— if he wolde swere neuer to beare armes agaynst the crowne of Fraunce that than he wolde condiscende to his delyuerance The Captall answered that he wold neuer make that othe to dye in prison so he abode in prison in sure kepynge a .v. yere with lytell ioye for he toke his prisonment but with lytell pacyence and so long he was there that at last he dyed in prison
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
it it was stronger ynough before The frenche kynge who was ryght glad of those tydingess and reputed that iourney right honourable he sent incontynent his letters to saynt Omers and coÌ„maunded that the towne of Ayre shulde be well garnysshed and well and largely prouyded of all necessaryes and all thynge was done as he coÌ„maunded so thus this iourney brake vp howbeit the lorde of Clisson and the bretons brake nat their coÌ„pany but assoone as they myght they drewe them to Bretayne for tidynges was come to the lorde Clysson and to yâ— bretons whyle they were before Ayre how that Janequyn de Clere a squier of Englande and a good maÌ„ of armes was issued out of Englande and come in to Bretayne and kept the bastydes before Breest Wherfore the bretons drewe thyder as fast as they might brought with theym sir Jaques of Uertayne seneshall of Heynalt and the duke of Burgoyne retourned in to Fraunce to the kyng his brother ¶ The same season there was a great assembly of men of armes in the marches of Burdeuux at the coÌ„maundement of the duke of Aniou and of the constable And they had a iourney agaynst the gascoyns and englisshmen wherof I shall speke more playnly whan I shal be better enfourmed therof than I am as yet The same tyme that the duke of Burgoyn made his armye in Picardy as it hath been shewed before The duke of Aniou was in the good cytie of Tholouse with the good lady his wyfe and night and day he ymagined subtelly howe he myght do some thyng contrary to thenglyssmen for he sawe knewe well howe there were dyuers townes and castelles a longe the ryueâ— of Dordone and in the fronters of Rouurgue Tholosen and Duercy that coÌ„streyned greatlye the countre and traueyled moche the poore people vnder their obeysance Wherfore he aduysed to prouyde therfore some remedy and so determyned in his mynde to go and laye siege to Bergerath bycause it was the kaye of Gascoyne as on the fronter of Rouuergue Duercy and Lunosyn And bicause that he knewe that dyuers great barones of Gascoyne were contrary to him as the lorde of Duras the lorde of Rosen the lorde of â—ucydent that lorde of Langurant the lorde of Guernols and of Carles sir Peter of Landuras and dyuers other therfore he aduysed to make hym selfe stronge and puyssante and made a great assemble to resyst agaynst the sayd lordes and to be so stronge to kepe the felde Than he wrote to sir Johan of Armynake desirynge hym nat to fayle at that bâ—synes in likewise he sent to the lorde Dalbret and all o he sent in to Fraunce for the constable marshall of Fraunce sir Loys of SaÌ„xere and beside all this the lorde of Coucy and dyuers other knightê and squiers in Picardy in Britayne and in Normandy desired greatly and had great wyll to serue him to auauÌ„ce their bodies by feates of armes to acheue to honour and praise and ther was come to him the constable and marshall of Fraunce The duke knewe well howe ther was a great discorde bytwene the cosyns frendes of the lorde of Pointers gascons and sir ThomÌ„s Phelton great 〈…〉 shall of Burdeux and Burdeloys the reason 〈◊〉 cause why I shall shewe you here after BEfore that tyme in the yere of our lorde a thousande thre huÌ„dred .lxxv. ther was done a cruell iustyce in the cytie of Burdeaux done and comprised by sir Thomas Phelton lieutenant to the kyng of Englande in the marches of Burdeur on the lorde of Pomiers called sir WyllmÌ„ all by maner of treason wherof there was had great marueyle In the cytie of Burdeur at the comaundement of the seneshall was taken the lorde of Pomers a clerke of his counsayle and secretary of the nacyon of Burdeauâ— called Johan Coulone and it was proued on them as I was infourmed how the lorde of Pomiers shulde yelde himselfe and all his castels to the frenche parte so that he coude make non excuse to saue him fro deth wherfore the lorde of Pomiers and his clerke were openlye beheeded in the cytie of Burdeux before all the people wherof there was hadde great merueyle And they of his lynage toke that dede in great dispyte and thervpon departed fro Burdeuâ— and fro Burdeloys the gentyll knight sir Edmond of Pomiers vncle to the forsaid lord of Pomiers and toke that dede in great shame and sware yâ— for the kyng of EnglaÌ„de he wolde neuer deare armur so he went ouer the see to the holy sepulchre and to dyuers other pylgrimages and whan he retourned he turned himselfe frenche and put him selfe and all his landê vnder the obeysance of the frenche kynge And incontynent defyed the lorde Lespare gascone and made to hym great warre bycause he was at the forsayd iudgement and also for the same cause suspectyon bycause the castell of Fronâ—aâ— was taken and delyuered in to the frenche haÌ„des whiche was of the herytage of the lorde Pomiers before beheeded ther was taken for the same suspect of treason sir Johan of Plessac sir Peter of Landuras and sir Bertram of Fraunce and were put in prison in Burdeaur so remayned yâ— space of 〈◊〉 monethes howebe it after they were delyuered by yâ— labour and purchase of their frendes bycause ther coude nothyng be proued agaynst them Thus they endured a longe space in great daunger and in the same case wordes ran agaynst sir Gaylart Uyghier wherof was had great marueyle for he was nat in the countrey he was in Lombardy with the lorde of Coucy in yâ— seruyce of pope Gregorie who helped to excuse hym whan he herde of that reporte and so the knyght abode styll by his right so there engeÌ„dred in Gascon for suche besynes great hatredes and couert enuy wherby fell after many great myscheues WHan the duke of Aniowe sawe that it was tyme for him to deê‘te out of Tholouse and that the moost parte of his men of warr were come to him and drawen in to the felde specially the constable of FraÌ„ce in whome he had great trust and confydence Than he departed fro Tholouse and toke the right way to Bergerath and keper therof and capitayn was ser Parducas Dalbret who was in a castell a lytell leage fro Languedoc called Mouâ—ux a ryght fayre castell so longe traueyled the duke of Anious hoost that they aryued before Bergerath so lodged about it as nigh the ryuer as they might for the ease of them selfe and of their horses there was with the duke of Aniou many noble men fyrst sir Johan of Armynake with a great rout the coÌ„stable of FrauÌ„ce with a great company sir Loys of Sanxer sir JohnÌ„ of Bulle Peter of Bulle yuan of Wales sir Mores Trisiquidi who somtyme was on the englisshe parte of Bretayne but as than he was one of the french bretons also sir Alayn of Beaumont sir Alayn of Housey sir Wylliam and Peter of Mornay sir Johan of
Uers sir Baudwyn Cremoux Thybalte of Pount Helyot of Calay and dyuers other good men of warre Ther they made their lodgynges alonge the fayre medowes by the ryuer syde of Dordon which was great pleasur to beholde nere to the dukes lodgyng was the constable of Fraunce lodged often tymes these companyons desired to auaunce their bodyes and went and scrimysshed at the barryers and soo some were hurte and wounded as aduenture falleth often tymes in suche dedes of armes The sâ—â—iday after the siege was layd before Bergerath there came in to the dukes hoost well acompanyed with men of armes and brigaÌ„tes the lord Dalbret and sir Bertram his cosyn they were receyued with great ioye for yâ— hoost was gretlye enforsed by theÌ„ The .viii. day the duke anâ— the capitayns of the hoost were in counsayle to se howe they myght greue them of Bergerath there were dyuers wordes and deuyses they were long at one poynt whiche was to assayle the towne than it was thought agayne that by their assautes their people myght be sore hurt and to lytell effect and so for that day the counsayle brake vp and determyned on no full conclusyon sauyng to contynewe styll their siege for they loked dayly for mo men of warre commynge out of Fraunce and specially the lorde of Coucy Of the scrymisshes done before Bergerath howe the englisshmen freÌ„chemen gascoyns and other feirlly recouÌ„tred eche other Ca. CCC .xix. IT was so that sir Thomas Felton beyng at Burdeaulx and knowynge that his enemyes were wtin .xii. myle of him with such a puyssaunce that he was nat able to resyst agaynst them wherof he was nothyng ioyouse And all that season he knewe well howe the duke of Aniou had made his somons and had sente for all the states of Fraunce Than he sent worde therof into England to the kyng and to his couÌ„sayle but they that he sent thyder dyde lytell good or nothyng in the matter For the realme of Englande was as than in great bariauÌ„ce among them selfe one agaynst an other and specially the duke of Lancastre was nat in the fauoure of the comen people wherby dyuers incydent parels fell after in England the whiche season there deê‘ted no men of warr out of England nother to go in to Gascoyne nor yet in to Bretayne Wherof they that kepte those fronters vnder the yonge kynge of Englande were nothyng ioyouse Than sir ThomÌ„s Felton desired the lorde Lespare to go in to Englande the better to enfourme the kyng and his vncles of the state of Gascoyn and therby to prouyde couÌ„sayle for them And so at the desyre of sir Thomas Felton the lorde Lespare entred in to thesee but there rose suche a tempest agaynst him that he was driuen in to Spayne there was encountred by shippes of Spayne and hadde ther a great bataile and suche was his fortune that there he was taken prisoner ledde in to Spayne and there remayned more thaÌ„ a yere and a halfe for he was styll behated with them of the lynage of the lorde Pomers sir ThomÌ„s Felton who was a right valyauÌ„te man wrote and sent specially for the lord of Musident the lorde Duras the lorde Rosen and for the lorde Langurant who were foure of the chefe barones and moost puyssauÌ„te in all Gascoyn of the englisshe party desiryng them that for the honour and herytage of the kynge of Englande they wolde come and helpe to defende the countre and to coÌ„e with all their puyssance to Burdeaulx So than all knyghtes suche as wolde truely acquyte theÌ„ to their kyng and lorde and to his officers were redy come to Burdeaulx And whan they were all togyder they were to the noÌ„bre of .v. hundred speares and thus they were at Burdeaux and in Burdeloys the season whyle the duke of Aniou lay at siege before Bergerath than sir Thomas Phelton those foure barones of Gascone toke their counsayle aduyse determyned to ryde forthe agaynst the frenchmen and to entre in to some place to se if they myght spye any aduauntage to conquere any thyng agaynst their enemyes And so they departed out of Burdeaux in one company mo than thre hundred speares and toke the way to Ryoll and so came to a towne called yuret there lodged Of this busshmeÌ„t knewe nothyng the frenchmen wherby they had great domage Thus helde styll the siege before Bergerath wher many a scrimishe was made and many a seate of armes acheued bothe by them within and theÌ„ without how beit lytell wanne therby the frenchmen for sir Parducas Dalbret who was capitayne defended valiauntly the towne Than they of the hoost without to th entent to greue the sorer their enemyes they sent to Rioll for a great engyn called the truye This engyn was so made that it wolde cast great stones and a huÌ„dred men of armes myght well be within it to aproche to assayle the towne sir Peter de Bulle was ordeyned to fetche this engyn and with him sir JohnÌ„ of Uers sir Baudwen Cremoux sir Alayn Beaumont the lordâ— oâ— Mount calay and the lorde of Gaures And so they departed fro the hoost about a thre hundred speares and passed by a gyde the ryuer of Dordon and rode towarde Ryoll And so they came forby a place bitwene Bergerath and Rioll called yuret wher as the englisshmen were mo than four hundred speares and knewe nothyng of the comyng of the frenchmen Tidynges 〈◊〉 to the hoost to the constable that the englysshmen were ridynge abrode but no man coude tell where they were Than incontynent the constable for doute of his men sent out another company of men of armes to be a countergarde to the foragers that were gone before for the engyn Of the whiche newe company there were capitayns sir Peter of Mornay yuan of Wales Thybault of Pount and Alyotte of Calay In that company ther was a two hundred men of armes well apoynted sir Peter of Bulle and his company who were gone for the engyn dyde so moche that they came to Ryoll and ther charged many chares with the engyn and so returned agayne towardes the hoost by another waye than as they came and a more broder passage bicause of their cariage and so are they came to yuret or nere thervnto within a leage they had a fayre adueÌ„ture for ther they mette with the other company of their owne felowshyâ— and whan they were all togyder they were a .vi. hundred speares than they rode at more leyser thynking themselfe more insuerty than they were before than tydinges caÌ„e to sir ThomÌ„s Phelton and to the barons of Gascoyn bryng at yuret how the freÌ„chmen were abrode and were comynge fro Ryoll to passe that way towardes Bergerath with a great engyn Of the whiche tydinges they were ryght ioyouse and sayd how it was the thynge the they moost desired Than they armed them and mounted on their horses and made them selfe redy and whan they were abrode in the felde it
were many scrimysshes before the barryers for within the towne were dyuers englisshmen and gascoyns suche as fledde fro the dysconfyture of yuret who right valiantly defended the towne And suche lordes of Gascone as were taken prisoners before were with the duke of Aniou in his hoost and dyd asmoch as they might to cause the towne to yelde vp to the duke howe beit sir Thomas Phelton dyde nothyng in the mater bycause he was an englysshman And also he that toke hym prisoner sir JohnÌ„ of Liguac had as than put hym to his raunsome to pay .xxx. M. frankes and whan the money 〈◊〉 as payed he was dâ—lyuered but yâ— was nat so â—â—â—ne So long these four barons of Gascone were desyred â—ntysed to becoÌ„e frenche that at last they were content made promyse to yâ— duke of Anâ—ou by their faithes and honours to be euer good frencheâ— bothe themselfe and their laÌ„des And so by that meanes the duke of Aniou delyuered them quyte and fre and so departed â—ro the duke on that promyse the lorde of Duâ—as and the lorde of Rosen to th entent to go into their owne countreis And the lorde of Lanâ—uras and the lorde of Muâ—yâ—ent abode styll in the hoost with the duke at their pleasur and 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 daylye with hym in his lod 〈…〉 â–ª These barons of Gascoyne founde the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 right â—â—yable to let them passe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as he dyde whiche he repented after as 〈…〉 shewe you howe 〈◊〉 lorde of Duras and the lorde of Roâ—â—â— after they were departed and were in the 〈◊〉 â–ª they comuned togyder â–ª and sayde â—owe may we well serue the duke of Aniowe and the frenchmen â–ª â—â—the we haue alwayes beâ— good 〈◊〉 therfore it were moche bettâ—â—â—orâ—s to 〈◊〉 our pâ—â—myse to the duke of An 〈…〉 〈◊〉 the kyng of Englande is our naturall 〈◊〉 and hath done moche for vs. And so they concluded to go to Burdeaur and to shewe the 〈…〉 of â—and as sir WyllmÌ„â—elman howe th 〈…〉 wyse abyde frenche So 〈…〉 the togyder tyll they came to Bur 〈…〉 they were receyued with great â—oy 〈…〉 that they were become frenche â—han the â—enâ—shall and the mayre of Bur 〈…〉 〈◊〉 of them howe they had done theâ— answered that by coÌ„straynt and manasâ—hyngâ— and for feare of their lyues they were â—ayâ—e â—o promyse to the duke of Aniou to becoÌ„e french But sirs we say to you playnly that 〈◊〉 makyâ—â— of our promyse â–ª alwayes in our hertâ— we resâ—â—â—ed our faythe 's to our naturall lorde the kynge of Englande And therfore what soeuer we haue said or done â–ª we wyll neuer becoÌ„e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the whiche wordes the knyghtes of England were right â—oyouse â–ª sayeng that they 〈◊〉 them selfe right valâ—aÌ„tly to their lorde and 〈◊〉 About a fyue dayes after the duke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 beyng â—â—yll before Chastelloâ— worde came to 〈◊〉 how the lorde Duras the lorde Rosen were turned agayne and becoÌ„e englyshe of the whiche the duke the constable and other 〈…〉 Than the duke sent for the lorde of 〈◊〉 and for the lorde of â—ang◠〈…〉 the mater and 〈◊〉 ded of them what they sayd thervnto The loâ—des who were rightsore displeased sayd Sir thought they breke their promises we wyllâ—at breke ours For sir â–ª that we haue promysed we wyll vpholde for it can be no reproche to vs to abyde vnder your obeysance syth your men coÌ„quered vs by clene force of armes Sirs ê™ the duke I beleue you well and If were by god yâ— whan I deptehens the first thyng that I wyll do shal be to ley siege befâ—re the to wne of Duras and next to the towne of Rosen Thus the duke of Aniowe abode styll before the towne of Chastellon ryght sore displeased with thâ—se two for sayd lordes of Gascoyne This towne of Chastellon parteyned to the herytage of the Captall of Beâ—â—â— whome the frenche kyng had in prison in Parys the siege thus enduryng before Thasâ—â—â—lon ther fell a great famyn â–ª nother for golde nor syluer coulde be gotte any thynge to lyue by so yâ— the frenchmen were fayne to ryde a. 〈◊〉 or .xv. myles to gette any vitayle for the hoost and often tymes they returned agayne in great parell for there were dyuers castelles and forteresses englysshe on the fronters the whiche issued out and made busshmentes and encountred them at streyghtes and passages and whan they sawe they were strong ynough for the frenche foragers they wolde set on them and hurt â—lee many of them and take away their vitayls wherfore the frenchmen durste not ryde but in great companyes So long the siege endured that they within were so coÌ„stray â—â—d what with assawtes with engyns that they were fayne to yelde them vp their lyues and goodes saued and so all the men of warre within deê‘ted with bagge and baggage and weÌ„t to saynt Macayre wher ther was a good towne and a stronge castell Whan Chastellon was yelded vp the duke of Aniou toke possession therof faythe and homage of the dwellers within the towne and there he sette newe officers and made capitayne ther a knyght of Thowrayn called sir James MouÌ„tmartyn And whan the duke departed thens he tooke his aduyse whyder he shulde drawe than he was counsayled to goo to saynt Maryne but in his way there were dyuers lytell forteresses whiche the duke thought nat good to be left be hynde him biâ—awse of his foragers so fyrâ—â— he laydsiege to Sauueter and than tidynges came to the duke otherwyse than he had harde before of the lorde Duras and of the lorde Roâ—â—â— it was sayd howe surely they were at Burdeauâ— but vnder what maner they could 〈…〉 as than knowe whiche wordes spraâ—◠〈◊〉 in the hoost and so came to the herynge of the lorde Mucydent and of the lorde 〈◊〉 Than they spake to the lorde of 〈◊〉 and so sir Peter of Bulle desirynge theÌ„ to helpe to excuse the sayd lordes sayng how it was a great symplenes to beleue so lyghtly such fleyng wordes and so they promysed to do â–ª and so spake to the duke therof and he answered and sayd he wolde be ryght glad to here knowe the contrary of that he had harde before This 〈◊〉 was before Sauueterre whiche helde but thre dayes for yâ— capitayne yelded vp the forterâ—â—â—e sauynge his lyfe and all his and their goodes and so the duke passed forth and came to saynt Basyll a good towne whiche incontynent yâ—lded vp and put them selfe vnder the obeysance of the frenche kyng And than the duke went to Mountsegure and at the fyrst he gaue assaut and myst it and so lodged for that nyght And the next mornyng they made them redy agayn to the assawte wherof they within were abasshed and went to counsayle and finally concluded to yelde vp the towne their lyues and gâ—des saued so they were receyued Than the duke rode farder and came to a closed towne bytwene saynt Maâ—ayre and the Ryoll called Amberoche Ther
the bretons the same season had wonne a brode in the countrey dyuers castels and small holdes and so entred in to them And the kyng of Castell weÌ„t to Colongne and sent hys constable to laye siege before Paupylone with .x. thousande spanyerdes in the whiche cytie the vicounte of Chastellon and the lorde of Lescute and the Bascle were with two hundred speares who greatly toke hede for the cytie And the kyng of Nauer who was newly reuirned out of Englande was at Tudela abydynge dayly for suche socours as shulde haue come to him thens as it was ordeyned for the kyng of Englande and his counsayll had ordeyned to haue come thyder the lorde Neuyll and sir Thomas de Termes and they were at Plommouthe there about with a thousande men of armes and two thousande archers to th entent to haue come to Burdeaulâ— how beit they coulde haue no passage at their desire but the great army of Englande with the duke of Lancastre toke landyng at saynt Malo in the Isâ—e the whiche was anone knowen Than departed for their houses the vicount of Bellyer sir Henry of Malatrayt and the lorde of Coâ—â—bre and so they came entred in to saynt Malo with two huÌ„dred men of armes wherof the capitayne Morsonae was greatly reioysed for els they had been in great daunger ¶ Of the issues iourneys that the englisshmen made in that season in dyuers places in Fraunce and also of the piteous dethe of yuan of wales Cap. CCC .xxxii. SIr Johan Arundell who was at Hampton with two hundred men of armes and four C. archers hard by his meÌ„ who had ben taken on the see in a shyppe of Normandy howe the duke of Lancastre and his army hadde so scoured the hauyns of Normandy that there were no frenchmen on yâ— see Than incoÌ„tynent he ordeyned four great shippes charged with prouisyon and so entred in to his shyppe and sayled tyll he came in to the hauen of Chierbourc where he was receyued with great ioy and at that tyme the castell was in the kepynge of the naueroyse but than they departed sauynge Peter Bascle who aboode styll he was capitayne there before and so taryed with the englysshmen Chierbourc was nat likely to be wonne without famyn for it is one of the strongest castelles in the worlde and hath dyuers fayre issues So sir Johan Arundell taryed there a fyue dayes and reuitayled the castell and than departed agayne to Hampton for there he was capitayne ¶ Nowe let vs speke of the siege of saynt Malo wHan the englysshmen entred fyrst into the Isle of saynt Malo they found there many vesselles of Rochell charged with good wyne the merchauntes had anone solde the wyne the shyppes burnt ThaÌ„ they layde siege to saynt Malo for they were men ynowe so to do and the englisshmen spred abrode in the countrey and dyde moche hurt aâ—â— they yâ— moost comonly kept the feldes was sir Robert of Courbes and sir Hughe Brone his nephe we who knewe right well the countre and the chanon Robersarte with them dayly they rode forthe somtyme they wanne and somtyme they lost So they wasted brent all the countrey about saynt Malo And the duke of Lancastre the erle of Cambridge his brother and their army hadde vitayle plenty for there came to them ynoughe out of Englande So before saynt Malo there were dyuers assautes marueylously well defended for ther were ryght good men of warre within wherfore they were nat easy to be conquered They of the hoost caused to be made dyuers mantels of assaute and they had a foure hundred gonnes layed rounde about the towne the whiche greatly constrayned them within Among dyuers assautes ther was one marueylous ferse the whiche endured a hole day therat were dyuers englysshmen slayne and sore hurt for they with in defended them selfe so valiantly â–ª yâ— they lost nat a man There was slayne a knyght of Englande called sir Peter Lescume for whose dethe the duke and his brother were right sore oâ—spleased ANd as ye haue herde here before yuan of Wales lay at siege before Mortayne in Poitou in four bastydes of the which towne the lorde of Lestrade was capitayne The fyrst bastyde where as parte of the siege lay as at the syde of a rock before the castell of Geron one the see â–ª the whiche basty de yuan hym selfe kept The seconde was bytwene the water and the castell lowe before a posterne so that none coude entre nor issue therat The third bastyde was on the other syde of the castell The fourth was in the church of saynt Legar halfe a leage â—â—o yâ— castell By these foure bastydes they with in Mortayne were sore constrayned bycause of the lenght of the siege for it endured a yere and a halfe So that they within had nothyng to lyue by norshowe on their fete nor confort nor soc oure apered none to them fro any parte â–ª wherfore they were sore abasshed This siege thus enduryng before Mortayne there issued out of the realme of Englande and out of the marches of Wales a squier a walshman called James Laube he was but a small geÌ„tylman that well shewed aâ—t for a very geÌ„tylman wyll neuer set his mynde on so euyll an entent some sayde or he departed out of Englande be was charged and enfourmed by some knyghtes of Englande to do the treason that he dyde For this ynan of Wales was gretly behated in Englande and in Gascon bycause of the captall of Beufz â–ª whome he toke and helped therto before Soubyse in Poictou For after he was taken the frenchmen wolde nat delyuer hym agayne by no meanes nother for raunsome nor for exchaunge yet the erle of saynt Poule was offered for him and golde and syluer but it wolde nat be taken And whan he sawe that for pure melancoly he dyed in yâ— temple at Parys wherof all his frendes had great displeasure This walsshe squier James Laube the same season arryued in Bretayne and dyd somoche that he came in to Poictou and euer as he went he named hym selfe to beseruaunt to yuan of Wales for he spake good frenche sayeng howe he was come out of Wales to speke with yuan and so he was anone beleued was conueyd by them of the countre to Mortaygne where the siege was Than he wente wisely to yuan and shewed hym in his owne langage how he was coÌ„e out of his countre to se hym and to do hym seruyce yuan who thought none yll â–ª lightly beleued him and gaue hym moche thankes for his comynge and sayd howe he wolde right gladlye haue his seruyce And than he demauÌ„ded of him tidynges of the countrey of Wales and he shewed him trewe tidynges and vntre we for he made him beleue howe all the countre of Wales wolde gladlye haue hym to be their lorde These wordes brought this James greatly in loue with yuan for euery man naturally desyreth to go in to their owne
men of warre to deê‘te as long as the frenchmen had any fortresses in the coutre And specially they coÌ„playned of the fortresse of Bersat the whiche they sayde dyde â—oche 〈…〉 we in the countrey Than the lorde Neuyll demaunded what nombre of bretons they were within Bersatte and it was shewed 〈…〉 fyue huÌ„dred fightyng men Than he called to hym the seneshall of Landes and sir Wyllyam Scrope and sayde sirs take with you a two or thre huÌ„dred speares as many archers and go your way and loke on them of Bersat and do somoche as to delyuer the countre of theÌ„ and than we shall attende to a greatter mater The two knightes wolde nat disobey but so toke two huÌ„dred speares and as many archers and passed the ryuer of Garon and so rode towarde Bersat And the same season they of Bersat were â—â—te abrode rydinge to the nombre of 〈◊〉 corespeares all a long the ryuer of Garon to th eÌ„tent to se if they might fynde any shyppe and their capitayne was one of Pyergourt called sir Bertram Raymon a good man of armes and so within a litell leage of Bersat they encountred the englysshmen And whan this sir Bertram sawe that he must nedes fight he was affrayed but ordred his men in good array they were nere all gascoyns And so the englysshmen came on them with their speares couched and spurres to their horses And at the first comynge ther were dyuers ouerthrowen of bothe parties many a feate of armes done Nowe bâ—it finally the frenchmen coude nat endure thenglysshmens dedes also they were mo 〈◊〉 nombre and chosen men In somoch that all they of the garyson of Bersat were slayne or taken but fewe that scaped And ther was taken sir Bertram Raymon and sir wyllmÌ„ Hemon and than they rode to Bersat And whaÌ„ they of the garison sawe that ther men were taken and slayne they were sore abasshed and so gaue vp the forteresse their lyues saued So thus Bersat became englisshe and than they returned to Burdeur ¶ The same day was the night of Alsayntes the yere of our lorde M. CCC .lxxviii. that theÌ„glysshmen entred in to Bersat and the same day the kyng of Nauer came to Burdeux or any man wyst And he was receyued ryght honorably and well lodged at his ease and all his men And than he was demauÌ„ded of the tidyngê in his couÌ„tre of the spanyerdes and he answered plainly the the childe of Castell had besieged PaÌ„pylone with great puyssance so that they that were within the cyte were sore constrayned ThaÌ„ he desyred theÌ„ acordyng to the apoyntment made by the kyng of Englande that they wolde helpe to confort his people to reyse the siege The knightes of Englande offred themselfe said how they were in good mynde so to do so the by their neglygeÌ„ce the siege shulde nat be vnreysed and so ordayned therfore said to the kyng sir returne you into yor owne couÌ„tre and make a spiall asseÌ„bly of yor men we shall be ther at a day apoynted let vs assemble togyder and so we shabe the stronger your men also knowe the countre better than ours do He answered said ss ye say well thus it shal be done And so the thirde daye after he departed and toke the way by the see syde For ther was about Bayon and Dare in Gascone certayne fortresses holden by the bretons So longe the kynge of Nauer rode that he came to the towne of saynt Johans and ther he abode ¶ In the meane season whyle the kynge of Nauer made his vyage to Burdeux taryed there retourned agayne JohnÌ„ of Castell son to the kyng of Spayne and the coÌ„stable of the realme of Castell who were chefe of that warr who was called Dome Peter of Moriche They helde thesiege before Panpylone with a great nombre vnder them With them ther was therle Done Alphons therle of Medyna therle of Manos therle of Ribydie Peter Ferant of Salesque and Peter Gousart of Modesque and dyuers other knightes and squiers of Castell And the spanyerdes as they came towarde Panpylone they had taken and brent the towne of Lornich and the cytie of Uyen besyde Groynge There was neuer a lorde in Nauerr that durst apere before theÌ„ but euery man kept his owne holde All this knewe rightwell the kyng of Nauer for alwayes he had messangers comyng goyng but he coude nat remedy it wtout the helpe of theÌ„glishmen the lorde Neuyll who was at burdeur sent thyder by the kynge of Englande and hiss counsayle He knewe rightwell the liage and a lyaÌ„ce that was made bytwene the kyngê of Englande and of Nauer yet he faynted and was slacke in the acomplysshing therof All this he thought in hym selfe and so called to hym sir Thomas Tryuet a right valyant knight and sayd sir ThomÌ„s ye knowe well howe we were sent hyder to take hede of the froÌ„ters of this couÌ„tre and to put out our enemyes And also to coÌ„fort the kyng of Nauer who hath ben here with vs and hath shewed vs the nede that he hath ye were present whan I promysed him how we shulde serue him wherfore it behoueth vs so to do or els we shal be blamed Wherfore dere sreÌ„de and louer I ordayne you to be chefe gouernour of that warre and that ye take a sixe hundred speres and a thousande archers and go into Nauer and I wyll abyde here in these marchesse bycause I am seneshall of Burdeux and haue the charge therof coÌ„mytted me by the kynge of Englande And therfore I wyll take hede of suche aduentures as shall fall for as yet the couÌ„tre is nat all rydde of our enemyes Sir 〈◊〉 sir Thomas ye do me more honour than I am worthy I shall gladly obey you as it is reason and shall aquyte me in this vyage to the best of my power Than the lorde Neuell sayd sir I am well conforted by that ye arwylling to go wIthin a lytell space after sir Thomas Tryuet departed fro Burdeux toke the way to Dare in Gascoyne with him ther was sir Wylliam Condone sir Thomas Berton sir JohnÌ„ Asfull sir Henry Paule sir WyllmÌ„ Croquet sir Loys Malyn sir Thomas Fourque and sir Robert Haston all gascons with a great nombre Whan all these men of warre were come to the cytie of Dare than they herde tidynges that the kyng of Nauerre was at saynt JohnÌ„s du Pye du port and there made his somons of men of warr wherof they were right gladde In the cytie of Dare there was a capitayne an englysshe knight called sir Mathue Gorney vncle to sir ThomÌ„s Tryuet who receyued his nephewe right ioyfully and all his company and ayded to lodge theym at their ease Th entent of sir Thomas Tryuet was nat to haue rested but to haue kept on his way to the kyng of Nauerr but than sir Mathewe sayd Fyre nephue sytheye be here with suche a puyssaunce it behoueth
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
after There was a man of armes of the lorde of Uertaygnes retynewe an experte man of armes named Peter Berton well horsed he layd his speare in the rest and ranne after the lorde of HaÌ„gest who fledde before him So that his speare poyat touched his backe behynde hym thinkyng to haue stryken him out of his sadell Howe beit for all that the lorde of Hangest lost nother sadell nor slyrroppe and yet styll the other man of armes helde styll rennyng the spear poynt at his backe and so he came to Plancy And at the entryng in to the castell the lorde of Hangest so daynly lepte fro his horse and entred a fote in to the dyke Than they of the castell entended to saue hym and so came to the barryer and there was a great scrimysshe for they of the castell shotte sore for they had many good crosbowes There was done many a proper feate of armes of the one part and of the other So with great payne the lorde of Hangest was saued who right valiantly â—ought at his first entryng in to the castell and styll came thyder people of the vowarde The lorde of Uer taygne sir Thomas Tryuet sir Hughe Caurell and dyuers other came thyder so that ther was asore batayle for ther were slayne and taken of the frenche parte about a .xxx. and the base courte of the castell brent and the castell assayled on all partes the whiche was well defended and the mylles aboute Plancy brent and beten downe So than the hoost drewe agayne togyder and passed the ryuer of Aube at the bridge at Angle and rode towardes Ualant on the ryuer of Sayne So thus that daye the lorde of Hangest was in great aduenture THe same day the lordê of the vowarde sir Thomas Tryuet sir Hughe Caurell the lorde of Uertayne the bastarde his brother Peter Berton dyuers other rode forthe and encountred sir Johan of Roye and a .xx. speares parteyninge to the duke of Burgoyne rydinge to Troyes The englysshmen spyed theym and folowed after as fast as they coulde driue their horses The frenchemen thought to saue them selfe for they were nat men ynowe to abyde them and so the moost parte saued them selfe And sir Johan of Roy and dyuers other put them selfe within the barryers of Troyes for as than they were open And so in the tournynge agayne of the englysshemen they tooke four prisoners who came to shorte to saue them selfe AmoÌ„g the whiche there was a squyer of the duke of Burgoins called Gyon an expert maÌ„ of armes his horse was right sore chafed So he rested in the felde had at his backe a myre and ther he fought right valiaÌ„tly agaynst two englysshemen who spake to hym in englysshe and badde him yelde him but he wyst nat what they sayd The bastarde of Uertayne as he retourned fro the chase came to them and sayd to the squyer in frenche yelde the. And whan he vnderstode him he said agayne what are you a geÌ„tylman The bastarde answered and sayd yetrewely Well ê™ he than I yelde me to you And so toke him his gauntelet and his swerde than the englysshmen wolde haue slayne hym in the bastardes haÌ„des Sayeng howe he was nat courtesse to take from hym their prisoner howe be it the bastarde was stronger than they and so saued his prisoner Than at nyght questyon was made therof before the marshalles and so all thynges consydred the bastarde kept styll the prisoner who raunsomed hym the same night and trusted hym on his faythe and sent hym the nexte day to Troyes Than the hoost lodged at BalaÌ„de on the ryuer of Sayne and caÌ„e to a village a leage fro Troyes called Bernare saynt Symple and ther the great lordes had a great counsayle togyder ¶ Howe thenglisshmen came before Troyes and of the bastydes that the duke of Burgoyne made withoute Troyes to resyst the englysshmen Cap. CCC .lxiiii. IN the cyte of Troyes was the duke of Burgoyne and had made there his somons for he had entensyon was in wyll to syght with thenglisshmen bytwene the ryuer of Sayne and yone And also the barons knyghtes and squyers of Fraunce desyred none other thyng But Charles the frenche kynge wolde in no wyse acorde therto bycause of doute of fortune For he remembred moche the great losses and domagê that the nobles of his realme had of tyme past by the vyctories of the englysshmen Wherfore he wolde in no wyse that they shuld sight with out it were to their great aduauntage ¶ The duke of Burgoyne was at Troyes and with hym the duke of Burbone the duke of Bare the erle of Ewe the lorde Coucy sir Johan of Uyen admyrall of the see the lorde of Uyenne and of saynt Croyse sir James of Uyenne sir Water of Uyen the lorde of Tremoyle the lorde of Uergy the lorde of Rengemont the lorde of Hambey the seneshall of Heynalte the lorde of saynt Pye the barone of Habers the lorde of Roy the vycont Dassey sir Wyllyam bastarde of Langers and mo than two thousand knightes and squiers And it was shewed me howe the lorde Tremoyle was sent by the duke to the kyng to Parys to get lycence to fight with the englysshmen and he was nat returned the same day that thenglysshmen came before Troyes The frenchmen within Troyes thought surelye that the englysshmen wolde nat passe by with out lokyng on the towne Wherfore they made without the towne a bowe shotte of fro the gate a bastyde of great tymbre wherin myght well be a thousande men of armes In the euenyng in the hoost all 〈…〉 ayns went to couÌ„sayle to determyne what they shulde do the next day Than it was concluded that euery man with their baners and penones well armed shulde ryde before Troyes and to abyde in the selde and to sende to them of the towne to demauÌ„de batayle So in the next mornynge they armed them and sette theymselfe in thre batayls and so came in to a fayre playne before Troys and there taryed Than two harauldes as Chandos and Aquitany were sente for to the erle of Buckyngham And whan they were come the erle sayd Sirs go your wa 〈…〉 s to Troyes shewe the lordes there howe 〈◊〉 beyssued oute of Englande to do dedes of armes and where as we might haue it to demauÌ„de therfore And bycause we knowe well howe a great parte of the sâ—oure delyse and of the chiualry of FrauÌ„ce is within the towne Therfore shewe them we become this way and if they wyll any thynge say to them they shall fynde vs in the felde in the same forme and maner as ye shall leaue vs and in suche wyse as they ought to fynde their enemyes So the haraldes departed and rode towardes Troyes thentre of the bastyde was opyned to them but they coude nat gette to the gate of the towne There yssued oute so many men of armes and cros bowes settyng theÌ„ selfe in order of batayle the harauldes had on their cotes of
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
conducte and dyscouer them and as many archers And so they departed on a thursdaye and the hoost on the saturday after And than the erle of Buckyngeham wente and lodged at saynt Sulplyces in Bretaygne and there taryed a thre dayes and than he went to CaÌ„bore and there taryed foure dayes And the duke of Bretayne was as than departed fro Hanybout and was come to Uannes and euery daye he knewe the demeanyng of thenglysshmen by his owne menne suche as were with them Than he determyned all thynges consydred to speke with them for acordynge to his honour and to suche alyaunces as he had made with them he coude no lengar driue them of And vnderstode howe sir Robert Canoll sir Thomas Percy and sir ThomÌ„s Tryuet were comyng towarde hym Than he toke the way to go to Reyns and the same day that he departed fro Uannes he met with these englisshe knightes Than they made great reioysynge eche of other in the felde and the duke demaunded tidynges of therle of Buckyngham The knihgtes answered sayd howe they left hym at Reynes right marueylously displeased bycause he herde no worde fro hym The duke excused hym selfe and sayd howe by his faithe he was no lesse troubled than he was than they rode all toguyder and were welcome to Uannes and than they had knowledge howe the englysshe hoost was dyslodged fro Cambre and were comynge towardes Hayde and to Mauseyre they helde that waye The next day therle of Buckyngham and the duke mette ther was shewed great loue bytwene them And ther the duke right honestly excused hym selfe to therle to theÌ„glisshmen in that he had taryed so long but he sayde the cause was bycause he founde nat his countre so well disposed as he had trusted they had been wherfore he coude nat kepe his promyse that he had made to the englysshemen in the begynnyng of somer Than answered the erle and sayde Fayre brother of Bretayne for all that ye wyll we wyll nat abyde but that we shall correcte your rebels for what with the ayde and puyssance that ye haue and ours toguyder and that day lye maye come to vs out of Englande We shall bringe vnder yor subgettes in suche wyse that they shall be happy whan they may coÌ„e to axe your mercy with suche wordes and other they were long toguyder talkynge and than eche of theym drewe to their lodgynge and the next daye they rode toguyder And it was determyned that the erles counsayle shulde go to Reynes with the duke and ther to coÌ„clude all their maters The same night the duke of Bretayne and the erles counsayle abode at the Mauseyr and the erle returned to Hayde and so the next day the duke weÌ„t to Reynes and the lorde Latymer sir Robert Canoll sir Thomas Percy sir Thomas Try uet and the erles counsayle in his company so they were thre dayes couÌ„sayling their maters ¶ Howe the duke of Bretayne the englysshmen beseged Nauntes and of the coronacyon of kynge Charles the sixt of that name and of the scrimysshe done before Nauntes Cap CCC .lxix. AT the last counsayle it was acorded and sworne on the holy euangelystes that the duke of Bretayne shuld come and lay siege to NauÌ„tes in the erle of Buckynghams company within fyftene dayes after the comynge of the englysshemen thyder And that the duke of Bretayne shuld bringe and cause to be brought by the ryuer of Loyre plentie of barges and barkes the sorer therby to constrayne them of NauÌ„tes And the duke nor his men nat to departe fro the siege tyll the towne were wonne All the thynges to conclude and to determyne therle of Buckyngham was sent for to Hayde to be present at the confyrmynge of that treatie So he came and lodged in the subbarbes of Reynes as he had done before So the erle and the lordes entred in to Reynes and they dyned all with the duke And there the Duke solempnely sware by his faythe and by the holy euangelystes yâ— he wold come with all his power before Nauntes and thervpon departed and went to Hanibout and the englysshemen abode at Reynes and there they were a fyftene dayes orderyng their busynesse Of all these maters they of Nauntê were well enfourmed and howe they shulde be beseged Wherfore they ordayned theym selfe redy to receyne them One of the greattest capytens within Nauntes was sir Johan of Baroyes of Barres a ryght valyant an expert knight and with hym ther was the capitayne Clesson Johan of Castell Moraunte Morfonace sir Johan of Maletrayt the lorde of Tournemyn and dyuers other the floure of men of armes They prouyded wysely for suche thynges as they wanted aswell for the ryuer as for the gates and towres on suche parte as they thought the siege shulde be on ¶ Nowe lette vs leaue spekyng of this mater and retourne to the coronacyon of the younge kynge Charles of Fraunce who was the same tyme crowned at Reynes yE must knowe that nothyng was spared touchyng noblenesse at the coronacyon of the younge kynge Charles of Fraunce who was crowned kyng on a sonday the .xii. yere of his age the yere of oure lorde a thousande thre hundred and fourscore At the solempnyte of his coronacyon were great noÌ„bre of great lordes His foure vncles were ther 〈◊〉 we Berrey Burgoyne and Burbone And also his great vncles Uyncelyn duke of Brabant the duke of Bare and the duke of Lorayne the erle of Sauoy the erle de la marche the erle of Ewe sir Wyllyam de Namure but the erle of Flaunders and the erle Johan of Bloyes ercused them selfe there were many other great lordes whome I canne nat name Thus the yonge kyng entred in to Reynes the saturday at euensongtyme ryght well acompanyed with nobles and mynstrelles and special lye he had mo than .xxx. trumpettes before him and the kyng alighted before the churche of our lady of Reyns his vncles and bretherne in his company There were also his cosyns yonge gentylmen of Nauer of Labreth of Bare and of Harcourt and a great nombre of yong squyers chyldren two great lordes of the realme of Fraunce Whome the yonge kynge the day of his coronacyon made them all knightes The saturday the kynge herde euensong in the churche of our lady and as the vsage was there he was the moost parte of the nyght and all the newe knightes with him And than the sonday Ashalowen day the churche was richely apparelled and there at the highe masse solempnely he was sacred and anoynted by tharchbysshop of Reynes with the holy ampell wherw t saynt Remy consacred Clouis the first christen kynge that euer was in Fraunce This oyntment was sent downe by almighty god from heuyn by an holy angell and euersythe the kynges of Fraunce hathe be consacred therwith and yet it apereth as it were nothyng touched the whiche is a right worthy and a noble thyng before that the kyng made all his yonge newe knightes and than they went to the
ordre of batayle in lyke maner as they dyd whan they past through Fraunce and the first nyght after their departure they lodged at Niorch and there taryed thre dayes to refreshe them and bycause the bridge was broken they had moche trouble to make it agayne to gette ouer their cariages yet they made it and the hoost passed the ryuer of Uolayne and on a saturday they wente and loged at Loheacke and there taryed two dayes so fro thens to Grosy and ther taryed two dayes the next day they passed the ryuer of Aust at the brydge of Brehaigne and there taryed in the fayre playne countre The same day that they departed and passed yâ— ryuer they of yâ— cytie of Uannes were enformed by them of the countrey howe that the erle of Buckynghame and the englisshmen were coming to lodge in their towne they wist nat what to do whyder to suffer them to entre their towne or nat and so they went to Hanybout to the duke but the same daye that they came towarde Hanybout they mette the duke in the feldes within two leages of Uannes comyng thyder and whan yâ— duke sawe the men of Uannes comyng to him warde he demaunded of them what tydinges and whyder they went sir ê™ they as for tydinges we can shewe you ynowe sir the erle of Buckynghame and the englisshmen are comynge yonder and it is their entencyon as we be enfourmed to lodge in your good towne of Uannes sir loke what it please you to do for without your coÌ„maundement we wyll do no thyng sir they haue made agayne the brydge at Brehaigne the whiche was broken on yâ— ryuer of Aust Whan the duke harde of this he studyed a lytell and sayd sirs be nat a frayde haue no dought euery thynge shal be well ynough they are suche men as wyll do you do hurte I ame some what bounde to them by certayne treaties the whiche I must nedes vpholde and acquyte me trewely therin I wyll go to UaÌ„nes and to morowe I thynke they wyll come thyder and I will go and mete with the erle my brother and do to him as moche honoure as I canne do for I am bounde so to do moreouer ye shall do as I couÌ„sayle you ye shall offre and present to hym the keyes of the towne and say vnto him howe that you and all the towne are redy to receyue him howe beit desyre him to be sworne that within .xv. dayes that he be required to departe that he wyll departe and to yelde agayn to you the keyes of the towne this is the counsayle that I wyll gyue you the burgesses answered and sayd sir we shall do as ye haue ordayned and soo they rode forthe with the duke to Uannes and there the duke lodged that nyght and yâ— englisshmen the same nyght lodged at saynt Johans a lytell village two leages fro Uannes The same nyght the erle of Buckynghame receyued letters fro the duke who wrote to hym as his kynde brother welcomyng him into the marches of Uannes the next mornynge whan the erle hadde harde masse he toke his horse and all his coÌ„pany and rode in good ordre towarde Uannes the towarde fyrst and the erle and his batayle after and the rerewarde folowyng the erles batayle Thus they met with the duke of Bretayn who was yssued out of Uannes to mete with them the space of a great leage and whan they mette they made eche to other great honoure and reuerence after this metynge whiche was right honourable rydyng toguyder the erle on the right hande and the duke on the left Than the erle began to say saynt Mary fayre brother of Bretayne what a long space hath it bene that we haue taryed before NauÌ„tes at the siege ther abydynge for you accordyng to the treaty and couenant made bytwene you and me in that be halfe and yet ye came nat By my faythe ê™ the duke I coude do none otherwyse wherwith I ensure you I was greatly displeased howbeit I coulde nat amende it for my men of this couÌ„trey for any thynge that I coulde shewe vnto them nor for any alyaunces at their requestes that I hadde made to you yet for all that they wolde neuer go to the siege to you before NauÌ„tes but kept them selfe stronge on the fronters the lorde Clisson the lorde Dynant the lorde Dornall the vycount of Rohan and the lorde Rochforde to kepe thentreis and issues of Bretayne and all suche as were ioyned with me as well knyghtes and prelates as burgesses of the good townes ar as nowe all rebell agaynst me wherwith I ame greatly displeased sythe by their faulte ye fynde me vntrewe Sir I shall shewe you what ye shall doo it is nowe in the harde of wynter and colde and an cuyll season to kepe an hoost to gyder ye shall come to Uannes and there abyde tyll it be Aprell or Maye and refreshe you and I shall ordayne other places for your company and so passe the tyme as well as ye may and in somer weshall reuenge vs of all maters the erle answered and sayde as god wyll so be it for he sawe well it wolde be none otherwyse so the duke brought hym in to Uannes and at the entrynge in to the towne the comen people came in to the erles presence and sayd sir bycause of the reuerence of your great signory and noble honoure we wyll nat be agaynst your entryng in to this towne but sir to apease all the people of this towne and for your surety ye shall swere vnto vs on the holy euangelyst that within .xv. dayes after ye be required to departe out of this towne you and all yours and that ye do nor suffre to be done to vs any maner of domage or hurt By my fayth ê™ the erle of Buckynghame I ame content to swere to you to kepe and fulfyll all this than all the other lordes sware the same othe for they were fayne so to doo or els to haue lyen in the feldes Thus the erle of Buckynghame was lodged in the eytie of Uannes hym selfe lay in the dukes house a pleasaunt and a fayre castell handyng within the towne named the Motte and all his company were lodged in the towne and in the subbarbes and the duke of Bretayn and his company went to Asnotte and there a bode and somtyme he came to UaÌ„nes to se the erle and to comen with hym The lorde Latymer and the lorde Fytz water sir ThomÌ„s Percy sir Thomas Triuet and yâ— vowarde were lodged about the towne of Hambout but they neuer came within the gates but laye in the subbarbes and in the feldes Sir Robert Canoll and the lorde Fitz waren and diuers other shulde haue lodged in the towne called Ouyn percorentyn But they wolde neuer open their gates wherfore they were fayne to lodge in the subbarbes and in the feldes So thus they endured suffered that season great dissease and pouerty for that was nat worth thre pens
and were yuell content with the duke Sayeng howe he hadde sente for them to come in to Bretaygne And neuer sythe they came heÌ„ dyde neuer acquyte hym selfe trewely agaynst theym as he ought to haue done Wherfore they sayd there was no poynt of trouthe in hym Anone after the duke of Bretaygne came to Uannes to the Erle of Buckyngham and there shewed them secretely howe his menne had made his peace with the frenche kynge To the whiche he was fayne to agree or elles to haue lost his countre There were great wordes bytwene them but the duke humyled hym selfe and excused hym as moche as he myght For he knewe well in a maner that he was in the wronge Howe be it he was fayne for to do it to the entente that the englysshmen shulde departe oute of Bretayne Than therle made to be cryed through the cyte of Uannes that if any of his men dyde owe any thynge in the towne that they shulde come forthe and they shall be payed And than therle rendred agayne the kayes of the towne to the burgesses therof and thaÌ„ked them of the pleasure that they had done to hym And than they delyuered to the erle for his money shippes at Uannes at Hanybout at Camperle where as they were lodged And so the erle of Buckyngham departed fro Uannes the .xi. day of Aprell with all his baners displayed in order of batayle and so came to the hauyn And thyder caÌ„e the duke of Bretayne sir Alayne Housey the lorde of Monbroiser sir Stephyn Gyon sir Wyllyam of Tribiquidy sir Geffray of Quaresmell dyuers other of the dukes counsayle And they sent to the erle in to his shyppe desyringe hym to speke with the duke but the erle wolde nat come agayne to lande but sent to theym the lorde Latymer and sir Thomas Percy These two came and spake with the duke of Bretaygne and they comuned toguyder the space of thre houres And the englysshmen promysed at their departyng that they wolde do so moche that the erle shulde speke with theÌ„ another day and so retourued agayne to their shyppe and than shewed the erle all that they had done with the duke And anone after myd night the fludde came and the maryners had wynde at wyll Than they demaunded of the erle what he wolde do and the erle who wolde haue no more speakynge with the duke sayde Sirs drawe vp your ankers and aueyle your sayles and lette vs go the whiche was incoÌ„tynent done Thus departed the englisshmen fro the hauyn of Uannes and sayled towarde Englande And so dyde all other englysshmen fro other hauyns so they all came toguyder on the see ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of some knightes and squiers that retourned to Chierbourg by lande and recorde what aduentures fell to theÌ„ by the waye THe constable of Fraunce was as than in the castell of Josselyn a seuyn myles fro UaÌ„nes and he had gyuen safecoÌ„duct to dyuers knightes englysshe and nauerosse to go by lande to the garysone of Chierbourge the which knyghtes hadde serued the erle of Buckynghame in his sayde voyage And amonge other there was sir you of Fitz waren sir Wyllyam Clynton and sir Johan Burle They departed fro Uannes and toke their way by the castell of Josselyn and there lodged in the towne without the Castell thynkinge no more but to dyne there and so departe And whan they were alyghted at their lodgyng certayne companyons of the castell knyghtes and squyers came to se them as men of warre often tymes wyll do and specially englysshmen and french men And amonge the frenchemen there was a squyers a good man of armes parteyninge to the lorde of Burbone erle of Marche and one that he loued entierly called Johan Boucmell He had bene before that tyme in the garyson of Boloyne with sir Wylliam Bourdes with the frenchmen agaynst the garyson of Chierbourge at whiche tyme there had bene dyuers wordes spoken of dedes of armes to haue ben done bytwene hym and an englysshe squyer called Nycholas Clyfforde The whiche Nycholas was as than there present And whan the freÌ„ch men were come to the englysshmens lodgyng and had comuned toguyder and behelde eche other Than Johan Boucmell began to speke and sayde to Nycholas Clyfforde Nycholas dyuers tymes we haue wysshed and deuysed to do dedes of armes toguyder and nowe we haue fouÌ„de eche other in place and tyme where we may accomplysshe it Nowe we be here before the constable of Fraunce and other lordes that be here present Therfore I requyre you let vs nowe haue thre courses a fote with a speare eche of vs agaynst other Than Nicholas answered and sayde Johan ye knowe ryght well we be here nowe goynge on our waye by the saueconducte of my lorde youre Constable Therfore that ye requyre can nat nowe be done for I am nat the chiefe of this saueconduct for I am but vnder these other knightes yâ— be here for thoughe I wolde here abyde they wyll nat do so Than the frenche squyer answered Nycholas excuse you nat by this meanes let your coÌ„pany departe if they lyst for I promyse you by couenaunt the armes ones doone bytwene you and me I shall bringe you in to the vales of Chierbourge without domage or ê‘ell make ye no dout therof Than Nycholas answered and sayd I thynke well that ye wyll bringe me thyder and I beleue it of a very trueth But ye se well howe we go throughe the countre without any harnesse we haue none with vs. So that though I wolde arme me I haue nat wherwith Than answered Johan excuse you nat by that I shall shewe you what ye shall do I haue harnes of dyuers sortes at my coÌ„maundement they shall be brought in to yâ— place where as we shall do dedes of armes Than beholde them well and chose whiche ye wyll and I shal arme me with the other Whan Nicholas Clifforde sawe himselfe so sore aposed he was sham fast by cause of theÌ„ that were there present and her de the mater he sawe well howe this JohnÌ„ offered hym so moche reason that he coulde nat with his honestye refuse hym And moreouer Johan sayde to hym sir take what parte and what couenaunt ye wyll and I shall nat refuse it rather thanne we shulde nat do dedes of armes ThaÌ„ Nicholas sayd howe he wolde take aduyse and shewe him his mynde or he departed And if it be so that I may nat do it nowe and that the lordes vnder whome Jame wyll nat agre therto I promyse you as soone as I come to Chierbourg and you to Boloyne letre me knowe of your comyng thyder and I shall incoÌ„tynent come to you and delyuer your chalenge Nay nay ê™ JohnÌ„ seke no respite I haue offered and yet do offer you so many thynges so honourable that in no wyse ye can departe â—auynge your honoure without doyng dedes of armes with me sythe I requyre you of it Than Nycholas with those wordes was sorer
to aske or demaunde but folowed eche other lyke beestes as the shepherdes dyde of olde tyme. Sayeng howe they wolde go conquere the holy lande and at last all came to nothynge In lykewise these villayns and poore people came to London a hundred myle of .lx. myle .l. myle .xl. myle and .xx. myle of and fro all couÌ„treis about London but the moost part caÌ„e fro the countreis beforenamed and as they came they demaunded euer for the kyng The gentylmen of the countreis knightes and squyers began to doute whan they sawe the people began to rebell and though they were in dout it was good reason For a lesse occasyon they might haue bene afrayed So the gentylmen drewe toguyder aswell as they might ¶ The same daye that these vnhappy people of Kent were comynge to London there retourned fro Canterbury the kynges mother princes of Wales comynge from her pylgrimage She was in great ieopardy to haue ben lost for these people came to her chare and delt rudely with her Wherof the good lady was in great doute lest they wolde haue done some vilany to her or to her damosels Howe be it god kept her and she came in one day fro Caunterbury to London for she neuer durst tary by the waye The same tyme kyng Richarde her son was at the towre of London There his mother founde hym with hym there was the erle of Salisbury the archebysshoppe of Caunterbury sir Robert of Namure the lorde of Gomegines and dyuers other Who were in dout of these people that thus gadered toguyder and wyst nat what they demaunded This rebellyon was well knowen in the kynges courte or any of these people began to styre out of their houses But the kyng nor his couÌ„sayle dyde prouyde no remedy therfore whiche was great marueyle And to th entent that all lordes and good people and suche as wolde nothing but good shulde take ensample to correct them that be yuell and rebellions I shall shewe you playnlye all the mater as it was ¶ The yuell dedes that these comeÌ„s of Englande dyde to the kynges offycers and howe they sent a knight to speke with the king Ca. C C C lxxxii THe monday before the feest of Corpus Christy the yere of our lorde god a thousande thre hundred .lxxxvii. these people yssued oute of their houses to come to LoÌ„don to speke with the kynge to be made fre for they wolde haue had no boÌ„de man in Englande and so first they caÌ„e to saynt Thomas of Caunterbury And there Johan Balle had thought to haue founde the bysshop of Canterbury but he was at London with the kyng Whan Wat Tyler and Jacke Strawe entred in to Canterbury all the comon people made great feest for all the towne was of their assent And there they toke counsayle to go to London to the kyng and to sende some of their coÌ„pany ouer the ryuer of Thames in to Essexe in to Sussexe and in to the counties of Stafforde and Bedford to speke to the people that they shulde all come to the farder syde of London and therby to close London rounde about so that the kynge shulde nat stoppe their passages and that they shulde all mete toguyder on Corpus christy day They that were at Caunterbury entred into saynt ThomÌ„s churche and dyde there moche hurte and robbed and brake vp the bysshoppes chambre And in robbynge and bearing out their pyllage they sayd A this chauÌ„celler of Englande hath had a good market to gette toguyder all this richesse He shall gyue vs nowe accompte of the reuenues of Englande and of the great profytes that he hath gathered sythe the kynges coronacyon Whan they had thys monday thus broken the abbey of saynt Uyncent they deê‘ted in the mornyng and all the people of Canterbury with them so toke the way to Rochester sende their people to the vyllages about And in their goynge they beate downe and robbed houses of aduocates and procurers of the kynges courte and of the archebysshoppe and had mercy of none And whan they were come to Rochester they had there good chere for the people of the towne taryed for them for they were of the same secâ—e and than they went to the castell ther and toke the knyght that had the rule therof he was called sir Johan Moton and they sayde to hym Sir it behoueth you to go with vs you shall be our souerayne capitayne and to do that we wyll haue you The knight excused hymselfe honestly and shewed them dyuers consyderacions excuses but all auayled hym nothyng for they sayde vnto hym Sir Johan if ye do nat as we wyll haue you ye are but deed The knyght seyng these people in that fury and redye to slee hym He than douted dethe agreed to theÌ„ and so they toke hym with them agaynst his inwarde wyll And in lykewise dyd they of other countreis in Englande as Essexe Sussexe Stafforde Bedforde Warwyke euyn to Lyncolne For they brought the knightê and gentylmen into suche obeysance that they cansed them to go with them wheder they wolde or nat as the lorde Molayne a great barone sir Stephyne of Hales and sir Thomas of Guysighen and other NOwe beholde the great fortune If they might haue come to their ententes they wolde haue distroyed all the noble men of Englande And therafter all other nacyons wolde haue folowed the same and haue taken fote and ensample by them and by them of Gaunte and Flaunders who rebelled agaynst their lorde The same yere the parisyens rebelled in lykewyse and founde out the mallettes of yron of whom ther were mo than .xx. thousande as ye shall herafter in this hystorie but first we wyll speke of them of Englande WHan these people thus lodged at Rochester deê‘ted and passed yâ— ryuer and came to BraÌ„forde alway kepynge styll their opynions beatyng downe before theÌ„ and all about the places and houses of aduocates procurers and strikyng of the heedes of dyuers ê‘sons and so long they went forwarde tyll they came within a foure myle of London and ther lodged on a hyll called Blacheth and as they went they sayd euer they were the kynges men and the noble comons of Englande and whan they of London knewe that they were come so nere to them The mayre as ye haue herde before closed the gates and kept straitely all the passages This order caused the mayre who was called Nicholas Walworthe and dyuers other riche burgesses of the cyte who were nat of their sect But ther were in London of their vnhappy opinyons mo than .xxx. thousande Than these people thus beyng lodged on Blacheth determyned to sende their knight to speke with the kyng And to shewe hym howe all that they haue done or wyll do is for hym his honour And howe the realme of Englande hath nat ben well gouerned a greet space for the honoure of the realme nor for the comon profyte by his vncles and by the clergy
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
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
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
to be marueyled howe prouisyon myght be had to suffyce suche an hoost Howe be it somtyme they lacked and somtyme they had great habundaunce tHe erle Guy of Bloyse beynge at Beaumont in Heynault though it were so that he was nat in good helthe for the longe malady that he was in ymagyned in him self that it shulde nat be honorable for him to lye styll and so many great lordes beynge in the felde and also he was sent for he was one of the chiefe apoynted to the reregarde Therfore he thought it were better for hym to go forthe putte hym selfe at the pleasure of god than to abyde behynde and that men shulde suppose in him any cowardnes This geÌ„tyll knight went forthe but he coude in no wyse endure to ryde therfore he was caryed in a horselytter and so toke leaue of the lady his wyfe and of Loys his sonne Dyuers of his couÌ„sell were agaynst his voyage bycause the season was very hote for a sicke man But euery man that herde spekyng therof reputed in hym a great valyantnesse with hym departed out of Heynault the lorde of Sanzest the lorde of Hauselles sir Gerard of Warryers sir Thomas of Dystre the lorde of Doustrenent sir Johan of Guysenell who was made knight the same vyage and dyuers other So thus this erle passed by Chambrey and so caÌ„e to Arras And the more he rode and traueyled the better he had his helthâ— his owne men were before with the kyng And whaÌ„ they herde howe their lorde was comynge they caÌ„e and mette hym And so than he was to the nombre of foure hundred speares and prouisyon euer folowed after hym out of Heynaulte great plentie ¶ Nowe lette vs speke of the kynge tHe frenche kyng so spedde in his iourney that he came to saynt Omers and there rested and refresshed hym his vowarde The coÌ„stable and the marshals went towarde Mount Cassell that the Englyssmen kepte They assayled the towne and wanne it with assaute and all that were within slayne Suche as scaped wente to Bergues where as sir Hughe Caurell was with hym thre thousande englysshmen but the bysshoppe of Norwiche was gone to Grauelynge the soner to be at Calays if nede were All the countrey about Cassell was brent and pylled by theÌ„glysshmen and the frenche kyng deê‘ted fro saynt Omers and lay at an abbey called Raynombergues ther rested all that friday The saturday in the mornyng the vowarde the constable the marshals the lorde of Coucy and a great nombre of good men of armes went to the castell of Trughen where ther were a thre huÌ„dred men of armes that kepte it all that season And there the frenchmen made a great and a sharpe assaut the englysshmen that were within defended theÌ„ selfe marueylously How be it by pure dedes of armes the Castell was conquered and all that were within slayne for the coÌ„stable wolde take none to mercy And in the base court ther was fouÌ„de the fayrest white horse that might be sene the whiche was presented to the constable and he sende him incoÌ„tynent to the kyng The horse pleased so the kyng in suche wyse that he rode theron the sonday all day Than came therle of Bloys in to the hoost he was of the reregarde as he was the yere before at the batayle of Rosebeque Th erle of Ewe therle of Harcourt the lorde of Chatellon and the lorde Fere all these in his coÌ„pany And styll aproched men of warr on all sydes The season was clere and fayre or els there wolde haue ben moche a do ther was suche a nombre of men and horses ¶ Howe theÌ„glisshmen after the sege of Ipre were withdrawen in to the towne of Bergues and howe they departed thens went to Burborke whan they sawe the kyngê puissaÌ„ce Cap. CCCC .xxxviii. IN the towne of Bergues whiche was closed with nothing but with pales and small dikes TheÌ„glisshmen were gone thider saue the bysshop of Norwich who was at Graueling sore abasshed and repeÌ„ted hym that he had made that vyage for he sawe well he was likely to forsake his coÌ„questes with great blame And also in that he had beforesayd and vaunted howe the kynge came to reyse the siege before Ipre he wolde abyde fight with hym all his puissaÌ„ce which wordê were spred abrode thrughout all the real me of FraÌ„ce and than he saw well how he was fayne sodenly to deê‘te fro the sege for his puissance was nat able to resyst agaynst the frenche kyngê puyssaÌ„ce which he thought shulde turne to his great blame And also theÌ„glysshmen beynge in Calys sayd howe they had right yuell enployed the popes money to say the trouthe the duke of LaÌ„castre beyng in Englande who had by the bysshopes iourney lost his vyage in to Portyngale was nothyng sorie that the mater went as it dyde For whan sir WyllmÌ„ Wynsore sent to theÌ„ as they lay at the sege offred theÌ„ newe ayde and coÌ„fort the bysshop sir ThomÌ„s Tryuet sir WyllmÌ„ helmon answered said howe they had men ynowe wold haue no mo to fight with the freÌ„che kyng all the might of FrauÌ„ce But sir Hugh Caurell who had sene more of suche maters than all thother spake alwayes to the coÌ„trarie For he sayd to the bysshop and to thother whan thoffre was made theÌ„ out of Englande for more ayde What wyll ye do sirs ye wyll trust to moche in your owne puyssaunce Why shulde we refuce the confort of our coÌ„pany whan it is offred to vs and the realme of Englande wolde we had it paraduenture a day maye fall that we shall repent it But his wordes coulde nat be herde but euer they sayd they had men ynowe So thus the mater went so that at length they lost more than they wan wHan sir Hughe Caurell was withdrawen to Bergues he founde ther with the Englysshe archers mo than foure thousande Than sir Hughe sayd Let vs kepe this towne it is stroÌ„g ynough and we are people ynowe to kepe it I thynke within fyue or sixe dayes we shall haue confort out of EnglaÌ„de for they of Englande knowe by this tyme what case we be in And euery man sayde they were coÌ„tent Than they ordred the towne and their company and sette euery man to his defence to kepe the walles and the gates they caused all the women and chyldren to drawe in to a churche and nat to dparte thens The french kynge beyng at Raynombergues vnderstode howe the englysshemen were withdrawen in to the towne of Bergues Than he toke couÌ„sayle and it was determyned to go thyder and that the constable and marshall shulde go first and lye in a wynge on the farthersyde of the towne And than the kyng the duke of Berrey the duke of Burgoyne the duke of Burbone their companyes shulde folowe And than the erle of Bloyes and the erle of Ewe and the reregarde shulde go on another wynge of the towne and so close
WyllmÌ„ Helman were moost blamed As for sir Hughe Caurell there was no faute layde to his charge nother by the kyng nor his couÌ„sayle nor by the comons For it was well knowen yâ— if his counsayle might haue bene beleued they had spedde better than they dyde to their honores And so it was layde to the two other knightes howe they had solde Burborke and Grauelynge to the frenche kyng so that all the realme was sore moued agaynst theÌ„ so that they were in parell of their lyues And they were coÌ„maunded by the kyng in to prison to the towre of LoÌ„don And while they were in prison the comons apeased and whan they were delyuered out of prison they were bouÌ„de to the kyng to be at his wyll and pleasure Than ther was put forthe a treatie to be had bytwene the englysshmen and frenchmen And they of GauÌ„t were coÌ„prised in the treatie wherwith therle of Flaunders was sore displeased how be it he coude nat ameÌ„de it At the deê‘tynge out of Burborke the duke of Bretayne abode styll at saynt Omers with the erle of FlauÌ„ders his cosyn And wolde gladlye haue sene that a good peace or a longe truse might haue ben had bytwene the frenche kyng his naturall lorde and the kyng of Englande And to set forwarde the mater the moÌ„day whaÌ„ the englisshmen were with the kyng in his tent he moued the mater to some of them And they promysed hym that assoone as they caÌ„e in Englande to the kyng they wolde speke to hym to his vncles and to his counsayle of that mater so after to shewe that he was wyllyng to bring the mater to a good ende He sent in to EnglaÌ„d two knightes of his owne good assuraunce as the lorde of Housey and the lorde of Maylly And they dyde so moche that the duke of LaÌ„castre and the erle of Buckyngham his brother the bysshoppe of Suffolke sir Johan of Hollande brother to the kyng sir Thomas Percy and other of the kynges counsayle shulde come to Calays hauyng full puyssaunce and authoryte of the kyng and of the realme to make peace or to ordayne a treuse at their pleasure And on the other parte there shulde come to Boloyne the duke of Berry the duke of Burgoyne the bysshoppe of Laon and the chauÌ„celer of FraÌ„ce Hauyng also full authorite fro the frenche king his couÌ„sayle and realme to take peace with the englysshmen or to take truse suche as they coude agre vpon and so whan all these ê‘ties were coÌ„e to Calys to Boloyne they taryed a lytell or they met for the counsayle of Spaygne that shulde come thyder for the frenchemen wolde make no treatie without the spanyerdes were enclosed therin Finally there caÌ„e fro the kynge of Spayne a bysshop a dyacre and two knightes Than it was aduysed by all the parties bycause they thought it no suretie for the frenchemen to come to Calais nor the englysshmen to come to Boloyne Therfore it was ordayned that ther comunyng shulde be in the mydway bytwene the sayde townes in a lytell vyllage where ther was a churche called Abolyng thyder came all these parties dyuers dayes ther they met And there was the duke of Bretayne and theerle of Flaunders And there in yâ— felde was pyght vp the great tent of Bruges the erle of FlauÌ„des made a dyner in the same tent to the duke of Lancastre to therle of Buckyng ham and to the other lordes of Englande ther was great estate holden on bothe parties but all thynges coÌ„sydred they coude fynde no meanes to haue a peace for the freÌ„chmen wolde haue had agayne Guynes Calays and all the fortresses that thenglysshmen helde on that syde of the see to the ryuer of Garon aswell in normaÌ„dy Bretayne Poictou Xaynton as in Rochell to the whiche thenglysshmen wolde in no wyse agre specially Guynes Calys Chierburge nor Brest in Bretayne They were comunyng on this treaty more than thre wekes euery day the lordes or els some of their counsayle The same season there dyed in the duchy of Lusenburgh and in the towne of Lusenburgh the gentyll and ioly duke Uincelyns of Boem duke of Lusenburgh and of BrabaÌ„t Who had ben in his tyme fresshe sage amorous hardy And whan he dyed it was sayd that the most highe prince and grettest lynage and moost noble of blode was deed god haue his soule And he was buryed in yâ— abbey of Uauclere besyde LuzeÌ„burgh And my lady Jane duches of Brabant was as than wydowe neuer after was maryed Of the dethe of this noble duke suche as knewe hym were right sorie ¶ Howe the lordes of Englande and Fraunce were assembled togyder to make a peace whiche by them coude nat be done And howe Loyes erle of Flaunders dyed and of his obsequy Cap. CCCC .xliii. NO we let vs retourne to their assemble that was bytwene thenglisshe lordes and the freÌ„che bytwene Calays and Boloyne Whiche treaty coude neuer come to none effect of peace nor profyte for the one partie nor other Some sayd the erle of FlauÌ„ders was in a great defaut therof for he wolde in no wyse haue theÌ„ of Gaunt comprised in any treatie wherwith thenglysshmen were displeased wherfor the treatie spedde the worse For ther was great promyse made that no peace shulde be made without the gauÌ„toyse were coÌ„prised therin This they had sworne at Calays therfore this brake the treatie finally ther coude be made no peace that shulde seme good to any of the ê‘ties than they fell to treat for a truse and thervpon their treatie ê“ceded Th erle of FlauÌ„ders wolde gladly that they of Gaunt shulde haue ben out of the truse but the englysshmen wolde in no wyse consent therto but that Gaunt shulde be coÌ„prised in the truse And that euery partie shulde syt styll with that he hath and no partie to reÌ„dre vp any fortresse to other for all that this treatie was thus bytwene Calays and Boloyne the gauntoyse of the garyson of And warpe came and brent the subbarbes of Tourney and retourned sauely agayne to And warpe and in the feest of Christmas the gauntoyse gadered vp the rentes parteyning to the lorde of Tourney wherwith he was right sore displeased sware a great othe that whatsoeuer treatie was made bytwene flaÌ„ders end the gauntoyse he wolde neuer enteÌ„de to no peace but alwayes to make theÌ„ the grettest warre that he coude For he sayd they toke fro hym his herytage Wherfore he wyste natte howe to lyue without his frendes of Brabant and Heynalt had ayded him the gauÌ„toyse had so distroyed his herytage These treaties that were thus bytwene Boloyne Calys bytwene the lordes of EnglaÌ„de and of Fraunce was coÌ„cluded with moche a do that a truse shulde be had bytwene the frenche kyng and the kyng of Englande and all their adherentes alyes That is to say on the frenche kynges parte all Spayne Galyce Castell and all in theÌ„ enclosed as
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 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
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
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
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